Wednesday, 26 October 2011

The Monsoon is fast approaching......

It was hot and sunny when I snapped a photo of my Nicandra in bloom.  



I also snapped a pic of my baby Wisteria showing off good vigour.........



and a shot of my tiny grapes hanging on the vine just outside our living room window.



Suddenly big drops of rain fell fast, brought by a rather brisk wind. The big drops only lasted a few minutes. They have gone leaving a fine drizzle that looks like it will remain for sometime despite the strong sunlight.... aaahhh the monsoon is really fast approaching!!
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  1. Zetsubou Pig16 January 2012 at 19:41

    hi i'm yf frm KL, found ur blog from typicalgardener's , may i ask u, ur baby wisteria? is it the wisteria that produce many hanging flowers? did u get it from local nursery or plant from seeds bought online? thanks.

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  2. Juntaian Kesidang17 January 2012 at 00:54

    Hi Zetsubou ....this was bought online...this is my second try at planting wisteria...yep with the lovely fragrant clusters of hanging blooms...d first try was of seeds sent by frenz in d US...only one germinated...but after hanging-on-to-dear-life-for-quite-a-long-time.....well it just wasn't strong enough to accilamatize...it gave up n died on me....!!

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  3. Zetsubou Pig2 February 2012 at 18:59

    hi, thanks for the reply,
    i think it is tough to plant it in our hot climate.
    anyone you have seen or heard planting wisteria in malaysia?

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    1. Juntaian Kesidang2 February 2012 at 23:52

      none that i know of up to date...a fren once told me that there is a wisteria plant in KL... whereabouts... not sure...not sure whether it IS a wisteria....BTW mine seems to b going fine at the moment...probably becoz itz d monsoon season n d days have been rather cool....m rather anxious over the looming hot days of the near future...not sure whether it will survive...anyway heard that wisteria will only flower at about 5 - 10 years old...siigghh i do have a long wait even if it does survive d hot weathers....

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  4. Zetsubou Pig6 February 2012 at 20:21

    have u seen the sand paper vine? that ppl dub it 'tropical wisteria'.

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  5. Juntaian Kesidang7 February 2012 at 01:53

    ooo yesss...very beautiful plant...really lovely flowers...unfortunately no fragrance....fragrance is high up in my list of priorities when choosing plants.... BUT well i do have quite a lot of non-fragrant plants/flowers tho

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  6. gardener21 October 2012 at 00:18

    How is your wisteria now? Can you give me the website Where you bought it.

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  7. Juntaian Kesidang21 October 2012 at 20:31

    Hi gardener....well during the hot season....it didnt grow much....but now that d weather has cooled ....there r bursts of new growth..... i bought it on ebay....just go on ebay n search wisteria....m sure u'll find a lot to choose from... all d best.. :)

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  8. Lilian7 June 2015 at 18:45

    Hello! I stumbled upon your blog! It's now 2015 and I'm wondering how's your wisteria? I'm moving into a new house and am collecting ideas on what to plant on my garden!

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  9. Juntaian Kesidang7 June 2015 at 19:35

    Hi Lilian... not doing very well... but still surviving tho... think it abhors our hot n humid climate...anyway it seems to b perking up a bit lately... new shoots growing... however from past experience d leaves usually tend to curl up a bit when itz hot... then slowly will turn yellow n drop... well i don't know about others... probably somewhere out there there are luckier gardeners with 'much-greener-fingers' (LOL..) who may have been able to grow it better ......!!

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  10. Lilian9 June 2015 at 09:04

    Hmmm I ain't an expert either haha so I can't help, but I am a newbie in gardening and doing some research for plants for my new house I'm moving into. I really think I'm borned in the wrong country coz I love garden roses, wisterias and hydrangea bushes!! I can only enjoy them when I travel overseas. :( but probably that's why I am now a florist haha! Perhaps it is our heat..wonder if it can be slowly climatise. Perhaps it has a better chance in Cameron highlands.

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  11. Juntaian Kesidang26 July 2015 at 02:55

    errrmmm... wish u all d best for your new home Lilian.... where is that... KL...??

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  12. Pauline Foong28 May 2016 at 20:56

    How is your wisteria now? I am interested in planting it too.

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  13. farhan khaider24 July 2017 at 23:36

    I bought 100 seeds Chinese Wisteria...only 2 survive...already 2 years....new vines will grow...so fast but die back a lil...currently in pots...so I think that's why ...maybe I need to plant it in the ground..

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    1. Juntaian Kesidang2 August 2017 at 03:21

      Salaaam Farhan Khaider.... sooo sorry for this belated response.... i seldom visit this blog nowadays... though i did get notification abt messages coming in thro email... AND I DID REPLY in/thro the email... however i do not know why that response was not published here....

      to respond to your message... yeah i do think wisteria will do betterin the ground rather than in a pot.... however a big enough pot would still do fine... anyway wisteria can be turned into a bonsai... therefore growing it in a pot shud not b a problem....

      i once came across a posting by a FB friend... if i m not mistaken d name was Chang Ching... she said her wisteria has bloomed.... only 1 or was it 2 stalks... well i cant quite remember... wat i do remmber was ...she mentioned that growing wisteria here in malaysia is not worthwhile.... i suppose she is quite right... but well this very stubborn gardener is still harboring... a tiny slice tho.... hope that her wisteria WILL ONE DAY REWARD HER WITH SOME FRAGRANT BLOOMS.... dunno how long still i will have to wait... but s long s itz still living n not dead... tho not healthily vigorous... wait will i.... :))

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  14. Unknown17 February 2021 at 20:17

    Found tbis blog and interesting. My niece wanted to try plant wisteria and creeping thyme but think she never do research haha. Msia climate is too hot like now. Never planted anything and so big dream to start with wisteria.

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  15. minttea31 March 2021 at 00:41

    I really appreciate the comments about ppl's experience growing wisteria in Malaysia. Aih, it's too bad - hopefully someone will try in Cameron or Genting where it's cooler?

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    1. norhaini31 March 2021 at 09:27

      Well... i for one nvr stop dreaming n hoping... despite the years n years of waiting... 😅

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    2. Unknown23 April 2021 at 08:32

      Hello, is malaysia and philippines have same weather? Im planning to plant wisteria as well, but im scared that it might die or be super invasive lol

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