S.No | Name | Family | Family |
1 | Abelia chinensis R.Br. | Caprifoliaceae | A semi ever green shrub with ovate leaves, rounded at the base and serrate at the marigins. The mid rib is hairy on the under surface. Flowers are white and funnel shaped. And are borne in terminal, dense panicles during Septmper- Novemeber. |
2 | Abutilon megapotamicaum St. Sill & Naud. | Malvaceae | Flowering maple. Chinese Bell flower. Slender wiry shrub with numerous bell shaped and drooping flowers. Calyx bright red: There are innumerable varieties. Propagated by new wood cutting. Useful for baskets and vases. Best suited in mixed shrub beries. Demon yellow flowers with bight red calyx. |
3 | A. dealbata Link. | Leguminaceae | Silver wattle. A tall quick growing tree with smooth bark and grey pubescent branchlets. Leaflets silvey grey to light green,. Flowers during August to November. Grown for its tannin and fuel. Planted in landscape as an onamental flowering tree. |
4 | Acer oblongum Wall. | Aceraceae | Maple. A medium sized evergreen tree thriving above 3000 feet. Suitable for planting as single specimen in lawn. |
5 | Alnus nepalensis | Betulaceae | Alder. Quick growing large tree with smooth bark, silvery grey in colour. Leaves elliptic entire or slightly denticulate. The pendulous catkins are of pleasing appearance. The dropping catkins of male flowers are bigger than those of female flowers. Flowering in November-March. Suitable for planting as single specimen in lawns and for foliage. |
6 | Alsophilla australis | Cyatheaceae | Tree fern. The groups of tree fern growing wild in the Nilgiris are with their magnificient crest of 16 feet frounds. It is grown from spores, which can be obtained only from old and large specimens. Can be grown along the margins of streams and marshy areas. |
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S.No | Name | Family | Family |
1 | Allamanda grandiflora Lam. | Apocynaceae | Beazil. A small evergreen bushy plant with thin and wiry stem, leaves thin, ovate lanceolate, pointed, usually in 3'8", flowers large, lemon yellow, Bloos during March_may. Height 3-5 feet, Spread 1-2 feet. Propagated from cuttings Suited for plnating in mixedshrubberies. |
2 | Bignonia cherers Lindl. | Bignoniaceae | Triumpet Flowers. An evergreen climber growing to 50 feet or more. The rather stiff leaves end in a branched tendrill which clings by means of small disks. In flower it is very showy vine with large cluters of reddish tubular blossoms. As trained plant on a wall it should be pruned hard after flowering, later some of the weakest shooting should be thinned out. Propagated by cuttings of half ripened wood nad by layering. Useful for trailing iver arches, pergolas, trees etc., |
3 | Hedra helix Linn. | Araliaceae | Europe. An evergreen English Ivy, Famous in literarture for its long life, its easy propagation, and its unrivalled ability to cover brick and stone walls with adense, thick mantle of glossy green. Leaves are alternate, usually, 3-5 lobed and margins entire, to 4 inches long, on fruiting, branches ovate and unlobed, often with light coloured veins. |
4 | Ipomea leari Paxi. | Convolvulaceae | America. Blue Dawn Flower. A perennial twining herb with simple, alternate, cordate-ovate, entire, or sometimes 3 lobed leaves, 8 inches long, pubescent beneath, flowers funnel shaped with 5 angles limb, blue turning pink, the tube white, to 5 inches across. Propagated by cuttings. Usefull for planting fence, trellieses and banks and may be grown on post. |
5 | Rambler excelsa | Rosaceae | Bright scarlet Pink double flowers are produced in clusters foliage is thick and glossy. Flowers during March - July. Propagation is by cuttings, Usewful for trailing over bowers, arches and perholas. |
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S.No | Name | S.No | Name |
1 | Acroclinum | 43 | Linaria |
2 | Alyssum | 44 | Linum |
3 | Anchusa | 45 | Lobelia |
4 | Antirrhinum | 46 | Lupins |
5 | Aquilegia | 47 | Marigold |
6 | Arctotis | 48 | Mesembranthemum |
7 | Aster | 49 | Mignonette |
8 | Balsam | 50 | Mimulus |
9 | Bellis perennis | 51 | Nasturtium |
10 | Blue lace | 52 | Nemsia |
11 | Calendula | 53 | Nigella |
12 | Caliopsis | 54 | Pansy |
13 | Candytuft | 55 | Petunia |
14 | Canterberry bells | 56 | Phlox |
15 | Carnation | 57 | Poppies |
16 | Celotia | 58 | Portulaca |
17 | Cherianthes | 59 | Primulas mollucoides |
18 | Chrysanthemum | 60 | Primulas obconica |
19 | Cineraria | 61 | Rudbeckia |
20 | Clarkia | 62 | Salpiglossis |
21 | Coreopsis | 63 | Salvia |
22 | Cornflower | 64 | Saponaria |
23 | Cuphea | 65 | Scabious |
24 | Cyclamen | 66 | Schizanthes |
25 | Cynaglossum | 67 | Senecio |
26 | Dahalia | 68 | Statice |
27 | Delphinium | 69 | Stock |
28 | Dianthus | 70 | Sunflower |
29 | Dimorphotheca | 71 | Swan river daisy |
30 | Echium | 72 | Sweet pea |
31 | Escholtia | 74 | Sweet sultan |
32 | Freezia | 75 | Ursinia |
33 | Gaillardia | 76 | Venidium fastnosum |
34 | Gazania | 77 | Verbascum |
35 | Godetia | 78 | Verbena |
36 | Gyphsophylla | 79 | Viola |
37 | Helichrysum | 80 | Virginian stock |
38 | Hollyhook | 81 | Viscaria |
39 | Lady’s lace | 82 | Zinnia |
40 | Larkspur | ||
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