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By profession, Kiran is a French interpreter and by choice, a housewife but her passion is for gardening and for over five years Kiran has been laborious the adorning the terrace garden. Kiran speaks about her terrace garden.

festival · flowers

Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Ganesha, the elephant-headed God. Hindu people decorate their homes with flower garlands and rangoli.

Karnataka·flowers · lake

Having evolved gradually from being the Garden City to the Silicon Valley of India, Bengaluru is the third largest and one of the most livable cities in India.

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Beautiful of view of Euphorbia hypericifolia with clusters of airy flowers in the midst of green vegetation.The frothy flowers are held above narrow, delicate leaves. The plants have a mounding habit but will spread 2-3 ft.

Karnataka·flowers

Colourful flowers on display at Lalbagh Botanical Garden in Bangalore. Visitors are warned not to take selfies and pictures.

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Indian Palm Squirrel feeds on the leaves, flowers and fruit of Spathodia tree or African Tulip tree. Indian palm squirrel is species of small rodent that belongs to the squirrel family.

industry · flowers

Native to South America, Monkey’s brush is a vine sporting vivid orange-red inflorescences at the tips of the branches. Elongated powder-puff flowers are multi-coloured: yellow, orange, and red.

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Gourian Clematis is a large climber, capable of climbing up tall trees. Stems are brown and grooved. Oppositely arranged leaves are variable - they can be pinnate, 2-pinnate or 3-pinnate.

Karnataka·flowers · industry

The Glass House at Lalbagh was specially decorated with flowers for the special occasion of Independence Day. A symbolic parliament was made from flowers with two security guards at the front.

Karnataka·flowers

Colourful flowers on display at Lalbagh Botanical Garden in the heart of Bangalore. The bi-annual Flower Show at the Lalbagh Botanical Garden is one such tradition which marks the Republic Day in January and Independence Day in August.

flowers · industry

Angelwing jasmine is an evergreen or semi-evergreen vine or shrub with sweetly fragrant, snow-white, pinwheel shaped flowers to almost 2 in (5.1 cm) across.

industry · flowers

The snake plant or Sansevieria pronounced (san-se-vi-ee’-ri-ah) a member of the Lily Family, popularly goes by other common names. The very “politically correct” Mother-in-Law’s tongue and Bowstring-hemp.

flowers · industry

Pseuderanthemum reticulatum is also known as Golden Pseuderanthemum or Yellow-vein Eranthemum or Golden Net-bush, False/Speckled Eranthemum or El dorado or Golden Eldorado.Pseuderanthemum reticulatum is an outstanding species of the genus…

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Wild Plumeria an evergreen species of Plumeria native to Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela. It is a shrub which usually has one or two slender trunks that branch close to the ground forming a dense slightly spreading crown.

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This is a beautiful pink water lily, native to India and South-east Asia. The toothed floating leaves vary from being elliptic-oval to almost circular and are 15-26 cm across. The leaves are papery and have fine hair on them.

flowers · industry

The National flower of India, Lotus grows in a pond. One can see the fishes around the flower in the pond. Lotus, botanically known as the Nelumbo Nucifera is the national flower of India.

flowers · industry

Dark green, lance-shaped, somewhat furry and deeply veined leaves provide a lush backdrop for prolific clusters of never-ending, five-petaled flowers. These may be red, white, lavender, purple, or shades of pink. Some are two-toned.

flowers · industry

The name Petrea was given to commemorate the name of Lord Petre, who, in the 18th Century, became famous for his wonderful collection of exotic plants.

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Water lily (family Nymphaeaceae), any of 58 species in 6 genera of freshwater plants native to the temperate and tropical parts of the world.

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Lotus (Nelumbo Nucifera Gaertn) is the National Flower of India. It is a sacred flower and occupies a unique position in the art and mythology of ancient India and has been an auspicious symbol of Indian culture since time immemorial.

industry · flowers

Datura metel is a shrub-like perennial herb, commonly known as devil's trumpet and metel. According to Drug & Cosmetic Act 1940 & Rule 1995 this plant is banned in India to use in Ayurvedic medicine.

flowers · industry

This big crinum lily makes an imposing presence in the garden. The dark green strap-like leaves may be more than 3 ft (1 m) long and 4 in (10 cm) wide.

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The flowers are in small clusters that are partly hidden by the leaves. The individual flowers are funnel-shaped, 1 to 2 inches or 2.5 to 5 cm across, and have 5 to 7 irregular, heavily wrinkled lobes.