San Vicente (Ilocos Sur) Botanical Garden Series
PLANT COLLECTION
"The best place to find God is in a garden. You can dig for Him there." – George Bernard Shaw
Dr Abe V Rotor
Heritage tree of three generations - native mango (Mangifera indica) is host to viny plants, ferns, and lianas like Rosary Pea and Philodendron
Powderpuff lily (Haemanthus multiflorus) blooms in summer emerging from underground bulbs.
Indigenous White Santan (Ixora finlaysoniana) may grow into a small tree. Other santan species are trimmed into hedges and figurines.
Perhaps the most common garden plant is croton (Codiaum variegatum). It comes in many varieties and cultivars. They are conveniently propagated by cuttings, thus preserving their own genetic characteristics. As a hobby plant enthusiasts have collections such as these two varieties.
Ferns such as the Oak-leaf fern (Drynaria quercifolia) crowd the base of large trees and corners which are cool and shady.
Corazon de Maria (Caladium bicolor) has this leaf design, mottled with pinkish radial divisions.
"Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
False-Bird-of- Paradise or Lobster's Claw - Heliconia, family Heliconiaceae; Right, Spider Lily - Hymenocallis littoralis, family Liliaceae The stalk leaves and flowers of the spider lily are mildly poisonous but the bulbs are very poisonous. In Japan these flowers are planted routinely around the edges of rice paddies where they are thought to repel insects and rodents. (Internet)
"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice -because thorn bushes have roses."- Abraham Lincoln ~
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