My garden and plants

[Rajesh Sethi]

This an interesting pic of bael / bel plant (Aegle marmelos), that has turned into bonsai being on the same pot for many years.

The unearthed or exposed root has sprouted a new budding.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Papaya plant


taken with my old camera

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Coreopsis seedlings

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

It Jasminum sambac (Jasmine ), I guess !


I have pruned the scion to let the plant branch out, waiting for it to flower.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Ocimum sanctum (holy basil) seedlings

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Rauvolfia tetraphylla (Devil-pepper, Be Still Tree, Barachandrika, Patalagarudi , Papataku )

used for anti-hypertension , insomnia and has sedative properties. (fruits are poisonous)

Some believe anti-dote for snake bite, rodent bite.

Garden bit messed up after rain.

 

[Beverly]

Congratulations on your rain. Do you have rain barrels to capture the water for your garden?

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Congratulations on your rain. Do you have rain barrels to capture the water for your garden?

Is there anyway to do that?

Quantity of rain we receive here would require much larger barrels.

May be an underground storage will be great idea?

 

[Beverly]

Is there anyway to do that?

Certainly there are several ways to capture rain water, but not all of it. Most people have rain barrels. @Dinu has a rather sophisticated system. I have just one barrel (due to limited space) that holds 220 litres. During the rainy season my barrel can fill up in a half hour. I made a special cover for the barrel so that it doesn't attract mosquitoes, so that wasn't a problem. I also installed a spigot. I would like to have 5 220 litre barrels but i don't have the space. There have been a couple of very good threads here about rain barrels. Up in the right corner of every page on this site is a "search" function and if you search "rain barrels" you will find some good ideas and information and photos in the previous threads.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

My banana plant just gave a new offshoot

but my Drumstick tree seedling, next to banana plant offshoot, is on the brink of death, the stem has not harden yet, first aphids followed by mildew.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Bacopa Monnieri (Waterhyssop, Brahmi)
It has small white flower(faint blue color), bitter taste, small fleshy leaves, root can grow from each node similar to mint. Grows near fresh water bodies.

Brahmi name is also used for Centella asiatica (with round flat leaf)

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Cymbopogon flexuosus ( lemongrass )

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Banana plant shooting out two offshoots.

red sand after ant war (war between neighboring colonies)

My lemongrass ,

I don't know what is the white stuff growing on its leaf???

Big challenge- my cat just loves my lemongrass,
Lt - planted on ground, has been trimmed by my cat, Rt - planted in high rim pot.

First papaya plant is flowering, I know its not male plant does not have a long flower stalk

Second one died, but third one survives sun, heat wave and transplant shock.

Thai basil sprouted

polianthes tuberosa- leaves growing from 5 out of 6 bulbs, I hope 6th one will grow leaves soon. So that six of them could flower at a time.

 

[Rajesh Sethi]

Pepper corn( Piper nigrum ) or black pepper plant, its a vine (creeper) that can be grown easily from cutting, one can find the plant gives root at every leaf node. peppercorn are hot but its aroma and flavor can magically change cuisine. Greatly improve soup, stir fries and meat based cuisine (freshly grounded is better).



I recently collected cutting, best time to plant, is at the beginning of rainy season. I used a roll of fence wire mesh as support, but it does best under shade of big tree.

 

[Beverly]

Congratulations on your wonderful Piper nigrum vine @Rajesh Sethi . I have not grown it but we get wonderful fresh pepper corns here and the flavor is scrumptious, absolutely out of this world. I use a lot and put it in just about every food, It is spectacular on salads. I even put it in cooked oatmeal with nuts and honey and shredded coconut and cinammon. Off hand the only thing i don't put it in is yoghurt...hummm, maybe i should try that, and oh, i'll bet it is good as a brewed tea. I am definitely going to try that.