Orange Cosmos
First saw these flowers on a Sahyadri hike (western ghats, around Pune). Love the bright orange/yellow flowers, and also the…
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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,…
Cannonball flowering tree
Large deciduous tree with beautiful, fragrant flowers and large, stinky fruits! Flowers bloom and die within a day, but a…
Pink Crabapple
Small deciduous tree with brilliant pink cup-like flowers in the spring, orange-red leaves in the fall, and bright red berries…