UK Jungle Garden & 'Tropical' Plants After Early Winter Freezes

[@MattiasTiivel]

Your gardens still looking great after the freezes! It has also dropped to around -5 here in Estonia for a night, and even the Potted Sago palms are still looking great! They were covered in around 10cm of snow, but now it has risen back up to around 10c! Hope your weather conditions improve!

[@Islandgirl4ever2]

Hiya George... Same here in France, first snow, and so early.. 10 cm at that.. Today, though, it's 17C! I even took the covers off the bananas and opened the greenhouse door for the Pheonix.. What a big contrast in temps.. Thanks for your lovely tour.. Always inspirational.. Cheers, Leesa in France

[@Erik-so2pm]

Lovely video. Our beautiful Tetrapanax is now full of flower buds. But also this year, summer is too short to produce flowers (Netherlands).

[@shineamenmbs3107]

George, thank you for sharing these happy and sad sides of your Jungle Garden adventures. Mother Nature is hard to challenge at times, even if you are wise, positive and courageous as you are. Time to move to Ivory Coast, Gold Coast (Africa), or Cebu Island... (Just kidding, i do know you like to feel the different seasons along the year). Thanks again, all the best George!❄🙋‍♂ By the way, i was happy to see that the Dragonfly and the Philodendron leave are safe...

[@bdbevo]

Great video George and it highlights the reality that 'Winter is Coming' whether we like it or not. This will motivate me to take care of everything I've been putting off for winter prep. Here the lowest temp so far was just under 4° C last night but tonight it'll be a low of 16°... It can lull you into a false sense of security.. Cheers from Texas! ~Bill

[@stevebacon1026]

Hi george. Good vid . The wind is blowing so hard at moment. Not harming to much. Im sure we will get the freezing weather soon, well - it is that time of year! Take care mate . Steve.🌴👍

[@AlexP1-y4g]

Great video, down here on the Isle of Wight the wind has torn my bananas to shreds. In comparison its been quite warm down here. Its dropped down to 2 degrees C Friday night. My Agaves and Palms still going good.

[@TomRamsayMusic]

Did you protect your Butyagrus palm? I just left mine to it and it seems to be fine up here in Scotland, for now 🤣

[@murph-r7v]

Hi George, when wrapping up musa basjoo I have seen some videos which say cover fleece with a plastic cover/ sheet. Is this something you would recommend? It obviously keeps them dry and protects from frost more than just fleece, but is it best to let them breathe more?

[@GeorgesJungleGarden]

Hi, there’s plenty of different ways to wrap them and I do try to make a point of saying in my vids that my ways aren’t necessarily the only or indeed ‘right’ way! A plastic cover over the top of protection works well if you’ve made an enclosure out of chicken wire / fleece and packed it full of straw as straw and fleece provide the best insulation when dry. You may even be able to fully cover the protection with plastic provided there’s a good layer of straw / fleece under there and it isn’t directly touching the plant underneath. Ideally I’d say leave a bit of the covering to be breathable but bananas are a lot more tolerant of being wrapped than palms etc. Personally I’ve found a couple of layers of fleece bags to keep the rain out relatively well and they also dry out quickly.

[@Tminus89]

We had some milder frost here in NL, 1 night of -2c with some snow. It all was gone by the evening due to rain. My Tetrapanax still has green leaves, took the first hit well

[@Islandgirl4ever2]

P.S. I have a specific question just to have your knowledgeable opinion.. Do you think it would be ok to keep a tetrapanax growing in a big enough pot and keep it there so as not to eventually have runners? I have a lot of grass that I don't want to dig up if it runs, and I have a nasty neighbour on one side.. so don't want it to run to her side.. Thanks..

[@parttimeninja5521]

My Farfugium completely died back above ground last winter, but it came back in spring with a vengeance 🍀

[@YorkshireKRIS]

I've not been in my garden yet after the cold week but expecting it'll look pretty similar to yours. Thankfully it's very mild today

[@GeorgesJungleGarden]

Hopefully everything comes through ok for you Kris and you manage to get a good look around in the daylight. Yes, it’s certainly a big temperature jump but at least enough to keep a real sustained freeze at bay luckily.

[@cynthiastogden7000]

Very windy and wet in Cornwall but I have a flower bud on my small Braeburn apple tree! Not a good sign I think. A little freezing one night but it is still there.

[@mawkernewek]

I'm in Cornwall too, I've seen apples, hawthorn and pears flower in autumn a few times in recent years, don't think I really have this year though. I think it happens when there is a period of dry weather followed by rain, so that a dormant period is induced and then a new flush of leaves and sometimes flowers once rain returns.

[@DJSupaflyguy]

🫡👌👌👌👌

[@GeorgesJungleGarden]

Thanks 😃

[@Knapper94]

Arid tour or we riot! :)

[@39chevy44]

Hi George, looks like you r frosts were more severe than mine as only got down to -2 on Mersea , but the windy weather has done some damage, but everything is still green, T rex is starting to flower hopefully it will flourish before the next frosts?. Cheers Paul.