Tropical Gardening

Sirius as much as I would love to take the challenge , it`s lost from the beginning , the plants are for one of the world leading expert who has a greenhouse that will keep at 24c all year around , drop down at night , fog in the morning , cool down in summer and artificial light for winter and...

Well then I would rather get the one, rooted, and have a better chance of it getting going.My 2 footer I bought 2 years ago has done well so far. It was rooted, so I guess it had a head start.

I wrapped mine, though might have got away with it last winter.Even so, I lost the biggest stem on a Musella lasiocarpa.

That is exactly where I found it! Coincidences abound! I used Top Tropicals as I was looking for better photos/info. Mauro Pixanto (Brazil Plants) has a good rep on another forum that I frequent.He is also listing Lobelia excelsa, Lobelia fistulosa and Lobelia polyphylla.

Sal, could be. Hard to be sure without seeing flowers.

Agree with JazzSi...it's just a 'publicity' name for Mandevilla syn. Dipladenia!

If you land on the central spike its certain death.

Lovely Bougainvillea Pete - and what a healthy looking Strelitzia too. I still can't believe that its all growing outside for you.

Naw! It's a large leaf with a bird standing on it - specifically to illustrate the size of the leaf.As soon as I'd taken the picture I told him he could fly away

ta Longk , I think more to come as well I will take another photo September Lets hope I get it through another winter , wont be much space left in the greenhouse though

Hi An update on the use of Provado Ultimate Fruit & Vegetable Bug Killer on my Brug's I wont be using it again on my Brug's, I sprayed three of the four I have, the one I didn't spray continues to grow and looks healthy. Unfortunately (comparing to the one I didn't spray) the three I sprayed...

Firstly, take it out the pot, wash off the roots and cut away all the dead ones, if the stem seems soft at the bottom you will need to keep cutting upwards until you find good tissue with no blac rot or soft bits. You then let it dry for a day and pot into gritty compost in the smallest pot...

Hahaha ... NOW I see the canes I think I was distracted by the bench before ...

On seeing your planters I thought you might be interested in this article ;

Thanks John - thats very helpful. It shows what can be done with a big plant.

I've done a lot of research about them before I bought one. It came with full growing instructions and a certificate of authenticity. We're going to grow it in a large terracotta pot.

I just pull off the individual flower (petals) that have finished, to "tidy it up a bit"

They are Phoenix canariensis,

I've planted a Clematis otophora, its a species clematis, comes from western and central China, with bright yellow flowers.