How to grow a tropical garden - 5 seed packets, only 1 year! 🌱🌴

[@peterarmstrong3298]

Great ideas and graphics! Thanks Craig.

[@gordonissocoollike]

Brilliant suggestions for some garden drama

[@GrowParadise]

Cheers Peter 👍

[@YougrowgirlUK]

Love your channel. I find it very inspiring. I built my own stream off the back of your stream video ❤️

[@GrowParadise]

That's amazing to hear, thanks 😀

[@carlywelsh7919]

What a brilliant video! Thank u

[@GrowParadise]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@allielee8509]

Interesting video and some great ideas!

[@GrowParadise]

Thanks Allie

[@rosehill1595]

Fabulous and oh so cheap ideas - great video. I will use Coleus - there are so many wonderful leaf shapes and colors to choose from, in the front of one border, an excellent suggestion. I think I'll experiment with Ricinus in another border as my Tropical Garden slowly matures. Love your videos - useful, practical and most of all tropical panache!

[@GrowParadise]

Thanks Rose, I hope my videos are giving you lots of ideas 😄

[@M_SC]

This was really informative and makes me want to try it, ty

[@tomprior-grice5176]

Love the video! Great idea 👌

[@GrowParadise]

Thanks 👍

[@101candlelight6]

Greetings from Barbados, I really enjoyed this video, I had no idea coleus was considered a tropical plant, it’s one of my favorites and I have about sixteen varieties, this video has been very helpful as I am in the process of creating my own tropical garden .

[@GrowParadise]

Hello, in the UK most of the plants with colourful leaves are considered exotic. Coleus are great filler plants for us 😁

[@101candlelight6]

@@GrowParadise oh thanks, I will remember that.

[@gordonissocoollike]

I’ve bought the sweet corn. But didn’t find it in your shop but love your ideas very much. G

[@neringag2472]

Thank you for video . Just ordered Ricinus and sweetcorn seeds ! Take care !

[@GrowParadise]

Awesome, thanks for watching 👍

[@kayholdstock1573]

Inspiring 💐😄🪴

[@GrowParadise]

Thanks 👍

[@irismoles9369]

Thankyou Craig

[@adamj3791]

Really enjoyed this! My partner loves draceana fragrans and the sweetcorn really reminds me of the leaves. Tempted to buy some seeds and give them a go, I'm sure he would love the look of those in the summer :) Thanks!

[@GrowParadise]

No problem, I hope it looks great in your garden 👍

[@uyoorsolyaejiofoh6263]

Are these seed packs still available on the webshop?

[@zinzi910]

Hi!! I loved this video! Stupid question maybe but are these all evergreens?

[@GrowParadise]

No stupid questions here! 😀 these plants are all annuals, so they will die in a cold winter.

[@margaretwoolley7335]

I know this is a dumb question but will these plants come back each year? Or do you have to grow from seed each year?

[@debjanibhowmick5870]

Is castor oil plant perennial in zone 7?

[@indiarose7218]

Cheers, Craig. I’ve just had some Amaranthus seeds delivered. Any tips? I was going to water in some compost, surface sow the seeds, put on a heat mat until germinated and then move to a sunny position once established. I tend to bottom water everything. Sound good?

[@GrowParadise]

Sounds good! 👍

[@reneap9049]

Nice!

[@stephenmurrell1477]

Id never seen zea mays quadricolour sweetcorn befor ive just orderd some seeds to try think it will look wonderfull at the back of my borders with them multi colourd leaves 🙂

[@GrowParadise]

It's great isn't it, happy growing!

[@joezimmerman1089]

One problem I've found growing Coleus from seed this year is that they all seem to be different colours, even if you buy a pack that's supposed to be of one single colour.

[@GrowParadise]

That's a shame, another option is to buy a plant you like and take lots of cuttings

[@vicstee482]

Good video, but you should have included how poisonous ricinus is! Not an issue if you dont have pets that chew or children that might want to try things. Especially as one of the plants next to it is sweetcorn!

[@GrowParadise]

Very good point! Many of the plants we grow and don't eat are poisonous, but Ricinus is a particularly poisonous plant.

[@lauraclark8123]

I decided against growing ricinus for this reason. Yes, lots of plants in the garden are poisonous, but not many children are tempted to munch on a daffodil. But I’ve heard that ricinus can ping their poisonous seeds around. I have a five-year-old, and her friends sometimes visit with younger siblings. I realised that I would never be able to relax whilst they played in the garden, worrying that a toddler might pick up a seed and put it in their mouth. Or a seed might ping over the fence into the neighbouring childrens’ garden.Plants with poisonous seeds or berries strike me as a much greater risk to small children than poisonous leaves or roots.