Plant Fact 5

Did you know that apples float in water because they are made of 25% air.

Busy month

While exams are nearing for me, and have not much time to do gardening, I'm doing a little stem cutting project! Building up an army of periwinkle! :D

Root growing from a stem cutting

Potting the periwinkle and another plant :)

Decided to do more stem cutting since the first one was successful

Plant Fact 4

Did you know that Potato (Solanum tuberosum) the best loved root vegetable is inedible and poisonous at all green parts of it?

Green Part of Potato

Plant Fact 3

Did you know that the Bamboo is a type of grass?

The Delicious Monster

The Leaf of Monstera deliciosa

 This unique looking plant is called the Monstera deliciosa, which means "Monster delicious". A very weird and funny name which makes me wonder what the person who named it was thinking.. Its juvenile leaves do not have that many lobes and holes or maybe not at all. The leaf shown above is a mature leaf of the plant. So next time you come across this plant outside, you can give your friends a good laugh by telling them the name of this plant! =D

Family Name: Araceae
Characteristics: -Monocot
                          -Sun Requirement: Partial sun, Shade
                          -Leaf Characteristics: Simple, Juvenile leaves are small and heart-shaped, mature
                           leaves have many lobes and holes (>50cm), Alternate Leaf Arrangement
                          -Flowers: Spadix
                          -Propagation Method: Stem cutting

In case you're wondering what a spadix is, here is an example

Plant Fact 2

Did you know that the banana plant is not a tree? It is actually a herbaceous plant and its trunk is not a true one.

Plant Fact 1

Did you know that oranges, lemons, watermelons, pineapples and tomatoes are berries?