BRINGING THE LAKESIDE SCENE INTO OUR HOME GARDEN

As usual, I brought home something that I found in our home garden.

From the lakeside, I went home with lots of cuttings and plants.
Hydrangea, mustard greens, hot pepper, edible weed, dandelion, and many more...

A planting day to plant all this stuff...

EXPLORING 'MERDADA' LAKESIDE : PART 3

Finding beautiful Hydrangeas among the wild bushes along the lakeside....

NEGLECTED NEW COMERS

Last Saturday, plants that I've ordered were arrived.
I ordered so many plants from online nursery. 
This was for the first time I purchased from that nursery, that's a new online nursery.
I was really interested to the plants that on sale.
So various and lot of plants are new for me, mostly from sub tropical area.

It's also a trial for me on growing subtropical plants on my garden.
I ordered four varieties of iris, rosemary, reddish pink Hydrangea, fuchsia and red flowered Ephypillum.
All plant that I often see on my blogging friends.

Three days on shipping made the plants looked so tired.
Then I put all plants in watered pail to refresh them.
Purchasing plant by online nursery had so many risks, especially damage during the shipping and not all of nursery was reliable.

I was so busy this week, so couldn't grow these plants soon.
But now, all have already planted, and I hope they will grow so well on my garden.
Be healthy and be happy on my garden...

MY HYDRANGEA TODAY

For several weeks my Hydrangea have been showing me its beauty.

Now, the color is starting turn paler.

Even though it's not as beautiful as before, but I still enjoy the beauty.

In Indonesia, especially Javanese, Hydrangea is called ' Panca Warna'.

Panca means five, and warna means color.

Yes, Hydrangea is an interesting flower, the color always turns following the stage of  maturity.

MY HYDRANGEA THIS WEEK

Finally, my hydrangea is blooming.
I have been waiting for about three years until this plant blooming again.
The last blossom was on July 2011.
I've been missing the blossom.

We had house reconstruction for about a year during 2011-2012.
So, we saved our plants on so many places, to keep them stay alived.
Several pot plants were easy to be moved, but plants that grown on the ground were so difficult to be saved.
Some plants finally had died during the reconstruction period.
Oh...what a shame...

Some toughs plants able to survive during the unfavorable condition.
Hydrangea is the one of my tough plants.

After the reconstruction, I redesigned my garden, and have moved some existing plants.
I moved this hydrangea into new place on my front yard, but too much shady there, I think it's unfavorable place for this plant.
But there's no empty space anymore.
Several months ago, I did trimming on several bigger and taller plants around this hydrangea.
And now... I'm finding the beauty of my hydrangea.

I hope the flower will stand on for a long time, and raise the new flower buds, again and again...

A MINI FAMILY GATHERING

The fourth day have overcame.   

We have been continuing our trip.

I can't remember how many houses that we have been visiting on the last four days, and how many peoples that we have encountered.

On the forth day, we had a mini family gathering.
Yeah,  cause there were only three small families (eleven person) that gathered on that moment.
We enjoyed the lunch on a traditional restaurant that full of nice conversation and happiness.
So many conversations about the past were so interesting.

The bamboo huts on the fish pond and a small citrus orchard next to the hut made the  atmosphere became so nice and warm.

So many beautiful plants were grown around this restaurant.
But this pink Hydrangea was stolen my attention.
It was growing so happy on a big pot near the entrance.
Looked cheerful...
Welcoming all the guests who come with its beauty...