Tropical Gardening

clay keep the moist , this year we had a -8 and the gunnera survived happy and healty , under strange circustance i had my Thalia next to it and for the first time i managed to keep it alive , I think clay keep them warmer in winter and keep the roots undercontroll ....or just luck.

epsom salts for magnesium forked into the root system then covered in mulch , mirical grow soluable feed as a foliar feed monthly and i've just started feeding them with maxicrop seaweed extract instead of mirical grow will post results if any

I'd vote for Gunnera. I had one by the pond in our last garden and although dramatic, it didn't dominate. Sadly we had to move in such a hurry that I left it behind. Luckily, I'd given a piece to a local Buddhist retreat centre. As it was planted next to the reed bed treatment pond it did grow...

Hi, I am both new to the forum and to gardening!!! I purchased 3 Trachycarpus fortunei palms. Two are doing very well indeed but the third has what i think is palm scale. I can only describe that the poorly palm has clear like dots which have a brown centre. When i have removed them they kinda...

that was 2 weeks ago , last week they had orchids and brugmansia for £5 . there are tropical plants everywhere

I love the color, very nice.

Thanks Scotkat. Unfortunately the Phals have mostly got to go in the house move.

talking about insulation , Pete did you ever use woodshaving rathen that straw? I`ve used the tenon machine shaving , it kept dry but still lost the bananas as they where to small , it would be nice to find a less messy way wrapping the bananas as insulation would be easy to store .

Don't be soft Kristen, she prolly has a conservatory.......... Wow!!! I hope mine has some of that size.

Seen that link before on other palm forums, I bought from him. Care: Cold Tolerance: To 30 degrees Growth Rate: Moderate To Fast Height: To 22' Light Req: High Soil Req: Well Draining Feeding Req: Heavy Water Reg: Moderate

Got my eye on this amongst others..............

thank you Bilbo , I`ll investigating as well : ). It look a really nice plant and would love at least one.

I'm growing T.latifolia. The only germinators that I got were the surface sown seeds, following pretty much the same temperature regime as in Bilbos post.

it`s not a soft wax , it look like candle wax really hard , I will try tmw with hot water ....I really would love to grow one , just to try how they perform in UK , it maybe will be a big failure or a great discovery , been searching all over internet but nothing.

Sorry, I meant to say a fork from a flowering branch. That way it think's it's a adult plant and produces flowers quicker. Years ago I nearly lost interest in Brugs because I used to cut them down to a stump and got frustrated at the length of time they too to flower again . Now I've learnt from...

I had loads of spanish moss. One year the sparrows had the lot.

those are the bulbs I bough already shooting . and those are last year plant that I left in water all winter (in the greenhouse.)

and finally planted .

Stephen - as you had no better replies I checked my bible out. As it is apparently a winter bloomer I reckon indoors is the only option.