Tropical Gardening

yup, I have bubble wrap up all year round. Don't need it in summer, but it is too much of a pain to keep taking down, and then putting back up.

If anyone has any spare I would really like some Persian Shield - Strobilanthes dyerianus

Kristen what about one of thisis that impressive enough? another one on my growing list for next year is (again) cyphomandra corymbiflora the hardy tomato tree.

LINK to the Cuttings Thread, just in case anyone needs it

Thanks salamander,its in the greenhouse now as im not sure on its hardiness or age so il keep it safe for now til i find some info on it bought it from The lost world nursery thou they didnt have a lot of stock online last time i looked.

I'm sure the fact they are undercover from rain will make the big difference.

In case anyone would love to grow a virtual free tropical plant this is how is done. Select a nice and healty plant , avoid large pinapple from the caribbean or hawaii , then pinch one of the middle leaves and try to pull one off , if the leave will come off then avoid that one and get a fresh...

Helleborus for winter interest?

The trees around me are positively heaving with fruit at the moment, better than most years and we have had a very dry summer. We also had one of our driest winters ever when normally we get torrents of rain ready for the summer drought. I love pomegrate juice but cannot stand to eat the...

Bent but not to bent according to Our EU friends Seriously though still might give it a go. I too have seen the superbum on jungle seeds and i like the zebra a too!

I likes Liverworts

The "skirt" seemed a lot narrower than that, more like Nicotiana glauca - except that I thought the foliage looked "normal" for Nicotiana, and Nicotiana glauca has different foliage. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention to the leaves!

Pete, the Aloe was one of two pups given to by Bob, remember him ? (North Devon). He said there wa a long wall nearby with Aloes planted all the way long it. It's probably milder there than here (frost pocket). Depending on the winter it should be relatively hardy but as we had -8/9c here last...

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The fact that it is colder and frostier here than Weymouth means I have to rethink the hardiness of what I plant now. If I am to get -8/9cs, again some plants are definitely out. The less plants I have to dig up and overwinter the better. I've lost two Cycas now so I won't risk them again, much...

Zantedeschia aethiopica. Various colour forms (the standard white, pale pink, pale green) and some forms get bigger than others.

Thanks Pete & John, very nice of you to say!!Made up with the lovely comments on my garden from all of you! And thanks again to sal, I know where to order my plants from now when I come to do my front garden!

Sorry guys no website , it`s an old nursery under new ownership , I`ll take the camera with me today and will ask if I can take few pictures , they are restocking every week so really don`t know what they will have, usually some plant don`t even make the shelves as the trolly are empty out...

Thanks for your replies. I've managed to get hold of the RHS Orchid book and the Encyclepedia of Orchids, so I'm working my way through those because I'm finding some of my other orchids require different conditions, i.e. light, cool, shade, sun. Wished I'd never started