Thanks Anthony - I don't know that one. Strongy, I have had a Columnea and Aeschynanthus, but I killed both of them (actually I still have one...
My conservatory is so full that the only place I have left is for plants that hang from the ceiling. So I am starting a, very small, collection of...
Hi Pete. I think that Maurandya is the new name for Asarina, so they are one and the same. Yours is clearly outside, so some species are clearly...
Lovely Pete. But I think my conservatory would be too hot for those. There are just so many lovely climbers.[ATTACH] Crinodendron hookerianum -...
That's an amazing picture of T. usneoides. I also saw them in Orlando some years ago on trees round a swimming pool. :thumbsup:Very interesting...
Pete, I think you have put your finger on it. Without humidity they must be difficult to grow. I wouldn't have bothered if I didn't have my...
Does anyone grow air plants? I love Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides), but I recently bought four, more traditional, air plants at the Harrogate...
I didn't realise that they were that close to hardy - how cold does it get for you in winter?
Overwintering bananas indoorsI found some useful information on the Bananas.Org forum, which I would like to relay back. All types of bananas...
Thanks Pete. I have finally found the secret - if I am a bit sloppy about looking after them, it causes so many to die that there always seems to...
Which are the sikkimensis Richard? Surely not the very tall ones - are they basjoo? And how did you overwinter the basjoo? I have a couple a bit...
Coolsox - those Sarracenia flowers are lovely. I have never seen them before or even thought about them. They are not at all what I expected.And I...
Pete - its difficult to find any information on this. I always assumed that Ensete was easy to go dormant as you say and Musa was not. But I was...
Pete - I am interested in how you can treat other bananas this way.I feel that I have cracked E maurelii now. There are many cases, on the...
Hi Linz. By definition tropical plants tend to need winter protection. And this is what makes them different, because most people can't or don't...
It looks nice and sheltered. How about Eucomis pole-evansii. I am trying that for the first time. It can grow up to six feet. Its perfectly hardy,...
Hi TMAK, thanks for the comment. I really enjoy my conservatory. Its at the bottom of the garden, where the sun is, rather than attached to the...
Hi Richard. If you are ever in Harrogate - pop in and I will find you one to practice on. As you said, I have really got too many now. But I will...
[ATTACH][ATTACH] A couple of pictures of my conservatory, left and right. There is not much in flower at the moment, but I am enjoying the...
[ATTACH] The two pots on the right are my propagation attempt again of Ensete maurelii. Last autumn I cut the stem and roots off a fairly small...
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