Gardening-Simplified

Cheery yellow Day Lilly Flower Bright cheery golden yellow flowers welcoming in this gloomy rainy weather, is a wonderful sight in our terrace garden.  Not only do they act as a wonderful color contrast among the fresh green leaves to the sky of dark grey but also shine in almost heavenly glow of golden yellow against the sky. Not only this yellow but another one also seems enjoying the rains and growing wildly fast, the water melon creeper is throwing tendrils from every where and clinging to almost any plant to grow higher. Water melon creeper with yellow flowers Opening of Day Lilly Flower Bud Pink small flowers  The day lilly flowers are very easy to grow and spread like wild. In borders, in baskets and hanging pots they beautify the space and act as energizers with their golden yellow color. Day lillies are also available in many colors, white, pink, light purple and orangy yellow. Yellow Day Lilly Bud Yellow day lillies on Himalayas Mountains ...

How to take care of garden lawn during monsoons, as the rains have come as a welcome respite from the scorching heat and sweat another task at hand is how to take care of garden plants and especially open grass lawns.  From soil over flowing and making the pathway muddy to insects and tiny creatures making space within the grass puddles there is some care required for open lawns during rainy season , monsoons. Beautiful moment captured, the first rain 2014 Yet as we toil hard to grow the greens , monsoons are the best time to enjoy your garden and open space under the sky, feels like heaven! Very Important Lawn Care Tips During Monsoons- Maintenance of Green Lawns During Monsoon 1) It is advisable to prepare before hand and many people get shades installed for garden to protect plants and lawn from heavy down pour. We also have the swing with shade that gives protection from rain and allows us to enjoy the greens during monsoons. 2) Temporary plastic covers can also b...

The strong smell of phanus, jack fruit coming this season every where is a wonderful fruit that can be grown in containers, but love ssoil as it grows quite large    and bears large sized fruits hanging from the tree. The smell   is like bubble gum, chew fruits and soggy fruits with lots of varieties the jack fruit has immense health benefits. Artocarpus heterophyllus scientific name, the fruit usually shaped   as a large huge bean has rough outer covering which is textured and spiky dark greenish which turns brownish on ripening. Basically we are familiar with two type of variety of jack fruits the fleshy rubbery type and the crunchy type.  Cutting Jack fruit tips Edible Kidney Bean shaped Seeds of jack fruit Jack fruit grow from seeds that are light brown kidney bean shaped which are also edible and taste great when roasted or boiled. The fruits are very large and hang from   the tree trunks and some are even lover hanging that can be r...

Tulsi Holy Basil plant is considered very auspicious especially for Hindus but universally loved by everyone for their healing medicinal properties. It is a plant found in every home because of its symbolic value and medicinal properties of healing. Dried seeds on Tulsi plant Purple green seeds fresh Tulsi  Holy Basil Tulsi plant with seeds Holy Basil Tulsi plant flowers Tulsi Plant Holy Basil caught a glimpse of this beautiful exotic red bird, so tiny yet beautiful, so close to us! Red Exotic Bird sucking nectar from Canna flower Scientific name of the sacred Tulsi plant is Ocimum Tenuiflorum and Basil is its English name. Tulsi the wife of Vishnu, is most respected and loved and having this plant in home is considered auspicious and lots of care is taken to keep the plant healthy. There is a belief that the plant shrivels with negative energy or if the home or owner is going to. Some people plant it outside their home whereas some swear never to ...