Silk Cotton Tree- Coloring sky with red and orange flowers

 Silk Cotton Tree 

It is also called Kapok Tree, Red Silk Cotton tree. Its botanical name is Bombax ceiba(say-bah)/ malabaricum. It is conducive to climate of Lahore (USA hardiness Z 9b- 11). Belongs to Malvaceae family of plants. 

Size of the trunk. Select a proper place.
Photo by Rashad. 10 Feb 14

Grows up to 40 feet. Lahore Fort.
Photo by Rashad. 10 Nov 13.

Deciduous. Jinnah Garden. Photo by Rashad. 

Seeds are poisonous. Jinnah bagh.
Photo by Rashad. 30 nov 13.

Likes full sun. Jahangir's Tomb Lahore.
Photo by Rashad. 8 Dec 13.

Red Bloom. Photo by Rashad. 15 Mar 14.

Attractive to birds, bees and butterflies.
Orange bloom. Photo by Rashad. 15 Mar 14.

View at night with moon. Photo by Rashad.
Sarwar Colony. 15 Nov 13.

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Bismarck Palm- Adds silver to the landscape

Bismarck Palm

• It could be spelled as Bismark or Bismarck Palm.  Botanical name is Bismarckia nobilis.  In local market even know as Bismarkia palm. Conducive to  Most soils and Lahore climate ( USA Hardiness zone Z 9a- 11). Belongs to Arecaceae family. Named after German Chancellor Otto Van Bismarck.

Dioecious- separate male and female palm.
Could be potted to contain it, but what for. 
8 N0v 13. Photo by Rashad.

Move up to 40 feet.  Photo by Rashad. 9 Nov 13.

Mooning the Bismarkia. Photo by Rashad. 29 Nov 13.

Sprawling. Nearly spherical leaf crown. 
Plant it little away from boundary walls. 
Photo by Rashad

Group plantation. Jinnah Garden. Photo by Rashad
25 Oct 13

Blooms in mid summer. Photo by Rashad. 
25 Oct 13.

Virginie and Ali - friends from Canada. Photo by Rashad.
10 Mar 14.

Ornamental and handsome plant. 13 Nov 13.
.Reflection of the setting sun.  Photo by Rashad

Xerophyte. A plant for the parks. Pakistan Park.
 Photo by Rashad. 13 Nov 13

Nobilis mean showy, noteworthy. Adorns corner of a house. 
Photo by Rashad. Lahore Cantt.27 Mar 13

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Coral Vine- Pink blooms repeatedly

 Coral Vine

• Its botanical name is Antigonon (an-TIG-oh-non) leptopus (LEP-toh-puss). Other common names are coral vine and Mexican Creeper. It is conducive to climate of Lahore (USA hardiness Zone 8a- 10b. It belongs to Polygonaceae family.

Bloom repeatedly, color is pink to white.
Photo by Rashad. Nov 13.

Adds to the landscape even without flowers.
It is evergreen. Photo by Rashad. Aug 13.

Has edible roots, leaves and flowers.
But must be cooked. Photo by Rashad.

Covers fences and can climb trellises. 
Photo by Rashad. Oct 13. Jinnah Garden.

Attractive to birds, bees and butterflies.
Can screen unsightly areas. Photo by Rashad.

Welcome in the morning. Can tolerate drought.
Photo by Rashad. Oct 13. Lahore Cantt.

Can climb up to 40 feet. Photo by Rashad. Oct 13.
 Lahore cantonment.

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Beaumontia climber- white flowers are appearing

Beaumontia Climber 

• Its botanical name is Beaumontia grandiflora. Its other names are- Herald's Trumpet, Easter Lily Vine, Nepal Trumpet Flower. It belongs to plant family of Apocynaceae. Lahore is adorned by it, can thrive in USA Hardiness Zone 10a- 11.  March around your area to watch it during month of March.

Likes to be in full sun. Photo by Rashad. 

Can grow up to 40 feet. Photo by Rashad. Mar 13.

Ornamental climber. Needs firm support. 
Photo by Rashad

Evergreen,  can create living walls.
. Jinnah Garden. Photo by Rashad

Facing sun and blooming first. Taken on first March 14.
Photo by Rashad

Bloom is white/ near white and bell shaped. 
Shot on 1 Mar 14. Photo by Rashad

Elegance. Bloom time Spring to mid summers. 
Mar 13. Photo by Rashad 

Preparing to give flowers in March.
 Photo by Rashad.

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