Spring in the air

 Spring is in full swing, the warm weather prevailing from last week was subsided by the western disturbances right now. The weather has turned pleasant after fresh western disturbances making the   atmosphere of spring lovely. 

                                                               Nasturtium spreading over the fence

                                                                                      

                                                         Rare blooming of  Aloe vera inflorescence

                                                               

Tinospora cordifolia a herbaceous vine is blooming for the first time in my garden  

                                                                             

 

                                                     Bees feeding upon spring blooms 

Single Petal Dahlia adds more to the spring charm 

                                         Spring is more of yellow or orange this year                                                               

                                            I can't imagine my spring garden without the presence of Pansies 

Spring is the season of diversity in blooming 

Bellis perennis blooms 

                                               Dahlia is the king of Spring flowers    

 

                                           A common Indian Kingfisher spotted on my terrace 

                                                                                  

                                                                   

Swiftering into Summer

 The mercury rise in the first week of April was swerved by the weather disturbance in the second week of April. The unexpected downpour in mid of April brought down temperature which helped spring blooms   last for an extended time period . 

                                                        The last Dahlia bloom for this season 

                                                  Pansies are blooming profusely in Garden 

                                          Cineraria blooms are extended with fall in temperature              

                                               Amaryllis Lily are back in blooms with summer arrival  

Bougainvilleas are blooming with summer arrival 

Adeniums are back into blooms with arrival of summer 

Meanwhile  during my recent visit to banks of Yamuna in New Delhi Seagulls were spotted 

                                                           

 

World Sparrow Day

         Today is World Sparrow day , March 20th is observed as World sparrow day .Sparrows   are the most common species of bird found in our region . Common house sparrows have been companion of human for more than thousand years. Sparrows have been part of our civilization for long now.                     

                                                 House sparrows 

Reason for World sparrow day                                                                                                                     

Sparrows have been in living with human civilization from a long time period now. It  was a decade back when first ever World sparrow day came into existence with a goal of conservation of House sparrows and to promote and spread awareness about the biodiversity.                                            

It has helped over the years to spread awareness about decrease in the count of sparrows . It is good to know that individuals, organization and agencies have been working on this issue and have been working to promote , connect and network in the wake of conservation of sparrows.                               

                                                              

Sparrows satiating quench for thirst 

Sparrows have been important in our civilization as they help in maintaining  our  ecosystem by assisting in pollination, controlling pests.                                                                                  

                                                       Sparrows nesting in man made birdhouse

Its raining in the spring time garden , the Dahlias are outshining in the spring garden                       

Spring garden

 Spring is in full swing and garden is filled with exuberant  aura of spring flowers

                         Palash Flowers or Flame of forest Flowers are the prologue to the spring season

Dahlias in the springtime garden

                                                           

Bellis perennis 

                                                                          

Poppies 

                                                                       

                 

                                                  

                                                                                          

Helichrysum

                                                                        

 

Marigold

                                                         

Pansies

Spring Bulbs

                                                           

From top : Iris, Freesia, Ranunculus, Amaryllis Lily

Gazania

                                                   

Spring blossoms 

From top : Pansies, Sweet pea, Corn flower, Ranunculus, Lobelia 

                                     Dawn

                                                                        

Garden Affair : Visiting nursery in Spring

It can be seen that with official beginning of spring season coming close plant nurseries and street plant shops are stocking up the spring annuals for a flower filled spring . I got opportunity to visit a near by plant nursery  recently and I was amazed to see the collection of spring annuals 

                                                         Dahlias blooming in profusion

Marigold

                                                       Chrysanthemums

                                                               

A Glance to the beautiful collection 

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Summer is Here

Summers in my region are not at all anticipated which is quite opposite to the places  in the world where summers are pleasantly welcomed after prolonged freezing winter period .In my region due to unusual scorching heat waves  that summer weather brings we felt relieved whenever  summer is delayed due to extend in winter period .

                                                         Now after delaying by a fortnight presence of summer can be felt in the garden 
           
                                                 
                                           Plumeria are coming out of hibernation 
                                                     

Miniature roses are giving last of their blooms

Scarlet Milkweed blooms are in full glory

Peacock flower Yellow

It was exhilarating to see bloom of semi double Hollyhock

Summers can't be imagined without presence of Adeniums and Zinnias 

Although after delaying for long Summer heat can finally be felt  still some of the spring annuals are showing no signs of withering off in upcoming days                         

Dahlias are still coming up with magnificent blooms

Gazanias are going strong with blooms too

Sky shot for Sky watch Friday                                                                                                            

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