Pretty Blooms
Today I'm
going to take you through some pretty blooms of the Rangoon Creeper that is
blooming in my garden. Well, it did bloom a for a short duration during spring,
but, the blooms in monsoons is a totally different league. The plant has got a
new life after scorching summer heat in the hot months of April, May and June,
and just during the onset of the monsoon season, new twigs and buds started
appearing, promising me a more appealing visual treat. And now it's in blooms.
I've captured a few shots (night time ones) which, I find worth posting here.
The Rangoon
creeper is a fast growing and hardy creeper that is visually attractive owing
to its foliage and its blooms. This is a perennial plant that blooms
almost throughout the year. It is a tropical vine that grows well in the
tropical regions. The blooms have a distinctive feature as its flower show a
variety of colours starting from white when freshly bloomed, as the time passes
the colour changes to darker shades of pink, and finally ending into an
attractive cherry red colour that looks strikingly attractive. The flowers
bloom in clusters or bunches of flowers that last around 2-3 days. The flowers
have mesmerizing fragrance that is exotic and the fragrance is highest during
night, as it is this time when new flowers bloom. In some pictures below, you
can see some of these new white blooms.
The flowers,
in bunches usually turn towards the ground, may be due to weight of so many
flowers blooming in a relatively thin stem. The plant doesn't have any seeds
and the only method of their propagation is with the help of stem cuttings.
Rangoon creepers are very easy to grow and maintain. It's main requirements
include regular watering so that it doesn't fall scarce of water and some
fertilizers (organic or inorganic), once in a while, if planted in pots.
I hope I
needn't mention that like all other plants of my rooftop garden, this one's
also planted in a pot.
The plant in
this post: Rangoon Creeper - A beautiful tropical climber
Botanical
Name: Quisqualis Indica, Combretum Indicum
Common Name: Rangoon Creeper,
Chinese Honeysuckle, मधुमालती
Uses: Ornamental
uses, can be easily trained to climb on boundary walls, trellises, and even on
building walls (with some external support to climb up).
Flower
Colour: White-Pink-Cherry Red. The flower changes colour as it ages from
white, initially, to light pink, increasing in saturation of colour and
ultimately very dark cherry red. Buds with exposed petal part usually are light
pink as the flower blooms.
Leaf Type: Oblong,
elliptic green leaves arranged on stems in an opposite arrangement.
Fragrance: Sweet
smelling, highly fragrant flowers. Fragrance is typically highest during night,
and early morning, which fades as the day progresses.
Plant Type: Climber,
Vine, Creeper.
Fruit: None
Reproduction: Vegetative
propagation, Stem cuttings. No seeds (Atleast I can't see any).
Suitable
Climatic and Soil Conditions: Mainly tropical climatic
conditions with full or partly shady conditions. Well drained soils are well
suited. Must be provided with some external support if placed somewhere, where
the plant is susceptible to strong gusts of wind.
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Leaves of the Rangoon Creeper. |
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Some blooms of the Rangoon Creeper. Newly bloomed flowers are white in colour. Ones with pink and darker pink shade of colour are a day or two old. |
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Some blooms of the Rangoon Creeper. You can very sell see the buds as well. An isolated green coloured thread like thing is a tendril of my bitter gourd, aka bitter melon vine. |
I'll be back with some more information in upcoming days. till then, stay tuned, keep visiting and HAPPY GARDENING.
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ReplyDeleteThanks.
Deletelovely flowers and all the captures are wonderful ... nice post
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting.
DeleteThis is such a prolific bloomer, had seen it so many times but never knew its name. Thanks
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting. I hope that my blog may help you out with more such info.
DeleteHi MG! Love the name of your blog. I see you have been active while i've been dormant... lol. No wonder I didnt come across your blog on my numerous jaunts around the gardening blogosphere. Just dropped by to say hello. Will be back to stroll through your garden at my leisure.
ReplyDeleteYour photographs are beautiful! It is always a pleasure to come across an Indian gardening blogger!
Hello Sujata, You're always welcome to stroll through my gardening space the way you please. It's a pleasure for me too to meet someone with same interests as mine.
DeleteLovely flowers, i cam almost smell them from your pictures :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Mridula.
Deletemany thanks for the very informative blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and reading the post, Mona :)
DeleteThanks for encouraging me to take take interest in growing this beautiful vine.
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ReplyDeleteFlower gardening is a simple task also it , a type of hobby that is very practical and very fun to do. Nowadays, a lot more homeowners wants to grow flowers everywhere over the exteriors of these houses. It's primarily because flowers are... bonsai
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