Garden Log: May 09
Champaka
In late 80’s, I read an article in a Sunday magazine of The Hindu newspaper. I still remember vividly its title and some of the pictures published in it. The title was, “Stunning Beauty in the Wild” and it was about the beautiful flowers in the wild and had some really stunning pictures printed. I saved that copy and it took me nearly over a decade before I could clearly understand how these pictures were shot, what type of lens were needed and also to shoot some pictures myself.
That article caught my attention and I was so fascinated by the beauty of the nature’s creation in the form of flowers and the ability of photographic equipment to capture that beauty.
I found such stunning beauty in my own backyard and tried to capture it through the lens.
Equipment:
Nikon Micro 105mm/f 2.8
Nikon D70s
Rose
Rock Rose Pavonia
Gardenia
Nooru Varahaalu (Ixora)
Pooja Pushpam ~ Mandaram
Beautiful pictures. How are the vegetable beds in your garden doing? Do keep us updated on their progress
lovely pics, mari malli vesara ?
Yes, really stunning!
Nice pictures!
What lovely pics, Indira! thanks for sharing. I thought this website may also interest you and your readers (I’m not promoting myself or a friend — I don’t know the person who runs this site):
http://www.wildwanderer.com/journal/flowering-trees/
Oops, I said Indira, but now I see the pix are posted by Vijay. Sorry!
Chala bagunai andi… Mandaram america lo perugutunda? good to know…beautiful shots…
Vijay, beautiful pictures. Work of Art this is.
Indira, I am really jealous now !!! you are actually growing Champaka ? I am growing Ixora and Mandaram this year. Photos look lovely as always 🙂
wow lovely pictures indira & vijay …. U have a lovely garden ……
Indira very lovely pictures. Could you please tell me from where can we get champaka plant………
Indira, Very beautiful pics..Chaala baagunaiandi..all of your pics are too good.
Oh Indira! Very nice pictures…Kudos to the photographer and his subjects too 🙂 How is your raised bed gardening coming along..? I think you have a great advantage living in Houston. The climate makes it feasible to harvest a variety of crop year long…
Lovely Pictures. Nature is God’s factory. Even If we give scientists hundreds and trillions of dollars they cannot produce such beautiful creations with simple ingredients like sunshine, soil, water and mineral compounds.
Hi Indira/Vijay,
that last pic brings deja vu. It has everything to represent our country. Beautiful garden. How is the gardening getting along?
As usual the photographs are simply fantastic.
Great pics, esp the flowers that represent India.
Very beautiful. “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever”.
Its amazing that you are able to recreate so much of the typical flora of an Indian garden. The champa, and ixora in particular are the standard issue plants in the garden of any public sector housing in India. 🙂
Lazy Blogger: Thanks. The raised bed veggies are doing good. I had already tens of tomatoes, couple of bell peppers, few brinjals and chilli peppers. The creepers like beans are also coming along well. Will post the update soon.
Sreelu: Gundu malli, mariyu chambeli vesaanu. Chinna mokkalu avi, poolaki inkaa samayam padutundi koncham.
Dear Uma: Thanks for posting the lovely link. So much beauty out there in our world.
Mamata: The champaka are planted by home builder, part of the frontyard landscape package.
Hey Indira,
Is “nuru varahalu” the same thing as “rama bhanam puvvulu” or something totally different?
Hi Indra,
i like your garden. I stay in NY. Still i maintain lot of flowering plants like gundu malli, relular malli,karvepaku, kanakambram, mandaram etc in pots. Did you try maravam? After seeing your pictures, i noted that, this was missing. You get maravam (Sweet Marjoram) seeds in any store that sells seeds. i usually but them in Home Depot. Try it.
Very creative photography.
Hi Vijay
Excuse me if somebody already asked this question, but I could not find the answer. What is the English name of Champaka and Mandaram? I googl’ed and not very fortunate in finding it. Where did you buy it?
Appreciate your response.
This is for Bhuvana,
Mandaram – Hybiscus.
Champaka – Michelea alba
Indira Garu,
Pics are simply superb. Kudos to you and your husband. Can you please suggest where can we get Malli(Chameli) plants in US?
Lakshmi.