A walk in the park…..

Delhi has beautiful blossoms in February and March, and this year is no different.

All over Delhi, parks and roundabouts are being readied for spring flowers and at several places, the flowering has already begun.

One such place is Nehru Park, where a few (Shweta Poddar, Sujata Khanna, Harjas Singh & me) of us landed up after a couple of rainy days and were greeted by a prolific variety of  Gazania.

Gazania rigens is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Southern Africa.

The species occurs in South Africa and Mozambique.

It is naturalised elsewhere and is widely cultivated as an ornamental garden plant.

Gazania rigens is grown for the brilliant colour of its flowers which appear in the late spring and early summer. Plants prefer a sunny position and are tolerant of dryness and poor soils.

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