Gardening-Simplified

Winters have begun with cooler temperatures by evening, and so have come up unexpected guests, pests. One of the reasons I had stopped growing hibiscus, we had more than fifteen varieties of unique rare, hibiscus flower plants, in fact our garden five years back was actually a hibiscus garden!But white aphids and beetles, it was a trying task to save them till spring burst in!We now have only one hibiscus, The Red Layered hibiscus, vibrant vermilion flowers.  Red layered hibiscus Red Hibiscus plants with two flowers. Holes, and many holes, each day, the beetle, and also the caterpillars eating up, many plant leaves.  Pests in winter hibiscus leaves The beetle, bug, flying pests, eat leaves so fast, holes and holes and plants shrivel after few days.  yellow blooms Then also the yellow flowering plant which I had plucked  few years back rainy season that was growing under our car in compound , it would have died after rains, so emotional connection...

Huge Rose Flower from my garden, Awesumness  While there is Awesumness all over my little space under the sun, a riot of colorus and fully loaded plants with blooms the main tiring difficult task comes after all this enjoyment, trimming . Container plants love rains and they express themselves in huge overflowing growth but just after rains as cold chilly winter sets in they begin to dry and drop leaves. To prevent this energy leak and keeping in mind plant health they have to be trimmed before the strong winter cold sets in. The huge scissors for trimming garden plants This time they plants had grown really huge and our little space resembled a thick forest! LOL, a mini Jungle!Had to take help from my husband as many of the plants had grown quote thick and tall. I really feels ad, tot rim them as they look happy now, but thinking about later times of winter it is really necessary to trim them on correct time. My small and large scissors , my regular trimming tools, a...

To Be or Not to be, survival, passion and priorities! todays post is about watching the caterpillars bloom into beautiful butterflies! The butterfly symbolizes hope beauty and joy. Its behavior of joyfully fluttering happily and vibrant colors brings so much happiness and a sense of freedom.  Never been this close without screaming! but after looking at them and accepting their life cycle, gathered some confidence and clicked close ups! making butterfly garden tips. Its always a riot of colours! Creepy caterpillar in garden These caterpillars are really huge. Thick and long like my fore finger size.  Feeding Huge Caterpillar  Moving Above Caterpillar on plant Huge droppings from huge caterpillar  Caterpillar feeding droppings Close up of feet of caterpillar Growing fast caterpillar of huge butterfly Finger sized huge caterpillar Head Eyes of caterpillar Feeding with a large appetite caterpillar close up ...