Landscaping

LANDSCAPINGTREES OF DELHI

This is large flowering and ornamental tree. This is an evergreen first

growing plant . The well-spaced branches are clothed with innately compound leaves, with leaflets up to eight inches long and 2.5 inches

wide.

In summer, Golden Shower Tree is decorated with thick clusters of

showy yellow blooms which cover the slightly drooping branches so

beautiful and flowers look like show .This tree produces a dark brown

bean-pod 30-60 cm long filled with a sticky pulp and 40-100 hard

brown seeds. 

Young trees can grow asymmetrical with branches often drooping

toward the ground. Staking and proper pruning will help develop a well shaped and structured crown. 

It is known as aragvadha, meaning "disease killer“. The flesh of the

fruit is used as a laxative, while the bark can be used to treat skin

infections.

Cassia fistula - Golden Shower Tree

General Information

Common Name  Golden Shower Tree

Scientific Name

 Cassia fistula

Sun Tolerance  Full Sun

Height  10 – 15 m (33 – 50 ft)

Spread   4.5 – 6 m (15 – 20 ft)

Growth Rate  Fast

Bloom Time  Summer

Color  Green

Flower Color  Yellow

Type  Tree

Native

Class

 South Asia and tropical and sub-tropical regionsMagnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

It is noted for its fern-like leaves and flamboyant display of flowers. In

many tropical parts of the world it is grown as an ornamental tree.

Delonix regia is endemic to the western forests of Madagascar, It has become naturalized in some places, such as parts of southern

Florida in the United States, and is invasive in parts of Australia, where it competes with native

vegetation.

In addition to its ornamental value, it is also a useful shade tree in

tropical conditions, because it usually grows that spreads widely, and its dense foliage provides full shade. In areas with a marked dry season, it sheds its leaves during

the drought, but in other areas it is virtually evergreen.

They are large, with four spreading scarlet or orange-red petals up to 8

cm long and a fifth upright petal called the standard, which is

slightly larger and spotted with yellow and white. Seed pods are

dark brown and can be up to 60 cm long and 5 cm wide. The compound leaves have a feathery appearance

and are a characteristic light, bright green. 

Delonix regia - Royal Poinciana - Gulmohar

General Information

Common Name  Royal Poinciana, Gulmohar

Scientific Name  Delonix regia

Sun Tolerance  Full Sun

Height  5 – 12 m (18–40 ft)

Spread  3.5 - 5 m (12-18 ft)

Growth Rate  Fast

Bloom Time  Spring

Color  Green

Flower Color  Red, Orange, Yellow

Type  Tree

Native  Worldwide tropical and sub-tropical regions

Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

It is a fleshy stone fruit belonging to the genus Mangifera, consisting of numerous tropical fruiting trees in

the flowering plant family Anacardiaceae. Now mango is cultivated in many tropical and

subtropical regions. Mango trees grow s with a crown radius of 5 -10

m (17-33 ft).

This is evergreen trees. The leaves are alternate, simple, 15–35 cm

(5.9–14 in) long and 6–16 cm (2.4–6.3 in) broad; when the leaves are

young they are orange-pink, rapidly changing to a dark, glossy

red, then dark green as they mature. The flowers are produced

in terminal panicles 10–40 cm (3.9–16 in) long; each flower is small

and white with five petals 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long, with a mild,

sweet odor suggestive of lily of the valley. The mango used in various item of food. The fruit takes three to six months to ripen. The ripe

fruit varies in size and color.

Mangifera indica - Mango Tree

General Information

Common Name  Mango Tree

Scientific Name  Mangifera indica

Sun Tolerance  Full Sun

Height  35 - 40 m (115 - 130 ft)

Spread  5 - 10 m (17 - 33 ft)

Growth Rate  Moderate

Bloom Time  Spring

Color  Green

Flower Color  Yellow

Type  Tree

Native  South and East Asia, Tropical and Subtropical Countries

Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

It is also known as 'Bengal fig', 'Indian fig'. Used as an ornamental tree in

the tropical country all over the world. It is a large and long living

trees, it takes more and more space year after year.

Ficus benghalensis produces propagating roots which grow

downwards as aerial roots. Once these roots reach the ground, they grow into woody trunks that can

become indistinguishable from the main trunk. The leaves are

leathery, entire, ovate or elliptic, 20-40 cm long with prominent

lateral veins.

The figs are 1 to 2 cm in diameter, without stalks, in pairs in leaf axils, and when ripe are bright red.. The

figs are pollinated by a tiny specialized wasp that enters the

receptacle through a small opening. The pollinator wasp for Ficus benghalensis is Eupristina

masoni. Each female flower inside the receptacle then produces a tiny

fruit containing seeds.

Being a majestic ornamental tree it is also planted in parks and along

streets in the tropics.

Ficus benghalensis - Banyan Tree

General Information

Common Name  Banyan Tree

Scientific Name 

Ficus benghalensis

Sun Tolerance  Full Sun

Height  up to 200 m (up to 700 ft)

Spread  up to 30 m (up to 100 ft)

Growth Rate  Fast 

Bloom Time  Spring

Color  Green

Flower Color  Yellow

Type  Tree

Native  South and South-East Asia

Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

This is a tropical tree and has a straight tall trunk. The trunk is full

of heavy thorn. The leaves are palmate with about 6 leaflets

radiating from a central point, an average of 7 to 10 cm wide, 13 to 15 cm in length. The leaf's long

flexible petiole is up to 20 cm long. Its leaves are deciduous in winter.

Cup-shaped Flowers solitary or clustered, axillary or sub-terminal, fascicles at or near the ends of the branches, when the tree is bare of leaves, an average of 7 to11 cm

wide, 14 cm in width, petals up to 12 cm in length, Calyx is cup-

shaped usually 3 lobed, an average of 3 to 5 cm in diameter. Staminal tube is short, more than 60 in 5 bundles. Flowers colors are Red and Orange. At that time huge numbers of bees and birds are

gathering on the tree for honey. Bombax ceiba Bombax ceibaThe fruit, which reaches an

average of 13 cm in length, is light-green in color in immature fruits, brown in mature fruits and looks

like a capsule, when ripe it contains white fabrics like cotton. Its seeds

are poisonous.

Bombax ceiba - Red Cotton tree

General Information

Common Name  Red Cotton Tree

Scientific Name  Bombax ceiba

Sun Tolerance  Full Sun

Height  Over 12m)(40+ ft)

Spread  9 - 12 m(30 - 40 ft)

Growth Rate  Medium

Bloom Time  Spring

Color  Green

Flower Color  Orange, Red

Type  Tree

Native  South and East Asia

Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class  Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons