Gardening-Simplified

Amaryllis exotic blooms and red Anthuriums! Hippeastrum ,A genus of about 90 species and over 600 hybrids , they are bulbous plants with tall long green leaves. The main attraction is the large sized blooms that come up on a single stalk. Each flower is six to seven inches wide, and every stalk has five blooms. Colors Anthurium, Periwinkle Aboli a corner  Kamini Whiite fragrant blooms Mogra Night Blooming Jasmine Hippeastrum Amaryllis flowers Close up of Hippeastrum Amaryllis flowers Curry leaves plant has flowered Unusual plant with tiny balls like growth and very small white flowers Hippeastrum papilio AGM , unusual  white flowers with deep red streaks. and touches of green. Hippeastrum Belinda -deep red flowers. Hippeastrum Star of Holland- red with white markings. Hipeastrum bestseller -cerise pink flowers Red Lion-strong red flowers. Welcome to the family! added some more colour to our garden and our lives! Searching for exotic ra...

Fire Cracker Aboli  Crossandra infundibuliformis Aboli plant fire cracker, added a new one, while we had the peach coloured plant loved this one, its a soothing mango colour! and I also love the blue ones, heavenly deep blue, they look Awesum , but did not find it, will keep looking for Blue colored Aboli flower plants. The Aboli plant is usually selected for their beautiful blooms and bush remains ever green if grown in proper sunlight. The flowers have three or five asymmetrical petals, and leaves are glossy green. Most loved by women as these form a beautiful hair decorations, gajra and garlands, along with fragrant jasmines and mogra flowers. Aboli plants are also loved for their magical crackling of seeds. Its an Awesum experience to hear and see the seeds crackle and burst. This is a beautiful way of nature for propagation of this Aboli as the seeds spread and then grow into new plants.With religious symbolism the plant also is considered auspicious and not many are ...

Cowdung cakes, cowdung upli, the search for good quality cowdung, as we know cowdung is the best food, great fertilizers ,  for our loved ones, and however much we keep adding ready mixes from plant nurseries there are no such miraculous results as we can see by adding cowdung to our garden plants. Always the search continued to get great quality cow dung, of course it is not possible to pick up the droppings of our majestic cows and buffaloes that go for a walk on our roads! well I actually had brought wet cowdung and dried that on my terrace, but not so well received by my husband and son, because it really takes time to dry and the smell is, well, you know , ! Then another time was large ant larvae in the bought  cowdung and the whole garden   was a mess as the large red ants took over my beautiful plant containers making the soil porous and was  heck trying time to clear them off washing and thorough bathing! and of course the red  ant bites! enquiring a lo...

 Bleeding hearts a very beautiful unique flowering vine that grows like wild with its rare flowers.  A vine it loves to cling to other plants growing surrounding it. What attracted me to this vine was the unique colored flowers. the bracts are white with tiny red flowers. I thought these were bougainvilleas or maybe they are a cross breed variety of this. Amazingly beautiful contrasting colors the flowers are really Awesum! Given little guidance in growing the vine looks pretty beautiful with its unique blooms , the bleeding hearts vine. Bleeding Hearts Vine  This time I tried to keep the newly bought plants from nurseries in the nursery packs itself,  plastic bags with holes,  as many times the new plants do not adjust well to repotting immediately in new large sized pots. As the plants did not show any change I cut off and saw that they were all full or roots. This is very important to repot the plants bought from nurseries as they may...

Happiness comes my way in unexpected free plants, and again nature has done it! While I have purchased the Zanzibar Gem plant , the Fat Boy plant, The ZZ plant, a beautiful little one has sprung up in the container, surprise! its the humble good luck plant Tulsi!The Holy Basil! (Ocimum tenuiflorum) with its immense symbolism and great healing properties  and religious sanctity in Hinduism the Tulsi plant has given me so much happiness , unexpectedly! The leaves were growing in next to the Fat Boy but the flowering and the fragrance caught my attention now today. It is believed as an earthly manifestation of the Goddess Tulsi. Often the plant is grown in every Hindu home in the front, or centre of the home. The plant with green leaves is called Shri Tulsi, fortunate Tulis, also a synonym of Laxmi. The Devi Bhagvata Purana regards Tulsi as the manifestation of Laxmi, the Goddess of Wealth and prosperity. The Tulsi, Holy Basil plant is regarded as a woman's deity and a symbol of ideal...

Garden Full of Love (Rizwana Mundewadi)   In my Garden as Exotic Birds Sing... is there love actually ...the most important feng shui part of your home garden, terrace garden,,   can be divided into sectors , just like the home Ba Gua.  Love, relationships,, harmony,, peace, bliss, marital success, marital luck, all corresponds to the relationship sector, keep this activated well to attract harmony and peace in relationships. Some guidelines from feng shui aspects for your garden! Do something special this Valentines Season! 1) Choose plants that represent love. Reds, oranges and pinks, all these colors represent happiness and love. 2) Do bring in a pair of plant this Valentines Season. the action itself attracts love, what more the couple can together plant these love symbols and care for them. ( don't forget to choose healthy plants!LOL we don't want to see them die!) but the action itself I have seen works wonders! 3) Gift some flowering blooms to the ones you...

Inquisitive Baby Parakeet  Universe,  nature plays a beautiful game and just when I had painted my friend baby Airavaat(Elephant) the word kept repeating in my mind and next day a baby just popped up!Next building neighbors had found an injured baby Alexandrine Parakeet! So while after my female pet for years who lived free with us (still miss you!) and the male parakeets, who is also free, I am well known as the Parrot lady here. For advice regarding care, the little one got really comfy with me and clinged with so much curiosity and love!I love birds, I have more bird friends than humans! Most comfortable place with me   Baby parakeets are lovely,, and get attached to anyone they see and receive love from. The family are feeding it with dropper ceralac and food made into paste and the baby  is walking in the whole place, new wings have begun to flap showing more of green color and the red band on wings that gives them their distinct features, as Alexa...