Tropical Gardening

Probably other ways but how I do it is take a picture and my phone stores it in the gallery. Click on upload file and I get my pictures on my phone all come up as thumnails, select by tapping on the one you want, it then loads it into the reply box. Add text if you want and hit post reply.

I've got double red, double yellow and a lovely peach/yellow striped double

I'd leave it and see what happens,

This one is a little miracle growing on The Child's windowsill. It has not only survived from last Christmas on the draughty North facing windowsill just above the radiator but has actually turned quite a few nicely coloured bits without any light treatment.I labour over my plants to offer...

Thank you for the advice!

J podagrica this morning. First time I have noticed its new stems, another with a bloom coming.

Thank you! I’ll investigate further…

What you have is a keiki, Hawaiian for 'baby'. You can just remove it from the old flower spike and pot it up.

Yes I'm not drying mine off this winter, not entirely anyway, trying to keep some tick over on most at least, it was a long time getting them into leaf last year, probably lost more than 2 months of the growing season.

I've had a Chamaerops in a container for about five years. It was developing those sickly spotted leaves to the point when I considered consigning it to another destination! Instead I repotted it with soil based compost, added some slow release fertiliser granules and it revived quite...

@Plantminded Thanks for your advise. Will apply the feed soon. I just watered it when replanting.

So a bit of an update. Luck has been on my side, the cannas I divided up in February have made it, I take it this has been for no other reason it has been very mild, this could’ve kind so easy the other way. The 3 cannas I did not touch, 1 was completely unviable and had rotted away in the pot,...

But if the soil is sodden, the drainage holes will allow water to get into the pot.. Just something worth bearing in mind

Give it time, the shoots will pop up. Some of mine are only just emerging

Looking hot

Thanks everyone. Hopefully it'l cheer up as it gets used to its new surroundings.

Interesting @Victoria I've not come across the red ones before. Mine all live indoors nowadays and will be celebrating their 40th birthday this year. Varying sizes depending on how they've been allowed to go mad or restricted due to space available.

Just another update on this plant. After giving me 7 gorgeous inflorescences, it took a short rest. Then it was time to get growing, again. The first thing it did was to start a new keiki. The original one I planted in its mother's pot. Its about 2-3mm diam and has put on a teeny weeny new...

Thanks so much for these replies. Much appreciated and very prompt!