Beautification of road median

 The highway from Mile 4 to the Kuching International Airport is showing some excellent colours.  The use of colourful bougainvillea shrubs grown in over-sized pots, variegated cover plants and cannas does make the stretch of central median a beautiful 'protocol' road.

All images above taken on 20 August'13.

Flowers of Kuching - Canna hybrids

Flowers of Kuching - Varieties

Below are the flowers that I have planted at my Kuching garden. For your eyes only.

Sepenuh ( Eurcycles amboinensis)

Costus woodsoonii

Pink Canna hybrid

Pink Frangipani ( Plumeria rubra)

Longest Row of Cannas

This is about the longest stretch of cannas grown in Kuching. It is about 200 m in length and planted with three colourful shades of cannas -red, yellow and orange. The building in the center of the picture belongs to the Kuching City North. Cannas belong to the broad family of bananas and ginger in that they have rhizomes. Over centuries, they have been cross-breeded and now many hybrids are available having varied colours and mixture. Cannas love the open sun and require heavy manuring and removal of spent leaves or stems if they are to exhibit their true colours and bright appeal.