Tropical Gardening

wow thanks, you are right ........as I remember they where called cinese date as well , as much as they can handle frost really easy ....but I suppose that is one them fruit that no one wanted and it will be impossible to find it.

Bit of a stretch here, as they're actually blooming in the cool spare bedroom. Anyway, the Phals are taking off. A nice "dwarf" white one............... This next one refused to bloom for two years, instead growing lots of very large leaves. Last year I stupidly snapped the flower spike...

Dont blame bilbo going down the seed route, I did the same with H. densiflorum. But if you buy roots you get the best flowering, often hybrids. Having said that, I've lost a few good ones overwinter. I find many flower far too late in the season, so I would go for the ones that flower earliest.

Probably duff bulbs!!

Thanks for all the replies and advise Ive had the Yucca sitting in the conservatory for the last week where it getting lots of light during the day time. I havent watered it at all either. It still looking pretty much like the pics in the original post. Is it without saving and i should...

I think they are lovely, but lost two last winter. I tried to overwinter them in a frost free greenhouse, but have subsequently read that they need to be warmer than that. Though Victoria experience doesn't support that idea.

Gave it some warm water today. Was pretty warm today in the greenhouse. Still trying to persuade the other half to let me bring it inside If not I think I'm going to repot it in a slightly bigger pot in april and then put it in the soil in its pot in may on the front garden

thank you kristen

I took pics of the pink, I have them on C-D somewhere. Your Images are lovely Vicky and Harry.

PeterS - I'm no longer surprised by it, but blooming by mid March is a bit of a record. Last year it was the 5th of April. Pete - it does self seed, but autumn seedlinmgs are not a problem and the spring ones are easily taken care of. This one came through the winter of 2010/11 easily! JWK ...

Forget the GC's - find the smaller nurseries! These tend to be the places that have good deals on Fuchsia too..........

I have seeds for Dorycnium hirsutum if anyone is interested...........

How large are yours now Victoria? I have two one year old seedlings which are about 20cm tall..............

The spike was spotted almost exactly seven years after the seed was sown!

T.mysorensis is a beauty, and as stated can make a nice conservatory or greenhouse specimen. On our visit to Hill House Nursery last year I convinced my better half that she really wanted this - Thunbergia gregorii..............

Hurstwood BowWayne Hurstwood Elinor is below this one.Here is Hurstwood Bow (H. Elinors pod sister) This one has also carried the strong fragrance from Arborea 'S' and the gorgeous colouration from Wildfire. Another positive of these two is that they have the hardiness of the Arborea. Hope...

Hi Victoria Wayne lured me from the 'Darkside' LOL Its nice to be here, Thanks for the Welcome.AlanHurstwood Brugmansia

Hi Angelina, Instructions on my packet of 10 Iresine herbstii seeds: "20-25 deg C and needs light to germinate". About half my seeds germinated within 4 days but it's been about a week now and only one more has appeared today, so germination seems a little variable.

Nice one guys - joined a few minutes ago, and feel like I've learned something already! Follow the same sort of practice with bananas at home, but not Canna before. Maybe this ought to be the year I start...

When I first "re-discovered" gardening I bought some Acidanthera corms and got great results! Year after year too. Then I moved and the blooming of this plant was a thing of the past On the face of it everything is the same - both gardens face south, plenty of sun etc. So what am I doing...