Plant encyclopedia
Browse plants A–Z for balcony, bagicha, and terrace care — including trees. Filter by category, search to jump, then page through short care notes (draft seed).
24 plants
Allamanda
Allamanda cathartica
Yellow flowering climber; full sun; toxic sap — use gloves when pruning.
Bengal clock vine
Thunbergia grandiflora
Blue flowering climber; morning sun; train on pergola; trim after bloom.
Bleeding heart vine
Clerodendrum thomsoniae
A decorative climber with white flower calyces and vivid red flowers, ideal for sheltered trellises and verandas.
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
Blazing sun; poor soil OK; hard prune after flush; thrives in Gujarat heat.
Butterfly pea (aparajita)
Clitoria ternatea
Blue-flower climber; full sun; tea from dried petals; easy from seed.
Butterfly vine
Mascagnia macroptera
A twining ornamental vine with yellow flowers and distinctive winged seed pods that resemble butterflies.
Coral honeysuckle
Lonicera sempervirens
A twining climber with tubular coral-red flowers, traditionally suited to temperate gardens and best tested carefully in Gujarat's hotter regions.
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Pink monsoon climber; sun; can scramble — trim to control.
Cypress vine
Ipomoea quamoclit
Delicate annual climber; light soil; morning sun; soft red blooms.
Dutchman's pipe
Aristolochia elegans
An ornamental climber with unusual patterned flowers. It contains aristolochic acids and should not be used medicinally or ingested.