Mick, my Tetrapanax (probably not Rex), took a while to get going and then exploded into growth around September time. (Planted June). On UKO someone commented that they sometimes take a while to find their feet. I now have a ...

empress is a slightly different strain of giant tetrapanax Dave.

Anyone watched it tonight?

Looks like they decided bubblewrapping tree-ferns isnt so good after all!!!

Although treating a Tetrapanax as a perenial is a bit unusual!!!

... ). What does everyone think would be good to grow? I've got some sikkis,basjoo, a maurelii, various gingers, cannas, Tetrapanax etc. Anyone got any other great suggestions? I'm going to try not to spnd lots of cash so large palsm and tree ferns are probably out

this is starting to look like it might be fun.
tetrapanax paprifer, anyone care to start us off.

Its the Tetrapanax thats hanging like a scheffy.
Nice garden Lucienc, good pics.

... can really look lush. 90% of the US cannot successfully overwinter this which is why they regards it as such an exotic. Like a small version of Tetrapanax, which is less likely to lose its leaves in our climate. :)

... I very much doubt you will get a T-Rex from seed, as it is not a distict species, just sport or cultivar. My guess is thet you will get a standard Tetrapanax papyriferus not the Rex form. If the plant was already potted up earlier in the year it would be ok in a greenhouse and planted out in spring. ...

After reading about tetrapanax rex on this forum (well,I think it was this forum)I decided, I needed one. ... have lived any way' I thought. But would it? What is the best time to acquire a trex plant. Is it the other side of the frost going straight into the ground or this side ...

I recently posted a topic on ukoasis with regards to my wilting trex after the garden was flooded.<a><img src="http://upload9.postimage.org/114124/RIMG1525.jpg" border="0"></a> I had the plant in a pot in the ground because we hope to ...