10th April New Arrivals....

Both the long awaited Panache Fig and Blueberry Summer Sunset from Claire arrived yesterday 10th April 2014.... they arrived simultaneously with Dmitri's package...no words can describe my happiness...as i now have all...err almost all the plants i have been yearning to have....

Panache Fig from Claire of  Finer Fruits

My Blueberries....Summer Sunset from Claire of  Finer Fruits is right at the back.... Pink Lemonade from ebay...and in the front is Blueberry Sunshine from Wellspring Gardens (ebay)...Sunshine has actually started to flower...!!
Both Pink Lemonade and Sunshine are low chill varieties...but Summer Sunset is a high chill....still i harbour hopes of seeing fruits ...!!

Blueberry Sunshine...

Other plants that arrived are.....

A Tangerine /Citrus tangerina  from Wayside Gardens...

Chocolate Cosmos.....this is the third time i am trying to plant this Cosmos... hopefully this third attempt will be successful... the first was sent by Sheila...

Vanilla Butterfly Flower from Wayside Gardens...

...and  Tahiti Sunrise Dahlia bulbs.... Dmitri also sent the seed of an unusual plant...a plant that i do not know the name of ....

Everbearing Yellow Raspberry....a sad update... :(

On Sunday afternoon i noticed my EYR was wilting.... curiosity led me to pull it up...and what a shock i got....the roots were full of white ants/termites.... i quickly washed them off and planted it in another pot....praying it will survive....

Come Monday April 8th ...my good spirits returned with the arrival of Quinalt Strawberry and Sweet Cherry bareroot plants.... planted them the same day...hope they will thrive well...inshaa Allah

Yellow Fig from Dmitri

Planted January 12th, 2014....has started budding...Alhamdullillah...may the fruits form and mature ....in shaa Allah

Giant Granadilla/Passiflora quadrangularis....

Alhamdullillah.... I finally got this long coveted plant....arrived on Thursday 13th March 2014 and planted on the morning of Friday 14th March.... after buying it twice online ...from a seller located in Hawaii... once DOA and another dead after a few days of transplanting.... i got it from a local nursery in Kuantan..... a Facebook member EM Nursery owner..Norasiah.

GG in its temporary 'house'....hoping it will grow well and strong enough to be transplanted  to its 'permanent house'...

Blueberry (n ect. ) news update...

Sometime ago received an email from Claire telling me that she has not posted my Blueberry Summer Sunset and Panache Fig.... aahhh what a great great relief... i was feeling jubilantly happy knowing that i have not really lost them.....!!

The recent addition to the garden...the Blueberry Pink Lemonade has started to green up....

 But the Everbearing Yellow Raspberry has yet to 'wake up' from dormancy.... well may be in a few more days it will.....

Blueberry Pink Lemonade and Yellow Raspberry

Yesterday was a very happy day...went to sleep last night with a  big big smile on my face...i am proudly announcing to the whole wide world that i am now the proud owner of a blueberry Pink Lemonade plant and an Everbearing Yellow Raspberry...thanks to Dmitri!

They were posted on the 17th February and reached my hands on 27th. Despite having arrived home very late, i made the time to plant them both. Not immediately...had to visit Ton's nursery in Kg Raja after Isya prayer to get 2 big pots and some gardening soil for my new plants.....

Blueberry Pink Lemonade from an ebay seller that Dmitri 'forwarded' to me.

Everbearing Yellow Raspberry from Dmitri.

win some ...lose some... siiggghhh...(for the 'losses from the losing..')

...yes i have lost a lot...seeds bought not germinating...but still stubbornly buying ...wrong technique possibly...pacifying self... DOAs...dead on arrival... well there are always risks in every venture one decides to undertake...still pacifying self...and i stubbornly go on buying...

Up to date am still  waiting for my Panache Fig and Summer Sunset Blueberry from Claire/Harvest-Clinic...which according to an eBay notice was posted on 31st January... i have begun to lose hope that they might still be alive upon arrival...if they do arrive soon....siiggghh am feeling rather sad now...

Panache Fig - offered by Harvest-Clinic at USD29.95

Summer Sunset Blueberry from Harvest-Clinic offered for  USD6.95

So the total payment made was....

Subtotal	$36.90 USD
Shipping and handling	$28.95 USD
Insurance - not offered	----
Total	$65.85 USD
Payment	$65.85 USD
This charge will appear on your credit card statement as "PAYPAL *ERMA GIEM" Payment sent to marieclaire0911@gmail.com
From amount	RM228.85 MYR
To amount	$65.85 USD
Exchange rate: 1 Malaysian Ringgit = 0.287743 U.S. Dollars