Tropical Gardening

The "skirt" seemed a lot narrower than that, more like Nicotiana glauca - except that I thought the foliage looked "normal" for Nicotiana, and Nicotiana glauca has different foliage. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention to the leaves!

I likes Liverworts

Bent but not to bent according to Our EU friends Seriously though still might give it a go. I too have seen the superbum on jungle seeds and i like the zebra a too!

The trees around me are positively heaving with fruit at the moment, better than most years and we have had a very dry summer. We also had one of our driest winters ever when normally we get torrents of rain ready for the summer drought. I love pomegrate juice but cannot stand to eat the...

Helleborus for winter interest?

In case anyone would love to grow a virtual free tropical plant this is how is done. Select a nice and healty plant , avoid large pinapple from the caribbean or hawaii , then pinch one of the middle leaves and try to pull one off , if the leave will come off then avoid that one and get a fresh...

I'm sure the fact they are undercover from rain will make the big difference.

Thanks salamander,its in the greenhouse now as im not sure on its hardiness or age so il keep it safe for now til i find some info on it bought it from The lost world nursery thou they didnt have a lot of stock online last time i looked.

LINK to the Cuttings Thread, just in case anyone needs it

Kristen what about one of thisis that impressive enough? another one on my growing list for next year is (again) cyphomandra corymbiflora the hardy tomato tree.

If anyone has any spare I would really like some Persian Shield - Strobilanthes dyerianus

yup, I have bubble wrap up all year round. Don't need it in summer, but it is too much of a pain to keep taking down, and then putting back up.

You mean I got something right ??

I can see few ramirezs and an angel fish , nice balance as many fish are south american ....it would have impossible to keep an african Cichlid in there , they would have killed all the other fish and eat all the plants . those are the public anemy number one....the most aggressive of all...

looks lovely and will be gorgus covered in scented flower

Tony is Legend Plus he plays the Squeeze box and trumpet TOP MAN

Years ago I`ve managed to germinate banana rajapuri from a banana bought in a shop , don`t ask how I lost the plants as I still feel stupid. Anyway bought some more bananas last week and the seeds are actually tiny smaller then before and they are coming from Ghana and not from Thailnad as...

Ah yes, you've mentioned that before, sorry forgot. Quite!

See also: What's looking exotic in November 2012 What's Looking Good - Month-by-month Index

Strictly speaking edible ginger, I think, is Zingiber officinale, as opposed to the ornamental gingers that are various species of Hedychium. But they are all the same family and closely related.