Dwachel's Garden First #colocasia flower!
Welsh Tropical Gardening
by @dwachelsgarden.bsky.social
A feed for the botanically adventurous in Wales, with an eye for the lush, the exotic, the unusual and the eyecatching! Everything from bananas to treeferns to cacti! We garden on the edge of what's known to thrive in our rather wet maritime climate and love to discover new things that can!
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Dwachel's Garden Dwachel's Garden Begonia "Santa Cruz" is a phenomenal performer! Massive tubers. #tropicalwales #gardening #santacruz #begonia #dwachelsgarden
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RED AND GREEN SHOULD BE SEEN! #redandgreen #tropicalwales #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden Thankfully, the ailing Manihot is coming back! #manihot
Dwachel's Garden Same age, same media, all different. #trachycarpus #palms #welshtropicalgardening #tropicalwales
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Some nice leaf contrasts from today. Already looking jungly and summer's only just begun! #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden Dwachel's Garden Home-harvested seed. Easy peasy. #tigridia #homegrown
Dwachel's Garden The only fruit I grow #physalis I find seedlings popping up in Tyne garden, so i pull them up.
Dwachel's Garden Serenoa repens - silver saw palmetto. Our winters are long and dark in comparison with where they're from. But I'm hopeful that they might survive in a south-facing bed with good drainage, next to the house. I can but try! #palm #welshtropicalgardening ##tropicalwales #serenoa
Dwachel's Garden I know Brassaiopsis dumicola is pretty tough, but was still scared to leave to the elements in a pot. It's now pushing out 6 leaves in the living room, central heating be damned! #Brassaiopsis #tropicalwales
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A wee demo of how important position is. Furcraea palmentieri in the back garden, despite being under cover, are a bit mushy. The one at the front, south-facing, is actively growing! Mushies are now in respite care. #Furcraea #tropicalwales
Dwachel's Garden Such a mess 😆 But the Christmas Nordmann is repotted!
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Gonna have to sell ya. No room for the ones coming in behind ya! #Alocasia
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Why do greenhouses have clip slots on the middle panels, but don't on the sides, edges and doors. It's annoying as no tape of mine will adhere to metal 🙄 #greenhouse #winterising #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden Glad it's not cold. Finding it difficult to feel motivated whilst sitting in the greenhouse listening to the rain.... #winterising #tropicalwales
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#Trinidadscorpion I think these plants are spent now. Time to harvest and allow to ripen on a windowsill
Dwachel's Garden This Sonchus is MUCH happier now than the height of summer. They really do prefer indirect sun. #sonchus #tropicalwales
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Musa yunnanensis growth since the stormy weather. Faired much better at the north side of the house than the south. Will be it's first winter outside. Might drag into the shed if it gets very cold.. #dwachelsgarden #bananasuk #tropicalwales #musayunnanensis
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My beloved #brassaiopsis! The bodinieri is not as tough as the dumicola, so I'm going to have o bring it inside for this winter, at least. #tropicalwales
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Musa yunnanensis, 2nd year from a plug. Bit ripped up from the winds, but it's really taken off now, and has several pups. It suffered a bit on the south-facing front drive. So i brought it to the back of the house, and it's doing really well in shade! #musayunnanensis #musa #bananas #tropicalwales
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The amount of growth that Dahlia imperialis puts on from a tuber each season is incredible! Hopefully the season will be long enough for blooming! Had to hack back so our Abracadabra rose had some breathing space 😄 #roses #dahlia #UKgardening #tropicalwales #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden @projectpalm.bsky.social I wonder if you interested in what I'm doing currently to alert the UK government about underhand importation practices. Several stores are receiving palms infested with non-native pests like Rhizoecus sp. and Paysandisia mouth larvae. This threatens UK horticulture.
Dwachel's Garden Absolutely stunning, mean thing! #malevolence #solanumatropurpureum
Dwachel's Garden An Aconitum appears to have hitched a ride from Crug Farm to me!
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My Acers defoliated in the recent heat wave. It was over 40°C on our drive. But it's not affected the new growth on my Brassaiopsis. Not one bit. I'm keeping them in the shade as recommended by Crug Farm #crugfarm #Brassaiopsis #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden Sauromatum stems are just nuts. Love em! #sauromatum #dwachelsgarden
Dwachel's Garden Our Fuschia boliviana has been a real show stopper this year #dwachelsgarden #tropicalwales #Fuschia #Fuschiaboliviana
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Canna Cleopatra. I suddenly have lots! Needed to rearrange and make space for my Butia. I've seen plugs selling for a tenner. I have quite big ones! If anyone in the Carmarthenshire area is after some, give me a shout! #Canna #cannacleopatra #tropicalwales #🌱🇬🇧 #dwachelsgarden
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Dwachel's Garden The Hostas have struggled with today's heat. But the flowers are are still looking great #hosta #hostaempresswu
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It's a hot one in #dwachelsgarden today! Keep cool, everyone!
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Hello sexy. Welcome home! #brassaiopsis #brassaiopsisbodinieri #crugfarm #newplants #dwachelsgarden
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#Fuschia #Fuschiaboliviana #musa #musahelenshybrid #helenshybrid Jostling for space!
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Ok, I know roses aren't "tropical", but these are certainly fancy! And really putting on a show - 8 blooms at a time! #brushstrokesrose
Dwachel's Garden Even at 2" tall, these Solanum atropurpureum are looking MEAN #solanumatropurpureum
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Check out this #hosta! #tropicalwales