Honey Bee Strelitzia Nicolai looks stunning in a pot. I'll post a pic of mine in the morning.
FranOn the way to Old Hunstanton to pick samphire, we pass Norfolk Lavender, and the car is full of:-"Purple haze all in my brain Lately...
Hornbeam, thanks for the Scorpion Fly info. I can take the beekeepers suit off now. :D
Bleujenn I've never got Cannas to flower till August before, despite twice weekly doses of tomatoe feed. Hence my surprise when this monster...
Only a skinny dragonfly so far,[img]And this. Don't know what it is, or what ails it, but it looks painful :D[img]
I would eat them crisped in hot garlic oil, if only I could find the right wine to go with them. :D :D :D Yuc!
M-L.....I am prone to these Cava fuelled flights of fancy you know. But worry ye not, the greenhouse steps have progressed. Shuttering is in...
Waco, I split up a pot of Cannas in early June, and threw the "dead" bits into a nursery pot with some soil. There are now five extra "free"...
Another one of the five stems is flowering now. I'll have to erect a viewing platform at this rate.Nik
Nice tree Mona :D :DNik
Waco, two of the Phoenixs have got definite new growing points emerging. I didn't spray with anything, but did feed them.[img]
Waco, It looks like the growing tip died two or three years ago, and it has grown some more.What do you do with the flower stem afterwards? Mine...
Lady of Leisure, You live in Portugal, oohh how I envy you. I was 50 before travel dragged me away from the UK, and Portugal was my first port of...
I bought the Canna Musifolia believing that it was most unlikely to flower in the UK, but that it would produce tall large foliage, which is...
I've been so intent on watching my one and only Strelitzia bud, ready for the "Bursting out" comp, that I didn't notice the Canna Musifolia had...
Is there a best time of year to dig the horse radish roots up? I'd love to try it but don't know when to start. Hotter the better for me.Nik
PeterS I would be very interested to know where you got your electronic plug thermostat from. It would save me the hag of making one. Keeping the...
Blimey!!!Thanks to everybody who voted, and an extra big thanks to Mrs Blue Tit for choosing my apple tree. Without her it wouldn't have been...
I understand that one of the terms of a Sky contract is that you've got to leave the set top box connected to the mains and the telephone line for...
berry Pseudosasa Japonica grows to 6-7 feet tall. Sasa Japonica grows to about 4 feet tall.Nik
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