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A question of design
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 25/10/2015
» The photos you see on this page came from Alastair North, whose garden design is intended to apply to a small to middle size urban or suburban garden of about 150-200 square wah, or 600-800 square metres.
More on mangoes
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 06/07/2014
» I have eaten mangoes all my life. I have seen mango trees since I was a child, for it was one of the most common fruit trees in the Philippines, where I grew up. When I was in high school and an examination was coming up, I’d climb a tree that my grandfather had planted in our compound and review my lessons while sitting in its branches. But it’s only now that I realise how little I knew about mango trees, and why the tree in our family compound seldom bore fruit.
Pretty plumeria the plant to pick
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 01/09/2013
» If you like flowers and have the space, plant plumeria. At Chatuchak about three metres away from Gate 3, there are many cultivars to choose from every Wednesday and Thursday during the midweek plant market. Gone are my childhood days when plumeria flowers were only white with yellow centre; these days they come in all shades of red, pink, yellow and orange, as well as pinkish salmon, pinkish chocolate, pinkish blue and other colour combinations.
Let your gardening tastes blossom
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 30/09/2012
» Areader wrote, ''I have been reading 'Green Fingers' with great interest of late as I am considering re-doing my garden. I was wondering if you offer your service with regard to which plants would suit my garden and how best to do it up.''
These trees love a sea breeze
B Magazine, Normita Thongtham, Published on 04/03/2012
» Marc Jacqueline and his wife have acquired a piece of land near Khanom Bay in Nakhon Si Thammarat and want to plant trees around their property to define its borders. ''We were planning to use mango and coconut trees, but maybe we should look at alternatives such as teak or Acacia mangium or Caesalpinia pulcherrima,'' he wrote.