Spring is knocking

The global climate change has effected the winter season drastically with late arrival of cool weather  and spring. The month of spring starts today with this auspicious day of ' Basant panchami ' which is believed to be first day of spring , although the presence of coolness in the air had derailed the spring arrival. The rise in temperature had envisaged the audacity of early spring blooms in my garden.  

                                                                          

                                                        

                                                                  China Aster is unfurling blooms 

                                                         Kalanchoe plant coming out of dormancy 

                                                                         

                                                                      Osteospermum blooming

                                                                               

                                                         

                                                          Mesembryanthemum and petunias blooming 

                                                                       

                                                                                                                       

 Common kingfisher spotted by the lakeside 

                                             

Springing into summer

 It's that time of year when spring is ending and summer season has arrived . It has been unusual spring due to the on going weather disturbances and concurrent rains  which has lead to unusual wet spring. 

It is the time to bid adieu Spring blossoms and welcome summer in the garden 

                                     Petunias and pansies are giving last of their booms with rise in temperatures  

                                                                       

I am surprised by consistent blooming of Geraniums and Blanket flower for the most part of spring 

Cornflowers 

I had added some of the new varieties of Kalanchoe this spring in my garden 

                                                               Kalanchoes blossfeldiana blooming

                                 Bougainvilleas are back in blooms  as Summer season is back 

                        Adenium is blooming finally  after rise in temperatures 

                                                             

                              Spider lilies are blooming with summer arrival , summer and rains are best season for lily blooms           

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             I spotted this butterfly with unusual blue color , Anyone knows the ID                                                          

              In my recent visit to Bird sanctuary I spotted this beautiful Indian painted stork 

                                                                 

                                                          

                                                              Indian painted stork feeding on fish        

Finally an ode to mountains 

                                                          

                                                                           

Spring on the way

We had an unexpected winter season this year which lasted not more than a month and now with sudden spurge in warm temperature early arrival of spring  is confirmed. 

 Muscari bloom on its way

                                                                   Muscari bud           

Ivy Geranium  popped out first  bloom

                                                                    

               Garland chrysanthemum blooms are sign for warm weather days

                                                           

                                                       

Widow's Thrill  blooms are coming out 

                                              

Petunias and Antirrhinums are twinning  in glory

                                                        

Even pansies are having a gala time                                                                                                       

                                                                                                 

Gaillardias have been blooming from last six months 

                                                                              

                                               

Indian pond heron 

                               

Full moon night                                                                                                        

Garden Affair : Kalanchoe plant

  

Flora  world is vast and there are some unique  plants in the plant kingdom and  Kalanchoe plant is one of that succulent plant that has distinctive properties . 

Here I will talk about three varieties of Kalanchoe plant which are completely distinctive from each other even belonging to same Kalanchoe family. 

                                                               Kalanchoe pinnata

                                               Kalanchoe propagation through leaves 

Kalanchoe pinnata also known as Mother of Thousands is a popular medicinal plant due to its properties of curing kidney stones problem .                                                                         

The propagation method of Kalanchoe plant through leaves is only common factor between all varieties of Kalanchoe.                                                                                                             

Kalanchoe  Delagoensis

                      This kalanchoe variety is also known as Mother of millions. It is named after propagation of  millions of plant from a single leaf.                                          

           

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

                                                This variety is grown for its flowers . The flowers are singular and many hybrid varieties have multiple colors and large blooms.    

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Before the spring ends

This year is quite unusual for everyone out in the world.Since nature has yet again proved its superiority in  controlling our life. The  year began marking the longest possible winter in my region with spring being on and off with western disturbances altering  the weather pattern every week .But finally heat of summer can be felt with temperature soaring high day by day .

Meanwhile spring flowers are at their end stage of blooming

                                                              Dahlberg daisy covering flowering bed

Bottle brush or Callistemon tree in to flowering

Some of the Ranunculus plants that survived the unusual long winter period with hailstorms and continuous rains                                                                                                                            

Dahlias are doing great inspite temperatures are high

Gerbera

Mimulus flower

Delphiniums and Lupines 

Plumbago is back  in to blooms with high temperatures

Butterfly pea blooms are surprising for  this time of the year

Miniature roses are pretty sight among all other spring blooms

Matthiola incana blooms at their last stage 

Nasturtium in full blooms

The only kalanchoe left into flowering till now 

It has been wonderful year for Godetia blooms

and for Nemesias too 

Verbenas are quite a pleasent scene among other spring blooms

Chrysanthemum carinatum 

Amaryllis lily in full glory check out my other blooms of Amaryllis lily here  - Amaryllis-lily-season

Cornflowers are  blooming in abundance 

Impatiens wallerina

Miniature Carnations are bountiful bloomers at this time

Gazanias are  magical with their intrinsic patterns and colors of blooms

Geraniums are so adorable in spring time 

Finally summer flowers are coming out of hibernation

Bougainvilleas

Adeniums

Meanwhile Purple Sunbird spotted feeding on Pomegranate flower                                                            

When you wake up to morning like this                                                                                                

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