COLEUS : THE OLD COLLECTION

Coleus is the first ornamental plant that I collected.

This beautiful foliage is really interested me.

I collected Coleus for the first time when I still on Junior High School, it was about 25 year ago. 

Me and two of my friends had the same interest to this lovely foliage.

We made a competition on collecting coleus.

Although we did competition, but we still share our collection.

A lovely competition...

What a shame, our collection attacked by white fly, and made serious damage.

So... we all had lost our collection.

When I got my first job on 2000, I spent a few of my money to accommodate my hobby on gardening.
The first thing on my mind was start a new collection of coleus.
I still lived with my parent, so I put my collection on the front yard.
That looked so lovely...

Look a my 'second' collection....
So pretty...
I really love it! 

These were just a few of my collection.
I forget how many variety that I have grown.
I'm sure it more than twenty five varieties.
But again... The white fly destroyed my collection.

Now, on my own home garden, I'm starting to collect coleus again.
I still have seven varieties.
I want to add more and more.
Hoping no white fly attack again.

EUPHORBIA : NEW COMERS

I always think how to find new plant to be collected.
Everywhere I go, I will try to take home with new plant to be grown on my little garden.
My friends really understand about that.
Although they often ask me where I will grow my new plants.
They always say that my garden looks like a jungle and there's no space to grow anymore.
But I just smile, smile and smile...

On the past two weeks, I visited my friend's house.
And I took home two varieties of Euphorbia and also three bulbs of Agapanthus.

Look... the Euphorbia grew so happy on my friend's garden.
The color was so striking.

I collect some Euphorbia in my garden.
Although these new comers were old varieties, but I need them to be members of my garden.
I hope they will grow so well and cheering my little garden.

An ambitious-amateur gardener... :)