Hi Stephen & Matt Lovely plants in the M botanic gardens really beautiful my fav either the purple hydragena tree or the yellow rose tree - what a really unusual form but once again growing up here could prove a challenge Thanks guys for sharing always ❤ ur videos! Happy gardening 👍🌸🐝🦟
Thanks guys, always a joy, especially in these grey winter days here in the uk 😊 I'll be finding space for that mini almond... the trick will be finding one that isn't grafted.
Fuchsia Boliviana grows really well in the cool humid shade of my San Francisco garden. It's probably too hot and dry for it in most other places in California besides the Bay Area fog zone. It does reseed naturally if you don't pick up the fruits that drop on the ground. The hummingbirds go crazy for it and the birds eat the fruits. Super easy to grow and take cuttings from. Flowers pretty much all but about two months of the year so it provides nice winter nectar for the hummingbirds who stay around late before migrating to Central and South America.
My Greyia sutherlandii didn’t flower this year. But it’s put on a lot of growth & looks terrific with its big cabbage like leaves. I brought it with me from my garden at the farm where it survived the Bushfire in 2019. I love it & have given it pride of place in the middle of three trees on the embankment at the top of the long narrow front yard. It’s flanked by a Yulan Magnolia & an Acer japonica.
how about brunfelsia? a little gem i think. i've got one in border and want more of them, but now harder to find. maybe i'll need to make my own cuttings. lovely selection of interesting varieties
Another great episode. Steven, i have a question about your tips for propagating Grevellia's from cuttings. We have several in our garden (Berkeley California) and i have not had any success (using sand and peralite). Its interesting that our garden has many of the same plants that you showed in this episode (South African Salvia, Bolivian Fuscha, Natal Bottlebrush, California Lilac, etc..). And Matthew, you are a real fashion plate, i have never seen you in the same outfit (you must have a gigantic closet). Keep up the great work.
Hi fellas. another fascinating vid. Really enjoy the diverse content. Question. I know form experience. Echium candicans doesn't layer itself. So are they propagated by cutting? What's the best wood? Do they need hormone ? And any other details please. Regards Tim in Bendigo
Thanks for the segment on Camellia minutiflora. Are there any hybrids with it, namely with Camellia azalea in the parentage? (From USA outside Washington DC)
I don't understand what people mean when they say "species" as part of a plant name, like how Matthew said "I'm particularly partial to fuchsia, like this species fuchsia". Aren't all plants part of a species? Does it mean as opposed to a hybrid? Can someone please explain?
Species are found in the wild. Versus cultivars, which are bred from species by selection, hybridizing etc.. So cultivars belong to a species, but have been developed by humans. Often, species are less showy but might be tougher in their natural conditions. However, some cultivars are bred to cope with conditions that their species-"parents" don't like, eg cold or drought. Hope that helps!
@@Ch.K-t8z Oooooohhhh so very helpful, yes! Thank you : ) I get it now! One last follow-up question, what is the difference, in that case, between a cultivar and a hybrid?
@@brocktoon8 A Hybrid is a cross between two species. A cultivar is the result of human selection to identify key traits (hardiness - flower size etc) and to retain those traits when propagated. This would generally be the 'named' plant types you find in a commercial nursery that will often have Plant Breeder Rights - ie copyright - attached so that only the original developer of the cultivar is able to propagate and sell it.
@@thehorti-culturalists Oh I see. You explain it very well. So a cultivar is a refinement of a species and only that one species whereas the hybrid is the result of two mixed species. THANK YOU!!! ^^ This has been confusing me for a while so it's lovely to finally get it.
Love the Melbourne Botanic, thanks for the early Spring Tour as we go into Winter in Ireland.
Thanks for watching!
Hi Stephen & Matt
Lovely plants in the M botanic gardens really beautiful my fav either the purple hydragena tree or the yellow rose tree - what a really unusual form but once again growing up here could prove a challenge
Thanks guys for sharing always ❤ ur videos!
Happy gardening 👍🌸🐝🦟
That dwarf almond! Wow wow wow wow
Fabulous isn't it! Thanks for watching!
Thanks guys, always a joy, especially in these grey winter days here in the uk 😊 I'll be finding space for that mini almond... the trick will be finding one that isn't grafted.
Good luck! Thanks for watching!
Fuchsia Boliviana grows really well in the cool humid shade of my San Francisco garden. It's probably too hot and dry for it in most other places in California besides the Bay Area fog zone. It does reseed naturally if you don't pick up the fruits that drop on the ground. The hummingbirds go crazy for it and the birds eat the fruits. Super easy to grow and take cuttings from. Flowers pretty much all but about two months of the year so it provides nice winter nectar for the hummingbirds who stay around late before migrating to Central and South America.
It truly is a lovely plant and our Honeyeaters also love it. Regards Stephen
My Greyia sutherlandii didn’t flower this year. But it’s put on a lot of growth & looks terrific with its big cabbage like leaves. I brought it with me from my garden at the farm where it survived the Bushfire in 2019. I love it & have given it pride of place in the middle of three trees on the embankment at the top of the long narrow front yard. It’s flanked by a Yulan Magnolia & an Acer japonica.
My goodness what impeccable taste you have! Regards Stephen
how about brunfelsia? a little gem i think. i've got one in border and want more of them, but now harder to find. maybe i'll need to make my own cuttings.
lovely selection of interesting varieties
Didn't see Brunfelsia on the day we were filming or it would have been an inclusion. Regards Stephen
Such an interesting channel! Thank you guys! Matthew, we see your fabulous orchids, can we see your garden? I know you are in a rented house….
I don't have a garden! We might do a story amidst my pots before I move. Matthew
Another great episode. Steven, i have a question about your tips for propagating Grevellia's from cuttings. We have several in our garden (Berkeley California) and i have not had any success (using sand and peralite). Its interesting that our garden has many of the same plants that you showed in this episode (South African Salvia, Bolivian Fuscha, Natal Bottlebrush, California Lilac, etc..). And Matthew, you are a real fashion plate, i have never seen you in the same outfit (you must have a gigantic closet). Keep up the great work.
Quite a lot of Grevilleas are hard to strike however semi hardwood cutting with a hormone treatment should be possible. Regards Stephen.
Hi fellas. another fascinating vid. Really enjoy the diverse content.
Question. I know form experience. Echium candicans doesn't layer itself. So are they propagated by cutting? What's the best wood? Do they need hormone ? And any other details please. Regards Tim in Bendigo
It can be struck from firm tip cutting and don't need hormone. They are also very easy from seed. Regards Stephen
Thanks for the segment on Camellia minutiflora. Are there any hybrids with it, namely with Camellia azalea in the parentage?
(From USA outside Washington DC)
Not as far as I know. Regards Stephen
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Thanks for watching!
I don't understand what people mean when they say "species" as part of a plant name, like how Matthew said "I'm particularly partial to fuchsia, like this species fuchsia". Aren't all plants part of a species? Does it mean as opposed to a hybrid? Can someone please explain?
Species are found in the wild. Versus cultivars, which are bred from species by selection, hybridizing etc.. So cultivars belong to a species, but have been developed by humans.
Often, species are less showy but might be tougher in their natural conditions. However, some cultivars are bred to cope with conditions that their species-"parents" don't like, eg cold or drought.
Hope that helps!
@@Ch.K-t8z Oooooohhhh so very helpful, yes! Thank you : ) I get it now! One last follow-up question, what is the difference, in that case, between a cultivar and a hybrid?
Great reply above! Thanks for watching!
@@brocktoon8 A Hybrid is a cross between two species. A cultivar is the result of human selection to identify key traits (hardiness - flower size etc) and to retain those traits when propagated. This would generally be the 'named' plant types you find in a commercial nursery that will often have Plant Breeder Rights - ie copyright - attached so that only the original developer of the cultivar is able to propagate and sell it.
@@thehorti-culturalists Oh I see. You explain it very well. So a cultivar is a refinement of a species and only that one species whereas the hybrid is the result of two mixed species. THANK YOU!!! ^^ This has been confusing me for a while so it's lovely to finally get it.
I'm renting so I'm having a battle Royale in garden.