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Saturday 9 March 2019

SPRING/SUMMER FLOWERING TREES OF PAKISTAN/world - fusion stories

Spring in Lahore - flowering tree Seemal

Lahore spring



Spring booms, summer rocks across Pakistan and across the world, amid yellow, purple, red and white-colored trees all around. A country with perfect blend of all landscapes from lush green mountains of KPK, fertile plains of Punjab, Coastal roars of Balochistan till semi-deserted Sindh, every province of Pakistan bears variety of flowering trees which allure the visions of everyone, no matter the nature lovers or capitalists.




‘Ah, spring booms, summer rocks,’ a fresh breath sensed the farewell to harsh winter.  
Purple flowering trees

There is a list of trees glow from spring to whole summer but here First we’ll specifically watch out ones which announce the first sign of spring by flourishing. Why not start from beauty the full green capital of Pakistan?  


AMALTAS, (GOLDEN SHOWER) TREE, ISLAMABAD,PAKISTAN


No matter whether you enter from G.T. road via Islamabad highway or from motorway via Kashmir Highway, Islamabad daily welcomes thousands of visitors at city garland with Amaltas or golden shower trees bowed with overloaded yellow flowers at green belts across whole the city. Scorching sun is constrained to hide its face  at Islamabad behind these eye catching amaltas tree gala. Anyone can't  stop singing 
Spring booms and summer rocks at 

"THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAMABAD"    

amaltas trees at green belts of islamabad
Islamabad rocks with golden shower trees at summers 

golden shower trees at capital city islamabad,pakistan
beautiful golden shower (amaltas) trees view of Tufail Niazi Road, Islamabad 

BOMBAX CEITA (SEEMAL)OFFER FIRST SIGHT OF SPRING AT PUNJAB, PAKISTAN

Spring announces its arrival at land of five rivers Punjab, Pakistan at hands of  Seemal or Bombax Ceiba (red silk cotton tree). Bombax ceiba is an Asian  tropical tree with a tall, erect trunk with deciduous leaves which sprung by early March.
 This tree is found at many places at provincial capital Lahore across roads and in parks or at any city inside the province. Seemal  trees grab roots at Sialkot, Sahiwal, Jhelum, Sheikhupura and other fertile cities near Jhelum, Punjab and Ravi river. 
how people spot spring at punjab
Bombax Ceiba( yellow silk flower) at LAHORE announces spring

SEEMAL FLOWERING TREE ACROSS PUNJAB UNIVERSITY 


A row of Seemal flowering  trees across the walls of Punjab University marks and record the memories of graduates of campus. 

Things got interesting when any cup- like seemal flower tick at heads when love birds are busy in keeping promises under the tree. Seemal flowers keep on bowing the land until the whole tree unfold the green leaves and cotton by late March.

punjab university campus amid seemal flowers love
red and yellow semal( Bombax Ceita) flowers from two different trees 

SEEMAL TREE AT LAWNS OF PUNJAB ASSEMBLY, Lahore


A single, elegant and stood erect seemal tree in front lawns of Punjab assembly fluent for its royal status. It seems to include itself among one of lawmakers and leaders of province. The beautiful view of this tree can be enjoyed while driving from high court towards Mall square in spring.
bombax ceiba,seemal tree at lawns of Punjab assembly, lahore
red color seemal Lahore











GUL E MOHER (Delonix regia), PUNJAB AND SINDH

Gul muhar favorite flowering tree at gardens of pakistan
GULMOHAR AT GARDEN OF KARACHI



GUL E MOHAR which is also called a flame tree bows to absorbs heat to kindle itself with bulk of red flowers throughout summers at semi-deserted cities of Pakistan like Karachi, Rahim yar Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan, Bahawalpur and S,ukkur etc. , This beautiful tree stands tall with its widely spread branches veiled in red flowers to engulf shade and beauty for its viewers from far.

 Nature lovers can also spot an old Gulmohar tree at Jinnah Park, Lahore in front of the  National library narrating the grandiloquent history of British and mughaMughalsity. the  

BERNA( Crateva religiosa) TREE WELCOMES SPRING/SUMMER AT SINDH, PAKISTAN

berna tree flowers at sindh rocks in summer
Berna tree at making the t of Karachi

Sindh province of Pakistan bears a mixture of fertile and deserted land. Though the most populated city and provincial capital Karachi has very fewer trees among cemented forest all around, but Berna trees don’t forget to declare the change of season by budding pale white flowers. Berna trees can be seen at Parks, at private gardens or somewhere at roadsides across Sindh.  



GUL E NISHTAR (Erythrina Stricta)


gul e nishter is religious tree at pakistan?
gul nishter bowing flowers to land at Lahore

A generous flowering tree bearing red flowers at summers can be spotted at all provinces of Pakistan in summers.  Gul e nishter is everywhere, Whether you're travelling from Quetta to Peshawar or visiting relatives from Sindh to Punjab via train or bus. 
Every province spare glimpses of red or orange coral shape flowers at 30m high flush flowering tree. 

Many private gardens are meant to be incomplete without GUL E NISHTAR at parts of Punjab and Sindh. 

Gul e Nishtar and Gul mohar, flowering trees are also connected and are sacred  to many religions such as Buddhism and Hinduism. These two famous flowering trees are widely found in tropical and subtropical lands. 

Flowering trees of KPK

This province of Pakistan has a world’ s most stunning hilly areas around Himalaya and Karakoram.

 The people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are luckier to spot spring through blossoming of cherry buds. Cherry trees are now widely cultivated at parts of KPK.


JACARANDA TREE, PUNJAB AND KPK 

jacaranda tree bears purple flower in pakistan.
Jacaranda tree rocks at Islamabad

Although Jacaranda is wild flowering tree bears purple flowers is native to continent of America, but Pakistan with its ample land type allows this tree to root up at forests, at roadsides and at parks to enhance the colors of nature at blazing summer from Islamabad to Swat Valley and from Jhelum to Sahiwal. Villagers while sowing wheat and rice take rest under purple color fl
Jacaranda trees in Punjab fields. Jacaranda has been my personal favorite since childhood. It was fun to play with laid down purple petals from Jacaranda on roads of sector F-7 and F-6 in the capital city. 

CHERRY TREE OFFER FIRST SIGHT OF SPRING, KYBERKHYBER PAKHTUNKHWAISTAN


which tree give first sight of spring at world
flowering cherry tree announannouncesg at kyberpakhtunkhwa

APRICOT OFFER FIRST SIGHT OF SPRING AT ISLAMABAD

apricot flowers wins first prize to announce spring than cherry blossom
stunning apricot flowers at Murre

Islamabad, Murree, Ayubia, Gilyaat, Abbottabad natives rejoice spring by sighting white flora on Apricot trees by early March. This tree is planted at abundance at roadsides and lush green gardens of Islamabad and grown wild at Himalayan mountains which not only provides sweet apricots, shade but the most beautiful first sight of spring. 
To me, Apricot deserves the first prize for an announcement of spring, instead of cherishing cherry blossoms at the main parts of the world. 


Almond flowering trees of Baluchistan

People at Balochistan residing at highlands in Pakistan are luckier not only producing the world’s best almond but to view pinkish-white flowers as first spring sight at many cities like Zhob, Quetta, Dalbandin etc.

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I would end with “beauty lies I,n the eyes of beholding".

 Flowering vines, roses and small plants unfold to colorful petals to declare the spring, but the bona fide bombshell of spring is given by jovial flowering trees. 

HAPPY SPRING/SUMMER   



    



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