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Saturday, June 28, 2014

PARIJOTO : PLANTING TIME...

This is one of my favorite plant, Parijoto (Medinilla arboricola).
This plant is usually found on the slope of the hills or riverside on the high land.
This plant loves cool area, and adaptable on the part shady area.
I love the fruits and also the little flowers.
Both of flower and young fruit have sour taste.
The black ripe fruit is fleshy and sweet.
This plant always remind me in to my childhood.
Last week, while I was waiting for my sister, I visited a nursery on the road side.
I found a lot of Parijoto trees there.
I was interested and bought two varieties of Parijoto.
Although the Nursery man said that both of them were the same variety, but when I noticed all part of the plants they looked different.
So I took home two little trees of Parijoto.
I'm so busy for last two weeks, so I planted the little tree a week after I took it home.
I hope they will be OK, and grow so well on the pots.
They will make my balcony more green and beautiful.
And of course give me more various fruit for my family.
Hope the will adaptable on our warm weather.
What did you grow this week, reader?
Did you grow a special plant this week?
Happy gardening...








20 comments:

  1. Salam Ramadhan Endah. Saya belum pernah tengok pokok ini. Bagus juga dipamirkan. Menambahkan lagi pengetauhan.

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    1. Salam Ramadhan Kak Mala. Mungkin di Malaysia ada banyak tanaman seperti ini, tapi entah apa sebutannya.

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  2. They look very interesting, I have a Winberry bush in my garden, I have fond childhood memories from that too.

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    1. Sounds so interesting and memorable. I have never heard about Winberry before. I hope you will show me the plant forward.

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  3. You do have such a variety of fruits available to you.

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    1. I love to collect so many plants, especially old fashion and rare plants

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  4. very interesting plants Endah. Are those purple berries or buds ? I can't tell!!

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    1. Thanks Jane. The dark purple one is a ripe berry. The young berries are pink

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  5. Amazing your plants! I harvested lots of tomatoes this week. Enjoy your coming week. Linda@Wetcreek Blog

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    1. Thank you Linda. I have loosen my tomato patch. The wet weather and mealy bugs were the serious problem.

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  6. Another interesting plant, none grow here. We have been getting lots of squash and beets this week. We are pickling and canning beets now as they are so good to eat in the winter.

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    1. Thanks. Sounds so interesting! I sowed some squash seeds, but no one sprouted. I don't know why. Too wet weather or expired seeds. I grew beets several months ago, but the roots were not growing bigger, just looked like a common roots

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  7. I had never heard of it before. I planted raspberries in my garden because they remind me of my childhood as well!

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    1. Here, there are wild type of raspberries. We can find it on the river side, woods or slope. The berry is bigger than common raspberry. I love the sweet-sour taste. When I was a little girl, me and my sisters used to looking for this berry on my Father's garden. Then we ate it under the coffee trees.

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  8. salam ramadhan to endah n family...
    i thought this fruit non-edible...i have seen this plant in nursery at my place before..thanks for the info..
    happy gardening n happy iftar...

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    1. Salam Ramadhan Ana.
      This plant is usually grown as ornamental. But this plant also contains antioxidant and Vitamin C.

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  9. Salam Endah,

    Selamat berpuasa ya Endah. Kok di sana berapa jam ya berpuasa?

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    1. Salam Honey.
      selamat berpuasa. Disini imsak jam 04.24 dan maghrib jam 17.38, berarti sekitar 13 jam kami berpuasa disini.

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    2. Oh lebih kurang di sini aja..

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    3. Iya, negeri kita bertetangga dekat, jadi hampir sama waktunya.

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