Attractive Plants To Grace The Porch

The striking ctenanthe oppenheimiana plant is a tropical perennial. It has green, white and blood red variegated leaves, ensuring it stands out amongst other plants, and making it a good choice for ground cover, and an overall excellent foliage plant; particularly within light coloured rock and pebble gardens and shaded areas.

This plant cannot stand full sun, prefering shaded and partially shaded regions of the garden, and consequently are suited for indoor growth, but they always require constantly moist soil.

Bought a pair from the morning market outside Stadium Indera Mulia a year ago for RM15 each. Growth is slow and watering has to be regular. Too much sun and the leaves would get burnt.

Making It Green

This blog will feature another area of my interest - equipping my garden. I will also be highlighting types of tropical plants, particularly the non-flowering ones which look easy to the eyes and serve as a fantastic plants for the garden. Consultations are instrumental when it comes to gracing your garden. Besides turning to the web for that extra information, I have down-to-earth advice from Brother Matthew Bay and Mr Lawrence Brindes. Occasionally, Mr Anthony Lourdes comes by to give some tips.