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Succulent Plants In My Garden...

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Succulent plants are perfect plants for beginners. They seek less care but look very attractive with juicy leaves, roots and stems. They look stunning when planted indoor or outdoor. They are also available in varying color. The leaves may be rounded, spiky, needle like  and the list continues. Some succulents may even reward you with a display of blooms. Here are some of the Succulent plants which i have planted in my rooftop garden.There are many more but these are my personal favorite. Cactus with blooms  Pincushion Cactus Cactus Cactus Cactus Haworthia Haworthia Crown of Thorns

Periwinkles

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Periwinkles ( Catharanthus roseus ) also commonly known as vinca, rose periwinkle, cape periwinkle are the most common plant that can be easily grown either indoor or outdoor. These are fast growing shrubs which can also form a very good ground cover. The pink or white periwinkles are most easily spotted plant in India. I find them growing everywhere in my locality... beside roads, wall of old buildings, rooftop to name a few.  A mature periwinkle plant, with lots of flower,  attracts ants, bees and other pollinating agent, as a result of pollination they develop seed pods. These seed pods rapture, seeds are scattered which results into new saplings making this plant sometimes invasive in the garden. There are various hybrid varieties of periwinkle which can be easily grown at home. I bought some vincas for there beautiful display of flower. They look attractive and add a lot of color in the garden. Last year due to heat I lost my two vinca plants. I had a red vinca plant which wa

Glimpse Of My Garden

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I planted this pomegranate plant two years ago and here it is...bearing fruits. Last year the plant came up with some blooms but all the blooms withered away, leaving me disappointed. But this year my patience was rewarded..waiting eagerly to harvest them. pomegranate pomegranate in my garden Here are some of the blooms from my garden... passion wine with a red flower bougainvillea cactus white bougainvillea periwinkle periwinkle desert rose Thank you for visiting my blog. Stay happy and blessed...have a nice day... Soon i will be returning with new clicks from my garden till then bbye...

Hello Everyone

Hello Everyone After being inspired by various other gardening blogs, I decided to have my own gardening blog so as to help the plant lovers with what ever bits n piece of experience I have regarding gardening. A little introduction about me... I hail from dhanbad , a city which is situated in jharkhand (India). I have a rooftop garden at my home. And I like to experiment a lot in my garden. So now I welcome you to my blog and all your comments and advices are welcomed. Thanking you in advance.