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Olafhenny · 07-27-2013, 06:43 PM

Hi Lukus,

There are plenty people here who will be able to give you advice on bananas, but since
you are looking for other tropical plants too here is my suggestion:

Ricinus Communis (RC) Purple and RC New Zealand Purple – a comparison

Here in frigid Canada this is an annual. It is listed in Dave’s Plant files as hardy to -12^C,
but the plant pictured here froze up at a mere -8^C.

As I have outlined in the thread of the above URL I got the seeds only very late last year and
the plant grew only to the dimensions shown in the photo by October. This year’s I have sown
already in early March and it is now in late July just as high, but not quite as wide as the one i
n the picture and it has another 2 to 3 months to grow

I do not know how cold it gets where you live, but if oleander makes it through the winter there,
the New Zealand Purple should make it too (my experience with them is very limited though).

I should be able to harvest seeds within a month from now. After that I will test sow a few of
them. I had real problems with those I harvested last year, but that might be because it was
so late, and they might have been nicked by frost.

To make a long story short, If you would like some, I will send you some. It would be up to you
to make sure you are allowed to receive seeds in Italy. Here in Canada we may import 250g of
small seeds and 500g large ones. In the US it is proibito. Period. That does not mean, that I
would not send them there, if requested by PM.

Good luck,
Olaf
PS: How did you get to ‘Lukus’ There is no ‘k’ in the Italian alphabet?

07-27-2013, 06:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
Olafhenny Olafhenny's Photo Gallery Location: Penticton, BC, Okanagan Valley, Canada Find me on the map! Zone: Hardiness Zone 6 Name: Olaf Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 1,705 BananaBucks : 287,167 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,050 Times Was Thanked 2,012 Times in 876 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 77 Times	Re: Hello from Piedmont, Italy Hi Lukus, There are plenty people here who will be able to give you advice on bananas, but since you are looking for other tropical plants too here is my suggestion: Ricinus Communis (RC) Purple and RC New Zealand Purple – a comparison Here in frigid Canada this is an annual. It is listed in Dave’s Plant files as hardy to -12^C, but the plant pictured here froze up at a mere -8^C. As I have outlined in the thread of the above URL I got the seeds only very late last year and the plant grew only to the dimensions shown in the photo by October. This year’s I have sown already in early March and it is now in late July just as high, but not quite as wide as the one i n the picture and it has another 2 to 3 months to grow I do not know how cold it gets where you live, but if oleander makes it through the winter there, the New Zealand Purple should make it too (my experience with them is very limited though). I should be able to harvest seeds within a month from now. After that I will test sow a few of them. I had real problems with those I harvested last year, but that might be because it was so late, and they might have been nicked by frost. To make a long story short, If you would like some, I will send you some. It would be up to you to make sure you are allowed to receive seeds in Italy. Here in Canada we may import 250g of small seeds and 500g large ones. In the US it is proibito. Period. That does not mean, that I would not send them there, if requested by PM. Good luck, Olaf PS: How did you get to ‘Lukus’ There is no ‘k’ in the Italian alphabet? __________________ The reason I joined this forum was to share experiences, my own and those of others and to learn from them.