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During my last trip to Hunza valley via kaghan and Thak valley and for Eid celebration at my Home village enjoyed bloom of Morning Glory
To my surprise a single purple colored flower very fresh n charming blooming between the stones just along the roadside near Kaghan village.
2nd bloom of Morning Glory in KarimAbad Hunza. While walking through an alley towards Baltit Fort was attracted by the Flowers of Morning Glory with equally enchanting door and a window in the background and a lovely trellis supporting the vine.
Third bloom in village,where morning glory vine is vigorously spreading on walls and roof of my house with pink colored flowers.

Very beautiful scenery and the deep purple flowers. The third picture of beach morning glory is also a common sight on Karachi's seasides. It grows on sandy beaches and tolerates salt quite well.

Then, morning Glory is quite a tough plant which can tolerate the cold of Kaghan valley and flower among the stones, also tolerate the heat of south Punjab and salt in the air of Karachi and bloom on the sandy beach

Javed Hasan wrote:Then, morning Glory is quite a tough plant which can tolerate the cold of Kaghan valley and flower among the stones, also tolerate the heat of south Punjab and salt in the air of Karachi and bloom on the sandy beach

Very true. The beach morning glory is a tough plant. Its salt tolerance is amazing because beach surrounds are quite corrosive because of salt particles.

Beautiful pictures. Sir, is morning glory called ishq pecha in nursery lingo?


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In reply to this I can only quote the following, as before this I had no knowledge of this, I hope this serves the purpose.

And ISHQ PAICHA, A very hardy Ipomia.
Muhammad Arif Khan sahib (April 21st, 2013)

The common name of this Ipomia is ISHK PAICHA It is also called Railway creeper as you could see it almost at every railway station. It is the commonest creeper atleast in Punjab.
Muhammad Arif Khan » April 24th, 2013

Ipomoea is a large and diverse group with common names including morning glory, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc.
Wikipedia

Thank you for the detailed relay Javed Hassan sahab.
And Arif uncle is right, whenever I think of morning glory, the post colonial iron picket fences covered with them do come to mind


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