The Cedrus deodar is a popular ornamental here!
Native plants. NW'st quadrant of Himalayas.
Great photos.... do you use the capers in cooking?
Capers in cooking? I do not know what capers are. If you are talking about Capparis decidua, I do not think so. Let me find out.
Thank you every one. Ok! Let me try to start it up again.
Buttercups flowering their heads off.
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Arif.
How Beautiful! Thank You!
Some thing for the Saivia lovers. Salvia sclarea. clary sage. These are in the wild.
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Arif
Most welcome.
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Arif.
Thank You! I love Salvia. Love the pretty light blue color. Thank You for sharing the beauty.
It is an escapee from cultivation then? Or?
Welcome to Salvia lovers. No it is not an escapee but wild. It is a native plant as are the following.
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Arif.
Bhaker (Justicia adhatoda)
(Eremostachys vicaryi)
Nice to see what grows in other parts of the world. Thanks
Welcome. Sun Spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia) with another variant of Clary Sage (Salvia sclarea).
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Arif.
Wow, Love the foliage on the Eremostachys Vicaryi Big and Bold! Thank You for the nice pictures!
Platanus orientalis.
Nice shaped Maple Tree! We have them all over here. Thank You!
ooouch! That is not an Acer tree(Maple tree). I do not know if any part of Platanus is even edible. This is also a huge tree and a beauty. What you see are juveniles.
First two, Chinese Spinach (Amaranthus viridis). Edible weed, delicious and a famine food.
Next three are Morus alba and some places give the name as cultivar Pakistan but I do not agree. We also have a wild Morus alba not as sweet but I don't have photographs of that one. On my to do list with small Morus black.
Lot of things on the to do list but ID'ing them keeps me occupied out of proportion. Now where has that edible Pursalane photographs vanished?
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Arif.
Sorry about that! I thought the leaves looked like a maple.
Thank You for sharing your native plants!
Your ongoing tour is much appreciated.
Albiza lebbeck. Its flowers have an overpowering perfume at sunrise. Quite hardy and take frost up to 8b.
Agave (Agave angustifolia).
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Arif.
Thank You for the great pictures.
We have Morus rubra. The fruit is just ripening and our bird population is busy stripping it clean.
We have Morus rubra but mine has not set fruit as yet. Maybe it is setting fruit but I have not seen any with the birds around. The tree is four years old and it will fruit faster then the birds can eat them when more mature. No harm, I planted them to attract birds and that is what is happening. Got a breeding pair of Himalayan crested Bulbul and a dozen juveniles. Quite tame. Two pairs of quarrelling Myna's also busy in producing babies plus a peck at me every now and then if I have not dug up the soil for a long time. They love insects plus are quite cheeky.
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Arif.
Would love to see pictures of your birds? A lot of us garden for birds and wildlife as well.
The mulberryleaves are quite nutritious for my green iguana - has one of the highest natural calcium levels, if I remember correctly. I love the tree for that reason too. :)
Thanks Amanda, birds? I for some reason have not got any of the birds to standstill long enough for me to take a photograph even though they are quite used to me and sit next to me while I am digging waiting for tit bits.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-vented_Bulbul
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8830014
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_Myna
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Myna
Got a breeding pair living in the garden, maybe some day I might have my camera with me while digging but cameras and digging don't go together.
Regards,
Arif.
You're right about camera and birds! Yours are lovely! I am not familiar with those species.
This is the bird species that travels in packs from tree to tree stripping fruit as they go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar_waxwing
There are a couple of other species in particular that also enjoy the mulberry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_thrasher
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Catbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird
Your birds are beautiful Thank You for sharing them with us. I never have my camera with me in my garden either. Thank You again!
Most welcome. Sorry for the tardy replies but somehow I am hooked on PalmBob, Geoff Stein. Woow what a gentleman of knowledge. Hats off to him. I suppose when I have stopped soaking in his knowledge then I may have some time for threads. :)
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Arif.
1) Ragweed.
2) Rocket salad.
3) Ditto.
4) The inner workings of a sunflower.
5) Strobilanthes rankanensis
1) 2) 3) Hibiscus, a very old cultivar growing wild, a legacy from colonial era.
4) 5) Sorbus Cashmeriana
Cassia fistula, Height 30-50 feet. Zone 9 to 11. Salt resistant. Medicinal. All parts poison. Tap root.
This is my own thread and I am not imposing myself on any one. Only those come who want to and there should be no objection.
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Arif.
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Lovely Pictures! Thank You for sharing!
Thank You for sharing the chance to stand with Malala ! My heart and prayers go out to her family. I pray her dream becomes reality for others.
Mine to. I just want to highlight the plight of innocent girls caught in the middle of this good for nothing affair. I wish you all would put down your proper names so that I could say thank you but this is some what of an impersonal site.
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Arif.