Browsing "Outdoor" plants.
Chita or Plumbego zeylanica
Botanical Name : Plumbego zeylanicaCommon Name : Chita
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a herb. Dark green leaves are ovate to 6 inches long by half as wide. They are fast growing plants, but their size is easily controlled by pot size and pruning. The flowers are white in showy dense racemes. Grows well in well drained soil in pot and ground. Useful in digestive problem and leprosy.
Chocolate plant or Pseuderanthemum alatum
Botanical Name : Pseuderanthemum alatumCommon Name : Chocolate plant
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a low growing herb. The coppery-brown leaves with silver blotches along the midrib are broadly ovate with winged petioles. It is very showy. It forms a well shaped plant if grown in well drained, rich in humus and in sun. Popular hedge plants.
Clove or Syzygium aromaticum
Botanical Name : Syzygium aromaticumCommon Name : Clove
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a medicinal pant.
Codda panna palm or Bentinckia condapanna
Botanical Name : Bentinckia condapannaCommon Name : Codda panna palm
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Prefer well drained silt based soil, rich in humas.
Coral plant or Russelia juncea
Botanical Name : Russelia junceaCommon Name : Coral plant
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Small spreading branches and arching stems make the Fountain plant look like a spray of water. its coral-red flowers is useful for growing on sloping banks, water cascades and in hanging pots. It can also be employed as a potted plant and is good for borders in dry, tropical gardens. It grows well in all type of soil, But flowers best in porous soil and full sun.
Crane flower/Bird of paradise or Strelitzia reginae
Botanical Name : Strelitzia reginaeCommon Name : Crane flower/Bird of paradise
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Crane Flower or Bird of Paradise, it is a popular plant for its bird like flowers.
Crape myrtle or Lagerstroemia indica ‘Aliporensis’
Botanical Name : Lagerstroemia indica 'Aliporensis'Common Name : Crape myrtle
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : A hardy, much branched, woody, erect, deciduous shrubs grows in to small tree. Pruning in February. We can use as a pot plant. Light mauve colour flower appear in May to August.
Crape myrtle or Lagerstroemia Lancasteri
Botanical Name : Lagerstroemia LancasteriCommon Name : Crape myrtle
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : A hardy, large , woody, deciduous shrubs grows in to small tree. Leaves opposite or irregular, oblong, broad , glossy green. Pruning should be done in February. We can use as a pot plant. Mauve coloured flowers are large on terminal panicle.
Cream fruit or Strophanthus gratus
Botanical Name : Strophanthus gratusCommon Name : Cream fruit
Maintenance : Regular
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : Strophanthus is a genus of 35-40 species of flowering plants. It is an evergreen, clambering vine or rambling shrub. It has shiny leathery olive green, oblong to elliptical leaves. Flowers in spring with clusters of showy, rose-scented, white or tinged with pink flowers with a darker throat.
Croton Barma or Codiaeum variegatum
Botanical Name : Codiaeum variegatumCommon Name : Croton Barma
Maintenance : Periodical
Recommended For : Outdoor
Notes : It is a very popular pot plant for house gardening.








