Tropical Gardening

@NigelJ WOW! Thank you so much. That is so detailed. V

I've been growing musas for years now and still find them fascinating I've even had one of them produce 'fruit' . when it comes to pups I tend to leave them until their 1-2 feet then with the aid of a hose pipe and a sharp knife I water around the pup enough to get my hand deep enough down in...

I have always thought cold tea was good for plants, I have even put J's coffee grounds on things. And milk that has gone off, watered down. I was brought up to use what is available.

Just been watering the orchids and looking on the Vitax bottles of fertilisers they show rather different values to yours.Growth 100 - 30 - 50 Bloom 50 - 30 -100You could probably use any standard balanced fertiliser but at 1/4 strength, which some of the old hands seem to do to save...

Reading back, I saw this question I did not appear to answer. We do it twice a year, late Spring and Autumn.

Here we are 2023 so time to get the Jacarandas pollarded.We left the one on the lane this year doing well up the lamp post ..But the one in the garden by the path to the house was cut back ...

The Melaleuca was leaning too much, on Friday ...... so Saturday I had it cut back drastically ...

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.