You may recall the 'My Ensete dosen't like this spring' topic. It got a bit lost in the middle going a bit off that topic, so I'm putting the sequence together here. In April 2008 my Ensete ventricosum, the starting 3rd year, small leaved one, started to wilt markedly. So I emptied it out of the po...

bodster wrote:there is a place in germany that does them. I've not seen them for sale here though. Have yours flowered? you must do a pic for us

I will do a pic when they flower ,not sure when that will be though.I bought them at the tail end of flowering las Dec,

where ever did you get those nicebutdim. They tend to be expensive plants. My plansts are always out in the rain and never seem to get damaged I got them from someone who got them from Australia,you're right they are expensive.They are it seems almost impossible to get over there,over here they jus...

which ones do you have? are they very large? I have Prince Protea which is a smaller sized king protea and a white one whose name I can't remember and two miniatures mini kings.None are very large as they are in 7" pots and have been heavily pruned,I can tell this from the size of the stems,th...

Bit worried about my proteas,it seems they don't like getting their leaves wet for too long but with all this rain it may affect them,any suggestions

To broaden this out a bit, I think there is a problem with the internet in general; we can't tell from the site if we are looking at the site of a multinational, or an almost obsessional grower with only one of everything listed. As purchasers we tend to assume that if the web site is big and all i...

Mark, Big Concern is a relative thing. He has the most enormous stock range, but often only one or two of each. Until recently I think he was a 'one man band' of extraordinary expertise and presence. I let him know what was being asked over here, and got this reply; Hey Chad thanks for letting me k...

My last lot of wooden kitchen spoons only took a few days. I suppose it must depend on whereabouts in the U.S they are posted from. It also pays to ask for a tracking number and then you can see where it is on its journey. I tracked my Ta Nee all the way from Thailand to coventry and then to windso...

NBD, It all depends on what mail you use. Priority mail takes 5-7 days usually and dealing with live plants its best to go for the quickest option rather than the cheapest. Thailand & Malaysia take 4 -6 days too. Parcelforce ;Coventry to Ipswich 2 weeks plus :x Hi Mark Priority is the method I ...

I've dealt with BB on several occasions but never through Ebay and although they shipped very quickly and without any paperwork when I ordered direct from their website, the additional questions I sent them were not answered until several weeks after I received the plants. The last order I made ove...

A couple of weeks ago I bought some plants on Ebay,paid by Paypal ,a week later got another invoice for $10 but no explanation what it was for. I emailed them saying I had paid the extra $10 but what was it for ....no reply. A week after ordering the plants I asked how long delivery was and would th...

My Moso bamboo is slow to reach any sort of height after 5 years or so it is about 5' high although the clump has expanded.It's on a raised bed and fed and watered regularly but not much seems to make it move.

My mum and I have a couple of Maurelli that just refuse to start growing. The bases are hard but I see no sign of life. I can't really see how the leaves are going to unfurl due to the old crusty brown leaf bases. Should I peel back the old leaf bases? I want to get mums going soon, so she keeps th...

Look closely, and it has forked. There is a lot of rubbish written about forking in Brugmansia on internet sites. The flower bud is made from the terminal bud, so once there is a flower bud, further growth has to come from behind it. It usually does this from two shoots, hence the fork. The fork is...

I have just bought a Brugs from Wilkies ,this is about a foot high ,has no forks ,yet has four nice flower buds.Mine in the garden have never flowered at all before they develop a fork.