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bought Brachyglottis (Dunedin Group) 'Sunshine' for £4

 

I saw Colocasia Nobel giant on BHG website and absolutely fell in love with it! but a quick search showed that you cant get them at all in the UK and the american nurseries wont post it! The only variety available in the UK is Colocasia esculante.. Ofcourse had to buy it, so now I am proud owner of 3 bulbs, bought from crocus for £9. An impulse buy but now I need all your help
- Any suggestions what might go along with it? the plants will go really huge so I am guessing something pretty and thinking small shrubs or ground cover like sweet alyssium
- And I am not too sure whether I should grow the bulbs together or 3 feet apart. All the pics online show its a giant plant which grows very fast but have no clue that one plant from one bulb or group of plants? So any help/suggetions much appreciated...
- I have noticed that few of you buy stuff from overseas garden centres, do you know any good american or australian nursery who stocks these beautiful plants? I may buy diff fast growing tropical varieties as they can possibly grow as annuals here in UK..
Now I am feeling like I should have started a new topic to get advise So sorry about that!

 

on a completely separate note- got my perrenial collection from T&M.. they are really small plugs so have to plant them on over the weekend...

 

Plenty of varieties [of Colocasia and Alocasia] available in UK (Urban Jungle or Amulree are worth a look) ... but not, perhaps, the most impressive ones that they have in the USA. Its Just Too Difficult to import plants in small quantities - phytosantiary certificates are expensive and lots of foreign nurseries don't want the hassle (and who can blame them) and then there are potential plant-killing customs delays.

My advice would be to get Seeds from abroad, through the post, but for any plant you want then find someone in the UK, or Europe, who stocks it and will ship it to you.

 

Fuchsia 10 of each variety for £12.00 both for the baskets, shopping around you can find bargains maybe put 5 of each in one basket or keep to a single variety ? what do you think ?
Yes and changed my mind on telling you all the price

still thinking about the "Lime Jewel".

heri mochara





Cecile

 

I think you should get some. And don't stick to just one single variety in each basket. The mix will look great in my opinion.

 

Hi Fern

sunny day here , and yes I value your opinion

 

Deciduous Azalea Golden Eagle and a tree planting kit comprising a stake, tie and two Osmocote tablets, plus a couple of bags of Osmocote slow release tablets.

 

Heaps of Erin's compost (300 Lt)
Skimmia Japonica keeran

Camellia forgotten the name of species


evergreen hydrangea climber (sorry no pic)
and 10 plug plants for baskets including lamium, geranium, and fuchsia

 

i bought mirabilis jalapa at the weekend. also known as four o'clocks. regards nijinski

 

Arrived today Pleione Formosana, and as a freedie Gladioli Acidanthera,
from Anglia Bulbs

 

Eucomis Pink Gin x 3 arrived today they are huge
also Anemone Wild Swan

 

hi all. it's just accurd to me that when i said i bought mirabilis at the weekend. i meant the tubers. i showed you the picture of what they will look like when they grow and flower. they haven't started to grow yet. i appologise if i've mislead a number of you, that wasn't my intention regards nijinski