TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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   First hardy tropical, musa Basjoo!

   22 hours ago 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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   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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   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

   11 hours ago 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

   

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   Zamia furfuracea

   yesterday 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

   yesterday 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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    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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    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

    Friday at 10:54 PM 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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    Tropical Ornamentals

    Sunday at 02:02 PM by Carp589

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    Does anyone have any recommendations for the center of this bed? I’ve got everything else decided on just can’t figure out what to put in the center. Some options I’ve thought of are Queen Emma’s, another dwarf plumeria, maybe a ligustrum tree, or the typical dwarf Pygmy.

    

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    Why not grow orchids? 1 2 3 4 22

    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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    Ensete issue

    August 9, 2022 by surfermatt

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    Hi team, I have been having a little trouble with my ensete glaucum (ornamental) banana plant. It’s 1.5 years old from seed. It’s absolutely exploded this year. Some new leaves are showing this dark rotten looking marking. There has been a good leaf recently too that is still flawless. I noticed what seemed to be a few “ spears” jammed when one of the newest leaves did not open or did not have one side to it. I cut them at the top to relieve the pressure (not sure if this was the right thing to do) but know these plants can grow back from the ground so figured it couldn’t hurt. This is it growing after a few days from the cut. other info- on a once every f…

    

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    Angiopteris Evecta

    Sunday at 08:26 PM by gurugu

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    I have just bought two . A tall one, and a small one. I think I´ll keep them in big pots inside the greenhouse for about a year, and then I´ll try one, out in the ground. I also bought a Cibotium barometz and a Cyathea felina, because my one metre trunking one is not looking ok.

    

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    Bouea macrophylla, alias gandaria, alias maprang

    Sunday at 08:05 PM by Than

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    Insipired by @happypalms's new baby, anyone has experience trying this beautiful evergreen tree outside the tropics?

    

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    Growing star fruit in 9B climate

    Sunday at 04:12 AM by Palmfarmer

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    Anyone know have experience growing star fruit and how hardy are they? Are certain strains hardier than others?

    

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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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    Bottlebrushes

    April 13 by thyerr01

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    A couple of my seed grown bottlebrushes have flowered for the first time this spring, all about 3.5 years old. Callistemons are clearly one of the best groups of Australian plants for the Gulf Coast/US Southeast, although only a few varieties are commonly available. I'm curious if anyone else is having success with any other species, or related genera like Melaleuca/Kunzea/Calothamnus. In addition to the ones below I also have C. montanus about to flower. Our two most recent freezes in late 2022 and early 2024 killed all of my Kunzea baxteri and various seedling Melaleucas did not survive their first summer last year when my irrigation stopped working briefly. I'll start …

    

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    Amherstia nobilis seed pod

    Saturday at 10:41 PM by Kaname-kun

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    Does anyone know when an Amherstia nobilis seed pod is ripe? My tree has been blooming since February and still is, but only one seed pod so far. . . .

    

    Last reply by Silas_Sancona, Sunday at 04:01 AM

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    N. H. Plumeria Season 2K24

    April 19 by Silas_Sancona

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    With temperatures on the rise, the Plumeria are starting to awaken.. Some faster.... Some slower ..For the moment. ...They'll catch up soon enough.. Ellen should leave her ugly beheading behind once new growth starts pushing from dormant nodes.. Hard to see now but, at least a couple may try to flower this year, inc the " Is likely Celadine " currently in " Plumeria Jail " planted last fall.. Almost time for some white washing to keep those tender young trunks and branches from burning. Lets see what yours are doing ..an…

    

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