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Have you ever heard of a Moon Flower? Its a flower that comes out when the sun goes down and has a wonderful scent. If you have heard of it or seen it somewhere, could you please let me know where I can souce the plant. Alternatively can you enlighten me on flowers that open after sunset!
I was wondering if you could tell me where I could purchase a red Passion flower as I have the purple ones and pure and white but cannot find a red one or any other colour.
I would like to to know how to prune my Jade ( Crassula Ovata) plant ( tree ) ideally I would prefer not to have to but it has become too big for its location. You will see from the photograph just how large it is.
Is it ok to use home made seaweed liquid feed on tomatoes?
Last spring I noticed a small plant in my garden with a large fig type leaf and I decided to leave it to see what it grew into. When the stem reached about 18 inches a nodding small blue flower with a yellow centre was produced. The plant is now about 3 ft, a single stem, and it has produced single flowers continuously over the summer When each flower dies off a large green seed develops. On doing some research, I have come to the conclusion that it is a New Zealand Kangaroo Apple - a Solanum. Is that correct and is it a rare plant or just a weed? Incidentally, I also came across the same plant on a walking path about 2 miles away - just one single stem also.
My father gave me this plant before Christmas and said it was a kumquat grown from seed of fruit sourced in Florida. I gave it to a friend who has an orangery thinking that it should fit in nicely. The thing is that it doesnt resemble a kumquat plant from what we can see. Do you have an idea what this could be?
I sowed a vine about three years ago, rooted outside and trained it inside the glasshouse. There has been plenty of growth and flowers. However towards the end of June the flowers fail to develope further- no obvious signs of pests or disease. I have used no spray to date. What is the cause of this? Should I now spray for mildew and maybe be more active with regular prunning?
Hymenocallis narcissiflora/Ismene what is eating the above plant? I planted the bulb in Spring and long strap like leaves grew very well but they are being 'stripped' by something and at this stage, there is hardly anything left of the leaves
I have 4 varieties of tomato plants - 'Golden Sunrise', 'Red Cherry', Gardeners Delight' and 'Moneymaker'. Whill any of these grow outside?
I have tomato seedlings that the leaves have started turning a whitish colour, they are also pale green in colour. They are about 3" to 5" tall. They are Money Maker, Alicante, Ailsa Craig and tumbling tom. I grew them from packet seed,as I do every year with very good results. There is about 300 plants. I usually supply family and friends and a local shop takes the surplus. I am not a comercial grower, I just cannot give plants to anybody in case it is a virus etc.
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