As the summer sets in, I keep a watchful eye on the Padauk rows in the capital's High Court and Hare Road areas lest I should miss a treat. They, of course, have not betrayed the flower-lovers over ...

Flower power: A motorbike passing by Jalan Utama in Penang that’s scattered with Angsana flowers. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star GEORGE TOWN: Layers of golden yellow flowers carpeting the streets beneath ...

I was travelling along Rama IV Road last week when I saw that some of the Pterocarpus indicus, known in Thai as pradoo, trees on the roadside had flowers. Pradoo usually flower in April and it is now ...