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- Thu May 07, 2020 9:15 am
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: Hello!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1537
Hello!!
Welcome, look forward to some pictures of your patch in due course
- Wed May 06, 2020 8:51 pm
- Forum: Growing tips, hints, and discussions
- Topic: Hellebores
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1292
Hellebores
I like them, I dont go mad but they can do a job in tough spaces, H.argutifolia can be quite impressive and is easy from seed (if sown fresh)
- Wed May 06, 2020 8:48 pm
- Forum: Growing tips, hints, and discussions
- Topic: Damaged Eucomis bulbs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2055
Damaged Eucomis bulbs
There is hope, the ones like E. bicolor seem indestructible!
- Tue May 05, 2020 7:05 am
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: Hello from London
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1515
Hello from London
Hi, cant be that small if it has "some" palms, space for only one thats small!! and down here I have seen schefflera as big as full grown Oak trees
- Tue May 05, 2020 7:01 am
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: Goodmorning
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1810
Goodmorning
People have drifted away to Facebook (and there were some Technical problems)
- Tue May 05, 2020 6:56 am
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Ground cover plants for an exotic look
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2470
Ground cover plants for an exotic look
I would use Clivia if I could get away with it! But I have also seen forms of coloured leaved Tradescantia looking good on Madeira
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 9:59 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Dicksonia Antarctica Frond Pruning
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2949
Dicksonia Antarctica Frond Pruning
If they have gone brown you can cut them off but its not necessary and leaving the skirt of dead leaves can add winter protection for the crown, having said that I prefer to cut them off !
- Mon Apr 27, 2020 8:44 am
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: Mail Order
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1868
Mail Order
There are some members on here who run nurseries but the forum itself is just that, a talking shop not a real shop!
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 3:46 pm
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: Urite?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1499
Urite?
If its Dicksonia antartica , just make sure you water heavily especially in the crown, you really cant over water these!
- Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:51 am
- Forum: Palms (including Cycads and Cordyline)
- Topic: Help needed - T Fortunei after transplant
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1384
Help needed - T Fortunei after transplant
I dont have a huge experience with palms, but the only one I have bought as a grown plant (rather than grown by me from seed) did exactly what yours is doing! most of the original leaves went over the next two years but all the new leaves looked fine. You new leaves at the moment are ones that had a...
- Fri Apr 03, 2020 4:05 pm
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: New Old Member
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2298
New Old Member
What took you so long!!
- Sat Mar 21, 2020 10:13 am
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: baccharis genistelloides
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2207
baccharis genistelloides
I think we had it in the past, but called some sort of Broom (it was a long time ago!) I seem to remember you had to keep cutting bits out to get it to regenerate or it became woody and unproductive and looked tatty. It behaved a lot like Ozothamnus and Rosemary
- Fri Feb 28, 2020 5:52 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: To mound up or not to mound up, that is the question
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4118
To mound up or not to mound up, that is the question
I don't think it would even notice, but you could start adding soil once its back in growth a bit at a time
- Wed Feb 26, 2020 6:09 pm
- Forum: New Members Introduce yourself here ;-) (public)
- Topic: New from Hereford
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2031
New from Hereford
That's me stuffed, I have to be a charlie!!
- Sat Feb 15, 2020 11:02 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: HELP! Purchasing exotic/tropical flowering plants in the UK or abroad
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2807
HELP! Purchasing exotic/tropical flowering plants in the UK or abroad
I expect they are wanted for immediate display so would need to be fooled into flowering at this time of year?