Here is the list of plants mentioned by Dan, sorted by the four layers of the jungle: **Emergent Layer:** 1. Eucalyptus (fast-growing, up to 3m per year) **Canopy Layer:** 1. Evergreen Magnolias 2. Acacias 3. Other eucalyptus species 4. Bull Bay (Evergreen Magnolia from lowland subtropical forest) **Understory Layer:** 1. Windmill Palm (native to parts of China, India, and Japan) 2. Tea Coka (also known as Cabbage Palm, native to New Zealand) **Forest Floor:** 1. Hariki (native to New Zealand, used for fibers, baskets, and mats) 2. False Castor Oil plant (sold as house plants, fully hardy and divides easily) - Thx Chris
This is so lovely to see - jungle/permaculture in England? Why not. Beautifully thought out and exciting to see how well established this is in such a short time. Thank you.
You've probably travelled to S.E. Asia, Dan. I've often wondered if the Frangipani species would be suitable in the UK climate? The Dok Champa of Laos and Leelawadee in Thailand are some of the most amazingly scented and attractive looking shrubs/trees I've ever come across, the smell is something else!
Hi Tony, Humm, I believe Frangipani's used to grow in NZ - Not sure if they would withstand our winters with out additional care/heat source... stunning plants though, so worth looking into possible hardier varieties for sure. We will look up the other two you mention for hardiness for sure too - thanks for the suggestions 💚✌️🌿
I've literally just planted 100s of Paulownia Shantong seeds to potentially be a part of my emergent trees next year. Having just come across them recently I was wondering if you have heard about them or tried to grow them over here? Your jungle garden is awesome-massive respect what you've done there!
Hey Matt, thanks for your super motivating comment 🙏 We fairly recently came across this tree too, we bought some seed last year, but didn't a very good strike rate, only ended up with one tree, but it is defo big for its age already especially as it is planted in partical shade now - We are defo keen to try them again though, so thanks for the reminder/encouragement - really happy you enjoyed seeing this project too 💚✌️🌿
@ thanks, def know about sweet chestnuts etc; though wasn’t sure if pistachios would work. Also wonder about pecans and hickory nuts and if there are any that are less well known in the west that could grow here…
And walnut & heart nut, but just to mention, both of these produce a chemical which means few plants can grow in their understory (aka, they are territorial). Black walnut produces the most of this, while heart nut a lot less as far as I am aware.
Hi Sarah, for sure 💚 We are blessed to have established Sweet Chestnuts trees along one boundry, which provide abundantly for us most years and we are slowly establishing more Hazel's in our native area... my only question with the hazels is if we will ever get to them before the squirrels!? 🤣 You can see out sweet chestnut harvests in this video 👇 Appreciate you watching & commenting 💚✌️🌿 ua-cam.com/video/1ZY6oX2X8Pk/v-deo.html
Aww nice, would Pistachio or Almond grow for us here in the UK? We do have mature Sweet Chestnuts along one boundry, which are highly productive most years, so a top crop for sure. Will have to look into Stone Pine... not one I know - Thanks heaps for the ideas and for watching 💚✌️🌿
Hi Dan, what an inspiring vid......which kind of eucalyptus did you plant please? Going to have a go....did you get the seeds from Jungle Seeds?....Elaine
Hi Elaine, I bought the seeds from ebay - Eucalyptus Nitens (shining gum) from an Australian seller called 'all u need is seed' Hope that helps & thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
Hi, prob just over an acre in food, an acre is native woodland and natural wild areas, then just under an acre would be “recreational/nature” areas like the jungle, green space and yet to be transformed areas 💚 thanks for watching and love your UA-cam handle ! 😉✌️🌿
New subscriber here and so happy to have found your channel. What an amazing place you’ve got there. I’ve recently got an allotment and absolutely love growing my own food (albeit not that much at the minute). I also planted my eucalyptus that I grew from seed about 2 years ago and it’s thriving now it’s in the ground. Looking forward to catching up on more videos.
Love the vid and all ya trees and plants! I personally love Ganja and think you should grow this for medicinal uses and building uses, it's a no brainier for humans to utilise this plant. She will be legal once more one day
Have you looked at the Paulownia? The most common grown variety in the UK is the Paulownia tomentosa Award of Garden Merit (AGM) usually reaching up to 12m tall in our climate. They are a fast growing genus. ua-cam.com/video/TH02YRSkUtc/v-deo.html
Hi, great suggestion - yes, we must try these again, we did get some seed a year or so ago and unfortunately didn't have great germination success, we have one tree that grew on and it is defo a good size for its age, despite being in partical shade - thanks for the reminder to try some more 💚✌️🌿
The only issue I have with this is the fact he's not got any/many native plants which would be beneficial both to him & specialist insects. How's he sure he's not destroyed vulnerable plant species
Hi Simon, we have a whole acre of native woodland/wild land surrounding 3 aspects of the jungle, apologies if Dan did not mention that in this particular video, I thought he did, but can’t be sure without check, we certainly talk about it in other videos though 💚 wildlife is abundant here ✌️🌿
I loved watching all that green jungle and the consideration and respect for the forest
You are just an amazing force of nature❤
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Thank you - glad you enjoyed 🙏💚✌️🌿
How fabulous to have a home grown forest.
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Gracias por la traducción en español.
Here is the list of plants mentioned by Dan, sorted by the four layers of the jungle:
**Emergent Layer:**
1. Eucalyptus (fast-growing, up to 3m per year)
**Canopy Layer:**
1. Evergreen Magnolias
2. Acacias
3. Other eucalyptus species
4. Bull Bay (Evergreen Magnolia from lowland subtropical forest)
**Understory Layer:**
1. Windmill Palm (native to parts of China, India, and Japan)
2. Tea Coka (also known as Cabbage Palm, native to New Zealand)
**Forest Floor:**
1. Hariki (native to New Zealand, used for fibers, baskets, and mats)
2. False Castor Oil plant (sold as house plants, fully hardy and divides easily) - Thx Chris
@chrisgartenn Thx. It was done based on the transcript lol.
Thanks for putting this info together for people to access easily 💚✌️🌿
You're living the dream!
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lovely
Thanks much, please keep sharing🙏🏼💚
Will do! Thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
Found this video, made me late to work, gonna jam your music on my break! Good stuff brother💪🏽
Love it 🤩 enjoy the break time vibe 💃🕺🎵 and thanks heaps for watching 💚🌿✌️
This is so lovely to see - jungle/permaculture in England? Why not. Beautifully thought out and exciting to see how well established this is in such a short time. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed seeing this space 🙏 Appreciate you watching 💚✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife Born and raised in Sabah - so much resonance.
Thank you for sharing Dan😊
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Yea king Dan! ❤
You've probably travelled to S.E. Asia, Dan. I've often wondered if the Frangipani species would be suitable in the UK climate? The Dok Champa of Laos and Leelawadee in Thailand are some of the most amazingly scented and attractive looking shrubs/trees I've ever come across, the smell is something else!
Hi Tony, Humm, I believe Frangipani's used to grow in NZ - Not sure if they would withstand our winters with out additional care/heat source... stunning plants though, so worth looking into possible hardier varieties for sure. We will look up the other two you mention for hardiness for sure too - thanks for the suggestions 💚✌️🌿
I've literally just planted 100s of Paulownia Shantong seeds to potentially be a part of my emergent trees next year. Having just come across them recently I was wondering if you have heard about them or tried to grow them over here? Your jungle garden is awesome-massive respect what you've done there!
Hey Matt, thanks for your super motivating comment 🙏 We fairly recently came across this tree too, we bought some seed last year, but didn't a very good strike rate, only ended up with one tree, but it is defo big for its age already especially as it is planted in partical shade now - We are defo keen to try them again though, so thanks for the reminder/encouragement - really happy you enjoyed seeing this project too 💚✌️🌿
I’m definitely interested in different nut species that could potentially thrive in the UK
Sweet chestnut, pistachio, hazel, mahaleb cherry, almond, stone pine to name a few
@ thanks, def know about sweet chestnuts etc; though wasn’t sure if pistachios would work. Also wonder about pecans and hickory nuts and if there are any that are less well known in the west that could grow here…
And walnut & heart nut, but just to mention, both of these produce a chemical which means few plants can grow in their understory (aka, they are territorial). Black walnut produces the most of this, while heart nut a lot less as far as I am aware.
Hi Sarah, for sure 💚 We are blessed to have established Sweet Chestnuts trees along one boundry, which provide abundantly for us most years and we are slowly establishing more Hazel's in our native area... my only question with the hazels is if we will ever get to them before the squirrels!? 🤣 You can see out sweet chestnut harvests in this video 👇 Appreciate you watching & commenting 💚✌️🌿 ua-cam.com/video/1ZY6oX2X8Pk/v-deo.html
Aww nice, would Pistachio or Almond grow for us here in the UK? We do have mature Sweet Chestnuts along one boundry, which are highly productive most years, so a top crop for sure. Will have to look into Stone Pine... not one I know - Thanks heaps for the ideas and for watching 💚✌️🌿
Hi Dan, what an inspiring vid......which kind of eucalyptus did you plant please? Going to have a go....did you get the seeds from Jungle Seeds?....Elaine
Hi Elaine, I bought the seeds from ebay - Eucalyptus Nitens (shining gum) from an Australian seller called 'all u need is seed' Hope that helps & thanks for watching 💚✌️🌿
How much of the 3 Acers is forest and how much is food growing?
Hi, prob just over an acre in food, an acre is native woodland and natural wild areas, then just under an acre would be “recreational/nature” areas like the jungle, green space and yet to be transformed areas 💚 thanks for watching and love your UA-cam handle ! 😉✌️🌿
@@freedomforestlife Thanks ❤
New subscriber here and so happy to have found your channel. What an amazing place you’ve got there. I’ve recently got an allotment and absolutely love growing my own food (albeit not that much at the minute). I also planted my eucalyptus that I grew from seed about 2 years ago and it’s thriving now it’s in the ground. Looking forward to catching up on more videos.
@@Tea_and_thyme_2012 Great to have you with us - Hope you find lots of vids your enjoy 🙏 Let us know 💚✌🌿
Love the vid and all ya trees and plants! I personally love Ganja and think you should grow this for medicinal uses and building uses, it's a no brainier for humans to utilise this plant. She will be legal once more one day
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Are you in growing zone 8 or 9 ? 🤔
Have you looked at the Paulownia? The most common grown variety in the UK is the Paulownia tomentosa Award of Garden Merit (AGM) usually reaching up to 12m tall in our climate. They are a fast growing genus. ua-cam.com/video/TH02YRSkUtc/v-deo.html
Hi, great suggestion - yes, we must try these again, we did get some seed a year or so ago and unfortunately didn't have great germination success, we have one tree that grew on and it is defo a good size for its age, despite being in partical shade - thanks for the reminder to try some more 💚✌️🌿
The only issue I have with this is the fact he's not got any/many native plants which would be beneficial both to him & specialist insects. How's he sure he's not destroyed vulnerable plant species
Hi Simon, we have a whole acre of native woodland/wild land surrounding 3 aspects of the jungle, apologies if Dan did not mention that in this particular video, I thought he did, but can’t be sure without check, we certainly talk about it in other videos though 💚 wildlife is abundant here ✌️🌿