Indian Hemp
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Red Silk-Cotton
Saw it first in Lalbagh in Bangalore. This majestic tree has beautiful red flowers and attractive bark. It sheds its…
Wood spurge
This plant first attracted me at a public garden on a brilliantly sunny spring day, with its lush spring green…
Cattail
This brown stick, very unlike any traditional flower, is still classified as a flower! The cattail is a reed that…
Daffodil
I have childhood memories of daffodils – not because they grew in my hometown (Madras), but because of Wordsworth’s poem…
Orange Cosmos
First saw these flowers on a Sahyadri hike (western ghats, around Pune). Love the bright orange/yellow flowers, and also the…
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,…
Gloriosa
A striking delicate flower that I first saw on hikes in the Sahyadri hills near Pune. Apparently all parts of…