Hi, Here is another website you might find interesting. They have a lot of very unusual plants. Some are pretty cold hardy. They just sent out a new catalog...
Yes, Andy and thank you for the tip. My Musa Silkamensis (hardy banana) is about 7 ft tall right now. Finally getting the heat here in S.Ontario. It's 35c or...
HI, I am in Mn and want to know how long youve had the Musa in the ground, what you do for winter protection, what zone are you? thanks, Alan in Minnetonka...
I've had the Musa Basjoo and Silkamensis for 3 years in the ground. I put 2 bags of leaves over them for protection. This might be more than I need in this...
I may try leaving some of the bananas out this Winter for the first time. I still don't know exactly what variety they are or if they will make it. I had...
Hi All, I am a seeds dealer in China. I just visited 2 native of Trachycarpuys nanus and Trachycarpus princeps. I can offer seeds of T.nanus at Sept 2003 and...
Zone 6 has quite a few possibilities for semi-tropicals. For palm trees Sabal minor is probably the best. No trunk but huge fronds. The big Agave would not be...
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What do you consider when you are looking for a plant that is "tropical" ? Matt in Norfolk, Virginia USDA zone 8 __________________________________ Do you...
I think of something that nobody else in the area has, and that doesn't look like it would survive a Winter here. If it looks nice, then I might try it....
Hi Andy, Yep, getting tired of the ones that are "borderline" hardy. I keep leaving them out and they look pretty rough by spring. "Not dead yet" isn't the...
How about plants or their relatives predominately native to the tropics, (found between the tropic of cancer and the tropic of capricorn). The relatives would...
Does anyone have a picture (or a link to a picture) of what alocasia macrorhiza rhizomes look like? I'd like to try some this year for the summer and there are...
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Mar 8, 2004 10:38 am
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LOL! We can get taro (colocasia esculenta) at the local K-Mart supermarket section for a third of the price of the K-Mart garden center section at the far end...
Isn't shopping fun? Colocasia esculenta is about 70 pence per kilo at my local Sri Lankan grocer; that's about US$1.30 for ten rhizomes; it may be cheaper...
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Mar 9, 2004 9:24 am
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sounds lik yucca root Frank Cooper Urbana, Illinois USA Zone 5b Record low temp -27 F (-32.8 C) Record high temp 105 F (40 C)...
Alocasia is really just a stem so it look like a cylinder and you wound see round spots arount it where stems had been attached somewhat like Philodendron....
Thanks very much for all the links - these will be very helpful in identifying strange roots in grocers. Who knows, I might try all of them! None of them,...
Matthew Duckett
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Mar 10, 2004 9:03 am
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My large rhizome has been identified - it is a yam (dioscorea, not ipomoea - I think in the US sweet potatoes are often called yams). Picture here: ...
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Hello Group, Got a hardy tropical note with spam which stimulated me to write this note. Am thinking about growing the above plants and have gotten some...
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Wow, was I blown away by seeing three 20 yr old Yucca Rostratas in bloom last week in Edina, Mn, they've been in north exposure without a whole lot of direct...
just thought I would drop a note to the group and see if there were any gay or bi guys interested in chatting with a 24/m if so you can check out my pics and...
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Hi, anyone have some advice on keeping Knipholia for years to come, I've divided and replanted some nursery bought knipholia this year and they are doing...
Some of us are here. If we don't have any info for you, we don't respond..... Our black bamboo is in a 26 inch clay pot (which breathes). Your ceramic pot is...
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