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The Land of the Giants in Maryland and Virginia

Boca_Joe(zone 7b) southern Delaware

13 years ago

hey gang-

check this out- some of the local DC area's biggest tropicals!

Palms, colocasia, bananas, etc.

You have to see it to believe it!

enjoy

Boca Joe

Here is a link that might be useful: The Land of the Giants

Comments (3)

alphia
13 years ago
Hi Joe: The pictures are great. I also have huge elephants ears and banana trees here in Georgia. I do have a question for you. In picture 24, what is the name of the 2 plants in the forefront. And do you have one for trade.
Boca_Joe(zone 7b) southern Delaware
Original Author
13 years ago
hi alphia-

those are red abyssinian bananas, Ensente maurelli.

You can get them at Home Depot in spring.

That photo is not from my yard so I cannot trade .

Boca Joe
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glaswegian
13 years ago
Boca Joe...hats to you and the gang over there, from up north here in Canada. I have a question for you though: for a newbie looking to start off with a creation like those in the pics, what do I feed those babies to make them huge like that?

Also...anyway you can mail me one of those Thai Giants pls? I'll pay for postage because I haven't been able to get it here

cheers

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