Hi George good to see your garden in the autumn. as for protecting banana tree , all i do is let mine die back and let the leaves be its naturall protection as they fall around the plant. ive had actual bananas fruiting on mine for a few tears now. little bunches form behind a big flower head. unfortuanaly the plant dies of once flowered but by this time its had loads of other little plants growing. My garden this year has gone absolutly bonkers combination of the wet and i tried that 6x fertiliser you mentioned Wow what a show. take care Barry from sunny dorset.
Hi Barry and thanks - nice one on your bananas! No bananas or flowers here yet but this was only a 2lt plant 3 years ago so still a young one. Up here they'd be just fine without protection during a milder winter but to keep the height during a colder winter I think protection is beneficial. I'm pleased to hear your garden is growing well despite the cooler summer - lots of rain and a rich soil can certainly get things moving! Thanks for commenting and all the best.
Great video George... your garden really does look amazing !!! and like you, I like the way it changes as the season comes to an end For me, this is only the second year of growing a Tropical Style garden, and I want to thankyou and your videos for opening up this whole new hobby to me👍
Thank you so much Mark and it's done well pretty much without me haha! It's awesome that you're into it and I hope your garden goes from strength to strength next year!
Was nice to see your garden again. Your jungle section is still great and you have so many beautiful tree ferns one of my top 5 tropical jungle plants. I understand how it is to be busy with a family, my wife & I raised 4 boys now all in there 30’s. Thanks again for all the other gardens you have shared with us this past year
Thank you so much, I'm pleased all the main plants (including the lovely tree ferns) have grown so well and you enjoyed seeing them! I'm one of four brothers so I can imagine what you've been through haha! I'm so pleased I got the palms and bamboos etc in when I did, it's a pleasure seeing them get bigger and better with very little effort when I've been distracted. More vids and progress from here next year though! I hope all is going well with your garden!
@ yes I’m sad for late fall. Will have to wrap my bananas in early December for potential couple of nights below 30 F. By the way this year I successfully got 3 banana plants to produce 3 nice racks of bananas and they were awesome much better than store bought
Thanks a lot Paul, I do enjoy seeing all the colour out there at this time of year, just as a lot of plants and leaves are fading. The tree ferns have grown really well with all the rain we've had!
@GeorgesJungleGarden George how did your Ensete's end up ? maybe you had the same problem as me " The strangles " lost one of mine chopped leaves back but didn't make it 🤷♂️😂
Great to see your Garden again George. Hoping you'll do another fire pit area your soon. I hope that tree fern pulls through for you. It's really hard to get them back when they start declining
Thanks a lot Kris and I'll be getting onto tidying up the fire pit area next! Yes, I know what you mean about the tree fern, I'll give it my best shot and hopefully it isn't too far gone...
Thanks for the tour. I think your garden has really filled out in several areas this year. I think your Gunnera can definitely be trained a little with a small wall and some support. It'll be a interesting little project to see the results at the end of next season. That's if you have time juggling work, kids, dogs, etc, etc.
Thanks for watching and yes, the palms, bamboo and tree ferns absolutely have filled out haven't they! I'll be working on a Gunnera wall in spring, I've already got plans and hopefully it helps keep it going upwards. I think it's that shade earlier on in the season that defines how the leaves initially splay out so hopefully bringing a wall to a little higher than the crowns and giving it a curved edge to avoid ripping the stems works. We'll see anyway!
Great to see an update George! I can't believe just how much everything has filled out and all those tree ferns look spectacular! You've really created a great atmosphere in the garden now. Look forward to seeing what next year brings with the changes and additions.
Thank you so much, that's kind of you to say and yes, it's really been a good year for tree ferns, bamboo and Trachycarpus! Atmosphere is the word, this year it's definitely gone from a garden with exotic plants to an exotic garden now they've all filled out and grown upwards. I'm looking forwards to getting on with more progress next year - all the best with your garden plans too!
@GeorgesJungleGarden hopefully now some of my things have been in a few years now they'll start to move next year and beyond especially the Trachycarpus because I'm really missing that verticality in the evergreens. I look forward to seeing next year's progress in the garden and your videos are so well put together.
Omg, FRIST! Hi Geprge, you amd so.eothers in the UK have been a tremendous inspiration to meover a year and a half. Ow, soI've been slowly delving into a tropical jungle gadenhere in France, about an hour ana half by car south east of Paris, Zone 8b.. Love your videos! Cheers, Leesa in France.
Thank you so much Leesa and I hope all is going well with your garden! I'm pleased to hear I've had any part in inspiring you and others, hopefully we all have a kind winter and can get on with planning and looking ahead to what we're doing out there next year!
Great Autumn update video George and looking forward to seeing the changes to it next year. Your comments on the Persicaria cover aligns with mine now. Great filler but i now think I got carried away with it. I'm actually planning to thin out my jungle look next year and move towards more dwarf palms etc as fillers with some border grasses instead. Recently come back from my annual Indonesia trip and have taken inspiration from the way they plant there. Obviosly much of what they have planted wouldn't survive here but we thankfully have some good alternatives that do. Quite excited for a new look next year too.
Thanks a lot John and I think the filler plant progression is a natural part of growing this style of garden over time - you need the plants to get the full look early on but soon get to a point where your 'structural' plants take up more room and you want to make the most of the spaces you were so keen to fill with quick plants early on! I'm also a fan of taking inspiration from styles of gardens you see elsewhere and yes, even though we can't replicate the plants, there's plenty of substitutions as you say. Dwarf palms and border grasses sound good to me, all the best with your garden plans for next year too!
Hello George just came across your Channel I absolutely love your Tree Ferns my favorite I only have 2 Ferns they so easy I cut one in half share with my friend in less than a week grow new leafs it's very sunny here in Cape Town please make the same video just with the music you played in the background love it I'll watch over and over Soo relaxing thank you garden friend
Hi and thank you very much for your kind words - great to meet another fern fan from across the world! Thanks for the idea and feel free to watch this one muted with your choice of music over the top. I think in these speaking vids I tend to focus on the plants I'm talking about too long to make it a flowing music-only vid but I will try to make longer non-speaking videos in the future for those of you who enjoy them and find them relaxing. Thanks again for commenting and all the best.
Hi George, we have been watching all of your garden visits. However, it is wonderful to finally see your garden, all looking lush and green. Hope you are also going to find time to finish the fire pit. Best wishes.
Thank you so much Cindy - lush and green are definitely the words after all the rain we've had! The tree ferns and palms have come on so well. I don't know if I'll be able to afford to finish it as such in the short term, but there'll certainly be an update and more progress that'll really bring it together very soon! Thanks a lot for your support and all the best to you too.
Great video George, love all the tree ferns especially. I look forward to seeing how your other garden projects are progressing at both ends of the garden when you get some time x
Very happy to be back to your Jungle George. Looking really great! The visit of the rest of the garden coming soon i guess...It's definitetly the year of tree ferns and Trachycarpus spp. The huge Princess (I mean Princeps...) is a Queen now! A lot of gorgeous plants here, so i will name only one, the ultinate cutie/beauty Fargesia angustissima! Thank you George, see you!🙋♂💚
Thanks Bernard and I hope you're well too. Yes, the rest of the garden will come soon enough, I want to have a 'full' garden look around over winter. Haven't the tree ferns, bamboo and Princess done so well with all the rain! I love all the green foliage!
Hi George - as always so great to get another video from you and one of your own garden! I have loved the summer visits to other gardens you did! I have to say, I have been following you from since before you moved house, but this year with all the rain and occasional sun it really feels like your garden has really established in to itself! I think I remember the part where your bench is was for a greenhouse that didn't amount to anything sadly, but i do remember you planting all that up around it in readiness. Just goes to show how buying small and having patience returns dividends! I cannot grow Coleus or Queen Victoria Lobelia. I have tried and the slugs just decimate them by the morning. Even Tall brugmansia and Salvia Aamistad I can find decimated in the morning. I'd welcome your advice or opinion on pest control at some point please. I am thinking about nemetodes. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the garden next year and the fire pit!
Hi Richard and thank you very much for your enthusiasm, support and kind words. The garden has filled out incredibly this year hasn't it! The Fargesia bamboos, tree ferns and palms have put on a lot of size and really brought an atmosphere to the garden this year especially. Yes, I actually got a very small token amount of 'compensation' from the greenhouse company (finally) this year but yes, it doesn't pay to dwell too much on these things and I'll be building my own lean to greenhouse opposite the Musa 'Tibet' and Salvia 'Concolor' border when funds and time allow anyway. In retrospect, the area where it was going to go will make a lovely shaded seating area surrounded by greens instead. As for your slug issue, I've noticed it more here too and they've definitely been at the plants you mention too. It hasn't been so much of an issue that it's worried me but if I had a smaller garden or the time to really focus on everything, it probably would be and I think I'd go down the routes of Nematodes and attracting as much predatory wildlife to the garden as possible too. Let me know how you get on if you go for Nematodes, I'd be intrigued to hear! More fire pit updates and progress coming over winter, it'll be good to see areas come together more next year!
Hi george. Fantastic vid. When it started off going into your jungle and the music started i thought that maybe you were going to suprise everyone with an orchestra sitting there casually playing under yer gunnies and ferns.🤣
Thank you very much, looking back it really is quite incredible how fast the smaller palms and bamboo etc have grown and really made it feel completely different. I'm sure you'll have a full on jungle soon enough!
Don't worry. When the kids get to teenage / early adulthood that's golden gardening age for dads. I spend about 80% of my free time in there and the other 20% is cramping the families style.
Haha yes James, that's what it's all about. I'm pleased I got a lot of the palms and bamboo plants etc in when I did, I like seeing how everything is developing despite not 'gardening' a huge amount currently. I know it'll be there for me when I need it! And yes, I've been cramping other people's style for years so I'll be well practiced for those opportunities in the future! Thanks for letting me know it'll come back round again and I hope you have a great weekend hiding out in your garden.
George your garden is great. It just takes time. You have a family and they come first. You will have time to work on your garden in years to come. Maybe you can introduce your daughter to gardening and she can help you. Don't get in a hurry.
Thank you so much and there's no 'hurry', just a balancing of what I enjoy doing and sharing. Harriet loves being outside and going on the trampoline (plus 'helping' me with watering) and I'll be getting a new area ready for her to play around with next year. It gives me a lot of pleasure seeing the main palms and bamboo etc I planted, growing so well with so little care while my free time is limited.
Hi Craig, yes definitely - although I'm pleased to hear yours are fine! It's just how winters can be isn't it, sometimes you get away with milder conditions in a certain area, other times you get hit worse. It's a shame they're all browned but at least they'll all survive after those temps no problem.
Hi Heather and thanks! Slowly as you might guess haha but I'll hopefully have an update soon / over winter then some real progress made next year! I managed to get the cobble wall pretty much finished before life dragged me away from it...
Great update on the garden George, can I ask you ,do you leave the gingers in the ground over winter . I planted in 12 ginger rhizomes in April in pots to start them then transferred them to the garden however none of them flowered due to or rubbish summer here in Dublin as we had little or no heat and not a lot of sun. Thanks
Thanks Matt! I will be leaving these gingers in the ground (for their first winter) and I actually chose them because they're known for being an easier ginger - hardier and earlier-flowering than most so less reliant on a warm summer which is a big factor in our shady garden. Hopefully yours flower next year but what I've found is that young plants or new bits of rhizome can take a few years to flower, plants in the ground can take longer to bulk up than those given a headstart in a greenhouse or polytunnel and also as you've mentioned, it's been a cool and often grey summer. With some more patience I think they'll come good but my compromise is that I've leaning towards easier gingers in the ground and then I grow others in pots to give them an earlier start and I'm able to protect them better in winter.
Hi, I think it's more the trees than the ivy specifically but yes, root competition and the wind are definitely big factors and I'll try my best to bring it back to it's best!
Hi Maria and thanks. The honest answer is probably not as much as you'd expect but more than most garden styles when it's hot and dry in summer. I haven't watered the Gunnera much this past year other than during the drier summer spells and they're usually the first plants to show browning on the leaves - there hasn't been any this year. The tree ferns do require more regular watering - not wet soil and huge amounts of water, but a higher frequency of misting almost. During a drier year, the big leaved plants like bananas definitely require regular summer watering but most of the structural plants like the palms and bamboo are quite tolerant of drier periods now they're established.
Hi george , just a quick question- ive removed the flower from all my fatsias,as i understand they can give dogs bad tummy problems if they eat them. Have i done the right thing ?Cheers mate, looking foward to seeing yer garden transfirm in new year.👍 All the best . Steve.
Hi Steve and no worries. I wasn't aware that it's a specific issue with them but it wouldn't surprise me if they are potentially mildly toxic to dogs as a lot of plants can be. Personally I'd say if you've got pets that like to nibble plants then you've absolutely done the right thing and it won't hurt the plant at all, ours don't bother with them so I've left them alone. Hopefully there's some more garden updates and progress starting over winter! All the best to you too Steve!
Hi George good to see your garden in the autumn. as for protecting banana tree , all i do is let mine die back and let the leaves be its naturall protection as they fall around the plant. ive had actual bananas fruiting on mine for a few tears now. little bunches form behind a big flower head. unfortuanaly the plant dies of once flowered but by this time its had loads of other little plants growing.
My garden this year has gone absolutly bonkers combination of the wet and i tried that 6x fertiliser you mentioned Wow what a show.
take care Barry from sunny dorset.
Hi Barry and thanks - nice one on your bananas! No bananas or flowers here yet but this was only a 2lt plant 3 years ago so still a young one. Up here they'd be just fine without protection during a milder winter but to keep the height during a colder winter I think protection is beneficial. I'm pleased to hear your garden is growing well despite the cooler summer - lots of rain and a rich soil can certainly get things moving! Thanks for commenting and all the best.
Great video George... your garden really does look amazing !!! and like you, I like the way it changes as the season comes to an end
For me, this is only the second year of growing a Tropical Style garden, and I want to thankyou and your videos for opening up this whole new hobby to me👍
Thank you so much Mark and it's done well pretty much without me haha! It's awesome that you're into it and I hope your garden goes from strength to strength next year!
Was nice to see your garden again. Your jungle section is still great and you have so many beautiful tree ferns one of my top 5 tropical jungle plants. I understand how it is to be busy with a family, my wife & I raised 4 boys now all in there 30’s. Thanks again for all the other gardens you have shared with us this past year
Thank you so much, I'm pleased all the main plants (including the lovely tree ferns) have grown so well and you enjoyed seeing them! I'm one of four brothers so I can imagine what you've been through haha! I'm so pleased I got the palms and bamboos etc in when I did, it's a pleasure seeing them get bigger and better with very little effort when I've been distracted. More vids and progress from here next year though! I hope all is going well with your garden!
@ yes I’m sad for late fall. Will have to wrap my bananas in early December for potential couple of nights below 30 F. By the way this year I successfully got 3 banana plants to produce 3 nice racks of bananas and they were awesome much better than store bought
George the garden is looking well for the time of year and the Tree ferns and palms are looking awesome. Keep up the good work mate 👍
Thanks a lot Paul, I do enjoy seeing all the colour out there at this time of year, just as a lot of plants and leaves are fading. The tree ferns have grown really well with all the rain we've had!
@GeorgesJungleGarden George how did your Ensete's end up ? maybe you had the same problem as me " The strangles " lost one of mine chopped leaves back but didn't make it 🤷♂️😂
Great to see your Garden again George. Hoping you'll do another fire pit area your soon.
I hope that tree fern pulls through for you. It's really hard to get them back when they start declining
Thanks a lot Kris and I'll be getting onto tidying up the fire pit area next! Yes, I know what you mean about the tree fern, I'll give it my best shot and hopefully it isn't too far gone...
Your jungle side with those tree ferns is INCROYABLE!
Thanks, I'm so pleased you like it - they're one of my favourite plants!
nice to see how everythings growing George that princeps hybrid is something else now ,it really is a stunning looking palm.
Thanks a lot Shane! It'll be amazing to see how the feel of your garden changes as your palms quickly size up!
Thanks for the tour. I think your garden has really filled out in several areas this year. I think your Gunnera can definitely be trained a little with a small wall and some support. It'll be a interesting little project to see the results at the end of next season. That's if you have time juggling work, kids, dogs, etc, etc.
Thanks for watching and yes, the palms, bamboo and tree ferns absolutely have filled out haven't they! I'll be working on a Gunnera wall in spring, I've already got plans and hopefully it helps keep it going upwards. I think it's that shade earlier on in the season that defines how the leaves initially splay out so hopefully bringing a wall to a little higher than the crowns and giving it a curved edge to avoid ripping the stems works. We'll see anyway!
Nice to see your garden again George. looks great ❤
Thanks a lot Craig, hopefully more regular updates from here next year!
Great to see an update George! I can't believe just how much everything has filled out and all those tree ferns look spectacular! You've really created a great atmosphere in the garden now. Look forward to seeing what next year brings with the changes and additions.
Thank you so much, that's kind of you to say and yes, it's really been a good year for tree ferns, bamboo and Trachycarpus! Atmosphere is the word, this year it's definitely gone from a garden with exotic plants to an exotic garden now they've all filled out and grown upwards. I'm looking forwards to getting on with more progress next year - all the best with your garden plans too!
@GeorgesJungleGarden hopefully now some of my things have been in a few years now they'll start to move next year and beyond especially the Trachycarpus because I'm really missing that verticality in the evergreens.
I look forward to seeing next year's progress in the garden and your videos are so well put together.
Omg, FRIST! Hi Geprge, you amd so.eothers in the UK have been a tremendous inspiration to meover a year and a half. Ow, soI've been slowly delving into a tropical jungle gadenhere in France, about an hour ana half by car south east of Paris, Zone 8b.. Love your videos! Cheers, Leesa in France.
Thank you so much Leesa and I hope all is going well with your garden! I'm pleased to hear I've had any part in inspiring you and others, hopefully we all have a kind winter and can get on with planning and looking ahead to what we're doing out there next year!
Great to see your garden again George, I’ve missed it.
Thank you John, more regular updates from here next year!
Great Autumn update video George and looking forward to seeing the changes to it next year. Your comments on the Persicaria cover aligns with mine now. Great filler but i now think I got carried away with it. I'm actually planning to thin out my jungle look next year and move towards more dwarf palms etc as fillers with some border grasses instead. Recently come back from my annual Indonesia trip and have taken inspiration from the way they plant there. Obviosly much of what they have planted wouldn't survive here but we thankfully have some good alternatives that do. Quite excited for a new look next year too.
Thanks a lot John and I think the filler plant progression is a natural part of growing this style of garden over time - you need the plants to get the full look early on but soon get to a point where your 'structural' plants take up more room and you want to make the most of the spaces you were so keen to fill with quick plants early on! I'm also a fan of taking inspiration from styles of gardens you see elsewhere and yes, even though we can't replicate the plants, there's plenty of substitutions as you say. Dwarf palms and border grasses sound good to me, all the best with your garden plans for next year too!
Hello George just came across your Channel I absolutely love your Tree Ferns my favorite I only have 2 Ferns they so easy I cut one in half share with my friend in less than a week grow new leafs it's very sunny here in Cape Town please make the same video just with the music you played in the background love it I'll watch over and over Soo relaxing thank you garden friend
Hi and thank you very much for your kind words - great to meet another fern fan from across the world! Thanks for the idea and feel free to watch this one muted with your choice of music over the top. I think in these speaking vids I tend to focus on the plants I'm talking about too long to make it a flowing music-only vid but I will try to make longer non-speaking videos in the future for those of you who enjoy them and find them relaxing. Thanks again for commenting and all the best.
Hi George, we have been watching all of your garden visits. However, it is wonderful to finally see your garden, all looking lush and green. Hope you are also going to find time to finish the fire pit. Best wishes.
Thank you so much Cindy - lush and green are definitely the words after all the rain we've had! The tree ferns and palms have come on so well. I don't know if I'll be able to afford to finish it as such in the short term, but there'll certainly be an update and more progress that'll really bring it together very soon! Thanks a lot for your support and all the best to you too.
Great video George, love all the tree ferns especially. I look forward to seeing how your other garden projects are progressing at both ends of the garden when you get some time x
Thanks Vanessa, there'll be updates on them both over winter and more progress next year!
Very happy to be back to your Jungle George. Looking really great! The visit of the rest of the garden coming
soon i guess...It's definitetly the year of tree ferns and Trachycarpus spp. The huge Princess (I mean Princeps...)
is a Queen now! A lot of gorgeous plants here, so i will name only one, the ultinate cutie/beauty Fargesia angustissima!
Thank you George, see you!🙋♂💚
Thanks Bernard and I hope you're well too. Yes, the rest of the garden will come soon enough, I want to have a 'full' garden look around over winter. Haven't the tree ferns, bamboo and Princess done so well with all the rain! I love all the green foliage!
Great video George, looking forward to what your going to do, your garden is beautiful 😊
Thank you very much, I'm looking forward to spending more time on it next year!
I’ve been waiting for your next clip 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thanks, I'm pleased you enjoy them!
Nice, I was waiting for a garden update :) will watch it later today
Thanks, sorry it's been a while haha!
Wonderful George
Thanks Janine!
Still looking great.
Thank you very much Geoff, it's grown nicely (by itself!)
Hi George - as always so great to get another video from you and one of your own garden! I have loved the summer visits to other gardens you did!
I have to say, I have been following you from since before you moved house, but this year with all the rain and occasional sun it really feels like your garden has really established in to itself! I think I remember the part where your bench is was for a greenhouse that didn't amount to anything sadly, but i do remember you planting all that up around it in readiness. Just goes to show how buying small and having patience returns dividends! I cannot grow Coleus or Queen Victoria Lobelia. I have tried and the slugs just decimate them by the morning. Even Tall brugmansia and Salvia Aamistad I can find decimated in the morning. I'd welcome your advice or opinion on pest control at some point please. I am thinking about nemetodes. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the garden next year and the fire pit!
Hi Richard and thank you very much for your enthusiasm, support and kind words. The garden has filled out incredibly this year hasn't it! The Fargesia bamboos, tree ferns and palms have put on a lot of size and really brought an atmosphere to the garden this year especially.
Yes, I actually got a very small token amount of 'compensation' from the greenhouse company (finally) this year but yes, it doesn't pay to dwell too much on these things and I'll be building my own lean to greenhouse opposite the Musa 'Tibet' and Salvia 'Concolor' border when funds and time allow anyway. In retrospect, the area where it was going to go will make a lovely shaded seating area surrounded by greens instead.
As for your slug issue, I've noticed it more here too and they've definitely been at the plants you mention too. It hasn't been so much of an issue that it's worried me but if I had a smaller garden or the time to really focus on everything, it probably would be and I think I'd go down the routes of Nematodes and attracting as much predatory wildlife to the garden as possible too. Let me know how you get on if you go for Nematodes, I'd be intrigued to hear! More fire pit updates and progress coming over winter, it'll be good to see areas come together more next year!
Love those tree ferns ❤
Thank you so much, they're certainly one of my favourite plants!
@GeorgesJungleGarden Mone too :-)
Hi george. Fantastic vid. When it started off going into your jungle and the music started i thought that maybe you were going to suprise everyone with an orchestra sitting there casually playing under yer gunnies and ferns.🤣
Sorry ! All the best steve.
Haha that would be quite the intro wouldn't it! Thanks!
Nice to see your garden again George still very impressive, hope to achieve something similar in years to come.
Thank you very much, looking back it really is quite incredible how fast the smaller palms and bamboo etc have grown and really made it feel completely different. I'm sure you'll have a full on jungle soon enough!
Don't worry. When the kids get to teenage / early adulthood that's golden gardening age for dads. I spend about 80% of my free time in there and the other 20% is cramping the families style.
Haha yes James, that's what it's all about. I'm pleased I got a lot of the palms and bamboo plants etc in when I did, I like seeing how everything is developing despite not 'gardening' a huge amount currently. I know it'll be there for me when I need it! And yes, I've been cramping other people's style for years so I'll be well practiced for those opportunities in the future! Thanks for letting me know it'll come back round again and I hope you have a great weekend hiding out in your garden.
George your garden is great. It just takes time. You have a family and they come first. You will have time to work on your garden in years to come. Maybe you can introduce your daughter to gardening and she can help you. Don't get in a hurry.
Thank you so much and there's no 'hurry', just a balancing of what I enjoy doing and sharing. Harriet loves being outside and going on the trampoline (plus 'helping' me with watering) and I'll be getting a new area ready for her to play around with next year. It gives me a lot of pleasure seeing the main palms and bamboo etc I planted, growing so well with so little care while my free time is limited.
Hi George that's crazy. I've got 9 tree ferns and all are still green. I live in Kettering Northamptonshire
Hi Craig, yes definitely - although I'm pleased to hear yours are fine! It's just how winters can be isn't it, sometimes you get away with milder conditions in a certain area, other times you get hit worse. It's a shame they're all browned but at least they'll all survive after those temps no problem.
@GeorgesJungleGarden yeah there a lot tougher than some people think
Very true. They have their limits in colder areas / winters but for the majority are very resilient.
Hi George. Great video, as always. How is the bottom of the garden coming on? I'm looking forward to an update .👍
Hi Heather and thanks! Slowly as you might guess haha but I'll hopefully have an update soon / over winter then some real progress made next year! I managed to get the cobble wall pretty much finished before life dragged me away from it...
Haha yeah those Lobelia are weepy wimps😆. Yours still are more upright than mine though, so it could be worse😋
Oh dear, yours must basically be ground cover then!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden sounds about right😂
Great update on the garden George, can I ask you ,do you leave the gingers in the ground over winter . I planted in 12 ginger rhizomes in April in pots to start them then transferred them to the garden however none of them flowered due to or rubbish summer here in Dublin as we had little or no heat and not a lot of sun. Thanks
Thanks Matt! I will be leaving these gingers in the ground (for their first winter) and I actually chose them because they're known for being an easier ginger - hardier and earlier-flowering than most so less reliant on a warm summer which is a big factor in our shady garden. Hopefully yours flower next year but what I've found is that young plants or new bits of rhizome can take a few years to flower, plants in the ground can take longer to bulk up than those given a headstart in a greenhouse or polytunnel and also as you've mentioned, it's been a cool and often grey summer. With some more patience I think they'll come good but my compromise is that I've leaning towards easier gingers in the ground and then I grow others in pots to give them an earlier start and I'm able to protect them better in winter.
The tree fern at 29:42 is not doing very well because the ivy behind it deprives it of the rain and absorbs all the water it needs!
Hi, I think it's more the trees than the ivy specifically but yes, root competition and the wind are definitely big factors and I'll try my best to bring it back to it's best!
You are literally George of the jungle
Haha yes, for copyright reasons though I don't think that channel name was available...
Wonderful.but .how much watering do u do to stop it all flopping xxx
Hi Maria and thanks. The honest answer is probably not as much as you'd expect but more than most garden styles when it's hot and dry in summer. I haven't watered the Gunnera much this past year other than during the drier summer spells and they're usually the first plants to show browning on the leaves - there hasn't been any this year. The tree ferns do require more regular watering - not wet soil and huge amounts of water, but a higher frequency of misting almost. During a drier year, the big leaved plants like bananas definitely require regular summer watering but most of the structural plants like the palms and bamboo are quite tolerant of drier periods now they're established.
Hi george , just a quick question- ive removed the flower from all my fatsias,as i understand they can give dogs bad tummy problems if they eat them. Have i done the right thing ?Cheers mate, looking foward to seeing yer garden transfirm in new year.👍 All the best . Steve.
Hi Steve and no worries. I wasn't aware that it's a specific issue with them but it wouldn't surprise me if they are potentially mildly toxic to dogs as a lot of plants can be. Personally I'd say if you've got pets that like to nibble plants then you've absolutely done the right thing and it won't hurt the plant at all, ours don't bother with them so I've left them alone.
Hopefully there's some more garden updates and progress starting over winter! All the best to you too Steve!