Summer season has arrived

 The first fortnight of April ended with a relatively cooler atmosphere contrary  to what we expect every year by the start of summer. The silver lining being enjoying spring blooms till the April. 

                                              Spring and summer blooms are in symphony   

I didn't remember when  was the last time I saw Antirrhinums blooming till April month in my garden . 

                                                                                 

Summer season brings back the splash of colors of Adenium blooms that brings back the vibrant energy in my Garden. 

                                                                 

Summer blooms are complimenting with spring blooms this April 

Tailor bird have become common sighting in my Garden in these days. 

Warm spring

 The soaring temperature in the mid spring season is alarming with fear of Global warming and unprecedented climate change now becoming a  reality.  

The raising temperature had affected my Garden as  well as early summer blooms are already blooming along with spring flowers. 

                        Petunias are blooming aside summer bloomers Vinca and Plumbago in spring is not we see every year.             

I have always felt growing Single flowered Dahlia is more rewarding than  Giant Dahlias 

                                                         

             The unusual rise in temperatures in spring has affected spring blooming annuals in  adverse manner 

                    Buttercup and other bulbous blooms are out of shape due to sharp rise in temperatures                       

 

Meanwhile Garden is busting with colors of spring , Although the current changes in climate change scenario is indicating towards shorter period of spring season in coming years. 

                                                                                                                 

                                                              

                                                                          

                                   

                                                                                    

                                                           

                                                            

Summers are already around the corner poor Stilts have to travel in city for  quenching of water 

                                          Stilts looking for water            

                                                                           

Spring is knocking

 The beginning of February saw a rise in temperature with slight presence of Winter chills, the dormancy in plants is broken as we can observe the formation of buds promising early arrival of spring season this year. 

                                                         Roses are back on arrival of   Rose Day                     

Geranium buds are as beautiful as blossoms 

                                     An Adenium blooming in early spring is quite surprising       

                                               Buds appearing on common hibiscus 

                                                    Four  o'clock blooms  breaks from the dormancy     

The warming up of first week of February is alarming as it makes us realize that concept of Global warming is actual  reality while the only silver lining is we can observe early blooms of spring flowers. 

I was fortunate to spot black Drongo on the outskirts of city

                                                

Cold waves grip the city

 The winter  weather which started post December this year brought days of fog , chilling winds and drop in temperatures to  single syllable  in the first two weeks of January. While winter is not harsh this year comparatively the persistent cold wave had  brought chills to the core in body. 

Now as we are at  the end of first fortnight of the year Garden is seeing some growth with blooms mostly on perennials or annuals that were blooming from December . The spring annuals had been stagnated from December . 

                              Marigolds have well adapted winter   in my region                              

                                                                      

                        Bauhinia blooms are at their prime in January

                                        The chrysanthemums blooms will start wilting   in upcoming weeks 

The cranberry Hibiscus loves winter as it outshines all Hibiscus varieties in January

The Common Hibiscus is unfurling gradually after cold waves had surpassed 

During my a day trip on the outskirts of city one of this Common Stilt was spotted perching upon water lands.  

                                                          

Warm December

 The  concern about Global warming seems corroborated as  we are experiencing warm weather in December .  While a cool Autumn in November was a predicament for cold beginning of December the uncertain warmness in  weather in the month of December is alarming. 

December is actually warm when u spot Bougainvilleas and Adeniums blooming at the end of first fortnight of December.

                                                      

    Chrysanthemum blossoms had put up a show                        

My self seeder French marigolds have started blooming                                                                  

Bauhinia Purpurea is blooming profusely in December 

The silver lining of  Warm weather is that some of the blooms from Autumn are still blooming . 

October to Early March sees bird visitors in my Garden, Plumeria  Tree has become  a hotspot for        Birds in my Garden. Greater Coucal was spotted perching on Plumeria Tree                                             

                 

It flew to grass to feed upon insects and I was fortunate to capture it closer                                 

                                                                                                                              

                                                                                

Winter is on the way

 This year Autumn is  bit cooler after unprecedented rains , the Garden currently is diverse with summer annuals at the prime of their blooms , buds of early winter blooms such as  marigold and chrysanthemums can also be observed, Autumn perennial flowering shrubs are filled with blossoms . 

  Elephant creeper blooming season starts in early Autumn and blooms remain till the beginning of winter season .

Bougainvillea blooms are omnipresent throughout the year in my garden 

                                         Autumn Garden is a mixed bag of summer and early winter blooms 

It was one of those fine morning this beautiful visitor named  Ruby red eyed Shikra visited my Garden .                                                                                                                                  

   

Autumn season

 

October had  begun with a rounds of downpour that brought down the temperature and had made the weather  favorable for the onset of autumn which is actually identical to  spring that comes after monsoon  for our region . 

                                                                                

                           The summer blooms and the blooms that occur due to transition from Summer to winter  helps Garden moving on to brighter days.                                                 

                                                                  

Autumn is a process of rejuvenation of Garden after summers and monsoon has passed away, formation of buds on perennials is ubiquitous into the Garden.                                                                         

Autumn is in general a best time to spot blooms from summer annuals and perennials . 

                                                                                 

I was fortunate to capture Greater coucal perching on Frangipani Tree in my Garden 

Monsoon Effect

 Monsoon Downpour has taken a halt the  weather has become moderate and pleasant. The monsoon rains and fall in temperature helps in resurgence of blooms in garden.  

             I had planted these cypress vines at the end of Summer season and after consistent  downpour of monsoon the vine has covered entire flower bed and with a monsoon break the blooms showed up in beautiful scarlet color. 

     Although  Vinca Plant is all year bloomer in my Garden its colors somehow pops more after the monsoon downpour. 

                                              Rain brings the Rain lilies back  into profusion of blooms.                                                                                                      

I await for Tecoma blooms after long summer months 

                                                                

Frangipani is one such perennial that has adapted our climate very well 

                                                                      

I saw this beauty first in the morning as I was heading towards my morning walk it was close enough to give me a shot after trying few times with mobile camera I was able to capture it in a still position

                                                                           Peahen resting upon Log

 

                                                     

Monsoon in my Garden

 It has been raining from a week and more , the monsoon has brought big relief from heat waves after harsh summer which we have seen this year. 

The downpour has brought back blooms in the Garden 

                                                         Portulacas are back 

                                                                   

Water Lily blooms with Rain

                                                      Bougainvillea's are prolifically blooming                                                                                    

                                                                       

                                                         Rain Lilies are most awaited in monsoon       

                                                                              

Adeniums have been blooming from  long now and will bloom till  the end of Autumn season. 

 I spotted Tailor bird in my Balcony  and was able to capture a close up shot of it .Tailor bird is  a common scene during monsoon season in my Garden . They are known for their nest making skill from leaves  .    I have  covered about their nest making skill in my blog earlier post.