Its been more than a month since my last post. So what pushed me to write this post? Flowers in my garden…. They are so beautiful and vibrant that anyone will want to talk about them, write about them. Most of the flowers that you will see in this post were started from seed. I had blogged about the seed starting as well. I will end here.. over to my camera..
I always like the element of surprise when you sow a seed mix of flower and waiting for the flower to open to know the color.
When I saw this bud opening it looked like white “Ok!. We have a white aster”
Oh Wait.. May be not.. may be its a white with a purple lining
Uh oh wrong again.. Not white! I think its purple…
Oh not purple? Ok somewhere between blue and purple..
Aster with a hair do…
Here comes the rose with its Dahlia like petals..
I get reminded of Icecream when I look at this rose flower.
Red rose buddies..
When I had been to the Lalbagh Flower Show, I picked up two carnation seedlings which were supposed to be Yellow and Pink as promised by the Dutiful shopkeeper. As always, both of them turned out to be Pink. No worries, pink is beautiful too 
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In one of my previous posts, I had written about seed starting french marigolds, Tithonia and coleus. Its almost two months now since the day I sowed them. I will let the pictures speak about how happy the plants are …
Beauty-full tub..
After seeing these marigold flowers in the garden, my wife started singing the song “Genda Phool”
Orange and Lemon
Some double colors..
Ha.. this flower needs some introduction. This is “Tithonia” aka Mexican sunflower. I planted this at the same time I did the marigolds and this one took longer and longer to grow let alone bloom. More I wait, taller it got. I now know why it took so long. Creating such a piece of art takes time.. long time.. Here is tithonia blooms for your viewing pleasure.
I did it. Finally I was able to break a month’s silence. If not for the flowers which I have been busy nursing this post would not have seen daylight. Thanks to the flowers..
More later
gg
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Brilliant colour! Fav has to be the purple aster although I am warming to hot strong orange in the garden
Flowers are always fun to grow ain’t it? I love the changing color shots of Aster! Wonderful. That’s the fun in gardening! Tithonias! Mine have started blooming too! Hi-Five!
Hey Chandramouli,
Hi-Five!!
I was thinking about you when I was writing about Tithonia yesterday. Some time back we were both worried; I on why its taking so long to flower and you on your plants leaf getting dried. Both of our plants are blooming now Yay!! Tithonia really gets tall though..
gg
Wow……. beautiful flowers. would you please share your rose secrets. i have tried so many times to grow them but not succeeded yet. i would really appreciate your time. i live in rajasthan . its quite hot here. please mention everything like watering, sun, shade etc. i hope you will help.
apart from that, your blog is simply great. keep writing.
THANKS
Hi Meetu,
Roses need good sunlight ( that you have in plenty). They also are heavy feeders. Keep the soil moist all the time but not water logged. Feed them regularly with water soluble nutrients high in Phosphorous.
Thanks for the nice words.
GG
Hi GG,
I do have some plants in my terrace, my major concern is when ever I move out of my place, I need to depend on my neighbour to water my plants. Please let me know if you have option for this situation.
Wow I wish I can give an answer in two lines.. You can setup an automated drip system or a maid to water the plants.. Honestly, I do both
Is that the kind of answer you were looking for?