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Peter Richardson
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Kandi
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:59 pm Posts: 60 Location: S.E. Queensland Australia
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Very interesting Peter .. That's a fantastic water feature, and those broms I wish mine would grow that large maybe one day.
Thanks for sharing.
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Jose Almandoz
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:18 pm Posts: 166 Location: Aia, Basque Country, N. Spain
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Amaaazing!. Such lush growth everywhere... Love the brom/succulent mix... and moreover, little garden maintenance as well!. Trully a tropical effect. Kevin gardens in a blessed climate...
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Peter Richardson
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jam
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:31 am Posts: 321 Location: Nitra, SW Slovakia, Central Europe N48° 19'12.42" E18°06'50.15"
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Beautiful garden. Love those broms, especially my fav Vriesea hieroglyphica.
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Michael (SW Ireland)
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:38 pm Posts: 1912 Location: Cape Clear Island, Roaringwater Bay
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A very inspirational garden Peter, thanks for the repost. It's surprising how well Aloes and broms go together. Some of those Vrieseas look like they get a lot of sun, so I imagine the humidity must be pretty high there for them to look so lush.
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Peter Richardson
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Melissa
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 5:29 pm Posts: 174 Location: Norwich Norfolk. UK
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Great photo's and lovely garden. Would be great to be able to grow combinations like that here.
If they are hardy why do so many of them seem to be grown in pots, why not plant them out. (Hope thats not a really silly question)
I was given some bits that need potting up, what kind of mix do I need to use.
Melissa
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Exotic Life
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:21 pm Posts: 567 Location: Southwest of the Netherlands
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Very nice picture's! A good garden to see!
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Peter Richardson
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jam
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:31 am Posts: 321 Location: Nitra, SW Slovakia, Central Europe N48° 19'12.42" E18°06'50.15"
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Jose Almandoz
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 8:18 pm Posts: 166 Location: Aia, Basque Country, N. Spain
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david feix
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:54 am Posts: 3206 Location: Berkeley, California
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The Auckland bromeliad/succulent combination planting style is also one I quite like to use here in California as well, but it definitely appears Auckland is balmier in winter than we are here, we can't grow the Hohenbergia species outdoors in winter here, and some of the smaller Neoregelias such as N. ampullacea are difficult for me to keep alive with our winter rains. The question of raising bromeliads in pots is a good one, and the mobility offered by plunging pots and moving them around quite suits being able to move them in and out of more sun as the season dictates, much in the way that many Echeverias will want more winter sun, but require summer shading to look their best. I like using a mix of perlite, shredded fir bark, potting soil and coconut coir for potting up bromeliads that insist on good drainage, but I also plant plenty straight into the ground with no soil amendments at all. Most all the Vrieseas will in fact require fast drainage, and will only actively grow new roots under warm, moist conditions. Vrieseas in general are also one genus that responds very well to more fertilizer than most bromeliads, and abit of time release fertilizer in the potting mix works wonders.
For anyone growing these outside the subtropics, it really pays to shelter them from the worst of the winter rains and cold, because they can rot out so easily with this combination. Any cold they do get in habitat, (Brazilian and Mexican species in particular), is usually dry in winter, not in combination with chilling rains, and they usually quickly warm up again during the day. You will find that almost any warmer growing epiphytic bromeliad will bulk up much more quickly if given a cool greenhouse for the winter, rather than left outside to fend off the winter rains and cold. Maintaining sufficient winter light is also important to hold color on many species, and things like Neoregelia 'Fireball' are exceedingly difficult to maintain in full color through the winter without high light.
I've found most bromeliads to be quite forgiving of only occasional watering if not subjected to high heat and full sun at the same time, and during heat waves here, I generally program my automatic drip irrigation systems to give a spritz of overhead misting for a minute or two in early afternoon, to keep them from burning. In dappled shade, I don't need to worry about this, and they can get by with just once weekly or even bimonthly irrigation, again for just minutes at a time.
I also find the smaller branching/clumping types of bromeliads to work great in hanging baskets with things like Rhipsalis, Orchids, succulents such as Graptoverias, Graptopetalums, Echeverias, Kalanchoes, Begonia sutherlandii, etc. A trick I use to give such hanging baskets a leg up, is to fill a plastic yogurt container with pebbles and bury this within the soil mix of the hanging basket. This acts as a moisture reserve for the roots of all these plants, and keeps them looking good if I forget to water them regularly.
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Carol JA
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Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:06 am Posts: 769 Location: Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Peter,
I'm fairly sure that guy was on TV not so long back with a little 5 minute feature on his garden. Very well manicured and the colours are so vibrant.
Bromeliads as you well know are probably the most commonly sold plant here in Auckland. High rainfall and humidity coupled with a very mild winter climate and never too hot in summer. They seem to like it here.
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