Tropical Gardening

While I was driving around New Zealnd , near by Christchurch (10/15 frost every year and -4c ) I saw this amazing plant that look like a young coconut tree , but then after a closer look I realised that it was setaria palmifolia never seen it before and i was quite surprice to see that actually...

I shall share a photo later.

Yesterday I fed all my Orchids some with just growth feed. And Orchids in bloom used Orchid bloom feed. Next time I will feed them shall be end of January.

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...

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...

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...

Quite a few of the houseplants have sulked since the move, especially the orchids. A couple have thrived though............. This is one of my favourites..............

I have been sent some seeds for Tricyrtis lasiocarpa and have two questions;1 - are these viable seeds? They look a little small to me............. and2 - what is the correct way to go about germinating them? I've grown Tricyrtis in the past and have always needed to give them a...

Hi, I am both new to the forum and to gardening!!! I purchased 3 Trachycarpus fortunei palms. Two are doing very well indeed but the third has what i think is palm scale. I can only describe that the poorly palm has clear like dots which have a brown centre. When i have removed them they kinda...

When I first "re-discovered" gardening I bought some Acidanthera corms and got great results! Year after year too. Then I moved and the blooming of this plant was a thing of the past On the face of it everything is the same - both gardens face south, plenty of sun etc. So what am I doing...

stumbled accross a website selling unusual plants/shrubs in the UK Tropical Plants | Carreglefn Nurseries | Buy Online found these interesting: Avocado Bacon .... hardy to -5 degrees .... have researched further, and many say it is hardier ... takes 3 years to start producing avos though,...

My wife saved the above orchids from plants purchased last year at Sainsburys. These were repotted after flowering and recently they have produced buds, and flowers were almost ready to open. However they are dropping these flower buds without opening.They are situated in the living room...

Has anyone grown Dichondra argentea , silver falls from seed ? I was just wondering how they performed over a season . The pictures on the seed sites look wonderfuI - but then they always do I did buy some Dichondra emerald falls plugs a while ago and they never really performed when I side...

Hi All . Has anyone grown Richea? or is growing one? they are from Tasmania and supposely ideal to british weather , but as far as I know all the tasmanian plants are kind of slow growing and seed are treacky to germinate.

What a grey day ! :( Must be time to get the camera out and spend an hour on an update :D

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

I have a cordyline with 2 young plants growing from the bottom, can i cut these off and grow, or what is the best way to grow them on.

im moving house soon ab=nd want to take my outside yukka with me...Is it safe to dig it up now...January and replant?