Garden Affair : Festive month and marigold season

 The air is filled with festivity as Diwali is around the corner, the quiet breeze of Autumn accompanied with fragrance of Night blooming jasmine is what makes a perfect Autumn garden  in my region. 

                                  Night Blooming Jasmine blooms wafting fragrance in Autumn      

The marigold plants self seed every year during monsoon and blooms  starting to appear by the Autumn or early winter . 

                                                                     

Marigold flowers holds significance in our festival celebrations especially during Diwali when garlands are made from marigold flowers to adorn entrance of homes and prominently as an offering  to God.                                                                                                                               

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Garden Affair : Hailstorm and Rains in October

This year  October has been quite  unpredictable  with first Fortnite being exceptionally warm that  almost felt like summer and another Fortnite started with concurrent rains and hailstorm  that brought down  temperature and gave presence of early winter . 

The Autumn presence can be felt in Garden with fall in night temperature 

                                   Miabilis Jalpa also known as a 4' 0 clock has started blooming in profusion  

                                                 

                     The periwinkle blooms are at their utmost blooming stage with arrival of Autumn season

                                                                      

The Balsam blooms are also at their last stage of blooms before the temperature drops 

                                                                       

It is time to bid adieu to Caladium leaves before they go dormant with fall in night temperatures. 

The cooler air of Autumn is perfect for preparing Garden for upcoming spring season. 

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Garden Affair : Warm October

 The weather predictions about El Nino peaking the upcoming winter seeming  to be true as we are experiencing summer alike temperatures in October which is alarming for climate change.  

The Garden after seeing unprecedented monsoon season this year and cooler September the unusual rise in Temperature has derailed the Autumn season. 

Adeniums and Bougainvillea's are blooming in profusion  in the  October is an uncommon sight 

                                                                           

Autumn is considered to be season to prepare the Garden for  winter spring blossoms. Although The warm weather this October has delayed the preparation for spring Garden.                                            

                                   

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Garden Affair : Harvest in transient weather

 The weather transition is always a treat in my Garden as it's the time when last of seasonal  blooms are burgeoning. The post monsoon period sets favorable time for  the harvest which continues till the  Autumn season. 

This year seems special as Garden has bounty of harvest with satiating every taste from the palate. 

                                                            Green chilies for spice               

Raw mangoes for sour taste

Fenugreek harvest for bitterness

To clean palate the sweetness of fruits Pomegranate and Grapes

Grapes

What's ready for Harvest in your Garden ? Do share !

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Garden Affair : Tecoma blooms are back in Garden

                                                                         

The most common flowering shrub that grows easily in our climate is undoubtedly Tecoma plant that is quite drought tolerant and adorns with tubular structured blooms almost throughout the year. 

                                                              Tecoma stans  

The most hardy versatile Tecoma  variety that grows invariably in every weather condition. Tecomas are easy to grow plants that grew into large shrub eventually.                                                                         

Tecoma stans hybrid varieties are gaining popularity for their big show worthy blooms . although they are not that hardy as the Tecoma stans . 

                                                                               

 

                                                                                 

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Garden Affair : Autumn delayed this year

 The unpredictable weather system has been a norm this year with  concurrent delay in  arrival of every season   , the monsoon season has been seeing late withdrawal making a delay in arrival of Autumn season now . 

Meanwhile Garden is seeing some  Fresh colors after monsoon season 

                                                                          

The plethora of blooms promises a colorful Autumn   Garden this year. 

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Garden affair : Canna Lily blooming season

 Monsoon season  is on the verge of withdrawal as we are about to welcome Autumn season in the next couple of weeks .  

Post monsoon is blessing for Garden as many flowering plants produce blooms after heavy downpour of monsoon .

Lilies are rejuvenated after monsoon season and gives out blooms till the months of Autumn. 

     Canna lily is one of the most rewarding lily plant that blooms in profusion  after monsoon season.                                     

These lily blooms with plethora of colors with blooms appearing from  large banana plant alike leaves.                                                                                                                                              

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