Group 3 – Thunbergia. This third group consists of Thunbergia species which, until recently, I never realized were members of the Acanthus family....
Group 2 – others. These don’t obviously have the showy bracts and flower spikes of the previous group. [ATTACH] Justicia rizzinii – Brazilian...
Recently, unconsciously, I have been growing several members of the Acanthacea family. This has aroused my interest and am now on the lookout for...
No, I haven't got one joolz - but it comes from Madeira so I would expect it to be a bit tender. It does look very like Pieris, but like LongK I...
My watering system is just about finished and I have learnt a few lessons on the way. 1) There are several manufacturers around. The main one...
Lovely Bougainvillea Pete - and what a healthy looking Strelitzia too. I still can't believe that its all growing outside for you.
Hi Victoria. Many thanks for the comment about flowering in shade - that's very helpful - and hopeful. That first picture of yours is brilliant....
joolz - I think your Pieris type plant might be a Clethra arborea.
I would agree with you there Palustris. The head looks uneven like A. shubertii. But as you said Annie its just like A. christophii - but on a bad...
That's lovely Nick, and you have more flowers coming too - I am very envious. I have been looking again at mine and the new growth at the top...
Sports are one of the sources of new cultivars. If you take a cutting from sport material, the cutting should be the same as the sport. Yours...
What a lovely surprise Victoria. I think the essence of a sport is that it just happens by chance. If there is an error in replicating the DNA ,...
Is it Laetiporus sulphureus - Chicken of the Woods? I understand that its edible.
Its lovely, and unusual, to see some of the variations LongK.
I would agree with Kristen. The active ingredient is Glyphosate (N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine), which is a pretty simple chemical - inspite of its...
I do have a sack barrow and find it very useful. I also have some larger 50 litre pots, which can be lifted quite easily with it, but I am keeping...
Caiophora hibiscifolia - really nice LongK.Brilliant. I had my gingers inside over the winter where they continued to grow, which probably...
Lovely gingers Pete. Is this early for them? I understood they were very late flowerers. H. gardnerianum really is very tall. I have three at 7...
Pete - that Podranea looks superb. One day, when I find some space I will have to have a go at that. The flowers look pretty large and very like a...
Essentially, its one spike per plant. However if the growing point gets damaged they can throw up more than one spike - but its not bushy.
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