Tropical Garden Society of Sydney in Concord, New South Wales, Australia | Gardener

Tropical Garden Society of Sydney

Locality: Concord, New South Wales, Australia

Address: 1a Gipps Street 2137 Concord, NSW, Australia

Website: tropicalgardenss.wixsite.com/tgss

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25.01.2022 Tune into Zoom on Tuesday, 24th November from 7.30pm, for a virtual tour by Aroid Collector and Nurseryman, Wayne L. Lyons of SubTropical Exotics. Presenting an extensive private collection of Aroids in the subTropical Xperience Gardens and Cloud Forest. Wayne will discuss their beauty and unusually diverse leaf forms, textures, colours and how Aroids form an essential part of any garden. Wayne Lyons has the following website and can also be followed on Facebook and Instagram. Details are: https://www.subtropicalexotics.com.au Instagram: subtropical_exotics Facebook: subTropical Exotics

25.01.2022 This is a cute little Bromeliad - Aechmea Graceful, growing in our Gymea Bay garden It’s only about 20cm tall and makes a great ground cover. All of the photos except the last one were taken on 11 Oct ‘20. The last photo shows what the inflorescence looks like today, with berries starting to form. Ellie is our miniature poodle, for scale

24.01.2022 Look at the mass of flowers on this Justicia brandegeana variegata, just stunning! This beauty is growing in Bayview

24.01.2022 This Pandanus and Bismarckia nobilis are a good size and are looking impressive These beauties are growing at Burraneer (Cronulla)

22.01.2022 Billbergia ‘Obi-Wan’ is currently in flower in our Gymea Bay garden I’m not sure what I like best, the gorgeous plant and flower or it’s awesome Star Wars related name

21.01.2022 We had a great society zoom meeting tonight with Wayne L. Lyons! It was wonderful to see all the gorgeous Aroids he’s growing at subTropical Exotics If you love Aroid’s, you may enjoy watching this Gardening Australia segment that was done with Wayne last year https://youtu.be/EnMxsRx7fcg

21.01.2022 Hoya carnosa in flower and looking gorgeous in Liz and Steve’s garden at Cronulla Liz and Steve have trained the Hoya across a path and it looks awesome. The photos don’t do it justice

21.01.2022 Wow, isn’t this Hosta gorgeous! This beauty belongs to Mercury and is growing at his Dee Why garden. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Merc

20.01.2022 Such an unusual and gorgeous flower on Tacca chantrieri, also known as Black Bat Plant This beauty belongs to Mercury and is currently in flower in his Dee Why garden. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Merc

18.01.2022 A beautiful Stromanthe, flowering in Nancy and Ted's garden at Bayview

18.01.2022 Lilium longiflorum, putting on a gorgeous show of flowers in Liz and Steve’s garden at Cronulla Thanks for sharing this photo with us Liz

18.01.2022 We were away from our Pymble home for a week and came home to some nice surprises in the garden ........

16.01.2022 I just had to share this beautiful German Empress flowering in our son’s garden at Hawks Nest.

16.01.2022 It’s on tonight! Tune into Zoom on Tuesday, 24th November from 7.30pm, for a virtual tour by Aroid Collector and Nurseryman, Wayne L. Lyons of subTropical Exotics. Presenting an extensive private collection of Aroids in the subTropical Xperience Gardens and Cloud Forest. Wayne will discuss their beauty and unusually diverse leaf forms, textures, colours and how Aroids form an essential part of any garden. Wayne Lyons has the following website and can also be followed on Fa...cebook and Instagram. Details are: https://www.subtropicalexotics.com.au Instagram: subtropical_exotics Facebook: subTropical Exotics Join our Zoom Meeting by clicking on the link below Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83808502718 Meeting ID: 838 0850 2718 Passcode: 288503 The meeting itself will commence at 7:30 p.m. but if you are a newcomer to Zoom, log in earlier to get some assistance. Photo credit: Wayne Lyons

15.01.2022 Adam with the fruit from his Ficus auriculata, growing in his Casula garden Thanks for sharing these photos with us Adam

14.01.2022 Your Heliconia subulata is looking great Kerrie It’s a credit to you especially considering the frost and low temperatures you get at St Clair in winter. Thanks for sharing this with us Kerrie

14.01.2022 Tillandsia tequendamae, currently in flower in our Gymea Bay garden. What a beauty!!

13.01.2022 Two beauties in Hilary’s garden at Dulwich Hill today: Coelogyne fragrans, an Orchid which originates from New Guinea, and an Alcantarea Bromeliad, with the start of a very tall flower spike! Thanks for sharing these lovely photos with us Hilary

13.01.2022 This gorgeous little Palm is currently in flower Chamaedorea stolonifera grows to approx. 1.5 m tall and multiplies with underground runners. Love the bifid leaves too! Growing at Gymea Bay

12.01.2022 Look what’s in flower for Halloween! Chiranthodendron pentadactylon known as the Devil's Hand Flower This beauty is from Mexico and Guatemala and is growing in Peter’s garden at Notting Hill, VIC. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Peter

11.01.2022 Check out the size of this Alcantarea imperialis Rubra! This magnificent beauty is growing on the Sunshine Coast, QLD. Thanks for sharing these photos with us Amanda

10.01.2022 Only 2 more sleeps to go! Tune into Zoom on Tuesday, 24th November from 7.30pm, for a virtual tour by Aroid Collector and Nurseryman, Wayne L. Lyons of subTropical Exotics. Presenting an extensive private collection of Aroids in the subTropical Xperience Gardens and Cloud Forest. Wayne will discuss their beauty and unusually diverse leaf forms, textures, colours and how Aroids form an essential part of any garden. Wayne Lyons has the following website and can also be follo...wed on Facebook and Instagram. Details are: https://www.subtropicalexotics.com.au Instagram: @subtropical_exotics Facebook: subTropical Exotics Join our Zoom Meeting by clicking on the link below Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83808502718 Meeting ID: 838 0850 2718 Passcode: 288503 The meeting itself will commence at 7:30 p.m. but if you are a newcomer to Zoom, log in earlier to get some assistance. Photo credit: Wayne Lyons

10.01.2022 Our Anthurium scandens has lots of berries at the moment. It’s no wonder its common name is Grape Anthurium Growing at Gymea Bay

08.01.2022 Sarcostemma vanlessenii flowering for the first time for us in our garden at Pymble. Very exciting!

07.01.2022 It’s on tonight!! 7.30pm Sydney time, Tuesday 27 Oct ‘20. Our speaker, designer Peter Nixon will show us small garden making for the Cool Subtropics Sydney Garden. Mirrors, Greenwalls and all their permutations, a Rain Garden, a Rooftop Garden, Pools and Apartment Living to Courtyards all with rich textural and foliage colour contrasts for year round interest. Join our Zoom Meeting by clicking on the link below https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86278754698... Or Join via Zoom app Meeting ID: 862 7875 4698 Passcode: 802678

06.01.2022 Hoya carnosa putting on a good show in the Metasequoia or Dawn Redwood in our garden at Pymble It is impossible to capture all the flowers there are so many of them

06.01.2022 Dendrobium densiflorum buds opened up today. Flowering in our garden at Pymble.

05.01.2022 That’s a gorgeous Begonia growing in your Casula garden Adam Thanks for sharing your photos and information about it with us

04.01.2022 A little cactus plant we gave our granddaughter many years ago. It did not flower in her bedroom and when she moved north we inherited it back. It has flowered and grown and overflowed out of the it’s little pot on our deck at Pymble.

03.01.2022 Hoya motoskei in flower at Pymble, the start of our Hoya blooms.