Cycas revoluta- Sago cycas- Kanghi palm

Cycas revoluta

• Botanical name is Cycas revoluta. Common names are Cycad, Japanese Sago Palm, King Sago Palm, Sago Cycas and Sago Palm. Local name is Kanghi palm.  Grow well in Lahore (USA Hardiness Zone 8b- 11). Belongs to Cycadaceae family. 

 Group planting. Fortress Stadium Lahore.

A scene from Lahore Fort. 

Can attain a height ranging from 6 to 12 feet. 

Painted view. Hazori Bagh/ Garden.
Opposite Badshahi Mosque.

Parts are poisonous if ingested. Jinnah Garden. 

Suckering plant. Botanical Garden Laore. 

Grown for foliage. Garden landscape. 

Outer landscape. New fronds/ leaves. 

Female plant, center holds the pink seeds.

Can be grown indoors. A view of  nursery. Patuki.

Male plant. 

Grown as a field. Hudiara village. 

Fronds/ leaves for sale. 
Saghian Flower Market.

Inner landscape of house.
Average water requirement.

Diseased plant- will grow leaves again. 

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Quisqualis indica- Rangoon creeper (jhumka bail)

Quisqualis indica

• Botanical name is Quisqualis (kwis-KWAL-iss) indica (IN-dee-Ka). Common name is Rangoon creeper. Local name is jhumka bail as of its drooping clusters of flowers. A well sighted climber in Lahore. (USA hardiness Zone 10a- 11). Belongs to Combrataceae family. 

Grows under sun and partial shade. 
Photo by Rashad.

Can grow up to 40 feet. Photo by Rashad.

Leaves glabrous (smooth). Average water requirement. 
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New leaves. Photo by Rashad.

Mound. Jinnah Garden. Photo by Rashad.

Winters. Photo by Rashad.

Blooms scented- late summer to mid fall. 
Photo by Rashad.

Pendulous- Drooping clusters- Jhumka. 
Photo by Rashad.

Bloom red- crimson and pink. House landscape. Photo by Rashad.

Garden landscape. Photo by Rashad.

Flowers for lawn. Photo by Rashad.

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