Generally weeds are very annoying and we keep uprooting them and throwing away but I am so glad that I did not discard a weed that entered my garden when I bought a plant in a nursery. Even as I was … [Read more...]
Tabebuia Rosea – Pink Trumpet Tree – Basant Rani – Rosy Trumpet Tree
Tabebuia Rosea is also known as the Pink Trumpet Tree, Pink poui, Pink tecoma, Rosy trumpet tree. In Hindi this tree is known as Basant Rani. These huge deciduous trees are found in … [Read more...]
Neem Tree
In Mysore, we lived in a building, which was facing the Ashwatha/Peepal-Neem and Navagraha temple for 20 years. The Peepal tree towered over the Neem tree and the Neem tree branches with dense … [Read more...]
Tabebuia Aurea – Yellow Trumpet Tree
Come February and Bangalore looks its best with the flowering trees bursting with blooms blanketing the city with a riot of colors attracting bees and hummingbirds. It is spring, a season which … [Read more...]
White Popinac Tree
This tree with its white flowers is planted for ornamental purposes as well as for firewood and livestock feed. White Popinac Tree are part of the flora in Kukkarahalli Lake in Mysore and also found … [Read more...]
Christmas tree
When dad used to recollect his boyhood days spent on his grandfather's estate called “Sane hidlu/incessant rain” in Chikkamagalur, he always referred to the huge Christmas tree present in the front … [Read more...]
Re-Potting Plants
Re-potting of plants becomes essential when the plant outgrows the pot that it was growing in. The pots that needs to be re-potted can be identified by observing the following: If water stands on … [Read more...]
Tips for growing Orchids
Orchids are slow groiwng pernnial herbs and their cultivation is simple as compared to other plants since their requirements are minimum for optimum growth. It is generally believed out of experience … [Read more...]
Banni Tree
The botanical name of this tree is Prosopis spicigera. In Sanskrit it is known as Shami Vruksha. Banni tree is found in dry and arid regions at low altitudes. This tree is widely grown in … [Read more...]
Preparing Moss Grass Stem
Moss grass stem is very useful to support climbing plants, the roots will be able cling on to the moss stem as they climb up. Plant species like Scindapsus, Philodendron, Monstera and Syngonium are … [Read more...]
Passion Flower – Passiflora Disemma
Plant Summary: The name of the flower Passion Flower - Passiflora Disemma is derived from the Passion of Christ on the cross. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spanish Christian … [Read more...]
Grow Curry Leaves Tree
I remember running around Curry leaf trees at my Mama’s(Uncle) farm in North Karnataka. He had grown these trees in half an acre of land. Walking beside the trees, we could smell the distinctive scent … [Read more...]
