GreenBuzz: What's Growing?

Last weekend, I paid a second visit to Delima Tani, one of the nurseries at Selangor Green Lane, Sungai Buloh. While there I had a good converstion with the nursery owner, Albert Goh, and his wife. Well, I discovered that they certainly know all their plants very well :-)

At first I was only interested to find out more about his flower promotion that's coming up in the first and second weekend of December. If you love flowering plants like Dianthus, Cosmos, Marigolds, Melampodium, Petunia, Verbena, Portulaca, Aster and Vinca, mark your calendar now. They are all fresh from the farm.



Many times when I visit a nursery, I would stumble upon places that I am not allowed to enter.



This time round, not only do I get to see what's behind a 'No Entry' post, I managed to get an insight of what's growing (or cooking!) at this nursery.

While most parts of the nursery are stocked up with plants that are offered to customers, there is a section that is allocated for growing seeds. I saw many seedlings that were on the racks that day. Most of the plant names that I spotted on the tags are rather new to me. Once this seedlings mature, they will be ready for consumers, like us, to buy.



If you are crazy over the current popular little bird plant, you may want to have a Red-bird plant (pic below) that is from the same family. Some of us may remember this plant during our younger days. I think it was popular in the 1970's. Hmm... if you know what I am talking about, you may have just revealed your age :-)



The other special plant that is almost ready to go to the shelves that day was the Lucky Twisted Grass. The grass is visually appealing with its straight and twisted foliage.



Angelonia 'serena' (pic below) is another attractive dainty plant that will surely win the hearts of many.



Click here to find your way to Delima Tani.

I hope that you find this news interesting, as I did. What nurseries are buying and growing are what we, consumers, are going to have later in our gardens. Agree?

I congratulate Delima Tani for having a special interest in growing plants from seeds, for this way we can have greater choices, varieties and species! Their efforts are definitely going to make gardening more interesting for us!!

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Bukit Jalil Nursery

At the entrance of Bukit Jalil Nursery is a huge signage, a few big fan palms and pots of plants that are placed neatly in a simple fashion.

You will definitely not miss this nursery if you are travelling along the Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway!



Opening everyday from 9.30am to 6.30pm, this nursery is a wholesaler and retailer of flowers and fruit trees. Besides that they also do landscaping work which include design, woodwork deco and pond work.

Plant Variety Rating: 4 | They have lots of popular tropical trees, palms, shrubs, trees, ferns, climbers and ground covers.

You can find many flower plants in one of the sheltered areas. Those in hanging baskets are petunias, begonia, vinca as well as some ferns while on the racks are small potted plants like anthurium, oxalis, dwarf palms, money plant, alocasia, spathiphyllum plants, mosquito plant and other ferns.



Out in the open space are bougainvilleas, ixora, angelonia and also crinum.



If you are thinking of getting shrubs or trees for your garden, there are plenty here!



Aside from the regular plants, they also have some bonsai, yucca, ficus and elephant yam plants.



Plant Condition Rating: 4 | All plants are in good condition.

They are lots of nice ferns like sword fern, money plant, aglaonema, anthurium, palm, calathea, syngonium, dieffenbachia and spathiphyllum.



Layout Rating: 4 | Overall the nursery is spacious and easy to move about. There is a particular space where they have lots of pots, some are on the ground and some on the racks. It is easy to look at each type of pots here.



Garden Products Rating: 4 | They have lots of small garden ornaments that are placed on racks. They also sell lots of plastic pots, ceramic pots, seeds, fertiliser and garden accessories.




Bukit Jalil Nursery is located near the Bukit Jalil Fire & Rescue Station. Click here for the map.

CONTACT DETAILS

Bukit Jalil Nursery Sdn Bhd
Next to Lot 37889
Puchong-Sungai Besi Highway
(Lebuhraya Bukit Jalil)
57000 Kuala Lumpur
Mobile: 6012-232 2446 (Mr Lee Kok Leeh)

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Serdang Nursery

Last weekend, I decided to recce Serdang/Seri Kembangan area for nurseries to visit. I stopped by at some shops to enquire if there are any nurseries around there.

A shop assistant told me that there is one opposite an Indian temple. The nursery she pointed me to is called Serdang Nursery.



Like any other nurseries, this one is also situated below high tension cables. I was told before that the land below tension cables are normally approved for nursery business. So if you are thinking of opening a nursery, please take note of this :-)



Serdang Nursery opens from 9.30am to 6.30pm daily except Monday.

Plant Variety Rating: 4.5 | Mostly popular tropical trees, palms, shrubs, trees, ferns, climbers and ground covers.

While I was there I noticed lots of seedlings, young and mature adenium (desert rose) on racks. The nursery owner explained that they specialise in adenium plants, also known as fu gui hua in Chinese.

Their seeds are mostly from Taiwan. Aside from seeds, they bring in young adenium plants from that country too.



One adenium that I was interested in was the mini adenium that they have when I was there. They had only one pot to show me but I was taken aback by its RM110 pricetag. The nursery owner added that it was actually an old price which means that the price now is even higher!

I was told they used to have white, pale pink and white centre/pink border ones. Apparently they also kept some stocks at another place.



I spotted patches of grass here as well.



One flower plant that caught my attention at this nursery was dahlia. They have white, orange pink and purple white ones. I saw very nice hibiscus and mandevilla as well as the currently popular pedilanthus 'little bird' plant too.



Other beautiful plants like roses, bromeliad, anthurium, vinca, impatiens and gerbera daisy are also available here.



Some nice plants like the nepenthes pitcher plants and lipstick vine in hanging baskets could also be seen.



Plant Condition Rating: 3.75 | All plants are in reasonably good condition.



They also have lots of popular fern plants like sword fern, money plant, aglaonema, palm, calathea, syngonium, dieffenbachia, staghorn fern and spathiphyllum plants.



Layout Rating: 3.5 | The aisles are quite narrow to walk through. Some, at certain parts of the nursery, are quite tight hence rather difficult to move around to browse the plants.



Garden Products Rating: 4 | There are lots of ceramic pots, plastic pots and garden accessories, all placed on racks. They sell Growell organic fertiliser and seeds as well.




Serdang Nursery is located along the very busy Serdang/Seri Kembangan main road, near Jalan Maktab. Click here for the map.

CONTACT DETAILS

Serdang Nursery
Below High Tension Cable
Jalan Maktab
43300 Seri Kembangan
Selangor
Mobile: 6019-342 2587 (Mr Wong Hean Khoon)

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Lam Garden

 I was attracted to a long stretch of beautiful, colourful blooms placed on the ground as well as on the racks of this nursery.

When I alighted from the car, I discovered that they also have an adjacent space on the opposite side of the road.



I was fascinated by many nice ferns that are popular nowadays like money plant, aglaonema, palm, calathea, syngonium, dieffenbachia, bird's nest and spathiphyllum plants.



Lam Garden opens from 8.00am to 6.00pm daily.

Plant Variety Rating: 4.5 | Mostly popular tropical ornamental palms, shrubs, trees, ferns, climbers and ground covers.

While I was there I noticed a variety of wonderful coleus.



The common plants that you will find here are poinsettia, zebra plant, mona lavender, peace lily, colourful caladium and aglaonema.



Many beautiful plants in small pots like roses, bromeliad, morning glory, cactus, begonia, butterfly plant, gloxinia and crinium spider lily are also available.



This nursery has some wonderful shrubs in its stock too. The shrubs that caught my attention were hibiscus, umbrella plant, palm, cordyline, adenium, bougainvillea and euphorbia milii. I also saw some nice adenium plants at one part of the nursery.



Plant Condition Rating: 4 | All plants are in very good condition.

While looking around, I found some pedilanthus little bird plants among other popular plants like zinnias and roses.



Layout Rating: 4.5 | The layout is excellent for browsing and there are ample space to walk about. Most of the plants are placed on racks and neatly arranged.



Garden Products Rating: 3 | There are limited choices of pots.



Lam Garden is one of the nurseries at the former Leprosy Control Centre (Pusat Kawalan Kusta Negara). Click here for the map.

CONTACT DETAILS

Lam Garden
Central Section
47000 Sungai Buloh
Selangor
Tel: 603-6156 4049
Mobile: 6019-213 1999

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Potters Garden

I stopped by at this nursery to shop for pots as its signage says Potters Garden. But when I stepped into the place, I noticed that it has a huge space and a major section was stocked with plants.



Potters Garden is a manufacturer, importer and exporter of potteries and earthwares for gardening and decorative purposes. They also design fountains and have been in this business for more than 20 years. The daily opening hours are between 9.00am and 7.00pm.



Plant Variety Rating: 4.5 | Mostly tropical ornamental palms, shrubs, trees, ferns, climbers, flowering plants and ground covers.

They have a variety of orchids, pitcher plants, cacti, succulents, bromeliads and staghorn ferns.



At another section, you would be able to find many money plants, palms, dieffenbachia and a selection of interesting shrubs.



Plant Condition Rating: 3.5 | All the plants are in good condition.

While I was there I also saw some indica azaleas that were placed on one of the racks.



Layout Rating: 4 | This nursery is very spacious and you can actually drive right into its premises. At one part of the nursery many plants are placed on racks and some are hung while at another part, all the plants are placed on the ground.

There are plenty of bird's nest and pitcher plants in hanging baskets as well.



Garden Products Rating: 4.5 | The place is well stocked with lots of ceramic pots, plastic pots, gravel and garden products.



Potters Garden is located opposite Damansara Damai, right next to the Caltex petrol station. It is on your right if you are travelling from Kepong towards Sungai Buloh. For the map and more detailed directions, click here.

CONTACT DETAILS

Potters Garden
11th Mile, Jalan Kuala Selangor,
47000 Sungai Buloh
Selangor
Mobile: 6012-370 7981
Fax: 603-6136 3319

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Natural Beauty Garden

Natural Beauty Garden, another nursery at the former Leprosy Control Centre, specialises in the wholesaling of flower and fruit plants, grass and landscaping work.

Their operating hours are from 8.00am to 7.00pm daily.



Like other nurseries at the central section here, they also have a lot of flowering and beautiful ferns and shrubs.

Plant Variety Rating: 4 | Mostly tropical ornamental palms, shrubs, trees, ferns, climbers and ground covers.

At the front of the nursery, I noticed some very nice double-petal hibiscus, adenium, Chinese fringe flower, melapodiums, spider plant, petunia, celosia, rose and mandevilla plants.



There are also many lovely flowering plants like gerbera daisy, anthurium and impatiens as well as many beautiful foliages like begonia, staghorn, calethea, aglaonema, dracaena corn plant and Chinese croton.



Plant Condition Rating: 4.5 | I saw many beautiful plants like calathea, bromeliad, zebra plant and anthurium that are in excellent condition.



Layout Rating: 4.5 | All plants except for those which are in front of the nursery are sheltered. It is a pleasant and nice nursery to shop.



Garden Products Rating: 3 | There are limited choices of pots at the nursery. I saw some fertilisers on one rack.



The Leprosy Control Centre is also called Pusat Kawalan Kusta Negara. For directions, click here.

CONTACT DETAILS

Natural Beauty Garden
578 Central Section
47000 Sungai Buloh
Selangor
Tel: 603-6156 4154
Mobile: 6012-232 1441 (Anthony Tan) & 6012-207 1824 (Cindy)

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