TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Groundcover plant ideas
by Walter John- 9 replies
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I've had a go at a couple of different groundcover plant ideas and here's just one of them. It's Ivy Geranium and I have it growing as you can see under what I call my Latania garden. This area includes crotons, cordylines and a few other palms. I have also tried in a small area, some mondo grass, what other ground covers are you kind folks trying or would like to try ?
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Hi, I'm planting 3 'islands' in my yard, with the oldhamii in two of them. I wanted to make a tight cluster of plants in each - alowing room for growth of course. With the clumping habits of oldhamii, can or will it overtake the other plants? How close can other plants, palms etc. be safely planted? Thanks for any input, Scott Oh yeah, I went and got that giant bird of paradise.
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It was dark green when i first got it-i think .It's been so long since i have seen it green. I alway hoped it would be many spirals twisting 10 or 12' tall someday.Right now it's tallest spiral is maybe pushing 4'.
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s'more broms
by Gonzer- 10 replies
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Aechmea 'Lauren' Billbergia 'Strawberry'
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How long will a Sego flower?
by MattyB- 1 reply
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Hi guys, My mom has a Cycas revoluta that has been flowering for 2 years now. We thought we'd get a new flush of leaves last year and nothing. Just some more messy flowers and seeds that the rats like to eat. Then finally this summer we thought that it would put out some more leaves and now it has another huge female flower forming. How long can this go on? She fertilizes and waters it. It's in a nice draining cactus mix that it seems to like for many years now. There's another one that didn't put out any leaves last year, it just continued to flower, but this year it flushed. So anyway, can someone enlighten me please? Thank you.
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a huge Cycas revoluta
by Guest- 6 replies
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Here is a huge King Sago, Cycas revoluta. Notice the nice Phoenix rupicola/hybrid in the background, there were several of these at this house; http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph.....src=ph
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Varieagted whatchacallit
by DoomsDave- 15 replies
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Howdyall: Here's a pic of a plant at my dive, ain't got no [expletive] clue what it's called, except it looks like a Heliconia, etc. That is, as ever, my hairy mitt, the usual human hand size. dave
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Crotons in winter
by Walter John- 4 replies
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Hi croton heads, My crotons , some at least, have dropped many leaves , looking shabby, one's down to a stick of a plant but then................I see new buds coming on, hopefully all will be fine come rainy days and warmer days. I do omit to water them I admit. What's croton winter experience across the board ?
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Cycas revoluta
by Guest- 3 replies
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Hi, yesterday I noticed oval shaped white coloured with many legs things hiding between the scales of my Cycas revoluta. I have a feeling they could be Pseudococcus sp. (Mealy bugs) but this is just my guess as I've never come across these pests before. They squeeze easily and ooze sort of honey like liquid. - From what I wrote above, are you sure there are mealy bugs? - If not, what else could they be? - Either way, how do I get rid of them? I reckon I manually killed all I could find but for some reason I don't think that's the end of the battle. Also, there were some tiny bugs running about trying to hide behind the scales but these were to fast for me to be…
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Selloum
by SunnyFl- 2 replies
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I have a selloum that is between 12 & 15 years old and is in the wrong place. It's now got 2 (at least) main trunks. Is it possible to separate the two - will it grow from cuttings? Can a selloum of large size be transplanted, or is it a very difficult procedure? I don't want to lose the selloum, but I don't want to keep it in its present location. Advice?
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Summer time ...
by Exotic Life- 14 replies
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Hi Everone, It's very hot de last couple day's (30C), the next few day's the tempetures still rising. And sunny weather, so the plants grow very fast, i have some pictures taken.
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cycas revoluta
by crammo- 1 reply
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i recently returned from my holidays in majorca and brought back with me 2 palm seeds called cycas revoluta the instructions said soak in luke warm water for 7 days then sow in sand and peat i have soaked it for a week and it is exactly the same as it was when i got it except softer do i have to wait for it to split open or what? please help as it looks like a nice tree on the picture.
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Encephalartos villosus
by deezpalms- 16 replies
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Here's a picture of a new cycad I got at the Quail Botanical Palm & Cycad sale. I won't break too many hearts by posting how much I payed for this gem but I'll tell you it was dirt cheap! Maybe if ya PM me I might tell you....actually tell me what you think it's worth and I'll tell you how much I payed!! Ha haaaa!
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Red! part three
by Stan- 2 replies
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Anybody know what Canna this is?.and the other could also be in palms and flowers.
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Delonix floribunda
by Fouquieria- 0 replies
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I grew this from seed. It's now about seven feet tall. -Ron-
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Please help ID the trees
by Guest- 1 reply
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The first one is Tree fern (Cyathea), right? How about the other tree? The pictures were taken in LA. Anna
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last batch
by Gonzer- 3 replies
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Aechmea comata 'Makoyana' Bill. RG French
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brom pics
by Gonzer- 0 replies
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My spiraled Neo Bill. 'Pink Champagne'
