Gardening-Simplified

Champa Flower Plant I have added two new members to our family and here they have been planted in big containers for them to bloom and grow happily. The red champa and the yellow - white shaded champa are two new additions. Since I already have the yellow champa plant growing in a big bucket these two plants were also among the wish list for their showy and fragrant flowers. Red Champa flower tree Red champa flowers Champa flower tree growing in container terrace garden Pink Champa flower plant My childhood memories go long back and I remember the fragrance of the yellow-white champa flower. We had this big champa tree in our compound which would be laden with flowers. Each single flower was a beauty in itself. With its fragrance famous world wide this frangipani plant was sure to find a place in my terrace garden. The fragrance is fresh and strong. Keeping a few Champa flowers in the house will spread the fragrance everywhere till the flowers dry off, that is three to fou...

Feng shui is an art and science of selection of good and proper plants to bring harmony in your garden. In simple terms feng shui means wind and water and if these principles of feng shui are considered before making a terrace garden then it will give you a satisfying and good result. The feeling of being relaxed and refreshed is what you will get from your feng shui garden. Tips for a feng shui garden begin from first considering the map of ba gua and the  five elements and directions. Just like you would feng shui your house so also consider the same principles for your terrace garden. Remember your house is yin and garden is yang so choose your plants carefully and selectively. 1- select red and purple coloured tall plants for south. blue and light greens for the north and yellow and pinks for the south west region of your garden. Darker plants for north and lighter , brighter for south. 2. If there is a drain try to minimise the negative energy here and encourage po...

The rose flowers have competition. With winters becoming chilly and the morning breeze flowing the cactus is a great break from the other dry and dull plants. At its maximum beauty the cactus plant has bloomed quite well. It is an attractive break from the greens as this colour flowers look very good.   The plant though has thorns, and really big ones, which are concealed behind the green foliage of bright green leaves looks at first glance like any other plant. The flowers are peach coloured and new flowers start with tiny buds of yellow colour. Later the flowers develop into peach coloured and mature flowers are bigger in size. Flowers on this flowering cactus grow in bunches and never alone. With no special care this cactus plant is a welcome addition to any garden. Do take care to avoid close contact with the plant as they have thorns which at first glance are not visible. The thick foliage of green leaves cover the stem and this is nature’s way to protect the plant from...

Great sky pictures snapped using mobile camera. So easy and quick unlike earlier days when we needed photo reels and cameras for capturing the right moments, now we have mobile cameras which are so handy and I still need to learn to capture the right moment , but still good pictures for an amateur photographer! Evenings on the Terrace Garden Inviting Evening Sky Enchanting Night Sky Full Moon in Sky Full Moon Night Moon after Sunrise Moon in Day Beautiful Sky from Terrace Garden View of Sky Sparkling Sky Moon in Day The Sky  with its Moon a beautiful capture Setting Sun Sky Every photographer will swear that sky is an challenging and quite favourite topic for photographs, and as nature has immense challenging potential the sky is never left by photographers a swell as artists who love to paint sky paintings at different times of the day and night. I love the watch the still night clear sky under a blanket of...

I do not specifically like lawns and though we have a green grass lawn in our society garden it does look fresh and green from a distance. Green lawns look very attractive in any form and are an important part of any landscape design of a garden. With being able to sit and relax on the fresh grass there is no other form of happiness for a child when they touch feet on the freshly watered grass. With many therapeutic uses of walking on fresh grass along with health benefits grass lawns have come to be well known and an important part of any landscape. People grow grass in any form either as a ground cover or as a corner base for other plants and also on side walks to make an attractive green cover for flowering plants. artificial grass I have specifically avoided adding a lawn to our terrace garden as I have learnt that in long term the terrace base will get corroded due to continuous daily watering of the lawn and thus will lead to leakages in the flat below. Anyway lawns look goo...

Custard Apple Tree in Container My experience and knack to grow different plants led me to try different fruit plants in containers. The custard apple fruit being a favorite I had learned that it is also easy growing fruit plant that gives fruits sooner as compared to other fruit plants. This is a wonderful experience growing fruit trees in terrace garden. My walks in our society garden too was an inspiration looking at the beautiful fully loaded custard apple tree with low hanging fruits. Then of course the fascination with fruit trees as it is great feng shuii. Fruit trees and fruit tree paintings are strong symbols of wealth and attractor of money feng shuii luck in life.   Here are my original Best Feng Shui Mandarin Reiki Orange Tree Paintings.   So as the inspiration comes there is the creative artist in me that goes wild with my healing art    The Kiwilicious paintings are   so modern inspired by awesumness of kiwi! I am sure it is mouth water...