I'm really enjoying your videos. What's great is you clearly know your stuff and although your garden is advanced you are happy to go back to basics to help and encourage people starting out on their tropical garden adventures. Thanks again !
That’s Alison, that’s really kind of you to say so! I try to cover all different aspects from beginners to the geeky stuff, I’m pleased to hear it’s helpful! I’ve got a lot more planned for this year too, starting properly very soon 😃 Thanks for watching!
Hi mate. This was a video I needed 5 years ago when I bought a zamia floridana for £90 and stuck it in my heavy clay at 55°N. You can guess the outcome 😂😂. I went for the "Go Big or Go Home" and I went home. Lesson learnt, money burnt. But we only live once😂. Great video as always 👍
Thanks and I’m sure we’ve all done that with a wildly unsuitable plant! Even now, it only takes a couple of mild winters to convince us that we’ve gone up a zone or two 😂
Thanks, they are! Common but when grown well they're certainly stunning. Great to hear it bounced back for you, it is incredible that something that has glossy leaves like a houseplant can take such cold!
Yes indeed! Did you see my longer video from there? I did this on the same day, I thought it might be a helpful one for beginners to this style of gardening!
Thank you for the nice tour. I take the opportunity to talk about a plant that seems pretty new in Europe: Mahonia eurybracteata "Soft caress". Its a small plant but i like a lot the look of the leaves. I saw it in the garden of a vlogger near by London. It is told to be - 10 °C resistant. See you !
Thanks and that is a great shout, one I featured in my 5 evergreen plants video a bit back as it’s so lovely and reliable. It’s handy to have a tough mid-level plant that can tolerate shade too. Thanks for mentioning it, it deserves to be planted more!
@@shineamenmbs3107 Haha don’t worry, I don’t expect everyone to watch everything! We’ll say great minds think alike, it’s a top suggestion of a companion plant to a lot of these tropical style plants! Thanks, you too 😃
Hi Paul, apologies for my delayed reply. I've got a few evergreen options in a video I made earlier this year (Planting a NEW Border...) but in all honesty it depends on the look you're going for, your soil and the winter temperatures you experience, most plants will handle the full sun element OK. A lot of what we call hardy exotics should do well!
Good point and it completely depends on the plants. A lot of palms have small roots but there are certainly shrubs and smaller trees with extensive and potentially damaging root systems so it's certainly a consideration in smaller gardens and closer to buildings especially.
All great choices! Would you believe here in the panhandle of Pensacola Florida it’s getting down to 34 tonight with wind chill of 27. Very unusual. I’ve got all of those and they do fine when it gets colder.
Thanks Steve. It seems to be the theme of modern winters with a usually mild and wet start to winter (obviously a bit colder this past December) then a drier and colder first quarter of the year. To be expected I guess but hopefully there's no late damaging frosts into late May and June!
George I’m thinking of getting a waggy or Trappy carpus Can’t spell them lol Would you say get one now or wait till the spring I was going to get it from the palm tree company
Haha no worries and good choice! Completely up to you, I wouldn’t plant til spring now for the sake of a couple of months, maybe keep it close to your house until then. They’re tough plants. For less hardy plants I’d say wait until spring, let somebody else have the winter worries but then I guess there’ll be a lot of demand again this spring too! I don’t know when Hardy Palms are getting their stock in but the palm tree company definitely look to have top quality plants too.
Hello George. Also astilias, similar to phormiums but a lot neater, there's the silver 'Silver 'Spear' and the red 'Red Devil'. They're hardy' laughing off the winters of 2010 and 2011, I think that it got down to -15ºc here and are actually happier in some shade. Neil.
Hi Neil, they’re a solid choice too and I’m potentially adding one to an area behind where my greenhouse is going. It is helpful to have a plant with that metallic sheen that prefers a bit of shade, they’re lovely plants and like you say, incredibly tough too! Cheers for the suggestion Neil!
I'm really enjoying your videos. What's great is you clearly know your stuff and although your garden is advanced you are happy to go back to basics to help and encourage people starting out on their tropical garden adventures. Thanks again !
That’s Alison, that’s really kind of you to say so! I try to cover all different aspects from beginners to the geeky stuff, I’m pleased to hear it’s helpful! I’ve got a lot more planned for this year too, starting properly very soon 😃 Thanks for watching!
Great video and even better garden. Very nice! 🌴
Thanks! Chatsworth is a fantastic garden, I don't know if you saw my longer video going around it before Christmas but it's a stunning place!
Hi mate. This was a video I needed 5 years ago when I bought a zamia floridana for £90 and stuck it in my heavy clay at 55°N. You can guess the outcome 😂😂. I went for the "Go Big or Go Home" and I went home. Lesson learnt, money burnt. But we only live once😂. Great video as always 👍
Thanks and I’m sure we’ve all done that with a wildly unsuitable plant! Even now, it only takes a couple of mild winters to convince us that we’ve gone up a zone or two 😂
@@GeorgesJungleGarden 😂😂. Definitely. We have to be optimistic in this game 👍
Great job
Thanks!
I was hoping fatsia would be there!
I think they are fabulous. I remember the first hard frost many years ago. I was so sad, thinking it had died!
Thanks, they are! Common but when grown well they're certainly stunning. Great to hear it bounced back for you, it is incredible that something that has glossy leaves like a houseplant can take such cold!
Chatsworth! Being in Derby somewhere on my radar!
Yes indeed! Did you see my longer video from there? I did this on the same day, I thought it might be a helpful one for beginners to this style of gardening!
Butia capitata/ pindo Palm is my favorite!
They are fantastic, not quite as hardy here as the figures suggest but a stunning palm when they get big! 😃
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I'm in Florida, zone 9 so they do great
@@saltlifess6226 I bet they do, it sounds like they're a perfect fit for your climate then!
Thank you for the nice tour.
I take the opportunity to talk about a plant that seems pretty new in Europe:
Mahonia eurybracteata "Soft caress". Its a small plant but i like a lot the look of the leaves.
I saw it in the garden of a vlogger near by London. It is told to be - 10 °C resistant. See you !
Thanks and that is a great shout, one I featured in my 5 evergreen plants video a bit back as it’s so lovely and reliable. It’s handy to have a tough mid-level plant that can tolerate shade too. Thanks for mentioning it, it deserves to be planted more!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Waaa, sorry I missed it! I must have been lost in the Jungle... Getting old should be banned by law! Lol Take care.
@@shineamenmbs3107 Haha don’t worry, I don’t expect everyone to watch everything! We’ll say great minds think alike, it’s a top suggestion of a companion plant to a lot of these tropical style plants! Thanks, you too 😃
Thanks George. Can you recommend evergreen plants (full sun in Scotland) for around my centre piece circle in front garden (radius 2 metres)?
Hi Paul, apologies for my delayed reply. I've got a few evergreen options in a video I made earlier this year (Planting a NEW Border...) but in all honesty it depends on the look you're going for, your soil and the winter temperatures you experience, most plants will handle the full sun element OK. A lot of what we call hardy exotics should do well!
It’s always the roots I worry about - how they might affect drains, foundations, etc. UK generally has quite small gardens.
Good point and it completely depends on the plants. A lot of palms have small roots but there are certainly shrubs and smaller trees with extensive and potentially damaging root systems so it's certainly a consideration in smaller gardens and closer to buildings especially.
All great choices! Would you believe here in the panhandle of Pensacola Florida it’s getting down to 34 tonight with wind chill of 27. Very unusual. I’ve got all of those and they do fine when it gets colder.
Thanks Wesley! Wow, that is cold indeed, not what I'd expected! What's the usual low temperatures you get in most modern winters there?
Good video bud lucks like we getting a cold spell going two be a long three months
Thanks Steve. It seems to be the theme of modern winters with a usually mild and wet start to winter (obviously a bit colder this past December) then a drier and colder first quarter of the year. To be expected I guess but hopefully there's no late damaging frosts into late May and June!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden heard at work that it may snow tonight, I brushed it off until I saw the gritter on the M18 😫
@@missdimples1982 Did you get any?! Just a sharp frost here but it definitely feels cold enough!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden It's snowing at the moment in Sheffield, hope it rains and goes away before I leave work
@@missdimples1982 I’m guessing it did rain for you! I was at Lincoln when it snowed briefly, it was bitterly cold, not fun to be outside!
George I’m thinking of getting a waggy or Trappy carpus
Can’t spell them lol Would you say get one now or wait till the spring I was going to get it from the palm tree company
Haha no worries and good choice! Completely up to you, I wouldn’t plant til spring now for the sake of a couple of months, maybe keep it close to your house until then. They’re tough plants. For less hardy plants I’d say wait until spring, let somebody else have the winter worries but then I guess there’ll be a lot of demand again this spring too! I don’t know when Hardy Palms are getting their stock in but the palm tree company definitely look to have top quality plants too.
Hello George.
Also astilias, similar to phormiums but a lot neater, there's the silver 'Silver 'Spear' and the red 'Red Devil'. They're hardy' laughing off the winters of 2010 and 2011, I think that it got down to -15ºc here and are actually happier in some shade. Neil.
Hi Neil, they’re a solid choice too and I’m potentially adding one to an area behind where my greenhouse is going. It is helpful to have a plant with that metallic sheen that prefers a bit of shade, they’re lovely plants and like you say, incredibly tough too! Cheers for the suggestion Neil!