Come on lets post some pics of the garden 2010

[Cathy]

cathy, whats this about MickC circular bed?

...Oooh Mo, you are awful - but I like you!

Cathy xXx

[themes]

thanks sugarlips

[Dave Brown]

Nice lush looking garden Hankers

Finally got together a few shots of the garden.

[themes]

I look at your garden Dave and I think to myself back to the drawing board. Fantastic and leafy.

[grub]

looking good Dave , shame the 'Montbeliardii''s took a battering again

[derrick]

Is that a flower on your Alocasia porti Dave all looks great as always.

[Dave Brown]

Mo, it is quite difficult having jungly bits, open bits, arid bits etc all in a relatively small place. The jungly stuff grows like mad during the high summer months.

Yes, just can't stop the 'Montbeliardii' leaves shredding, Grub, as about 12 to 14 feet tall now

Is that a flower on your Alocasia porti Dave all looks great as always.

Edit: Sorry, Derrick..... I'm cracking up That is Alocasia calidora, not portdora

Yes, it stopped growing leaves about mid May, and even fed on almost pure nitrogen it still kept flowering. It has 4 flower spikes and has only in the last 2/3 weeks reverted to growing leaves again. The old leaves were getting very tatty. The fruits have a couple of berries in the first one, so I guess they were pollenated, but by what I don't know as it was in the conservatory at the time.

I'm going to put a topic together on this, but was overtaken by events over the last week.

[Simba]

Something a little bit different, a dusky evening shot, with burning torches..

[ricooz]

Dave loving the pictures..the canna looks really healthy and good and very jungle feel the pics.
what year is the alocosia in now Dave? I v grown my one macrorrhizos from bulb hasnt really taken off much yet.

[Dave Brown]

what year is the alocosia in now Dave? I v grown my one macrorrhizos from bulb hasnt really taken off much yet.

I've corrected myself as it is not A. portdora, but is A. calidora (via Kentgardener) John (Kentgardener) gave that one to me as a pup back in 2008. I am always amazed at how well Alocasia do in tiny pots. Colocasia tend to get limited by the size of the pot, but not Alocasia, and as they like to dry out a little between waterings a small pot is beneficial. This one however was planted out this summer and will be dug out again at the end of October

[themes]

those lights remind me of star wars jezza, who gets to see your lightsaber?

[themes]

jezza, your night pic looks like mine in the day this is quite nice and the tree ferns are still flushing even the ones from last year are sending out new fronds the rain over the last few weeks has been a godsend

summers winding down..come on people lets see em you'll regret it when the winter comes and everything dies down....otherwise its just gonna be mine and daves pic and I will bore you to death with shade

[andycorn]

just add a few of mine cant do alot at the moment leg in plaster

[themes]

thats more like it! very impressive garden..well done I love it

[Adam D]

summers winding down..come on people lets see em you'll regret it when the winter comes and everything dies down....otherwise its just gonna be mine and daves pic and I will bore you to death with shade

Shade is the new black IMO!

You do ferns and rhododendrons well Mo.

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Lovely looking garden Andy! Very tidy.