Gunnera

I lost one last winter and planted a new one (Brazilian) about month ago. It has grown very well for me as well.
Just yesterday I bought a small Chilean . We have a boggy spot on the property where they live. Just posted a picture of it.

http://www.growsonyou.com/photo/slideshow/293500-another-photo-of-my-new-brazilian-gunnera/member/klahanie

Love yours.

hi there kfp, ive recently brought myself a 'Gunnera Manicata' however i do not have a boggy spot in my garden, so iam making sure the soil dose not dry out around the plant and that i keep it well watered.
i read that it thrives in the humid conditions of Heligan
(cornwall) and iam guessing because they are native to the Serra do Mar mountains of southeastern Brazil, thats why, i really must pay the lost gardens a visit some day
:-) so i can see the Gunnera Manicatas plants that grow there!

your Gunnera in your photo does look magnificence
:-) i have my heart set on lots more of them growing at the bottom of my garden, depending how the one one i have grows!

These look enormous. How big does it get? Is it related to the Elephant Ear plant? Does it flower? Thanks.

Thank you Klahanie, Marybells and Bathgate:

The Gunnera can grow to over 8ft -mine are over 4ft this year partly due to a mild winter. Last year being very wet they hardly grew at all. They don't flower, as such, but produce large orange/brown seed pods which are stunning in themselves. They are part of the Gunneraceae family which I believe include the giant Rhubarb, Chilean Parasol and the Elephant Ears so I think they are related but not sure. My new friends, above, may know better.

I lost all my Gunneras a couple of winters ago, I am so jealous of yours.

Gti - I am so sorry
xx

Thank you for your very interesting and lucid response.