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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2007 17:50:08 GMT
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Post by andy on Nov 10, 2007 20:25:55 GMT
Plenty of water RM....stand it in a drip tray and keep it full up....they're tropical bog plants. I have one in an outside pond which has been there for 5 years...the pot is 2 feet under water and this protects the crowns from feeezing every year.
What variety is it RM....C. Papyrus is my fave. They're gorgeous plants, good luck
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Post by jean on Nov 10, 2007 21:39:11 GMT
RM, you should have shouted and I would have sent you some for free. I had so much that a boundary on the lottie has been planted with the stuff and I am using the stalks as a mulch  Although it is a bog plant it seems to do very well in the garden with no water at all, and is quite a home in half a barrel of water too. It grew higher than the shed again this year  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2007 22:57:34 GMT
Oh. Now I'm confused! My Trev has been sold as a house plant. Are there different kinds?  |
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Post by jean on Nov 10, 2007 23:03:40 GMT
Aah RM, the penny has dropped, I have an indoor plant that is called an umbrella plant which is completey different from the type Andy and I have been chatting about. Good news, its the one indoor plant that I haven't managed to torture to death yet ;D
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2007 23:06:00 GMT
Phew! You both had me worried then! ;D I had visions of Trevor living in the bath, hehe!
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Post by jean on Nov 10, 2007 23:09:22 GMT
Phew! You both had me worried then! ;D I had visions of Trevor living in the bath, hehe! Lol RM, perhaps mine might do better in the bathroom, how it survives on the neglect is beyond me .... |
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Post by isabella on Nov 11, 2007 5:25:36 GMT
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Post by andy on Nov 11, 2007 7:54:01 GMT
Sorry for the confusion.....shefflera is the umbrella tree hence shefflera arboricola....however, cyperus sp are often sold as house plants too.
Got any pics ?
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Post by Biggles on Dec 30, 2007 21:31:14 GMT
I once read that you could propagate an Umbrella plant by cutting the 'Top leaf brackets' off with about 3" stalk and putting it in a bowl of water upside down whereby roots then develop from the centre of the leaf bracket.
Is this really the way to propagate them or is there another way to do it?
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Post by jean on Dec 30, 2007 23:00:51 GMT
I once read that you could propagate an Umbrella plant by cutting the 'Top leaf brackets' off with about 3" stalk and putting it in a bowl of water upside down whereby roots then develop from the centre of the leaf bracket. Is this really the way to propagate them or is there another way to do it? The cyperus type are easy to propogate this way Biggles, though dividing a plant is probably the best way to get a good sized plant in the shortest time. |
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He has been christened Trevor, and I now have no where to put the christmas tree in December 
Although it is a bog plant it seems to do very well in the garden with no water at all, and is quite a home in half a barrel of water too. It grew higher than the shed again this year 
