Hi Slugmuncher.I did look up the taxonomy of Yucca - but there are so many different systems now all with different names that I get really...
Calathea is a strange plant. Looking at the big leaves you don't expect a flower like that - I gather its a member of the ginger family.
Pete- those BoPs are beautiful and that's a wonderful patch you have. I was so pleased that mine flowered for the first time this year - in a pot....
So sorry to hear about your RSM LongK. I have recently had it for the first time. Is there any way that you can nurse plants through it? I had it...
You are probably right LongK.That's the great joy of very cheap packets of bulbs - you have no idea what you have got, or when they might...
Lucky you. I too love the more impressive of the aroids. My favourite being Arisaema tortuosum - mine is currently 6 feet high (including its pot)...
Lovely LongK. I am sure, like me, you get the greatest pleasure from the ones you have grown from seed yourself.But it can be a long job. I...
Hi Harrison - and a very warm welcome to Gardeners Corner.There are a number of us who are into growing tropical plants, and its very much a...
Mowgley - I had to Google it. Its a truly fabulous looking plant and I am very tempted to see if I could squeeze one in somewhere.I see there...
Two fantastic pictures Pete. But how long does it take for a Beaucarnea to get that size.And you say "first watering" - do they like to be...
That's interesting to know Richard. Everyone else talks about bananas, but their climates are usually warmer. Ours must be the same.
They are a really good size Richard - are they basjoo?
I used to athlete's foot powder for my pedantic cuttings. Its an antifungal agent, and I read that it worked as well as hormone powder (which is...
:fingers crossed:Pete - I don't like to be pedantic - (actually - as you know - I do) but your Iochroma was a first a Dunalia, then became...
Fabulous Stephen :dbgrtmb: - presumably hardy with you.
:roflol::roflol: I have tried all the cures - but nothing works.That Clerodendrum paniculatum looks fabulous - it took my fancy a long time ago...
I was so impressed by the Wentworth conservatory, that it set me thinking what could I do to make my own conservatory look a bit better. So I have...
Alisa - absolutely fabulous - only just seen this thread.
I have grown quite fond of Guzmania. The leaves keep that colour for a long time and are good value for money, also you can get them in different...
Hi kerrygirl. There are quite a lot of perennials that will flower in their first year. Thompson and Morgan, and Mr Fothergill's catalogues...
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