Nature’s delights – Spice of Life!

16/08/2025

Revisit Finds (ThursdayTreeLove)

Visiting the over100 year old Empress Garden is always amazing. There are many parts that I have not yet explored.

Recently I had the chance to visit one such area. I was stunned to see massive tall lofty Sterculia foetida trees there…all in bloom and in fruit.

The same area also had massive old Anogeiussus latifolia …

Treasures found that day. Its always a good idea to revisit locations.. One never knows what we may have missed in previous visits.

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This post is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

14/06/202514/06/2025

The Great Banyan (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is a beautiful Banyan tree that lives in Bangalore.
I know the city must have many grand old Banyans, but this especially interested me as it grows inside a hotel.

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This post is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

14/05/202514/05/2025

A Tree By The Lake (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is a beautiful old Peepal. One of Chandigarh’s heritage trees that lives by the Sukhna Lake.

This post is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

29/04/202529/04/2025

Grand Old Tree (ThursdayTreeLove0

Today I have yet another tree from my Travels.

A beautiful tree that .. hold your breath… more than 400 years old!

Its the Robinia pseudoacacia that has its home in Paris at the Square Rene Viviani.

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This post is part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

04/03/202504/03/2025

Unique (ThursdayTreeLove)

Our first tree spotting car drive of the year. We did not have to go very far of Pune, and the destination was the lovely Yellow Palash or Yellow Flame of the Forest.

An elusive, very uncommon tree endemic to our region. We all know the Red Flame of the Forest or Butea monosperma. This is Butea monosperma var lutea .. both of the Fabaceae family.

As it turns out, I was late and blooming was past its full glory. I did manage to see few flowers.

Here they are

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This post is part of Parul ‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

27/07/202405/08/2024

Red Glory (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is a tree from my travels… one that had red foliage in the month of May. I always thought that trees in the temperate climates had these glorious colours in autumn.

But this was an exception I guess.

Here is the lovely Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunica‘ that I saw in the Luxemborg Garden in Paris.

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This post is part of Parul’s ThursdayTreeLove blog hop.

30/06/202430/06/2024

Twin Trunk (ThursdayTreeLove)

Here is very old Baobab from Pune. It looks like a twin trunk or maybe its two plants growing close together.

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11/05/202411/05/2024

The Chincha or Tamarind or Imli is wearing its beautiful coat of fresh feathery green leaves. In the blazing heat, it is soothing to the eyes and its shade is cool respite to anyone out on the roads during the day.

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Its part of Parul‘s ThursdayTreeLove bloghop.

06/05/202406/05/2024

Cigar Tree (ThursdayTreeLove)

A wonderful tree that literally stopped me in my tracks! And as I was crossing the road . This was in London but rest assured, I had sufficient time to stay back at the traffic signal and photograph it.

The Cigar Tree – That’s what I think it is!! Catalpa speciosa.