Hardy Tropicals UK

Hi,From Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire.I have a great interest in anything structural and tropical in the garden.Moved house about a year ago with a small garden that allows me to put my stamp on it.Completly stripped it and starting from scratch.Big fan of Tree ferns (four so far) Just ordered two Mexican grass trees I’ve no experience with these.So any help on these would be much appreciated.
Cheers Dave.

Welcome !! Can't help you with the Mexican grass trees but sure someone will be able to !!

Welcome Dave i cant help with the Mexican Grass either sorry!.What size are your tree ferns ?

tatter wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 8:13 pm Welcome Dave i cant help with the Mexican Grass either sorry!.What size are your tree ferns ?

Thks for the welcome.My treeferns are 4ft,3ft,and two 2fts.

Hello Dave. Welcome to HTUK.

Mexican grass trees or Dasylirion are fantastic feature plants but you need to part with a small fortune to get one with a sizeable trunk; they are so slow. Having said that, a young plant without a trunk is still a stunner, especially floodlit at night

GREVILLEAJ wrote: ↑Sat Apr 06, 2019 9:56 pm Hello Dave. Welcome to HTUK.

Mexican grass trees or Dasylirion are fantastic feature plants but you need to part with a small fortune to get one with a sizeable trunk; they are so slow. Having said that, a young plant without a trunk is still a stunner, especially floodlit at night

Thks for the welcome.I’ve managed to get a pair with trunks (for pots) for a sensible price.I’am a bit new to these but it will be interesting to see how they go.

Well done on your acquisitions, Dave.

Some pics would be good.including your tree ferns. (Think you need a minimum of ten posts before you can upload images)

Will do (only 6 posts to go).

Grassy wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 5:18 pm Will do (only 6 posts to go).

Just post on any topic including the weather you will soon get to 10

Hello. We put a lot of mexican plants in last August / September. Too early to tell how they will do.