Tropical Gardening

Rudbeckia is just a short growing bushy perennial, or short lived perennial. Black eyed Susan is a twining climber.If you just want pot plants there are all manner of half hardy plants that would be good, French and African Marigolds are really easy, a tomato plant wouldn't be out of place even.

Will do! Thanks

Thank you @wiseowl - I couldn't figure out how to do that Thanks everyone- I'm glad it's just a flower and nothing to worry about. I thought the plant has become diseased.

Thank you all for your input and suggestions. He assures me they are real. I think they are stunning

Chamaerops humulis ?

I'd forgotten that it was you who started me off on that one

I saw those Emily Mac' Croc's in DeJaggers' catalogue last week. They're a must for this year in my garden me finks!

it`s not a soft wax , it look like candle wax really hard , I will try tmw with hot water ....I really would love to grow one , just to try how they perform in UK , it maybe will be a big failure or a great discovery , been searching all over internet but nothing.

...Amazing Kindred

I've had success with the washing the roots off method. They separate 'fairly' easily in a large bucket of water. you'll lose some of the smaller roots and the plant will sulk for a month or two after repotting, but speed of growth is better when not all grouped together. For some reason, they...

Hi @Jason85 , only just noticed your unanswered post. Its common practice for them to put three or four plants together in order to create a bushier "plant". Once grown like that, they are difficult to separate, so best left alone.

Suttons sell wasaby roots ......so no need to go to a Japanese restaurant

I take it this is the spineless yucca (yucca elephantipies) If so your lucky to get away with it outside all year, must be your mild winters there on the south coast. You can do whatever you like with it, but it seems a shame to cut the top off. I think i'd leave it and just tidy up any dead...

Don't know if @sal73 has seen this yet Rochelle. I've tagged him for you

Very kind of you to offer, thank you. If you can get fresh seeds, try growing u. westonii (Polypompholyx). I grew these partially submerged and the bright pink flowers where amazing. The seeds need time, but are not too difficult to germinate.

I have read that the trunk of the "Hawaiian Palm" is like a cactus, a water reservoir. It can therefore survive for six weeks without water. Just like a real cactus it cannot stand too much water and the trunk can rot. Watering on average once a week. First feel the earth and if it is still...

That was going to be my next suggestion. A repot.

Thanks jwk, appreciate the advice. Thankfully little care, although my wife did bump the car into one!

Hi jazid, I had this happen to me with my photobucket account. They were concerned and tried to help, they could see my 19 pictures but I couldn't, never did find out what happened!

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!