Stephen's Garden: Winter tour!

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@mathewhalpin 5 ай бұрын

I'm over the heat here in Greece and it's not officially summer yet. Watching you two wander around Stephen's amazing winter garden is making me homesick.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Oh and I want to go to Greece! Regards Stephen

@WendyWhitham 5 ай бұрын

Inspiring! Thank you.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@JackieHamlin-xs5se 5 ай бұрын

Loved the Birds Nest fern, immediately recognized it. Summer here in No. Wis, USA, love your winter garden. We cannot have most of that here, zone 4, I believe.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@joanne-et6pm 5 ай бұрын

Ur garden looks lovely Stephen hopefully mine will look similar to yours one day although a few different plants being on the GC Thanks again for sharing. Matt & Stephen Happy gardening 🌸👍 🦟🐝🦅

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

You can do it! Regards Stephen

@railiedouglas3018 5 ай бұрын

Wow! That Tom Thumb is impressive!

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Hardly living up to its name anymore! Regards Stephen

@rover790 5 ай бұрын

I enjoyed todays video of your winter garden very much. Thanks

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

@railiedouglas3018 5 ай бұрын

Fascinating flower head on that Acanthus! Looks fab.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Great plant but now frosted after the filming! Oh well next year it might flower again. Regards Stephen

@sylviahardy4568 5 ай бұрын

Lovely winter garden 😊 I did have a 'Yuletide'. Unfortunately, its first winter in my uk 🇬🇧 garden coincided with a winter that killed many plants I'd had for years. Such is gardening 🤷‍♀️ After seeing your's, think I'll give it another go 🙂

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Why not , it could work next time and is such a pretty Camellia. Regards Stephen

@railiedouglas3018 5 ай бұрын

I just planted my seedling Montanoa bipina ifida that appeared following the Bushfire that burned my previous garden under the Mother plant. Taken me four years but I’m thrilled to have it in the ground & sporting new growth already. So lovely to see your Montanoa. One of my favourite plants.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

@loriedmundson782 5 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@mattlloyd9054 5 ай бұрын

Here, where we half the year is winter, not really, but the garden is dormant, i always told my clients that if your landscape is attractive in winter, it's attractive all year. Lol i got a sick fascination with the winter garden i have to admit. Its not about flowers really its about frost snow or ice and how it looks on the garden. That said anything that stands out during the winter gets my attention even the flower. I can say id love to grow camellia or acanthus but its too cold here.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

We all have our crosses to bear! Regards Stephen

@railiedouglas3018 5 ай бұрын

Just wanted you to know I purchased an Aeschynanthus Black Pagoda on the strength of another of your recent videos. Now gracing the eastern end of my enclosed veranda with its sheer curtains. Looking forward to it flowering.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Black Pagoda could in fact be the same plant or at least a form of it. Great thing , I'm sure you will enjoy it. Regards Stephen

@FredHelenPentecost 17 күн бұрын

A Camellia question... We (Balgowlah Heights, Sydney) have a 1.5m space between the house and fence with a 900mm wide path. So there is only 600mm available for planting. We would like to cover a colorbond fence for approximately 16m in length and approximately 2m tall. We were thinking of planting Camellia Sasanqua Slimline with love which grows 1-2m tall and 1-2m wide. We have heard these are a good narrow growing option. The fenceline runs north south so we are concerned the plants may not get enough sun. Our house will protect the plants from all western sun. The fence will protect the plants from eastern sun. Our neighbours house will not directly overshadow it (ie it is open where the plants would be planted). Do you think there would be sufficient sun for a sasanqua camellia to do well? We are wondering whether it is possible to either: 1. Hedge the plants so they are only 600mm deep? or 2. Hang steel welded wire mesh on the fence and train the plants as a flat “espalier” hedge? That is, not in a candelabra/fan shape with gaps between branches. Rather, attach the plant to the mesh as it grows (trimming off forward growing branches) and have the plant fully cover the mesh and trim the plant so it is flattish. What would you recommend? Thanks for your help.

@thehorti-culturalists 15 күн бұрын

I would definitely plant a Sasanqua and informally espalier it to make a dense fence cover. Regards Stephen

@FredHelenPentecost 14 күн бұрын

Thanks Stephen. Now to learn how to espalier! A video topic for your channel???

@railiedouglas3018 5 ай бұрын

I’m anticipating masses of blue blooms on my Eranthemum pulchella any day now. Do you have any blue flowering shrubs in your garden Stephen?

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

A few that could one day make a video. Regards Stephen

@margaretsinclair6697 5 ай бұрын

I’m in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne. Ivy and Bamboo are often become weed like in many gardens up here - and out of ‘gardens’ as well! What do you do to make sure your ivy and bamboo doesn’t get out of control?

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Hard work in pruning and digging out the excess. Regards Stephen

@dogsrule2075 5 ай бұрын

Thank you gents. I recently watched an episode on your ‘double dig’ method to prepare soil. Having started my garden (Mt Eliza, Vic, Clay soil) about 7 years ago I now realise I did not do near enough to prepare the soil. Is there anything you can do “after the fact” to improve the situation. A fair portion of my first plantings have struggled or up and died. Thank you very much.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Apart from removing any existing plants and truly starting again you can only dig in compost etc around the plants trying not to disturb the roots. Not truly satisfactory but can work. Regards

@dogsrule2075 5 ай бұрын

@@thehorti-culturalists Thank you!

@sannaericditsler4034 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video here in the USA i cannot have many any of the plants you were showing but it was wonderful to see ehat you can have blooming in your winter. Also like all the zinging variegated plants too. Can't wait to see what is up for next week.

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it. Regards Stephen

@lilmak889 5 ай бұрын

!Monday Shorts question 😊 please 😊 I am located in Florida, the soil is literally pure sand, zone 9b, but we do get a slight frost or 2 in winter. Summer - lighter rainfall, had drought past 2 years. How to grow Protea plants and it is true that they will die if I fertilize with a well balances (lets say Osmocote) fertilizer. I do have it interplanted and other plants definitely need a fertilizer from time to time. Any tips to succefully grow it?

@thehorti-culturalists 5 ай бұрын

Osmocote should be fine as it is quite slow release but I know there is a version here in Australia that is low phosphate for our natives that would be even safer for Proteas. Well rotted compost and leaf mould will be gentle enough as well. Regards Stephen

@lilmak889 4 ай бұрын

@@thehorti-culturalists thank you so so so very much 💖 truly appreciate the response 😊