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CALENDULA
Common name: Calendula, Pot Marigold, English Marigold • Hindi:
Genda • Punjabi: Gulsarfi
Botanical name: Calendula officinalis Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower
family)
Calendulas are a very prolific, easy to grow annual flower. Also known as
"Pot Marigolds", these bright yellow and orange flowers are a familiar
sight in cottage and country gardens. The petals have a pungent, spicy
flavor and the leaves have a bitter aftertaste. Calendula are grown from
seeds. Sow seeds early in the season and cover lightly with 1/4" of garden
soil. They germinate easily and will grow quickly, producing their first of
a continual display of blooms by mid-summer. Calendula like rich, well
drained soil, but are very tolerant of average to slightly poor soils.
GROUND ORCHID
Common name: Ground Orchid
Botanical name: Spathoglottis plicata Family: Orchidaceae (orchid
family)
Ground orchid, native of Southeastern Asia to the Philippines, is the
common species of Orchid which blooms round the year. This easily
grown terrestrial herb has pretty, arching broad leaves with prominent
parallel veins and a few or large cluster of small flowers at the end of a
long stalk as tall as 1 metre arising from a basal leaf axil. The flowers are
seen from the more common purple to white, yellow, peach, pink and
magenta shades. and The leaves emerge from round pseudo bulbs that
become increasingly multiple and larger as the orchid matures. Ground
orchids can be grown as potted plants and also do well in beds and
borders.
KAMINI
Common name: Orange Jasmine, Chinese box • Hindi: Kamini •
Manipuri: Kamini kusum • Tamil: Vengarai • Telugu: Nagagolungu •
Marathi: Kunti • Kannada: Kadu karibevu • Malayalam: Maramulla
Botanical name: Murraya paniculata Family: Rutaceae (citrus family)
Synonyms: Murraya exotica
PRETTY SPIREA
Common name: Pretty Spirea, Himalayan Spirea
Botanical name: Spiraea bella Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)