Monday, October 26, 2009

ipomoea purpurea, topical water lily in my garden

Here goes some pics for macro monday.These are all taken at my terrace. For other macro monday pics see Macro Monday 10/29: Dreamy Blues by Jackie and Macro Monday by Meadowsweet

Common lime butterfly on my terrace.
common lime butterfly on terrace
common lime butterfly
tropical water lily
morning glory ipomoea tricolor

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Fall plantings

Weather has cooled enough for fall plantings. This is my first fall sowing as last year i was almost a newbie with seeds and had no confidence that i will be able to grow a plant from a seed. This year things are quite different though. Here are some pics from what i call the grand fall planting, it does not include bulbs though as we will have to wait till November 1st for their planting

seedling lahore

seedling hot climate

seedling warm climate

seedling in pot

seedling paneri





























































Swan river daisy, linum and california poppy seedlings
swan river daisy seedling












Heliotropium seeds which i got from chilterns UK
seedling of heliotrope











Nigella sativa seedlings. I bought these seeds from a grocery shop.
seedling of nigella kalwanji
















cinnamon powder which i use as fungicide as i am too afraid of damping off.
cinnamon dar cheeni

















Coco peat being refined in a sieve for covering the seeds
coconut peat coco peat
















Refined coco peat
coconut husk

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Murraya Magic

Murraya exotica is my favorite shrub. Its powerful fragrance fills the air and makes you enchanted with it. Growing in a large clay pot, its strongly perfumed flowers attract lots of bees and butterflies. Strangely, with the change of season, butterflies have also changed. I think previous ones just migrated to some more warm region. And the ones coming here are more cold tolerant. Here are some of the pics i captured of this pretty shrub and do i need to tell you that the fragrance made me not to move away for a long, pretty long time actually.

marva murraya paniculata orange jasmine

butterfly moth on murraya exotica marwa
common lime butterfly on murraya marva lahore
common lime butterfly nectar flower murraya paniculata


butterfly on murraya paniculata exotica marva
flower of murraya attracting a butterfly
murraya exotica attracting a butterfly
butterfly like marva flower
butterfly marva flower in pot


murraya paniculata attracts butterflies
bee on murraya flower
macro of bee nectar murraya flower
murraya flower attracts bees

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