March colours

The whites, pinks and lavendars are here as well!

A white trumpet tree in bloom at lalbagh. And if you look closely, to its right is a pink trumpet tree and then a lavendar jacaranda.

A world environment day treat - White Trumpet Tree in full bloom

I was going back home after visiting the Theosophical Society yesterday, when i was greeted by a vision in pale pink - The White trumpet tree or Tabebuia Roseo-alba in full bloom - i could see hardly any leaves, only flowers all over the branches and on the ground below. I stood by the roadside for a while taking in the beauty of this tree, much to the amusement of the busy passers-by. The pink is so pale that from a distance it looks like the tree is covered in snow. Oh what a wonderful sight it was.


The tree is native to the cerrado region in Brazil. It is also called the White Ipe.




The ground below was strewn with the trumpet like flowers.

Chennai's prolific bloomers - Raintree and more

A drive to Shakambari (our neighbourhood nursery) and then through Gandhinagar last weekend provided a lot of photo opportunities of the trees that bloom at this time of the year and lend so much color to the city.
The raintree- which, in full bloom, is a really beautiful tree. It's flowers have a powderpuff like appearance, with silky strands that are white at the base and pink on top. The flowers warrant a closer look than is displayed here:


The Spathodia was also in full bloom - painting the city red with its pretty flowers:




Beautiful white bougainvilla hung from gates:

From 090315 Shakambari

There was also a profusion of yellow thanks to the candlebush and chestnut leaf trumpetbushes; light pink/white from the white trumpets, reds and oranges from the roadside bougainvillas and clouds of yellow from the copperpod. More pictures to come! Here's one of the entrance to an apartment complex strewn with white trumpets from the tree near the gate.