With the rising awareness globally about the need of preserving and enriching the environment including the plant and animal life, one would find many enthusiastic people working these days with a genuine concern and care about these aspects. Dr Sarala Waghray is one such accomplished person who has immense zeal, commitment and dedication towards maintaining and nurturing a vast and resplendent garden of beautiful ornamental plants and flowers. Originally a fisheries biologist and educator from India, her family is settled in the United Kingdom for many years now. She maintains a variety of plants and trees in her garden offering a mesmerising landscape with her motherly care of these possessions that appears quite unique and exceptional.
Although she has a keen interest in many plants and flowers but her favourite one is Candelabra primula. Although origin of this plant is said to be Far East, it grows and prospers well in many parts of the world including the United Kingdom. The plant is characterized by whorls of flowers arranged in circles at intervals around a strong vertical stem, looking almost like a wedding cake as described in her own words. On an average, petals are arranged in seven rings growing from the bottom upwards with a rather long flowering season. The plants usually grow in a damp, neutral or acidic soil and flowers appear in a hue of bright colours. A few images from her spring garden of this year are given here for the plant lovers.
Images (C) Dr Sarala Waghray
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