Grandmother's garden update

A recent visit to Chennai and I return with many pictures of my grandmother's garden.

Palm fronds.

Various crotons that need shelter from the piercing heat outside

Calathea ornata, in the process of shedding old leaves

New stuff in the garden

Crossandra

Jasmine

Heliconia Rostrata

Ixora

Hibiscus

White firecracker plant

Chilli

Banana and drumstick

Fish tail palm

Senmozhi Poonga continued

Walking into the Senmozhi Poonga, we first noticed some small fish tail palms. Apparently the fibre of this tree is so strong, it is used to tie elephants!











And a little inside was a carpet of this lovely little yellow flower..

Some birds had come visiting and looked much like statues on the water bodies that had been built.

Plenty more small plants...

fish tail fern

snow bush

And another very interesting tree- the terminalia mantaly - whose branches were parallel to the ground instead of pointing skyward like most other trees.

And clear blue skies... in all, the perfect day for a lovely stroll.

Tree Tuesday - Necklaces galore

another tree that i would love to know and write more about... i marvel at this beauty every time i go to the horticultural gardens.. it brings odd childhood memories to mind... gypsy jewellery vendors with string upon string of beads precariously balanced on each outstretched hand...
Click on the pictures and you will see that there are two types of "necklaces" to chose from! Lovely, isnt it?!

Horticultural Gardens and Cityscapes enroute

starting off with a picture of the adenium - the legendary desert rose

i wonder what these two are:



a patch of portulacas:

a shock of color amidst the green:

a beautiful purple trumpet:

This one has intrigued me for long - a creeper with little blue flowers. i wonder if it is the slender dwarf morning glory:


The real 'bird of paradise' - the flowers are barely visible though:


This tree had a hue of blue all over because of its little blue flowers. The leaves are tiny, dark green and shiny. The bark is like that of the eucalyptus. The ground all around was seemingly covered wiht blue chalk powder - petals of the flowers.




For cityscapes click here.


Update: The second picture has been identified as the scarlet flame bean, the third as the fish tail palm. The little blue flowers on the creeper is the skyblue clustervine and the tree in the last three pictures is the tree of life. Later posts will tell you more about all of these. Click on the labels!