How to make your papaya tree bear more fruit

Just plant some pineapple tops around it! Pineapples and other bromeliads seem to have a symbiotic relationship with papaya. Next time you gring a fresh pineapple fom the store, don't throw away the top. Plant it near one of your fruit trees.

pink surprise

This is the surprising flower of the bromeliad billbergia zebrina which is a rare flower indeed. The flower has large pink bracts and a chandelier of jade and blue flowers hanging down. I could pursuade the plant to flower by strewing tomatoes all round it .

Tips for saving bromeliads

Hi! I am Padma who lives in Bangalore. I love gardening. I have many varieties of bromeliads and ferns in my garden. I want to give some tips for growing bromeliads and begonias and also about how to control pests using natural methods in this blog.

One thing that a gardener should always remember is that over watering kills a bromeliad, and other plants too.

Tips for saving plants when water is scarce.

I am now in Indore, a bustling city in Madhya Pradesh. The heat is intense here , at 44 degreesC. Since water is becoming scarce, people have started water saving techniques like mulching their gardens with dry leaves.