name the plant!!
Nov 29th 2010, 9:50 am
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name the plant!!
Hi guys - can anyone shed some light on this plant i have growing in my garden please? I have always called it a banana palm but apparantly it may not be? It is the first time it has flowered and i was getting excited thinking i may be getting some home grown bananas??????
cheers folks x
cheers folks x
Nov 29th 2010, 9:54 am
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Re: name the plant!!
It's the giant variety of Bird of Paradise flower.
Nov 29th 2010, 9:55 am
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Re: name the plant!!
Hi guys - can anyone shed some light on this plant i have growing in my garden please? I have always called it a banana palm but apparantly it may not be? It is the first time it has flowered and i was getting excited thinking i may be getting some home grown bananas??????
cheers folks x
cheers folks x
Nov 29th 2010, 10:08 am
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Nov 29th 2010, 10:09 am
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Re: name the plant!!
damn! i was hoping for bananas Thanks anyway
Nov 29th 2010, 10:11 am
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No bananas from it.
Nov 29th 2010, 10:14 am
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Robert
Robert
Nov 29th 2010, 10:18 am
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Nov 30th 2010, 4:45 am
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They can get huge.....remember seeing some tree size ones in St Leonards!
Nov 30th 2010, 8:38 am
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Nah, that's Eastbourne. I got caught behind a little old lady once with one of those bags on wheels. I swear they have a sixth sense. She kept swerving in front of me as I tried to walk passed her.
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Nov 30th 2010, 9:04 am
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His heart was possibly in the right place.
Nov 30th 2010, 10:31 am
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Nov 30th 2010, 10:56 am
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