Category: plants
Growing Melia azedarach from seed (chinaberry)
I recently picked up some unknown to me fruits from a tree in Venice. The PlanetNet app told me it’s probably Melia azedarach. Here is a picture of the fruits hanging on the tree. There is only a thin layer Weiterlesen…
Aerial roots on a Ficus macrophylla (moreton bay fig)
The Ficus macrophylla trees are now about 9 to 10 months old. One of them began to develop aerial roots recently
Growing Murraya paniculata from seed
A couple of years ago I bought a Murraya paniculata from a local orchid nursery. After a few years it started to develope flower buds and I was excited to finally see it blossom. Unfortunately the buds never fully developed. Weiterlesen…
UPDATE: Ficus macrophylla from seed
This is an update to a previous article. The ficus trees are now about 6 months old. The seeds initially germinated and grew all together in one small pot. I seperated them rather early and quite a few of the Weiterlesen…
Growing Acer palmatum (Japanese maple) from seed
Peter Chan from Herons Bonsai offers a ton of great information. In one of his many videos he talks about Acer palmatum and how easily you can grow Japanese maple from seed. I often read that people will store certain Weiterlesen…
Growing Ficus macrophylla from seed
In Reggio Calabria in southern Italy a number of huge trees line the boardwalk. The locals call them Ficus magnolioides. After some research I found there are a few names for this tree. The most common probably being Ficus macrophylla Weiterlesen…