Saying it with flowers: How city societies are ushering in spring

Gurgaon | Monday | 25th March, 2019

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A few months later, they were surprised to see yellow flowers blooming.”In Birch Court apartments of Sector 50, Saloni Sharma, a housewife, likes to experiment with gardening. After four months, the lawns and green patches in Belmonte erupt into a vivacious display of colours.Many societies in Gurgaon are currently in the midst of a flower bloom. But in the main park, the centre of attraction is the chorisia tree, also called silk floss, a South American specie bearing pinkish hibiscus-like flowers. While Exotica has also hired an external agency for the garden’s upkeep , it is local resident Meera Khanna who oversees the landscaping. “I worked for over two decades in Kolkata doing landscaping work in real estate, and had done horticulture planning and landscaping for DLF Magnolias and South City,” she said..