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- Wed Feb 12, 2014 8:01 am
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Weekend Weather Warning 8th/9th Feb 2014
- Replies: 91
- Views: 8827
Re: severe storm warning, Wednesday 12th February!
Just seems like normal weather to us on the south coast so far this winter !
- Sun Feb 09, 2014 11:19 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Ricinus communis
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1252
Re: Ricinus communis
Got a few still hanging on, a bit battered by all the wind, but they are giving the Elephant hawk moth caterpillars something to eat on
- Sat Feb 08, 2014 12:30 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Then and Now, how your garden has developed
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7298
Re: Then and Now, how your garden has developed
Hey Kristen, the topic title was Garden not Country Parks
Some great changes going on in gardens
Some great changes going on in gardens
- Sat Feb 01, 2014 12:31 pm
- Forum: Weather and Climatology (public)
- Topic: Very stormy period coming up
- Replies: 81
- Views: 17067
Re: Very stormy period coming up
Strong Wind and Gales !!.
Normal weather down here on the south coast
Normal weather down here on the south coast
- Sun Jan 26, 2014 4:03 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Anybody checked their Dicksonia Antartica's recently
- Replies: 118
- Views: 11240
Re: Anybody checked their Dicksonia Antartica's recently
Personally I have found you can get a larger head of fronds on the Dicksonia antarctica when protected. :D Never wrapped mine or covered mine most I've ever done is put a bunch of leaves in the crown, and always get a good flush, being sad enough to count them I had a 48 frond flush lasts spring an...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:39 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Thought it would be worth a mention... catepillars !
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3025
Re: Thought it would be worth a mention
Funny you should mention a bee I had one in mine a round early December time, I couldn't believe it really but it seems to have gone now. I suppose they have to keep warm some how. I was checking croziers, it buried its self quite deep in to the crown. Bees hibernate in lots of plants for winter an...
- Sat Jan 25, 2014 3:08 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Thought it would be worth a mention... catepillars !
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3025
Re: Thought it would be worth a mention
Don't know about coming out, none of them have rested done here, even the greenfly and blackfly are still at it.
There again the Nasturtiums haven't died off yet and are still flowering And Cannas are still trying to flower as well
There again the Nasturtiums haven't died off yet and are still flowering And Cannas are still trying to flower as well
- Wed Jan 22, 2014 2:19 pm
- Forum: HTUK Member Blogs
- Topic: Arlons Blog: Propagating Cycas revoluta "aurea" ..SUCCESS !
- Replies: 1410
- Views: 128241
Re: Arlons Blog:New arrivals, Cyathea's and Blechnum's
Nice lot
Myplantshop ??
Still don't understand why this is not in Blog section
Myplantshop ??
Still don't understand why this is not in Blog section
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 7:17 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Gingers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2342
Re: Gingers
No direct sunlight and only dappled light ?Mr List wrote:I wonder if our idea of deep shade is very different.
greenii and aurantiacum both withered to almost dead in, like, half shade for my garden
But they do get plenty of heat, water and feed
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:52 am
- Forum: Weather and Climatology (public)
- Topic: Your current weather in one word...
- Replies: 3649
- Views: 237185
- Tue Jan 21, 2014 11:46 am
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Gingers
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2342
Re: Gingers
which of the hardiest ones can handle the most shade? I grow most of my gingers mainly for the foliage to add to the Jungle effect, flowers for me are secondary. In deep shade and bang hardy for me are Hedychium forrestii and greenii, Cautleya spicata is another good one for me and Hedychuim densif...
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:29 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Dicksonia antarctica protection survey
- Replies: 74
- Views: 8132
Re: Tree fern protection survey
I'm in the
"Don't do anything" camp as long as we are talking about Dicksonia antarctica's
"Don't do anything" camp as long as we are talking about Dicksonia antarctica's
- Mon Jan 20, 2014 1:11 pm
- Forum: Weather and Climatology (public)
- Topic: Your current weather in one word...
- Replies: 3649
- Views: 237185
Re: Your current weather in one word...
Springlike
- Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:27 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: is there such a product as Fish & blood?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2420
Re: is there such a product as Fish & blood?
Dittoflounder wrote:I've used BF&B for over 30 years without a problem.
- Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:15 pm
- Forum: HTUK Community Forum (public)
- Topic: Drink of rainwater for potted plants
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1901
Re: Drink of rainwater for potted plants
Most Cyathea's are dead if allowed to dry outfern Rob wrote:I seem to forget about my tree ferns in storage, I'm going to have to check as they are hard to bring back once dried out.