Blimey that's a good colour! I've only had the light lavender form, which I eventually decided was too pale for my tastes. I must think again...
I'm afraid for that size bay, the container is much too small and the compost is almost certainly exhausted. There maybe traces of remaining...
That's very generous of you Walnut, thank you but I'm primarily interested in the yellow form of B. sanguinea. I know it doesn't compare with the...
Rhododendron cilipinense and R. yakushimanum (together with the 'Yak' hybrids) are relatively 'dwarf' growing and can be grown in large containers...
Walnut, is there any source for the yellow flowered form of Brugmansia sanguinea in the UK at the moment? I'm rather keen to try this since I've...
The key to getting all forms of Cordyline australis looking good, well-coloured (in the case of the variegated and colour forms) and growing well...
Here you go Harry, Cordylines become quite large in time easily topping 30 - 40ft in the right climate. These are some planted in a parterre in a...
In the world of bananas, 2m. is not just dwarf, it is verging on the puny. Dwarf is a relative term - many bananas exceed 6m. My Musa...
As the others have said, it is a tender banana that needs winter warmth. To keep it growing, temperatures should be no lower than about 12C. but...
That is the only benefit since they are unlikely to form seed pods in the absence of a suitable pollinating insect and in any case the developing...
That is Dicksonia squarrosa, one of the few tree ferns capable of suckering in the event of the main growth being killed. It needs shady, cool,...
Thanks for the good wishes folks, very much appreciated. Unfortunately I managed to get a really nasty attack with a lot of deep tissue damage...
Telepathy must be at work LOL! Suddenly realised I'd not looked in for a while and found you'd posted this :) A very serious attack of shingles...
Could be several reasons. A combination of direct sun and insufficient moisture is the usual culprit. The trunks of most tree ferns (Dicksonia...
Always a bit difficult with a pic of an obviously young plant Pete, so I went outside to look at the leaf bases on mine to confirm. Sometimes...
Craig, the first pic is Geranium palmatum, a sort of giant, Madeiran version of our native 'Herb Robert'(Geranium robbertianum). It's a plant with...
It is Eriobotrya japonica (Loquat) a very popular fruiting tree that is native to China, was grown for centuries and first identified in Japan...
Agreed - Asclepias curasavica or Scarlet Milkweed. I've grown it here a few times and it makes a brave show of flower for much of the summer....
It's Olearia x haastii - a very tough and hardy 'daisy bush' carrying clusters of slightly off-white, small, daisy like flowers in summer. It...
I've always loved this rose with its single, pale yellow ageing to pink and almost mahogany coloured flowers. There's hardly any fragrance, but I...
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