you need to plant trees that will attract colorful and useful critter... such as birds and butterflies.
i also need to know the english names of your list of trees i do not know your vernacular names... overall a good idea to pass the list thru a botany group, we have several landscape and ecology scientists. so send the botanical names, or at least english colloquial names. thanks usha di On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 3:41 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Ponnutheerthagiri Santhan <[email protected]> > Date: 20 June 2015 at 15:39 > Subject: Re: [itpmods:9033] Can you help? > To: [email protected], [email protected] > > > The list is looking good.you can add vijayasar (Pterocarpus marsupium), , > madhuca longifolia, Neem, Alstonia scoloris, > Michelia champaka, terminalia arjuna, Lagerstroeia speciosa, Thespesia > poplnea, Gmelina arborea, Mimusops elengi, > , varun Albizia lebbeck, aegle marmelos.which will add more value for > your area. > Regrds > Dr. Santhan > Senior botanist > > On Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 1:17 PM, Suresh Parambath <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I found your page very interesting, because I live in a gated community >> called Ferns Meadows. We pride ourselves because we are very green and >> conscious of our biodiversity. I was especially happy to see your list of >> trees that sustain birds, bees and mammals. TOur founding fathers had >> planted Silver Oaks, most of which are over 15 years - we are told these >> are reaching their end of life. Our plan is to plant saplings that bear >> fruits, flowers and are fragrant (like Akash Mallige), so that there is >> enough for bees, butterflies, birds, bats, monkeys and squirrels to feed >> on. But, most of these will be along our streets, hence have to be shorter >> than powerlines, and not have root systems which are shallow and interfere >> with the roads. >> >> We have about 4 kms of road in our 42 acres, in what was once the Green >> Belt, and now called the Yellow Belt. This is off Hennur Main Road, past >> the Ring Road, in a village called Bilishivale. I have identified trees >> that can replace the Silver Oaks gradually. >> >> This is my list: >> >> 1. Jackfruit (Red & Yellow) - 6 each = 12 >> 2. Breadfruit - 6 >> 3. Grapefruit - 6 >> 4. Gooseberry - 6 >> 5. Starfruit – 6 (Carambola) >> 6. Bilimbi – 6 (Bemp Huli) >> 7. Nutmeg - 6 >> 8. Fig - 6 >> 9. Allspice - 6 >> 10. Cinnamon -6 >> 11. Avocado - 10 >> 13. Jamun - 6 >> 14. Gooseberry –\ >> 1. Sampige (Champak) - 10 >> 2. Rosewood - 10 >> 3. Mahogany - 6 >> 4. Ebony - 8 >> 5. Nagalinga Pushpa - 8 >> 6. Symaroopa - 6 >> 7. Akash Mallike - 10 >> 8. Kanakal (shrub) -10 >> 9. Gulganje - 6 >> 10. Seema Sundukai - 6 >> 11. Kadamba - 8 >> 12. Tamarind - 6 >> >> I have chosen shorter ones to be planted under powerlines, and taller >> ones on the other side of the street and public areas. Is this the right >> way, or can you be kind enough to advise us to do better? >> >> Looking forward >> >> Suresh >> >> 99860 19057 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> 9i >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "ITPmods" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/itpmods. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ITPmods" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/itpmods. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). 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