In gardening, each season has a specific meaning. But for gardeners, planting and repotting is best done during the rains. Rain has a relaxing impact on our bodies and thoughts and helps Nature recover from the sweltering summer heat. The flora and indoor plants in your garden benefit from the air’s dampness and chilly temperatures.
One of the most gratifying sensations for everyone in the coming of the monsoon! As the temperature drops, more vegetation and flower life can flourish in the rain. If you are a serious gardener, now is a terrific time to start planting.
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Tips to Take Care of Monsoon Plants:
Rain is healthy for plants, but excessive amounts without proper planning can be deadly for indoor gardens and houseplants. So, here is some advice for all of you backyard gardeners:
- Make sure your plants have enough light and ventilation during the monsoon season when the humidity is at its highest point.
- Once a week, spray pesticide and fungicide on your garden plants to ward against pests and illnesses throughout the monsoon season.
- Since pots only need a tiny amount of water during monsoon season, exercise caution and check them first.
- There should be no standing water, so check that the pots’ drainage systems are working properly.
- Insecticide and fungicide should be sprayed on your garden plants once a week to keep pests and diseases at bay during the monsoon season. Pots need very little water during the monsoon season, so use caution and check them first.
- Since there should be no standing water, check that the drainage systems in the pots are functioning properly.
Here are some breathtaking flowers from India’s rainy season that are at their most beautiful right now!
1. MARIGOLD
The marigold flowers, which come in a wide range of color palettes from orange to yellow to red, are the pride of Indian gardens. Hindu devotion and ceremonial use of the flower extensively. It has contrasting edging, a two-tone appearance, and blooms for an additional 3–4 months after 2 months following sowing.
2. HIBISCUS
The five-petalled, funnel-shaped Hibiscus is a tropical plant native to that area. It has a magnificent appearance as the yellow stamens emerge from the tube. Additionally, the color of the blossom can range from white to yellow to pink to red to orange to peach to purple. From mid-summer until the beginning of the monsoon, the blossoms bloom repeatedly.
3. SUNFLOWER
In reality, the sunflower’s petals are spiral arrangements of sterile florets. The flower’s color can range from yellow to orange to red, and it normally has a green circular head comprised of disc florets. Unlike mature sunflowers, which always face east rather than moving from east to west, baby sunflowers skillfully follow the sun as it moves from east to west.
4. CAPE JASMINE
Depending on the cultivar, the white, waxy blossoms of cape jasmine can be single or double. The matte white blossom, which eventually turns yellow, contrasts beautifully with the emerald green foliage. Although certain varieties continue to bloom well into the wet seasons, the flowering season generally lasts from mid-spring to summer.
5. GULMOHAR
During the monsoon, the attractive shrub Gulmohar is covered in vivid red and orange blossoms. This plant is admired for its beauty. During the maturation period, it grows large umbrella-shaped crowns. It can reach heights of 30 to 40 feet. The plant is ideal for bringing vibrant color and rich greenery to your yard.
6. CLEOME
A flowering plant genus in the Cleomaceae family is called Cleome. It is also referred to as a bee plant, spider plant, and spider flower. It is a tall, spiky plant covered in flower clusters. The fragrant blossoms are available in a range of hues, including pink, white, rose, and light purple. In the vegetable garden, comes are planted to both attract and repel pests that harm crops.
7. COSMOS
Cosmos are low-maintenance annual blooming plants. Cosmos blooms grow best in the summer and during periods of heavy rainfall. The plant grows between 1.5 and 4 feet tall, and its enormous yellow-centered flowers are red, pink, purple, and scarlet. The flowers make a lovely cloud of color at the summit of a tall, thin stalk. They draw animals like butterflies, bees, and birds to your yard.
8. CASSIA
Other names for monsoon cassia include “Amaltas” and “Golden Flower.” It is well renowned for its Ayurvedic and antibacterial effects. During the rainy season, the yellow flowers of Monsoon Cassia offer your garden the ideal appearance. It serves as Kerala’s official flower. Due to its abundant blossoming, gardeners utilize this plant as an ornamental.
9. PLUMERIA
In any garden, the white to cream blossom with golden flecks in the center looks stunning. The lovely flowery scent of the starry flower is at its strongest at night and in the early morning. These sweet-smelling flowers also bloom repeatedly throughout the summer, monsoon, and fall.
10. PERIWINKLE
The periwinkle flower has five straight petals that might be white, pale blue, pastel pink, or red-violet in hue. Its petals encircle a tube that has a dark pink hue to it. The flower prefers full sun with some partial shade because it is adapted to the sunny climate of Madagascar. The colorful flower blooms seasonally from summer till fall.
11. PURSLANE
The purslane can be a lovely specimen in your garden with its five petals that come in single or bicolor and succulent stems. They thrive anywhere and can be grown in window boxes, pots, or even as ground cover. Purslane has open cup-shaped flowers that close at night but reopen in the morning.
12. INDIGO
This flowering plant is particularly gorgeous because of its scarlet red, purple, or white-hued pea-like flowers and slender leaves that resemble hair. It originates from tropical and subtropical areas and was once employed in the production of dye. Additionally, this is among the most exquisite rainy-day flowers.
13. LOTUS
There is no need to introduce the gorgeous lotus! Wide, floating green leaves on this aquatic plant give it a distinctive appearance. The lotus unfolds on a thin, airy stem that is upright in the water. The distribution of the petals might be single, double, or many layers, with the pinnacles of the petals overlapping. Additionally, blossoming begins in June and lasts through August.
14. BALSAM
Balsam has double petals and is available in a variety of pink, red, lilac, and white hues. On succulent stalks covered with spirally arranged leaves, the enhancing flower develops. Additionally, blossoming begins 60 days after seeding and lasts for another 15 to 20 days.
15. ZINNIA
Popular garden annuals come in a range of heights, from very small to tall. Flowers come in a variety of shapes and hues, including pink, orange, white, crimson, purple, and golden yellow, among others.
