Oh Kathi, I know just how you feel, a couple of years ago I decapitated a standard fuchsia that had taken me 4 years to make, you got it, by yanking on a hose that was stuck on something, unfortunately the yank worked:(. I just love 'Fang', he got a new pot today. Annette

OK I love all the plants I am glad I dont have to be a judge over them but I have a question...I have 2 old men cactus and I bought a old woman this week shes bigger and harrier so if I put them all together whats gonna happen :) Also I bought a obesa (this store was going out of business) so I kinda went cacti happy. it just was tagged baseball cactus, now I didn't know about them changing sex, man what kind of cactus store as he selling LOL I truly need to read up on some of the cactus I bought I just have not had the time or know the correct name to look them up thats why love this place you can find what you need. You all have beautiful plants I learned just by looking I dont know why the old man was a bit redder than I ever saw was it out in the sun a lot this year? Bye all for now happy growing.

Thanks Barbara, Jan, Annie and every one so Bearded Dragon it is, I though it was but didn't want to put that name to it just in case it was wrong. We get a lot of them here on this block last year one had babies so there were little dragons running around everywhere, We also get the frilled neck and some type of monitor or goanna. Thanks len for that info, you know the river is across the road but have yet to see a snake on this block. Marion my arm is starting to feel a bit better but I cannot lift it much, so hubby is still putting the clothes on the line bless him. Cheryl I have not seen a snail since we left Melbourne eleven years ago, but we have plenty of other pests to make up for it. GH I have 23 Bougainvillea's I will put repeats on for you one day as last years were the best.I hope that nectarine keep bearing fuit too or it will get the chop. And dear Bev I do hope you are feeling a lot better, I have just put more pics on for you. Cheers..MM.

Treat it like any other tropical, light regular feeding. Do keep bumping it up in pot size and make sure it has plenty of water in warm weather (but not staying wet). Likes bright light but full sun will burn the leaves. Takes about 5 years to reach blooming and fruiting size. By then you'll want them in at least 30 gallon bins or pots. Blooms are white and fragrant like Jasmine. ;) Mine go outside from spring to autumn on my back deck. They /can/ reach as much as 8 to 12 feet tall but I keep mine trimmed easily at around 5 to 6 foot tall which is typical to keep the beans easy to reach. They tend to flower around June i the hot rainy season, then produce fruit which ripens in late winter through spring. Each coffee 'cherry' holds 2 to 3 beans. Here's a shot of mine growing on my back deck, near right side. I should start some new seedlings for our hoped for greenhouse later. You can get about 1 to 1.5 lbs of beans per mature tree depending on which variety you have. Hmm, I seem to have hijacked the thread. Pardon.