PERENNIAL SHRUBS, CREEPERS AND TREES

Name of the plant Common name Method of propagation Special characters and utility
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Acalypha Colorata Acalyphas (Catkins) Hardwood cuttings It has brilliant bronze leaves useful for shrub borders.
Aralia triloba Lantern flowers Hardwood cuttings
Cestrum nocturnum Night queen Hardwood cuttings Sweet fragrance flowers and pervades the night during the monsoon.
Codiaeum variegatum Croton Hardwood cuttings Handsome plant with colour-ful foliage. The large leaves have blotches of red, brown, green, yellow, pink and innumerable other colour blended artistically. They thrive in shady locations useful for pot plants.
Dracaena Dragon plant Hardwood cuttings Grows tall and straight and bears large broad and pointed leaves on a single stem, suitable for pots and planting under shade.
Eranthemum cinnabarium Eranthemum Hardwood cuttings These are valuable for their bicolour foliage as well as flowers. Useful for pot culture and shrub border.
Euphorbia pulcherrima Christmas flower Hardwood cuttings It is well known for its beautiful coloured bracts. Thrives in sunny locations. Useful for shrubbery.
Gardenia Jasminoides Cape Jasmina Hardwood cuttings The waxy-white, scented double flowers appear from march onwards. Useful for a shrubbery.
Hibiscurosasinensis Rose of China (Mandaram) Hardwood cuttings Excellent for shrubbery
Mussaendaluteola Paparchane tree Hardwood cuttings The dark green leaves contrast well with a tiny yellow flowers. Perched on a long white sepals rembling a leaf useful for borders.
Duranta repens (D. plumier) - Hardwood cuttings The shrubsstands clipping well. Desirable plant for hedge, topiary.
Marraya Paniculata (M. exotrica) Chinese bow Hardwood cuttings The shrub stands clipping well. Desirable plant for hedge Topiary.
CREEPERS
Allamanda cathartica Var. Grandiflora Allamanda Hardwood cuttings A hardy plant can be easily grown as a climber on arches and as a shrub on lawns. Bears large yellow bell shape flowers.
Bougainvillea glabra Bougainvillea Hardwood cuttings Hardy and easily grown trailing shrub of the garden.
Ipomea carica
(I. Palmata) Railway creeper Vine cuttings Vigorous climber with purple flowers useful for pargoles and arches and also for trailing on wire fences.
Jacquemontis pentantha (J. violacea) Kasiratnam Seed A flowering climber with delicate foliage and pretty flowers suitable for hiding rocks and trailing on wooden screens or wire fences.
Tecome capensis Temple flowers Seed A rampant climbing shrub. The flowers are orange red and blossom in clusters useful for training on walls and arbours.
Thunbergia grandiflora -- Hardwood cuttings Vigorous creeper for creeper houses and farrery, flowers are pale blue large and attractive.
Quisqualis indica Rangoon creeper Hardwood cuttings Hardy climeber with fragnant crimson red tubuler flowers useful for pergola and as garden shrub.

Vernonia elaeagnifolia -- Hardwood cuttings Vigorous creepter with small white flowers and pendulous shoots suitable for varanda screening and for growing on tall trellis work.
Philodendron -- Ground layers Climber with large smooth and green leaves. Thrives in shade.
Pothos aureus Money plant Ground layers Vigour climber, thrives well in shade and may be grown as an indoor plant in pots.
TREES
Dalbergia sisso Shism Seedlings A quick growing tree with highly draught resistant character. Useful as a background plant in the garden.
Peltoforum ferrugnum Yellow Gulmohr *Golden lilae) Seedlings The tree has copper bronze foliage and bears given yellow flowers useful for road side and parks in the plants.
Asia figstula Amalta Seedling Quick growing tree with golden yellow blooms suitable for planting in parks and road side.
Delonix regia Culmohr Propagated by seeds. Seeds are soaked in hot water for 5 mts. To hasten up germination. Quick growing tree comes up wall in dry localities flowers in summer after shadding leaves. Not useful as a shade tree.
Enterlobium saman Raintree Seeds Very quick growing tree. Useful as a shade tree for avenues.
Azadirachata idica Neem Seeds Highly drought resistant. Useful as a shade tree for broad ways.
Eugenia jambolana Jamun Seeds A good avenue tree with lathery leaves.
Albizzia lebbeck Shiris Seeds Fairly quick growing resembles the rain tree.
Spathodea companulata Fountain tree Seeds A lofty tree bearing attractive scarlet flowers in winter, comes up well in cool climates on elevation exceeding 1000 meters.
Polyalthia pendula P. longifolia Ashoka Seeds Slow growing evergreen tree can be trimmed an dtrained to all shapes.