seasonal flowers for summer Gardening in Summer season - Spring Sown

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Portulaca, Kochia bush,Gomphrena,Gaillardia,plume Celosia Cockscomb and Zinnia as seasonal flowers for spring summer

ornamental sanjeevani or Laxman Booti or portulaca or Nonia नोनिया oror Gul-e shama गुले शमा or Moss Rose 

Portulaca grandiflora is a semi-succulent annual flowering plant seen during summer 

Gomphrena Gul-e-makhmal गुले मख़मल Globe Amaranth consist of numerous individual flowers that appear as one globular shaped flower

gomphrena is also an annual summer flowering plant seen during summer but is sown during spring

kochia bush or कोचिया Kochia scoparia or Bassia scoparia or Mexican Fireweed Shrub Summer Cypress seedlings can be prepared during on the onset of spring season i.e basant ritu and kochia saplings may be transplanted after few weeks
 

Kochia bush or Summer Cypress or Mexican Fireweed Shrub or Bassia scoparia are used as a pot in balcony,staircase area and front garden.Landscaping background for beds and borders is also done by using kochia plants





Celosia plants are members of the amaranth family.Vegetable Amaranthus plant is popular as चौलाई chaulai, लाल साग lal sag,रामदाना ramdana. Amaranthus is used as a leaf vegetable and a health food

 
Cockscomb flat flower heads form a curving crest with a ruffled edge and are usually bright red.

लाल मुर्ग़ा फूल Cockscomb plants or Celosia cristata are named for the resemblance of their flowers to a poultry cock's comb.

Leaf color pigment betacyanins i.e.amaranthine and betanin in cockscomb leaf are susceptible to heat, and found to be unstable at high temperatures, therefore leaf color of same plant is observed different during spring and summer seasons
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plume celosia cockscomb or Celosia plumosa flowers are arranged in loose plumes rather than tightly knit crests as in case of a typical cockscomb

Morning Glory flower common as a seasonal annual flower sown during spring is Ipomoea nil.It is know by many other names such as Blue Morning Glory,Kaladana and Neelpushpi

  
Ivy-leaved Morning Glory or Bhaura or Singa or Ipomoea cairica is common around railway properties

Also known as railway creeper,its a vigorous grower, developing into a thick, covering mat of vegetation.They decorate our fences, trellises and walls with lush green foliage and colorful funnel-shaped blossoms.Leaves have lobes and it has pink to purple flowers

Swamp Morning Glory or Kalmi Sag or Ipomoea aquatica,Ivy-leaved Morning Glory or Bhaura or Singa or Ipomoea cairica and Beach Morning Glory or Goat's Foot or Ipomoea pes-caprae are other examples of morning glory family members

Beach Morning Glory or Goat's Foot or Ipomoea pes-caprae a common pan tropical creeping vine can be seen in coastal regions