What are you looking for? I have ficus ben, rubber tree(big leaf kind), schefflera all are the variegated variety, I also have some Pride of Maderia, both variegated and non, I have Dragons Blood(draceana draco) and numerous palms. I had one variegated screw pine but I think it got too cold, now I'm without.

I guess this depends on where your boundaries of "botany" are. To me, genetics are naturally part of botany and I don't see how to separate the two. Botany incorporates all sorts of biological fields, and isn't limited to "traditional" "old school" botany, including nomenclature, identification, discovery, and taxonomy. Some of the greatest botanists I know are geneticists, horticulturalists, agriculturalists, microbiologists, and biochemists ;o)

I live in southern cali, about 35-45 min. away from newport beach. I have been growing a few coconuts for about 7 months here, but it is starting to get a little cool now, and I am very concerned. I dont think you'll be able to grow one for very long in england. If you want to give it a try i would suggest a few things: Portable greenhouse soil warming cables greenhouse heater grow lights It probably wouldnt work for long, but you might be able to get a few extra months out of it. I never let mine see outside temps lower than 75f and the same for the soil temp. At night when the temp is lower than about 72f I bring them inside were i get the soil temps up to about 80f. Also, I have mine planted in a sand and soil mix. I think that might make a difference. I only water it with warm water, I dont' know if that helps, but I'm sure it cant hurt. And there is a hormone that i give to one of them, and that seems to be the one that grows the best. Its called superthrive, and you can order it onlie. as a matter of fact, the one that i give the superthrive to is starting to get the pinnate leafs and the fronds are bigger on that one also. When winter actually gets here, i will put mine in a portable greenhouse with a heater just to be on the safe side. Oh yeah, I only water it when its very warm, and usually no more than once a week.

It was very well maintained. What the usual story is around here- the home was sold to new owners who probably think of a rose as a garden plant,not that Monarch. You can see a photo I took of it on Dave's Garden. It- and this one- are the two largest in the photo collection. Ironic that the third largest in town? I just saw 2 days ago had been severely topped. I posted THAT on Dave Garden (bayareatropics) too, pre destruction.