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Hi. To be honest lots of people struggle with how to design their garden. If you need any advice you can message me through Facebook or instagram. Cheers

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Hi it’s Daphniphyllum Macropodum

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Hi and thank you. Yeah it’s a bigger project than I planned but if I’m going to make a mess of my garden I may as well get it the way I want it. Cheers for the comment.

@tikitropicals65 They do say... you can't do a job without making a mess 😀

Thank you. I’m not sure I’m brave but it is a little nervy making changes that may not work the way I envisioned. It helps I’m a landscaper so I’m used to creating gardens from nothing. Cheers

Thank you. The dry stream is something I thought about as well. Hopefully the streams and bridges add the extra interest that I’m searching for. Cheers

Thank you. Yeah lots of hard work ahead but hopefully that will make it more rewarding in the end. Cheers

Hi and thank you. I may find that when I start planting I feel it looks better with the pond more hidden I really won’t know until I get nearer to that stage. The water feature came from a local garden centre near me. Cheers

Hi. It’s a Rhododendron Suoilenhense. Cheers

Hi and thank you. It’s the ponds and streams that I’m most excited and nervous about. It will be a real learning curve but should change the whole feel of the garden. Cheers

Hi. So am I to be honest. I’m itching to get started. I will keep you all updated. Cheers

Thank you. I can’t wait to get started to be honest. Cheers

@tikitropicals65 I'm the same when I've got an idea in my head. I'm going to do a few videos of my garden this season. May be of interest as we live in the same sort of area. 😎🌴

Thank you. I think it will give me so much more planting opportunities from the pond margins to the free draining raised rocky beds.

@tikitropicals65 absolutely! i think the water feature will really transform the area as well. since i got the water into my 2 large ponds ive noticed i spend alot more time in that area, lol especially with the morning coffee haha. great stuff your plans should look epic 😎

Cheers. The pond in the look lawn is the bit I’m most concerned about. I’m struggling to visualise it at the minute but I’m sure it will evolve during the build. Thanks.

Hi. It’s about the choice of plants. Most of the plants look Tropical but come from parts of the world that also have cold winters so they can get through U.K. winters. Some get protected in a greenhouse. I have lots of amazing U.K. tropical gardens on my channel so it’s more than possible. Cheers.

Hi and thanks for the comment. Tropical style gardening in the U.K. can have its challenges for sure but can also be very rewarding on a sunny summer day. Lots of Tropical gardens around the Norwich area so plenty of inspiration for you. Enjoy the process. Cheers

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Hi Peter and thank you. I don’t envy your weather but I do appreciate your dedication to growing palm trees in such a cold climate. Thanks for watching.

Hi. It still amazes me that people from beautiful tropical locations like yours watch videos of our efforts to try and create a little bit of paradise in our cold wet climate. Thanks for watching.

Hi and thank you. The weather is cold and miserable but it is a great time for planning and researching so when spring comes we can get the jobs done and hopefully spend summer enjoying our gardens. Cheers

Hi. I’m not sure which plant you mean. If you could tell me at what time you see it on the screen I could probably tell you. Cheers

@tikitropicals65 thanks for your response. It's at 7:18 and it's on the left of the screen

Hi. It’s a Gunnera. Either sold as Gunnera Manicata or Gunnera Cryptica. It like sunny but wet conditions. Grows well in boggy soils or near water ideally. Harder to get hold of now though. Cheers

Thank you for the info. I just love it

Hi. I agree it is a great garden with a great atmosphere. I have a few great tropical gardens on my channel and this is up there with one of the best. Cheers

Hi. I totally agree. From the moment you walk into the garden it’s full of inspiration and has a great atmosphere about it. I’m glad you liked it. Cheers

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Hi and thank you. I don’t ever protect my green Cordylines as they are quite a bit hardier than some of the more colourful varieties. Below -5 I try to protect the Cordyline Torbay Dazzlers as a few years ago the new growth got badly damaged and it took a whole season to grow out. Cheers Cheers

@tikitropicals65 Yeah, I'm the same but did notice 3 dead in containers at a bike shop. Inam tempted by the more tender ones but we are clay based, so we don't want to risk it.

Hi and thank you. I used to have a Butia many years ago and I lost it in a colder than usual winter and I decided not to replace it. I would really like to get a Jubaea this year though as I feel the garden does need a big feather palm. Cheers

Thank you. The Torbay Dazzlers is probably in my sunniest part of the garden and gets full sun for most of the day. Also gets plenty of winter sun too which helps through the colder months. Cheers.

@tikitropicals65 Nice that's good to know. Happy new year to you and the garden.

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Thank you. Needs a pond though 😂

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Thank you. I have a few more hardy evergreens to add in spring that I’m looking forward to planting that are different from what I already have so hopefully they will add a bit more interest. Cheers

Hi. Hopefully you’ve not had it too cold. These type of gardens can look quite bad in the winter months until the garden matures and you get that height. Sometimes building a structure like a pergola or gazebo if you have room and budget can give you instant height and interest plus a bit of extra protection from the cold and wet. The Trachycarpus you have planted will create a great hardy backbone in the future. They will also make the garden shadier in winter so finding plants like Fatsias and Aucubas that can cope with those conditions will help in the future. Cheers and thanks for commenting

@tikitropicals65 North facing garden unfortunately...a right pain in the winter. I am expecting losses so will be getting a few things over the next few months to reshape the garden in the spring. I am going to follow your example and get a few good hardy evergreens...just to give that all year interest. I think I may get a few bigger trachycarpus....just to get that look...I prefer planting them small as they seem to do better....just been outside and the small ones planted are absolutely frozen...so not sure if they will make it

Cheers Diane. -3.5 last night which is still a mild winter for my garden hopefully this is as cold as it gets this winter and we can start to think about spring soon.

@tikitropicals65 Oh, let's hope so. I can't cope with the anxiety of my tree ferns lol

Hi. I love the snow but just not in my garden and on my plants. For me I grow tropical plants in the cold wet U.K. because I want to feel like I’m somewhere more exotic and have that holiday feel. I can come home from work and sit in the garden and feel like I’m transported somewhere else. I think sometimes it’s human nature to want what we don’t have in our normal life. Cheers

Yes. I have 3 different birds in the garden that follow me around hoping I will move some pots or disturb the soil. I’ve literally just brought some more bird feed to help them through this cold spell.

Hi. Yeah the sock was probably taking it a bit too far but it was cold dark and late at night so I did it in a panic. Sorry to hear you lost your Chamaedorea I remember seeing it and it was a good size. I’ve never had problems with mine so I’m surprised you lost it. Are you on clay? I think drainage is important with these and some overhead cover. I think I will definitely get a couple more in the future. Cheers

@ Bang on, lots of clay where that was planted. I did manage to mix it up with compost and manure but with hindsight, there was nowhere near enough drainage. I plan to replace that one, so an expensive lesson learnt! They’d look amazing as a cluster and you have lots of overhead that they could benefit from. Have a lovely week!

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Thank you. I think the fact that when I started this garden my first winter of 2010 which was one of the coldest on record and it was frozen for nearly all of December made me realise if I wanted to carry on down the Tropical root I would need to have a good percentage of hardy plants that could cope with most winters. I love the hardy evergreen backbone and then the tenders in summer help complete the look. Cheers.

Hi. I agree wet and humid weather in cold winters can be a real killer for plants. In the U.K. cold and wet in winter is almost a given so for me it’s about finding plants that can cope with that and using microclimates to make a more favourable climate than the surrounding conditions. Cheers

Cheers Diane. I’m looking forward to doing it.

Thank you. I have lots of plans for this season so I will try to film the process. Cheers

Hi and thank you. Tropical style gardening is my biggest passion and I also love the design and landscaping side of it too. If people watching can learn or be inspired by any of the videos or tours I do that’s a bonus. My garden plans are getting bigger day by day at the minute. I’ve had a few days of -1.5 Celsius so far and lots of frosts next week. Nothing that will hurt my garden though. Cheers

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Hi and thank you. It takes me quite a while to edit the videos when naming all the plants on screen so I don’t do it all the time. Sorry. I will try to do it more in the future. If you ever want to know any names you can comment what time you saw them on the screen and I can check and let you know. Cheers