Water hyacinth
Although Water Hyacinth produces beautiful delicate lavender flowers, it is considered a problematic invasive species in many parts of the…
Category: purple
Annual honesty
Annual or Common Honesty is a hardy annual or biennial, with toothed, heart-shaped leaves, and large, open clusters of purple…
Turmeric
Got a turmeric plant as a birthday present a couple of years ago. It needs to be an indoor plant…
Common Grape Hyacinth
Common grape hyacinths are highly fragrant flowers that bloom in dense clusters, in all shades of pastel. In spring in…
Tulips
One of my favorite flowers, the tulip comes in so many colors and varieties. Keukenhof Botanical Garden is world-famous for…
Giant milkweed
This plant grows wild on the street sides of Madras (Chennai). I’ve known it from childhood by its Tamil name,…