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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2007 21:33:33 GMT 1
oooh where did you get the kangaroo paw? I want to get one for my sister...she spends a lot of time in Australia and NZ and LOVES the native plants. I have some seeds if you`d like them CPB ;D OOOOYESPLEASE! I'll PM you my address ;D thank you very much |
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 11, 2007 13:22:28 GMT 1
Ill post `em tomorrow!
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 11, 2007 17:05:29 GMT 1
oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oo...... ;D
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 12, 2007 9:46:56 GMT 1
I grew mine from seed from Chiltern seeds. They are a bit tricky in the first year but once you get them through that they are easy. I have left one out this winter to see how hardy it is.
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Post by sweetleaf on Feb 12, 2007 11:16:39 GMT 1
Done, watch out for postie! |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 12, 2007 18:02:08 GMT 1
 cor cheers honeybunch X
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Post by karenwl on Mar 8, 2007 21:07:14 GMT 1
Ive got a 28 year old Yucca thats feeling a bit sad Swiss cheese plant, Elephant eared Begonia Cycas thats thrown out 3 large fronds, Easter cactus, spider plants x 3, Kalanchoe, Antirhinum,some kind of palm cant remember name, most unlike me, normally pretty good
At one point i had 45 different houseplants but they died.
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Post by sweetleaf on Mar 8, 2007 21:26:24 GMT 1
Just after the Central heating Karen?  Im worried that my plants may suffer, so I keep turning it off! |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 21, 2007 20:29:02 GMT 1
My kangaroo paw babies have been potted up sweetleaf...My sister has taken hers and I've kept one...here they are before I pricked them out...  |
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Post by sweetleaf on May 21, 2007 20:30:38 GMT 1
aaaah bless!  Well done cheery!  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 21, 2007 20:31:21 GMT 1
or is that after I pricked them out...  |
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Post by 4pygmies on May 22, 2007 7:01:11 GMT 1
Aren't they rightfully Joey paw plants at this early stage Sugar? But VERY WELL done for having such green fingers. They look very healthy (and I hope I haven't just jinxed them...)XX |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 23, 2007 21:30:36 GMT 1
Well here I am alone again...absolutely cream crackered as work was VERY busy, then I've been in the garden all arvo THEN I did a shedload of ironing!...but I thought I'd just show you my gorgeous new houseplant...picked it up at Malvern having lusted after one for years...  |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 23, 2007 21:31:18 GMT 1
it's a begonia l'escargot btw ;D
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Post by maggyd on May 23, 2007 21:54:33 GMT 1
I new it was a begonia but I can see why l,escargot now, but Ive never seen one or heard of it, does i t flower?
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Post by cheerypeabrain on May 28, 2007 21:21:00 GMT 1
I'm not sure maggyd....it's sold as a foliage begonia, I'd imagine that any flowers would be incidental....bit like coleus flowers, I'll wait and see...then report back |
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Post by sweetleaf on May 28, 2007 21:24:34 GMT 1
I think I saw one on the Chelsea coverage, but it was brighter, a sort of pinky colour. Nice though.
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Post by The witch on Jun 7, 2007 8:14:55 GMT 1
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 13, 2007 23:00:09 GMT 1
I was busy today. The living room was so neat and tidy before .... Then we brought in *most* of the house plants today.  Most of the S. American orchids are in the kitchen. There's a few dozen plants near the front door and 15 or so plants still outside or on the breezeway. We need to finds some place to put all thse before we bring more in. The Brugmansia plants need to be dug out too in my spare time.  ~*~*~ SIGH~*~*~ We need a greenhouse. ;D |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 14, 2007 10:03:50 GMT 1
I know you can cope Ive seen you do it before, but I still havent a clue how you do it!  Lots of lovely oxygen being produced in your lounge though....... |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 14, 2007 14:13:02 GMT 1
LOL! I have no clue how I do it either! My back is *quite* sore today but at least there is no rush to get the plants situated now. We can take it slowly. The big job was to bring them inside as the temperatures are quickly getting nearer to freezing at night! Guess I better start moving those plants, huh?  When we're done I'll post the ~after~ pics. |
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Oct 14, 2007 18:56:01 GMT 1
Well done C3D ...just think how many calories you've used up carting that lot about...an excuse for chocolate if ever I saw one! We've brought in some of the bananas, the bird of paradise (still a baby), papyrus, begonias and a few more...most are in the conservatory and GH....no room indoors (and it's too dark) |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 14, 2007 20:49:40 GMT 1
LOL! I have no clue how I do it either! My back is *quite* sore today but at least there is no rush to get the plants situated now. We can take it slowly. The big job was to bring them inside as the temperatures are quickly getting nearer to freezing at night! Guess I better start moving those plants, huh? When we're done I'll post the ~after~ pics. Ill look forward to it Dont hurt that back though, I know how easy it is to keep going because you want to get finished, and then pay for it later! |
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Post by chickadeedeedee on Oct 14, 2007 21:33:07 GMT 1
Amazingly I found other things to do today. None of them involved lifting heavy objects. I asked our pet Starling to go through the plants and find any hitch-hiking spiders or creepy crawlies. He was very helpful and now a little pudgier. Hmmmm. I'm not really a chocolate person. If you're suggesting something like potato chips, now we're talkin'! Slacker C3D |
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 14, 2007 21:39:27 GMT 1
I love snacking, myself, chips n dips and a good movie, now thats a brilliant evening, in my opinion! Still think its brilliant that you could have a useful pet like your starling, to keep things from crawling off your plants! |
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Im worried that my plants may suffer, so I keep turning it off!
