Big sized Roses and Button Sized Fragrant Roses flowering tips

 Big sized Roses and Button Sized Fragrant Roses flowering tips today in this beautiful post!  Healthy rose flowers are what every gardener dreams of. When ever we plant a rose bush, a rose climber or any rose plant we expect to see healthy blooms. Heavenly fragrances unique of roses, when rose plants are fully loaded with colourful roses.

Throughout history, yellow has been closely associated with the sun, making these roses excellent for cheering people up. Yellow roses send a message of appreciation and simply pure appreciation love without the romantic element of other colors. The color represents feelings of joy and delight. Red roses symbolize passion love and happiness. Pink Roses, the so romantic roses for new love, fresh love. White Roses symbolizes purity and clear friendship. Dark red Rose flowers, again is a very passionate deep colour in roses.

My fascination began when we visited the Ooty hill station Rose Garden. What I noticed was the soil was a mixture of cowdung and fertilizers and was a reddish one grainy texture. The climate in Ooty is best for flowering plants and hence we see blooms all year round, still the best time to visit Ooty is in summers when the vibrant colored blooms are in full swing! Every plant has flowers and even the foliage plants are fresh and healthy, think it has to do with the temperatures,  sunlight and cooler temperatures in Ooty.

Tips for healthy growth of your rose plant and big flower size- I share few tips here to get good and profuse flowers on your rose plants. Rose climbers need partially shaded area as the blooms will dry off soon in sunny sections of your garden. Feed the plants with regular fertilizer available in nursery outlets. There are  also special mixtures available for roses which when given to the plants they immediately develop good sized blooms.

The thorny rose plants bushes also need to get partial sunlight for few hours of the day. the soil has to be hard to bear the weight of your rose plant. Regular watering is required after fertilization the plant for the plant to develop good sized rose flowers. I usually feed my rose plants just before rainy season to see the blooms come out excellent and fully loaded plants look coloruful with a fragrant atmosphere. With red. pink, white, peach, shaded, black red, maroon, rani pink and orange all the colours especially the yellow rose bush they all look amazing with their unique fragrances and colours  

Is your Rose plant healthy? Big blooms need healthy plant and I have seen my rose flowers of big size are almost drooping on the rose bushes and climbers. The size of the flowers is very big and the stem is unable to bear the weight of the bunches of flowers. Some Rose flower climbers need to be trimmed down to maintain the beauty of the rose climber whereas some rose bushes have developed good blooms and with profuse growth.  I also trim the plants even during rainy season. To check the growth of the rose flowers I have also cut many rose flowers and kept them inside to brighten up the living room and enjoy the fragrant roses. Each stem also can be grown into a new rose plant but you need to add the rooting hormone. I never tried this, but You tube, Google has much information about growing plants from cuttings and even gifted bouquet roses.

 For increasing the size of the rose flowers you must allow only few flowers to grow on the  rose plant. Usually I select bushes without thorns as these give profuse flowers. This red rose picture is from the rose bush that has given very big flowers this year. For healthy blooms,  the right amount of water, light, and feeding and also we need to be lucky with these rose plants,  as my personal experience is,  long time back we had a rose climber that would grow and grow and there were no flowers on it. Finally we parted with it. 

 Keep the stem thick to carry the weight of  loaded rose flowers on your rose plant. it was worth the effort of the cuts and bruises by the thorns! Remember to be careful while handling thorny rose plants and trimming time also.

While I have had lots and lots of Rose bushes of different varieties over the years and even special unique ones bought form exhibitions that have given us beautiful rose flowers, I had avoided the tiny button roses.  Size matters, and since the environment on our terrace garden his best suited for roses, we always would choose and grow large sized roses. Button roses, tiny roses and small beautiful bunches of Joy!

Big Sized Fragrant Roses

Big rose flowers on plant

Button roses require some what different care than the big rose bushes. They grow beautifully into bunches of flowers and look pretty like tiny buttons of pink!

Button roses are Awesum in fragrances and their raw fresh fragrance is out of this world! Of course my other roses also have fantastic fragrance and these are heightened in fresh rose buds opening in the early mornings, you must try smell  the roses  after sunrise, the experience will refresh your mind body and spirit!

Rose flowering plants

soft pink rose flower plant

Rose bush in my garden

Button rose flower plant in my garden

Big rose bush with flowers

Beautiful fragrant roses

Rose flowers from my garden

So I added button roses, and then after the session of blooming the leaves started to yellow and drop off. There were so many flowers, it was not possible to trim the plant at this time. I realized that the plant was struggling to maintain health due to less exposure to sunlight. Trimming and dead heading of flowers is very important.

Then due to heavy rains most button rose flowers rotted and the whole plant was covered with soggy petals. Chances are, here the plant health can be compromised in such situations where the outside atmosphere is dark and cloudy.

Red Rose flower bud

Pink Rose flower bud

Red Roses from my garden

Next time, I was prepared, my special tip! Cut some flowers( I avoided cutting flowers, but in special cases  it is essential, especially in rains the flower remains for longer time indoors) Cutting some flowers helped me to add some freshness indoors as well as save the remaining flowers on plant that grew healthy and stayed for  longer time.

Button Rose bushes care-

1) Button rose plants  will need indirect sunlight.

2) Egg shells work for all roses as great feedings.

3) They will grow stems that will spread into many tiny stems and load with many buds.

4) Dead heading is important after blooming as these tiny button roses dry off and they cover most of the plant preventing  the leaves from getting sunlight.

 5) Button roses grow in plenty, large numbers in healthy plant and hence they require rich soil and well  sized pots.

Growing big rose flowers is a dream of every one who selects to grow roses and it is necessary to understand that the rose bush needs some sunlight and also feedings regularly to flower healthily. Once the flowers have dried off even more important is to trim, dead head the flowers to encourage new growth on the rose plants.

What more than to be greeted with roses, big sized or fragrant button roses, they are always the Best! No wonder Roses are King of flowers!

Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

 I do not sell plants this is my love and passion. I am a symbolist painter, healing artist since year 2000 selling original art to spread health wealth and Joy with world through my Reiki symbol healing paintings! Buy Reiki flower paintings for health wealth and joy.

The Mystical Raat Ki Raani Plant Folk lores and Why Your Raat Ki Raani Plant dies?

 The mystical Raat Ki Raani Plant with its creamish fragrant flowers are worth growing!

Beautiful Fragrant Raat Ki Raani flower plant

Tubular shaped small Raat Ki Raani Flowers Bunches

So many buds of Raat ki Raani Flowers plant

Fully loaded and looking soooo happy! with all its traditional lore about snakes and jins staying on this, and so many stories the raat ki raani , Night queen enjoys its stay in many societies. So happy to see this one blooming Awesumly! It is not only a prized possession but the fragrance is heavenly citric and freshens up your mind and soul.  Snakes, Fairies, Angels, dwell upon plants with fragrant blooms. 

Buds on Raat Ki Raani Plant

Yet more so, old grannies used to say white flowers, especially Champa, flower of joy also has the same lores. I do agree on fairies and nature spirits being in the garden but not in a bad way, as they do take care of your garden when you are not there! That’s why my gardens are always green!! Of course only when you are a dedicated loving gardener, even for a few days absence they take care of your plants and it is proved , whenever we go for short trips and watering is skipped, the same plants that go limp in a day without water, survive for a week and spring back when watered! Magic exists if you believe in it! 

One of the most mystical blooms, that still brings discussions when mentioned! The lore about snakes and fairies continues...yet people fascinated by this Awesum plant keep growing it, The Raat Ki raani, Night Queen, Fragrant Jasmine.  Share the love, kindly post queries and comments about Night blooming Jasmine , The Queen of Night, Raat Ki Raani, plant here as the previous post has tons of comments and takes time to load, the comments sharing do help guide us for better ways to garden and flowering. Queen of Night or our commonly known raat ki raani is a fragrant flowering bush. Commonly also known as Night blooming jasmine, night scented jessamine the cestrum nocturnum fowering bush can grow in all climates and is an evergreen flowering bush. After hearing a lot of tales and folk lores about this heavenly fragrant plant the desire to plant this bush in my terrace garden was too strong and this time I decided to add this Raat Raani plant to my family of fragrant jasmines and champa flowering plants. 

The fragrance is heavenly citrus and distinct and can be felt from many houses away especially in the summers when the days are hot and the nights cool. The new entry Raat ki rani plant is growing in container in a place where it gets partial sunlight for some parts of the day. There is a riot of fragrances on our terrace with many plants commanding attention. The plant night blooming jasmine has flowered well and the bush has white tubular flowers growing in a bunches. It seems the plant is very humble and is laden with many fragrant flowers.

Blooming Raat Ki Raani Flowers on Plant

 The plant I hear develops fruits like berries after flowering. It is also known that the raat rani plant cestrum nocturnum has all parts that are poisonous, right from the flowers to the roots to the berries.Have to be careful with my birds and I have planted this beautiful fragrant flowering bush raat ki rani in a container and have kept it in a partially shaded area where birds do not come frequently. Care of raat ki rani flowering plant would include watering regularly and choosing the right place for planting. The plant when skipped watering droops and develops yellow leaves which lead to leaf drop and drying of the plant. The plant after flowering will need dead heading of flowers and trimming to get plenty of healthy blooms. The raat ki rani grows best when trimmed and kept in the size and shape of a bush other wise it grows thin developing a long stem trailing like a climber and taking over the other pots. It look also good when the white flowers grow on the bush and the sight is wonderful to see the round shape of the raat ki rani bush laden with tiny tubular while flowers growing in bunches drooping down with its weight, and of course the heavenly fragrance. I still have to get it clear that the flowers only start spreading fragrance when late evening sun sets in and night breeze blows. There is also a folk lore or belief heard since ages that this raat ki raani attracts snakes, maybe because of its fragrance there may be a host of bees and birds near it! some people also mention growing the Din Ka Raja plant near it to ward off this belief , well till now not experienced , and I doubt all these beliefs, with so many fragrances around champa, jasmine, jai juhi, mogra, tube roses and the many colourful fragrant roses growing on our terrace, I guess I have a strong attraction to these fragrant flowering plants. I believe the angels nature spirits may be happily dancing at night enjoying the heavenly fragrances around our terrace. Welcoming blessings to our home my planting and gardening has brought great feng shui positive energy to our life. 

Why you can't grow, unable to grow,  Raat Ki Raani plant?  I always advice to buy a flowering sapling that has fragrant flowers on it, otherwise you sometimes never see flowers! The breed may be non flowering.
The  Raat ki raani plant does not like direct sunlight, and grows happily in indirect sunlight or maybe direct sunlight for only few hours. You can  trim it for encouraging flowering and also the shape of a more fuller bushy growth.

Sometimes your Raat ki raani plant is attacked by pests, root rot, white fungus and you have to check this immediately other wise it will not make it..

 chose a medium sized plastic container that will retain moisture and allow the plant soil to remain moist for longer time. This helps the plant to grow better.

 Some Important Care for Raat Ki Raani plant during summers-

1) place  plants under full sunlight or partial light for at least few hours.

2) Avoid very dark corners as there is tendency of slugs snails and pests to attack the plant.

3) Water carefully, summers are hot but over watering may lead to root rot.

4) If the new Raat ki Raani plants are giving out stems let them grow in the same pot. When the roots are developed and the plant looks healthy then you can trim them. 

5) Keep checking the plant in summers for pests, and you can add some feeding too nourish and get healthy  flowers.  with beautiful fragrant blooms pests and creatures do love this. 

6) Flowers and  leaves may burn in full sun so partial is best as it loses its fragrance fast in full hot sun. Flowers of Night queen also dry off after flowering and then drop.

7) Very Very important-well draining rich nutrient soil, other wise , we have lost many precious ones over the years due to root rot and even I think rats are the reason. 

It feels amazing that with this Garden blog I receive so many email's that people have actually started gardening, blogging, so many have beautiful gardens than me, and are seriously into gardening businesses too! Those happy emails are blessings, feeling blessed with gratitude and Thank you universe!!

Plant a Garden..Trust me ..life will never be the same! Experience Magic!

Feng shuii activators can enhance your space and you can use this balcony and terrace to activate life luck heavenly luck and amazing blessings. As I always say on my Feng shui-Simple Cures blog  always remember the universe has everything in abundance...you just have to tap this correctly! 

Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

I do not sell plants this is my love and passion. I am a symbolist painter, healing artist since year 2000 selling original art to spread health wealth and Joy with world through my Reiki symbol healing paintings! Buy Reiki flower paintings for health wealth and joy.

Mystical Brahma kamal Flowers Fantasy and Obsession Continues

 The Flower of Gods Brahma Kamal, the flower of Lord Brahma! Brahma kamal plant, fascinated with the exotic unique flowers of the Queen of Night, Saussurea obvallata, the dream of viewing this flower at least once in this life time still continues..so over the years I have bought so many plant, cuttings, but yet, unable to bring the growth of flowers in these plants. With care and love tried to save many dying Brahma Kamal plants,  this time was they are growing well in containers in my window garden. 

My Brahma Kamal Plants

Fresh roots from Brahma Kamal leaves

Brahma Kamal flowers Photo by a blog lover

I am very laert now with so many years of experience in losing so many... As soon as I saw a few leaves drying of, the edges, I took action. With so many years of terrace gardening , now with the entryway garden the Brahma Kamal plants look happy. I trim the dried portions immediately to save the full leaf. I water them carefully and thoroughly within few days and not everyday. the soil is good and plants are firm in the containers. 

Important Care of Brahma Kamal plants

1) Choose medium size container and not large. The Brahma Kamal plants loves to be root bound.

2) Soil has to be well draining to avoid root rotting. The soil must be mixture of gravel and soil. 

3) If you see edges of Brahma Kamal leaves drying off, trim them, this saves the whole leaf from dying.

4) If the soil is clogged and you see the leaves of the plant drooping, transplant immediately.

5) Multiply them so you have more chances to see some one flower! Remember each leaf can grow in a new plant. I had a profusely growing plant so I took leaves and potted them in new containers.

 6) Important step in growing plant from cuttings. While you cut a Brahma Kamal leaf let it dry for some time to heal, other wise the leaf rots. I Request the plant before cutting and them immediately apply some soil to the cut portion to help it heal. remember plants are alive, they listen to us. 

7)It needs some support with a wooden stick you can tie the long leaves to protect them from getting spoiled touching  the ground.  I have seen that even if the plant looks like dying if you see an single erect leaf give that leaf some support , it will immediately bring out roots and new leaves. 

8) The plant needs strong soil and firm support, if you pull out the plant , an old plant will not come out. and a sick plant will immediately leave soil. This is an important tip to see how healthy your Brahma Kamal plant is. 

9) Avoid over watering few days after transplanting new cuttings. for the transplanted cuttings Brahma Kamal plant, do not water heavily. Spray carefully or else they die. Once they root they will grow strong. 

10) Flowering can be induced by adding fertilisers but I have never done this. I only add egg shells sometimes. personally I feel this does not require fertilising. If its destiny.. you will see the flowers!

11) Give it space. Since the plant grows elongated leaves like tentacles it needs air circulation well. If you keep plants too close to other plants they die off soon. They are royal plants and need some extra space! 

Hope this helps!

Read-Why Brahma Kamal Buds drop?

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The YouTube video on Brahma Kamal was made on many requests from random plant lovers and Garden Care Simplified Blog Followers and as my obsessions continue with the dream to successfully grow and wait upon the Lord Brahma to bless me with the amazing flower..the wait continues... I had a lot of struggle to grow the Brahma Kamal plants. 

Now in our window garden the climate is just right and the Brahma Kamal plants seem happy with indirect sunlight and controlled conditions.  Brahma Kamal flower seems to be elusive and yet the wait continues but my love for the flower seems to be increasing year after year.  for me the obsession with the Brahma Kamal continues...

Mystical Brahma Kamal Collection 

I have painted a few of unique paintings inspired by my love for the Brahma Kamal. The Mystical Brahma Kamal with Goddess Saraswati Blessings, Lord Vishnu Lord Brahma blessings. 

Brahma Kamal Mystical Blooms collage artwork

what a lovely way to please Lord Brahma! maybe he would oblige! and maybe I get to see the Brahma Kamal flowers!!!!!!!!!!

and bless me with Brahma Kamal blooms!

Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

Sharing practical container gardening tips with my Google Blog Garden Care Simplified since year 2010 to encourage growing plants, improving the eco system and environment and adding fragrances and colours through exotic flowers in your life! Only natural fragrances! Heal your senses!

All the Best from Rizwana!

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 (all artworks displayed here are my original paintings available or sale only on my website) 

 

Euphorbia milli Best Feng Shui The Goodluck plant Beautiful Flowers all year round

 Euphorbia milli The Goodluck plant of Thailand, best feng shui goodluck plant,  has taken over our hearts due to its sturdiness and beautiful flowers that are seen all year round!  This is a very beautiful and attractive plant having green foliage and peach coloured flowers all year long. Gardens don't flourish just by singing songs to the plants, but yes, songs do helps, that's what I have experienced. "Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade. Rudyard Kipling.

The green leaves are elongated and cover the spikes/thorns. It has its own protective covering of bright green leaves which conceals the thorns well. This is a good choice for new gardeners as this does not require much care. It grows well in containers and spreads fast with more of branches(thorny) and looks like a bouquet of roses at a glance. 

During heavy rains it needs to be kept under protection otherwise it becomes very slushy and mushy and the stem rots killing the plant. Well it does not tolerate heavy downpour or excessive watering and it is advisable to keep the Euphorbia milli plant under part shade during all seasons. This plant also is a favourite home for butterflies to lay eggs due to the extensive green foliage. My plant had nearly more than fifty eggs and though I felt very bad in cleaning them but I had to save my plant. I have noticed the caterpillars have a voracious appetite and if neglected the plant may succumb to continuous feeding by them.

Since the Euphorbia milli is a cactus, it has stored water within. Water requirements are not much and can be watered on alternate days or when the upper layer of the mud seems dry. Compost may be added after few months to replenish the soil from lost nutrition due to watering.

Attractive and good feng shui plant for goodluck,  but only for those that are comfortable with thorny plants. Very powerful evil eye cure this plant provides strong protection from evil spirits and negative energies. In Feng Shui it is advisable to avoid plants having thorns in house but we cannot oversee the power of this plant attracting goodluck. In Chinese Japanese culture this plant is grown profusely at entrances to attract goodluck.  somehow it has made a place in my heart and my window sill garden with its attractive flowers and bright green leaves.

Euphorbia milli flowering cactus 

Goodluck plant flowering cactus

When growing in containers the Euphorbia milli plant,  we have to keep it trimmed and that is the only difficult part since cutting needs precautions due to the thick thorns. Keep them away from your walking areas and also protected from children and pets. Entrance gardens are best for this plant. Window also is good to place them. 

Why I love the Euphobia Milli? it comes in so many colours and requires very little care and flowers all year round! Plants give flowers in cream, white, yellow, pink, peach, red, orange. You can grow different coloured flower plants. Most commonly available is the peach colour flowered variety.  

If you have any doubts, queries and issues with your container plants do comment on my blog posts, I will surely guide you, with my tons of practical experiences and answer with love!

We must grow roses if we want to see roses! Gardening no doubt will require some effort but think of the returns you will get, not just making the air pure and fresh but you set an example for the future generations to be close to earth, soil, roots. We will not see beautiful gardens just with a click, we have to  work towards it, make it happen, keep the daily care to see the amazingness of Mother Earth and attract gaia blessings. Immense Joy!

 All the Best from Rizwana Happy Gardening!

I do not sell plants, this is my passion! I am a professional Reiki healing artists since year 2000 spreading Reiki energy with the world  through my Reiki symbol healing paintings @Razarts.

Most Beautiful Vibrant Flowers Petunias! photos and Important care for growing petunias

Petunias!!Red,Violet, Lilac, soothing pink, deep blue, purple, maroon, yellow, white, shaded variety of Petunias are also fantastic! I love the vibrant colours and what a Awesome show these blooms are really worth growing for it showy flowers!  The best season for petunias is from October till May. Planting is done after the rains as these delicate flowers of petunias do not tolerate heavy rains. These are Seasonal plants and flowering is between January to June,  but trust me it is really worth the show!

Petunia flowers

Petunias 

Petunia flowering Plants grow from seeds and are not transplanted by cuttings. You get ready made flowering plants growing in plastic bags or wide mouthed hanging basket containers, so this is the best instead of struggling growing with seeds. 

Watering care is most important as they need well draining soil. The roots are very delicate and do not tolerate more water. Even dry spells are not good for the plant as the delicate roots dry up very fast and you will notice the plant immediately shrivels. Regular watering is required with proper care to avoid spraying water over the flowers. 

Petunia plants are best grown in hanging baskets or wide mouthed containers with well draining soil.

 Husk, coir, and moss are great as base for growing petunias.Wide mouthed basket of cane layered with dried roots and dead foliage act as nourishment to this plant. Fertilise it with salts and compost for more flowering but do not over do it. The ready made fertiliser balls are good to induce flowering. Buy I have noticed not much care is required to see blooms, once they start flowering they do so even without extra nourishment. Indirect sunlight is essential for their flowering.

There are a variety of colours and patterns available in this type of Petunia flowering plants. And new shades are always added every year by cross breeding seeds of the original colours.

They always flower in bunches and hence quite a number of flowers are always visible on the plant. This is a very nice way of bringing colour in your garden,balcony or window sill. Care must be taken to avoid over watering other wise there is root root and if you add pressure while watering or use sprayer hose pipe to water the plant it comes out of the pot due to mushy roots.

Too much sunlight also damages the foliage and the green leaves dry out as also the roots dry out resulting in death of the plant. Continuous exposure of direct sunlight must be avoided also keeping in mind that sunlight is very necessary for all flowering plants.Partial shade or place having exposure of sun only during first half of the day is ideal for healthy growth.

Read about- How to force blooms in Amaryllis lily

Tree of God's Parijaat

With the petunias Beware of the pest attack! they are very delicate and usually attacked by rats and pigeons during summer to cool off during heat. Birds may pluck on the foliage or even uproot the whole plant for getting a cool base to sit!!!! rats can hide below the foliage and nibble on the delicate leaves and flowers. Pinching flowers is also a favourite past time for birds especially pigeons! Cover your plant with a dome shaped net and place some garden element or black cloth near the petunia plants to scare the birds. For me a small piece of plastic bag tied around the stems works fine ...till now.....there is daily war of survival with them and I have to be alert to protect my plants from the pigeons.

Also feeding them at times with dried egg shells and used tea leaves(dried,otherwise the tea rots to catch white fungus destroying your plant) has kept them satisfied and they seem happy giving vibrant flowers.

The best part is it these petunia plants are available in many colours and flower profusely. They are also cheap as compared to other flowering plants and of course they give more flowers. According to feng shui flowers bring life to the garden and home. Colourful flowers bring positive energy and refresh the environment as well the mood of the viewer. They are the best way to bring colour in your life!

share your experiences with growing petunias!

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I do not sell plants, I am a professional Reiki healing artist making original art since year 2000.Buy my healing paintings only from my website Razarts.