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Gloriosa superba

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By Meanie


Gloriosa superba (Gloriosa superba (Buch Nak Hindi))

The first flower of the year.



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It's lovely. Has it got honeysuckle in the family?

27 Jun, 2011

 

Not that I know of Sticki!

27 Jun, 2011

 

Lovely Meanie:-), thought I'd lost mine came to repot them in spring and something had been eating the tubers only 3 tiny bits left, but would you believe they've got going and around 4ft tall, no flowers yet though.

27 Jun, 2011

 

That's one of the reasons that I like to repot them rather than leave them undisturbed Simbad. Great plant though - reliable doubles the number of tubers every year.

27 Jun, 2011

 

Is this one you would keep in a greenhouse?

27 Jun, 2011

 

I'll direct you to the blog that I did Sticki.....

http://www.growsonyou.com/meanie/blog/14090-gloriosa-growing-and-care

27 Jun, 2011

 

Ah, thank you, I knew I had seen it before. Doesn't sound impossible but the height could be a problem, I would have to try the Rothschild one as it's a bit smaller. I have one room that has lots of windows but not facing the sun - do you think that would be ok?

27 Jun, 2011

 

Don't see why not.
Sue has G.rothschildiana which was planted at least two months ago in a pot outside, and that finally came through at the weekend.

27 Jun, 2011

 

Oh, fantastic! Must like the warm weather then! It was 30 degrees where we were on Sunday!
So I need to sow them about march?

27 Jun, 2011

 

March if indoors........

27 Jun, 2011

 

Ok, thank you.

27 Jun, 2011

 

stunning plants/photos Meanie

30 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you Yorkshire!

30 Jun, 2011

 

Meanie:

Wow! It looks great! I have had such bad luck with this plant in the past. It doesn't grow very well in my garden.

I know this plant can be left outside all year...even though they die down in winter.

2 Jul, 2011

 

To be honest Delonix, it's not at its best this year. I pushed the boat out in terms of how early I could put it out, and it took a beating in some strong winds too. Plenty of blooms, but they're on quite short stems which doesn't show them off so well.

2 Jul, 2011

 

I had one once that grew to about 8ft/2.3m tall and had about 6 blooms on it....this was until the bugs ate all the poisonous roots. It obviously wasn't poisonous to the bugs. lol! :>)

I have major problems with tuberous type plants like: Alocasia, Colocasia and Xanthosoma. Some type of bug seems to eat them, quickly!

3 Jul, 2011

 

Only the six blooms!!!!!
This could be one to me!

3 Jul, 2011

 

Meanie:

It only happened once. I grew it along a cyclone fence...and it looked so good for a little while.

The one I grew had much brighter red flowers than yours posted. Is it because this flower is still immature?

3 Jul, 2011



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