The name Roselle is feminine, the beautiful pinkish flower is definitely feminine too. There goes our attempt on Roselle in Tanah Merah, Kelantan displaying pinkish flowers all over the seven plants. I try to compare the flowers here with Putrajaya, I thought the pink is heavier and more pronounced here. Weather play a trick probably.
I remembered about a reader from Kota Bharu and another one from Hongkong asking for roselle seeds. I posted them on Sunday 23rd of January. Sorry for the long delay. Patience will see roselle germinating, growing and flowering. So for the two readers, from the date of sowing, roselle will take about 3 months to bloom with pinkish smile.
So, within a week, Kakdah may enjoy roselle juice with Eisya, the little girl staying right in front of our house.
roselle flower,
a view from behind.
roselle flower
roselle flower
roselle flower
roselle flower
a front view, displaying the glowing red...
The flowers will close up and drop off later in the day. Then fruits start to get bigger. I wasn't lavish with fertiliser these few weeks, but somehow the fruits, or roselle form well.
row of flowering roselle
picture taken early in the morning, last week.
row of 7 roselle plants
picture taken today, around 6pm. The fruits are forming well.
The flowers will close up and drop off later in the day. Then fruits start to get bigger. I wasn't lavish with fertiliser these few weeks, but somehow the fruits, or roselle form well.
picture taken early in the morning, last week.
picture taken today, around 6pm. The fruits are forming well.
early December 2010, very small then.
bangchik and kakdah
menanam roselle di Tanah Merah, Kelantan
Sweet roselle doing so well! You've certainly got more than green fingers!!
ReplyDeleteTheir flowers are more peachy than pinkish Bangchik, so lovely and they look so nice in a row. Im waiting for mine to bloom too..How do you make the juice from the fruit, since its going to be my first time.
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely beautiful, I would love to grow them even for the flowers alone. I am surprised that they have not been popularized as ornamentals yet.
ReplyDeleteThis is so pretty!
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice treat for Eisha. I would also like to know how roselle juice taste like. I would like to try growing this plant as well. But it might be to late now.As we are going to enter mid-summer soon.
ReplyDeleteBlossoms quite beautiful...I like the darker veins showing in the petals! Curious now to see the fruit and see what Kakdah does with the fruit!
ReplyDeleteBankchik,
ReplyDeleteYour fingers are shinning green. Any plant can grow so well in your garden. Your house was so empty but look at it now, filled with so many beautiful and usuable plants!
I'm not good in blogging and gardening and i appreciate your visit to my blog and those comments. Thank you very much, they keep me going :)
Keats The Sunshine Girl
ReplyDeleteMy fingers are heavily tanned... haha... am so glad roselle grow well.
p3chandan
You are right, the colour being more peachy than pinkish... juice is simple. Peel off the outer skin, or calyx and boil. Sieve, to get the juice.... The residue can be further boil with sugar to get jam.... to get the right sweetness, add sugar to the juice... You can refer to my earlier post under the label ROSELLE.
College Gardener
The flowers are as beautiful as any other exotic flowers... Being a family of hibiscus, flowers are just for the day....
meemsnyc
Yeap.., pretty flowers and lovely juice and jam.
Malay-Kadazan girl
Roselle juice is indescribable... plain heaven.. haha. You can grow them next season.... How lucky we are living here.., able to grow any plants, anytime of the year.
Theanne...
I will wait for the fruits to get a little bit bigger... then they will deserve a post..., "Roselle juice and jam"!
milka
In fact I want to grow more... but the space is limiting my enthusiasm... haha. My fingers still brown by the way. Yes, plants are being nice to me and kakdah..., they keep growing and grinning green.
salam,
ReplyDeletecantik dan berkhasiat!
Beautiful flowers my friend... my fingers are itching to try out this plant...
ReplyDeleteWhen I was back home in Malaysia, I grow lots and lots of Roselle. One thing about Roselle is that this plant is hardy. So it is quite easy to grow them. We used to make juice out of it and it tasted like a Ribenna drink. Then best part is after extracting the juice out of the fruit I used the leftover to make a Jam out of it. Just at some sugar and a bit of water it will taste like a strawberry Jam. Give it a try!
ReplyDeleteYour roselle are very happy in your new garden. They grow very fast too! I guess to make some roselle juice, you do need quite a lot of fruits, my hopes are dashed, if I grow only one, there will not be enough of fruits. And I do not have the space to grow so many of this plants! Sigh..... will just admire your plants and drool at Kad Dah's roselle juice!! ^..^
ReplyDeleteThose look very similar to Hibiscus flowers, and they are beauty.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely.
Jen @ Muddy Boot Dreams
The photography in this article is simply lovely!
ReplyDeleteI appreciate the detailed instructions, too.
Warm Regards,
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Is it same as the Allamanda, which comes in a pink shade and also yellow. It looks quite the same to me. Beautiful pictures.
ReplyDeleteHi bangchik,
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Hafiz
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Muddy Boot Dreams
Chock-Full of Seeds
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Ever Green Tree
Thanks everyone for the visit and comments. On the specific question on allamanda .., they are not related to roselle. Allamanda has tougher flower. Roselle is so soft, paperlike flowers.... On Award by Kitchen flavours.., thanks and i will soon write out something..
cheers
~bangchik
Hi. I'm a student at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and I'm planning to plant roselle for my company's business. Is there any tips for planting this plant as gardening is a new experience for me. Thx
ReplyDeleteMiriam
ReplyDeleteIf you go into details and pin on exactness of science.., that would probably be beyond me. I grow plants like any other home gardeners just like mothers making curry, we never go for exactness, a-z specification. Everything is "secukup rasa".. On tips, you can flick through the label on "roselle". Good Luck to your adventure.
Thx :) Can I know where can I get seeds or stem cuttings for roselle? :)
ReplyDelete...Miriam
ReplyDeleteHow many do you need? I may be able to supply and post to you.
Erm.. maybe around 10 to 20 seeds? Because I plan to try out roselle planting before going for bulk planting. How much will it cost? Thx
ReplyDelete...Miriam.
ReplyDeleteDont worry, I can post 20 seeds. leave your address at my email mylittlevegetablegarden@gmail.com
It would be worthwhile if you can try other variety before embarking on something big. Always choose the best.
The variety I am growing should do fine, already tested at many places, first in Perak, then Putrajaya and now Kelantan.
ok... leave ur address at the email.
~bangchik
Hi, can you spare me some seeds for me to grow in my little garden? TQ.
ReplyDeleteHello mylittlevegetablegarden,
DeleteI love to grow some roselle plant for the beauty of the flower. So simple and elegant! Do you supply roselle seed oversea?
Jamie
H....You leave the address at mylittlevegetablegarden@gmail.com
DeleteHi there, i would love to grow my own roselle plants...would you have any seeds to share?
ReplyDeletehi... i stop growing roselle for over two years... I myself am on the lookout for new seeds, which I will grow in Seri Iskandar home soon... then when plants mature I will definitely share again....
DeleteWhere can I buy the plants or seeds to grow in my garden?
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