Flowers Around us
In this section I’ll post the pictures of flowers that we can easily spot in our gardens or in our neighbors. Since I’m living in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, few of these garden flowers may be native to my locality and its surroundings. So if you are living abroad, you may not find these flowers in your area…
We often look at some pretty flowers blooming during our walks and wonder what their name might be…This happens to me most of the time…So this page is for those who are like me in finding about the names of flowers around us…
Browse through the index and click on a particular link to learn more about that flower. I will keep adding more new flowers every time when see one.
Index
- Rangoon Creeper (or) Drunken Sailor
- Frangipani (or) Plumeria
- Ixora Flowers
- Globe Amaranth Flowers
- Crossandra Flowers
- Euphorbia milii (or) Crown of Thorns
- Blue Water Lily – Blue Lotus of India
- Canna Flowers
- Hibiscus Flowers
- Butterfly Bush
- Mussaenda Flowers
- Anthurium
Cape Honeysuckle
Common Name: Cape Honeysuckle, Orange Honeysuckle ( though it is not related to original honeysuckle), Fire flower, Flame vine, Red Tecoma , Tecoma
[In Tamil: Sorry, don’t know what it is called in Tamil. If anyone could help, that would be great! ]
Botanical Name: Tecoma capensis
Family: Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family)
Cape Jasmine
Common Name: ia, Cape jasmine
[In Tamil: Parijatham ]
Botanical Name: ia jasminoides
Family: Rubiaceae (coffee family)
Butterfly Pea
Common Name: Butterfly Pea
[In Tamil: Sangu poo, Sangu Pushpam ]
Botanical Name: Clitoria ternatea
Family: Fabaceae (pea family)
Four O’clock Flowers
Common Name: Four O’clock, Beauty-of-the-night, Marvel of Peru
[In Tamil: Andhi Mandarai, Pattarashu]
Botanical Name: Mirabilis jalapa
Family: Nyctaginaceae (Bougainvillea family)
This flower bud start to open in the late afternoon and reaches it’s full size only in the evening around 4 to 6 pm. In my area, most common color in this category is pink.
Most of the above close up shots are taken from one of my uncle’s house nearby who keeps a beautiful garden in his home. Theirs’ is a lovely garden of Cape Honeysuckles, Jasmines, Parijat (Cape jasmine), Canna, Ixoras, Roses, Tecoma stans (beautiful yellow bells), Mums etc. Well, I am planning to visit their garden more often than before to find about if there are any new flowers are adding up to the existing bloom…
