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bougainvillea...

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Bougainvillea are very easy growing plants. The plant blooms profusely with an exotic display of flowers. They enjoy direct sunlight. The plant can be pruned to keep it in good shape. Pruning is generally done when the flowering season is over. Misting the plant helps the plant grow new shoots. A good soil keeps the plant healthy. The flowers are immensely showy. They come in variety of colors, shapes and sizes and are best for landscape gardening. I have planted bougainvillea on ground and containers as well. They seem to be perfectly happy, rewarding me with lots of blooms. I hardly have to bother about them much. The blooms are just extraordinary. In winters the plant blooms profusely with vibrant display of colors. I would like to share some of the snaps from my garden. Hope you enjoyed the post. Since its winter time in our region, so a lots of things are going on in my garden. I will be right back with all the happeni...

Colorful coleus...

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Welcome back everyone! I find the coleus plant very fascinating. The plant comes in a variety of colors and with varied leaf shapes and sizes. These plants add a lot of color in the garden. I also find these plants to be easy growers. They just need a normal potting media, for me it's just soil and cow dung manure mixed in a 2:1 ratio. They love mild sunlight and they do good if kept in partial shade and a lot of water. I hardly find any kind of pest attacks or diseases in these plants. They propagate very easily either by seeds or by steam cuttings. The plant grows a stalk at the epical bud and the stalk bears tiny flowers, if they are allowed to be left on the plant itself then they bear very tiny seeds. One can easily collect these seeds for further propagation. Sowing the plant from seed is also a very easy task. Most of the time I find these plants self seeding and populating the containers with tiny coleus plantlets. I have few coleus plants in my roof top container gard...

Updates on My Fall Garden

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Hello friends! Welcome back to my gardening blog. It is already more than two week since I planted the seedlings for my winter garden. It is really very surprising, the phlox plants And the celosia plants have already come up with flowers. The other plants are also doing good. But at the same time I have also lost a petunia and a pansy seedling. Below are some of the clicks from my garden I would like to share them with you. Salvia Geranium Snapdragon Gazania Verbena Petunias Calendula Carnations Aster Dianthus Celosia Celosia Celosia Phlox Phlox Phlox My preparations for the winter does not ends here. I have planted few more seedlings, that I bought from a local plant nursery. This time I have again planted petunias, pansy, dianthus, calendula, gazania,snapdragon with nasturtium, kale, snowball mums as new additions. Hope you enjoyed the post. I will get back to you ...