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I've been growing this Drosophyllum from seed in normal garden compost + perlite for half a year now. From some other accounts on the internet, the plant seems to be able to grow in a range of 'normal' (as opposed to strictly nutrient poor) soils and is naturally found in alkaline soils. It seems that it is able to tolerate a wide range of growth media.



This leads me to wonder if anybody has tried to grow it as a 'normal' in-the-ground garden plant. It would certainly be quite impressive specimen if allowed to grow large. I could conceivably imagine it looking quite natural in a cactus bed or perhaps a native Australian garden...

Where are you doing this?


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Bob Beer wrote:Where are you doing this?

I'm located in Sydney, Australia. The plant has been growing outside all winter. Our winters are sunny, cool and dry. I also have a pot of other Drosophyllum plants growing in a terracotta pot in the standard peat-based CP media and both plants are similarly sized, so the media hasn't increased/decreased the growth rate. Unfortunately I don't have any spare plants to experiment with growing in the ground- maybe if i can keep them alive over summer, I'll get some seed to play with.

Our climate (Seattle) is a cool Mediterranean climate. Cool wet winters and summers that tend to be quite dry. I’d worry most about the “in between” time when things are warming up but the weather is still wet. Yet I know some people here do grow it outside in pots. However every few years we get some really hard freezes that would probably finish it off.


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I know it’s been a few years but I’d be keen to hear if you did end up giving Drosophyllum a try in the garden?