kentia palms
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billdango
kentia palms
at last some good news ? six foot high kentia forsteriana for sale at b&q in exellant condition for twenty pounds each . all indoor palm lovers don,t miss that offer ,i bought one myself today . rgds billdango.
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jezza
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Unless they've just put them out, i was in my local b&q on monday and there weren't any kentias at all. In fact the only palms they had were the usual Phoenix canariensis_CIDP, 2 ft tall 
20 squid.
They do sell gooduns though, i bought a six footer in december '09 for £12.50, and it's now a healthy 7 footer.
20 squid.They do sell gooduns though, i bought a six footer in december '09 for £12.50, and it's now a healthy 7 footer.
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billdango
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hi jezza ,they came in yesterday and they are selling fast . three went in the ten minutes that i was in there . so get your a.... down there on the double.
rgds billdango.
rgds billdango.
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GoggleboxUK
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I was in my local B&Q this afternoon and they didn't have a single palm for sale. Plenty of bamboo though.
In the end I was quite disappointed but came away with a nice Eucalyptus, an Azalea Japonica, a good sized Lavender, a Senecio and 3 ornamental grasses.
I hadn't seen the Senecio before and so I was Googling away on my phone to find out about it. It's a Brachyglottis Sunshine Senecio fand I found this info:
"The speceis is an evergreen, sun-loving shrub from New Zealand, proving to be fully hardy on well drained soils. This cultivar is a bushy plant that lends itself to regular trimming creating a very attractive low hedge. Regular clipping also prevents the plant becoming leggy and woody at the base of the stem and encourages dense growth. This is very attractive as both the stems and leaves are covered with white or silvery-grey felt that shimmers in the sun. "
Nice, can't wait to see it in flower.
In the end I was quite disappointed but came away with a nice Eucalyptus, an Azalea Japonica, a good sized Lavender, a Senecio and 3 ornamental grasses.
I hadn't seen the Senecio before and so I was Googling away on my phone to find out about it. It's a Brachyglottis Sunshine Senecio fand I found this info:
"The speceis is an evergreen, sun-loving shrub from New Zealand, proving to be fully hardy on well drained soils. This cultivar is a bushy plant that lends itself to regular trimming creating a very attractive low hedge. Regular clipping also prevents the plant becoming leggy and woody at the base of the stem and encourages dense growth. This is very attractive as both the stems and leaves are covered with white or silvery-grey felt that shimmers in the sun. "
Nice, can't wait to see it in flower.
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jezza
Re: kentia palms
I don't need any more. Add a 6ft yucca elephantimes, an 8ft rubber plant, a 4 ft prayer plant, a small cheese plant and a couple of draceanas, my house is getting too fullbilldango wrote:hi jezza ,they came in yesterday and they are selling fast . three went in the ten minutes that i was in there . so get your a.... down there on the double.
rgds billdango.
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Adrian
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Here you are bill, this is what it could be one day 
Unfortunately I now longer have this one
Unfortunately I now longer have this one
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billdango
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thats a fantastic kentia palm adrian ,what happened to it? .
i,m going to stand mine out in the side entrance during the summer months and keep it indoors during the winter . have you got another one yet ,iff not get to b&q pronto. rgds billdango.
i,m going to stand mine out in the side entrance during the summer months and keep it indoors during the winter . have you got another one yet ,iff not get to b&q pronto. rgds billdango.
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Simba
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B&Q do a good range of indoor plants at a very good price I think.
They have nice little Schefflera for about £10, and I like the Ficus too.
They have nice little Schefflera for about £10, and I like the Ficus too.
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Adrian
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I bought that one from eBay but it was increadibly heavy and I snapped some of the roots shifting it, it lasted a while but as it deteriorated I put it outside and it was killed one winter.
I then had two that were used in the James Bond film Casino Royale but were in bad shape (thats why I got them), I got both back to good health but lost them to scale attack some years after.
I have another good sized one now, this one a two trunker which isnt as desirable (to me) as the big singles are the best.
Those found in the GCs or DIY sheds are pots with many plants to make them look fuller, nice of course but after having single specimens then its hard to go back to multi stem plants.
I then had two that were used in the James Bond film Casino Royale but were in bad shape (thats why I got them), I got both back to good health but lost them to scale attack some years after.
I have another good sized one now, this one a two trunker which isnt as desirable (to me) as the big singles are the best.
Those found in the GCs or DIY sheds are pots with many plants to make them look fuller, nice of course but after having single specimens then its hard to go back to multi stem plants.
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GoggleboxUK
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Adrian wrote: I then had two that were used in the James Bond film Casino Royale
There has to be more to that story Adrian. How did that come about?
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Adrian
Re: kentia palms
Sorry, Im not allowed to say on the forum, I'll tell you at a meet one day.
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Simba
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That has to be the most intruiging post of the year...Adrian wrote:Sorry, Im not allowed to say on the forum, I'll tell you at a meet one day.
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kata
Re: kentia palms
Ok Ade not saying so,
Anyone been to Homebase, say yesterday. If so what have they got in? I go weekly but only Primroses/Violas. Stock they had last year...sick of going.
Its a good bus ride to our B&Q but I am going to have to go and look there.When I think back to the B&Q Blackburn store and Homebase here there is no comaprison.
Anyone been to Homebase, say yesterday. If so what have they got in? I go weekly but only Primroses/Violas. Stock they had last year...sick of going.
Its a good bus ride to our B&Q but I am going to have to go and look there.When I think back to the B&Q Blackburn store and Homebase here there is no comaprison.