What plants are you growing??
 

I searched back 10 pages or so & could not find this topic, so I am wondering what you all are growing.

In pots, I am growing:
3 -3 yr old Ice Cream banana (inground in summer) one is a pup
1 -3 yr old Dble mahoi (prolly inground this summer)
baby Siam Ruby
baby Raja Puri
3 yr Truly Tiny
20 brugmansias (dormant now - most are planted inground summer)
Canary Island date palm (in 30 gal pot)- at least 10 yrs old
Fan palm - at least 10 yrs old
2 dwarf Canary Island date palm
2 Cabbage palms (sable palm)
1 Sago palm
Guava:
...pineapple
...tropical pink
...ruby red
...lemon
Ponderosa lemon
Meyers lemon (2)
Persian lime
Honey Murcott tangerine
Buddah Hand citron
Calamondin
Satsuma
Meiwa kumquat
Budd blood orange
Blood orange
Red Australian Finger Lime
Green Australian F L
clem Yuzu 3-3 10 degree tangerine (6) 2 yr seedlings
Figs:
...Italian Honey
...Brown Turkey (2)
...Osmond Prolific
...White Genoa
3 Cherimoya (at least 6 yrs old)
2 Eucalyptus
Many Flying Dragon & P. Trifoliate 3 yr seedlings (to graft onto)
Dragon Fruit:
...Yellow
...Red Vietnamese
2 Avocados:
...Haas
...Florida
Night time Jasmine
Orange jessamine -3 (jasmine)
Hibiscus
Yellow /Golden Dew drop (seeds from citrus Joe)
Cactus:
...Stapelia Gigantea (thanks Darren)
...and 2 others I don't know name of right off
3 Laural Bay leaf trees (I love fresh bay leaf!) I sold rooted
cuttings of them.
Pineapple
Ivy
corn plant
Kalanchoe (sp?)
3 Orchids (one ready to bloom)
passion flower/fruit
Loquat tree
Tropical ferns
Xmas cactus (blooming)


I can't think of anything else I have in the house. Thank God I have a sunroom. Most of these plants are there.

Here are plants I have inground that can take my climate:
Rasperries
Concord Grapes
Paw Paw (2)
Tons of Lillys
Bleeding Hearts
Ferns
2 varieties Peones
Global arboervitei (sp) & other pine
prickly pear
poppy
jack manni
lily of the valley
giant Iris
Wild rose
mini rose
Surprise Lily
Spiderwort
Hosta
5 in 1 apple tree
onions
garlic
herbs
Mints:
..variegated pineapple
..chocolate
..India


I guess I have an assortment here.

What are you growing?

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Oh my goodness! Go over to my user profile and see the list under Additional Information.
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Oh MY goodness Richard...I better look at other peoples profiles before I post something like this! WOW, you got lots!
My neighbors & friends think I'm crazy w/ growing too much!!!

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I betcha I can top Richard; not on Bananas but certainly on other plants.

Bananas:
1. Oritos
2. Sedas
3. Maqueño
4. Maduro
5. Platano
6. DW Cav
7. Cav
8. Rojo
9. Platanillo (Heliconia)

Things that aren't Bananas, but are still edible

10. Mora (Andean blackberry)
11. Strawberry 'Siemprefrutas Andino'
12. Mortiño (Andean lowbush blueberry)
13. Naranjilla, eating
14. Naranjilla, juicing (these are two different species but I mix up which is which)
15. Tomate de Arbol 'Rojo'
16. Tomate de Arbol 'Dorado'
17. Tomato 'Roma'
18. Tomato 'Uvas'
19. Tomato 'Riñon'
20. Hot Pepper 'Dientes del Drago'
21. Hot Pepper 'Lagrimas del Drago'
22. Hot Pepper 'Fuego'
23. Hot Pepper 'Rubies'
24. Green Bell Pepper
25. Uvillas
26. Grosellas (a type of gooseberry vine)
27. Granadilla
28. Maracuya
29. Taxo
30. Sachataxo (27-30 are passionfruits)
31. Lettuce 'Cos'
32. Lettuce 'Mantequilla'
33. Lettuce 'Crespa'
34. Squash 'Gordo'
35. Pumpkin 'Calabaza'
36. Radish (general available cultivar called 'radish')
37. Pineapple 'Blanco' (similar to commercial 'Sugarloaf')
38. Pineapple 'Dorado' (similar to commercial 'Kona')
39. Mango 'Chupadores'
40. Mango 'Tommy'
41. Papaya 'Grande Amarillo'
42. Papaya 'Rojado Hawaiiano'
43. Babaco
44. Toronjito (a small altitude-adapted papaya)
45. Lime 'Kaffir'
46. Lime 'Rayas'
47. Lime 'Tahiti'
48. Lime 'Agrio'
49. Lime 'Rojo'
50. Mandarin 'Satsuma'
51. Mandarin 'Sin Pepa'
52. Grapefruit 'Rosado'
53. Orange 'Sevilla'
54. Orange 'Sangre'
55. Orange 'Agrio'
56. Orange 'Dulce'
57. Lemon 'Agrio'
58. Lemon 'Amarillo'
59. Black Mulberry
60. Fuchsia boliviana (tasty berries)
61. Mani del Monte
62. Peanut
63. Potato 'Atahualpa'
64. Potato 'Oro Morado'
65. Oxalis tuberosum 'Ullcu'
66. Taro
67. Pelma (a tuber related to Taro, but larger)
68. Yuca (aka Cassava or Manioc)
69. Achira (Canna used in wrapping tamales)
70. Maize 'Choclos'
71. Maize 'Canguil'
72. Sweet Corn 'Bread and Butter'
73. Sweet Potato 'Chamote'
74. Guava 'Sunrise'
75. Guava 'Piña'
76. Mamey zapote
77. Breadfruit
78. Jackfruit
79. Chirimoya 'Cariamanga'
80. Borojo
81. Coco de la selva (similar to a coconut)
82. Morete
83. Chontaduro (peach palm)
84. Palmito
85. Guanabana 'Grandote'
86. Avocado 'Rojo'
87. Avocado 'Bolas'
88. Onion 'Vidalia'
89. Onion 'Spanish Red'
90. Canary Island Date (not dwarf)
91. Yellow Pitahaya
92. Red Tuna (Prickly Pear)
93. Fig 'Breva'

And there are about 200 more things that are not strictly edible but that I grow for medicinal, flavouring, or ornamental purposes. Plus about 100 orchids, generally Ecuadorian species rather than hybrids. And the 10 species of timber trees that I'm growing to avoid cutting the old growth.

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Right now I'm growing winter grass for the dogs to play on.

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LOL Mitchel.
Geeze, you guys are growing a LOT!!! Ya make me feel like a peanut.
Wish I had more room & better climate.
I can't wait to plant the garden in Spring -- 'maters, peppers etc. Gotta go out & shovel now --brrrrrr.

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It's all relative. My daughters say I'm plant crazed like the author of "The $64 Tomato". But then I'm peanuts compared to my friend Suzy who has over 2,000 varieties, who in turn is peanuts to our colleague in Bonsall who has over 10,000 species and cultivars of a very broad spectrum of plants: all edible, and all in 6-inch or larger containers with some in the ground.

On the flip side, I met a guy yesterday who has 1 large greenhouse measuring 200 feet (61 meters) wide by 2,000 feet (610 meters) long which fills up most of a 10-acre parcel. The walls are about 10 feet (3 m) high all around with a few doors, and the ceiling is about 20 feet (6 m) high in the center. He only has 4 species of plants and only about 5 cultivars of each -- all Bromeliad relatives. BUT, there are just over 1,000,000 plants in there. About 2,000 of them are "mother" plants that generate the stock. My understanding is that it takes about 4 months from the time slips (pups) are generated from the mother plants to the time they are mature in size and color to sell and ship. Just down the road a bit from him is a major nursery covering 1200 acres and they have at least 100 of such greenhouses generating all kinds of annuals and perennials.

So yeah, I'm tiny by comparison. :D

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Yep, I agree with Richard its all relative. I think it all boils down to what you really enjoy. I have been collecting plants for a very long time. I am the kind of idiot who must have anything rare or variegated and who always end up broke from this bad obsession!
Now I have stopped counting the number or varieties/species I have. I just make sure they are in very good condition and growing. I do not propagate my plants on purpose as I do not sell them(I need all the space I can get!). My house is small, so I keep only the ones which need extra care here. The rest are in my 3 acre nursery.
I don't consider myself 'big' or 'tiny' in plants but 'happy'!:ha:

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I love your outlook, thanks.
I can't imagine a 10 acre greenhouse! Hmmm, what would that cost around here to heat in winter? YIKES
Temps just dipped in low teens tonight with more snow on the way. I'm sicky poo w/ a flu bug arrrgh. My plants will keep me going though.

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Ah..Patty, regarding happiness through plants, I forgot to add this in...

You see, when I see a particular plant I like, it makes me happy, especially when it is in bloom. Then, I have to wait for its next bloom to be happy again, rite..? Now what I did was I bought many of the same plant so I can be many more times happy especially when they bloom at different times!
I have been asked why do I have like 2,000 of the same plant? Well it makes me 2,000 times happy that's why!

In the past I was totally nuts about the Slipper Orchid, Paphipedilum and I had a collection of more than 12,000 plants of most of its species(I don't like the hybrids). Sounds illogical? Who cares when I can be 12,000 times happy!
Cheers!:ha::ha::ha::ha::ha:

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I don't think that's illogical Tog...flowers blooming make me happy too so I guess we are normal.:ha:

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Hi everyone, I am only a kid (14) ,and these are all the plants i have growing for now, I know it is not much but for a start i think it is good, her.e they are....
Bananas:
1.Gran nain
2.musa acuminata
3.musa basjoo

All other plants,
Yucca
spider plant(s)
alo vera
tomatoes
beans
papaya (red)
orange plant
ivy's
bamboo
asparagus ferns -lots of them!
a lot of flowers
other fern
canna
zebra plant
African violets --about 9
parsley
rubber plants
Christmas cactus
other cactus
The palms i have are :
Majesty
foxtail
mini date palm
feather palm.--unknown

The outside plants that can survive...

black raspberries
gooseberry -tall plant I cut back this year.
onions
garlic
ONLY in summer
peppers
pumpkin
cabbage
cucumber vines
mini roses
peas






I think that is about all i can think of ,
got some banana seeds:
musa balbisana
blood banana
and musa velutuina

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Hey K....cat, that's a lot of plants for your age, & a big responsibility...good for you!!! I had NONE when I was 14 or 15, or 17 - 20 LOL. Where do you live? & zone? You reminded me of a few more plants to post - like 7 more LOL. I gotta edit.

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Wow, so I'm not the only obsessed plant person. Woohoo. My wife says I'm plant crazed - and in severe zone denial. She's finally agreed we'll move to a warmer climate next time we move. Right now, we're thinking Florida (zone 9b or 10a) I hope.

Here's a few of my favorites I'm growing.

BANANAS
Basjoo
Bordelon
Dwarf Cavendish
Dwarf Namwah
Dwarf Orinoco
'Ice Cream' (Blue Java)
Manzano (?)
'Truly Tiny'
Orinoco
Pisang Ceylon
'Praying Hands'
Red Abyssinian (Ensete Maurelii)
Saba
Siam Ruby
Rewnfrow
Velutina


GINGERS
Blue Ginger
Red Ginger
Torch Ginger
Kahili Ginger
Butterfly (White) Ginger
Beehive Ginger
Elizabeth Ginger
Curcuma Elata Ginger
Shampoo Ginger
Alpina zerumbet 'Variegata'

ELEPHANT EARS
Colocasia (Traditional)
Colcasia Gigantia (Thailand Giant)
Alocasia Odora
Alocasia Macrorrhiza
Alocasia x Calidora
Alocasia gageana
Borneo Giant
Xanthosoma

PALMS
Christmas (Manila) Palm
Royal Palm
Majesty Palm
Windmill Palm
Sago Palm
Chinese Fan Palm
Bottle Palm

STRELITZIACEAE FAMILY
Giant White Bird of Paradise (Nicolai)
Orange Bird of Paradise
Travelers Palm (12 of them, LOL - and running out of height inside quick)

PLUMERIA
Various colors (Red, Yellow, Pink)

HAWAIIAN TI
Red
Green
Bankok Gold

HIBISCUS
Various types (Red, Yellow, Off White, etc)

HELICONIA
Heliconia Psittacorum 'Andromeda'
Heliconia stricta 'Iris'
Heliconia psittacorum x spathocircinata

PHILODENDRON-LIKE
Pothos (lots of Pothos)
Monstera Deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa 'Borsigiana'
Monstera pertusa variegata
Philodendron Selloum
Philodendron "Burle Marx"
Philodendron "Imperial Green"
Philodendron "Congo Green"
Philodendron "Moonlight"
Philodendron "Xanadu"

CANNA
Banana Canna
Regulars (lots of them like most folks)

SCHEFFLERAS
Various types
Pachira aquatica

BAMBOO
Various types (mostly clumping types, one runner that's contained)

HOSTAS/CROTONS
Various types

TREE FERNS & OTHER 'FERNS'
Australian Tree Ferns
Hawaiian Hapu'u Tree Fern
Asplenium nidus (Bird's Nest)

SUCCULENTS
Agave
Agave Attenuata
Century Plant
Some absolutely giant Hawaiian Agave (literally as big as a house)

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that is where i am moving when i am a legal age i am most likely moving near either Naples or fort lauderdale Florida. It is nice and warm there, I will have to get use to the hurricanes. Oh well zone 9b or even 10a is so much better then zone 5b,where i am now...:woohoonaner:

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Yeah the Hurricanes are the only thing that make me nervous about Florida. Though honestly, where I live now is vulnerable too. Hugo made a mess here in the late 80's and it's bound to happen again sometime.

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wow, that does suck.

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No hurricanes here - just tornados which can do as much damage.
That's a nice assortment you have too John!
I added over 10 forgotten things on my list LOL.

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I think if I had to choose between the two, I'd pick the Hurricane (except right at the eye wall). Unfortunately we get our fair share of tornadic activity here too; and I could never live in the mid-west; I'd have stress. Some braves souls live in Oklahoma.

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Speaking on tornadoes, When i was seeing my family in Muncie Indina there was a family who was staying at the same hotel ,holiday inn 3 floors. The lady who worked there told me they lived in Oklahoma and a tornado hit there house destroying everything in their area they let them stay there till they got their house rebuilt. Such nice people.---But i don't remember why they had to go so far up north.