My roof top container garden

Hello Readers, Since the Bulb garden is all set for the summer, I am waiting eagerly for the blooms. Meanwhile I have also planted the seedlings of the usual summer plants that is often grown in the months of the summer. I picked up seedlings of Gomphrena, Morning Glory, Tithonia, Rudbeckia, Dwarf Sunflower, Giant Sunflowers, Teddy Bear Sunflower, Zinnia, portulaca, Gaillardia, kochia bush, Cosmos and Balsam from the local stores. The seedlings were immediately transplanted to the pots (using the same potting mixture as discussed in my earlier post) so as to increase its life expectancy. Since the seedlings are too small to bear the after noon sun hence i have decided to keep them under shade. Once they reach a particular height and i am satisfied that they are ready for the full sun i will shift them to my roof top garden. Below are some of the snaps from my garden. Hope you enjoyed the post. I will be back soon wi...

Hello Readers, The winters have gone in our place and now its the right time to set the garden for the summer. The journey of my winter garden seems to have reached its end. I have collected a plenty of seeds and have stored them in hope of reviving my winter garden from the dead next season. This time for the summer i have planted some bulbs. My hunt for the bulbs started somewhere around January. I visited the local gardens in search of the treasures they had in store for me to set up my bulb garden for the summer. I ended up buying the bulbs of varies types of lilies, curcuma, hedychium, eucharis, crinum lily, spider lily, calla lily, amaryllis, gloriosa lily, lycoris lily, kaempferia and nerine lily. I visited some more websites and learnt that gloxinia bulbs can also be planted for the summer, hence i ordered a pair of gloxinia for my garden from an online store. hence i landed up with a wide range of bulbs waiting to be planted in my garden. I prepared my pots and planted th...

Welcome back readers! The temperatures have already started rising at our place. Now its time to prepare the garden for the summer. I have already potted my summer bulbs and will be sharing the same in my upcoming post. In spite of the rising temperature some of my plants are still in bloom. I have a variety of hibiscus plants in my rooftop container garden. These hibiscus plants require a little attention. Addition of compost, regular weeding, pruning the plant to keep it in shape, adequate sunlight and watering the plant as per requirement is all the plant requires to flourish. Sometimes the plants are under pest attacks I often find the mealy bugs infesting the plant. This results into under developed steams and flowers , most often the buds fall off the plants. The remedy that i use is a generous spray of neem oil.  Cletoria ternatea is another plant which is very easy growing. This creeper is another plant which requires little or no attention at all. The bloom...