my garden 2016

[hassanqureshi]

delpheniums are my first ever love .mali loves to shower them but now after begging him he is watering them from beneath , no harm done.

There is no blue like the blue cup the tall delphinium holds up.


Our life will pass like the traces of a cloud
And be scattered like
Mist that is chased by the
Rays of the sun
For our time is the passing of a shadow
And our lives will run like
Sparks through the stubble
I place a delphinium, Blue, upon your grave.

[Shazia Khurram]

Wow! Love your layout. I have grown dalphaniums from seeds this year too. I'm based in Rawalpindi. There is still the danger of ous here. Do you cover your dalphaniums with plastic sheet at night? I still have mine in the pot. Will transfer them to the ground in a few days inshallah.


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[Shazia Khurram]

Thank you for the beautiful poetry. I love tall flowers, especially fox gloves, lupins, single salvias, hollyhocks and delphiniums. They have such an old world charm to them.


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[Farhan Ahmed]

Delphiniums do not suffer from frost.....

your delps are closely planted. will suffer later

[Farhan Ahmed]

soil is very compact....i would not like that

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Fushias and Hydrengeas may be the only disappointments, others would be charming.

[hassanqureshi]

soil is very compact....i would not like that

farhan bhai , i have grown delpheniums last year, they look very far away from each other and bed looks empty so in order to create full effect i planted them very near , where as i have not grown foxgloves before so i don't know about their size but now i am feeling that they are crowded .
as far as the soil is concerned yes it is very clay type soil , i try to amend it with compost(bio fert) when i planted them but not much improvement . rait need to be added to aid drainage but i don't know about it before as i am still learning . my mali hoe everything after 2 weeks but i have to water it quickly because cat love the godi wali soil . they love to play with it so much . nowadays there is no rain , yes i am really worried what rain would do . actually lahore main to is saal serdi ayi hi nhn . the temps are 25c to 8c so i don't think there is much danger of frost . now i would tell my mali to hoe is as much as he can .
i am going to plant lupins in ground tomorrow , how far should i plant them , please tell me that .

[hassanqureshi]

Fushias and Hydrengeas may be the only disappointments, others would be charming.

yes fushias are , but i met a very dear friend at a nursery , he put me up to them. he has so many named verities of fushias plants even the double flowered ones in lahore and he treats them as annuals , some he gift to nurserymen who take them to muree . his plants are so vigorous , i think i am a bit late too , he starts them in October and in December he has large bushes blooming so much . its a treat watching them . the cuttings are very cheap , 100 rupees each so i cannot resist .
as far as hydrengeas people say they survive if u keep them in complete shade in our hot months but lets see , again i did buy very cheap cuttings so its sort of experiment .

Thank you for the beautiful poetry. I love tall flowers, especially fox gloves, lupins, single salvias, hollyhocks and delphiniums. They have such an old world charm to them.


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me too love tall annuals , people just don't plant them much because they require much care , staking etc . even the common hollyhock produces such a beautiful effect. delpheniums and larkspur are class apart .

i have last year seeds of delphenium , i sow them in october but no success , whereas larkspur is another matter, its germination is very good, but i chilled the seeds 2 weeks in the fridge and they germinated almost after 2 weeks .

[hassanqureshi]

just tell me about lupins friends as i have to plant them tommorow , how far should they be planted .

[Shazia Khurram]

Searched from Google:
Smaller lupine varieties require 12-inch spacing between each plant, while the bushier types need up to 24 inches ...


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