Edavanakadu: A drive along the coastal road near here can be quite mesmerising at this time of the year. It's a sea of violet again. No, it's not the blooming of Neelakurinjis in the hill station of Munnar that is spreading the magic, but the flowering of kadalkurinjis that's making many heads turn.
The 'kadalkurunjis' started to bloom after the sand on the seaside at Vypeen started to retain salt content after the flood waters receded. Hundreds of flowers bloom every day though they might wither pretty fast, in a day or two.
Many tourists, including foreign, are thronging the shore to see the beauty of violet in its full glory. The botanical name of the salt-resistant plant is Ipomoea bellomia.
