What can I grow on my terrace/patio here in Doha?

Sounds fun Jauntie! I'll bring the pink flamingos. :)  

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looks like I have a PPPP on my hands!  aka Plant a Plastic Palmtree Party :D

I shall be in touch!

Why so modest? you're an amazing interior decorator...Im telling you people, this woman has a flare for artistry...

i will ask hubby to give you some plants !

I have to 'boast' of my terrace, because my entire apartment would fit 4 times into some of the ground floors of villas around Doha!

I have nothing else to boast about, so I would like to make the terrace something special, an extension of my living area - it was why I chose this apartment - I'm a country gal and like the open air and some greenery around me  :D

Jauntie ...now that you have done boasting about your endless acres of terrace...

You can grow anything there as long as it is shaded in the summer, and watered through the year.

The shade has to be opaque, possibly wooden that would not fly off on a windy day. 

I think you will find that capsicum (the big bell peppers) grow well in containers

Now all I have to do is get motivated ...

One good thing is that the previous occupants of this apartment left lots of pots of all sizes and NOT terracotta, so I have no excuse, really, not to start 'horticulturing'.

They also left all the earth in the pots and planters, which I shall have to dispose of somehow as it must have little or no nutrients left in it by now.

Guess I can emulate the prisoners in those old films about prison escapes, when they dug tunnels under the prison, stuffed the earth down their trousers then walked around the exercise yard dribbling it out a little at a time from the bottom of their trews lol

OR .. I can just bag it up and dump it in the bin outside :D

Jauntie - laughing about the astro turf! Can you even imagine how hot that would be!

I grow bougainvilla in a pot, pansies and petunias(not summer), ferns, and that purple stuff that will grow anywhere - with the pointy, skinny leaves. I can't think of the name but it does great in the heat and it's in a lot of the beds around town.  Everything died down in the summer except for bougainvilla and purple stuff.

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Mulbery is one of the fruits you can grow here.

If you want something that would trail up the wall, consider growing sweet potatoes.

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one of my hobbies is gardening and I try many things, but one thing I could not figure out whch is how to grow salad?

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hmmm go to nursery and fine some plants there which spreads faster i dont know whats it called got small leaves will cover all the walls

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I may just do that!  

My sister only left early this morning and I'm now trying to get my head around this new apartment we moved into mid-December just before we left for a hol in the UK.

May grab you in a few days time, if that's OK!

This is good stuff you are giving me - I didn't know where to begin, my brain kind of went dead at how to grow things here lol

If you have time and you want to I can meet up with you and take you to a couple of Garden shops where you can buy things at a reasonable price and also  things to plant.

 Off for the day now but do call if you are interested.

if you go to garden centre just beside the signals of dohacinema towards the mall round you may get them as bonsai plants mostly oranges or something similar..

I grew tomatoes and beans and salad, they are eay to grow beans can grow up the wall they flower nicely not so sure how tomatoes grow but your could try grapes they will need to be strung up and so will the beans. All of them need to be watered regularly during the summer or will not amount to anything. lol

Grapes like hot weather and grow easily and can also spend a little shadow if you have enough.

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hibiscus ? 

what fruit would you suggest, if it's grown in a large pot?   One which would trail up a wall, or something like a strawberry bush ... for example

We palyed hard ball cricket on Astro Turf :)

best is you can grow something which gives in a year fruits and you dont need to water them regularly also...

very helpful to me.  thanks

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Are you starting a new business?

Well, many plants grow here provided they are given a proper care.

All the things you mentioned can grow here.  

Add to it: Petunia, panse, carnations, jasmine family.

Tomato can gorw from seeds.

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bougainvilla,cactus....

LMAO

it's a terrace, so has to be in pots.    Ivy sounds OK though, if it grows here without toooo much watering?

 how about banana tree

or hmm ivy is good too. 

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