Tropical Gardening

Here's my latest Canna, a lovely rose colour ...I think that was supposed to be Cannas and not Callas in the posting above! :rolleyes:

Live North west (Cheshire) close to Dee estuary and Mersey estuary if thats how you spell it, just click on my profile. :D Also south facing and have 10ft conifers on left side of garden so I have my own little micro climate.

That's the sad thing about Bananas, you nurture them for ages, they flower and then die!!! But the baby ones growing around the base usually take over.Our local newspaper did a huge spread on a lady recently whose outside Banana flowered - caused quite a stir !!!!

Its not that warm here in the winter Fancy. Last winter was pretty mild, I think in most parts of the UK, but the year before was frosty.I tend to think that as long as the frost is intermittant and the plant can thaw out each day then they usually are alright. Continuous frost is the big...

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Hi guys thank you for the feed back.Right here goes.I planted it in the ground about mmmmm late march it looked ok it was on about the third leaf indoors.planted it out it slowed down so i fed it watered down chick poo. [dustbin full of water and a couple of pints of chicken pellets]Started...

Thanks all for advise, musa basjoo it is then. Fancy, nice plant and i will try the web site suggested.

One a week.Ok cool thanks.The reason i ask is cos im new to gardening so dont really know a lot. Unless you ask ya dont know lol.cherrs mate

Ok thanks guys ill leave it then.Thanx again..daz

My Cordyline Purpurea self-seeded all over the garden, yours may do the same but sow some to make sure. I grow up to about fifty a year at work in spring and germinate in about 3/4 weeks depending on temperature usually around 22c.

Hi banana man yes they get a bit droopy in the summer some days, I just get the hose on them at night for a few mins and that revives them.

Hi pete thay look cracking mate.This is my first year growing nanas.I cant wait till my plant gets big.My basjoos about 5 ft at the moment...daz

Hi I grow colocasia esculenta, the taro, I've just put it straight in the garden with the top level with the soil, it soon sprouts and gets loads of leaves. Then in October I just dig it up cut off the leaves and store in greenhouse. I also have the black magic one, that still in it's pot from...

Hi can anyone tell me if there is a book on growing bananas please thank you ..daz

8 weeks 2 daysHang in there!

Wow thanks alot bm cant wait it will look cool growing over stream..thanx..daz

My Dad's got some which hadn't flowered before, he moved them to a very sunny spot in the garden last year and they flowered well - so it seems like position is important, as others have said!

Lovely pics BM! I love the iris but unfortunately we never have much luck with them, they bloom one year and then that is the end of them. Have the same bad luck with several other flowering plants. Soil not right, bugs, not enough care, I don't know, so I give up after a couple of years.

Great mate thay look verry healthy...daz