Summer of '12

[aykhan]

Where in pattoki? We need to get the blue one....

[aykhan]

Just got back from a hectic work trip to the US and was sad so see one iochroma and 3 hibiscus dead, but very happy to see the following blooms......

The Gloriosa are so exotic, I also brought plantii and lutea tubers this time. They have bloomed from dormant tubers in less than 2 months!!!

[aykhan]

The vining shrub form of the rangoon creeper. Got it from Abbas Nursery for a pretty penny.....Rs 2000. Fragrant and darker red flowers, close to magenta.

The dwarf buddleia very fragrant also but ruined in rains.

[aykhan]

....Passion flower vines are now a passion after seeing this Passiflora "Incense" bloom. It has bloomed from a rooted cutting in less than 2 months...

[aykhan]

..Always love this constant bloomer in shade....justicia brandegeana

[Muhammad Arif Khan]

Lovely; My Gloriosa has not performed well this year, may be RAINS.

[Izhar]

Loved the lily and the passion flower... i hope that the passion flower sets fruit, you can do the pollination yourself..

[khabbab]

The gloriosa lily are very beautiful but passiflora is even prettier. How fragrant are the blooms of Incense as i have read it is quite fragrant? And how long the flower lasts?

Yes the buddlejas are shy of our rains just like geraniums are.

[aykhan]

The passion flower is fragrant but not what I would call intensely fragrant. I think the only intensely fragrant plants are marwa, motia, gardenia and raat ki raani. Rest are good but do not make the entire area fragrant.

[aykhan]

I amazing thing about Gloriosa and Passion flowers are that they are VERY unique looking.