Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Another Lowe's beauty...alocasia, 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
Lovely plant indeed... I've one I brought in for the winter..but it died back to nothing... then a dark black sprout came up a few weeks ago... now I havethe first leaves open.. it's gone from being black to the dark green of Bettys.. ready to make more for the new season... I was so thrilled I hadn't lost it..
I saw a variagated one in a plant catalog... what a beauty.. the leaves along with the usual interesting veining had each leaf 1/2 white...looking quite pure white..on the dark green leaf.. and only $65.00. so tempting... since they seem to stay alive season to season for me..
About Logees...I was there yesterday..a trip to their magical greenhouse..and only about a three hour drive.. up one way.. their parking lot.. a gravel area...covered with packed ice..but they have sprinkled it with dirt... to keep one from slipping.... inside a series of connected old glass green houses.. gigantic specimen plants they use for cuttings are behind the smaller pots of sale items... and many of them in full bloom..a long with lots of in ground vines and plants blooming as well..... gigantic orange trees...in full bloom and covered with the biggest oranges and lemons in the world.. just endless piles of plants in bloom... in these warm ...real humid greenhouses...like a trip to a tropical botanical garden.. in the middle of winter... and the joy is... you can bring them home with you... I'll not go on but they were lovely ...and at check out... they securely bunch the plants into trays..and place the trays into large clear plastic bags....filled with air and tied at the top.. so you walk out with a large greenhouse looking package filled with plants..
It my favorite New England Winter Escape... Gordon