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Alrightee....saw these great plants in the conservatory and need to take note for when we return to Austin:

Alocasia odora - Much bigger and more upright than colocasia esculenta. I need to find this one and plant it in a wet area of the future yard.

Nepenthese truncata - Huge carniverous hanging pitcher plant. Fantastic in the small hanging basket.

Brugmansia 'Equador Pink'

Vireya Rhododendron (lochiae x gracilentum 'St. Valentine') - A lovely hanging basket with 1 cm leaves like a boxwood or something. Flowers were perfect red 2 cm and filled the plant. Very nice idea for a hanging basket on the porch.

Ficus Alii - Long leaved ficus is very nice with leaves similar to jasmine. Nice indoor or out.

Vireya 'Kurt Herbert Adler' x leucogygas (Tropical Rhododendron)  - This was very fragrant. Nice potted plant

 

Published Monday, June 23, 2008 2:24 AM by phempton

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greenguy said:

I got ficus in my yard and they look great

August 4, 2008 12:24 PM
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I grew up in Houston and Austin Texas before moving to Seattle Washington about 10 years ago. I live in a small house on Capitol Hill in Seattle with my very soon-to-be wife Beth. We love to garden and try new things all the time. Plenty of failures to go around! I still have a Southwest frame of mind and perpetually underestimate the cold and damp here when gardening. I develop software during the day and spend all my free time making this site better and meeting new people. It is my hope to transition out of the crazy software world and into a more meaningful career. That's why I started this site, to make a change for the better. So I Heart Gardening is basically maintained by me!