I got mine in a trade from someone here but I don't remember who. I have no idea where they got them. I hope it grows. I'm going to keep it on the seed mat and put it outside in June (in a container) if it lives that long. When I looked it up I read that the seeds could take 4 weeks but I had no way of knowing how fresh they were so I didn't toss them so fast. I'm glad I didn't. I have a number of seeds that have sporadic and/or long germination times and have a tendancy to forget about them. I have recycled soil before and had surprises growing in the containers, especially certain pipevines and passion flowers. I must have at least 10 pots of plants that have an extra plant growing with them. Karyn

Anigozanthus 'Harmony' may be an easier yellow flowered form to try, as with all of them, they can be difficult to establish in hot weather as the roots can dry out too quickly before they get rooted in. A month into the winter rains is usually a great time to get them established, avoid under and overwatering. Other yellows to consider in the same vein of taller yellow flowers might include Achillea 'Coronation Gold' or Bulbine frutescens, or one of the yellow flowering forms of Alstroemeria.

A 5 gallon nursery can with crammed roots in a south facing spot and only getting handwatered twice a week; you killed it from lack of water, plain and simple. I agree that Kangaroo Paws can be temperamental to grow with regard to drainage and proper watering, but the Anigozanthus flavidus cultivars are among the easiest to grow. Do amend the soils for good drainage, give it full sun and good air circulation and avoid overhead spray on the foliage if you want to minimize the Ink Spot disease, and regularly prune off infected foliage to the ground, especially if it isn't getting full sun and/or good air circulation. I have found that some species/cultivars of Anigozanthus are much more tolerant of clay soils than others, and any of the A. flavidus cultivars are fairly tolerant of clay, as well as it is sloped or amended slightly so that it doesn't stay saturated. Not a good candidate for planting where it gets constant overhead spray irrigation which in combination with too little full sun can lead to the fungal disease. While this plant is rather drought tolerant in the ground once it is established, as a container plant in its original size container from the nursery, twice a week watering in full hot sun just isn't enough, and you cooked it. Get another one now that it has cooled down, get it into the ground in full sun with good drainage, and the twice a week watering regimen will probably work just fine. If you prefer to keep it in a container, buy a smaller one gallon, repot into a larger 5 gallon container, and hook it up to an automatic drip irrigation system so that it gets a little bit every or every other day, or keep an eye on the plant so that it doesn't ever go bone dry between waterings.

hi star, this forum is part of the Australian Gardenweb so we dont have any problems locating these plants but there are a couple of other posts here from people in the US growing them, or trying from seed, perhaps you could email them and see where they got them in the US? trance