TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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"Holy Grail" tree....the ultimate
by trioderob- 3 replies
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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-10/pp-asn101713.php
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Was just chatting with a Palmtalker about houseplants outside and thought I'd share my not-so-scientific results from this past winter. What I've been doing is to buy a "houseplant" I like and torture test it in the yard (in a somewhat protected spot) to see how it does. These two did great over the winter here which surprised me... The second one even made a bunch of babies. Thinking I might get more and use them as a groundcover in a shady area. The maidenhair fern went crispy initially, but seems to be making a recovery (TBD on that one). The philodendrons weren't quite as happy with our winter... The little ones died and the large…
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"Kangaroo Paws"
by ghar41- 15 replies
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Stumbled on to these at Lowe's....wow, they sure are spectacular companions with blue Encephalartos and dioons...most important, they are undemanding so you don't have to modify the care of your valuable cycads...
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"Killer" Hybrid Bromeliad
by Pedro 65- 19 replies
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The "Amazing" thing about this Insane looking Brom is not only its Looks but its Parentage. Its Parents are Aechmea samurai X Hohenbergia leopoldo horstii , its remarkable what "keen" Brom breeders can breed, Im really into Carcharodon hybrids but its a real "buzz" to find a new hybrid from 2 "different sp Im very chuffed. Pete
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"Mint Bush" mystery; ID needed
by Eric in Orlando- 3 replies
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Anyone know what this maybe? It is currently flowering heavily. It was donated as a "mint bush" and is about 5ft tall. Looks kind of like a Plectranthus. The leaves are scented, more of an oregano-herb scent than mint.
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"Palms of the World"
by ania- 12 replies
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I went to an old book store in New Jersey and found "Palms of the World" by Mccurrach for 9 bucks. Printed in 1960 Harper & Brothers, New York Was that a find? Ania
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"Play Pick 3" Non palms 1 2
by GDLWyverex- 3 followers
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I have been enjoying Cindy Adair's thread of "Play Pick 3" in the palm section and thought that it also warrants a post in the non-palm section, so here are my today's favorite 3 NON-palms. Crinum Asiaticum var Procerum Agave Univittata "quadricolor" Alocasia Longiloba What are your today's favorite 3 plants in your garden? Richard
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"Spike plant" ID needed
by Pee Dee Palms- 1 follower
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Early last year I got a couple of "spike plants" from Lowe's. I believe they had the scientific name on the label but I threw it away a long time ago. I tried to google spike plant but a whole bunch of things pop up. These weren't that cold hardy during this last cold snap (we had got down to 18 degrees) but they seem to be coming back. I completely cut them to the ground and now they seem to be pushing out small babies. Anyone know what these are?
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"Sunshine Bush"
by DoomsDave- 17 replies
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Howdyall: Bought these two bushes on a lark a couple of years ago, and they've bloomed dependably each fall, nice and green the rest of the year. Here's a pic in the sunshine this morning:
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"Super" bamboo shoots
by Pedro 65- 12 replies
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These are the Largest shoots Ive seen off any of our Brandisii's, its much larger than its mum I cloned it off, its on the fenceline where cows are next door so getting plenty of cow poo fert with the water runoff, note how much thicker than last yrs culms Pete
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"The Plant List" from Kew, MOBOT
by fastfeat- 0 replies
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OK, here's the (apparently) most current list of accepted plant names, circa 2010, from a collaboration of Kew, Royal Botanic Garden, and Missouri Botanic Gardens. Lots of new names for old friends-- --Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) is now T. huegelii --Pongam (Millettia pinnata) is back in Pongamia --Yellow oleander (Thevetia peruviana) is now back as Cascabela thevetia. (T. thevetioides is now Cascabela thevetioides). --Rondeletia cordata, referenced in Alberta magna post, is now Rogiera cordata. --Lavender trumpet vine (Clytostoma callistegioides) and the related C. binatum are back in the expanded Bignonia. --Vanilla trumpet vine (Distictis …
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"true" Araucaria heterophylla
by fastfeat- 9 replies
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This is the "real" Norfolk Island Pine, Araucaria heterophylla, growing just a couple of blocks from the water in Malibu. They grow arrow-straight, despite constant buffeting from ocean winds. (Most trees sold as such in CA and FL are actually the smaller, oft-twisted A. columnaris.)
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"Trumpeteer" New Variety of Cobra Lily for $10,000?
by Hillizard- 1 reply
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Not sure this new variety of Jack in the Pulpit is worth the price? Looks like Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina, is having some fun with their online catalog: https://www.plantdelights.com/collections/sun-perennials?page=3
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But we will soon. Bananas are never a given in my climate, but some years they do come in.
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“Cactus King”
by Meangreen94z- 6 replies
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Yesterday I happened to be nearby and decided to stop in and see the xeric nursery “Cactus King”. They aren’t cheap, and I recommend only buying in person, but their stock varies and is interesting. Here’s a few photos.
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“CHUMLEY CYCADS” are they still in business?
by Palm crazy- 6 replies
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Does anyone know if Chumley cycads is still in business? Can’t find his website on line anywhere, looks like the name is for sale? Thanks! http://chumleycycads.com
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“There ain’t no Saguaro in Texas”
by Meangreen94z- 1 follower
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It was a common misconception in the past to see photos of Saguaro paired with “Texas”. They aren’t native here, leading to the phrase “There ain’t no Saguaro in Texas”. But I recently saw a posting of a nice size Saguaro with the vague description “ South Texas”. In my quest to find the location I found a number of large specimen, strangely all located in border towns. I thought I would share.Original photo in question, possibly just outside Zapata, TexasBetween Rio Grande City and Zapata, Texas Langtry, TexasLangtry, TexasLangtry, TexasLangtry, TexasLangtry, Texas Langtry, TexasDryden, TexasSan Ygnacio, TexasSan Ygnacio, TexasSan Ygnacio, TexasSan Ygnacio, Texas
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(What I Believe Were) Mangrove Seeds
by PalmTreeDude- 2 replies
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So I was walking on the beach and I saw some Mangrove seeds washed up (I saw them in the water the day before but did not know what they were before I looked them up) on the sand. There were some little kids picking them up and throwing them around. I got two and brought them to an area by the sand dunes that I saw was really wet and soggy. I stuck them in the ground there hoping that I possibly saved some mangrove trees (the beach has lots of people on it and there is no way they would grow there without being ripped out or something). I only took a picture of when I found them. Are they even mangrove seeds?
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#@%&!!! Whitefly 1 2
by Jerry@TreeZoo- 54 replies
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I did a little tree pruning on my Gumbo Limbo today. This tree is loaded with Rugose Spiraling Whitefly and it looked like it was snowing when I took down a few branches. These things really make your trees and plants ugly. They adults are eaten by wasps and dragonflies and birds but there is not a really efficient predator. The undersides of the leaves are covered in the spirally laid eggs and by juveniles. Any plant, roof or sidewalk underneath it is covered in black sooty mold. Yuck. I cut up the branches and left the leaves on the ground. You can see how white they are with the whitefly. Here is what they look like on the underside of this Psy…
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I actually didn't know we had any of these left in the state. Loggers cleared our primordial Cypress and Pine in the early 1900s. Pretty cool. Cat Island near St. Francisville is home to a 1,500-year-old National Champion Bald Cypress tree, the largest tree of any species east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The tree is 96 feet tall and boasts a diameter of 17 feet. Note - And obviously those aren't a bunch of small people, too.
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10 year + Jacaranda tree
by Walt- 1 follower
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The jacaranda tree in the below two photos is more than 10 years old. I think I planted it sometime in 1999, or at the latest, 2000. I think it was no more than a 7.5 gallon size. In any event, I recall it incurred some branch damage (up to 1" in diameter) during the infamous radiational freeze of January 5, 2001, when my open yard low dropped to 22 degrees (this was 10 feet from my house, so outlying areas of my property probably got colder). But I digress. The point of my posting is to say that my jacaranda tree has never bloomed. Not once. Not even one little flower! At first I thought this was due to immaturity. But now I'm not sure. In any event, last week …
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so here is my premise. with water being so rare and expensive out here what kind of garden could be produced that uses no water all summer ? therby spending NO money on watering the garden at all also no native plants - all exotic I will kick this off you could start with Aloe dichotoma - they can make it thru a blazzing hold summer without a drop of water
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10a/9b hedge shrubs that grow quickly in shade
by Sandy Loam- 1 follower
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In USDA hardiness zone 9a/10a (Winter Haven, Florida, USA), are there any nice evergreen shrubs that will form a tall hedge AND can grow quickly in shade too. My experience with podocarpus and sweet virburnum is that they may grow well in sun, but are very slow-growing in the shade. Your recommendations are welcome. Thank you!
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12 Foot Tall Evergreen Weed ...... what is it?
by Alicehunter2000- 17 replies
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I always wondered what this was can anyone tell me?
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I once posted about this before, maybe 2-3 years ago, and don't recall what the feedback was. Sometime back in early 2000 I bought and planted a jacaranda (assume mimosifolia species), shown in photo #1 below. Photo #2 shows this jacaranda tree as it looks today. I like the tree for it's shape and foliage, but the problem is, it's never, ever bloomed. Not even on lousy bloom. Every spring my wife (she loves almost any plant that blooms with flowers) anticipate seeing our jacaranda tree's first bloom, and every spring we are always disappointed, for there is never any blooms. Two years ago I had finally had enough and bought a small Jacaranda mimosifolia from C…
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