Exotic plants in Lidl - Musa Basjoo

Its a good price

I've got one Basjoo ... and I still think, personally speaking, that its leaves are too narrow - I want more Paddle-shaped leaves - and for that I think the Musa sikkimensis are better suited. Ensetes too, but they need to some in for the Winter for sure (and Sikkis are going to be border-line at best).

I've got a couple of Mekon Giant too - supposedly hardy enough to survive outside, time will tell though.

 

Must take a look tomorrow!

 

Going back to my growing from pips , got my goji berry out of a dry berry , in five year never seen a fruit , kiwi the same , actually the plant I`ve grown from seeds is bigger then the one i bough , passion fruit , I`ve managed 3 out of 3 from a shop passionfruit , the seedling have survived in my greenhouse .

 

There were 3 left at our local and they were a sorry looking lot

 

I got a goji berry from Lidl about 3 or 4 years ago. It is doing well up on the lottie, obviously hardy though not a plant of great beauty. No sign of flowers or berries. Oh well, I don't even like goji berries much.

 

All sold out at our nearest store......

 

We went to one of our gigantic garden centers on Sunday (called Giga ... guess what that translates into ... ) they hold full sized palms INSIDE, and we bought several things. When you go out there is a table by the door which usually says Oferta (meaning an offer to you, ie, free) and as I went out I stopped and looked and there were six Musa Cavandish there, a bit sad looking I must say, so I picked one up with two new leaves sprouting and took one ... cost was 6,95€. Now, I don't NEED another one but I sure wasn't going to leave a free one there ...

Here is Giga about 15 minutes from me ... a Dutch owned center, the largest on the Iberian Peninsular ..

http://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/forum/threads/giga-garden-centre-algarve.22481/#post-317861

 

In fact, it was your duty as a caring and responsible gardener to offer it a home.

 

Victoria , that`s a really nice GC , I would really love to be able to grow some of them plants outdoor in UK , but at the same time it reminds me how hard is to gardening over there , expecially with the summer heating .
ps would really love to see few pictures of your garden : )