Aesthetic Delight

Those gardeners who look at shortage of space as a constraint can use artifacts to neutralize the effect by creating certain features.

Those gardeners who look at shortage of space as a constraint can use artifacts to neutralize the effect by creating certain features. Using miniatures in the garden is one such trick. It gives the place a sense of vastness besides making it a corner of curiosity. It seems as if there is a garden within a garden. Various types of such terracotta toys are available now in the market. Make a theme and then create the scene.

* I want to know about flowers that can be planted at this time of the year.
Rajesh Aggarwal,on e-mail
It is too late for the summer or rainy season flowers and too early for bulbs or winter season flowers. Wait for about a month and a half.

* Our green-chilly (hari mirch) plants grown in pots produced from a locally bought out ripe achari mirch are shedding flowers (immediately as they appear) and not bearing fruits,though the plants are quite healthy. Please help.
Karan Thapar,on e-mail
It seems you have given lots of feed and water to your plants that are putting more of vegetative growth. Stop water (do not mind rain) for some time. You will get results.

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* I want to plant one Litchi sapling. I am told that China Litchi is a good variety as the size of the tree is small and it gives fruit after three years. Do you recommend this variety or suggest some other variety?
Prem Kumar,on e-mail
In fact as the litchi is of Chinese origin,you get many such local names. Go in for Calcuttia variety as that is good and also is less prone to splitting.

* Will there be any effect of scant rains on the development of kinnow fruit? We are regularly giving water to the plant.
Pushpa,Chandigarh
Rains have tremendous bearing on the development of any fruit which cannot be compensated with any amount of irrigation.

For gardening queries ask Dr Green at satishnarula@yahoo.co.in

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