Tropical Gardening

I would just like to draw the attention of you orchid lovers to some YouTube videos I have been finding very useful recently.They are called Happiness Garden and are from somewhere in the far east, all about orchids and how to treat them. Filmed with no narrative, just lovely music, with a...

My mission this winter is to keep this one alive! Need to make some more lemonchello haha. Thank you for your suggestions

@Victoria I think it is Pseuderanthemum carruthersii of which there are various colour forms. An attractive tender plant.

I think if it was mine I'd leave it for now and give it a tri to shape next April.

Many thanks Pete.

Beaucarnea recurvata with two Beaucarnea guatemalensis in front ... there were three but one died ...

Depending whether different levels i.e. steps are involved, what about repotting them into half-barrels on wheels? All my citrus trees and a fair few tender shrubs and trees are grown in them so they can be wheeled under cover for the winter, then wheeled out onto the terrace once frosts have...

I'm on the lookout for a decent sweet orange at a sensible price, but they always seem to be large plants at stupid prices.

Well if it's growing alright I'd leave well alone.

You have two so let one flower next spring and remove the tip from the other and keep us informed of what it does. Depending on where you live, then after one has flowered you will never be without them again.

Thank you @wiseowl - I couldn't figure out how to do that Thanks everyone- I'm glad it's just a flower and nothing to worry about. I thought the plant has become diseased.

Thanks for the info!

I repotted The General as I call it a couple of months ago and it looks good in The Courtyard where it gets lots of sun ...The stems are attractive too ...

Thanks for the info. I was feeling very guilty, that id maybe killed a hundred year old fern. Good to know i may not be entirely to blame. I was counting on grafting a new fern on top, but it seems that may not be viable.

I've not looked specifically at Tree Ferns but all the bigger tender plants that I like have certainly shot up in price over the last couple of years.

Thank you I will give that a try and hope for the best

Rudbeckia is just a short growing bushy perennial, or short lived perennial. Black eyed Susan is a twining climber.If you just want pot plants there are all manner of half hardy plants that would be good, French and African Marigolds are really easy, a tomato plant wouldn't be out of place even.

Thank you . Would love to visit the UK one day, too. Reviews say right after Easter is when the flowers are in fullest bloom. We still have snow on the ground here! Hoping to bring back tulip bulbs- will be hard not to want to buy a suitcase full.

Thank you, will give those a look, the Woolly thyme in particular sounds like it could fit the bill.

My plant looks perfectly heathy & has already grown a new leaf this year! Every new leaf is like a new flower!