Foliage Plants

The predominant colour in my garden is green. While other gardens in the neighbourhood are spilling over with hibiscus and chrysanthemum blooms, my foliage plants seem to be thriving. I console myself that the lack of abundance of flowers may be due to the trees all around.
The Nailpolish Bromeliad Neoregalia spectabilis has come out with its rare pink flowers now.

Alocacia Metallica has dark leaves which look like a horse's face. They look striking against a wall. Small plantlets of this alocacia are sprouting up all over my garden now.

The huge leaves of this Anthurium have light coloured veins.

This is a native Lemon grass .The blades are razor sharp- I have had my fingers slashed by them twice! I use the leaves to flavour tea, and also for Thai cooking.

This is an Alpinia - a ginger. It is like a beam of sunshine in a corner of the garden.Its shell like flowers are also attractive.

Leaves have so many different shapes, textures and colours. I wonder why we overlook them .