Tropical Gardening

Cool enough now for them not to be an issue I think. On the plus side I still have a few left, and the ones that I lost were very useful in as much as everything else was left alone.

Thank you - much appreciated advice.

I have never grown this plant before, so thought I would give it a go. I Have 7 plants in my conservatory, and for the past 2 months have started happily flowering away. . How long can I expect them to keep flowering,Do I cut them back/do they die down by themselves?, any information would...

I was expecting David Attenborough to pop out from behind a plant. I am in total awe!!!

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Brilliant Angelina. Brugmansias don't seem to mind the cold, so you could find that it will continue to flower until it is hit by frost. Sadly I had to cut off loads of flower buds when I put them in a shed for the winter. You will probably now appreciate that Brugmansia flowers on the apical...

I have one but it doesn't look anything like as spectacular as this and has never fruited. I'm jealous!

Just googled the "knees" - if it does that it's dead!

Yesterday I fed all my Orchids some with just growth feed. And Orchids in bloom used Orchid bloom feed. Next time I will feed them shall be end of January.

I shall share a photo later.

It seems to me that conventional wisdom is to "stamp" the soil down when they are replanted so they are firmly anchored. I am on heavy clay, so this may not be relevant to others, but it seems to me that the plants that I have planted "loose", with no "stamping" - not even any "treading down" -...

Yeah, I've used washing up liquid in the past on aphids, you need to make sure you squirt every last one. Plus as I say, I dont like wetting plants this time of the year.

Hi Peters , I`ve done one up as soon as I start it I`ll post some pictures .

yep,the good old Money plant. Helps to ensure lots of good people play the weekly Hospice Lottery,

That is not a definite id Sal, just a couple of ideas. I'm growing Ledebouria socialis for the first time. Hope to get something like this............... Photos linked from this page Regarding your original question, you could try the Pacific Bulb Society site. Lots of info and...

About six months.................

You have the climate, so once that you're happy that the spot is right for it you can pop it in the ground. When it is planted, put a good mulch around it (or maybe white gravel) to help prevent too much evaporation.

This September, was not that great weather wise but it still flowered quite well and you can see the seed pods forming.

I never lived in Q/land (I lived in Sydney for 10 months), but I spent just over three months there in '93. Split the time between Cairns and Townsville.

I`ve just asked my mate Tony , who so far have grown about 250 plants out of seeds from shop , it`s basicly a tropical wallnut , so will die around the 3rd year if is potted , seams that really hate confined roots , the leaves of the young plant are really big ...so worth try one and see what...