Tropical Gardening

Hi Raman maan Lemon grass is used in thailand for making tea and currys , the oil is used to keep moskito away and apparently an infuse of lemon grass boiled in water is used an plants to keep pests away . You can buy it in any superstore like tesco or morrison , but it`s advised to get it from...

stumbled accross a website selling unusual plants/shrubs in the UK Tropical Plants | Carreglefn Nurseries | Buy Online found these interesting: Avocado Bacon .... hardy to -5 degrees .... have researched further, and many say it is hardier ... takes 3 years to start producing avos though,...

I had one for a few years. It eventually faded away.I think they like acid soil and good moisture, neither of which I really have.Just tried it on the chance it might do well enough with my rhody and a couple of camelias.

Thanks again Kristen. I don't have time to build one so it's going on my birthday/fathers day list

I think that my problem is similar. I'm trying to replicate the SA seasons, and clearly not very well! Your Chasmanthe looks interesting! I too have a Hedychium (gardnerianium) problem - tuber potted up last May and it is now fully 10cm tall!

Fantastic sal!

beautiful

Thanks Julie, glad you liked the photos!

LOL you're gonna need a whole room for THAT puppy!!!

The seeds are on Ebay, posted from America. I assume we're allowed to import seeds from the US, I think they are banned from us to them, however.I think this plant will need to be kept indoors in the winter - although if it grows in the mountains of the Dom Rep it will tolerate a climate...

Thats my guess regarding your plant as I'm thinking they are similar.

Spruce

If you want an updateI put a ziploc bag on-top of the pot and just snipped a hole at the top so some air could get out. I left it on-top of my vent for several days... and! There's new life coming out.Not too sure what plant it may be, but it was new soil from a bag, and there was no...

Victoria - here is the Alstro that the seeds came from..................I'm trying to grow the seed to see if the slight variegation in the foliage will disappear.

Wow so beautiful and well done thankyou for sharing I love helabores.

Dim - I've started a new thread here.................Apologies LouiseD.............

I don't think we have the warmth they need in Summer for outdoors, not sure whether you were thinking of in or out. I have only grown them in the past for pot sales as house plants starting the tubers off at 24/5c.

I've usually given them a 24 hour soak similar to Acacia seed.

Depending on which Dendro species they are they may appreciate a cool spell........This is the trick for the D.kingianium in the photo below.

When i bought mine they were bought as house plants....2.99 some time ago...they out grew their spot so i put them in the garden and have been thriving..... i'm sure i read somewhere that there are 'outdoor and indoor' varieties and not to get them confused but i chanced it anyway.