Plants having cosmetic value
Let me share with you some plants having cosmetic value. Botanic Name Family Common Name Property Acbillea millefolim Astaraceae Yarrow Hair lotion against baldness. Heals spots, pimples, useful for face...
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Garlic vine, Thunbergia alba and Sprekelia
Let me share with you the flowers of Garlic vine, Thunbergia alba and Sprekelia today. Garlic vine is a beautiful climber from bignonia family. The flowers and leaves emit garlic...
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Winter growing vegetables
Sowing of winter growing vegetables in mild winter climates start from September and October while fruiting goes till February and March. Find below the calender for winter vegetables. Note that...
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Rare Morning glories on my terrace garden
I love morning glories because they are easiest to maintain,pest and disease free and they flower in the poorest of soils. Not to mention they are easiest to grow from...
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Butterflies of Lahore – Indian Fritillary
Today i will show you one of the beautiful Butterflies of Lahore – Indian Fritillary Argyreus hyperbius is a not a common butterfly of Punjab. It is originally a butterfly...
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Flowers of Rose cactus and Dwarf white bauhinia
There are two unusual plants i saw recently, both blooming in late summer here. These were Flowers of Rose cactus and Dwarf white bauhinia. Both were blooming profusely. It is...
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Flowers of Ivy Gourd, Desert petunia and Firecracker
There are many shrubs and plants which suit very well to the hot climates like lahore but very under rated. Perhaps they are common but the beauty of these common...
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Butterflies of Islamabad – Clouded yellow butterfly
Another butterfly which i captured during my visit to Rose and Jasmine garden Islamabad was clouded yellow butterfly Colias croceus. It was sitting on the rose bush not on the...
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Giant Crape-myrtle, peacock flower and katsagon
There are lots of flowers in bignonia family which are ideal to the climate of lahore. Some of them are heat loving and flower profusely in hottest months in summer....
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Sunbird on my terrace garden
Humming birds are not common in lahore, pakistan while sunbirds are common here. I did see a humming bird moth in Lawrence gardens but we will have to be content...
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