Pakistan Gardening Forum

Thanks Arif sahib, for the kind invitation. Will try InshaAllah
Shahid

I have Buddleia Flower Power growing in full sun since October, last year. It has grown about 4 ft. in Height and bloomed last month. The colour of the flowers was nothing like what we see in catalogues. Perhaps it was the intensity of sunlight that colour was extremely dim and dull, almost colourle...

Dear Arif sahib, Thanks for your input. I have been admiring your garden and birds ever since I joined this forum. I am planning to add a few climbers to my small yard in this fall. Mr. Khabab has mentioned that you have Carolina Jasmine growing in your garden. Can you please guide me as to how it i...

There are other chrysanthemum varieties that bloom twice a year. Bought two such (not multi flora) plants couple of years ago. Having multiplied them by cuttings, I have a big bed outside my home which blooms twice. Once in November and again in May. The bed still has a few flowers left. Monsoon wil...

Dear Mr Khabab, The list of failures is pretty long but my desire to have a house full of lush flowering plants keeps me going back to same vendors again and again. One mistake in the previous years has been in buying plants from Thailand where probably the climate stays mild year round (like Karach...

Dear Mr.khabab, Thanks for the information. It was a big help. So many businesses dealing with plants are making exuberant profits by selling plants to amateurs like me. I have lost so many plants (and money) in this process of experimentation. I guess it is my love for nature that keeps me going ba...

To all the experienced gardners in lahore: Need your advise for growing following plants in Lahore : need info if they will survive and grow to flower profusely. 1. Lavendar trumpet vine 2. Carolina jasmine vine 3. Brugsmansia 4. Dombeya Seminole 5.honey suckle vine 6. Mandevilla vogue 7. Alstroemer...

Dear Mr. Hamad, Would Alstroemeria grow in lahore ? I have a few plants of the dwarf variety Alstroemeria Inticancha that I was planning to plant in an outdoor bed in September. Will it grow there as a perennial ? Would flowering be profuse ? I am trying to grow them in a cool spot nowadays. Would a...

WAS. Thanks, Mr. Umar.

Thanks for your reply, Mr. Umer I am interested in parrots and did try to keep rosellas and turquoise last year. However it was a big failure and the aviary lies empty now. Perhaps it was my inexperience or a wrong choice of birds. After seeing these birds on the forum, I decided to get advise. The ...