It's awesome to imagine how
nature manages bringing in so much of colours, that too with such a perfection.
This becomes more evident from the plants and flowers which we see almost
everywhere. Being a gardener, who loves flowery plants, I like bringing new
flowering plants to my small gardening space. I have tried germinating seeds
that I have sourced from the local plants nursery, plant/seed sellers to online
gardening supplies stores, most of such experiments, miserably failed. I am not
sure of the reason for these failures, but, then, most often the plants I managed
to get from the seeds were the ones I myself got from actual plants.
Gaillardias were among the first seeds I got from an online store,
biocarve. The seeds failed to germinate, not just the gaillardia, but, all the
four plants' seeds, including the vincas, ghazanias and asters. Maybe I didn't
provide favourable conditions for the seeds to germinate, but, the jist is, I
failed to grow plants from seeds, mostly.
This year again, along with the
cosmos saplings I brought from my trusted plants seller, I got a bunch of plants,
that I casually planted in different pots. Though I didn't know what plant
saplings I picked up, and I didn't bother asking the person there. Most of the
plants died in the extreme rainless summers we faced this year, just two
managed to live on. Out of these two, there's only one plant that has grown
enough and is blooming. Only after it started blooming that I came to know what
plant it was. It turned out to be a gaillardia, the Sundance, also known as
blanketflower or the Indian Blanketflower. This summer loving plant
loves full sun and hot, dry conditions. Originally a native of Central United
States, owing to its hardy nature, it managed to thrive throughout the world
where it found favourable conditions. The variety, Gaillardia Pulchella, particularly a beautiful looking bloom with
the flower being dark red and the florets of the blooms having yellow coloured
edges which look contrasting, and thus attractive.
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The beginning: A Gaillardia bud developing
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The beginning: A Gaillardia bud developing.
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The only plant which is blooming
now is bearing these beautiful blooms, at a time when I have nothing but just
some portulacas blooming, everyday, some hibiscus in the morning and the Jasminum molle a.k.a.
Juhi blooming in the evenings, on some days. So, it's a good addition to the garden at such a time.
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A beautiful gaillardia bloom, with florets with contrasting colours
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A beautiful gaillardia bloom, with florets with contrasting colours
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A dying bloom with withered away florets. This would go on to develop into
seeds.
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A dead bloom with withered away florets and seeds that have fallen off.
This part can be removed now, letting the plant have more blooms.
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Upcoming posts will have some updates from the
garden with new additions like the new stem of the Harshringar - Nyctanthes arbor-tristis, a night
blooming jasmine tree, that bears very attractive looking white and orange
blooms which have quite a great fragrance,
that brought from the nearby park, one fine morning, after my morning walk,
with the intention of growing a new plant of my own from the stems. Though,
this activity took place a week ago, the stem, which I divided in two parts,
are still green, thus keeping me hopeful that I might succeed in getting my own plants. More on that later, as
I move forward in my gardening adventures, I'll keep you updated on this new
member in my garden. I will be back with new contents in the coming weeks, till
then, keep trying and HAPPY GARDENING!
Ah beautiful bloom!
ReplyDeletePardon my eyesight if I request you to increase the font size of your captions :-/
Thanks for your visit, Anunoy. :D
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