WHAT'S LOOKING EXOTIC IN 2018

I have a smaller one in the greenhouse to take it's place if needed.

 

Did you buy the small one or is it a division, strongy? I believe that they don't 'pup'? Never seen babies around mine.....

 

@PeterS has made them pup, but you need to divide up the base of the plant to get them to do it.

 

Ah right..sacrifice Mummy in the interests of procreation..all that jazz....Given the effort in digging up a big one, I'll pass! It's much easier to wrap it up and mulch it!

 

Nothing better than having back up @strongylodon

 

@noisette47 the one in the ground was a pup from three years ago but the replacement (if needed) was bought and only cost £5.

 

It's not fair!!!!! Minimum €15 here.....and then Thompson & Morgan keep sending mails through with offers for cheap plants, but only within UK

 

Strongy £5 was cheap. But for me the problem is just in finding them, let alone the cost.

They are quite easy to propagate - the secret I think is to not water them until they have roots. The thread is here Bananas

 

Ah well, swings and roundabouts..it looks as though I'll have a few Alyogyne huegellii to give away. The cuttings are showing signs of new growth

 

Choice plant! I tried and failed with that.

My first "tropical" offering of 2018 is Litchi chinensis - AKA Lychee. Sown a week ago they are germinating already...................

 

Sorry I've got no pictures I should have taken a few, we popped to a garden centre today they sell all sorts of things at this shop, anyhow they had some flowering cacti beautiful things they was, I might have to look into buying some, I will need to create a area first , some members posted some pictures last year of there's ive not noticed any post this year ?

 

Brilliant, longk! I suspect I haven't given my lychee seeds enough heat. Still no sign after 2 weeks.....

 

wow - never heard of anyone in this country growing them.

 

I grew one a few years ago but it died in the winter of 2012/13 when the greenhouse electrics shorted out and the greenhouse went down to minus quite a lot! An attractive foliage plant it's more of a fun thing.

Litchi chinensis - Useful Tropical Plants

 

Stuff that! I like a challenge..... Perhaps one for the polytunnel?