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These lavender gumamelas are the hardest to grow. Yeah, I say are because the still live! They are so rare that we kept them even as the others were replaced. We have two varieties of this lavender gumamela now–the smaller and simpler ones in the photo and the bigger ones with overlapping petals given by Jay and Jet. I’ll post photos of the bigger ones next time. They are really lovely. 
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great shots, connie. beautiful flowers.our gumamela just keeps on growing, with leaves multiplying, but without the flowers.
thanks, lemon.
ayaw mamulaklak gumamela nyo? you know, I noticed that if left alone, the bloom profusely. the more trimming they get, nagtatampo yata.
bigla ko tuloy na-miss ang garden kong maliit sa antipolo. ano na kaya ang hitsura nito ngayon. nung iwanan ko siya last year, nagtanim ako ng mga bagong gumamela na hybrid.
siyempre naroon pa rin yung mga mainstay kong lavender gumamelas na napaka hirap alagaan.
naku, mai-post na nga yung gumamela na bigay nyo ni Jet.
Beautiful gumamelas.I love the colors,never seen anything like this before.