Gurcharanji spectacular pic esp the last one... BUT BANKSIA conjures up the australian candle like yellow or red flowers, Ushaprabha ji I think has shown them once here, and they are favorites with flower arranging ladies for Ikebana or large arrangements.
Usha di --- On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > *Rosa banksiae* W. T. Aiton, Hortus kew. ed. 2, 3:258. 1811 cv. Lutea > > Common name: Lady Banks yellow rose, yellow Banksia > > Almost prickle-less, evergreen to semievergreen climbing glabrous shrub; > leaves usually 3-5, rarely 7 leaflets; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm > long, serrate, shining, glabrous above, hairy along midrib beneath; flowers > double, yellow, 25-30 mm across, in umbel-like clusters, on slender > pedicels; sepals caducous. > > Commonly planted in gardens along fencing, screens and garden huts. > Photographed from Harwan Garden and Iqbal Garden (formerly Hazuribagh) in > Kashmir. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > > > > -- Usha di =========== --
