What's Looking Good in January ...

Its a nice specimen strongy.
It must take a lot of watering and feeding in the summer.
How old is it?

 

It has been watered regularly up to xmas but has stayed wet since then and was fed every two weeks through summer (with palm fertilizer).
I bought it 3 years ago and it was 3-4ft high, probably 2 years old then. it grew another 3ft in it's first year.

 

Would you say it is as hardy as Dealbata?

 

Something LoL will know,



Solanum,



The best thing about palms, they also look good when the sun shines in the winter, Chamaerops humilis

 

Sorry, pete, DESTROY IT IMMEDIATELY IF NOT SOONER. :eek: :eek:

The ONLY alternative is to take it to a nearby wasteland to naturalise and light up Kent in the winter.

To explain, folk, it's Oxalis pes-caprae (the Bermuda Buttercup) which in latter years has invaded the Algarve from Africa and somehow ... God only knows how ... a bulbil got in a parcel I sent to pete. Mea culpa ... mea culpa.

The Solanum and Palm look very nice on the other hand.

 

Would the oxalis be hardy LoL?
It could look pretty good if it was, and it probably would be much less invasive here.

 

VERY hardy, pete. My garden is currently invaded with it and the orchards are becoming that way ... I'll get some pics over the next couple of weeks. It is very pretty, just massively invasive to the extreme!

Bit like Oneanthus speciosa (pink Evening Primrose) ... blooms in the daytime, lightly scented, very pretty, takes over the places Oxalis doesn't ... would you like some of that too when I send a Flame Tree?

 

As far as I know Pete, Baileyana is as hardy as Dealbata. I am not sure about A. Baileyana Purpurea as I lost one a few years ago. I have just sown some Purpurea seeds again.
I have a small A. Pravissima which I will plant one day, do you reckon that is as hardy as Dealbata.

Lol, my brother said when they get a rain/soil(!) storms from the south (Lybia) the locals call it Gadaffi rain which coats everything in mud, this could be where his Bermuda buttercup seed has come from and covered the island. He just gave up trying to get rid of it.

 

I've given up as well, strongy, also ... same with the O speciosa. On a positive note, the yellow and pink is nice together.

By the way, do you want a Flame Tree (Brachychiton acerifolium) ... it seems I have about a dozen?

 

Are Brachys quite old before they flower LoL?
can they be a bit iffy need a bit of fuss on soil conditions? or am I thinking of something else.

 

I don't really have the room Lol,thanks anyway.

 

I really haven't a clue, walnut. I was just given a pot of them and told they were "Arvores de Fogo" (Trees of Fire). Fortunately they were listed as such in one of my books so I could get the Latin name.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illawarra_Flame_Tree

Okay, strongy ... I may have to go along the roadside planting them. I'm uprooting a half a dozen Jacarandas at a time I'm discovering lurking everywhere, some already 10cm tall! :eek: Think I may put some of them along the highways and byways for interest and colour. :rolleyes:

 

I'b say pravissima is probably hardier than dealbata, strongy. But then I've never managed to get a dealbata to become established, although I have seen some large ones around here.

Here's a pic from my oldies 1994, not that long ago.
Its of a Dicksonia that I grew from spores, but the reason I'm showing it is that to the top right you can just make out a brachychiton.
Needless to say, both the treefern and the brachy died that winter, but brachys are easy to grow given frost free conditions and kept pretty dry in winter.
The main problem is the thick almost tuberous roots that soon fill a pot.


Never got one to flower walnut, but then I could only accomadate 6ft.

Some of the evening primrose would be nice LoL.


[ 13. January 2008, 08:21 PM: Message edited by: pete ]

 

Noted, pete. You'll get roots rather than seeds ... I've never seen the seed pods as they obviously explode before I get there. I've got some double Oxalis somewhere ... they are really lovely.

 

Do they move well LoL?