Tropical Gardening

I was expecting David Attenborough to pop out from behind a plant. I am in total awe!!!

I have never grown this plant before, so thought I would give it a go. I Have 7 plants in my conservatory, and for the past 2 months have started happily flowering away. . How long can I expect them to keep flowering,Do I cut them back/do they die down by themselves?, any information would...

Thank you - much appreciated advice.

Cool enough now for them not to be an issue I think. On the plus side I still have a few left, and the ones that I lost were very useful in as much as everything else was left alone.

Strictly speaking edible ginger, I think, is Zingiber officinale, as opposed to the ornamental gingers that are various species of Hedychium. But they are all the same family and closely related.

See also: What's looking exotic in November 2012 What's Looking Good - Month-by-month Index

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...

Tony is Legend Plus he plays the Squeeze box and trumpet TOP MAN

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?