First visit to Singapore National Library- Part 2.

(Retreat Garden at Level 10. Most plants at the Retreat Garden are herbs and spices. Tongkat Ali tree is found here.)







(Neem Tree or Divine Tree at Level 10. It is widely use as traditional medicine. It has anti bacterial and anti fungus properties that even plants close to this plant seldom fall ill)






(Do you know what is the National Flower of Singapore?)







(Bamboo. It is not a tree, not a fern, not a schrub, but a giant grass. There are more than 100 usage from Bamboo)




(Money Plant.)








(Peacock or prayer plant. The leaves of this plant is vertical at night and horizontal in the afternoon)







(Heliconia. There are 150 types of Heliconia in Singapore with most Heliconia spicies found at the Jurong Bird Park)







(Rain Tree. The leaves of this rain tree is yellow. It is an expensive and difficult tree to plant. Aprroximately 1 out of 1000 seed planted will get to grow. Leaves move daily depend on sunlight)





(Sweet paddle. The fruit of sweet paddle is said to be 15 times sweeter than sugar)







Singapore has positioned herself as garden city since the 60s. The garden concept is found in many places throughout the country including Singapore General Hospital and even at Libraries.

The Singapore national library provides programs conducted by volunteers such as the garden walk and art trail and I have participated the 1.5 hours garden walk. It is free of charge and guests may leave anytime at their convenience during the walk. This guided walk is available on alternate Saturday basis. The garden walk is my first botanical lesson in more than a decade.

There are too many plants in and around the national library area and I have only selected a few for sharing. Some other plants found at the national library include fig tree, aloe verra, wild pepper, banana tree (which is a tree by definition), and etc.