http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/ 2021-04-01T07:48:06.000000Z 1.0 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-35.jpg Picture of nicely stuffed border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Abyssinian-banana.html 2016-02-29T15:11:22.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-13.jpg Ripening complete. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-02.jpg First signs of an Abyssinian banana flower stalk. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-12.jpg Abyssinian bananas ripening in the greenhouse. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-06.jpg Individual flowers of the abyssinian banana. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-37.jpg Severed pseudostem revealing a solid central core. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-14.jpg A small abyssinian banana surrounded by mature seeds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-36.jpg The central core removed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-16.jpg A peeled Abyssinian banana. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-01.jpg Abyssinian banana flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-09.jpg Ensete flower stalk in scruffy mode. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-07.jpg Older bracts on the Ensete flower stem. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-17.jpg Split banana revealing immature seed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-03.jpg The Abyssinian banana flower begin to open http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-24.jpg Green Abyssinian bananas http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-38.jpg Severed pseudostem of a non-flowering plant. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/abyssinian-banana-flower-10.jpg Ensete flower stalk in tidy mode. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/All-plants.html 2016-03-01T15:58:05.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Alpinia-zerumbet-variegata.html 2016-02-29T11:55:29.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-03.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' in the tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-09.jpg The divided rhizome, roots and shoots removed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-01.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-08.jpg Rhizomes are divided http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-05.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-21.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' looking half decent http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-04.jpg Frosted Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-10.jpg Growth achieved by the end of March http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-12.jpg 20th of November http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-20.jpg Fleece tent constructed to protect Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' from frost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-16.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' struggling in full sun http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-02.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-15.jpg Alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' in the greenhouse http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-14.jpg Potted up ready for winter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-13.jpg Plants dug up intact http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Amaranthus.html 2016-02-29T18:01:39.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-hopi-red-dye-01.jpg Amaranthus hopi red dye http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-paniculatus-flowers-01.jpg Amaranthus paniculatus 'Oeschberg' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-01.jpg Amaranthus seedlings prior to thinning http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seeds-03.jpg Amaranthus caudatus seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-03.jpg Direct sown Amaranthus 'Hopi red dye' seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-02.jpg Thinned out amaranthus seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seeds-01.jpg Harvesting Amaranthus seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-05.jpg digging up seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-caudatus-flowers-01.jpg Amaranthus caudatus flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-hopi-red-dye-03.jpg Amaranthus taking over a border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-04.jpg Self sown seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-caudatus-01.jpg Love lies bleeding http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-08.jpg Seedlings replanted http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-tricolour-slendens-perfecta-01.jpg Amaranthus tricolour splendens http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-06.jpg Untangled plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/amaranthus-seedlings-07.jpg Planting a seedling http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Arundo-donax-variegata.html 2016-02-29T11:36:37.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-10.jpg Canes being buried http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-09.jpg Arundo donax canes laying on the soil http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-05.jpg Arundo donax variegata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-02.jpg Arundo donax variegata canes laid horizontally in a seed tray http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-08.jpg One seasons growth of the cuttings. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-07.jpg Settling in for winter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-03.jpg The appearance of Arundo donax variegata shoots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-15.jpg Arundo shoots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-04.jpg Arundo donax variegata growing through a protective chicken wire cover. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-01.jpg Arundo donax variegata growing in a container. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-11.jpg Canes mark the location of buried canes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-variegata-06.jpg Arundo donax variegata root system http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Arundo-donax.html 2016-03-01T13:34:13.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax01.jpg Arundo donax foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-04.jpg Final height of an Arundo donax stem http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-03.jpg Arundo donax growing in a tropical border. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax02.jpg Arundo donax in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-10.jpg Arundo donax 'versicolor' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/arundo-donax-09.jpg Brown winter stems of Arundo donax http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Baggie-method.html 2016-02-29T12:22:33.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-26.jpg Ziplock bag sealed and ready to go. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-17.jpg Sphagnum moss http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-28.jpg Newly germinated palm tree seed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-07.jpg Bags of seeds hanging at ceiling height. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-18.jpg Seeds mixed with moss in a ziplock bag. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-21.jpg Three parts dry vermiculite : 1 part wet http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-16.jpg A ziplock bag http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-29.jpg Pots filled with steriled compost await the germination of seeds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-22.jpg Wet vermiculite is added to the bowl. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-30.jpg Bird of paradise seeds germinated in sphagnum moss http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-25.jpg A mug used as a scoop for the vermiculite. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-02.jpg A variety of different seeds in soak. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-19.jpg Soaked vermiculite is drained. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/baggie-method-23.jpg Mix thoroughly http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Banana-plant.html 2016-02-29T15:27:26.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-29.jpg Growth achieved from the severed banana shoot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-30.jpg Old pseudostem bases are prized apart using a spade. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-04.jpg June 28th...... http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-03.jpg Banana plant pseudostems atfter one month. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-18.jpg Close up of the banana plant pseudostem. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-11.jpg Banana plant pseudo stems collapsed after too much frost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-07.jpg A Month and a day after Independance day (USA) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-28.jpg Removed banana corms. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-01.jpg New pseudostems pushing through. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-19.jpg Exposed banana plant pseudostems frozen solid. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-06.jpg 18th July http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-05.jpg Banan plant pseudostems on the 9th of July. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-09.jpg A closer view of the banana plant three weeks later. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-22.jpg A small banana shoot sliced off by accident. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-02.jpg Growth after just seven days. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-10.jpg Growth achieved by the end of September. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plant-21.jpg Exposed banana plant corms. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Beschorneria-offshoots.html 2021-02-28T19:53:12.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-53.jpg Plant removed from pot to display roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-43.jpg Removed Beschorneria offshoots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-15.jpg Germinated Beschorneria seed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-04.jpg Beschorneria seed pod contents showing black viable seeds amongst a majority of white duds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-51.jpg A seed grown Beschorneria yuccoides http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-47.jpg Root formation on the offsets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-offshoots-39.jpg Base of a Beschorneria flower stem showing the development of offshoots or bulbils http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Beschorneria-yuccoides.html 2021-03-04T11:57:10.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-05.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-03.jpg Beschornaria yuccoides leaf detail http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-11.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower detail http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-06.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-09.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides seed pod http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-07.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-10.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-01.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-03.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-02.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschornaria-yuccoides-flower-08.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-02.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-flower-04.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Beshorneria-yuccoides.html 2013-02-11T11:04:23.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Best-compost-bin.html 2016-02-29T16:24:56.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/garden-compost-bin04.jpg Wooden compost bin with removable front panels. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Black-mondo-grass.html 2016-03-01T13:34:24.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-05.jpg Production line seed retrieval. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-11.jpg newly germinated black mondo grass. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-06.jpg Washed seeds of the Black mondo grass http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-04.jpg Peeling Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' seeds with a teaspoon. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-09.jpg Newly planted Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' seeds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-03.jpg Black mondo grass http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-01.jpg Un-ripe seeds of Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/black-mondo-grass-seeds-02.jpg Newly harvested black mondo grass seeds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Bog-garden.html 2016-03-01T14:59:39.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-05.jpg Back fill the hole adding manure as you go. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-10.jpg A final trample of the soil. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-04.jpg A pond liner is place in the hole. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-02.jpg A tarpulin is placed on the lawn alongside the area to be transformed into a swamp http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-01.jpg Colocasia esculenta flourish in a bog garden (a previously awkward spot) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-03.jpg The soil is piled onto the tarpaulin. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-11.jpg The bog garden ready for planting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-14.jpg Roll the last of the soil into the hole using the tarpaulin. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-07.jpg Gently trample the soil every few inches. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/bog-garden-12.jpg Plants enjoying the wet soil of the bog garden. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Canna-lilies.html 2016-03-01T18:41:45.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-16.jpg Seven weeks http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-42.jpg Ensete ventricosum growing in a soil full of Canna lilies http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-18.jpg Canna lily seeds in soak http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-33.jpg Three weeks from chipping http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-40.jpg Ensete ventricosum growing in a soil devoid of Canna lilies http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-24.jpg Germinated canna seeds set out in a nice grid fashion. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-26.jpg Canna lily seed awaiting burial http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-25.jpg Make holes 20 centimeters apart http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-23.jpg Germinated canna lilies http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-34.jpg Canna lilies five weeks from chipping http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-27.jpg Watering in the seed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-22.jpg Canna lilly seeds in their germinating environment http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-28.jpg Watering each hole helps you to see where each canna seed has been planted http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-lilies-21.jpg Sun block http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Canna-pests-and-diseases.html 2016-02-29T15:12:02.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/aphids01.jpg Aphids infesting the underside of a canna leaf. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-virus01.jpg A normal canna leaf on left and a leaf exhibiting a virus on right http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paint-brush01.jpg paint brushes used to remove aphids http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Canna-varieties.html 2016-02-29T15:12:00.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-warscewiczii08.jpg early planting of canna warscewiczii http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-warscewiczii03.jpg Flower of canna warscewiczii http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-indica-purpurea02.jpg Flower of canna indica purpurea http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-warscewiczii06.jpg Canna warscewiczii rhizome http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-altensteinii01.jpg Canna altensteinii growing in a tropical border. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-indica-purpurea01.jpg Canna indica purpurea foliage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-warscewiczii05.jpg Canna warscewiczii growing in a tropical border. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-altensteinii03.jpg Flower of canna altensteinii. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Canna.html 2016-02-29T15:16:30.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-indica-red-03.jpg C.indica red http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-indica-yellow-11.jpg C.indica yellow flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome-23.jpg canna rhizome http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-paniculata-17.jpg Canna paniculata foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-flaccida-04.jpg Canna flaccida flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-paniculata-02.jpg Canna Paniculata rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-glauca-13.jpg Canna glauca growing in a swamp bed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-en-avant-21.jpg A rather messy C. en avant flower after rain. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-flaccida-07.jpg Canna flaccida http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-coccinea-01.jpg Flower of cana coccinea http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-glauca-15.jpg Canna glauca flowers. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-paniculata-19.jpg C.warscewiczii, C.paniculata and Ensete ventricosum provide the foliage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-en-avant-09.jpg En Avant flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Castor-oil-plant.html 2016-02-29T15:45:11.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant-seeds02.jpg Castor oil plant seed pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant02.jpg Castor oil plant - ricinus communis 'zanzi palm' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant01.jpg Leaf of castor oil plant ricinus communis 'zanzi palm' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant-seeds01.jpg Castor oil plant seed spikes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant-seedling01.jpg Self seeded castor oil plant seedling http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant-seeds04.jpg Newly germinated castor oil plants - ricinus communis http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/castor-oil-plant-seeds03.jpg Castor oil plant seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ricinus-communis-new-zealand-purple02.jpg The castor oil plant - ricinus communis growing in a tropical garden setting http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cigar-plant.html 2016-02-29T18:01:38.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-03.jpg Seeds of the Mexican cigar plant http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-01.jpg Cuphea ignea flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-06.jpg Newly germinated seeds of the Mexican cigar plant. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-09.jpg Cuphea ignea seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-07.jpg Mexican cigar plant seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mexican-cigar-plant-02.jpg Mexican cigar plant flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cold-hardy-bananas.html 2016-02-29T15:27:12.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/musa-sikkimensis01.jpg Wind torn leaves of musa sikkimensis http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-plants01.jpg Banana plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/musa-sikkimensis02.jpg Musa sikkimensis leaf detail. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Colocasia-esculenta.html 2021-03-03T16:20:42.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-14.jpg Colocasia leaves on July 9yh http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-12.jpg Small colocasia leaf emerging from the soil 27th June http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-05.jpg Sprouting tubers of colocasia esculenta http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-45.jpg View of the greenhouse bench with assorted tropical plants developing http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-06.jpg Sprouting Arvi tuber http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-19.jpg Colocasia esculenta tubers removed from parent plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-11.jpg More robust plants on May 8th http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-01.jpg Colocasia esculenta leaf with hand for scale http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-20.jpg Uprooted colocasia esculenta plants showing roots and new tubers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-09.jpg Growth achieved by April 18th http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-21.jpg Colocasia tubers cleaned of roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-var-esculenta-01.jpg Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta - Taro http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-23.jpg Colocasia esculenta growing amongst Ensete and Canna http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-24.jpg Colocasia tubers in a shopping bag http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-32.jpg First shoots emerging 28th March http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-02.jpg 53 Arbi tubers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-10.jpg Growth achieved by May 8th http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-var-esculenta-02.jpg Growth achieved over an entire summer in the greenhouse http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-04.jpg A receipt showing the cost of the Colocasia tubers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Colocasia-tubers.html 2021-02-28T19:31:51.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-09.jpg Colocasia roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-25.jpg Colocasia tuber with offsets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-08.jpg Colocasias in the greenhouse http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-03.jpg Colocasia tubers in a pond basket http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-32.jpg Colocasia tubers removed from the compost bin http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-13.jpg Colocasia plants packed together http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-01.jpg Frost damaged Colocasia http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-07.jpg Cleaned Colocasia tubers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-04.jpg Colocasia tubers placed in the compost heap in pond baskets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-31.jpg Compost bin contents being turned over http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-26.jpg Divided Colocasia tuber http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-02.jpg Colocasia plants with foliage removed lying of the lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-tubers-05.jpg Tubers are now covered in chopped foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Compost-ingredients.html 2016-02-29T16:24:54.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Composting-leaves.html 2016-02-29T16:25:04.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/composting-leaves-02.jpg Mow the leaves http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/composting-leaves-04.jpg Leaves piled up on a lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/composting-leaves-03.jpg Shredded leaves ready to compost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Contact-me.html 2015-09-03T12:52:24.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Container-gardening-ideas.html 2021-03-04T10:31:07.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus01.jpg Cyperus papyrus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cordyline-australis01.jpg Cordyline Australis growing in a terracotta pot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/nerium-oleander02.jpg Nerium oleander under-planted with Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus02.jpg Cyperus papyrus growing in a water filled terracotta pot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/aeonium-arboreum02.jpg Aeonium arboreum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cyperus-alternifolius.html 2016-03-01T13:34:21.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-06.jpg Growth begins in earnest http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-18.jpg Frost destroyed Cyperus alternifolius. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-03.jpg Roots n' shoots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-08.jpg Cyperus alternifolius growing in a plastic pond basket http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-04.jpg New shoots after just 12 days http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-15.jpg Growth made in just over three months http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-01.jpg Cyperus alternifolius http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-02.jpg Cuttings placed upside down in a container http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-05.jpg Potted up cuttings of C.alternifolius http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-11.jpg A prepared cutting of Cyperus alternifolius http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-alternifolius-14.jpg Larger scale stem propagation. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cyperus-papyrus.html 2021-03-04T10:29:38.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-12.jpg Cyperus papyrus growing in swamp pots on steps leading to patio in previous picture http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-20.jpg Cyperus papyrus growing in and ornamental pond http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-06.jpg Cyperus papyrus growing in the more shaded wildlife pond http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-18.jpg Seeds developing on the umbels http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-14.jpg Cyperus papyrus pom poms (umbels) with ensete ventricosum in the background http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyperus-papyrus-16.jpg Cyperus papyrus umbels http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Cyphomandra-betacea.html 2016-02-29T15:45:15.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyphomandra-betecea05.jpg New shoots on a chyphomandra betacea root. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyphomandra-betecea04.jpg Washed roots of cyphomandra betacea, the tree tomato. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyphomandra-betecea03.jpg Cyphomandra betacea, the tree tomato. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Dahlia-tubers.html 2016-02-29T18:01:52.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dahlia-tubers-4.jpg New dahlia stem 5 weeks from division http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dahlia-tubers-6.jpg Potted dahlia tuber 2 weeks from division showing signs of life. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dahlia-tubers-1.jpg A congested dahlia tuber. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dahlia-tubers-5.jpg Divided dahlia tuber http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dahlia-flowers-01.jpg Dahlias growing in a mixed tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Echium-pininana.html 2016-03-04T20:00:08.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana-10.jpg echium pininana in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-flowers03.jpg Echium 'snow flower' detail http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana04.jpg Shell shocked Echium pininanas in late winter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana-07.jpg Self seeded echiums potted up http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana03.jpg Echium pininanas enjoying some October sunshine http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana-06.jpg A self seeded echium http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana02.jpg Echium pininana growing in a tropical border setting http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-flowers01.jpg Echium 'snow tower' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Echium-wildpretii-flowers.html 2016-03-04T12:26:42.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-12.jpg Fancy back-lit shot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-11.jpg Elongating flower spike http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-10.jpg Even further elongating Echium wildpretii flower spike http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-04.jpg Dead Echium wildpretii plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-01.jpg Echium wildpretii flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-17.jpg Echium wildpretii flower spike after flowering http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-14.jpg Echium wildpretii flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-09.jpg FSurther elongating Echium wildpretii flower spike http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-15.jpg Echium wildpretii flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-03.jpg Scruffy survivors of the winter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-08.jpg Elongating Echium wildpretii flower spike http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-18.jpg Ripe seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-13.jpg The first Echium wildpretii flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-flowers-16.jpg Echium wildpretii flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Echium-wildpretii-seeds.html 2016-03-04T12:29:58.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-07.jpg Separating the seeds from debris using a hair dryer http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-02.jpg Echium wildpretii seeds drying http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-03.jpg Dried flower stalks being removed with secateurs. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-01.jpg Dried Echium wildpretii seeds ready for harvest http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-04.jpg Echium wildpretii stalk covered in tiny hairs http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-06.jpg Seed heads complete with attached seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-05.jpg The Stalks http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-seeds-08.jpg Container with Echium wildpretii seeds showing a small pile of 50 seeds relative to the total amount http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Echium-wildpretii.html 2016-03-04T12:16:54.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-01.jpg Echium wildpretii in second year of growth http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-05.jpg Winter beckons http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-08.jpg Echium wildpretii Early November, year 2 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-04.jpg Somewhat deflated Echium wildpretii plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-03.jpg Echuim wildpretii seedlings five weeks later http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-10.jpg Echium wildpretii Early November, year 2 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-02.jpg Newly germinated Echuim wildpretii seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Elephant-ear-plant.html 2016-02-29T15:45:01.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-foliage03.jpg elephant ear plant (Xanthosoma) growing in a mixed tropical foliage border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/eddoe-coco-yam01.jpg Eddoe - Coco yam comparisson shot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta04.jpg Elephant ear plants (Xanthosoma) growing away happily http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta02.jpg Close up of a tuber of the elephant ear plant - Xanthosoma sp. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta05.jpg Early planting stage of Elephant ear plant, Xanthosoma sp. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta-var-antiquorum01.jpg Elephant ear tubers - the eddoe http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta01.jpg Elephant ear tubers (Xanthosoma sp.) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/elephant-ear-tubers-colocasia-esculenta03.jpg Root system in the early stages of growth of Xanthosoma - the elephant ear plant. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-var-antiquorum02.jpg elephant ear plant - colocasia esculenta var antiquorum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Ensete-ventricosum.html 2016-02-29T12:08:10.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-maurelii02.jpg Ensete Ventricosum 'Maurelii' leaf detail. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/large-ensete-03.jpg Three large ensete http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum02.jpg Ensete Ventricosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-frost01.jpg Frost damaged ensete ventricosum. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-leaf01.jpg Emerging leaf of Ensete Ventricosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Exotic-patio.html 2016-03-01T09:12:55.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sunny-patio03.jpg Exotic patio facing north http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Exotic-trees-and-shrubs.html 2016-03-01T14:16:30.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/exotic-trees-and-shrubs-01.jpg Cordyline and Beshorneria http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Flowering-plants.html 2016-02-29T17:43:08.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/flowering-plants-01.jpg Flowering plants in a tropical border. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/flowering-plants-09.jpg Flowering Amaranthus caudatus plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Four-o-clocks.html 2016-02-29T12:00:22.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-seedlings-05.jpg 'Spaced out' Four O'Clocks. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-seedlings-06.jpg A frame work of short link stakes. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-tuber-01.jpg Tuber of Mirabilis jalapa http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-seedlings-04.jpg Self sown Four O'Clocks. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mirabilis-jalapa-seeds-02.jpg Spent Four O'Clock flowers and seeds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mirabilis-jalapa-01.jpg Emerging stem from a Mirabilis tuber. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-07.jpg Mirabilis jalapa in a tropical border setting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clock-seedlings-02.jpg Four O'Clocks in individual pots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clock-seedlings-01.jpg Four O'Clocks awaiting transplantation. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-flowers-09.jpg Four O'Clocks in flower. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mirabilis-jalapa-02.jpg Stakes are now hidden... http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-09.jpg A gap in the border where Four O'Clocks had to be removed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/four-o-clocks-flowers-04.jpg Four o'clocks in flower. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Garden-compost.html 2016-02-29T16:24:53.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/garden-compost-bin05.jpg Wooden compost bin full of mature compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Garden-ponds.html 2016-02-29T16:05:33.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/garden-ponds-01.jpg Garden pond surounded by lush vegetation. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Gardening-techniques.html 2016-03-01T14:59:35.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/gardening-techniques-02.jpg Removing an un-wanted shrub http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Germinating-seeds.html 2016-03-01T14:33:11.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/germinating-seeds-03.jpg Plastic container filled with sterile water. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/germinating-seeds-04.jpg Overcrowded seedlings showing signs of etiolation http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/germinating-seeds-02.jpg Newly germinated papaya seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Germination-of-ensete-ventricosum.html 2016-03-01T13:04:57.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seedlings-03.jpg The same plants at the end of November, dug up for winter storage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seeds-03.jpg Ensete ventricosum seeds soaking http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seeds-12.jpg Newly germinated Ensete ventricosum seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seedlings-02.jpg Seedlings at the end of May - 13 weeks from germination http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seedlings-01.jpg Seedlings at the end of March - five weeks from germination http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Giant-reed.html 2016-02-29T11:36:35.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-19.jpg Sections of rhizome http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-05.jpg The first bits bite the dust http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-18.jpg Emerging shoots of the giant reed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-09.jpg Bind weed roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-02.jpg Giant reed, Arundo donax encroaching on the lawn. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-20.jpg Giant reed creeping forward http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-06.jpg The mound of removed arundo donax rhizomes increases http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-11.jpg View of the tropical border without the giant reed in September http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-04.jpg Excavated giant reed rhizome http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-10.jpg Area cleared of the giant reed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/giant-reed-07.jpg All removed rhizomes in a heap http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Greenhouse-equipment.html 2016-03-01T14:33:09.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse-equipment-03.jpg Heated propagation mat. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse-equipment-05.jpg Potting tray http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse-equipment-01.jpg Automatic vent mechanism http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse-equipment-04.jpg Heated propagator http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Greenhouse-gardening.html 2016-03-01T14:33:07.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse-at-night-02.jpg The greenhouse illuminated on a winters night. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Growing-canna.html 2016-02-29T15:11:38.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-warscewiczii01.jpg canna warscewiczii in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Growing-dahlias.html 2016-02-29T18:01:41.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-dahlias-08.jpg Dahlia shoots emerging from the compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-dahlias-02.jpg Dahlia flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-dahlias-07.jpg Dahlia tuber showing signs of life. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-dahlias-06.jpg Dahlia tuber or bulb. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Growing-hosta.html 2016-02-29T10:53:32.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-31.jpg Hostas growing in pots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-01.jpg Pristine Hosta foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-09.jpg Hostas being dug up http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-28.jpg Hosta leaves emerging from the soil in pots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-20.jpg Self ashesive copper bands http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-29.jpg Hosta foliage dying down for winter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-08.jpg Hostas emerging into growth http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-21.jpg Copper tape fixed around a flower pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-10.jpg A divided clump of hosta http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-26.jpg Hostas re-housed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/growing-hosta-03.jpg Less than pristine Hosta foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Hardiness-Zones.html 2016-03-01T08:41:48.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Hedychium.html 2016-02-29T15:45:13.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/hedychium-maximum-flower03.jpg Hedychium maximum. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mulched-hedychium-rhizome-03.jpg hedychium rhizome mulched with composted bark http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/frost-damaged-hedychium-01.jpg Frost damaged hedychium foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/hedychium-stems-01.jpg Trimmed hedychium stems http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/hedychium-maximum-flower01.jpg Hedychium maximum in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mulched-hedychium-rhizome-02.jpg hedychium rhizome mulched with manure http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Impatiens-flowers.html 2016-02-29T11:55:25.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-04.jpg White impatiens flowers in full shade. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/new-guinea-impatiens-02.jpg Newly planted New Guinea impatiens. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/new-guinea-impatiens-03.jpg New Guinea impatiens tip cuttings in a bedding pack. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-seedlings-02.jpg Impatiens seedlings. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-01.jpg White impatiens flowers in a shady spot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-06.jpg A fringe of impatiens flowers. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-13.jpg New guinea impatiens in the ground. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-08.jpg Red impatiens moulding seamlessly to other foliage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/new-guinea-impatiens-05.jpg New Guinea impatiens crammed into a container. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-seeds-02.jpg A ripening impatiens seed pod. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-flowers-11.jpg Pot grown New Guinea's http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Kahili-ginger.html 2016-02-29T11:22:38.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-18.jpg Kahili gingers awaiting planting http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-07.jpg 13/11/08 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-04.jpg Kahili ginger plants separated http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-06.jpg The plants on the 10/10/08 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-16.jpg Unimpressive growth by the 9th October http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-14.jpg Frost damaged foliage of Hedychium gardnerianum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-01.jpg Three week old Kahili ginger seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-12.jpg Ripening pod on a flower stalk http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-09.jpg kahili ginger on 14/05/09 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-05.jpg Kahili ginger plants re-potted http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-28.jpg kahili ginger flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-23.jpg Kahili ginger settled in a tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-13.jpg Split seed pod of the kahili ginger http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-15.jpg Emerging shoots of the Kahili ginger http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-31.jpg Hedychium gardnerianum newly planted out http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-03.jpg kahili ginger on 04/07/08 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-19.jpg kahili gingers in their new home http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-17.jpg kahili gingers lying on the lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-02.jpg The plants on the 19/04/08 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-29.jpg kahili ginger flower spikes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-10.jpg More Hedychium gardnerianum roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/kahili-ginger-08.jpg Roots of the Kahili ginger http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Lotus-seeds.html 2021-02-28T18:51:32.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-11.jpg Stems emerging from germinated lotus seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-03.jpg Sawn lotus seeds showing the white interior http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-01.jpg Lotus seeds in retail packaging http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-04.jpg Lotus seeds soaking in water. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-02.jpg Lotus seed being held between fingers and sawn with a hacksaw http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lotus-seeds-15.jpg Lotus shots reaching the surface http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Melianthus-major.html 2021-03-07T09:17:20.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-26.jpg Emerging flowers in relation to the bush http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-31.jpg Melianthus major flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-39.jpg Growth achieved by mid October http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-23.jpg Seed pod of Melianthus major http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-32.jpg Melianthus flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-40.jpg The stalk effect of Melianthus major http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-25.jpg Emerging melianthus flower. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-37.jpg Growth achieved from seed in one season http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-35.jpg Melianthus growth 2nd May http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-34.jpg Melianthus major - New shoots emerging 31st March http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-24.jpg Melianthus major leaf detail http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-30.jpg Elongated flowers of Melianthus major http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-42.jpg Melianthus major http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-33.jpg Frost damaged Melianthus major http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Miscanthus-grass.html 2016-02-29T11:04:24.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-16.jpg Winter appearance of Miscanthus grass http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-11.jpg Miscathus floridulus flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-39.jpg Miscanthus grass - floridulus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-38.jpg Miscanthus floridulus rhizome http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-06.jpg Cutting dried Miscanthus grass stems http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-37.jpg Miscanthus grass in the dawn rays http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-41.jpg Miscanthus stems awaiting shredding http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-40.jpg Miscanthus floridulus flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-29.jpg Dried miscanthus flower heads http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-14.jpg Wind damaged emerging miscanthus stems http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/miscanthus-grass-17.jpg Miscanthus grass supported by flexible rope http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/North-American-pitcher-plant.html 2016-02-29T18:22:28.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-flower02.jpg Pitcher plant flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-flowers01.jpg Emerging flower buds on a Sarracenia hybrid. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-rhizomes03.jpg Sarracenia hybrid with leaves removed revealing the emerging flower buds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-seedling01.jpg Newly germinated carnivorous pitcher plant. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-flowers05.jpg North American pitcher plant in flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/insect-eating-plant.gif Diagram showing http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-leucophilla01.jpg Sarracenia leucophylla ready for pricking out. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sarracenia-rhizomes01.jpg Dormant Sarracenia hybrid. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Ornamental-grass.html 2021-03-04T10:31:11.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-04.jpg Black mondo grass http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lawn-03.jpg The lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-03.jpg Cyperus papyrus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-07.jpg Phormium 'Platts black' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-01.jpg Arundo donax http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-08.jpg Phyllostachys nigra http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ornamental-grass-05.jpg Miscanthus floridulus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Overwintering-canna-plants.html 2016-02-29T15:11:51.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering07.jpg A trimmed canna rhizome. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering10.jpg Canna shoots emerging under plastic. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome05.jpg Trimmed and divided canna rhizomes. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering03.jpg Cleaning the mud from canna rhizomes using a hose pipe. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering02.jpg A pile of excavated canna rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering06.jpg An individual washed canna rhizome. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering04.jpg A clean pile of canna rhizomes. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering01.jpg Lifting (digging up) canna rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-frost01.jpg The end of the line for this frosted canna foliage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-overwintering09.jpg Canna shoots emerging ten days after planting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Overwintering-ensete-ventricosum.html 2016-03-01T13:14:57.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering02.jpg A bewildered ensete ventricosum dug up on the lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/moisture-meter02.jpg Moisture meter http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering03.jpg New roots on an excavated ensete ventricosum. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering01.jpg Ensete ventricosum with the majority of leave removed awaiting the spade. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering00.jpg Ensete ventricosum ready to be dug up. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering05.jpg Detail of leafless stem of ensete ventricosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-overwintering04.jpg Ensete ventricosum specimens ready for winter in the greenhouse. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Papyrus-from-seed.html 2021-03-04T10:58:08.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-13.jpg Young papyrus seedlings in a swamp pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-08.jpg Condensation formed on the inside of the container lid. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-07.jpg Papyrus seedlings in individual pots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-02.jpg A clear plastic container with a seed tray inside. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-01.jpg Papyrus seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-09.jpg Newly germinated papyrus seeds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-10.jpg Seeds romping away http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-04.jpg Pricked out papyrus seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-11.jpg Tall plants still in the original seed tray http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/papyrus-from-seed-14.jpg Plants in the swamp pot by late summer http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Paulownia-tomentosa.html 2016-02-29T11:04:28.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-62.jpg The shoots are growing http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-29.jpg Paulownia tomentosa normal sized leaves http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-49.jpg A good sized Paulownia tomentosa http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-23.jpg Removing the stem of a paulownia tomentosa http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-37.jpg The Paulowina stump a few years later http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-24.jpg The cut stem is over 3m in lenght http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-28.jpg Pauwlonia tomentosa seed pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-38.jpg New shoots growing away http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-21.jpg Paulownia foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-35.jpg A single stemmed Paulownia http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-26.jpg Shoots growing on the removed section. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-36.jpg Rust on a Paulonia tomentosa leaf http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-08.jpg Paulownia tomentosa foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paulownia-tomentosa-25.jpg Swelling buds on a Paulownia trunk http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Persian-shield.html 2016-02-29T15:45:24.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-05.jpg Persian shield flowers. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-12.jpg Persian shield repotted and aclimatizing in a saucer of water. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-16.jpg Strobilanthes dyerianus cuttings 3 weeks on. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-23.jpg Strobilanthes dyerianus cuttings. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-14.jpg Heated propagator with cling film cover. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-25.jpg Up-rooted persian shield http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-06.jpg An early planting of Persian shield (strobilanthes dyerianus) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-01.jpg Persian shield (strobilanthes dyerianus) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-09.jpg Seeds from within the pods. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-11.jpg Persian shield with new roots formed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-24.jpg Three months later... http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-10.jpg Persian shield taking root in water. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-13.jpg Heated propagator with wire frame attached. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-08.jpg Seed pods of Strobilanthes dyerianus. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Planning-a-garden.html 2016-02-29T15:11:36.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-18.jpg A group of red and green Ensete await planting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-22.jpg Colocasia esculenta jostling for position. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-13.jpg Red abysinian babanas and canna. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-14.jpg The same border viewed from the other end. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-12.jpg The border 3 months later http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-10.jpg The left hand border newly planted with red ensete and canna. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-20.jpg The left hand border running South to North. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-11.jpg The right hand border newly planted. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-16.jpg Both borders viewed together. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-19.jpg The right hand border running South to North. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-15.jpg The calm before the storm. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planning-a-garden-21.jpg Canna warscewiczii eager to get out into the garden. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-A.html 2016-03-01T15:58:07.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-B.html 2016-03-01T15:58:09.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/beschorneria-yuccoides-01.jpg Beschorneria yuccoides http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-C.html 2021-03-04T12:08:33.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-D.html 2016-03-01T15:58:18.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/dicksonia-antarctica-01.jpg Unfurling Dicksonia antarctica fronds http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-E.html 2016-03-01T15:58:20.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/eriobotrya-japonica-01.jpg Eriobotrya japonica foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-F.html 2016-03-01T15:58:28.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/farfugium-japonica-01.jpg Glossy foliage of Farfugium japonica http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-H.html 2016-03-01T15:58:30.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/hibiscus-acetosella-01.jpg Hibiscus acetosella foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-I.html 2016-03-01T15:58:31.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/impatiens-new-guinea-01.jpg New guinea impatiens http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-J.html 2016-03-01T15:58:40.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/jacaranda-seed-pods-01.jpg Jacaranda seed pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-L.html 2016-03-01T15:58:42.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/lampranthus-01.jpg Lampranthus spectabilis flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-M.html 2016-03-01T15:58:43.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/melianthus-major-01.jpg Melianthus major with flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-N.html 2016-03-01T15:58:51.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/nerium-oleander-01.jpg Nerium oleander flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-O.html 2016-03-01T15:58:53.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/osteospernum-01.jpg Closed Osteospernum flower http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-P.html 2016-03-01T15:58:55.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/phormium-platts-black-01.jpg Phormium 'Platts black' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-R.html 2016-03-01T15:59:02.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ricinus-communis-foliage-01.jpg Ricinus communis foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-S.html 2016-03-01T15:59:04.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/stroblianthes-dyeranus-01.jpg Stroblianthes dyerianus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-T.html 2016-03-01T15:59:06.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-01.jpg Thalia dealbata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-X.html 2016-03-01T15:59:14.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/xanthosoma-01.jpg cocoyam http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-Y.html 2016-03-01T15:59:16.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/yucca-aloifolia-variegata-02.jpg Yucca aloifolia 'Variegata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Plant-list-Z.html 2016-03-01T15:59:18.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/zantedeshia-01.jpg Zantedeshia aethiopica 'Crowborough' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Planting-ensete-ventricosum.html 2016-03-01T13:15:00.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum06.jpg Back filling planting hole for ensete ventricosum with enriched soil. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum05.jpg Ensete ventricosum awaiting back filling. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum04.jpg Detail of ensete ventricosum roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum07.jpg Firming soil to give stability when planting ensete ventricosum. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum08.jpg Watering a newly planted ensete ventricosum. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum02.jpg Ensete ventricosum awaiting the removal of its pot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum09.jpg Root detail of ensete ventricosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum03.jpg Tapping the rim of a pot of an ensete ventricosum in order to loosen it. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/planting-ensete-ventricosum01.jpg Ensete ventricosum in temporary planting holes. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Pond-plant-basket.html 2016-02-29T11:55:38.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-08.jpg First plant goes in http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-03.jpg Pond basket half filled with potting mix http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-02.jpg Pond basket with empty pots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-06.jpg Flower pots and basket filled to the same level http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-13.jpg Excess Hessian is trimmed with scissors http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-01.jpg Pond basket with Hessian inlay http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-12.jpg Pond planting basket top dressed with gravel http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-10.jpg All five plants are in http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-17.jpg Cyperus alternifolius in August http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-07.jpg Basket with one flower pot removed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-05.jpg Potting mix being firmed with knuckles http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-15.jpg Pond with two planting baskets. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pond-plant-basket-14.jpg The finished product http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Propagating-dahlias.html 2016-02-29T18:01:49.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-07.jpg Newly planted cutting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-01.jpg Dahlia tuber with new bud evident. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-04.jpg Knife indicating where the cut should be made. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-08.jpg New stems forming either side of the original cut. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-05.jpg Removed stem ready for trimming. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-02.jpg Dahlia tuber half covered in compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-11.jpg Cuttings after 7 weeks http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-10.jpg New stems continue to grow. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-12.jpg Roots confirm the cutting has taken. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-06.jpg Stems awaiting planting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-13.jpg The first flower. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/propagating-dahlias-from-cuttings-03.jpg New shoot ready for cutting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Protecting-cold-hardy-bananas-over-winter.html 2013-02-11T11:40:15.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Protecting-cold-hardy-bananas.html 2016-02-29T15:27:14.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas03.jpg Musa sikkimensis with chicken wire frames awaitng straw. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas01.jpg Musa sikkimensis ready for the chop. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas05.jpg Fully insulated cold hardy banana. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas02.jpg Cold hardy banana with its leaves removed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas11.jpg New banana leaf emerging from a trimmed stem. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas04.jpg Cold hardy banana receiving straw insulation. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas06.jpg Straw filled plastic pots potect the extreme tips of the stems. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/musa-sikkimensis04.jpg Staggered pseudostems of musa sikkimensis http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas08.jpg Decorative thatch cover over dormant cold hardy bananas. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas07.jpg Cold hardy bananas wrapped with fleece ready for winter. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas10.jpg Newly uncovered musa sikkimensis after its winter slumber. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/protecting-cold-hardy-bananas09.jpg Uncovered cold hardy bananas showing signs of life. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Repotting.html 2016-03-01T14:44:50.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-10.jpg Remove the plant to be transplanted from its pot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-01.jpg A flower pot inside a bigger flower pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-03.jpg Firm the soil between the two pots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-05.jpg Remove the inner pot. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-04.jpg The compost is now level with the top of the small pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-09.jpg Push the plant firmly into place. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-06.jpg A pot sized hole remains. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-02.jpg Cover the pot with compost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/repotting-07.jpg Drop the plant in the hole. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Safe-mosquito-control.html 2016-02-29T18:22:25.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/mosquito-larvae01.jpg Mosquito larvae enjoying the sunshine. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paradise-fish-nest01.jpg Bubble nest of the paradise fish. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/paradise-fish01.jpg Paradise fish cruising amongst the stems of cyperus papyrus. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Seed-germination-table.html 2016-02-29T11:15:16.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Soil-improvement.html 2016-03-01T14:59:37.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-009.jpg Gently Tramp the soil. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-010.jpg Border height versus lawn height (left hand side) http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-001.jpg Soil is removed from the border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-005.jpg The compost is mixed with the sub soil http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-008.jpg A finer dice can be achieved with a hoe http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-007.jpg post mix clay soil. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-002.jpg Pots filled with old compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-011.jpg Border height Versus lawn height http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-003.jpg Break up the sub soil with a fork http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/soil-improvement-004.jpg Compost is added to the sub soil http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Spider-plants.html 2021-02-28T19:15:44.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-089.jpg spider plants a few months later http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-084.jpg spider plants just planted http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-063.jpg spider plants a few months later http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-108.jpg Spider plants emerging from the soil http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-119.jpg Spider plants covered with plantlets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-106.jpg Harvested spider plant plantlets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-044.jpg Spider plant seeds and pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-045.jpg spider plants ready for planting http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-014.jpg spider plant plantlets http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-025.jpg spider plant plantlet showing roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-056.jpg spider plants just planted http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-023.jpg spider plantlets being planted into cells http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-046.jpg spider plant roots poking through the bottom of cells http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-061.jpg Spider plant seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-032.jpg Spider plants in ornate hanging basket http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Starting-seeds.html 2016-03-01T14:44:52.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Storing-dahlias.html 2016-02-29T18:01:51.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/storing-dahlias-02.jpg dahlia tuber prior to digging up. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/storing-dahlias-04.jpg Dahlia bulbs recieving a good wash http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/storing-dahlias-03.jpg A pile of unwashed dahlia tubers. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/storing-dahlias-06.jpg Storing dahlia tubers in a wire mesh laundry device. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/storing-dahlias-01.jpg Dahlia tubers being washed prior to winter storage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Sun-trap-patio.html 2016-03-01T09:12:53.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sunny-patio07.jpg Sun trap patio looking south http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Thalia-dealbata.html 2016-02-29T11:15:21.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-19.jpg Winter state of Thalia dealbata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-flowers-12.jpg Thalia dealbata flowers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-rhizomes-02.jpg A distorted pot of Thalia dealbata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-05.jpg Thalia dealbata growing in a swamp pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-08.jpg Thalia dealbata in the pond http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-seeds-03.jpg Harvested seed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-rhizomes-05.jpg Divided rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-rhizomes-01.jpg Thalia dealbata rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-seeds-02.jpg Thalia dealbata seed in pod http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-flowers-15.jpg Ripening seed pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-rhizomes-03.jpg Thalia dealbata rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-06.jpg Thalia dealbata grown in the shade http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-21.jpg Overhead view of Thalia dealbata http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-rhizomes-11.jpg Congested Thalia dealbata rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-seeds-01.jpg Ripe seed pods http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/thalia-dealbata-18.jpg Thalia dealbata growing in a pond http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/The-greenhouse.html 2016-03-01T09:13:03.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse02.jpg A view of the greenhouse at dusk. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/The-lawn.html 2016-03-01T13:34:22.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/the-lawn-01.jpg Garden lawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/The-wildlife-pond.html 2016-02-29T16:05:34.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/wildlife-pond-02.jpg dragon fly http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/wildlife-pond-03.jpg Frog spawn http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/wildlife-pond-01.jpg Frog and tadpoles on a lilly leaf. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-foliage-plants.html 2021-03-04T11:40:02.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/cyphomandra-betacea01.jpg Leaf detail of cyphomandra betacea, the tree tomato http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/hedychium-maximum01.jpg Leaf of hedychium maximum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/spider-plants-124.jpg Spider plant - Chlorophytum comosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-wildpretii-11.jpg Echium wildpretii foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/persian-shield-26.jpg Persian shield - Strobilanthes dyerianus http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta02.jpg Leaf of Xanthosoma sagittifolium, the elephant ear plant or coco yam. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/alpinia-zerumbet-variegata-01.jpg Leaf pattern of alpinia zerumbet 'variegata' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/echium-pininana01.jpg Echium pininana foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-var-antiquorum01.jpg Leaf of colocasia esculenta var antiquorum, the eddoe or elephant ear http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/colocasia-esculenta-46.jpg Colocasia esculenta http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ricinus-communis-new-zealand-purple01.jpg Leaf of ricinus communis 'New Zealand purple' http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-landscape.html 2016-03-01T09:13:06.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden04.jpg Lush tropical lanscape created using exotic garden plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-picture-1.html 2016-03-01T09:28:22.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-15.jpg Picture of contrasting tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-24.jpg Picture of tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-picture-2.html 2016-03-01T09:28:24.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-17.jpg Bananas in the mist http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-26.jpg Tropical foliage featuring red abyssinian bananas http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-16.jpg Musa sikkimensis and friends http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-picture-3.html 2016-03-01T09:28:32.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-25.jpg The tropical garden path http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-20.jpg Ensete and xanthosoma http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-picture-4.html 2016-03-01T09:28:35.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-22.jpg More coloured foliage. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-19.jpg Colourful tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden-pictures.html 2016-03-01T09:12:51.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden05.jpg elephant ears cloak the stem of an abyssinian banana http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sunny-patio01.jpg Sun trap patio http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden03.jpg Tropical-garden http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden02.jpg Tropical garden picture http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/sunny-patio04.jpg Sun trap patio facing north http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden07.jpg The tropical garden viewed from west to east. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/greenhouse01.jpg View of the green house http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Tropical-garden.html 2016-03-01T09:13:05.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden01.jpg Zone 9 tropical garden plants featuring ensete ventricosum http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Venus-fly-traps.html 2016-02-29T18:22:36.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/venus-fly-trap04.jpg Venus fly traps full of food. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/venus-flytrap-flower01.jpg Venus fly trap emerging flower buds. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/venus-fly-trap05.jpg Venus fly trap with spider. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/insect-eating-plant.gif Diagram showing where to drill holes in a container for carnivorous plants. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/Winter-interest.html 2016-02-29T15:11:27.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/winter-interest-13.jpg Tree ferns provide winter interest in the shade. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/winter-interest-16.jpg Snow. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/winter-interest-15.jpg Exotic garden plants used for winter interest. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/winter-interest-12.jpg Winter interest on a shady patio. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/banana-seed.html 2016-02-29T15:27:16.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-seed-01.jpg green banana http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/red-banana-flower-05.jpg Red banana flower and fruit http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/banana-seed-02.jpg Seeds of a pink banana http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pink-banana-01.jpg An assortment of ornamental bananas http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pink-banana-flower-02.jpg Pink banana flower with pink bananas http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/pink-banana-02.jpg Pink bananas http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/red-banana-flower-03.jpg Red banana flower plus bee. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/ensete-ventricosum-seeds.html 2016-03-01T13:14:55.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seeds04.jpg Chipped ensete ventricosum seed http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seedlings01.jpg Ensete ventricosum seeds awaiting germination in a propagator. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seedlings02.jpg Ensete ventricosum seedlings http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum-seeds05.jpg Chipping an ensete ventricosum seed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/growing-canna-from-rhizomes.html 2016-02-29T15:11:47.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome02.jpg Emerging shoots of canna indica purpurea http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome04.jpg New shoots of canna indica purpurea raised on a heated mat. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome03.jpg Sealed bag method for raising canna rhizomes http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-rhizome01.jpg Rhizome of canna indica purpurea http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/growing-canna-from-seed.html 2016-02-29T15:11:39.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-07.jpg Root system of a canna plant http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-03.jpg A chipped canna seed showing the white of the seed inside http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-06.jpg Root system of a young canna plant. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-02.jpg chipping a canna seed with toe nail clippers http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-01.jpg Canna seeds stretching as far as the eye can see. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-04.jpg Emerging root from a canna seed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seeds-05.jpg Emerging canna shoots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/harvest-canna-seeds.html 2016-02-29T15:11:49.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seed-harvest01.jpg Canna flower and developing seed pods. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seed-harvest03.jpg Canna seeds ripe for harvesting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/canna-seed-harvest02.jpg swollen canna seed pods. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/make-compost.html 2021-02-28T17:57:46.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-10.jpg Mature compost ready to be turned out. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-15.jpg Tall grasses ready for shredding. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-14.jpg Compost worms http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-08.jpg Standing on a full compost bin. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-16.jpg Shredded material ready to be composted. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-01.jpg Over filled compost bin. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-06.jpg Chopping up plants used to make compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-13.jpg Mature compost pile awaiting use in the spring. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-17.jpg Steam rising from a recently filled compost heap. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-02.jpg Compost being turned over. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-12.jpg Compost in a wheel barrow http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-20.jpg Frost damaged tropical border. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/make-compost-11.jpg Dark and crumbly mature compost. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/plant-cuttings.html 2016-03-01T14:44:54.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-08.jpg Plant cuttings showing signs of growth. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-06.jpg Stem being cut just below a node. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-04.jpg An individual shoot cutting. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-11.jpg Cuttings sealed in a freezer bag. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-02.jpg freshly cut stem cuttings. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-10.jpg Divided cuttings. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-09.jpg Cuttings showing a well developed root system. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-03.jpg Cutting being planted. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-05.jpg A cutting with lower leaves removed. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-cuttings-01.jpg Purple osteospernums http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/plant-seeds.html 2021-03-04T11:06:23.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-07.jpg Boling water is poured over the compost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-09.jpg Seeds are pushed into the surface of the compost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-10.jpg Labelled pots sealed in clear plastic bags awaiting germination http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-16.jpg Clean flower pots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-08.jpg Canna seeds in soak http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/plant-seeds-14.jpg A small watering can with a fine rose attached http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/privacy-policy-disclaimer.html 2023-02-27T11:32:13.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/seedlings.html 2016-03-01T14:33:22.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-12.jpg Solanum quitoense awaiting transplantation. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-08.jpg Pricking out a seedling http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-07.jpg holes are prepared in a modular seed tray with a dibber http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-10.jpg A seedling is inserted into its new home http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-11.jpg A full tray of pricked out plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-09.jpg A seedling with plently of root attached http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-14.jpg seedling being teased from the compost http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-15.jpg seedling with exposed roots http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-13.jpg The pot removed showing roots. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-06.jpg Seedlings awaiting transplant http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/seedlings-16.jpg Seedling is placed in a new pot http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/site-map.html 2021-03-04T11:57:11.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical-border.html 2016-03-01T09:13:19.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden08.jpg A mixed tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical-garden-design.html 2016-02-29T15:11:24.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropicalborder05.jpg A colourful tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-design-01.jpg A mixed tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/ensete-ventricosum01.jpg Ensete ventricosum in the rain. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical-garden-picture.html 2016-03-01T09:13:16.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden06.jpg tropical garden picture featuring Xanthosoma sp. http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical-garden-pictures-1.html 2016-03-01T09:28:20.000000Z 0.5 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-11.jpg Colourful tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-03.jpg The garden path http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-05.jpg A tropical border http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-08.jpg Tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-10.jpg Tropical foliage featuring red ensete's http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-06.jpg Bananas in the mist http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-04.jpg Contrasting tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-02.jpg Red and green tropical foliage http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-garden-picture-09.jpg Ensete n' Xansothoma http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/tropical_foliage_plants_and_me.html 2016-03-01T08:50:31.000000Z 0.9 http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropicalborder04.jpg A nice mixture of large tropical foliage plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-04.jpg Big leaved tropical plants http://www.cooltropicalplants.com/image-files/tropical-plants-30.jpg The Author amongst tall tropical foliage