With summer upon us, Chennai’s vistas have turned red, pink, lilac, yellow and purple. Through barks, stems and blooms, find ...

Discovered in the 19th century in Madagascar by botanist Wesnel Bojer, the Gulmohar is flamboyant when in bloom, as the world’s most colourful tree. For several weeks in summer, the tree is ...

For a city that sees several searing dry spells, summer is also about colours of the Palash, Pilkhan, Kusum, Bougainvillea, Jacaranda, Spathodea, Rozia, Gulmohar ... were used during the festival ...

There’s the red of semal and gulmohar, the purplish-blue of jacaranda ... Perhaps because these blossoms grace the city during the most difficult time of the year—when Delhi reels under ...