Name/Time
taken for
blooming
from sowing |
Flower
Description | Light
Requirement | Notes |
Calendula
2 1/2-3
months | Orange is the most
popular colour besides,
yellowlemon and of-white.
Single and double.
New types are pale
colours with dark centres. |
Sun or
light shade | If you pinch early,it will
encourage businesss and thus
produce more flowers.
Grow in beds and pots. |
Carnation
5
months | Single and double with or
without fringged petals,
Colours--white, cream,
yellow, pink, red, purple,
orange, maroon, etc. |
Full sun | In the hills the planets can be
cultivated as perennials.
Grow in beds, borders, edges
and even pots. |
Chyrsanthemum
3
months | Vivid colours, crimson,
yelow, white, bronze or
onecolour merging into
another,or with distinct
zone of a second color. |
Sunny | Plants are prepared from tip
cutting and planted as early
as August to begin blooming by
November. Grow in pots or
beds |
Cineraria
2 1/2 - 3
months | Clusters of white, pink
blue flowers appear
at the top centre of the plant. |
shade or
semi-shade | Excellent as potted plants
grows well in area where
sunlight barely reaches |
Cosmos
2 1/2
months | Plants branched with
feather-like foilage.
Flowers are yellow, pink,
crimson and white. | Sunny or
semi-shade | Starts flowering as early
as September, right upto March.
If protected from rains, it can
even be sowed in August. |
Dahlia
3
months | Big flowers of 4"-5" diameter impressive.
Wide colour range. |
Sunny | When plants reach a height of
10 inches, pinch off the growing
tip to encouragebranching for
better flowers.Remove all buds,
except the terminal ones.
Grow in beds or in pots. |
Hollyhock
3 1/2
months | Large funel shaped flowers
wide range of colours,
single or
double. A tall plant. |
Sunny | Must be used against a wall
because it is atall plant.
Floerings continues even in early summer when other plants
dry up. Also in pots. |
Nasturtium
2
months | Bright, yellow, orange,
flowers with lots of rounded leaves. |
Full sun | Remove some of the leaves
before the bloomsform to
enhancecolour effect. Avoid rich
soil as it produces too many
leaves and delays flowering.
Grow in beds, borders and
hanging baskets. |
Pansy
3
months | Several beautiful flowers of
2 1/2 "-3" dia meter, marked with lines |
Sun or
partial
shade | Ideal for borders and rectangular
planters on garden walls. Grow
also in beds and as grond cover. |
Petunia
3
months | Comes in small("2")
and large ("4") sizes.
Several colours. |
Good
sun | Continues to bloom even with the
onset of summer |
Phlox
3-3 1/2
months | Tinny flowers in small clusters.
All colours |
Sunny | Grow in beds, borders, pots and
rock gardens.
Blooms well till beginning of summer.
Sow as early as August. |
