cherry blossom

[taimursalik]

sorry about the quality it's 6 year old pic I took with my old cell phone back then.

Peach blossom are also bigger in size and they required less chill hours also around 300 hours compared to 1000hours cherry blossom needed.You can also try plum it can also be growing here.

I am attaching a pic also of a tree I come cross in bagh e jinnah lahore...the name mentioned on it was millettia glaucescens (malitia) I googled it but can't find any thing about it,back to tree it looks like apricot tree to me ...it only bloom once a year in march for a week.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Peaches are very nice in Mardan & Peshawar.it is produces so many fruit.if it can flower here & can give yields in Mardan i think it should bloom at Lahore.i think Early grain will be the fittest variety for Lahore.its fruits ripe in mid April in Mardan orchards.

This the 8 no peach orchard in Swat.this is the finest peach variety.

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

But 8 no is for Swat due to the more chill hours it need.so Early grain will be the best for you in Lahore because there is slight difference in Lahore,s & Peshawar,s climate.

[aykhan]

Khan saheb check out this site and see the Florida peach trees. Do you think these are different from the early grain?
http://www.tytyga.com/Peach-Trees-s/1863.htm

[khabbab]

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Peach blossom are also bigger in size and they required less chill hours also around 300 hours compared to 1000hours cherry blossom needed.You can also try plum it can also be growing here.

I am attaching a pic also of a tree I come cross in bagh e jinnah lahore...the name mentioned on it was millettia glaucescens (malitia) I googled it but can't find any thing about it,back to tree it looks like apricot tree to me ...it only bloom once a year in march for a week.

Not peach. Milletia species most probably millettia ovalifolia. Check this post of mine if it is same flower? http://www.lahoregardening.com/2011/04/ ... crape.html. Pinnata species is also common in lahore.

Peach can be grown in lahore in soil bed. It does flower easily, fruiting is not guaranteed. It does not like the summer heat of lahore. Do not compare with old specimens at Lawrence gardens, they are mature very tough plants. May be 50 years ago, temperature of lahore was lower than these years, chill factor is very important for these trees.

I think we need a low chill variety to try. Specially designed for hot climates.

[AhmadIrfan]

i guess cherry blossoms are out of the question, Umar sb as you suggested the early grain peach variety for lahore do you think it is possible for you to courier a small plant of this variety??

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

yes why not but in the winter when the plants are in dormancy.i have sent some plants to Khabbab.its better to ask him how was the result at Lahore.

[khabbab]

I would agree to Umar Khan. Even the local nashpati i bought is not performing well, small plant, due to extreme heat. Do this when weather climbs down.

[AhmadIrfan]

I will send you a reminder Umar sb in September
Khabbab I saw a nashpati plant in my colony it was doing quite well I will try to take a photo from outside the wall its possible

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Ahmad i have already recommended Pear for Lahore in the very start of this post.if it flowers & fruit in Peshawar,it should at least flower in Lahore.the climate difference not that so much.