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Kevlar

Fairly new to gardening but really love getting outside and creating my very own tropical oasis on the Isle of Wight.

Gunnera manicata

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Kevlar

#GiantRubarb #GunneraManicata #Gunnera My #Triffids loving this weather 💥😀👏🏼 #Red

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ben1984

@Kevlar that looks amazing mine only got to leaves and not even half as big as this one

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Kevlar

@ben1984 thanks man, it's a year old now was in a pot until last week - just keep it in the shade and wet :-) hope yours gets its mojo on!! They're fab.

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Kevlar

#Red #Green #GiantRubarb @lee85

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shane4251

Very nice 🙌

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Kevlar

A different view!! #Gunnera #GiantRubarb

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Kevlar

#GiantRubarb #Gunnera #NewGrowth

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Kevlar

#GiantRubarb is looking good!!! I like to call her Tiffany the Triffid 😂

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kathy

😂

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lamaisonbleueoleron

Hi how often do you water Tiffany ? I'm thinking on getting one now I've seen yours in a pot! 👍😎

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Kevlar

I water her pretty much every day if it's dry, and keep her in the shade. Over winter she died off but soon came back 😀 my favourite!

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Kevlar

@lamaisonbleueoleron

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lovemygarden65

Wow 👍

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Kevlar

#GiantRubarb is looking good!!! I like to call her Tiffany the Triffid 😂👏🏼

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juliesgarden

😂😂😂

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lovemygarden65

Wow again 👍😂😂

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Kevlar

He's growing!!!

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brightcolours

#gunnera #newgrowth

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Kevlar

He's well and truly waking up now! Rawr! 👏🏼👹👏🏼 #giantrubarb

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joanboston

You can almost hear them grow!

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gardenhoe

Fantastic looking plant! Looks kinda prehistoric @Kevlar 😄

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kathy

Looks spiteful

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brightcolours

#newgrowth

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brightcolours

#LittleShopOfHorrors

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slugslayer

That's a alien life form!!

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Kevlar

The monster is waking up!!!! #giantrubarb

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londongardener

Amazing!

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brightcolours

#otherworldly

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Kevlar

He's waking up for 2016!! 9 days till #spring

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richard.spicer.7906

Wakey wakey 🗣

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Kevlar

Tiffany the Triffids doing great! She loves the cold, damp corner! 👍🏻

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kathy

Such large leaves

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justin

#pots

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Kevlar

Hey @lee85 for now she's staying in the pot but I'm thinking I might lift a couple of the patio slabs and pop her in the ground once winters passed! They can get as big as 10ft though so will have to keep an eye on her lol 😂👍

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joanboston

Love it but it will need a bigger pot!

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Kevlar

Well, I do have a plan.....it was in the ground but once I read it can get to 10ft I swiftly pitted him him up!!! Next year he'll have a new soggy home 😀👍🏻

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kathy

Like it

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Kevlar

En-route from the garden centre today.

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debs69

Looks like its trying to escape!!! 🌱

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joanboston

Ooh gunnera! Used to have one. Love it

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Kevlar

A rather unusual edition I picked up today at the garden centre. iPhone photo. 📷

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justin

This is gonna get massive! Look forward to seeing it develop 👍

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joanboston

I would have planted it further away from the house. Is it in a pot? Can grow ten by ten by ten foot if its happy.

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Kevlar

@joanboston no fear, she's been evacuated to a remote spot!!! 😂👍🏻🍭

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joanboston

That's good @Kevlar it's a beautiful plant, but it needs plenty of room. I grew mine in a big plastic bucket sunk into the ground and still got leaves four foot across!

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