I like your non paternalistic, calm and friendly approach in presenting your garden and your gardening ideas, a big like from a tropic enthousiast in Belgium .🙏♥️🙏♥️
Hi and thanks, that’s really kind of you to say! I’m still pretty new to the video of side of things but there’s plenty of topics I’m looking forward to covering, it’s great to know my first efforts are appreciated! Do you grow similar kinds of plants in Belgium?
Hello George , yes I do, this is my garden : www.tuinadvies.be/tuinvrienden/tuinfotos/566055/folium/3218/tuin-2020 I fear for my Nolina Nelsonii after this heavy winter offensive......
Hi George , I watched a video of yours last week and you said to plant your tree ferns in a garden as they soon fill up the pots with roots , so we did , it took a lot of effort as it was in a Huge pot and was so heavy , anyhow just to say Thankyou very much because I’m so pleased as it looks much better in its new bed and is doing very well so far , fingers crossed,🤞 and we’ve counted 10 new fronds . Do Thankyou again and I like your videos , they are very informative . Thanks George , please do a lot more videos for us 👍😁
Thank you Sylvie, it's amazing to hear how well your tree fern is doing! They are heavy lumps once they've rooted for sure but well worth getting it in the ground, hopefully 15 fronds next year!
Just found your channel this morning while planning for the spring/summer, great content 👍🏼 I started with tropicals last year but mainly got carried away buying plants and leaving them in their nursery pots 😄 this year I’m planning on getting the garden sorted properly so planning ahead!
Thanks Martin! Top photography on your Instagram by the way, they’ve got a great look to them. The plants you got last year will be fine I’m sure and it’s awesome you’re getting planning already!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden thanks mate, appreciate it! Did I see some dinosaur stuff in your garden btw? Would love to see them properly in a future video, did you make them yourself or buy them? My son loves dinosaurs so I might have to do something similar haha
@@martinburdon6905 Awesome, you did indeed! I’ve got a metal T-Rex and Pterodactyl and they were an EBay bargain but I believe you can get the kits or templates online. I’m sure they’ll feature in a future video!
My personal choices for the creation of my more safe to say palm garden is the addition of 2 trachycarpus f. Palms, 1 chamaerops humilis, 1 green cordyline, a yucca rostrata and a cane yucca. I have already established from last year 1 washingtonia, 2 varieties of Cannas a huge lemon tree and 1 musa basjoo. I think it will do great. Cheers from North Greece zone 9a-b.
Those are some great choices! You’re a bit warmer than us, the Washingtonia and lemon tree would struggle here but they all sound like they’re going to look awesome this summer!
Thanks Tena, they’re actually an EBay bargain I picked up a couple of years back and painted black. They’re perfect for the garden, I just need to decide where the Pterodactyl is going!
Nice one, thanks! I suppose a lot of tips in this one are pretty universal but I tend to keep the titles as UK just in case somebody from another colder country thinks they can get away with the same winter protection etc. It’s great you’ve enjoyed it though!
@Cedar Point Beach Palms Thanks, you too! I appreciate everyone who takes the time to watch and comment, we’re all busy people but I think it’s great that you can put videos out there and get discussions on what other questions it raises.
Hi George. A superb video. Well done 👏 My focus was evergreen structural plants like you've said and ensuring the view through my french doors was 100% unspolit by lots of spaces or medium/long term winter protection. Clumps of the same plants make so much of a difference to the effect. Love the music choice also, great images and editing. Love the phat beats at the start😂👍 Cheers
Thanks, you know what you’re doing! I understand a lot of the theory, I’m just useless at following the advice for my own garden! Haha, I’m glad the music is appreciated, I got a subscription to a royalty free service so it’s great to be able to move away from the ‘standard’ set of the tunes 😂
@Cedar Point Beach Palms Thanks again! I got a message about your comment about bamboos but it doesn’t show up - in your zone there’s actually quite a decent range of choices, a lot of bamboos are pretty hardy. One of the best websites for info is Kimmei bamboo, you’ll find some varieties on there’ll you’ll want to check out! Keep up the great work with your channel by the way!
You are soooo right about only choosing a limited number of plant species for visual impact - in a small garden especially. Sigh. Of course I can’t stick to that, but I do really want to. You reminded me why it is important - I’m just such a plant hoarder though. But I did also plant some things in the wrong place (despite waiting a year to get to know this knew garden! You can’t really get to know it if you aren’t planting plants you care about in it!!!). So... lots of replanting this year. I’ll try to group things and see if I can make the garden look more coherent! I think your vid also reminded me that there is a key hardy, evergreen exotic that I want as a tall anchor plant. It’s just not something I could afford last year. Maybe this year I just need to go for it and order one from hardy palms or big plant nursery. It would make a huge difference to have some vertical interest in the garden. There’s only one tree in the garden! And it’s not tropical (it’s an evergreen and I won’t get rid of until there’s some other vertical interest in the garden, or unless I finally manage to make it look nicer by completing the cloud pruning I started last year, but had to give up on as birds were starting to nest in the tree ;) ).
We’re all plant hoarders Jim, it’s part of the game! It takes a lot of restraint to pull off an amazing design and whilst I could work towards that with a design for somebody else, not in my own garden! I’ve had to move a few bits too, don’t worry about that. Improving and adjusting is part of the process. What’s the tall hardy plant you’re looking at getting?
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I’m thinking a 7/8 ft Multi trunk Cordyline Australis. I’m still a beginner and I shouldn’t be able to screw that up and it’s the least expensive tall exotic and definitely grows where I live. This garden isn’t my forever garden (next house will be!) and it is sort of starting to dawn on me that i might be able to just keep these large palms in pots... would be super interesting for people like me to know a bit about your experiences with keeping big exotics alive in pots!
@@jimbailey3705 There’ll be a video up in the morning you’ll hopefully find interesting then! As for the cordylines, as long as they’re a decent price then go for it. They’re a plant I’d personally buy small but one of my friends has just bought some tall multi trunked examples and they do look cool straight away. Big palms will definitely be happy in large pots for a few years with the right care.
@@GeorgesJungleGarden ooooh! Looking forward to it! And i do understand.... i bought some small ones, but well... everything in my garden is small. My small/medium-sized cordylines and trachycarpus just don’t really make the impact I crave. I looked at the prices of large Dicksonia Antarctica, trachycarpus fortunei, and cordyline australis. If money were no problem, I’d obviously get the tree fern as they are so slow growing, it just makes the most sense to get those as large as i can! I can’t get a tiny one and just hope it will grow quickly! And they look SO COOL! But... the impactful cordylines are actually affordable. Could be easier to justify spending more money though, if I knew I could take the plant with me when I move again... 🤔.
@@jimbailey3705 I completely understand and I’m with you 100%, the tree fern would be my choice of investment too and you could take it with you. The cordylines are cheaper but if planted out, they don’t usually transplant well if you dug them up again. A different way of looking at it, but have you considered maybe some bananas, Arundo Donax reeds, Miscanthus grasses, Fargesia bamboos, Tetrapanax, coppicing a Paulownia... there’s a lot of plants that look impressive and quickly give height over 2-3 years without a large investment?
Great timing to find this video. I am gathering some tropicals, seeds,bulbs & trees and just wondering if I start with pots around the patio for a year or two first or start getting trees into the ground asap. Your palm trees are massive obviously in the ground a long time.
Nice one. I’d say it’s completely up to you and whether you’ve got a definite design in your head yet or not! We’ve only been here since last year but a lot of mine were bought I’m quite large. If you have a look at my recent container video that might help you make a decision 👍
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Thanks again, George. You have several videos that exactly answer my questions. Very comprehensive set of videos. Many thanks again. Talk soon.
Hi Scott, it’s Phyllostachys Vivax Auerocaulis, it’s a running bamboo but so impressive it’s worth spending the money on barrier to contain it. It’s not ideal in a pot long term unfortunately!
That’s definitely a video I’ve got planned, along with going through the differences between runners and clumpers etc. I’ll probably do it when they shoot later in spring, it’ll be interesting to see how much growth they put in this year!
So I've got two different palms in my back garden, one with big wide leaves and another one with thin spiny leaves. I wonder if it's going to move the ground and other plants around it? I have a dry and wet area too because one part of the garden doesn't get enough of the waste water I use.
Hi Elana, generally palms are quite tolerant of other plants being close to them so I wouldn’t worry. A high plant density can dry the soil out quicker though but it’s all about the plants you use. I guess for you prioritising plants that need additional water for the areas that get your waste water is essential to keep them happy, anywhere else and they have to be tough!
Sorry for asking so many questions but I see in this video you had a lawn. Have you planted palms directly into lawn or do you remove a section of lawn around the palm and create a planting bed?
Hi, it’s no problem at all, ask away! I’ve mainly created beds or borders as the palms are combined with other planting. There will be some closer to the house in the lawn but they’ll have an area of grass cut out around them, I don’t think any plant likes having grass growing right up to it. If you look at my December 2020 tour video you’ll probably see the layout better, there won’t be much grass left in the finished design though.
Very good advice, thank you. I'm just starting out. I bought a reasonable size trachycarpus fortunei, it is still in its large pot but the leaves are going a bit yellow. Is this expected over the winter? Any tips?
Hi and thank you! That’s perfectly normal over winter and especially in potted plants. It’s basically where the plant can’t take up enough nutrients, either due to be restricted in a pot or by cold weather. It’ll look better in spring or shortly after you’ve planted it out so no need to worry!
Great advice that will certainly help me start to plant out the garden this coming Spring/Summer. Would anyone one have any advice on how close to plant a 4ft Trachycarpus Fortunei to the fence in a 1.5 - 2m border? Obviously in a number of years the fronds will be above the fence line, but for now they certainly will not be. I love that Princeps Hybrid it's stunning.
Thank you, the Princeps Hybrid is a beauty, I wish you could still pick them up as small - medium plants! Each Fortunei frond / leaf can be 3-4ft long but that doesn’t mean you necessarily have to leave that much space. I’d probably say a couple of feet as a minimum as it will generally focus on growing upwards quickly for the first years but it completely depends on the boundary and whether leaves hanging over the fence would actually be a problem in years to come...
Hi, yourgarden looks as snowy as ours in Norfolk. I noticed you have a tree fern in a pot, also a yellow stemed bamboo in a huge tub. That's given me an idea! What is the name of the black succulent? We used to grow these so easily in Spain. I had to laugh when you were talking about how big some plants get. We bought several palms in Spain which became enormous. Sadly one of them had palm weevil which devastated it. Thanks for all you videos.
Hi Anna, yes, we’ve had a fair bit of snow this time round! The tree fern and bamboo aren’t ideal in pots long term but for a few years and some careful watering they should be just fine. Interesting, what are you thinking? The black succulents are Aeoniums and very easy, yes. Sorry to hear about the weevil damage, that must have been gutting! Washingtonias and Phoenix palms that you can grow easily in Spain can get massive, yes. It worries me when you see a lot of these potentially the plants in narrow borders or right next to houses...
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I had not considered putting a tree fern in a pot especially if its a small one. I know some bamboo can be invasive and as our back garden is small it would help to contain it. I used to grow Argave but my husband hates them due to their nasty spikes.
@@annasutton8078 It’s certainly doable although they won’t thrive as well long term and soon get through all the compost / soil even in a large pot. As for the bamboo, have you thought of varieties like the Fargesias or Borindas? There’s a lot of really interesting clumping bamboos which aren’t invasive and don’t take up a huge amount of space so they could go in the ground?
Up in fleese for 6 months of the year if you want a list of my tropical plants as you can tell I am a novice I also have a very young bismarkia nobilis very young have you any tips it is in the the greenhouse at the moment. Regards Frank
@@frankleigh7861 Hi Frank, I used to have a small Bismarkia but unfortunately it was too cold for it, even in the greenhouse. I’ll be doing a video on feeding soon but I generally don’t worry about feeding anything until early April when they’re actively growing and it’s warm enough to use the nutrients.
Do you bring your red bananas in for the winter or anything ? I had a small one in the summer got to about 3ft tall, I covered it during the winter but it went rotten and is now dead, Also your chamerops, how old are they, they are huge !
Hi Ryan, the red bananas come in, I’ve just done a video looking at how I grow them if it helps you. I bought the Chamaerops large unfortunately, it’ll have grown a lot quicker in Spain than here but still a good age!
Great video and very helpful. Is it better to plant straight into the ground with tropical plants or keep them in large pots. I live in the Midlands and only started this style of gardening last year
Hi Carol, thanks, I’m pleased you found it helpful. I’m actually doing a video on that very topic later this week but it depends on the plants really. Most plants are happier and easier in the ground but what sorts are you looking to grow? It’s an exciting interest to have and I’m sure you’re wishing spring would hurry up as much as me!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I have 3 palms of different sizes all in pots, the largest must be over 6 foot. Would these be better in the group? I was worried about the ground frost in the winter.
Hello, I would like ask you so how your date palm get fasting grow. Like feed or change every year new soil? I would interest if you have sent the message. 🌴☺️
An Amazing Snow in the Tropical Garden....
I love to watch those Lovely Plants...
Thank you for sharing your great work...George's Jungle.
Thanks again, we’ve actually had a bit of snow again this morning which is crazy!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden i wish i could touch those Snow....
Have a nice Minday...George's Jungle....Greetings from North Borneo...
@@zalehaburude7752 I wish we had some of your heat here for a bit too 😂
I like your non paternalistic, calm and friendly approach in presenting your garden and your gardening ideas, a big like from a tropic enthousiast in Belgium .🙏♥️🙏♥️
Hi and thanks, that’s really kind of you to say! I’m still pretty new to the video of side of things but there’s plenty of topics I’m looking forward to covering, it’s great to know my first efforts are appreciated! Do you grow similar kinds of plants in Belgium?
Hello George , yes I do, this is my garden : www.tuinadvies.be/tuinvrienden/tuinfotos/566055/folium/3218/tuin-2020
I fear for my Nolina Nelsonii after this heavy winter offensive......
Hi George , I watched a video of yours last week and you said to plant your tree ferns in a garden as they soon fill up the pots with roots , so we did , it took a lot of effort as it was in a Huge pot and was so heavy , anyhow just to say Thankyou very much because I’m so pleased as it looks much better in its new bed and is doing very well so far , fingers crossed,🤞 and we’ve counted 10 new fronds . Do Thankyou again and I like your videos , they are very informative . Thanks George , please do a lot more videos for us 👍😁
Thank you Sylvie, it's amazing to hear how well your tree fern is doing! They are heavy lumps once they've rooted for sure but well worth getting it in the ground, hopefully 15 fronds next year!
Excellent advice ,terrific video
Just seen this, thank you very much! 😃
Wow nice sharing friend
Thanks again, it’s really kind of you 😃
👌👌👌👌
Thanks! 😃
Sound advice and a great garden! Lovely little dog👍
Thanks Paul, that’s appreciated! He can be lovely but he has his pesky moments for sure!
Beautiful garden... 😀
Thank you 😃
Very helpful
Thanks, I appreciate it 😃
Just found your channel this morning while planning for the spring/summer, great content 👍🏼
I started with tropicals last year but mainly got carried away buying plants and leaving them in their nursery pots 😄 this year I’m planning on getting the garden sorted properly so planning ahead!
Thanks Martin! Top photography on your Instagram by the way, they’ve got a great look to them. The plants you got last year will be fine I’m sure and it’s awesome you’re getting planning already!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden thanks mate, appreciate it!
Did I see some dinosaur stuff in your garden btw? Would love to see them properly in a future video, did you make them yourself or buy them? My son loves dinosaurs so I might have to do something similar haha
@@martinburdon6905 Awesome, you did indeed! I’ve got a metal T-Rex and Pterodactyl and they were an EBay bargain but I believe you can get the kits or templates online. I’m sure they’ll feature in a future video!
@Cedar Point Beach Palms Thanks, it’s great to know it’s appreciated 😃
My personal choices for the creation of my more safe to say palm garden is the addition of 2 trachycarpus f. Palms, 1 chamaerops humilis, 1 green cordyline, a yucca rostrata and a cane yucca. I have already established from last year 1 washingtonia, 2 varieties of Cannas a huge lemon tree and 1 musa basjoo. I think it will do great. Cheers from North Greece zone 9a-b.
Those are some great choices! You’re a bit warmer than us, the Washingtonia and lemon tree would struggle here but they all sound like they’re going to look awesome this summer!
thanks a very interesting video, i loved all the metal sculptures, wonderful
Thanks Tena, they’re actually an EBay bargain I picked up a couple of years back and painted black. They’re perfect for the garden, I just need to decide where the Pterodactyl is going!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden lol i was hoping you was going to say you made them, i was going to put order in
Hi George, you got yourself a thumbs up and a new subbi, i'm in the midlands and a novice xx
Hi Yvette, that’s great, thank you! Hopefully there’s lots of videos to help you out and I’ve got a lot more planned!
Great vid - good advice for pacific northwest gardens too!
Nice one, thanks! I suppose a lot of tips in this one are pretty universal but I tend to keep the titles as UK just in case somebody from another colder country thinks they can get away with the same winter protection etc. It’s great you’ve enjoyed it though!
@Cedar Point Beach Palms Thanks, you too! I appreciate everyone who takes the time to watch and comment, we’re all busy people but I think it’s great that you can put videos out there and get discussions on what other questions it raises.
Thanks George 🙏 Your videos are so helpful for a beginner like me
Sorry, I thought I'd replied to this comment! Thank you so much Miranda, I'm sure you'll have an amazing looking garden this summer!
Very helpful. Perfect tips for beginners. Great content. Thanks for the tips
Thanks, I’m pleased you found it helpful! I’ve got some more coming soon, just takes a while to put them together around work etc.
Hi George. A superb video. Well done 👏 My focus was evergreen structural plants like you've said and ensuring the view through my french doors was 100% unspolit by lots of spaces or medium/long term winter protection. Clumps of the same plants make so much of a difference to the effect.
Love the music choice also, great images and editing. Love the phat beats at the start😂👍 Cheers
Thanks, you know what you’re doing! I understand a lot of the theory, I’m just useless at following the advice for my own garden! Haha, I’m glad the music is appreciated, I got a subscription to a royalty free service so it’s great to be able to move away from the ‘standard’ set of the tunes 😂
@Cedar Point Beach Palms Thanks again! I got a message about your comment about bamboos but it doesn’t show up - in your zone there’s actually quite a decent range of choices, a lot of bamboos are pretty hardy. One of the best websites for info is Kimmei bamboo, you’ll find some varieties on there’ll you’ll want to check out! Keep up the great work with your channel by the way!
I love your dachund. My doxie didnt like snow
Max didn’t like it at first but as soon as the ball came out, he was perfectly happy to brave it! They’re funny creatures!
You are soooo right about only choosing a limited number of plant species for visual impact - in a small garden especially. Sigh. Of course I can’t stick to that, but I do really want to. You reminded me why it is important - I’m just such a plant hoarder though. But I did also plant some things in the wrong place (despite waiting a year to get to know this knew garden! You can’t really get to know it if you aren’t planting plants you care about in it!!!). So... lots of replanting this year. I’ll try to group things and see if I can make the garden look more coherent!
I think your vid also reminded me that there is a key hardy, evergreen exotic that I want as a tall anchor plant. It’s just not something I could afford last year. Maybe this year I just need to go for it and order one from hardy palms or big plant nursery. It would make a huge difference to have some vertical interest in the garden. There’s only one tree in the garden! And it’s not tropical (it’s an evergreen and I won’t get rid of until there’s some other vertical interest in the garden, or unless I finally manage to make it look nicer by completing the cloud pruning I started last year, but had to give up on as birds were starting to nest in the tree ;) ).
We’re all plant hoarders Jim, it’s part of the game! It takes a lot of restraint to pull off an amazing design and whilst I could work towards that with a design for somebody else, not in my own garden! I’ve had to move a few bits too, don’t worry about that. Improving and adjusting is part of the process. What’s the tall hardy plant you’re looking at getting?
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I’m thinking a 7/8 ft Multi trunk Cordyline Australis. I’m still a beginner and I shouldn’t be able to screw that up and it’s the least expensive tall exotic and definitely grows where I live. This garden isn’t my forever garden (next house will be!) and it is sort of starting to dawn on me that i might be able to just keep these large palms in pots... would be super interesting for people like me to know a bit about your experiences with keeping big exotics alive in pots!
@@jimbailey3705 There’ll be a video up in the morning you’ll hopefully find interesting then! As for the cordylines, as long as they’re a decent price then go for it. They’re a plant I’d personally buy small but one of my friends has just bought some tall multi trunked examples and they do look cool straight away. Big palms will definitely be happy in large pots for a few years with the right care.
@@GeorgesJungleGarden ooooh! Looking forward to it!
And i do understand.... i bought some small ones, but well... everything in my garden is small. My small/medium-sized cordylines and trachycarpus just don’t really make the impact I crave. I looked at the prices of large Dicksonia Antarctica, trachycarpus fortunei, and cordyline australis. If money were no problem, I’d obviously get the tree fern as they are so slow growing, it just makes the most sense to get those as large as i can! I can’t get a tiny one and just hope it will grow quickly! And they look SO COOL!
But... the impactful cordylines are actually affordable.
Could be easier to justify spending more money though, if I knew I could take the plant with me when I move again... 🤔.
@@jimbailey3705 I completely understand and I’m with you 100%, the tree fern would be my choice of investment too and you could take it with you. The cordylines are cheaper but if planted out, they don’t usually transplant well if you dug them up again. A different way of looking at it, but have you considered maybe some bananas, Arundo Donax reeds, Miscanthus grasses, Fargesia bamboos, Tetrapanax, coppicing a Paulownia... there’s a lot of plants that look impressive and quickly give height over 2-3 years without a large investment?
Great tips for a novice like myself. Cheers.
That’s great, I’m pleased to know it was helpful!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Yes all interesting stuff. I've also joined the Facebook groups you mentioned. Cheers 🍻
@@GrowingJournal Nice one, hopefully they give you some ideas!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Yes, I think it was a good move, lots to see and read. Thx again. p.s. liked your page too.
@@GrowingJournal No worries and thank you! 😃
Great timing to find this video. I am gathering some tropicals, seeds,bulbs & trees and just wondering if I start with pots around the patio for a year or two first or start getting trees into the ground asap. Your palm trees are massive obviously in the ground a long time.
Nice one. I’d say it’s completely up to you and whether you’ve got a definite design in your head yet or not! We’ve only been here since last year but a lot of mine were bought I’m quite large. If you have a look at my recent container video that might help you make a decision 👍
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Thanks again, George. You have several videos that exactly answer my questions. Very comprehensive set of videos. Many thanks again. Talk soon.
@@1ilgrillo Thanks, that’s great to know! All the best with your garden plans 👍
Hi mate, as you first walk in your old garden, what type of bamboo is in the pot on the right, looks golden? thanks Scott
Hi Scott, it’s Phyllostachys Vivax Auerocaulis, it’s a running bamboo but so impressive it’s worth spending the money on barrier to contain it. It’s not ideal in a pot long term unfortunately!
Good advice as always 🤩
Thank you, great to know it was helpful! I tried to keep it practical and not waffle on too much!
Any chance of a run through of all your different Bamboos?
That’s definitely a video I’ve got planned, along with going through the differences between runners and clumpers etc. I’ll probably do it when they shoot later in spring, it’ll be interesting to see how much growth they put in this year!
So I've got two different palms in my back garden, one with big wide leaves and another one with thin spiny leaves. I wonder if it's going to move the ground and other plants around it? I have a dry and wet area too because one part of the garden doesn't get enough of the waste water I use.
Hi Elana, generally palms are quite tolerant of other plants being close to them so I wouldn’t worry. A high plant density can dry the soil out quicker though but it’s all about the plants you use. I guess for you prioritising plants that need additional water for the areas that get your waste water is essential to keep them happy, anywhere else and they have to be tough!
Sorry for asking so many questions but I see in this video you had a lawn. Have you planted palms directly into lawn or do you remove a section of lawn around the palm and create a planting bed?
Hi, it’s no problem at all, ask away! I’ve mainly created beds or borders as the palms are combined with other planting. There will be some closer to the house in the lawn but they’ll have an area of grass cut out around them, I don’t think any plant likes having grass growing right up to it. If you look at my December 2020 tour video you’ll probably see the layout better, there won’t be much grass left in the finished design though.
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Great I'll check it out
Very good advice, thank you. I'm just starting out. I bought a reasonable size trachycarpus fortunei, it is still in its large pot but the leaves are going a bit yellow. Is this expected over the winter? Any tips?
Hi and thank you! That’s perfectly normal over winter and especially in potted plants. It’s basically where the plant can’t take up enough nutrients, either due to be restricted in a pot or by cold weather. It’ll look better in spring or shortly after you’ve planted it out so no need to worry!
thanks, great tips
Thanks, I’m pleased you got something from it!
Such an inspiration to plan a garden coherently.
@@doreencremer Thank you Doreen, that’s great to hear 😃
Great advice that will certainly help me start to plant out the garden this coming Spring/Summer. Would anyone one have any advice on how close to plant a 4ft Trachycarpus Fortunei to the fence in a 1.5 - 2m border? Obviously in a number of years the fronds will be above the fence line, but for now they certainly will not be. I love that Princeps Hybrid it's stunning.
Thank you, the Princeps Hybrid is a beauty, I wish you could still pick them up as small - medium plants! Each Fortunei frond / leaf can be 3-4ft long but that doesn’t mean you necessarily have to leave that much space. I’d probably say a couple of feet as a minimum as it will generally focus on growing upwards quickly for the first years but it completely depends on the boundary and whether leaves hanging over the fence would actually be a problem in years to come...
Hi, yourgarden looks as snowy as ours in Norfolk. I noticed you have a tree fern in a pot, also a yellow stemed bamboo in a huge tub. That's given me an idea! What is the name of the black succulent?
We used to grow these so easily in Spain. I had to laugh when you were talking about how big some plants get. We bought several palms in Spain which became enormous. Sadly one of them had palm weevil which devastated it.
Thanks for all you videos.
Hi Anna, yes, we’ve had a fair bit of snow this time round! The tree fern and bamboo aren’t ideal in pots long term but for a few years and some careful watering they should be just fine. Interesting, what are you thinking? The black succulents are Aeoniums and very easy, yes. Sorry to hear about the weevil damage, that must have been gutting! Washingtonias and Phoenix palms that you can grow easily in Spain can get massive, yes. It worries me when you see a lot of these potentially the plants in narrow borders or right next to houses...
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I had not considered putting a tree fern in a pot especially if its a small one. I know some bamboo can be invasive and as our back garden is small it would help to contain it.
I used to grow Argave but my husband hates them due to their nasty spikes.
@@annasutton8078 It’s certainly doable although they won’t thrive as well long term and soon get through all the compost / soil even in a large pot. As for the bamboo, have you thought of varieties like the Fargesias or Borindas? There’s a lot of really interesting clumping bamboos which aren’t invasive and don’t take up a huge amount of space so they could go in the ground?
@@annasutton8078 Ji Anna, I think you mean Aeonium Zhwarskoff. I may not have spelled it correctly.
Hi George I live in Blackpool what type of feeding do you have some of the plants you have I have I have most of mine are raped up in
Up in fleese for 6 months of the year if you want a list of my tropical plants as you can tell I am a novice I also have a very young bismarkia nobilis very young have you any tips it is in the the greenhouse at the moment. Regards Frank
@@frankleigh7861 Hi Frank, I used to have a small Bismarkia but unfortunately it was too cold for it, even in the greenhouse. I’ll be doing a video on feeding soon but I generally don’t worry about feeding anything until early April when they’re actively growing and it’s warm enough to use the nutrients.
Do you bring your red bananas in for the winter or anything ? I had a small one in the summer got to about 3ft tall, I covered it during the winter but it went rotten and is now dead,
Also your chamerops, how old are they, they are huge !
Hi Ryan, the red bananas come in, I’ve just done a video looking at how I grow them if it helps you. I bought the Chamaerops large unfortunately, it’ll have grown a lot quicker in Spain than here but still a good age!
Great video and very helpful. Is it better to plant straight into the ground with tropical plants or keep them in large pots. I live in the Midlands and only started this style of gardening last year
Hi Carol, thanks, I’m pleased you found it helpful. I’m actually doing a video on that very topic later this week but it depends on the plants really. Most plants are happier and easier in the ground but what sorts are you looking to grow? It’s an exciting interest to have and I’m sure you’re wishing spring would hurry up as much as me!
@@GeorgesJungleGarden I have 3 palms of different sizes all in pots, the largest must be over 6 foot. Would these be better in the group? I was worried about the ground frost in the winter.
@@carolford275 Hi Carol, most hardy palms we can grow here aren’t really affected by frosts but what sorts are they are please?
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Thanks for getting back to me. I think they are Trachycarpus Fortunei
Hello, I would like ask you so how your date palm get fasting grow. Like feed or change every year new soil? I would interest if you have sent the message. 🌴☺️
Hi Kyle, just sent you a reply. I don’t want mine to grow too quickly, just good strong and slow growth.
I want this one for my garden. 😂😂
😂 That’s how I feel when I see some of the amazing gardens on Facebook etc! There’s some hard graft ahead!