Bougainvillea

The bougainvillea in  my garden has bloomed after I trimmed it ruthlessly.The beauty is the bracts are both pink and white on the same tree and it is not grated.Sometimes the bracts are shaded with pink and white.It  requires very less care and yet there is no dearth of blooms.Watering requirements too are less.The blooms remain for many days and make my garden window very colourful.
The wax apple  is one of my favourite plant.It grows in a flower pot and a small one too.It has borne fruit and they are very sweet.Pink in colour the fruits look beautiful hanging from the branches.very soon I will be planting it in my bonsai container and am waiting to see it grow and be pink with its cluster of fruits.

Wax apple(bell fruit)

The flower pot is something I have been searching for a while and once I picked it up from a flower show earthen pot counter I had this plant on my mind to plant in it.The plant is called Elephant ear ---Caladium.
The leaves are heart shaped and green and red in colour. They need warm soil and shade to grow.The vibrant red and green combination renders colour to my garden, particularly when the flowers are yet to bloom.

Cherry Plant in my window garden

Cherry in my garden

A ripened cherry 

Poinsettia

Poinsettia---This is one of my favourite. The bright red coloured bracts look very attractive and in winter it adds colour to my window.The bracts remain on the plant for weeks and looks very attractive.The flowers are inconspicuous and the bracts make up for the flowers. It is widely used in Christmas decorations and is also called the flame leaf flower.Poinsettias respond to photoperiodism.They require 12 hrs of darkness continuously for five days for the bracts to change colour.

My first Rose plant

 Roses are beautiful no doubt but so far in my gardening venture I have never had them in my collection.I picked it up out of sudden impulse as the yellow colour of the flower attracted my attention.That flower witth the yellow hue withered in time and new buds sprouted.I expected the same yellow to come up but to my surprise as the buds opened their collective whorl of petals gradually,I found their tips were coloured with a dash of pink.I checked if the plant is a graft but it isn't. Now there is another bud which it appears to me is ready to burst forth with white petals....What a beautiful surprise!

Flowers in my garden

The name of this plant is not known to me.The white bloom looks beautiful as it hangs down.The nursery from where I procured this plant sold the plant as Ipomea,but I checked that it is not simply because the flowers are not like that of Ipomea.The bloom occurred after two years and it took my breath away to see the slender stems hanging down with their pristine white blossoms.

Indoor Plants

Schefflera

This is another of my indoor bonsai.It is also known as the Umbrella tree.Outdoors this is known to reach a height of 1-30ms. I have given it a slant style.New leaves have emerged this spring and the tree is looking fuller in its canopy.It needs bright indirect sunlight and water moderately.It is known to flower too for which I guess I have to wait.Presently it is about 15 inches in height and 2 inches in girth.

Gardening and Bonsai

Coleus

Coleus

Coleus 

Banyan Bonsai

Gardening is a very relaxing and gratifying hobby.These coleus are a part of my house plant collections and they liven up  interiors with their colours. They are very easy to maintain and equally easy to propagate.Leaves keep changing their shades depending on their exposure to sunlight.Too much exposure to sunlight makes them wilt.They love shade but can enjoy the sun for short periods too.I enjoy their lively splash in the corner of the room where they receive the morning sun.

The Banyan bonsai has been re-potted and is doing well with new leaves emerging.I cannot predict its age but the girth of the trunk tells me it is not too young.The girth is about 4.5 inches. In the hollow of the spreading roots lie some damp places.This style is called Exposed Roots-- Neagari.
I intend putting some stones and moss to decorate it.When the sparrows hop on its branches in the afternoon it is very satisfying.The afternoon sun makes its leaves glow.Hope the crown fills up more in the future and the hanging roots completes the picture of a true Banyan tree.