TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms
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Tomatoes 🍅
by aztropic- 3 replies
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Tomato season has begun in Arizona! Put your seedlings in the ground mid August here, and you should have a crop supplying until mid May. Usually a trouble free plant around here except for the rare occasional year when white flies attack and spread the tomato curly leaf virus. Easy to grow, and the benefits are delicious! Store bought tomatoes can never compete with the flavor of a home grown, vine ripened tomato. 🤪 aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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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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How far north in Texas would be far enough north for Quercus fusiformis saplings sourced from there to survive a USDA Zone 7a/7b transition Middle Tennessee climate and stay green in an average winter? It’s hard to come by ones sourced from Oklahoma which are reputed to be cold-hardy to -10 °F, and I’ve been told ones sourced from the Alamo in South Texas lose their leaves at 10 °F just like the coastal Quercus virginiana does. The guy that has one with this sensitivity is sure they were correctly labeled because it came from the iconic one at the Alamo and the acorns are more fusiform than the coastal southern live oak acorns are. In fact, I’ve been told Q. virginiana so…
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Conocarpus erectus v. sericeus
by mnorell- 1 follower
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I was in New Orleans today at HD and to my great shock they had a supply of nice 3gal silver Conocarpus erectus v. sericeus (Silver Buttonwood). I'm usually not a big silver-foliage person, but Bismarckia and this shrub/tree are major exceptions, I always love seeing these driving through Florida, particularly the Keys, where this one (like Bismarckia) is so silver as to appear white. I bought one of these beauties and now face the issues surrounding its culture in my (I'm sure) somewhat inhospitable 9a Natchez climate. Can anyone illuminate in regards to cold-tolerance and behavior after freezes, as well as its tolerance of more acid soils than the coral beds of the …
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I like to grow papayas as annuals every once in a while to fill in spaces quickly and provide large tropical foliage. I like to sprout them from seed in July or August. I keep them in pots over the winter, then plant the following spring. I planted four of them at a former home in zone 7a Oklahoma City some years ago. I got 13 pounds of green fruit though, because I ran out of time to ripen before our first freeze was coming. They were really nice looking plants, even without getting ripe fruit. It had been several years since I had grown any, so I sprouted a few seeds last summer. I planned to keep two to fill out a bed near my pool, but one suddenly died on me…
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More experiments (pineapple)
by JohnAndSancho- 5 replies
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Bought a pineapple just to try to root the crown. I freaked out when the spear pulled but apparently that's normal. I ran peroxide through it anyway out of habit. Cleaned it up and let it dry for a few days and waited until I saw tiny tiny roots. It sure isn't very pretty right now. And I know the odds of me ever seeing fruit are ridiculously slim.
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🍌 B a n a n a s 🍌 ba ba bananas 1 2
by JohnAndSancho- 1 follower
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Ok, while I wait for these seeds to maybe or maybe not sprout, and I wait for my friend to send the Dwarf Cavendish that @5am contributed to the John and Sancho East Mississippi Palm Conservatorium, I broke down and bought a nanner off of eBay. Flashback to when I bought a queen palm because they grow fast.... I bought a Mekong Giant, and supposedly these get huge and run wild. Anyway, I guess I'm gonna dig through here and Reddit and YouTube because bananas.org is a great source of knowledge but the website only works when it wants to. And when I Google things like, the best fertilizer (hoping to find something ideal for both bananas and palms), everyone who has an…
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Did I mention? another agave in my collection
by TropicsEnjoyer- 30 replies
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I realized I forgot to make a post about an agave I got from lowe’s about 2 weeks ago. Found Agave isthmensis kissho kan for 20$ and couldn’t resist a cool rareish agave. I have been quite active in the agave family lately, having bought 2 yuccas recently. But when palms no longer fit anywhere I have to look for cool compact alternatives. Here’s what it looks like. @Merlyn I credit you for getting me started with this addiction 😂😂
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Who here grows Heliconias (all species), and what species do you grow and where. I love these plants and have for years. I have a few varieties of psittacorum (choconiana, sassy, and lady di), a lingulata, and have a hybrid on the way from Ricon PR (etsy). These are easily one of my favorite tropicals, but I have struggled with them at times here. They are exceedingly difficult to overwinter even indoors in a warm room with a grow light above them (PFW640, or HB1500). The biggest issue I have faced is root rot, and getting the right soil for them. I have read that they like bone meal? Can anyone attest to this?
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One of the things I look forward to this time of year is the new flushes of growth and cones from my Cycads. It is so amazing to see the lettuce soft new growth emerge from such a spikey formidable plant. I've been REAL into Cycads lately and many of the seedlings I just recently purchased are starting to flush as well. So lets see what Cycads are flushing or coning for you. Sorry about the lighting on my pics but we had the heavy duty May gray socked in today. Here is my Lepidozamia Hopei with a 2 leaf mini flush. Stevo
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Help with Agave ID
by dalmatiansoap- 1 follower
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Any ideas on this Aloe? Maybe 10 years in the garden, so still no flower to help ID.
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Purchased a Rothmania a few years ago in Sydney’s friends of the garden society nursery in the royal botanical gardens, it had grown big enough to plant out. And if you want to see some great pictures of the flowers go to rare palm seeds they have some great pictures of the flowers from my garden on there website. A beautiful tree that has a beautiful smell in flower. They asked me if they could use the photos I sent them, sure I said! And a hibiscus sp all the way from Tasmania from @Jonathan who sent me this one I planted so thanks Jonathan for the plant, definitely looking forward to seeing it flower! Two more very beautiful flowering trees in the garden!
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A few more of my peroffskyana are coning. The age of them is about 25 years from seed I collected in the wild. Easy to germinate if you can wait around 12 months. Single plants will set viable seeds, provided you have the weevil that pollinates them. There is usually about 100 seeds per plant and there is about 6 in the garden coning. There even popping up as volunteers in the garden there that easy!
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Dragonfruit?
by JohnAndSancho- 2 replies
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Anybody else growing dragonfruit? I found a seller on eBay (tastydragons) with a bogo sale, and all the non-automated feedback says he always throws extras in the box with fruit, plus a shipping discount so I'm like, OK despite the fact that I just built new tables, have more seeds than I know what to do with, more seeds in the mail, seeds I can't even freaking give away, community pots I need to break up, and I'm in crisis mode for heat mat space - what's $20? Anyway, I ordered a Condor and a Bien Hoa and I have no idea what else he's throwing in the box, but the cuttings he sent me pictures of were all about 2 feet high already. Plus I have the sprouted see…
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A nice tray of some bowenia spectabilis
by happypalms- 18 replies
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A beautiful Australian plant, easy to germinate but seeds are rare in my area. They love water and if allowed to dry out they just disappear and return years later when they get big rain events. A nice understory plant with that fern like look, I would say cool tolerant and a bit of morning sun is ok. Once used in the cut flower industry as a filler with wild plants being harvested, I most certainly don’t think that would be happening today that’s for sure. But a nice plant well worth growing in a container or in the understory.
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Chrysophyllum cainito - star apple
by aztropic- 3 replies
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I've been growing one of these trees in Arizona for a couple years now, mainly for it's beautiful foliage. Today,I noticed for the first time its tiny flowers. As small as they are,they have a strong smell of nutmeg.Since this was just its first flowering, I decided to play queen bee and see if anything develops...🤞 aztropic Mesa, Arizona
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Silver lady fern checking out
by quaman58- 5 replies
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Hey all, I got this plant a number of years ago (blechnum gibbon) at a garden center. Although it’s a native of New Caledonia, it’s very common and grew nicely outdoors for years. One thing I always liked about it was the fact that it developed a short upright stem, which then tipped over on its side, rooted the stem into the ground, and started growing skyward again. Really had a soft spot in my heart for it. It flushed regularly for years… and then suddenly didn’t. Outside the obvious (no new growth, collapsed crown), I can’t really see what might have happened. No insects, no fungus, nothing I can see that could be responsible. Thoughts? Seemed way too healthy to…
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A nice bit of garden colour will be welcomed into the the understory, give this a few years and iam sure there will plenty of colour being a monstera there will be no shortage of foliage!
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A thread for anyone, and everyone who enjoys these plants.. While one of the most iconic plants in dry desert landscapes, the Genus Yucca can be found almost anywhere from the Prairies of the northern Plains, to the humid Southeast. Many also extend deep into the subtropical portions of Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America as well. Many species are well established in landscapes worldwide. Often enough, while iconic species as Yucca brevifolia, Joshua Tree, or Yucca elephantes /guatemalensis, Giant Yucca come to mind when picturing them, the Genus contains upwards of 49 or so species and numerous sub species that range from small, non-trunking, Agave-lik…
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Just....some of my plants
by metalfan- 7 replies
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Some great trees to grow for planting in the garden memycylon umbellatum, toona ciliata, Syzigium Willsoni
by happypalms- 0 replies
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A few tree seedlings for the garden, all grown from seed I germinated, some seeds were purchased and others from the garden. They will make great canopy trees the toona sp. and the others medium sized trees for creating shade and ornamental appeal.
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Real “trees” in the garden
by rizla023- 1 follower
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I have been inspired about how to incorporate “real” trees in the garden that work well with palms. I have been inspired by images of Mexico City and the diverse range of trees, palm trees, and other plants. We have a mature citrus tree that is being suffocated by the new tropicals (primarily the heliconia) but also our night blooming jasmine and majesty palm. We already have several mature lemons so we are considering removing it and replacing it with something that would compliment the palms. Next to it, we also have the c. Houaliou, foxtail, vetchia, teddy bear and ravenea hildebrandtii. I am wondering what other proper trees you all use. Magnolia…
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Tree identification what is this Australian tree?
by happypalms- 6 replies
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Spotted this one growing on the property. 27 years living on the property and have never noticed it before. It’s a mystery to me what it is. At a guess a mrtyle?
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Flower time
by happypalms- 1 reply
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We all love flowers and they brighten up any day, so have little brightness from happypalms.
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Croton plant on coast in San Diego (Carlsbad, CA)
by Lagooncraig- 10 replies
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Trying to find out if it’s ok to plant croton in carlsbad, CA
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