Pics from lahore gardens - Part I

[khabbab]

I apologize for my poor photography skills as some pics are not over 800/600 resolution and are blurred because i could not adjust for moving images. I will post more pics with much better results insha-Allah soon as climate is getting better here in lahore - Pakistan.

Front view of my home
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rudbeckia in my garden. this is a raised bed. only 4 inches of soil and below that nothing but cement
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Arabian JAsmine, cosmos sulph, balsam and tangerine all in this small space.
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french marigold gifted to me by a gardener
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[khabbab]

Jasmine nitidum - my favorite flower - non stop bloomer from april-November - Divine fragrance specially in evening
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Railway creeper - growing it on an awkward place. plastic container placed on shade. my mother says "boy, another plant in the home and you better get a seperate home for your plants" while my father says "is there any corner left where your plants are not present" phew gardening does need patience
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Macro of my tropical water lily
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blue morning glory

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[khabbab]

second water lily in my garden in a clay pot - my all time fav shot. and i took it through my cell cam not canon powershot 570IS.
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water lily pot - clay pot with 22 inches diameter and 12 inches depth
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Antigonon and murraya on my terrace
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some plants on my terrace in clay pots
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[khabbab]

pics around my home

Purple allamanda at a plants nursery
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The most abundant shrub of lahore Bougainvillea
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white plumeria - called champa here - another local name is gul-cheen
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view at a home in lahore
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[khabbab]

water pond at a plants nursery - OMG - gorgeous blooms of water lily large than my hands
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another shot
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Nerium oleander(kuner) and crape jasmine(chandni)
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Nerium oleander - most abundant street shrub/tree in lahore
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[khabbab]

cactus at a plants nursery
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Bombay creeper - another most common creeper in lahore
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And last but not least - few pics of rikshaws of lahore
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[khabbab]

gaillardia in my garden. and i raised it from seed- cultivar name was lorenzia probably
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my yellow allamanda
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cosmos sulph.
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Aquilegia - only blooms in spring here as annual - pic from spring 2009
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[Sarah]

Wow, I love those water lillies. That's a good use of space.

What's with the Pakistani flags on your terrace, were you celebrating Pakistan Independance Day?

[khabbab]

Wow, I love those water lillies. That's a good use of space.

What's with the Pakistani flags on your terrace, were you celebrating Pakistan Independance Day?
Yap. That was so much fun specially the excitement of kids was worth watching.

[Riz]

khabab bhai..

:ty: very much for the pics... i really love your garden and i love your container gardening i have been saying this for a while that you can grow most things in pots if you don't have the space, its nice to see someone doing it and achieving stunning results.. :GreenThumbs:

tell me in pic 10 the water lilly, how do you oxygenate the water ? by simply taking some out and replacing it with fresh water ? i always wanted to grow water lillies so thanks for the inspiration.

The Bombay creeper looks great just hanging there,

you know what would look stunning too, the "Virginia creeper" with its different colours through out the season..

please keep the pics coming :)

i am at work right now, but tonight i will take a closer look at all the pics

ps.. i love the street scenes aswell, rickshaws, street sellers :)

[Kirsten]

khabbab your home is BEAUTIFUL!!! I love all the draping vines!!

[edibles]

fantastic

[tahir_phoenix]

Thats very impressive khabbab and great photos btw!! Just goes to show you that you don't need a big garden or lots of land to grow things you like :)

I'm envious of your pakistan climate, in the UK all we get is :sky11: :sky11: and more :sky11: and thats just in the summer!

[~Obsidian~]

Masha'Allah Khabbab, absolutely stunning! Your garden is so beautiful and varied! I, like tahir am jealous of the clime you have there, here in the UK we don't get much sun (in my area anyway).

Can we get a shot of the overall effect/combination of plants? And hah, that rikshaw brings back memories, we used to call them 'puk-puk cars' :p

[Riz]

TOO be honest with i am not that jealous.. don't think i could handle temps at 38c for a couple of months lol... without A/C i would be a goner :)

[khabbab]

thanks everyone, here are some more pics.
@Riz - my water lilies are in clay pots so water is absorbed by pots almost daily and evaporated as well so every 2-3 days i refill the remaining pond. BUT i have seen waterliles in ceramics pots and nobody even looks at them, no oxygenation what so ever, they still thrive!!!!

i am also thinking of posting few pics of some donkeys which are used in a repair work in repairing a road near us. i m sure you guys will enjoy it as well

Thunbergia grandiflora at lawrence garden lahore
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Here is the closeup
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This is image of some self seeding summer annuals near my office, i just love the natural look they give.
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And the Yucca(i hope it is yucca) planted near them
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[khabbab]

This pink rain lily - zephyranthes lily- i am growing in a 7 inches pot. 4 bulbs in one pot. And the mali calls them Nargis although nargis is something else. pink one has bigger flowers while yellow has smaller ones. white is something in between. i hope they will be perennials as these are very rarely available in lahore.
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The yellow one.
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gomphrena in a small pot, two colors available, magenta and white.
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And then my all time favorite vine, senecio confusus coming back to life after intense heat almost killed it. i wonder why on internet it is not mentioned that these flowers are fragrant!!!!
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[khabbab]

This lemon tree is just next to my home and i am really envious of it because butterflies prefer it more than all my flowers.
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This bee also sipped nectar from my murraya bush but i could not capture it. this one is from lemon tree.
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Rudbeckia closeup
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My viviparous tropical water lily. i will transplant this parent leaf in another pot soon.
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[khabbab]

Remaining pics i will post tomorrow are buddleia(some unknown species), Gmelina philippensis(parrot's beak) , cassia fistula(amaltas), some fig tree and few others.

@Obsidian - climate of pakistan is very diverse. but lahore has more inclination towards sub-tropical nature. i mean how can you garden from april-september when temp is not below 35c. btw we also use Air conditioners a lot.

It is difficult for me to post an overall look of plants i have because they are so scattered at different corners of my terrace and my soil bed. but i will try when temp get down.

[Riz]

i think that yucca plant might be called "adams needle"

loving the pics :ty:

[Foz]

And hah, that rikshaw brings back memories, we used to call them 'puk-puk cars' :p

Lol

have you seen the new ones witha motorbike in front? cant remember what they called

MashAllah bro! Loving the pics! Almost making me want to move to Pak! lol

Love the idea of the water lily in a pot!

[khabbab]

Lol

have you seen the new ones witha motorbike in front? cant remember what they called

MashAllah bro! Loving the pics! Almost making me want to move to Pak! lol

Love the idea of the water lily in a pot!

They are called "qingqi" pronounced as "Ching-Chi". And in old city a race is held of these "qingqi" rikshaws off and on. that is worth watching a scene.

These are being banned by Government with the passage of time except in few old areas.

[Foz]

Ching-Chi". yeah those things... they freaked me out a bit! lol

[Riz]

salaam khabbab bhai

kaise ho !?

we need some more lovely pics from lahore :)

[farah]

Beautiful pictures, I'm really taken with the water lilies! Mash'Allah!

[Pak Bonsai]

nice pics khabab,
i have got much inspiration from you ...
already have planted calla after watching your pics...now going to plant water lily.

[Riz]

khabab..

i hear on the grapevine that most Pakistani gardners prefer to grow from bulbs or cuttings/seedlings and very few people actually grow from seed !??

what say you ?

[Pak Bonsai]

Ching-Chi". yeah those things... they freaked me out a bit! lol
also known by "CHAND GADI" :cigar2:

[Foreveryoung]

Beautiful pics Khabbab.

Sharing some pics i captured in Model Town Park, Lahore yesterday.

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This picture reminds me of Lake Greetings Cards.
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[Riz]

lovely pics :)

[noora]

Mash'Allah

Beautiful pictures

[Foreveryoung]

Sharing some more pics of Model Town Park and i apologize for higher resolution . My net was giving some trouble so will iA post with less resolution next time as i have already uploaded this bit on Photobucket.

okay guys. this is my favoutire spot on the track. i really really really love this tree and where its been planted near rose garden.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSCN6016.jpg

Daikha aik khuuwab tau yeh silsilay milay.
Door tak nigaah mein hein gull khillay huye


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i wish i was good with the names of these flowers.


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Now that was something awesome.
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[Foreveryoung]

Beautiful roses.

http://i198.photobucket.com/albums/aa300/sajid_012/DSCN6056.jpg

The best thing i like about the park is that they have mentioned the names of trees planted in the park plus another thing which i really enjoy during my walk is that Alla swt's 99 attributes are displayed on trees and you keep on repeating them in ur heart as u walk =) isnt it Sadq-e-Jaariya =)

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Dedicated Maalis whose efforts and hard work has beautified this Park.

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[Foreveryoung]

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[Riz]

great pics ayesha,


I love the first pic of the tree its so majestic, and the gardeners are really dedicated,, beautiful park mashallah... :)

[Foreveryoung]

Thank u Riz. I am glad you liked these.

Here is another beautiful tree i want to share with the members. Its called Bauhinia purpurea , commonly known as "Katchnaar" in urdu ; which is used in several traditional medicine systems to cure various diseases. It has been known to possess antibacterial, antidiabetic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrheal, anticancerous, nephroprotective and thyroid hormone regulating activity .. (info courtesy Wikipedia)

Its flowers somehow reminds me of Cherry Tree when fully bloomed. We have the same tree in our neighborhood and i often see this Aunty picking up "katchnaar". Qeema Katchnaar is a very popular dish and fondly eaten by the masses. First picture is taken in the Park and last three are of my negihbour's tree.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/BauhiniaPurpurea.jpg

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN5928.jpg

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[noora]

thank you

[Riz]

thanks ayesha,

great pics :) cherry blossom trees are one of my faves, as a kid when i use to walk to high school i use to go past rows and rows of them, my friends and i use to give them a real good shake and all the petals would fall down like coloured snowflakes :)

[Foreveryoung]

Thank u so much Riz and Noora =) i have never seen Cherry trees in person... just in pics =) So i can imagine how exciting it wud be to be part of tht beautiful surrounding....

Here are some pics i wanna share. Not from Public Garden but these days entire Lahore is in bloom. Everywhere u go, especially along the canal, u find these pretty flowers throughout =) Thought i shud share with u.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN6204.jpg


That's a huge flower pot tht i really love....

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN6203.jpg

These beautiful plants are growing at the entrance of our Library this fence goes all the way along the path throughout the wall... looks so pretty .

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN6202.jpg

and i really like these plants .

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN6201.jpg

[noora]

thank you Foreveryoung

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Gardening/DSCN6204.jpg

and i really like these plants .

[Riz]

beautiful pics too, and lahore is certainly blooming, the last pic the flowers are gladiolus.

[Foreveryoung]

^ My teacher told me that these are named after roman sword gladius =P Here is another pic that I love.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/DSC05911.jpg

and yes Lahore is certanly in Bloom. Different kinds of flowers where ever u go makes you growing everything at home =)

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/DSC05967.jpg

I only wish i knew their names as well.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/DSC05975.jpg


Each pic is really very close to my heart . Love them all.

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[Foreveryoung]

I love these kinds of huge pots

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/DSC06021.jpg


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[Foreveryoung]

Here are some more .

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[Foreveryoung]

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/Ayeshascaptures.jpg


http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/Ashscaptures.jpg

[noora]

I love these kinds of huge pots


http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/ss217/AyeshaUK2009/Spring%202011/DSC05968.jpg

[Riz]

thanks ash.

lovely pics and yeah i love huge pots to, wish i had a few of them in my garden :)