Tropical Zone Gardening: Were not in Kansas anymore!!!! Toto!, 1 by Tropicman

Tropicman wrote:
Mex.Bird of Paradise,is a ferny leaf type shrub,mine got to 7ft last year,but only 4 ft came back,but has grown already to around 6ft again,has pretty yellow flowers with red stamens.
Castor bean trunk will be almost 5 to 6 inch in diameter trunk by November ,these are trees.
I compost where ever the plant grows,to enrich the soil for next years growing,when I cut back the foliage on anything it rots right where it grows,best organic fertilizer you can get!!!
The hardest thing growing a palm inside is spidermites,but once a month I give it a shower,and let it sit inside the shower for a couple hours to dry,and consume as much humidity it can get.
My angel trumpet,pink beauty has some huge blooms on it,very fragrant at night.