"Charlie Pridham" wrote after
"Sacha" wrote
Has anyone tried growing this in UK? I can't imagine it surviving
outside
a
large conservatory but I'm curious to know if anyone has tried and
therefore
whether it will grow and flower in a smaller form as e.g. the Jacaranda
will. I think its proper name is Delonix regia.

Hi Sacha, I tried growing it from seed but it was unhappy in the unheated
greenhouse (Tibouchina was fine) so I gave up!


I brought some seeds back both from Jamaica and also from an orange form I
chanced upon in Cyprus, both eventually germinated (sandpapered and then a
saucer of water to see if they swell) but like Charlie they were never happy
and faded away. Never got much bigger than seedling stage.
With Rays rather big greenhouse it's worth a go though, especially as summer
is just round the corner (they say!)
Not seen any at Kew or Wisley so I think they must be "difficult" here. They
certainly make large trees, oak tree size.

Hope you both had a nice holiday in the sun, we got snowed in on Exmoor!
:-)

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London