FAMOUS GARDENS IN INDIA
1. Lalbagh: Bangalore (Karnataka) Floral clock (free style).
2. Brindavan Garden: Mysore (Karnataka) - Biggest formal Garden
3. Sim's Park: Coonoor (TN)
4. Bryant Park: Kodaikanal (TN)
5. The Indian Botanical Garden: Shibpur, Kolkata (WB)
6. Lloyd Botanical Garden: Darjeeling (WB)
7. National Botanical Garden: Lucknow (UP)
8. Rashtrapati Bhavan Garden: New Delhi
9. Buddha Jayanti Park: New Delhi
10. Mughal Garden: (Pinjore) Haryana
11. Rose Garden: Chandigarh (Punjab)
12. Mandore Garden: Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
13. Sayaji Park: Vadodara (Gujarat) Branching palm
14. Roshnara Park: New Delhi
15. Botanical Garden: Forest Research Institute Dehradun (Uttrakhand)
16. Botanic Garden: Coimbatore (TN)
17. Chasme a Shahi: Srinagar (J&K)
18. Tulip Garden: Srinagar (J&K)
ANNUALS
(a) Summer Annuals : Sowing of seeds : February-March
1. Zinnia 2. Kochia 3. Portulaca 4. Tithonia 5. Gaillardia 6. Sunflower 7. Cosmos 8. Gomphrena
9. Coreopsis (b) Rainy Annuals: Sowing of seeds: June-July
1. Balsam 2. Cock's comb 3. Amaranthus 4. Giallardia 5. Torenia 6. Gomphrena (c) Winter annuals : Sowing of seeds : September October They are able to tolerate low temperature during winter.
For fragrant flowers: 1. Mignonette 2. Camation 3. Sweet pea 4. Sweet sultan 5. Sweet william
6. Sweet alyssum 7. stock For hanging Basket : 1. Daisy 2. Nasturtium 3. Verbena 4. Phlox 5. Sweet Alyssum 6. Portulaca
7. Torenia 8. Lobelia 9. Hymenatherum For shady situation : 1. Salvia 2. Cineraria (g) For rock garden: 1. le plant 2. Nasturtium 3. Verbena 4. Phlox 5. Gamolepis (h) For screening purpose: Hollyhock 2. Sweet pea () For Peculiar shape: 1. Clianthus O For pots: 1. Camation 2. Antirrhinum 3. Aster Petunia (4) For Dry flower: 1. Statice 2. Helichrysum 3. Acroclinum 4. Nigella 5. Lady's lace () Herbaceous border: Planting annuals in the border of a plot is called as herbaceous border.
Two types: (1) Single face (2) Double face: more ideal when border is to be made in between a big plot.
Colour Scheme:1. Green colour dominant throughout the year in the garden. 2. Warm colour-Red:
in winter 3. Yellow-spring 4. Red, yellow and Blue : Primary colours 5. Orange green, violet:
Secondary colours 6. White, Black, grey: Neutral colours 7. Cream, Pink and Shades : Tertiary colours 7. Red, Orange and Yellow: Warm colours: 9. Green and Blue: Cool colours Blue colour (flower) annuals: 1. Corn flower 2. Blue larkspur 3. Ageratum 4. Anchusa 5. Linaria
6. Browallia (6) White flower Annuals: 1. Alyssum 2. China Aster 3. Methyl 4. Nigella 5. Phlox 6. Papaver
7. Zinnia 8. Stock 9. Dimorphotheca (p) Yellow and Orange flower Annuals: 1. Pot marigold 2. Dimorphotheca 3. Eschscholzia 4. Tagetes
5. Tropaeolum 6. Zinnia 7. Wall flower 8. Coreopsis 9. Helichrysum (9) Self pollinated Annuals: 1. Lupin 2. Sweet pea 3. Salvia (1) Often cross pollinated : 1. Antirrhinum 2. Larkspur 3. Linaria 4. Phlox 5. Pansy (50-100m Isolation distance)
* Leading flower seed producing state () Punjab (50%), (i) Haryana (ii) Himachal Pradesh.
1. Lalbagh: Bangalore (Karnataka) Floral clock (free style).
2. Brindavan Garden: Mysore (Karnataka) - Biggest formal Garden
3. Sim's Park: Coonoor (TN)
4. Bryant Park: Kodaikanal (TN)
5. The Indian Botanical Garden: Shibpur, Kolkata (WB)
6. Lloyd Botanical Garden: Darjeeling (WB)
7. National Botanical Garden: Lucknow (UP)
8. Rashtrapati Bhavan Garden: New Delhi
9. Buddha Jayanti Park: New Delhi
10. Mughal Garden: (Pinjore) Haryana
11. Rose Garden: Chandigarh (Punjab)
12. Mandore Garden: Jodhpur (Rajasthan)
13. Sayaji Park: Vadodara (Gujarat) Branching palm
14. Roshnara Park: New Delhi
15. Botanical Garden: Forest Research Institute Dehradun (Uttrakhand)
16. Botanic Garden: Coimbatore (TN)
17. Chasme a Shahi: Srinagar (J&K)
18. Tulip Garden: Srinagar (J&K)
ANNUALS
(a) Summer Annuals : Sowing of seeds : February-March
1. Zinnia 2. Kochia 3. Portulaca 4. Tithonia 5. Gaillardia 6. Sunflower 7. Cosmos 8. Gomphrena
9. Coreopsis (b) Rainy Annuals: Sowing of seeds: June-July
1. Balsam 2. Cock's comb 3. Amaranthus 4. Giallardia 5. Torenia 6. Gomphrena (c) Winter annuals : Sowing of seeds : September October They are able to tolerate low temperature during winter.
For fragrant flowers: 1. Mignonette 2. Camation 3. Sweet pea 4. Sweet sultan 5. Sweet william
6. Sweet alyssum 7. stock For hanging Basket : 1. Daisy 2. Nasturtium 3. Verbena 4. Phlox 5. Sweet Alyssum 6. Portulaca
7. Torenia 8. Lobelia 9. Hymenatherum For shady situation : 1. Salvia 2. Cineraria (g) For rock garden: 1. le plant 2. Nasturtium 3. Verbena 4. Phlox 5. Gamolepis (h) For screening purpose: Hollyhock 2. Sweet pea () For Peculiar shape: 1. Clianthus O For pots: 1. Camation 2. Antirrhinum 3. Aster Petunia (4) For Dry flower: 1. Statice 2. Helichrysum 3. Acroclinum 4. Nigella 5. Lady's lace () Herbaceous border: Planting annuals in the border of a plot is called as herbaceous border.
Two types: (1) Single face (2) Double face: more ideal when border is to be made in between a big plot.
Colour Scheme:1. Green colour dominant throughout the year in the garden. 2. Warm colour-Red:
in winter 3. Yellow-spring 4. Red, yellow and Blue : Primary colours 5. Orange green, violet:
Secondary colours 6. White, Black, grey: Neutral colours 7. Cream, Pink and Shades : Tertiary colours 7. Red, Orange and Yellow: Warm colours: 9. Green and Blue: Cool colours Blue colour (flower) annuals: 1. Corn flower 2. Blue larkspur 3. Ageratum 4. Anchusa 5. Linaria
6. Browallia (6) White flower Annuals: 1. Alyssum 2. China Aster 3. Methyl 4. Nigella 5. Phlox 6. Papaver
7. Zinnia 8. Stock 9. Dimorphotheca (p) Yellow and Orange flower Annuals: 1. Pot marigold 2. Dimorphotheca 3. Eschscholzia 4. Tagetes
5. Tropaeolum 6. Zinnia 7. Wall flower 8. Coreopsis 9. Helichrysum (9) Self pollinated Annuals: 1. Lupin 2. Sweet pea 3. Salvia (1) Often cross pollinated : 1. Antirrhinum 2. Larkspur 3. Linaria 4. Phlox 5. Pansy (50-100m Isolation distance)
* Leading flower seed producing state () Punjab (50%), (i) Haryana (ii) Himachal Pradesh.
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