Tropical Gardening

... 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.

we have a large shrub of Tabernaemontana outsidemy office window...it's rather boring if I'm honest and have never noticed any scent....that's a complimentary pic of it though ;-)

It flowers and produces a large, hard, black berry. I purchased six seeds, started two and two weeks later had two plants. The plant in the photo is four months old. Here is the information from the site: Mgambo is a little gem of a tree native to East Africa. Only 15' tall in captivity, it...

@sal73 - if you went to Harrys' link then the Begonia would have been a big plant. I've been there a few times, ordered on the net a couple of times too and totally swear by them. For example, most plants that I've had are second year plants requiring a one metre box for mail order. P&P is not...

I'm also certain that I've had longer inflorescences on Hedychium greenii in previous years, but mine have been like yours this year ... apart from their ease of propagation if they don't improve I'm going to find them a new owner

I'm leaving the Musella and the basjoo outside, Sal. I intend giving them a bit of protection, but if they dont make it I have replacements as both sucker quite well.

Thanks Fern! The best thing about it is that the colours in real life are as good as in the first photo that I saw of it!

Mine are a little behind yours at the moment Peter. They'll be in the g/house with a little heat this winter I'm afraid as my front room hits 25°c once I get the fire going!I'm just building up the courage to dry out my seed grown Gloriosa lutea for their first winter rest.

@JWK That's rather low overnight temps for tomatoes!

New thread available for What's Looking Exotic in October 2013 - in case you want to mark it as "watched"

Apparently if you call it a scientific experiment there is no failure, only lessons learned!