Banana Man's Hideout 2007

Starting a new thread for 2007 that I can update as one thread rather than monthly threads.

 

I take it you like cars too! :D

 

This Jungle growing season started with ....

Making Room and Monsters !

Palms, arids and surface changes at the hide-out.

 

Monster no.1 one planted. Monster No.2 being delivered friday or tuesday. :D

 

The smallest of the ligularia not so small anymore.



New palms potted



New Trachycarpus plugs a hole in the jungle



New banana grove dug next to the filibusta palms coming soon



Doesn't matter what the month is, theres an abutilon showing off !!!





My new Catalpa Erubescens Purpurea

 

New fatsia



Old fatsia



Dicksonia





Albiza which flowered for the first time last year



My palm view



Jelly 2007

 

Monsters to watch !

(Araliaceae)Tetrapanax papyrifer 'Rex'

 

My T rex has 4 leaves now too, also once again huge yellow haddocks on my Trackys. Gingers and cannas all got about 8-9 shoots about 6" high, left in ground all winter too.

 

It certainly was mild this year. My canna Musifolia is about 4" out already ! But on the flip side the arisamea are a bit slow ?

 

Arisameas about 6" too, and dracunculus 3ft they are doing great this year, be huge when the flowers pop out!

 

Best of today.

Darmera Flowers





Skunk Cabbages





Another Paulownia I butchered in search of whopper leaves. Quite strange buying a perfectly good tree and then chopping it back to about a foot. :eek:

 

Gunnera of course





Last of the Malus flowers

 

Criky BM what must you do in your spare time!!! Question about your fatsia - I have a couple of caster oil plants which look markedly the same. Are they related do you know?

 

Wow verry nice mate..daz

 

Hi JohnBinks

The Fatsia Japonica is known as the false caster oil plant. They look very similar, but the Fatsia doesn't cause the same irritant reactions or be poisonous like the real caster oil plant.

Hi BM

I'm soooooooooooooooooooooooooo jealous........ it looks so good!!!!! Give Jelly a hug from Bramble xxx