I think that one is Salvia atrocyanea. Its one of my favorite Salvias. I don't have any seeds, but I can probably find you a tuber if you are...
Lovely pictures LongK - thank you - its the next best thing to being there. Clerodendrum splendens I love this one, but wouldn't know how to get...
There is a limit to how big a pot you can use - most of my stuff is in 35litre pots, though the two gingers I showed were in slightly smaller...
Pete - you are quite right. I suspect its a function of being inside over the winter with stems of 3 feet that remained green all winter. They...
[ATTACH] I thought this was as pretty as any flower. The seed pods on Asclepias curassavica have unzipped themselves.
Quite right Kristen - the 'Tara' rhizome has made the pot bulge alarmingly. But I will be lifting and splitting them soon. I did re-pot another...
Amazing Sal - and they look so healthy.
[ATTACH] These are my two outside gingers. 'Tara' on the left and Gardenarium on the right. They have both been outside for months so aren't...
Strongy - you are my hero - thank you - that's brilliant. :love30: It explains why I couldn't find it even after looking through photos of at...
Pete - even the Hedychiums that have spent spring and summer outside are about 8 feet tall. However I did keep them growing inside over the winter...
Kristen - that's very kind. But I will say no thank you. I do have three more small ones growing that I bought from Jungle Plants, a year ago, in...
Pete - many thanks for that comment - you are right. I assumed that it was gardnerianum as I knew I had that - but never having had a ginger...
Pete - good for Morrisons. Their prices are good - but its usually a very limited range of common plants. So its nice to see something different....
Hi Ollie - yes its beautiful. There are just so many beautiful and exotic plants out there.Hopefully, someone here will have grown it. But its...
Yes, it was quite a long time ago and I don't remember - but it was pretty quick. It was probably the first year, but if not it would have been...
I must admit I don't know S. oxyphora, but I have several leucantha, which I love. Its the Salvia that Christopher Lloyd said 'he most drooled...
I wouldn't question that. I just assumed 'Maurelii' as its the more common one.I now have several 'Maurelii' and I am looking forward to...
Joolz - what a fabulous Strelizia, I am very envious - and a lovely jungley picture with a beautiful Ensete 'Maurelii', which has to be one of my...
Spruce - I love that Eucomis 'Pink Gin'. I find some Eucomis are a bit underwhelming but that's a cracker. Kristen - that's a wonderful jungle...
Late follow up At the start of this thread I cut an Ensete 'Maurelii' into 4 pieces. In retrospect it was clear that one on the pieces contained...
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