Summer 2014

[UMARKHANMARDAN]

Simply superb! Its very hard to keep a garden full of blooms these days Hamad.It shows your hard work.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

Shakhupura climate must be different from Lahore, Clianthus is a failure in Lahore. I have even failed to grow Calla lilies.
I like the idea of mixed planting of foot ball lily, what if it is left there to naturalise? Are yours a fresh planting if so when did you plant them.

brig sb climate of sheikhupura is similar to Lahore only difference is shade of trees.my football lilly,clivias and callas are growing under dense shade of mango trees.only dotted leaf calla lily is plantation of this year other 4 calla lilies are from previous year.green leaf calla lillies are growing healthy with big leaves and height of 2 feet but no blooms.so till now it is failure for me also but i am hopeful that dotted leaf calla lilly will bloom INSHAHALLAH.My football lillies remain in ground.

Hamad, you beautiful garden is like a natural botanical garden...and that bluish green insect looks like an alien invader!

yes farooq bhai it is very beautiful bug.

Simply superb! Its very hard to keep a garden full of blooms these days Hamad.It shows your hard work.

thanks khan sb..struggling with heat have lost many plants and trying to save remaining.

[Mustansir Billah]

Wow! Your garden....AMAZING!

[Tahir Khan]

Splendid as always, are the rudbeckias from T&M All sorts mixed ? Because the red one looks just like cherry brandy

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

yes tahir bhai you are right it is from group purchase.but color is not as dark as shown in pictures of t&m

[Tahir Khan]

Still all these are of unique colour including the chocolate disc rudbeckia , save its seeds

[newton]

Some lovely pics and you seem to have a certain skill in colour and form composition. Appreciate and noted how that bug and the leaf it had eaten (presumambly) did not seem to make you panic nor detract from the overall beauty of your plantings.

I have also picked up a tip from your posting, namely that dark colour gladioli flowers show the heat stress deterioration quickly.

regards
Ifzal

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

thanks all for good comments.
here are few updates from my garden.
bright sun..



cone flower.(Echinacea purpurea)







4th of july....



sunflower.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

Habranthus robustus..



rain lilies.

[Hamad Ahmed Kisana]

Gaillardia...






dianthus.



petunia.



Murraya paniculata.