Tropical Gardening

Looking good aways!

Hi Kristen - will do

I got seeds from mine last year. I'll start them off in the next week as I recall Kristen wanted one too.

Have a look here:I have bought quite a few bamboo from them. Good quality and the owner always gives good advice, and is very helpful.

Taro (or Colocasia esculenta) is said to be the oldest known cultivated crop. Wikipedia quotes it as being cultivated in India earlier than 5000 BC. I bought some of the larger variety from a West Indian stall in Bradford market, and the lady there said that she shredded it and added it to...

Not so much grow as bake the bulbs. Plenty of water from above when you put the pot out too I think is your best chance of success.

Flippin' 'eck BM, long time no see!!

Thanks! We'll talk in a few weeks regarding Salvias (by way of return).

Kristen - very nice to see an objective appraisal from knowledge. My only experience so far is Ensete 'Murelii', which I love - especially its colour. Maurelii doesn't pup - but last autumn I cut one into 4 quarters. It now has lots of growing points and potential new plants.

Thanks Sirius , I'll just keep tidying it up like last year.

mine have kept all the fronds on this year so far, but getting a bit fed up of wrapping them up when I think frost is on the way , but doesn't take long to do.

... and several years' wait !!

Thanks guys!The attraction of this unknown Beschorneria species are twofold;1] It is genuinely dwarf in the foliage (but the flower spike is not a lot smaller) so it is easy to overwinter under cover. 2] It can go from seed to flower in a year apparently.

It would be handy if I could apply that regime to a few of my tender plants!

Love that Canna creamy stripe Sal

This from a thread on HTUK:"I can tell you they don't like temperatures between 10-15c or being kept on the dry side. Given quite a few away and I'm left with one and thats looking ropey! Seems to me they have to have a minimum winter temp of 19c, be kept moist and as much light as...

I would like to give them a trim as they take loads of space in the greenhouse , but as one is flowering and the other is making seeds , will leave like that . I really wanted to create some hybrids but don`t have many variety at the monent , but I`ve notice that thepink brugmansia produce...

Don't know if @sal73 has seen this yet Rochelle. I've tagged him for you

Thanks pete I'll cut off the stem now on the smaller rhizome pieces and let them dry . I store all my rhizomes in slightly damp compost . My big ( now huge ! ) Canna rhizomes I'll divide when potting up in March.

Thanks Pete, I am so pleased at it being the first one! I keep checking it.