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Golden shower or Pyrostegia venusta
Botanical Name : Pyrostegia venustaCommon Name : Golden shower
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen woody vine that blooms in winter and spring with spectacular reddish-orange flowers. Oval leaflets and are arranged in pairs opposite each other on the stem. Often, the center leaflet is modified into a coiled, three-parted tendril. Climbs by clinging with its tendrils. Dry and thin shoots are removed after flowering.
Gulmohar or Caesalpinia pulcherrima ‘Rosea’
Botanical Name : Caesalpinia pulcherrima 'Rosea'Common Name : Gulmohar
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : In order to maintain the height and good shape the plants need pruning every year in February.
Hanging lobster claw or Heliconia rostrata
Botanical Name : Heliconia rostrataCommon Name : Hanging lobster claw
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Heliconias like warm,humid condition , semi shady location and porus soil rich in organic matter.
Harsinger/Shiuli or Nyctanthes arbor-tristtis
Botanical Name : Nyctanthes arbor-tristtisCommon Name : Harsinger/Shiuli
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : The large attractive leaves are rough and hairy. The sweet scented flowers are small, attractive with white petals and an orange-red tube in center and bloom profusely, opening at night and drop off in the morning. It grows very easily by seed. Likes full sun and humus rich soil.
Horgoja or Acanthus ilicifolius
Botanical Name : Acanthus ilicifoliusCommon Name : Horgoja
Maintenance : Occasional
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a water loving plant. It is a medicinal plant only.
Hybrid desert rose or Adenium obesum hybrid
Botanical Name : Adenium obesum hybridCommon Name : Hybrid desert rose
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Garden
Notes : It prefers more light, calcareous soil with good drainage, restrickted watering in Winter is required.
Ipomea or Ipomoea pes-caprae
Botanical Name : Ipomoea pes-capraeCommon Name : Ipomea
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Goat's foot vine is so named because of its interesting leaves. The leaves are notched at the apex, creating two equal lobes which look like the imprint of a goat's foot. This is an evergreen perennial with a large, thick root. The stem is flexible, branches freely and roots at the nodes. The leaves are leathery and fleshy. The flowers are very showy, pink to lavender purple funnels. The plants should be cleaned and pruned after rainy season.
Jaba Agni or Hibiscus rosa-sinensis ‘Agni’
Botanical Name : Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Agni'Common Name : Jaba Agni
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a very popular flowering plant for small and house gardening.
Jacquemontia or Jacquemontia violacea
Botanical Name : Jacquemontia violaceaCommon Name : Jacquemontia
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a handsome light climber. It has spread over many tropical countries because of the ease with which it can be grown and for its beautiful appearance. Ideal for covering trellises and growing in pots over "balloons. " It is a small freely blooming creeper of controllable growth. The stem of the creeper is slender and green and the leaves are arranged alternatively. The plant needs thorough cleaning of dry shoots in rainy season.
Japanese honey suckle or Lonicera japonica
Botanical Name : Lonicera japonicaCommon Name : Japanese honey suckle
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a twining vine, with opposite, simple oval leaves. The flowers are attractive and very fragrant, but the vine is extremely invasive. The flowers, which turn from white to yellow as they age, first appear in early May and continue intermittently through fall. An ideal climber on low wall.
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