Tropical Gardening

I would love to be able to get hold of some of those Aristolochias. Have seen Hydnora in the wild. It is a parasite that attaches itself to the roots of plants - mainly Acacia trees. You don't see the plant at all. Only the flower (if you can call it that ) emerges from the soil.

Looks like a good idea to me @mowgley . Those stems dont look nearly strong enough, to me, to survive the winter even if wrapped.As its not that big, better to be safe than sorry.

Thats beautiful

Thanks again Kristen. I don't have time to build one so it's going on my birthday/fathers day list

I took four leaves off the multifida an two off the podagrica and think another two will have to go. The podariga did this last year.

Bent but not to bent according to Our EU friends Seriously though still might give it a go. I too have seen the superbum on jungle seeds and i like the zebra a too!

That's a nice looking plant @Victoria, nice and strong and the flower is a pleasant colour

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Thanks Scotkat and PeterS.PeterS - thank my insomnia affliction (and the really annoying tickly cough that I have at the moment)! I'll no doubt have to tackle a repot soon (I keep putting that job off), so I'll do a similar post then too. I'm growing plants that I would not have been growing...

Pete - I have never had a flowering Strelitzia. Where exactly do the flower shoots come from. Is it from every leaf axil? and do you just get one flower per axil? Do you also get flowers from the outside axils which are younger, or just the central ones?

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.

That's really kind of you Pete...

Hi Raman maan Lemon grass is used in thailand for making tea and currys , the oil is used to keep moskito away and apparently an infuse of lemon grass boiled in water is used an plants to keep pests away . You can buy it in any superstore like tesco or morrison , but it`s advised to get it from...

The plants both arrived with a fantastic crown of leaves like the pictures and leaves were growing from the top. Was warned that the leaves would fall off and then re-grow from August. The first one was fine for 3 weeks so I bought the second which was much larger whose leaves went yellow and...

I think I have some seeds sprouted. Unfortunately I thought the whole lot was a waste of my time after months of nothing but moss and I put the trays with soil blocks (4 each) outside to let them freeze overnight tonight to kill off the moss and allow me to re use the soil. Well there's...

Bilbo I`m sure that your £2.50 musa will look great near the other musa you already have or even better near the bananas puppy that all the musa are producing after all this rain . Now that I remember i bough another musa just because I was thinking to plant in the soil and see how will it come...

You mean I got something right ??

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Ha ha ha!! You're beginning to see it as I do!

I know it's a bit late about starting seed but I start mine with boiling water I put them in a cup and pour over fresh boiled water till you hear a popping then pour out the water and put in cold water and get great germination rates