... They had/still have, some real beauties on the river bank, biggest Ive ever seen. Daz, its your garden that gets flooded, is that right, well a Gunnera manicata will love its feet in the river, youll get some massive leaves given a few years. Im fed up of growing Manicata for a while anyway, ...

Yes ... they do grow large in a short span of time. Here's a small sampling of Gunnera at Arrowsmith Garden Center on the Port Alberni Hwy (Vancouver Island). For scale the white stand pipe / sprinkler in front of them is about 6' tall. These line the proerty along ...

... ones I've ever seen were at Trebah in Cornwall, you could easily go walkabout underneath the leaves. There was a thread on the old UKO about Gunnera where it was suggested that most of the Gunnera available from Garden Centres is in fact Gunnera tinctoria even if its labelled as G.manicata. ...

Wow hats a gud un mark.Whats the recepie for big gunnera's ? just waterand chicken poo?

Hi guys i like the gunner'a plant and was just wandering.What's the biggest anyone has seen?Also do you have pics?.The biggest i'v seen was one on the net{may have been u tube}a guy cut a leaf off and completly covered a ford orion car :D This is mine still got along way to go yet lol http://www.pos...

I've just been away for 4 days and have returned to a garden full of mush :shock: All Cannas, Monstera, Collies, Alocasias, Basjoo, Dahlias and Gunnera are just piles of mush. Plus the Brugmansia I never got around to taking cuttings from :cry: P. selloum is relatively undamaged apart from a newly ...

... in again in case theyve been forgotten, I dont want to bring stuff to throw in the verge...again. Agave americana + americana variegata pups, 1 x Gunnera manicata and a few Aeonium zwartkop. Can I grab the Gunnera manicata for my neighbour ? He was describing his place in france and wanting plants ...

Ill just add these in again in case theyve been forgotten, I dont want to bring stuff to throw in the verge...again.
Agave americana + americana variegata pups, 1 x Gunnera manicata and a few Aeonium zwartkop.

... go before I put them in the car. Ill bring some Brugmansia cuttings and I have quite a few Aeonium zwartkop, again if they are wanted. I have one Gunnera manicata left if anyone wants that and I have a few variegated spider plants with loads of off shoots. These look good hanging out of Trachys ...

Thanks scrim thats great mate just what i was looking for.IM getting some lol.Where it will be planted kentgardener is near the stream in the garden so it can grow as wild as it wants to Somwher near the gunnera i think.

... all the types of Ricinus. The Zanzibarensis get big. Also Nicotiana in white and pink they look jungley and they can be grown from seeds (cheap ) Gunnera, the tall Miscanthus sacchiflorus. Then don't forget all the colocasia tubers you can get cheap from the asian shops Maybe Cleome for a bit ...

Gunnera manicata. carta/kata.
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-It goes on for ever and given that none of you lot know how to pronounce Slaithwaite then we do not stand a chance.

Thanks steve.Thanks tony you and sue ok mate?I have 3 gunnera planted out now so hopfully with all that water i should get them to a good size.Do thay grow very quick guys?Also i got a pump and made a good strong hose pipe at work :wink:{ Home orders ...

I was expecting a you've been framed moment :lol: The stream does look cool though,plenty room for that gunnera. Anybody know how long they take to get to the gigantic proportions you see in cornwall etc? Hope you don't get anymore freakish weather Daz.Maidstone and the surrounding ...

Looks like perfect conditions for Gunnera