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S cheffler Actinophylia ,is a popular domestic-hedge plant. Native to Australia is also called Queensland Umbrella Tree. It has decorated – small palm like arranged leaves. In some places in India, it grows u to 3 to 10 meters in height to become a large tree. I have observed it as a slow growing shrub in my garden. It has a variegated variety with leaves having ivory or yellow blotches/splashes. It can be propagated through stem cutting. It needs moderately fertile & well drained soil . Recently I noticed a nicely pruned hedge of Scheffler Actinophylia or the Quennsland Umbrella - at the Bangalore Club. However in my garden as a small landscape shrub & a filler plant with excellent foliage needing little water, all year round. The plant nurseries in Andhra Pradesh call it The SCHEFFLERA HICOLAR.

P ansy: Common name: Pansy, Pansy Violet Botanical name: Viola x wittrockiana T he name pansy is from the French word pensée, meaning thought or remembrance. The name "pansy" also appears as part of the common name for other Viola species that are wildflowers in Europe. The Pansy is a hybrid plant cultivated as garden flowers . Pretty to grow in pots, troughs, or as mass plantings, These lightly fragrant flowers are available in a vast range of colors. The pansy flower has two top petals overlapping slightly, two side petals, beards where the three lower petals join the center of the flower, and a single bottom petal with a small groove. The dark centers in some flowers are thought to resemble little faces. (Flowers have big blotches that make them strongly resemble faces) They grow only six to ten inches high and can spread up to ten to twelve inches across. Since Elizabethan times, the word "pansy" suggests an effeminate male and still is used, as a disapproving