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Plants to Give as Gifts: Housewarming & Good-Luck Picks

A living plant is a gift that keeps growing. The best plants to give for a housewarming, wedding, Eid or get-well — from the good-luck money plant to a red rose.

21 September 20266 min read

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Kitchen gardening

Kitchen Gardening in Lahore: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Own

Growing your own sabzi at home is easier than you think. Here's what to plant each season in Lahore, and how to start with just a few grow bags.

23 August 20266 min read

Plant guide

Lucky Plants for the Home: Lucky Bamboo, Jade & Money Plant

Lucky bamboo, jade and the money plant — what they symbolise, how many stalks to give, and how to keep them thriving. Beautiful, easy, and great to gift.

23 August 20263 min read

Plant care

Chandni (Crape Jasmine) Care: White Flowers Almost All Year in Lahore

Chandni (crape jasmine) is an easy evergreen shrub with white pinwheel flowers for much of the year, and this is how to keep it happy through Lahore's heat and cold.

25 September 20266 min read

Plant care

Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila): The Green Wall Plant for Lahore Homes

Creeping fig (Ficus pumila) can turn a bare Lahore wall green; here is how to grow it, keep it neat and keep its clinging roots off walls you care about.

25 September 20266 min read

Indoor plants

Winter Care for Indoor Plants in Lahore: Keep Them Green Till Spring

Winter care for indoor plants in Lahore: how to water, light and protect your houseplants through smog, cold nights and heater air until spring.

25 September 20267 min read

Plant care

Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii) Care: The Plant That Loves Lahore's Heat

Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii) is a tough, thorny succulent that flowers through Lahore's heat: how to water it, get it through winter and handle it safely.

25 September 20266 min read

Growing guide

Growing Grapes (Angoor) in Lahore: Planting, Training and Your First Harvest

Yes, grapes grow in Lahore: how to plant, train and prune an angoor vine, water it through the year, and pick sweet bunches before the monsoon.

25 September 20267 min read

Plant guide

Motia vs Chambeli, Raat ki Rani and Chandni: Which White Fragrant Flower Is Which?

Motia vs chambeli, plus raat ki rani and chandni: how to tell Pakistan's four white fragrant flowers apart, when each smells strongest and which suits your home.

25 September 20266 min read

Plant guide

Buying a Money Plant in Lahore: How to Pick a Healthy One

Buying a money plant in Lahore? How to tell it from jade, spot a healthy plant at the nursery, choose the right form and settle it in at home.

25 September 20266 min read