Springy Steve’s Autumn walk of the garden, October 2019

Just a last walk through of the garden. I was going to start lifting a few of the tender plants today but decided not to due to the fact that it has rained most of the day. Some plants are past their best now but a lot of the plants are still looking good.
I’ve not done much work in the garden for the last few weeks and I have just enjoyed spending time in it before the autumn winds and first frosts blacken and damage the foliage.

[@jamesh.maloyjr.6940]

You've made a wonderful place of paradise on earth. And I thank you for no music playing. But I did love the bubbling water.

[@thepearlatelier4256]

Beautiful, wish it were longer, reminds me a lot of the garden of Eden my Mum created when i was a child. I love gardens so much.

[@zap4980]

Beautiful 🤩😍🤩 Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@cassandrasmith5517]

Wow! The garden is phenomenal🥰. I loved this magical tour👏

[@jessicaelliott4392]

Wow a tropical oasis, how clever! Never seen anything like it before, well done!

[@maharlikaqueen3223]

Oh!I love walking around in your garden with a cup of coffe morning til afternoon❤❤❤

[@abchiro]

Still looking amazing Steve - well done!

[@lorrainewilson9818]

Every morning I choose a garden on youtube to start my day after praising my God. Fortunately for me this morning I came upon your beautiful garden. The single thing that was missing for me is my cup of coffee while i enjoyed every inch of it. Well done and keep up the great work.

[@unicornsinthewind]

Hi there , have just spoken to your partner on the phone (about Miele products !) and said I would leave a message - also want to say how amazing your garden is ! I'm recommending your channel to my neighbour who is also an avid gardener and a lover of tropical plants .

[@hanadao6399]

I love your garden! Thank you for the update 🌿🌿

[@sharonpreddy6681]

Still looking amazing...I never tire of looking at your garden and still can't get to grips to how big/small it is and the lay out which is a great accomplishment in my opinion.An astonishing amount of amazing plants you have there .....just awe inspiring!!

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you sharon. One of the next videos I aim to do will be after our first hard frost showing the damage that it causes to the garden. It’s amazing just how black tender plants become when frost damaged. It will then start to show the evergreen backbone of hardy plants that we get to look at for the rest of winter. Don’t want to think too much about that yet though 😆

[@sharonpreddy6681]

@@Springyfeller No I'm with you there......our Winters are too long and wet,I've not ventured into mine for weeks now because of the rain

[@tanetadarko1636]

I’m wholeheartedly head over heels in love with your garden. So very inspiring 👏🏽👏🏽

[@patbosher8963]

I'm amazed how much you do to a garden. Love the sound of water. And Twitterof birds. Like being somewhere else in on planet.❤

[@Springyfeller]

I’m a plantaholic so I need to cram in all the many plants that I fall in love with. Water is a must in any garden I believe. So many birds, mammals and insects drink from the bowls and stream. It’s fascinating to watch them.

[@jessicageorge3164]

Oh wow that's awesome thank thank you for sharing your lovely garden😍😚

[@anitaferreiraperini7010]

Esse jardim é um espetáculo! Amo jardins assim: Like.

[@tropicaljungle2574]

Keep posting, keep updating. Your garden is trully an inspiration!

[@dip_emb_mexuk]

It is so lush and absolutely beautiful!

[@josephlone9391]

Still looking GREAT in October. Breathe taking as ever!!!

[@sharonconnors6061]

We're well into October and your garden is still looking fantastic! Absolutely beautiful!

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you Sharon. Dahlias and Salvias are still stealing the show!🤗

[@bigshoestofill1019]

Best garden I've ever seen. You've got a real talent for design, plant selection etc. Thanks for sharing.

[@Springyfeller]

Fraxion Six Thank you! You are welcome and thanks for watching! What can I say........ I’m a plantaholic!😇

[@smdetailingandvaleting7352]

My favourite garden. One day mine will look as mature as yours, I hope. Keep up the great work. I wish you would post more videos too 😄

[@TropicalPlantAddict]

Beautiful! 🌺🌴🍁

[@osmarjunior3753]

So inspiring, I can't wait for Spring 2020

[@sylviaappleton6816]

I so appreciate your response and taking the time to give advice, thank you very much. Will try your method and fingers crossed they will survive. I have a garage which houses most of the tender plant so will keep in there. Many thanks again and hope to come to your open day next year 😁

[@bradsalyer6562]

Beautiful!

[@josephinebrevig8748]

Just beautiful. Inspirational.

[@margaritarios251]

Que belleza de jardin cuantas flores hermosas y matas bellas felicidades

[@nejo3427]

Always Amazing! Looking forward to see Spring/Summer 2020

[@bloggalot4718]

A wonderful inspiration for other gardeners Steve.

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you for your comments Bryan! 🙏

[@Duncila]

Every time when I watching your garden I'm enjoying 100% Steve!!! I wish that some day my garden looks something similar like yours!!!

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you Donatas. You will get there one day I’m sure! It’s a great process creating your own garden. 🤗

[@Duncila]

@@Springyfeller thanks Steve for sharing with your garden and huge inspiration!! 👍

[@idaniamorales6058]

Beautiful 😍

[@andrestern7929]

Wonderful!

[@allendanceinstitute.1300]

Excellent garden

[@vanessafonseca6976]

Encantada com esse jardim 🤩😍😍😍

[@yamilethhdz400]

i just love him 😍😍

[@prastiyofamily1465]

i think i will go to your garden with my collect book till night

[@eileentarrant9220]

I AM AMAZED 😲

[@ElenaLRC]

Lindo jardim, bênção de Deus

[@user-bk4mg4wq1z]

Очень красиво!!!

[@LuizCarlos-rq8ey]

Fantastic

[@jackhagenaars165]

You should do some spotlight videos on specific plants,that would be very interesting

[@garyaldridge8281]

Hi Springy when is the next open day, love the detail in your garden can i come thanks Gary

[@Springyfeller]

Hi Gary, all being well, this year’s open day will be on the 20th of August.

[@jamesortegarubilar2073]

lindo...lindo

[@aliceainscough1858]

Still my favourite garden. Whats the aspect and measurements of your garden. Your dahlias are flowering very well even though they don't appear to have the sunniest of positions .

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you Alice. The garden is pretty much exactly south facing and is approximately 78ft x 24ft I think. All of the Dahlias get sun at some stage during the day.

[@richardevenden3683]

Hi Steve, amazing garden! What's the plant with dark leaves but bright red flowers in the middle of your raised bed (around 19 seconds in)? Thanks

[@richardevenden3683]

Does anyone know what this plant is? Thanks for any help

[@lindahutabarat8653]

Cantik, .. Salam dari Indonesia..👍🏻🙋‍♀️😇

[@elliottwhyte3177]

Lovely garden steve! What is the plant on the left hand side at the very start of the video? (next to brick wall)

[@hoekievld]

I think it's the chamaedorea microspadix, but I'm not 100% sure

[@lindas9816]

So much to take in, a beautiful garden. Can you share the plant's name with thick stalks, wide leaves at base with small greenish flowers at 4:58? It had white flowers in BBQ video.

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you for your comments Linda. The plant you refer to is actually a bulb. It is Eucomis pole-evansii

[@captainredbeard1749]

still looking awesome! ive booked a week off in november to put my garden to bed hope the hard frosts dont come before then. do you protect your musa basjoos at all? im going to try protecting mine this year always let them get frosted to the ground and start afresh in spring.

[@Springyfeller]

rootman rootman Thanks! It depends what you have to protect. Cannas, Dahlias, Gingers etc will survive a hard frost as it’s the rhizomes that need protecting and not the foliage/stems. I have had enough of properly protecting the bananas. I lift all the tender ones but Musa basjoo and M. sikkimensis just get blankets thrown over them on the coldest nights day -7c. I remove them again as the temperatures rise again. It’s a bit of a gamble but I’m fed up of wrapping them up in straw or loft insulation as it creates a lot of waste material and mess in spring.

[@shabnamshahid6859]

I am from india. So beautful garden i have ever seen.i do not have words. To praise.

[@anthonybowater1306]

Hi Springy, are you going to release anther video in 2020; your garden is Lush, also where do you mainly get your plants from.

[@WillBeInTheGarden]

💚💚💚~

[@thegioinhungloaihoa9644]

That video clip, which country do you record?

[@NaturalMystic71]

Such paradise! 🤩 What zone are you in?

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you 🙏 We are probably around 8b but about 10 years ago when I started the garden it was more like 8a

[@user-fo8ih4jk3g]

Great!!! Thank you for video! Nice to see Fascicularia bicolour and some very exotic red Salvia in flower. At 7 min 40 sec you have something with red stem, which looks like Impatiens flanaganae, what is it???

[@Springyfeller]

Hi Roman, the Salvia is confertiflora and yes it is indeed Impatiens flanaganae. I started with 3 plants in a pot and now it’s a good sized clump and spreading. I started to watch your video on GOTE but I haven’t got around to finishing it. I must watch it from the beginning again tomorrow! Thanks for your kind comments!🙏

[@user-fo8ih4jk3g]

Hi Steve, thank you! Concerning Impatience flanaganae - how do you winterize it and when it starts blooming in your climate? Second question, have you tried I. tinctoria?

[@Springyfeller]

Roman Kunetskiy I just leave it to die down to the ground in winter and I don’t do anything with it. It has red potato looking rhizomes which seem to overwinter fine in our free draining soil. I do have other impatiens but not I. tinctoria........ Yet. I have seen it for sale but not sure if I like it enough to give it space.

[@user-fo8ih4jk3g]

@@Springyfeller Great! When does Impatience flanaganae usually start blooming in your climate???

[@Springyfeller]

Roman Kunetskiy I would say around the middle of August here. This year the first flowers appeared for our open day on the 17th of August.👍

[@moimarcie]

Beautiful! Which one is the reddish plant on 2:25 minute please?

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you 🙏 It’s Iresine herbstii

[@sylviaappleton6816]

Just superb ! Do you leave your colocasias in the garden or lift and store?

[@Springyfeller]

Hi Sylvia, I lift and store all the Colocasia. I tried to keep them growing in the bathroom but they were badly attacked by aphids and then spider mites. I now tend to cram as many as I can into the same pot, water them in to settle the compost around the roots and then they are left to dry out over winter in the heated outhouse. I think there is enough moisture in the stems to stop most of the corms drying out completely. I sometimes get aphids on them but it’s easier to treat when not I the house. If the plants are really small though I will try to keep them ticking over as there may not be enough moisture in the small leaves/stems to stop the small corms from drying out completely and then dying. If the compost is too wet the corms will rot. As with a lot of what I overwinter inside, it’s a juggling act to keep things ticking over till spring. I don’t always get it right but I’m learning what works for me. Some varieties such as mojito, coal miner and black magic for example, I can’t keep happy over winter and I lose them. 😢

[@mary-annreel6809]

What a great garden, are you opening to public in 2020 at all? As not to far from Abingdon and would love to see it in real life!

[@Springyfeller]

Mary-Ann Reel Thank you! Yes we plan to open again next year. It’s usually the Saturday before the late August bank holiday. This may change next year though as we might open in September instead. Follow me on Twitter @springy_steve for details nearer the time or pm me on there and then I can get your email address put on our notification list! We always like to see new visitors!🤗

[@paulkingston6959]

Looking superb Steve. .what Aeoniums are they ?

[@Springyfeller]

Thanks Paul. The two varieties that I know are Aeonium zwartkop and Aeonium ‘Blushing beauty’. I do have another variety (or possibly two) that was sent to me by YORKSHIRE KRIS that I don’t know the name of.

[@paulkingston6959]

@@Springyfeller thanks Steve keep up the good work

[@lilk4g186]

Please tell me the name of the white flower beautiful!

[@Springyfeller]

lilk4g I think you may be referring to Eucomis pole-evansii

[@lilk4g186]

Thank you for your reply What I'm doing is the name of the white flower on the black stem. Is it Asteraceae? Do you know your name?

[@Springyfeller]

lilk4g Dahlia’Twinings After Eight’?

[@lilk4g186]

Thank you very much ！！！

[@nickyfenton6538]

An absolutely stunning garden Steve. Please tell me what the plant is (in between Dahlia and Iresine?) at 6:07.

[@Springyfeller]

Thank you Nicky. The plant is a nice form of Manihot grahamii. It’s one of my favourite plants that I have here. The leaf shape is amazing!!

[@nickyfenton6538]

@@Springyfeller Thanks Steve. Those amazing leaves really caught my attention. This I must have!

[@Springyfeller]

Nicky Fenton I do have them for sale now and again. I’ve got two seedlings spare at the moment BUT they are starting to go dormant.

[@nickyfenton6538]

@@Springyfeller That would be great Steve. Are you able to PM me with details?

[@Springyfeller]

Nicky Fenton I’m not sure if I can PM on here but you could message me on Twitter @springy_steve

[@elviramcdonald7930]

I love your garden.Do you live in the tropic coz all your plants are tropical plants.Sorry for asking.

[@Springyfeller]

Elvira McDonald Thanks! No I live in Abingdon on Thames in the UK.

[@jonicarlson7950]

What is the name of the big tree with the large leaves on it at 0:41

[@Springyfeller]

Joni Carlson That is Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Thank you for watching!👍