One advantage of the baggie method is that you can see any mould or rot, and adjust the amount of moisture. If rot does occur, in a small spot,...
I think the last one is Calathea picturata, also known as Calathea corona. As Victoria said its part of the Maranta family
Its a good incentive to buy just one expensive named cultivar - then to propagate your own.
Excellent LongK - I never knew you could take leaf cuttings of Eucomis. I have just had a Google and see that you can get quite a few bulbils...
Kristen - thank very much for all your useful comments. I am flying totally blind with these - so your experience and opinions are very useful....
LongK - I have never heard of Clerodendrum incisum - thats lovely. I feel a Clerodendrum moment coming on. I think they are nearly all from...
Hello and a warm welcome to the forum Mrs H. For me, the great joy of this forum is that we all get exposed to plants that we don't know - and...
LongK - thats very kind - but frankly I have too many plants and seeds at the moment - so no thank you. I just received some more from Jungle...
LongK - that's brilliant thank you. That's not the place that the RHS plant finder gave - but The Old Walled Garden does appear to be currently...
LongK - At the moment I have a large empty area waiting to be filled - so rampance is no problem for this year - but I take your point, plants...
My object, inside my garden room, is to have a garden - rather than just a collection of plants. So my purpose is to find some climbers to clothe...
Stephen - nice to hear your experience. I admit the winter minimums are not very precise, but they seem to vary such a lot on different sites. My...
[IMG] Campsis radicans – Trumpet Creeper Origin : South eastern United States Family :Bignoniaceae (Jacaranda family) Growth : deciduous...
As some may know I have recently aquired a conservatory/garden room.So my mind has turned to climbers to cover the back wall and go across the...
Pete - thats very kind - but I do have a Cavendish - I really only bought it because it was very cheap. I understand that they need more heat over...
Thanks Pete - I have been planning to grow them under glass for as long as possible. I doubt that any banana would survive outside over winter in...
Perhaps there are almost two seperate dormant states - there are probably technical names for them. I understood, from what I read, that if a...
I have just been sent a few photos my friends took. [ATTACH] This is a general view of the Tropical biome. You can see what I mean about the...
I have read that bananas will flower after they reach a certain stage, sometimes after a certain number of leaves. In a hot country this could be...
Hi ODB and welcome to the forum. I am sorry to hear about your cat - but what a nice idea to plant a tree in memory. I know nothing about trees...
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