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24 Sep 25 Kate (Australia - tropical climate)

Last year I bought a Rosella plant from Bunnings. It was already quite tall so I dumped it into some gravelly ground, fed it, watered it and away it went Produced enough Rosellas to make some jam. The last few Rosellas on the tree were picked and I waited for them to dry out and drop their very tiny seeds. A couple of months later I decided to try and grow them. I popped them into a large pot and low and behold - lots came up. When they were about an inch or so tall, the bush turkeys got into the pot and dug it all up smothering all my little plants looking for worms. I figured I had lost them all, but smoothed the soil over. About a month later, up came about a dozen plants. They are now about 5 inches tall so I am going to attempt a transplant into a larger pot . I don't have much garden space as it is taken up mostly by palms and golden cane palms which don't allow anything else to grow around them. Can't believe how hardy these little plants are, so keeping my fingers crossed they survive the transplant.

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