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by UMAR KHAN
December 12th, 2011, 2:01 pm
Forum: Questions and Problems
Topic: Peonies
Replies: 11
Views: 9897

Re: Peonies

Mirafzal sb is extremly right.USDA zones are not perfect in our climate.
by UMAR KHAN
December 12th, 2011, 1:42 pm
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

Star light Ficus is the most beautiful.but here it drops its leaves even in protection.Hawai is very hardy.
by UMAR KHAN
December 12th, 2011, 1:40 pm
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

Ahmad i love Cycades.lets see what Foxtail does in your garden.then i,l decide to plant it.i have Phonex.Washingtonia,Alexander.i m intested reall in Cycades.I have two Zambias i dont know what happened to one plant.Lady finger is spreading year after year in open ground.i think it will be hard for ...
by UMAR KHAN
December 12th, 2011, 1:11 pm
Forum: Dr Amer's Exotic Garden
Topic: Amaryllis
Replies: 113
Views: 40420

Re: Amaryllis

Propagation by cutting the bulb is common practice by the breeders abroad to get 100% same bublets but i cant afford it here as the bulbs are very expensive.once i read this method in an articale how to get faster bublets of the doubles.becuse they do not multiply rapidly in ground as the singles.no...
by UMAR KHAN
December 10th, 2011, 11:54 am
Forum: Questions and Problems
Topic: Peonies
Replies: 11
Views: 9897

Re: Peonies

Peony do not grow in our plains due tohot summers.in Hilly areas like Murre & Abbottabad they grow very succefully.i have seen The bowl of beauty in Abbottabad.i think it also takes too much time to reach flowering age.
by UMAR KHAN
December 10th, 2011, 11:22 am
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

Ahmad i can see a ficus Hawai in your garden.its really my favorite ficus.i aso have two plants.another ficus i like is the black ficus but it drps leaves in the winter & is killed by frost.
by UMAR KHAN
December 10th, 2011, 11:19 am
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

your plants are exta ordinary beautifull.sago & tallium are very hardy.but one of my Zambia died last winter although i covered it in plastic sheet.what can be the cause.i was waiting may be it send new foliage but here noting to this very day.i want to plant foxtail is it winter hardy.i will pl...
by UMAR KHAN
December 9th, 2011, 11:47 pm
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

it seems you have special love for Cycades & Palms.Ahmad i want to grow foxtail & Queen palms.but one of my cousin told me Foxtails are not winter tolerent and dies down in winter.Queen palm is winter hardy.a nurseryman told me it has tarted eating share of the popular Bottle palm.i think we...
by UMAR KHAN
December 9th, 2011, 9:50 pm
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

Oh no Ahmad i have a mature male plant & three female plants.i do not sale plants.i only plant them for sake of my hobby.i also the Italian & zambia palms(6 years old) but they are not mature yet.Ahmad i do not even remove the offsets along the trunks of the plants. have you tried hand polin...
by UMAR KHAN
December 9th, 2011, 7:03 pm
Forum: Growing form Seed
Topic: Sago Palm from seed
Replies: 34
Views: 17606

Re: Sago Palm from seed

Ahmad have you the male sago palm.because to germinate the seeds you need the polen.90 % of sagos are females.it needs a great luck to get a male sago palm.i have seen two males at Fateh muhammad nursery islamabad.but the nursery men never sale the males.if you have no male plant then you can never ...

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