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PLANT POWER

  • Plant July month

    Plant July month

    Rhododendron  The state tree of Uttarakhand and the state flower of Nagaland, Rhododendron arboreum Sm. is a small tree up ...

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  • Plant June month

    Plant June month

    Wild Guava Wild guava or Careya Arborea Roxb. is a tree species native to India. It is dry, deciduous in ...

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  • Plant May month

    Plant May month

    Purple Morning Glory Found in the drier parts of the Eastern and Western Ghats, Purple Morning Glory or Argyreia cuneata ...

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  • PLANT POWER APRIL

    PLANT POWER APRIL

    Snap ginger Alipniacalcarata (Haw.) Roscoe is a perennial shrub known by its trade name, lesser galangal or snap ginger. The ...

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  • PLANT OF MARCH

    PLANT OF MARCH

    Bengal Clock-vine Thunbergia grandiflora (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Roxb is native to north and north-east India, hence it is called Bengal ...

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  • Plant of December

    Plant of December

    Kalahari Christmas   The Kalahari Christmas tree or Dichrostachys ciinerea is a Christmas tree for desert areas. It grows from a ...

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  • Plant of November

    Plant of November

    Wavy trumpet  Dolichandrone atrovirens (Roth) K. Schuman., popularly known as wavy trumpet, is endemic to India. It is a medium-sized ...

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  • Plant of September

    Plant of September

    Maha Drona Maha Drona, scientifically known as Anisomeles malabarica (L.) R. Br. ex Sims, belongs to the Lamiaceae family, or ...

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  • Flower Power July

    Flower Power July

    Fringed Flower Observing intoxicated butterflies flitting from flower to flower is one of the most soothing sights in a garden. ...

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  • Flower Power April

    Flower Power April

    Bonfire tree The Scarlet Sterculia or the Bonfire tree, also known as Sterculia colorata Roxb, is a medium-sized tree with ...

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  • POWER OF PLANTS

    POWER OF PLANTS

    Indian Olive Tree The Indian Olive tree (Elaeocarpus serratus L.) or wild olive tree, is the cousin of the Rudraksh ...

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  • Flowers and plants

    Flowers and plants

      Screw tree Helicteresisora L. or the East Indian Screw Tree is a handy shrub with delightful flowers and dense ...

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  • Flowers with uses

    Flowers with uses

    Ulat Kambal This lovely flower enchants you with its warm hues. It’s called Ulat Kambal, which  means inverted blanket in ...

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