Tropical Gardening

Just thought some people would like to know that of the 3 varieties of Banana seeds I planted on 6 January this year I have one that has germinated. It's a Musa Mannii, so hopefully, there may be more. To be honest, I didn't have really high hopes of any of the seeds germinating especially...

Stephen - as you had no better replies I checked my bible out. As it is apparently a winter bloomer I reckon indoors is the only option.

and finally planted .

those are the bulbs I bough already shooting . and those are last year plant that I left in water all winter (in the greenhouse.)

I had loads of spanish moss. One year the sparrows had the lot.

Sorry, I meant to say a fork from a flowering branch. That way it think's it's a adult plant and produces flowers quicker. Years ago I nearly lost interest in Brugs because I used to cut them down to a stump and got frustrated at the length of time they too to flower again . Now I've learnt from...

it`s not a soft wax , it look like candle wax really hard , I will try tmw with hot water ....I really would love to grow one , just to try how they perform in UK , it maybe will be a big failure or a great discovery , been searching all over internet but nothing.

I'm growing T.latifolia. The only germinators that I got were the surface sown seeds, following pretty much the same temperature regime as in Bilbos post.

thank you Bilbo , I`ll investigating as well : ). It look a really nice plant and would love at least one.

Got my eye on this amongst others..............

Seen that link before on other palm forums, I bought from him. Care: Cold Tolerance: To 30 degrees Growth Rate: Moderate To Fast Height: To 22' Light Req: High Soil Req: Well Draining Feeding Req: Heavy Water Reg: Moderate

Don't be soft Kristen, she prolly has a conservatory.......... Wow!!! I hope mine has some of that size.

talking about insulation , Pete did you ever use woodshaving rathen that straw? I`ve used the tenon machine shaving , it kept dry but still lost the bananas as they where to small , it would be nice to find a less messy way wrapping the bananas as insulation would be easy to store .

Thanks Scotkat. Unfortunately the Phals have mostly got to go in the house move.

I love the color, very nice.

that was 2 weeks ago , last week they had orchids and brugmansia for £5 . there are tropical plants everywhere

Hi, I am both new to the forum and to gardening!!! I purchased 3 Trachycarpus fortunei palms. Two are doing very well indeed but the third has what i think is palm scale. I can only describe that the poorly palm has clear like dots which have a brown centre. When i have removed them they kinda...

I'd vote for Gunnera. I had one by the pond in our last garden and although dramatic, it didn't dominate. Sadly we had to move in such a hurry that I left it behind. Luckily, I'd given a piece to a local Buddhist retreat centre. As it was planted next to the reed bed treatment pond it did grow...

epsom salts for magnesium forked into the root system then covered in mulch , mirical grow soluable feed as a foliar feed monthly and i've just started feeding them with maxicrop seaweed extract instead of mirical grow will post results if any