spring 2014.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

i think pansy is a large flower while viola is small.so pansy being a big flower takes a lot of energy to make that huge pansy blooms so you don't get as many per plant as you do with the smaller-flowered Violas.
for more information i will request pansy expert umar khan sb for details.

[Hamad]

Hamad your garden is looking great, congrats for Dutch Iris its looking stunning, most of your plants are looking gorgeous, and specially Mesembry bed is looking stunning.

Hamad

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Rafique hi dear.Pansy is a common name given to large flowering Viola group. First garden Pansy was derived from the wild Viola Tricolor & then recrossed with other Viola species.So now whenever you see Pansy on the page you will also see Viola x Wittrokiana.
Pansy takes many energy to get the large blooms so the blooms per plants are lesser as compared to Violas.Its not only in this annual.Just have a look on Petunia.The Grandifloras have larger but lesser blooms compared to Multiflora groups.
Another thing large flowered varieties face are the rains.Thats why in Western gardens you will see clear cut they prefer the small flowered annuals in open beds.

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Out standing no doubt,
What is the source of this Ruellia?
Please tag your beautiful Hippestrums to help generate discussion.
Arif

[Mustansir Billah]

By going through the pictures I realized that every bloom is more beautiful and attractive than the previous... Astonishing bed of Mesembry!

[Izhar]

Great going... mesembry is a showstopper here... where you garden is located? i mean is it in you house?

[Tahir Khan]

and all sparixis from chanan din are same white ...bad vendor i will call.

I would say that i'll buy a 100 bulbs next season. White colour in Sparaxis is so rare in Pakistan been searching for it for several years without success

Send me some if you have spare

[AhmadIrfan]

Good collection of plants, sparaxis is an underrated plant dont see much of it planted though it blooms tremendously in Lahore and comes back every year without much hassle.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

What is the source of this Ruellia?

brig sb this ruellia i bought from Faisalabad from a very small nursery.

where you garden is located? i mean is it in you house?

izhar bhai it was my vegetable garden before it.now i am converting it to cottage garden inspired by farhan bhai.(but not successful till now ).it is adjacent plot to my house
thanks all for liking my garden.

[Farhan Ahmed]

When one starts anew, it means tremendous opportunities, ideas and what not. Take your time, take every thing into consideration such as exposures, bed design and borders, water drainage and passages in case of excess rain, water mechanism in which you would be comfortable to water your plants without least effort and disturbing your plants. You can look into raised beds, permanent trellises for vines and creepers, most importantly every nook and corner of a bed should be accessible, like your mesmbry bed, some part of it would not be assessable to you, in case it was some other plant which require tending, you would not have access, Plan a sitting area, make a nursery portion with some shade where sick plants, new borns etc can go. Re-locaiton of shrubs, pruning of bushes all factors should be looked into, addition of better draining media(i think your soily is clayee), tree litter, look into ways in which you can reduce in much, or else you would require frequent cleaning of beds. In between beds, what do you plan, ideas like bricks, marble blocks or chips.....its so exciting when you start from scratch.

Decisions you make now will have long time repercussions.