COMMON INDIAN FLOWERING PLANTS

COMMON INDIAN FLOWERING PLANTS 

Plants in India which flower can be planted in summer or winter seasons. 

Summer season planting is from March to May. Winter season planting is from September to November. They grow easily and the plants are generally green throughout the year. 

They can be planted usually as seeds or as stems. 

I have mentioned the popular name as well as the botanical name of each flower below. The picture is also shown of the flower with the plant leaf for easy identification. 

This blog is only to highlight the beauty of flowers and connect to their names. I hope that this is useful to the new and the experienced gardeners.

Gardening is a useful hobby and  an activity for any age group. With covid-19 in the surroundings, gardening, planting is useful and welcome as a single person's or a family activity.

 FLOWERING PLANTS IN SUMMER 

 1) ROSE : 

 Family Rosaceae 

 2) BOUGAINVILLEA: 

 Botanical name: Bougainvillea glabra 

 

3) SHOE FLOWER: 

 Botanical name is Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis  

 4) IXORA: 

 Ixora coccinea (also known as jungle geranium, flame of the woods or jungle flame or pendkuli)  

 5) LANTANA: 

 Lantana camara (common lantana) is a species of flowering plant within the verbena family (Verbenaceae)  

 

6) DESERT ROSE: 

Adenium obesum is the botanical name.  

 7) CROWN OF THORNS, CHRIST PLANT, CHRIST THORN, CORONA DE CRISTO: 

 Botanical Name is Euphorbia milii.  

 

8) FLAMING KATY OR CHRISTMAS KATY: 

 Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is a herbaceous and common. Also called Kalanchoe. 

 

 9) THE FIRECRACKER FLOWER: 

 The botanical name is Crossandra infundibuliformis  

10) PRINCESS FLOWER, GLORY BUSH: 

 Botanical name is Tibouchina urvilleana  FLOWERING PLANTS IN WINTER 

FLOWERING PLANTS IN WINTER

 11) MUSSAENDA ACUMINTA: 

 Mainly from Africa.  

 12) JUNGLE GERANIUM, FLAME OF THE WOODS OR JUNGLE FLAME: 

 Botanical name is Ixora Coccinea. Common in India, Bangla Desh, Sri Lanka.  

 

13) CRAPE JASMINE OR PINWHEEL FLOWER: 

 Botanical name is Tabernaemontana divaricata.  

 14) GREAT BOUGAINVILLEA: 

 Botanical name is Bougainvillea Spectabilis.  

 15) GOLDEN TRUMPET: 

 It is native to Brazil. The botanical name is Allamanda cathartica  

 16) SNAPDRAGONS: 

 Botanical name is Antirrhinum  

 17) ORANGE TRUMPET CREEPER: 

 It is a creeper, very attractive to hummingbirds. Botanical name is Pyrostegia venusta.  

 

18) ASIAN PIGEON WINGS, BLUE PEA, BUTTERFLY PEA, DARWIN PEA: 

Clitoria ternatea. Botanical name is Convolvulus pluricaulis.  

 19) NIGHT JASMINE OR PARIJAT OR HENGRA BUBAR OR SHIULI: 

Botanical name is Cestrum nocturnum.  

 20) PHLOX: 

The name is derived from the Greek word phlox meaning flame in flower color. Botanical name is Phlox paniculata. 

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