@@essexhognose1808 i agree!! 😎 wish i knew exactly how old it was, was here when i moved in, was the main plant that started my tropical journey 😎😎😎🌴🌴🌴🌴

@richf_tropical_garden_projects imposing and bullet proof

@essexhognose1808 very true! it was completely covered by conifers when i moved in, wonder how big it would have been if it hadn't, lol cant imagine how much a specimen of that size would cost today lol

@@tropiclaud thanks for watching 👊😎 to be fair it was a last minute decision when the forecast changed from -4 to -6 + thought might as well i was lucky though as had a spare roll of landscaping fabric as id run out of all my frost fleece 🥶 yeah i agree id be suprised if there were no casualties 😑 hopefully the more expensive stuff has made it! this is the risk we take, but i think the reward is worth it 😎🌴

@@essexhognose1808 hopefully not too much for the plants to handle 🥶

I am only worried about my Cordyline! Nice vid

@GrowTropicalMK thanks ! hopefully mine get through as well, have one under cover and the rest are fully un protected, fingers crossed they dont die back to the ground 🥶

@@stephenkeeble6857 thanks for watching and commenting 👊😎 wow yeah atleast it didn't get down to the predicted temp 🥶 -20 would be a right killer 😮🤦‍♂️ we get to -3.6 last night and looks like it will go to -6 for a couple hrs tomorrow morning, fingers crossed this is the last cold spell of winter 😬 probably will do an update tomorrow morning 🤔🤷‍♂️

@richf_tropical_garden_projects defo fingers crossed mate 🤞🤞

@@jurassicgardendiary1023 haha very true 🤔😎 ! the fish are having a ice bath right now lol ...or maybe ice cubes.. unsure 😂 ah that's not too bad, we got down to -4 last night and looks like its gping down to -6 for a couple hrs tomorrow morning 🥶 hopefully the protection works 😅 yeah these temps do certainly make people nervous and wonder how hardy everything actually is

@@essexhognose1808 ah good idea I've been using a cheap one outside but i dont think its waterproof, been looking on amazon and they do full proper weather stations with a display and all the hardware for about 130 which doesn't seem too bad 🤔 i think it be interesting to chart the temps each year in the garden to compare over the years 🤔🤷‍♂️

@richf_tropical_garden_projects the ones I've got are 'Sensor Blue' and can record and chart humidity and temps. I initially bought them for use in the incubator and snake racks

@@markchitty6505 thanks mark! ah yeah it looks like your due to get a bit more over next couple days, it looks like it going to get REALLY COLD 🥶🥶

@@peachsplants9724 thanks for watching and commenting 👊😎 thanks! very dull this time of year, haha i used to wish for snow, but since starting the tropical style i dread it now 😂🥶🤦‍♂️

@@tropiclaud they only came in towards the end of the year at my local store, they did also have colocasia black sapphire gecko in for about a week lol, from speaking with the local staff it sounds like they have trialled them this year at a few stores and if successful which id imagine they were they will try to bring them nationwide next year...lol fingers crossed! they also had baby dicksonia in as well but only potted plants no trunks. they have really seemed to get on board with the tropical gardening style! lol picked up about 10 of the medium size trachycarpus on a deal for just £10 each! 🌴🤷‍♂️

@ yikes! What a bargain!! B&M are coming through for us! Love it. I’ll hope for the best here in Brum. Hope the cold snap is kind to our plant babies!

@tropiclaud couldn't pass it up haha, last year the year of the palms for me, this year is the ferns, lol want to get loads more tree ferns! it is great to see them coming through for the tropical gardeners, yes fingers crossed it doesnt go too cold these are kinda borderline concerning temps 🥶 fingers crossed they will all breeze through !

@@brighteng7938 thanks for watching 👊😎 thank you you as well !

luckily it looks like its going tp hover around 0c now for the week, i dont think the plants will like the prolonged cold 🤦‍♂️ possibly snow tomorrow! 🥶

@@markchitty6505 thanks !! i think its worth being prepared ! it looks like it could be fairly long cold spell 🥶 wow 70! yeah thats pretty gusty 👀 i dont blame you! i would if i had one haha!

@@architecturalgarden thanks for watching and commenting! this will be the first one im trying in the garden hopefully it will make it! do you know what killed them? thank you can't wait for warmer weather ! 😎🌴

@richf_tropical_garden_projects I don't know. The last one looked sad so I moved it to a pot until it was looking healthy again. I then planted it out in shady position and it died. It could have been too wet for it as my soil is clay but I added lots drainage. I heard they prefer more sun than normal fatsias. Maybe the Needham form is more temperamental than green fingers. I just decided I would not try again as 2 deaths is expensive. But maybe you will do better. Lots people seem to have them. It could be they are less hardy to cold also.

@architecturalgarden ah yeah i think sometimes its luck of the draw, fingers crossed it will pull through. that is the problem with expensive plants its always a bit of a gamble!

@@CascadiaPalms thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing! 👊😎🌴 couldnt agree more ive started 4 other clumps that will hopefully get to that size soon! got a few other varieties id like to get this year including blue java and orinoco, love to be able to grow a fruiting variety in the uk, have a acuminata gran nain over wintering at the moment 🤔🤷‍♂️

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects that sounds interesting. Keep the good content going!

@@CascadiaPalms 🙏

@@essexhognose1808 ah awesome, yeah i agree, seems a reasonable size plant as well, they also had a deal on Amazon on the fatsia camouflage that i was very tempted by! going for alot of evergreen structure this year, would love to find a good deal on a brasiopsis mitis 🤔

thank you for watching and commenting 😎👊 it looks a bit barren in winter, but really fills in for the summer! 🌴 check out my September garden tour if you are interested alot more plants to see 🌴😎 hope you and your family are having happy holidays🎉

@@jurassicgardendiary1023 merry xmas! I hope you and the family are well ! yeah tbh ive been keeping a close eye on rainfall amounts and its alot less than i would have thought for this time of year so been out quite a few times over the past few weeks giving them a drink, especially the new one! roll on spring 🌴😎

@@JoseRamos-jn6ij 🙏 hope its an amazing holiday for you and your family! can't wait for spring !

@@markchitty6505 merry xmas mark! 🤝 hope its been a good holiday so far! yeah certainly a bit worse for ware but the evergreens are holding strong 🌴 wow what a great gift 👌😎!! i planted my 4ft out in November last year but, put it in a small pot over winter in the place i wanted it so that i could still bring it in if we got some insane cold, but with my new 2 ft that i got a few weeks ago, ive planted it in its spot for the year, of course again if we get some crazy winter this year will bring that in, but only for the first season, the 4ft is now fully rooted so will be protected in place of course and same with the other 1ft, 6inch and the 2 babys in the ground. have you planted it deep or just placed it on top?

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects I planted it about 8 inches into the ground, and put a stake in behind it

@markchitty6505 ah yeah that should stabilise quickly,😎 lol i just placed mine right on top of the soil and staked them😂🤷‍♂️ tryna save every inch 😂😂😂🤷‍♂️ so bloody expensive these days 🤦‍♂️but soo worth it!!

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects I wasn't sure if I should plant it in December, but its so mild, and I thought I could always protect it on the coldest nightd...so hopefully it will be alright

@@markchitty6505 i think youve done the right thing, imo the sooner they are in the ground the sooner they are naturally spurred on to grow, i think this time of year they will still try to root, but even if you need to pull it in for a few nights if it gets cold it wont have rooted anywhere enough to cause an issue, id defo keep it well watered as well, crown and trunk, im out soaking my new one every couple days while its been above 0,

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@@JoseRamos-jn6ij thank you for watching and commenting 😎👊 thanks! its a 3rd year garden hopefully gonna pack it out this year! my September tour shows it with all the tenders 😎

@@philippehoyez9398 thanks for watching and commenting 👊😎 i have seen that video from kris, great video, hes been one of the inspirations for my tropical journey 😎🌴

@@GrowTropicalMK thanks for watching 😎👊 definitely ready for spring already 😅 the first one on the left side is a purple rhododendron and the more spindly one behind it on the mini golf course is a red camelia, i think they are about 40 years old, they were here when we moved in, i have just lifted the canopy on them as they used to look more like giant bushes before 😂🤷‍♂️ i like the tree look on them

@richf_tropical_garden_projects yes easily 40 years. they look amazing, do they both flower?

@GrowTropicalMK funny enough the people who lived here before me lived in the house for nearly 50 years and he was a professional gardner and Landscaper, didnt find that out until after i moved in, but looking at some of the larger trees in the garden you can tell! yeah they both flower in spring and are covered in flowers. all the large trees in the garden flower except the huge bay tree. tbh my favourite trees from the previous owner are the laburnum golden chain trees, they look awesome in spring, huge yellow trailing flowers, cant wait for the spring tour when its all in flower 😎

@richf_tropical_garden_projects Takes a lot of dedication to get specimens like those. Golden chain as in laburnum?They look amazing, but put me off as very toxic. But then again, half the plants in tropical style gardens probably are !

@GrowTropicalMK yeah absolutely, i can tell from when i first moved in the garden had alot of effort put into it, lol then I added loads of palm trees 😂🤷‍♂️🌴 yeah thats it laburnum although not sure if its the cross with watereri🤔, bloody auto predict 😂🤦‍♂️ the seed pods can definitely be quite toxic, but yeah i agree alot of the tropical style plants have some form of toxicity, cycas and zantedesha are probably even more toxic than laburnum 🤔🤷‍♂️

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@@not41pop 🤣🌴👊appreciated g im going for full on tropical lol

@@TropicalDanUK thanks for watching and commenting 👊😎 yeah i absolutely agree, duration can make all the difference! another great point, very rarely mentioned, how it's been grown makes a huge difference. much of the more borderline stuff has probably never seen anything close to a frost!

@@GrowTropicalMK unfortunately the garden is still quite exposed 😅 great for full sun but not for wind lol 🤦‍♂️

@@brighteng7938 thanks for watching 👊😎 thank you 🙏 same to you as well 👊

@@brighteng7938 thanks for watching 😎👊 welcome to the channel, lots more content on the channel and loads coming soon! i hope you enjoyed the video 🌴

im really hoping it will get through with just a mulch, wondering though if it would do better with a temporary mini green house put over it? 🤔 hopefully though just a mulch will do it 🤷‍♂️

@@richf_tropical_garden_projects I would put the mini greenhouse over it. I tried growing my spengleri asparagus fern outside last winter in two different locations and they both died. It's supposed to be able to take our temperatures but I don't know. I would think the Blue Star is in the same hardiness area as the spengleri but not sure.

Sorry, that should be "Sprengeri" 😂

@@brocktoon8 thats a fair shout, that might just help get it through

@brocktoon8 😂🤷‍♂️

thanks for watching and commenting !😎 i absolutely agree, as temporary protection it works great and keeps the morning frost off the leaves! i dont protect my camelia but its is around 40 years old and the size of trees now haha. i can understand with a smaller plant though. i think it can be a bit of extra work , but worth it nonetheless 😎🌴

@@GrowTropicalMK i feel like it would do more damage than good if it were left on for months, lol ive seen cases where tree ferns grow into the fleece making it impossible to remove 😂👀