Gardening, landscaping and plants in general

[mmerkle]

@GraemeE ypure giving me ideas again…always wanted a bonsai of my own to show the seasons. If you’re anywhere near Portland OR..our yard somehow produces a ton of sapling maples…can have your choice in the early spring…

[1WayTrip]

A baby giant.

There is a Giant Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the centre of Manchester UK I collect cones from every winter as it produces viable seeds. Every spring I germinate as many as I can.

Love growing these. My favourite tree.

[endo]

@1WayTrip said in Gardening, landscaping and plants in general:

I collect cones from every winter as it produces viable seeds. Every spring I germinate as many as I can.

that's very cool

[Giles]

I wish that I could capture the scent.....

[twin]

@Giles Wisteria looks lovely.

[twin]

@1WayTrip 3.000 years from now it will be big. Keep up the growing the red wood tree.

[SFMCfranky]

After 25 years, one of my century plants has decided it’s time to go out in a blaze of glory. That flower stalk is growing about a foot a day.

[1WayTrip]

@SFMCfranky

Amazing!

I have a few but have to keep them in pots. They are not quite hardy enough to leave out over winter where I am.

[1WayTrip]

@twin

Thanks. I hope the ones I plant are here for generations after I am gone.

[wjw]

Century plants are cool, but If you're planting them, please do so away from powerlines. Those stalks grow so quick and tall they can grow into a power line quickly.

[SFMCfranky]

Here’s another shot of the Century plant. For scale, the top of that gate is 10 feet off the ground.

[SFMCfranky]

@wjw said in Gardening, landscaping and plants in general:

Century plants are cool, but If you're planting them, please do so away from powerlines. Those stalks grow so quick and tall they can grow into a power line quickly.

No worries mate,
No power lines in the vicinity.
Good advice though.

Frank