Wednesday, February 16, 2011

A walk in the park…..

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

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

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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.

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

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The species occurs in South Africa and Mozambique.

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

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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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4 comments:

  1. Sujata Khanna16/2/11 19:54

    Awesome Santa! :)

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  2. that was super quick santa!! theyre awesome :)

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  3. wow - what gorgeous flowers. getting my camera and heading to delhi soon enough!!

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