Gardening-Simplified

Buying ready grown fruit orchards, farms and gardens has become easy.   As  the love for gardening increases after experiencing the joys of container gardening and the limitations land is the best solution. Buying ready planted farm houses with ready planted gardens are available for sale  usually on the  outskirts of cities. Farms where there are fully grown fruiting trees of coconuts, apples, oranges, chickoos, pomegranate, custard apple and many more fruit trees in one place. Large farm houses are available where there are already planted trees which are giving regular fruits. While selcting to buy land with farm house one must carefully consider the following points, legality of the land, agricultural or non agricultural. legal documents must be in place with no ownership issues. As with NA, land we can build houses we cannot thus plant or do agriculture here.  With Agricultural land homes cannot be built and for you to construct homes you will need...

Close Up of Bud of Lily Flowers  Beautiful red big huge majestic blooms, flowering plants are loved by everyone, and this one is great. with huge red blooms each lily flower measures approximately six to eight inches wide when fully opened. No doubt the amaryllis flower takes two days to fully bloom, especially with the cool winds blowing full day and clouds in the sky the weather so heavenly, at this time of the year,  the red against the backdrop of the hazy blue sky looks too good. Big Red Flowers of Lily Photo by Mrs Rizwana A.Mundewadi Buds of Amaryllis Lily Flowers Four Big Red Flowers on Single Stem Big Red Lily Flower Close up of Huge Red Flower  Tips for growing big red amaryllis flowering plant- The amaryllis lily plant grows from bulbs and as  every bulb requires rest periods before giving blooms even  I did remove the bulbs , clean them and transplant them after winter season.  Within two months time in full summer...

sun set sky photo  Mogra plants give beautiful fragrant flowers and the time is just right for the buds to open as the sun nears setting the fully loaded blooms open up during night and spread a heavenly fragrance   in the whole garden. New  Mogra Buds about to bloom in evening Fresh Buds on Mogra Plant, original photo by Mrs Rizwana A Double Tagar White Flower Buds on Plant Doubel tagar plant also shows similar flowering buds but the shape is somewhat pointed towards end and the mogra buds have a rounded oval shape. Mogra Plant Bud Close Up Photo by Mrs Rizwana A.Mundewadi I have been observing the mogra plant when during winter it had almost been quiet for a while with only few   leaves on the woody stems. At first glance it looked as dead, dried and no life. then came the tiny fresh green leaves from the sides of the stems and it grew dark green leaves for a month. Feeding it after winter helps to give healthy blooms durin...

Kamini Bush  , Indian origin, botanical name Murraya  paniculata, a beautiful flowering bush that grows with abandon and gives plenty of blooms. we have two bushes growing one is a bit slow in flwoering and the other grows like wild! also known as Kunti, banmallika, pandhri and many other names. Our previous kamini bush had not flowered for years and I had begun to doubt its existence, when our parakeet enjoyed the garden plants, nibbled on to the new shoots and this triggered  the flowering spurt and then the kamini bush had given plenty of blooms, trimming had worked for flowering. Kamini Bush with white fragrant flowers  With our mogra plants now getting the growth  spurt the summer heat is welcomed   by the fragrant flowers in our terrace garden. The white fragrant mogra blooms are excellent boost to nervous system and mind to beat the summer cool nights. As the tiny oranges come to life from   white fragrant citrus smelling flowe...

Dahlia flowers, colorful and thousands of variety are every flower lovers dream flower. With small bunches growing in clusters to gigantic single blooms we all love dahlia flowers. They are an important addition to flower decorations in home and add value to the room instantly by their showy and colorful appearance. Red, yellow, white, orange, pink, magenta to maroon and thousands of hybrid shaded variety , dahlias rule the flower world after rose due to their different vibrant colorful blooms! Grown from tubers they can be started with sowing seeds after winter ends, and these seeds sprout into tubers underground which later grows into plants. Just like we store bulbs of lillies and gladiolus we also take care to remove the flowered tuber and store then as winter begins. The plants sown from seeds are healthy and best as compared to used tubers. Dahlias add instant color to your garden landscape and they can be grown as centers or corners or borders in your...

Best time to buy new plants, the most sought after question by plant lovers and new entrants in gardening, when is the best time to buy and plant new plants? As was earlier said over the years people used to buy new plants in rainy season and believed the climate would make almost anything grow. With researching on best time to buy and growing plants and practical experience I have found spring the best time, the months after winter ends, and new shoots begin to appear from dried plant stubs, a best feeling with new growths from bulbs and rhizomes tubers, and as they grow the time is just right for them to give beautiful colorful flowers by May. During rains I have experienced that plants, new ones when planted, do not get time to settle down and as  the beginning of rainy season is also a good time as the climate is on cooler side and the plant gets time to grow, but during heavy down pours new plants get over watered, drowned in the new containers and most of the t...

 Botanical name Euphorbia pulcherrima , also known by other names, "Christmas flower", "lobster flower" and "mexican flame leaf" ,  poinsettias grow in many colors. Peach, red, white, yellowish off white, golden cream, and as we notice the bright color display during winter months, the poinsetta plants require indirect or morning sunlight and needs protection from direct sunlight to keep the blooms longer.  . Tiny greenish flowers of Peach color Poinsettia Growing poinsettias in containers , especially in cold countries people bring them to bloom during festival season of Christmas. Poinsettia flowers in red are an important part in every christmas decorations. The most beautiful showy color is red and here in India we get a small plant of poinsetta beginning from price of 250 Rs. to the larger plants pricing from Rs 500 to 1,000. Cream and off white or a lemony yellow is another beautiful color and the peach one also has a good display. The Po...