Tropical Gardening

Excellent John - some plants are already a good size.

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

They are Phoenix canariensis,

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

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.

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

If you land on the central spike its certain death.

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

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

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.

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

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.