Garden Tour: Stephen's garden in early summer

This week on The Horti-Culturalists we're taking another seasonal tour around Stephen's garden, Tugurium, to show you just what's going on at this early summer period of the year. Ironically it felt MUCH more like winter! This time of year the garden is all about foliage as we are just in between the profusion of spring and the fullness of mid summer! And we cleverly didn't make a spring tour video (!but we will!) however we did make a winter garden tour video which you can see here: • Winter tour of Stephen...
The plants we look at in this video are:
Hosta 'Middle Ridge'
Hosta 'Something Blue'
Phygelius - Cape Fuchsia
Hypericum 'Rowallane'
Daucus decipiens
Tagetes lemmonii
Humulus lupulus 'Aureus' - Golden Hop
Semele androgyna
Arctotis daisy
Alstroemeria
Viticella Clematis - 'Polish Spirit'
Bronze Fennel
Sambucus Nigra - 'Black Tower'
Jerusalem artichoke
Atriplex hortensis rubra - Purple Orach
Sonchus palmensis
Sonchus canariensis
Lyonothamnus
Echium pininana
Eryngium pandanifolium
Tetrapanax papyrifer
Araucaria rulei
Ilex cornuta - Chinese Holly
Philadelphus 'Virginal'
Musschia wollastonii
Abutilon 'Goblin?'
Philadelphus mexicanus
Agapetes serpens
You can find the video we made about Stephen's hot border over a 12 month period here: • A year in Stephen's ho...
You can find the video we made about Stephen's front border here: • Three key ideas to hel...

[@armandodesousa6375]

There is no shortage of magnificent plants in that garden, but the highlight of the experience , to me, is the passion of the gardener! I love your Wonga pigeon, as well! I will have to look it up! Hugs from Algarve.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

So nice of you. Regards Stephen

[@psanjuro]

As usual, both informative and entertaining! Your channel is definitely one of the best horticultural features on KZbin, if not the best. Really happy to see that plants people can have a sense of humour. The garden world is often so unnecessarily serious. Thanks and greetings from Belgium! Patrick

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for the vote of confidence. We really appreciate it and hope you keep enjoying our efforts. Regards Stephen

[@mariale7821]

That homey pigeon needs to now be a part of your videos 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I think so too! Regards Stephen

[@paulacothren3591]

Thank you so much for another great garden tour. I appreciate your attention to taxonomy, an ever-evolving adventure.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I think Matthew sees me as a bit of a pedant sometimes! Regards Stephen

[@margaretcolwell9358]

The scent of the Philadelphia Mexicanus is one I associate with Christmas and happily sit on my father's decking and take in This shrub is one that will travel with me to my new home and bring it's scent form and memories of my father and mother. 😂

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Its amazing how a perfume can evoke all sorts of memories. Regards Stephen

[@robyn-r3g]

Your daucus decipiens are so romantic and old fashioned. Very beautiful.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you like them! Regards Stephen

[@lindamiller394]

I live in Indiana in USA. So enjoy your tours of gardens. Thanks.😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you like them! Regards Stephen

[@King_Prescott]

Gardener in the pacific north west. Love your channel and it always gives me a laugh about the difference in our seasons. Hellebores, daffodils, and crocus are all blooming and a bit earlier than last year after our extra warm December.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I’ll hav all those in due course but happy with the summer goodies at the moment. Glad you like our channel. Regards Stephen

[@JackpotMeSlots-xm5yy]

HI Guys loving your video's.Can you do a video about Gloxinias.I think they are one of most beautiful and forgotten about plants out there ! Cheers Phil 😀

[@thehorti-culturalists]

if we can find THE expert on the Genus we would be happy to do it I’m sure. They would need to be within our area as well of course. Regards Stephen

[@JackpotMeSlots-xm5yy]

@@thehorti-culturalists of course ❤️

[@joanne-et6pm]

Thanks Stephen ur garden looks lovely love the rambling pathways - had no idea u were opening it on Saturday would have flown down Happy gardening Jo-Anne 🌸

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks 👍

[@andreamanley1077]

Thank-you, beautiful garden.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Our pleasure! Regards Stephen

[@pocketsofmayhem]

I saw one of these at Kew when I visited last year and didn’t know what it was…now I do 😅 Thank you for filling in a knowledge gap 🙌

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You are so welcome! Regards Stephen

[@jaqmackie]

Beautiful garden. Loved the ramble through your garden 💚

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you enjoyed it! Regards Stephen

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

Beautiful lush garden! subscribed!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us!

[@jucjuc314]

I am into birds and nearly fell off the couch seeing the wonga pigeon walking in so close to you 😮😄😄 I could hear it calling before it walked into the frame and O thought what is going on?!.. Funny little bugger. 😄 The story behind it is pretty cool, how it stayed there with you! Love it 😄 Greetings, Judit

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching! It LOVES hanging around on our filming days!

[@jucjuc314]

Maybe it is trying to send a message to it's relatives up in QLD 😄😄😄​@@thehorti-culturalists

[@davidneumaier1754]

Careful what you wish for! Semele self seeds all over in a friend’s garden here in California. Seems to be potentially invasive!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Ill still wish for it ! Regards Stephen

[@friedgreenaussie]

Hi Stephen, Was wondering if you and Matthew could do a tour of your nursery in a video for your channel ? Love the video, as per usual :)

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Great idea! I'll broach it with Matthew. Regards Stephen

[@imaginativeusername4732]

Probably a stupid question, but how does the pond stay full of water without a liner?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

heavy almost rock like clay soil that holds water. Regards Stephen

[@jacobduboeuff1503]

Thank you both for your amazing, instructive, humoristic garden/plants programs. Q: Maybe I missed it, but what is your opinion about a perfect lawn in the garden. With an English Allett mower I have a lawn with stripes. I love it, but my wife says it's to much. Greetings from The Netherlands. Jacob du Boeuff

[@thehorti-culturalists]

To be honest I'm not a lawn lover but can appreciate a well kept one. Really it is in the eye of the beholder and if you love it that is the important thing. Regards Stephen

[@maureenburke-gaffney3079]

Love your program and never miss an episode. I have a Philadelphus in my Cowichan Valley, Vancouver Island yard. Not sure of the variety but it's probably lewisii. It is huge and has reached the windows of the second floor of the house. I love it... don't want to lose it's beautiful perfume. Can I cut it close to the ground and be confident that it will return in all it's fragrant mock orange glory? Thanks Maureen

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You certainly can and I would do this straight after flowering. Regards Stephen

[@biekken849]

Very nice garden 😀 What is the minimum temperature in winter in your area?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

We get only a couple of degrees of frost most winters. Regards Stephen

[@grandmothergoose]

How much root space does an Echium pininana require? Could it be a potentially suitable plant to grow a row to get some height in a narrow space alongside a (typical suburban) driveway next to a fence in full sun?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Perfect! Regards Stephen

[@armandodesousa6375]

Did I see a Wollemi pine in the tropical garden?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Haven't planted one yet so it was probably one of my Araucarias. Regards Stephen

[@kaigordon3195]

Hi Guys, Just wondering what the best way to design and plant a decidous woodland garden would be. I live in tasmania and have been collecting a varitiy of cool decidous trees including oregon maple, dawn redwood and cherry birch, and have a resonable plot to put them. The idea being to have a shade garden in the summer and sun in the winter. Any advice would be helpfull.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Firstly I would suggest repeat planting of at least one species to make a truly woodland look so use them all but repeat one. Prepare the ground well with loads of organic material and mulch well to make sure when you plant the understory that weeds are gone. Regards Stephen

[@thehorti-culturalists]

You could also watch our video on the subject here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnLSc2xolMt1o8ksi=3THBaMQdvr91Tgt7

[@mt2766]

How long does it take for a Finger Lime or Caviar Lime to produce fruit? I planted a small tree in zone 11b 2.5 years ago,. Although the tree looks healthy, it has yet to bear fruit.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

They should all things being equal start to flower and of course then fruit within 3years sometimes even earlier. Regards Stephen

[@mt2766]

Thank you, Stephen! @@thehorti-culturalists

[@laurelharrison1977]

Where’s is your nursery located?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Mt. Macedon Victoria Australia is my nurseries location. Regards Stephen

[@kerryjean2223]

So how many seasons do you think we get?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

All of them. Regards Stephen