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The new spear on a Bottle Palm (Hyophorbe lagenicaulis) always amazes me.
It's thicker than my thumb, and 4 feet long.
I love this palm.
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The 6-foot tall Grapefruit Tree is finally pushing some growth too:
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Want to make a Bird of Paradise grow like crazy? and hopefully flower this year...give it 0-0-40 (Potash).
The new stem has grown 10 inches in two weeks:
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And a few miscellaneous flower pics:
Bachelor button:
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Celosia with sweet potato vine seedling at back:
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Peony (forgot which one):
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This Cordyline? (Red Flag?) is growing like mad.
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Yipppeeeeee....finally warm weather.
About bloody time.
Barb
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Posted : 29/05/2011 4:07 pm
Pretty. Are you gonna overwinter the cordyline?
Mike Trautner
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Posted : 29/06/2011 10:58 am
Nice Barb
I like the stripped spear on the palm.
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Posted : 29/06/2011 11:19 am
Looking good, that Bottle Palm is a beauty!
Steve
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Posted : 29/06/2011 11:54 am
Great pics, Barb! That's a great bottle palm.
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Posted : 29/06/2011 4:19 pm
Looks great Barb! Didn't know pot made bird of paradise grow faster. What are you grow'n up their? LOL
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Posted : 29/06/2011 9:54 pm
Yes, bottles palms are stunning. -- easily the stars of my garden.
They do not mind full sun and high heat with strong winds.
Posted : 30/06/2011 5:14 pm
Looking good Barb. That bottle palm is growing great. I wish I still had mine. The bird of paradise should be able to with stand your winds there.
John
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Posted : 01/07/2011 1:53 pm
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Thanks folks, sorry for late reply.
Yes, since Mike's picture of Cordylines flowering, I'll stop treating them as annuals.
Yup, Bird of Paradise (apparently) grows better if it's crowded in a pot, so infrequent potting up seems best.
And it loves Potassium.
Erik, I have to add my Bottle doesn't like the sun.
I'd take a photo of it, but the Palms North forum would be overcome by wailing. 😥 😥
Maybe I have a different sun than you... 😆 😆 😆 😆 👿 👿 👿 👿
Barb
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Posted : 01/07/2011 4:32 pm
Sun?
Strange. Mine are all in full sun. Fewer hours/day than in Canada, but higher in the sky. Weird. --Erik
Posted : 01/07/2011 4:36 pm
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Didn't know pot made bird of paradise grow faster. What are you grow'n up their? LOL
Tim. it only took me half a day to figure out your joke 😐
Potassium. Potassium. Potassium. 😆 😆 😆 😆
Erik, most palms love heat, and I think it hasn't been hot often enough this spring (again).
Barb
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Posted : 01/07/2011 7:25 pm
And I needed Barb to explain the pot joke.
About the bird of paradise: I don't have one, but W has a traveller's palm she adores (photo). Sort-of related plants.
She keeps asking me to pot it up for her. I plan to do that--tomorrow. 😆
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Posted : 01/07/2011 7:49 pm
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That's a nice one Erik.
Sure has grown since I last saw it.
Barb
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Posted : 01/07/2011 8:28 pm
I'm outside in the cool air (just 92 F at sunset!) making up a wheel barrow of potting soil.
So, add some K, eh?
Posted : 01/07/2011 9:13 pm
Now that I look at your picture above i do think my plant is also a Traveler's palm...It has gotten so huge and has made about five or six huge babies that I keep repotting and giving away. What do you guys think this is, Brd of paradise or Travelers.????...The stump is 21 in. in diameter and very hard and woody.
Mike Trautner
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Posted : 02/07/2011 9:01 am
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