Beautiful borders- zinnia thumbelina

This is my entry t o this month's The Hot, the Loud and the Proud, the amazing round up of tropical and equatorial flora on the last day of every month. Thanks Noel, for hosting!

Snap!

Antirrhinum - snap dragons... also of the
"dog family" , like the wish bone flower, torenia indica.

Poppy

I was fascinated by the poppies at Lalbagh... this was probably my first 'sighting' of poppies in person and it set me thinking more than ever about the poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and the associated opium trade. More on that later..

"Celebratory" blue of the cornflower

Coxscomb

This was the very first time that i was seeing coxcombs and they absolutely fascinated me. What do you think of them? Do share your comments, if any.

These need a name

Rudbeckia

Did you know this is also called (1) the black eyed susan & (2) the yellow ox eye daisy !

Torenia Indica - The wish bone flower

 

It came as no surprise that this flower belonged to the "dog flower" family. The flowers did indeed have quite a resemblance to a dogs face!!

Phlox

Pretty, happy and sweet !

Dianthus - The "Pinks"

Cubbon Park

A quick auto ride this sunday morning took me to Cubbon Park, a 100 acre park in the middle of the city.
It was lovely! I meandered through the many walkways, lost my way, found it, photographed many wonderful trees and got a whole lot of exercise. I was surprised to learn from the web that it is smaller than Lalbagh.. i didnt think so while walking through. It appeared to cover a very vast expanse of land, with some areas beautifully maintained and others with a bit of wild growth.

After long, a tree post, and hence a contribution to that wonderous blog carnival, The Festival of the Trees. Many thanks to Kind of Curious for hosting this month's edition.

SaY it with Flowers

What better way is there to say something, than to say it 'with flowers'? The folks at The Key Bunch certainly seem to think so... do visit them for some cool design ideas and help them celebrate their Blog Anniversary.




And I on my part, would like to use these spectacular gaillardia flowers to wish a fellow blogger @ The EverGreen Tree a speedy recovery.. and many more hours of blogging in the months to come :) Get well soon!

Gorgeous display of hollyhocks @ Lalbagh

Star flower (pentas lanceolata)

It was about a year back that i first made the acquaintance of the star flower - when we brought home one of the red stars... followed by the pinks.
I've read that these, just as the lantanas are great butterfly drawers .. so if you want a butterfly garden, then do consider getting these pretty plants for yourself!

Orange bounty

Heliotrope

what better way to understand what the colour heliotrope means than by looking at the flowers?
The leaves of this plant looked incredibly familiar, though i could not place where i had seen it before. Any thoughts?

Achimenes

Hydrengea

Hydrangeas are fascinating!! Did you know that the color of their flowers change according to the pH of the soil? Some more Aluminium in the soil beneath this one, and you'd be soon seeing blue flowers.

The paper flower - Helichrysum

Chrysanthemums?

Pansies

 

Geranium

Cineraria

How many different varieties can you count?

I kept wondering why these pretty flowers looked so familiar. And then it hit me -- they form the background of the Flowers of India website! Countless are the hours i've spent on this excellant website, trying to find the name of a flower or a tree!

Nasturtium

Nasturtium -- the leaves resemble water lillies, don't they?