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Ficus benjamina
Anybody seen the pics of Barbados in the new RHS Garden mag? My gob
has been smacked - surely nobody is ever going to want to grow Ficus benjamina in a pot after seeing those pictures. Rod Weed my address to reply http://website.lineone.net/~rodcraddock/index.html |
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In message , Rod
writes Anybody seen the pics of Barbados in the new RHS Garden mag? My gob has been smacked - surely nobody is ever going to want to grow Ficus benjamina in a pot after seeing those pictures. Rod Haven't seen those - but the ones in Rio are the size of huge oaks... -- Klara, Gatwick basin |
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Rod wrote: Anybody seen the pics of Barbados in the new RHS Garden mag? My gob has been smacked - surely nobody is ever going to want to grow Ficus benjamina in a pot after seeing those pictures. No, but I can imagine. I believe that Monstera deliciosa is also quite impressive in its native habitat. I get a bit annoyed with seed companies that describe how interesting the baobab is (and it is), and then say that it makes a good pot plant. Oh, YEAH. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: I get a bit annoyed with seed companies that describe how interesting the baobab is (and it is), and then say that it makes a good pot plant. Oh, YEAH. I believe it is *VERY* slow-growing though, and goes on for millennia if you can cope with all the watering, feeding and repotting for that time... Yes. But it is a very BORING one until it gets to middle age, and its trunk starts to spread. Its main interest as a curiosity is the massive girth of its trunk. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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from (Nick Maclaren) contains these words: In article , Jaques d'Alltrades wrote: I get a bit annoyed with seed companies that describe how interesting the baobab is (and it is), and then say that it makes a good pot plant. Oh, YEAH. I believe it is *VERY* slow-growing though, and goes on for millennia if you can cope with all the watering, feeding and repotting for that time... Yes. But it is a very BORING one until it gets to middle age, and its trunk starts to spread. Its main interest as a curiosity is the massive girth of its trunk. Do you think there might be a market for inflatable rubber ones? I mean, the little woman wouldn't mind one of *THOSE*. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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"Rod" wrote ... Anybody seen the pics of Barbados in the new RHS Garden mag? My gob has been smacked - surely nobody is ever going to want to grow Ficus benjamina in a pot after seeing those pictures. But that's the same with any tree we grow as a house plant, see the Monstera delicosa in Jamaica for the first time and your mouth opens, same with the "Rubber Plant" trees (F. elastica var decora) in India, the Baobabs in The Gambia, Cycads in Oz, ..... it's that we might know how big they get but don't understand untill faced with the reality. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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The message
from "Bob Hobden" contains these words: But that's the same with any tree we grow as a house plant, see the Monstera delicosa in Jamaica for the first time and your mouth opens, same with the "Rubber Plant" trees (F. elastica var decora) in India, the Baobabs in The Gambia, Cycads in Oz, ..... it's that we might know how big they get but don't understand untill faced with the reality. There was a rubber tree in an office building in Norwich - it was planted in the stairwell and was three storeys high. I found my rubber tree on a bonfire heap (unlit) and it survived the ordeal without even dropping leaves. It's being trained down again as it's reached my living room ceiling. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote afterBob Hobden" wrote But that's the same with any tree we grow as a house plant, see the Monstera delicosa in Jamaica for the first time and your mouth opens, same with the "Rubber Plant" trees (F. elastica var decora) in India, the Baobabs in The Gambia, Cycads in Oz, ..... it's that we might know how big they get but don't understand untill faced with the reality. There was a rubber tree in an office building in Norwich - it was planted in the stairwell and was three storeys high. Was it straight up or had it bushed out, I've seen them as big as a large stand alone oak. -- Regards Bob In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London |
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The message
from "Bob Hobden" contains these words: There was a rubber tree in an office building in Norwich - it was planted in the stairwell and was three storeys high. Was it straight up or had it bushed out, I've seen them as big as a large stand alone oak. It was high and skinny, and was multi-trunked. Mine, though only six feet high, is reaching out to engulf one corner of my front room. -- Rusty Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar. http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/ |
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