Specialty Gardening: Plants that POP, 1 by Lilypon

Lilypon wrote:
Be careful Sunkissed because in your State I'm betting that would be a dangerous endeavor ;D I was good this year and just picked up 5 or 6 plants that were shipped up here from your sunny State. Of course here they are much more expensive (re shipping) but are of good size. In that group was two poor banana plants (they look very good but won't be happy with their winter quarters I'm sure). Thank you as well from me for additional ideas....I've got some of the plants you are showing so your lovely pots have certainly caught my eye.

Morganc I'm still trying to track down a split leaf philly or a Ti (sp?) plant. I did find both in Regina but at an expensive greenhouse. They were of very good size and the price tag was $50.00 :P each so am hoping Wal Mart, Home Hardware will bring some in (we are usually late receiving tropicals due to our planting out date of tenders on June 1st).
Early this spring and up to not too long ago we were having temps in the mid 70's to low 80's but with the jet stream and ENSO conditions (very La Nina like still here) we are now having biblical rains and SNOW is falling not too far away. My poor plants are spending too much time in the old garage/now shed or in my porch.

Meanwhile my lucky children are in Italy (son treated himself and his sister to this trip) and they took my advice and took time to smell the roses there. I spent the next two hours wiping off my keyboard. ;D I'd give my eye teeth for a plant to grow like that here.



This message was edited May 27, 2012 2:23 PM