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Manihot grahamii - 2018

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By Andrewr


Manihot grahamii - 2018 (Manihot grahamii)

A tropical tree that ought to behave like a herbaceous perennial when established. I bought this on EBAY three months ago and planted it with three leaves - look how it's grown! The challenge will now be getting it through its first winter



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Love it looks tropical too.

3 Oct, 2018

 

A new one to me.....

21 Oct, 2018

 

This now has its roots mulched, the stem wrapped in straw, and the whole plant covered with two layers of fleece. Fingers crossed I can get it through the winter

24 Nov, 2018

 

It all depends on the winter ......it looks fairly exposed?

25 Nov, 2018

 

No, it's surrounded by other plants and protected by a yew hedge. The flowers in the bottom left belong to elsholtzia stauntonii (which needs a sheltered position in full sun) which is only three years old and already five feet across

25 Nov, 2018

 

Oh ok, I am not used to seeing pictures with bare soil lol....

25 Nov, 2018

 

Well there used to be something else (big) in this space that didn't cope with the summer

25 Nov, 2018

 

Shame! we had a few of those.....

1 Dec, 2018

 

Some of my casualties died from the heat rather than the drought

2 Dec, 2018



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