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The poinsettia is blooming

08/11/2018by thelongview 4 Comments

The northeast monsoon is playing truant again and the poor trees think it’s winter already. Two of the mango trees have begun flowering in a feeble, apologetic sort of way. […]

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Flowers, Nature, Trees

Book: Flora of the Southern Western Ghats and Palnis

03/10/2018by thelongview 6 Comments

I recently added a book to my library: Flora of the Southern Western Ghats and Palnis: A Field Guide by Pippa Mukherjee, Niyogi Books. The two books on Indian wild […]

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Books, Flowers, Nature

Shankh pushpi

25/05/2018by thelongview 10 Comments

This is a beautiful creeper with bright, ink-blue, conch-shaped flowers. It is used in several Ayurvedic medicines, being primarily recommended as a brain tonic. However, there is some controversy about […]

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Farming, Flowers, Nitrogen fixing plants

April is for amaltas

26/04/2018by thelongview 2 Comments

Call it laburnum, cassia fistula, golden shower, amaltas, Vishu kanni, or anything else – it’s stunning in any language.

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Flowers, Trees

A bouquet of its own

31/03/2018by thelongview 5 Comments

Prettier than any you can make or buy, this is a bouquet put together by a rose plant that is its own person, requiring nothing except water. We have been […]

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cats, Dogs, Flowers, Gardening

The manure tree

21/02/2018by thelongview 1 Comment

That’s its name in Kannada – gobra soppu, meaning manure leaf. Which made me think it must be an indigenous tree. But to my surprise, I found that Gliricidia Sepium […]

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Flowers, Natural farming, Nitrogen fixing plants, Permaculture, Trees

April morning

10/04/2017by thelongview Leave a comment

The day dawns with these gorgeous clouds. I remember an old rhyme that goes: Red in the morning, shepherd’s warning. And hope it holds good for us. Shepherds in England […]

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Birds, Flowers, Nature, Trees

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