Tropical Gardening

I had a quick scan through the video. I know nothing about Plumeria but do know that it is not good practice to do gardening and/or move heavy pots whilst in bare feet.

Hi @Nurture, welcome to the forum! How big and old are your Arecas and when did you last re-pot them? If you tend to overwater it might be a good idea to add grit or sand into the potting compost. Also, if the pot is too big, the compost will stay wet too long.Palms can be a bit...

I've never found P. Edulis to be hardy.

I use a pair of loppers on palm fronds.

It should take full sun easy at this time of the year, and in summer once established, but if its not used to it you really need to do it gradually, especially a small soft looking plant like that.

great! I love the plant, its so differentI never know wether to call it a plant, tree or shrub I refer to it affectionately as 'the trifid'

@Greybelle a couple of decades ago I had exactly the same issue with one at work and air layered it with no problems, the latex inside did not cause a problem. I just cut into the stem at an angle about a third of the way through, packed some damp sphagnum moss into the cut and around the stem,...

Hi Esoxlucius the mother plant was dying it was slowly going brown so i thought i have to separate two pups from mom and just leave the smaller pup with mom till it gets a bit bigger so i slowly turned the pot upside down and carefully removed the soil till eventually i saw one pup ...

I turn my red ensete upside down for a few days prior to over wintering to drain out as much water as possible. I've not found a sure fire way of storing it though. Last winter I took it out the pot and left the rootball intact with a couple of leaves. It survived in the frost free greenhouse...

Well from what I've heard so far it looks like my mango and avocado are destined to remain indoors as house plants....trees!! Now that's worrying, lol.

I think it may well pollenate the incarnata but will probably swamp it if you plant it too close. I find if you prune you tend to slow flowering.

They weren’t at first, I put it outside to thicken them up, it worked. I did have a Banana plant which I had for about 5 years but I left it in the porch instead of bringing it into the house and unfortunately the cold killed it. The leaves on the banana plant didn’t have a gloss to them, this...

I usually cut each flower stem back to the next node, you usually get another flower stem develop from there. Doesn't matter when you do it, I do it as soon as the flowers on the stem are finished.

They certainly flower a lot better in sandy-ish or stony soil. Not had a problem here with hardiness. Planted near a wall they've survived -12°C albeit for brief periods.

I've had success with the washing the roots off method. They separate 'fairly' easily in a large bucket of water. you'll lose some of the smaller roots and the plant will sulk for a month or two after repotting, but speed of growth is better when not all grouped together. For some reason, they...

Thanks Pete. Yes, I noticed more than 8. I also got some Vigna Snail Vine seeds. It says 5 but I got 6. I shall get sowng in a couple of hours when it cools down.A strange site, says Greece but the company is in Germany and came from Germany. Mostly edibles but some odd nice flowers...

You'll need a heavy clay pot so it doesn't fall over, they can get a bit top heavy.

Hi i am not familar wuth this plant looked up some info that might helpGloriosa superba - How to grow & caregloriosa superba growing vine herbaceous with geophyte of the genus gloriosa also known as flame lily, gloriosa superbaAlso there are some topics on the forum about this plant i...

Thanks for the replies. Yes - it does look like a Cordyline Australis. There are some shorter stems which I could leave for a while. Perhaps the best thing to do would be to get quotes for it's removal first. I'm on the Isle of Wight. Thanks again.