TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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   Which is more hardy, Streilitzia nicolai, or Streilitzia reginae?

   May 16, 2021 by Teegurr

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   I heard that S. nicolai can come back after die back from the high teens, and I was wondering if S. reginae is as hardy, as I did see someone on here say it was actually more hardy than S. nicolai. Thank you for the help.

   

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   A beautiful hibiscus flower

   March 14 by happypalms

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   A magical little hibiscus flower that speaks for itself

   

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   Sowing syzigium willsonii seeds

   March 14 by happypalms

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   A beautiful tree the willsonii fitting into any size garden with beautiful Pom Pom like flowers easy to propagate from seed and germinate a must have for the tropical look

   

   Last reply by happypalms, March 14

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   Texas Cycad Lovers - plant suggestions for my garden other than Cycas sp

   February 25 by Chester B

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   I was at the John Fairey garden yesterday and saw they had a number of cycads growing. They are having their big annual event in 3 weeks where they will have some for sale. I wasn't really able to get and up and close to the in ground plants during the tour so did not see any names. What species other than the Cycas will grow in and around Houston? I noticed they had a big Coontie outside but all the fronds were gone.

   

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   Brachychiton rupestris

   December 30, 2023 by Peter

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   sequoiadendron

   March 13 by Darold Petty

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   https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68518623

   

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   Araucaria ID

   February 2, 2020 by Tomas

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   Is it possible to identify this Araucaria? It grows in a local villa, in a non particularly protected spot and surely survived the 1985 century freeze that killed all the A. heterophylla in Rome. The leaves are different from those of A. heterophylla. Tomas

   

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   Possible to transplant Grewillea Robyn Gordon?

   March 1 by Tomas

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   I planted it in full sun as one of the first plants when I startrd my garden, but now it is in full shade, so the question is, will it survive a transplant?

   

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    Macrozamia giants

    March 14, 2023 by ghar41

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    After spending the last 30 years growing palms and cycads, I have settled in with a greater fascination for cycads. They are quite diverse in color shape and form and have proven to be mostly adaptable to my given space, soil and climate. Among the many beautiful and interesting genera among these plants, none seem to quite possess the magnificence of the Macrozamia giants. This M mooreii sits close to the pool so therefor it receives a high and tight haircut each Spring.

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 12

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    Plant ID (Hawaii)

    March 10 by enigma99

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    These are planted in the Royal Hawaiian center area. Any idea what these are?

    

    Last reply by enigma99, March 11

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    Ice cream banana in 8a

    February 25 by Hardypalms

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    Hi Last fall i bought an ice cream banana in Orlando. I m in 8a north of Atlanta. I m experienced with in ground bananas, i got 6 hardy varieties. Shall i keep it in a container ? Or do i have a shot in ground for it to make it next winter well mulched (The corm that is, the plant will die).? Thxs Pat

    

    Last reply by Dartolution, March 11

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    Danger garden soil

    March 2 by BeyondTheGarden

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    This portion of my yard is becoming the Danger Garden 2.0. I apply that moniker to my airid, desert, Mediterranean style garden areas, taken from the online plant blog or website by that name. For me it means all the stabby plants which want to hurt you. Anyway, it is still in its infancy and eventually I'd like to have the whole street-front lined with the more airid exotics. My soil here is sand-domimated up top, and clay-dominated once you dig down a bit. I have been planting with a mix of equal parts native soil, composted horse manure, and bark mulch. 1. Would you change that mixture? 2. Is it an abomination to top-dress mulch around desert …

    

    Last reply by Paradise Found, March 10

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    Is this E. lehmannii sick?

    March 9 by jase65

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    I’m seeking some advice here. I’m considering buying a E. lehmannii with an 8” caudex for $800, but I’m a bit concerned about its health. There seem to be some brown spots on the leaves. Despite that, the overall appearance of the plant is good. Do you think it’s worth the price? Any thoughts or insights would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

    

    Last reply by Tracy, March 10

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    A few plants to planted in my garden

    March 6 by happypalms

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    With my collection of plants ever expanding with new plants going through there winter hardening off test I give them two seasons in protected conditions then it’s off to the garden for them after surviving two winters most will get protected in the garden and nurturing just to give them a head start in life

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 9

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    Wait, Red Mangroves Are Native to the Carolinas?!

    January 13, 2017 by PalmTreeDude

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    According to the USDA Plant Database, Red Mangroves are native to the Carolinas, is there anymore info on this? Link: https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=RHMA2

    

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    Some Australian native plants

    February 5 by happypalms

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    It’s not only exotic palms I grow iam working on a exotic Australian garden to plant around the outskirts of my tropical garden with some rare and unusual and common Australian plants plants from South Australia and Western Australia are challenging it’s funny with palms it’s the cold weather your up against with Australian native especially the rare exotic ones it’s the wet weather the exact opposite of tropical gardening wet weather or to much of it is detrimental to a lot of the more exotic natives fortunately the black sandy soil helps with drainage along with wet feet for plants it’s something iam still learning what will live and what won’t time will tell

    

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    Dracaena mould on the top of the stem - any ideas?

    March 8 by DragonDunce

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    I hope this post is allowed here, I've not had success trying to find an answer to this online. For context, I've had my dracaena marginata (Nigel) for 10 years, and never considered pruning him - I'm not green-fingered, but managed to keep him seemingly healthy. He reached the ceiling in my house and I thought I was going to have to let him go as I couldn't house him any more. In a moment of madness in late December in the UK (i.e. cold winter), I started cutting the canes before it occurred to me that pruning could be an option. In hindsight, it was a lazy and reckless move - I should have done some research before taking action. It's been over 2 months now, …

    

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    Red Maple help

    August 7, 2021 by JLM

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    We had planted a Red Maple tree along with our Queens back in 2019, and this tree has struggled pretty much the whole time it has been on this property. While it has put on top growth, its not as much as i think it could have done. The first spring it was the last tree to bloom within our little part of the neighborhood, and usually Maples are one of the first to start blooming. This spring it was much earlier, and did put out quite a bit of leaves. Although, it was moved from the front yard to the backyard. I got as big of a root ball as i could (pretty small actually). Both summers the leave developed silver and black spots, and some of the leaves have turned red and fa…

    

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    Harvest time for pineapples

    March 8 by happypalms

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    I posted a story some time ago of my pineapple patch now they are starting to produce fruit with the sweetest flavours not quite Hawaii size pineapples but the homegrown flavour certainly has an advantage

    

    Last reply by happypalms, March 8

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    Australian native finger lime

    March 8 by happypalms

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    A beautiful fruit the finger lime little caviar bubbles of citrus that have a nice lemon tang great on pancakes or ice cream easy to propagate from cuttings and grow just add water they are very tough with some very sharp thorns growing up to 3 metres tall with a width of 1 to 1.5 metres one tough Australian native you can also use the rootstock to graft citrus varieties onto the stock a must have for any permaculture garden

    

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    Purchased 5 baby stangeria eriopsis seedlings

    March 8 by happypalms

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    I managed to purchase another 5 stangeria eriopsis seedlings this batch will be group planted for future seed production if iam lucky

    

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    Erblichia odorata 1 2

    October 30, 2007 by Jerry@TreeZoo

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    I was encouraged to purchase this tiny little plant at a Flowering Tree Society sale in May. It is now much bigger and I am getting ready to plant out some trees and want info on this. All I see is that it is a fast growing, full sun, small tree from Central Am. Yellow or orange flowers that are fragrant and attract flutterbys. Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of this one? Jerry

    

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    Pandanus roots in the air

    March 7 by andrebazhen

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    Hi all, I am going to repot my new pandanus and just a want to know is it okay for this boy or should I bury him deeper. I am a newbie for this kind and someone has told me they grow like that but idk. Thanks

    

    Last reply by Xenon, March 8

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    Fatshedera

    January 9 by BeyondTheGarden

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    I was at the nursery and there were some variegated Fatshedera in 4" pots, they're not my favorite plant but I grabbed one anyway. It reminds me a lot of its parent, hedera, which doesn't conjure a tropical or exotic image in my mind. The yellow and whitish variegation is nice however. I'm struggling to imagine how to best utilize this in the garden. When I've seen them in gardens before, they look like wimpy shrubs that flop over and grow prostrate like they're looking for a home. Any good ideas on how to make the most out of this plant?

    

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    Bambusa space requirements

    March 5 by BeyondTheGarden

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    It's getting warm and I can't keep my shovel out of the ground. How much space would you allot for Bambusa oldhamii, B malingensis "seabreeze", and Alphonse Karr? Is there a kind of max size their footprints get to, or do they expand indeterminately? Everyone is always complaining about running bamboo and justly so especially in the SE US. But I can't imagine that clumpers would be much easier to reduce, only that you'd have to do so less frequently. B oldhamii is probably not hardy here; I have it planted already, up against the brick/masonry foundation of my house. I anticipate it will die to the ground each year (and maybe not even come back). The ot…

    

    Last reply by Merlyn, March 8

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