Mike Clifford
@MikesRarePlants
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A Plantsman with a botanical themed Jungle garden Propagator and provider of rare and unusual seeds
UK Poole Dorset
Joined May 2017
Just found this article The fantastic Green Rooms Market did about me back in 2020 , whilst searching for seeds online this morning it really sums up everything that I love about growing plants .😁🪴 Cultivating a spellbinding tropical garden in Dorset
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The first of our Hibiscus cameronii seeds has started to germinate , such a beautiful hibiscus and very rarely seen in cultivation
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#FernFriday . Adiantum venustum the hardy Maidenhair fern these two pots are not looking too shabby for early February but come April will have loads of lush new growth . 🌿
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lobelia excelsa , grown from seed 5 years ago and has been planted it in the garden for the last 3 years, but always gets cut to the ground in winter it regrows each spring but has never flowered, now potted up & overwintering in the greenhouse so I’m hoping it will this year🤞
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Annona cherimola , Custard Apple, grown by a friend for me ,seeds from a local shop bought fruit . what fantastic foliage .
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Cussonia sphaerocephala commonly known as the Natal forest cabbage tree , in its native habitat can reach a height of 25m tall . loving the colour of this juvenile plant so out of the greenhouse today for a few photos .
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Oreopanax dactylifolius / andreanus. Flushing in our plant port today
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Our one and only Bamboo, Chusquea andina from high altitudes in the Andes . This little beauty only grows to about 1m tall and has thick pale blue/green leaves .
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Gloomy but dry here in Poole Dorset so perfect for sowing a few seeds Bit late with these Melanoselinum decipiens - Giant Black Parsley seeds Seeds sown in a 2l pot onto some good free draining compost & covered with grit these will germinate naturally as the weather warms 🌱
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#fern Friday our stunning Neolepisorus ovatus. I’m looking forward to the new growth this year as it’s really starting to fill the pot now
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Took a couple of Eucomis regia leaf cuttings today 🤞they will root as it’s such an amazing plant , it’s one of the few winter flowering Eucomis
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Update on our Oreopanax liebmannii that started a new flush of leaves nearly 10 weeks ago ( last photo ) now fully open , loving how symmetrical the new growth is 😁
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Our seed grown Oreopanax sp with the most spectacular cut leaves . looking so lush in our unheated plant port . So I decided to sow some more seed again today , the first ones I grew from seed were very variable in leaf shape but this seedling stood out from the rest .
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Oreopanax peltatus producing lots of berries this year purchased from my good Friend Dino Pellizzaro about 6 years ago at the Great Dixter Autumn plant fair .
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Our Billbergia nutans Variegata still looking imaculate it’s been firmly attached to one of our Tree ferns for a few years now and has survived lows of -8 with minimal leaf damage . So far this winter our lowest temperature has been - 2.8
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