bratacat

Hi,
thanks for your advice about the basjoo, are these the ones that actually grow edible fruit?
I have a grape vine which grows on a south facing fence, however the grapes never ripen.....I have a super guy locally (Sri-lankan by birth....how on earth did he descide to settle in the north-east of England?) he grows all his own things in an independent garden centre. His advice was to keep the vine well pruned....I was scared at first, that by drastic pruning I would loose the plant. It is much more tidy now and showing signs of growth. Not sure if it will produce edible fruit....will keep you posted!
I grow cherries (never tasted them as the blinking birds get them first), and peaches (small but sweet) however, I live on the north sea coast (tends to keep the temperature up, less than -5 in winter....but sadly often gives a misty summer.)
I counted the leaves on my baby rock banana today, it only has 3, 2 of which have a kind of grey bloom on them...the one good leaf looks ok though. I found an interesting site called asiaone dot com about the musella lasiocarpa which may be of interest and gave me hope! I am so engaged by this one little plant and the enthusiasm of everyone here, that I want to get a basjoo and turn my garden from bog standard English to tropical!
bratacat