Hello Taking in all the wonderful suggestions that were offered here, here is what was finally planted in the garden for now. What was fortunate about the planting was that most of it was done on the 70th independence day or one day before, so telling the age of the trees in the coming years will be very easy. Also, it rained and rained... and then it rained some more.
Here are few photographs taken. There is an inner courtyard mostly for vegetables and fruits, and the outside patch for the shady trees and climbers. <goog_1775375846> https://goo.gl/photos/G6xj4GnSDaaTnEVj8 On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 7:35 PM, Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Mr. Chakraborty, I have collected some seeds of NAGALINGAM from a > park here. These are drying at present. I will be able to send them in a > week or so. I will send those to the address you have given me by speed > post. By the way I did my post graduation ( chemistry ) from North Bengal > University in 1970. At that time I stayed in Siliguri , at Subhas Pally for > some time.Things have changed quite a bit since then. > Regards, > Bimal > > On 8 August 2016 at 10:03, Sushrut Chakraborty < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello sir, >> I am in no hurry, you can send the seeds whenever it is most convenient >> for you. I have visited Coochbehar once a long time ago, but now I can only >> dimly remember the palace. My mother lives in Siliguri, and that is where I >> had stayed during my school too. I work in Delhi now. >> >> On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Mr. Chakraborty, You want the seeds to be sent at Lucknow. I have >>> collected few seeds of Naglingam yesterday from a park. They are in the >>> process of drying. I will send seeds of both Naglingam and Aristolochia >>> ringens together. >>> For road side plantation the following trees I like, >>> ( a ) AMALTAS >>> ( b ) BAKUL/MAULSARI >>> ( c ) SIRIS >>> ( d )SHIMUL >>> I can think of another tree called Schefflera actinophyla ( UMBRELLA >>> TREE/OCTOPUS TREE ).I saw it Bangalore on >>> the road side and fell in love. I am having one in our house at Cooch >>> Behar and many butterflies and birds visit the tree. >>> It's a treat to see a blooming tree. But I don't know whether it will >>> survive in Lucknow. >>> My address is >>> Col. Bimal Sarkar ( Retired ) >>> Rani Bagan >>> Cooch Behar, >>> Pin- 736101 >>> Mobile- 9434194942 >>> Regards, >>> Bimal >>> >>> On 3 August 2016 at 12:44, Sushrut Chakraborty < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Sir >>>> I live in Mayur Vihar in Delhi. The place in Lucknow is actually my >>>> in-laws. They have made a new house there. I have been there only once so >>>> far. It is on the southern outskirts of Lucknow, near the airport. >>>> When I went there, I noticed how bare the landscape is currently, >>>> despite it being quite lush inside the walled parks that dominate the area. >>>> After I settle the garden this time, I plan to do monthly trips and plant >>>> trees there along the roadside. I have Kadam, Naglingam and Kygelia in my >>>> mind for now. Do tell if you have any other ideas. >>>> My address there in Lucknow is >>>> *Bachh Raj Patel* >>>> *House No.1, Bijnor Road Tiraha (T Point),* >>>> *Near Omaxe Avenue, Lucknow 226014* >>>> >>>> >>>> Do send me your return address.I make things with my hands, and I would >>>> like to return your kindness. >>>> *With warm regards* >>>> *Sushrut* >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Sushrut Ji, >>>>> I was in Lucknow from 1993 to 1997. I was >>>>> posted at Headquarters Central Command ( by the way I am not a botanist, I >>>>> am a retired Colonel Of Indian Army. ) I knew some people at NBRI at that >>>>> time. I had good association with Dr. Ranjit Bhargav, who was the chairman >>>>> of WWF , UP charter. I met Dr. Maheshwari and Dr. S K Jain and >>>>> interactions >>>>> with them on a project of a botanical garden with plants which are >>>>> mentioned by Valmiki in his Ramamyan. Any way that did not work out. >>>>> Please >>>>> let me know your Postal address, I will send seeds of Aristilochia ringens >>>>> ( the plant is in my garden ). Naglingam will take a little time ( say two >>>>> weeks ). >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Bimal >>>>> >>>>> On 1 August 2016 at 13:22, Sushrut Chakraborty < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear Garg ji, Usha di, Thank you for your prompt help and >>>>>> introductions. >>>>>> Dear Bimal ji, >>>>>> The suggestions for the birding and butterfly trees are much >>>>>> appreciated. Even I had googled and stumbled upon the NBRI. I plan to >>>>>> pay a >>>>>> visit to them soon. If anyone in this group would know any official >>>>>> there, >>>>>> or if there is any such official reading this, your reply here would be >>>>>> of >>>>>> great help. >>>>>> The dutchman pipe flower that you suggest sir, it looks most curious. >>>>>> Others have pointed out that my plot of land is very small for a >>>>>> nagalingam. That may be. But around the property there are a lot of open >>>>>> spaces, where I think the tree can be planted. I read though that in >>>>>> coming >>>>>> years the falling fruits could be dangerous, so I will have totake care >>>>>> of >>>>>> that. Your help would be much appreciate sir if you can send me the seeds >>>>>> of the two plants that you mention. Please advise how we can proceed on >>>>>> this >>>>>> >>>>>> Thank you all >>>>>> I am really amazed by the help and responsiveness of this forum. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sushrut >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Aug 1, 2016 at 11:43 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>>>>> From: Bimal Sar kar <[email protected]> >>>>>>> Date: 1 August 2016 at 11:41 >>>>>>> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:248364] Suggestions for fast growing >>>>>>> flowering creepers and unusual fragrant flowering trees. >>>>>>> To: "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This is in response to the request of Sussrut ji. >>>>>>> The list of suggested climbers are, >>>>>>> (a ) Aristolochia ringens >>>>>>> ( b ) Aristolochia elegans >>>>>>> ( c ) Bignonia venusta ( GOLDEN SHOWER ) >>>>>>> ( d ) Passiflora caerulea >>>>>>> ( e ) Passiflora holosericea( SILKY LEAF PASSION FLOWER ) >>>>>>> ( f ) Quisqualis indica ( RANGOON CREEPER ) >>>>>>> ( g ) Antigonon leptopus >>>>>>> Note : ( d ) and ( e ) are host plant for LEOPARD LACE WING >>>>>>> butterfly. In addition their beautiful fragrant flowers attract number >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> butterfly species, >>>>>>> List of trees/shrubs can include >>>>>>> ( a ) Santalum album ( CHANDAN ). Host plant for REDBASE JEZEBEL >>>>>>> butterfly. Nectar flower for more than 50 species of butterflies. And at >>>>>>> least 7 species of birds visit the tree for fruits. >>>>>>> ( b ) Ixora - Quite a number of butterflies visit the flowers for >>>>>>> nectar >>>>>>> ( c ) Tecoma stans >>>>>>> ( d ) Polyalthia longifolia ( MAST TREE ). Host for COMMON JAY and >>>>>>> TAILED JAY butterflies. >>>>>>> ( e ) Russelia juncea >>>>>>> ( f ) Jasminum officinale >>>>>>> As Susrut ji is stationed at Lucknow, he will get all these from >>>>>>> NBRI ( or at least they will be able to guide him) In addition he can >>>>>>> contact Center for Aromatic and Medicinal plants for further guidance. >>>>>>> I will be able to send him seeds of NAGLINGAM and Aristolochia >>>>>>> ringens if he desires. >>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>> Bimal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 30 July 2016 at 21:53, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Marking to Bimal ji for advice. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 30 July 2016 at 21:26, Sushrut Chakraborty < >>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I will heed that advice in the future. BTW, who is Bimalda, how do >>>>>>>>> I contact him. BTW madam, I think you are a fellow bengali!!! No one >>>>>>>>> else >>>>>>>>> says pyara I think! >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I just remembered >>>>>>>>>> how could i forget >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> look at Bimalda's symbiosis pictures >>>>>>>>>> he has hundreds >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> and ask him >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> he is very generous with information and has vast experience >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> usha di >>>>>>>>>> ps always include efloraindia in your replies >>>>>>>>>> it may help others too >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:16 AM, Sushrut Chakraborty < >>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Dear Ushadi >>>>>>>>>>> Thank for your suggestions. I hadn't planned for birds and >>>>>>>>>>> pollinators, but it sounds like a wonderful idea. A guava tree >>>>>>>>>>> sounds >>>>>>>>>>> wonderful. A lemon sapling has already been planted. :) >>>>>>>>>>> I would look for cassia and ylan ylang too. I don't mind if the >>>>>>>>>>> tree stays barren for 10 months. Anyway, if a tree flowers year >>>>>>>>>>> round, I >>>>>>>>>>> will end up getting used to all the color and never feel excited >>>>>>>>>>> about it, >>>>>>>>>>> so it will be good if it blooms only for two months. >>>>>>>>>>> I will go look into trees that can host butterflies now. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 5:16 PM, Ushadi Micromini < >>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Shushrut >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> have you thought of what could you plant >>>>>>>>>>>> to support a localbird and pollinator population? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> are you going to live in the house immediately? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> cassia etc are good but are barren 10 months >>>>>>>>>>>> peterea: flowers in a few weeks of year only I used to have >>>>>>>>>>>> one >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> you are in area where may be local *Magnolias c*an be grown >>>>>>>>>>>> and Rhodenrons???? >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> *ylang ylang *..... the joy perfume tree...cananga odorata >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Pyara or Guava trees >>>>>>>>>>>> leaves are good for your teeth >>>>>>>>>>>> and fruits rich source of vitc >>>>>>>>>>>> flowers kind of fragrant and >>>>>>>>>>>> a much loved fruits by local small birds >>>>>>>>>>>> and people >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> then there is lemon, citrus of any kind >>>>>>>>>>>> their flowers are heavenly scented >>>>>>>>>>>> and fruits will give you a lifetime supply of vitc >>>>>>>>>>>> leaves are aromatic for cooking >>>>>>>>>>>> rich in micro-nutrients and vit a etc >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> list goes on >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> I suggest you peruse a book a two on herbal medicine >>>>>>>>>>>> and aromatherapy >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> and while you are at it may be books on >>>>>>>>>>>> planting for butterflies and birds >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> nice to be able to start from scratch >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> good luck >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> and let me know how you are going on in this search >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> in Delhi there is a garden called " Garden of five senses... >>>>>>>>>>>> they will be very happy to help you >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> that's the message i got when i visited there this spring >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> usha di >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 6:19 PM, Sushrut Chakraborty < >>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Hello fellow tree lovers, >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 1. I have a house in Lucknow which has a bare wall of >>>>>>>>>>>>> almost 20 feet length and 40 feet height. Could anyone suggest >>>>>>>>>>>>> fast growing >>>>>>>>>>>>> perrenial flowering creepers. Bougainvillea, Honeysuckle, >>>>>>>>>>>>> mornig glory are >>>>>>>>>>>>> fine, but I wonder if anyone has suggestion for something a >>>>>>>>>>>>> bit more >>>>>>>>>>>>> unusual, and alos, which nurseries stock them. I can get them >>>>>>>>>>>>> from >>>>>>>>>>>>> nurseries in Delh also, so please do suggest them. >>>>>>>>>>>>> 2. There is allo a large patch of land, about 600 sq feet >>>>>>>>>>>>> where I plan to plant trees. I am looking for flowering >>>>>>>>>>>>> fragrant trees, >>>>>>>>>>>>> does not matter if they take 5 years from planting to bloom. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Again, >>>>>>>>>>>>> something that one doesn't see everywhere. I was especially >>>>>>>>>>>>> enamored by >>>>>>>>>>>>> Naglingam(Couroupita guianensis), so if anyone could tell >>>>>>>>>>>>> mewhere I can procure those seeds in Delhi would be great. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Also, >>>>>>>>>>>>> suggestions for other flowering trees and where one can find >>>>>>>>>>>>> them in >>>>>>>>>>>>> Lucknow or Delhi. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Thanking everyone for taking the patience of reading this. I >>>>>>>>>>>>> promise to post pictures of the planted trees in full bloom >>>>>>>>>>>>> whenever that >>>>>>>>>>>>> is. :) >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >>>>>>>>>>>>> Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>>>>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >>>>>>>>>>>>> it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscribe@goog >>>>>>>>>>>>> legroups.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>>>>>>>>>>> [email protected]. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/grou >>>>>>>>>>>>> p/indiantreepix. >>>>>>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>>>>>>> =========== >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>>> With regards >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sushrut >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Usha di >>>>>>>>>> =========== >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> With regards >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sushrut >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "efloraofindia" 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 https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >>>>>>>>> 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> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Winner of Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia >>>>>>>> <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia> >>>>>>>> . >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian >>>>>>>> Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group >>>>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest >>>>>>>> in the world- around 2700 members & 2,40,000 messages on 31.3.16) or >>>>>>>> Efloraofindia >>>>>>>> website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a >>>>>>>> species database of more than 11,000 species & 2,20,000 images). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 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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You can also use them for >>>>>>> free >>>>>>> as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds >>>>>>> of India'. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> With regards >>>>>> >>>>>> Sushrut >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> With regards >>>> >>>> Sushrut >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> With regards >> >> Sushrut >> > > -- With regards Sushrut -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
