You can do it in stages I guess. I focused on the bit we could see and did the secret garden (the bit hidden down the end) last.
Despite my obvious expertise, I'm rather reluctant.
Love this! We inherited a fatsia when we bought the house. Was tiny 3 years ago, last year about 3 feet tall and out of nowhere this year it has doubled in size. Looks like something out of jurassic Park.
I've seen some stunning gardens that have taken the wild approach.
The musa is bigger than mine, mullered to ground level this year
Mine is to think about one over ambitious project and then the next!I've seen some stunning gardens that have taken the wild approach.
My ADHD has many strange manifestations one is to jump from one over ambitious project to the next. Gardening and my mental health issues seem to be a good (and healthy) match
Lovely! Tetrapanax, one of my favourites! Is it the T. 'Rex' variety?
My Tetrapanax is in the front garden and full sun. I only noticed the other day, when it was too late, that due to the weather many of the leaves were curling up. I've been watering prodigiously since but will need to tidy up. I saw my neighbour digging up an errant runner over 20 feet away in his garden lol. I wanted to ask him for it, if it had roots but didn't know if he was annoyed with me...The musa is bigger than mine, mullered to ground level this year
In fact, the ensete is bigger, but I propped it over the winter so just have little ones....never can grow tetrapanax even though I've tried numerous times
Is the rest of the garden exotic themed?
hey Mr Croydon, that’s looking really, really nice. All lush and green.
I just used some rotary washing line covers with some fleece underneath and all survived. I have two tetrapanax, one in a pot which is what you can see in the photo, and another in the ground of which I lost about a foot but has since sprouted from 4 different points now.The musa is bigger than mine, mullered to ground level this year
In fact, the ensete is bigger, but I propped it over the winter so just have little ones....never can grow tetrapanax even though I've tried numerous times
I am not 100% sure. Was sold as t rex but not convinced.
Yes. I have olive trees, oleander, black bamboo, tree ferns, tree dahlia ginger, brugmansia, ricinus, gunnera and a few other bits that I have grown from seed but not ready yet.
Of course. Not had any yet but am happy to donate@bluenitsuj
If you ever get any Tetrapanex suckers come up and you'd like to donate one to the Rockery in Preston Park, i'm sure we could sort something for a swap
Out of interest, why are you not convinced? To me it looks like Rex. I've looked at hundreds of the plants over the years and there is a definite difference in the length of the 'fingers'.
It may well be a rex but a lot of them are mis sold but you may well be right.
