TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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   My friends suburban garden

   18 hours ago by happypalms

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   My good friend Maharie who lives in town has a magical garden wonder land she has created a beautiful little piece of paradise with a koi pond she has terminal cancer I have been giving her a hand in the garden over the years of knowing her Maharie dug the pond herself built the pagoda herself chose and planted the garden how she wanted it to look she had a great vision and has seen it to this point with great passion for life and gardening bringing great joy and a peaceful place to sit and relax as a gardener myself I see her passion for plants and life there a few little spots left for a Joey palm or two and a few chameadorea adscedans lanonia dasyantha lytocarum and …

   

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   Cactus Season ...2024

   February 27 by Silas_Sancona

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   A touch ahead of schedule perhaps, but kicking off regardless.. Echinofossulocactus ** formally Stenocactus ** ( ..or is it the other way around .. 🙃🤔) gladiatus < Me thinks > getting the party started... Beavertails, n' early season Hedgehogs on the way... 2 Angles.. Welcome, ....to a new year of spiny flowering thingzzz...

   

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   Beaucarnea recurvata "ponytail palm" in touble?

   5 hours ago by miamicuse

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   I have a Beaucarnea recurvata aka ponytail palm that's about 8' tall (the wood fence behind it is 6' tall), planted about 2 years ago in very sandy soil and very shallow, may be the depression I dug was 2 inches deep if that. In full sun, area does get flooded once in a blue moon. Towards the bottom I noticed a fairly good size hole. Close up of the hole. If I insert my finger into the hole it feels that there is more empty space inside. Is this some kind of a fungus rot? Is there a remedy? Do I need to treat it with a fungicide? Do I need to do anything about the hole?

   

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   Watering schedule E Natalensis

   October 6, 2023 by Breaktheory

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   Hi folks - so I’m used to just drenching my tropical stuff…should I still do deep waterings at all with cycads ( just much less frequently?) thanks all!

   

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   New Anthurium thread 1 2 3 4

   May 16, 2022 by metalfan

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   The old one got so long, I thought I'd start a new one! Anthurium regale today. I think I pollinated the spadix...it was snow white and turned purple overnight. If I did, first time for me on a regale pollination

   

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   Why not grow orchids? 1 2 3 4 23

   November 1, 2007 by Matt in SD

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   I have always been fascinated with orchids, and I sort of assumed that orchid fascination was pretty common. I also used to think they were difficult to grow, at least in non-tropical climates, and so didn't bother with them, and again I assumed that this misconception was the reason more people don't grow them. So am I right? The reason I'm asking is that I've been experimenting with orchids for 4 or 5 years now and have gradaully realized that for a small lot in a less than perfect climate like Southern California, they are quite possibly the most rewarding group of plants to grow. They are also, in my opinion the ultimate palm companion plants...they grow be…

   

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   Mehani hybrid

   9 hours ago by metalfan

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   This is a plant I hybridized myself and grew from seed. I literally have a few hundred various crosses I've done and grown out. This one used 'Mehani', already a complex hybrid --{Magnificum x (radicans x luxurians)} x crystallinum, crossed with Papillilaminum. It has these great really elongated leaves, and the new leaves are this chocolate bronze color with maximum sheen

   

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   New Caledonia Cordyline neocaledonica

   17 hours ago by happypalms

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   A rare cordyline from New Caledonia that plumtree pocket nursery had in there collection should grow well in my climate a lot of other plants from there grow well in my area so this one should be another species the cool winter will see how it goes this season I wonder how many will get through customs with the ips meeting there there soon 😁

   

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    ID Branching Tree

    Friday at 09:10 PM by blue240z

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    Spotted in West LA, anyone recognize it? Has pink emergent leaves. Thanks!

    

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    Kangaroo Plant

    Friday at 07:36 AM by caroled

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    I just received a beautiful kangaroo plant and was wondering if I plant it on my garden moles might be a problem? Sorry if this is an off topic for this forum.

    

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    Dicksonia Antarctica update

    Tuesday at 09:49 AM by happypalms

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    I purchased this Dicksonia around 8 months ago it has tucked itself in nicely into the garden purchased from a chain store occasionally you do get some good plants from chain stores and this was one of them it was just a bare stump with no leaves just cut of at ground level and sold by a commercial harvesting contractor

    

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    Magnolia tripetala for cold season areas

    Thursday at 08:10 PM by Elim North

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    Here in Southwestern Ontario Magnolia tripetala (umbrella magnolia) (zone 5a), provides a strongly tropical look for those of us who may have fewer options than milder regions. I'm sure many of you on this forum live in areas where it's native and you may know of potential pest problems or other issues. Here there are no pests and the overly large, tropical looking leaves never fail to elicit comments in my yard.

    

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    First hardy tropical, musa Basjoo!

    Wednesday at 08:54 PM by Colin1110082

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    Hello, I recently got 3 musa Basjoo seedlings for about 30 dollars on Etsy, and they came last week and seem to be growing good. Will the droopy leaf or the curling leaf go away? Seller said to water a little less I water every other day the seller said every 3 so I will do that. I fertilized today as well. But anyway these are great looking trees and I hope I can put them in the ground soon, and when does anyone think that will be? Zone 6 Massachusetts, seller said about 6 weeks. Also it could be damaged maybe from shipping but I don’t know. Anyways here they are

    

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    Jatropha blooms in AZ

    Monday at 03:13 PM by aztropic

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    Seldom seen,but an easy grow in Arizona. Clusters of bright red,orange,and pink flowers attract both hummingbirds and butterflies. aztropic Mesa,Arizona

    

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    Java tea plant orthosiphon aristatus or cats whiskers

    Thursday at 07:39 AM by happypalms

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    One good medicinal plant to have in the garden is the Java tea plant with the added bonus of being a top ornamental plant a water loving plant will bounce back from dry spells easy to propagate by cuttings a highly recommended ornamental plant cool tolerant not frosts but definitely cool tolerant

    

    Last reply by happypalms, Thursday at 07:39 AM

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    Zamia furfuracea

    Wednesday at 03:20 PM by ahosey01

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    I want to plant a couple of these up against the north side of my house. In the summer, they'd get full sun in the afternoon. Do they get a big trunk or rhizome that would push up against the foundation and can they take full tropical sun?

    

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    Argyrocytisus battandieri (aka Pineapple Broom)

    March 9, 2019 by Hillizard

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    Does anyone have experience growing Argyrocytisus battandieri (aka Pineapple or Moroccan Broom)? I just got one today and based on some online research, it looks to be quite easy to grow and very hardy, in terms of both heat and cold. I do wonder if the flowers actually have a strong pineapple scent? https://gardenofeaden.blogspot.com/2015/05/how-to-grow-argyrocytisus-battandieri.html

    

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    Pseudobombax ellipticum question

    Wednesday at 01:26 AM by idontknowhatnametuse

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    I got a Pseudobombax ellipticum 'pink' from Morelos, the mexican state where it is native, this is the first tree I have bought online, I normally only buy palms online. As you can see it is seed grown (note the base of the plant) it still doesn't push leaves. Has anyone's pink form pseudobombax pushed leaves yet?

    

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    Spring Flowers .....Two Thousand, Twenty Four.. 1 2

    March 2 by Silas_Sancona

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    🎵 ....We've come a long, long way together. Through some cold times ...and some rain. I have to ....Celebrate you, baby.. I have to praise you like i should... 🎶 ....Some ~slightly~ adjusted lyrics from the wayy back machine to welcome in the second best time of year, esp. here in the Desert.. Randoms.. Phacelia ..crenulata ..Closer to being sure on the ID. Have others popping up elsewhere from seed i'd collected to compare these to when they start poppin'. Calliandra eriophylla Penstemon parryi Pretty sure there were Black Chi…

    

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    Buying a couple of rare trees again

    April 18 by happypalms

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    At it again buying plants this time some rare trees for the garden a maprang-Bouea macrophylla Rothmania longifolia Posqueria longifolia var trinitatis and a lone anthurium friedrichstahlii winter will be the test for them and time will tell if they make to the garden

    

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    Black/White Sapote and Canistel in SoCal

    April 6 by Sabal Steve

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    I’ve been having trouble finding a good info on the size, growth, culture, etc. of these in Southern California. Pictures or experiences?

    

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    Bulnesia in z9a?? 1 2

    February 21, 2009 by mnorell

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    I have a 5' Bulnesia arborea (Verawood) which I bought for trial here in chilly z9a southwest Mississippi...just on a hunch, at least for root-hardiness, due to many posts around the internet that talk about the "surprisingly hardy" tree that hasn't taken damage in 9b freezes in Florida. I haven't yet found anyone saying "my Bulnesia tanked in the freeze!" and so I wonder if anyone can add, particularly with the Florida freeze just having passed, any info on defoliation and/or stem/trunk-damage figures for this beautiful tree that is creeping northward as it becomes increasingly popular in Southern and Central Florida. Also, any comments on growth rate and single-season f…

    

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    A few flowers around the garden

    April 16 by happypalms

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    I love flowers in the garden mainly because it gives my native bees some extra food out of season to the native plants but you can’t beat a nice bit colour and form of flowers 💐

    

    Last reply by happypalms, Monday at 08:00 AM

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    Sowing a few macrozamia communis seeds

    Monday at 07:53 AM by happypalms

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    Nothing special in the photo department but but seeds are seeds no matter what and it all starts with the seed they say

    

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    Farfugium japonica aureomaculatum

    April 19 by happypalms

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    I first seen this plant in a thread on palm talk idesign had peachy ask what the plant was in the background so the plant detective in me had to find one for my garden the definitely a great looking ground cover plant

    

    Last reply by happypalms, Monday at 02:52 AM

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