Antigonon leptopus (Honolulu Creeper /Pink)

I bought this from World Farm and donated it to the CG. Planted it about a couple of months ago on one part of the fence.

Update 24/03/09
The creeper has spread quite a bit on the fence and it also flowered.

Passion Fruits

These are the Malaysian Passion Fruits that are growing in the CG and have ripened on the vine.
My neighbour said that they are sweet this time round but I still find them a tad tangy LOL.
I kept them on the kitchen counter a little longer till the skin wrinkled up and then used them to make a concoction with honey and water. Since I don't like chewing on the seeds I strained them using a sieve. With a couple of ice cubes dropped into the mixture of water, honey and passion fruit pulp .... I enjoyed the passion fruit drink this way.

Mirabilis jalapa (4 O'Clock Plant)

I was given this plant by dd's kindagarten Principal cos' she's also an avid gardener. They are growing pretty in the garden.

Some interesting notes about the medicinal uses of the plant
Mirabilis jalapa medicinal uses

Here's another view of the Mirabilis photo taken during the cooler hours of the day at about
6 pm. More flowers were opened fully this time round and the sight was so pretty. I've planted them at each corner of seven planter beds. They will look a pretty sight when the flowers all open together in a row.

Plumbago zeylanica (White leadwort)

Some interesting notes about the uses of this herb ......

http://www.holisticonline.com/Herbal-Med/_Herbs/h140.htm

Mints

These are the mints that happened to grow in the CG. The one below is Spearmint.

This one below was given to me by Herb Lover, a GCS member and it's the Eau De Cologne Mint (EDC mint). It's supposed to have the fragrance of the Old Spice Eau de Cologne.

Rock Melon

I bought a Cantaloupe or Rock Melon from the supermarket to eat and found it pretty sweet. I dream of planting this in the CG and so tried to germinate a handful of the seeds which I saved from the rock melon I ate. I was surprised that they could germinate so easily. I have planted eight seedlings in the CG. I wonder how many can survive to bear fruits for me LOL.

Sending good vibes to the rock melon to grow, and grow :-) Stay tune for updates.

Alternanthera sessilis ( Sessile Joyweed)

This is a lovely planter bed of red Joyweed. I understand that the leaves are picked and then boiled and drunk as tea to improve blood circulation, as well as relieve high blood sugar and cholestrol.

Since the weeds form a very nice planter bed cover, I decided to jazz it up by planting French beans within the planter. My intention was to let the bean plants run up the trellis that I built to break the monotony of the low level weedy plant. Let's hope that the beans can grow without the weeds killing and strangling them.

Update 25/03/09

The French beans can't grow well with these weeds in this way. Have to give up the idea for the time being.