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Old 25-08-2011, 02:03 PM
john "twicer " john "twicer " is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark[_6_] View Post
I would like to grow gunnera. However I've noticed that the garden centres
don't exactly give them away!

Has anyone experience of growing them from seed and is this a sensible
option? If so where might I obtain seed?

mark
hi mark.i bought 80 manicata seeds from ebay,there are lots for sale there.i also bought 3 plants in 9cm pot earlier this year from ebay and they are already 30cms tall and 50cms wide..i also obtained a gunnera from a garden centre,it was being sold off because it wasn't in best of condition,it's now 1 metres tall and 2 metres wide.i will try to collect my own seeds if its possible..