Salaam from Jhelum & UK

[newton]

Salaam to all my fellow gardners and enthusiasts

May I thank the founder members and moderators for facilitating such a fine website. I know it is hardwork but remember you have provided an excellent information resource

My name is Ifzal I am in my mid fifties an UK born and bred, I am a retired UK police officer and have had a lifelong interest in gardening. In the UK I have grown many fine plants and tended my gardens over the decades. I have built up an extensive personal knowledge of plants, gardening techniques and have seen fashions come and go. I have a large library of gardening books some dating back to the time of the British in india which provide fascinating long lost techniques used by peasent farmers in order to maintain crops.

We have cultivational family lands in Jhelum, Gujrat and Pahlia. I have recently completed a new all mod cons villa which i am hopeful will provide inspiration and desire for my children and grandchildren to visit the motherland. It is to this end I have joined this forum in order to increase my knowledge of gardening in Pakistan.

There are many native plants whose latin/common names I am still unaware of for example the maroon/red coloured small (5/6inch high ) plant used to frame borders, locally called nantra or the maroon coloured taller shrub which is cut into hedge shapes similar to the golden yellow Granta.

I am hoping to learn from fellow gardeners in order to develop our small garden that surrounds the villa. currently i have laid it out to lawn with borders around it. My vision is to develop it into a sort of topiary style garden with ficus, euphorbia, marva and conifers all neatly trimmed into geometric shapes. There will also be space for a few beds of flowers, i am thinking maybe amaryliss or dahlia

thank you in advance for any tips or inspiration you can provide

[Farhan Ahmed]

A very warm welcome. Good to know about you in detail.....the better we know each other better we are able help each other.
I am hopeful that we will learn from your rich experience.

The plant that you mentioned both are available with the same name(nanthra).......common name otherwise alternanthera.

We have many amarllyis specialists.....as you have shown your interest in.

Do share your planning, making and final form of the garden.......

Regards

[M Farooq]

Welcome Ifzal sahab!

Your rich experience will certainly benefit all of us. There are highly skilled gardeners in the list...may be you can start specific questions in separate threads along with pictures.

Regards,
Farooq

[jdashraf]

Welcome Ifzal Sb. I am sure we all on this forum will benefit from your experience. You will also get answers to your queries from our experienced seniors here on this forum. And novice gardener like me will surely enjoy reading discussions amongst senior and experienced members. Do share your plans and then implementation .. All the best.

[hassan167]

welcome ifzal sahib.

[mailkazeem]

Welcome to the forum sir!

[Kaleem]

Ifzal Sb

Welcome to the forum.
My native city is in your neighbours, Mirpur (Azad Kashmir). Hope you will enjoy and will share your gardening experiences with us.

[aykhan]

Welcome. Good to have experience on the forum.