Tropical Gardening

Ah yes, you've mentioned that before, sorry forgot. Quite!

Years ago I`ve managed to germinate banana rajapuri from a banana bought in a shop , don`t ask how I lost the plants as I still feel stupid. Anyway bought some more bananas last week and the seeds are actually tiny smaller then before and they are coming from Ghana and not from Thailnad as...

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looks lovely and will be gorgus covered in scented flower

I can see few ramirezs and an angel fish , nice balance as many fish are south american ....it would have impossible to keep an african Cichlid in there , they would have killed all the other fish and eat all the plants . those are the public anemy number one....the most aggressive of all...

You mean I got something right ??

yup, I have bubble wrap up all year round. Don't need it in summer, but it is too much of a pain to keep taking down, and then putting back up.

If anyone has any spare I would really like some Persian Shield - Strobilanthes dyerianus

Kristen what about one of thisis that impressive enough? another one on my growing list for next year is (again) cyphomandra corymbiflora the hardy tomato tree.

LINK to the Cuttings Thread, just in case anyone needs it

Thanks salamander,its in the greenhouse now as im not sure on its hardiness or age so il keep it safe for now til i find some info on it bought it from The lost world nursery thou they didnt have a lot of stock online last time i looked.

I'm sure the fact they are undercover from rain will make the big difference.

In case anyone would love to grow a virtual free tropical plant this is how is done. Select a nice and healty plant , avoid large pinapple from the caribbean or hawaii , then pinch one of the middle leaves and try to pull one off , if the leave will come off then avoid that one and get a fresh...

Helleborus for winter interest?

The trees around me are positively heaving with fruit at the moment, better than most years and we have had a very dry summer. We also had one of our driest winters ever when normally we get torrents of rain ready for the summer drought. I love pomegrate juice but cannot stand to eat the...

Bent but not to bent according to Our EU friends Seriously though still might give it a go. I too have seen the superbum on jungle seeds and i like the zebra a too!

I likes Liverworts

The "skirt" seemed a lot narrower than that, more like Nicotiana glauca - except that I thought the foliage looked "normal" for Nicotiana, and Nicotiana glauca has different foliage. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention to the leaves!

Pete, the Aloe was one of two pups given to by Bob, remember him ? (North Devon). He said there wa a long wall nearby with Aloes planted all the way long it. It's probably milder there than here (frost pocket). Depending on the winter it should be relatively hardy but as we had -8/9c here last...

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