Historic garden Tour: The Tropical Garden at the University of Melbourne

Part Two of of our four part series looking at some of the fabulous gardens and plants found within the grounds of the University of Melbourne, and this week we're looking at the Tropical Garden - in LESS than tropical Melbourne! What is fascinating is the use of a variety of plants to give a tropical feel despite some of them actually being cold climate plants! We'll look at the three majestic and significant shade trees that form the heart of the garden, and then the understory of palms and ferns that together create a truly wonderful layered garden. The university is open to the public so do take a look if you are in Melbourne and many thanks to The University of Melbourne and to head gardener Virginia McNally for taking the time to explain the garden to us. The plants we cover in this video are:
Grevillea robusta - the silky oak tree
Brachychiton discolor
Dendrobium speciosum
Livistona australis - the cabbage palm
Linospadix monostachyos - the walking stick palm
Howea forsteriana - the Kentia palm
Dicksonia antarctica
Cyathea cunninghamii - Alsophila cunninghamii
Asplenium nidus - bird's nest fern
Doodia aspera - the Prickly Rasp Fern
Platycerium - staghorn fern
We have made another video about creating a tropical look garden in a non tropical environment which you can see here: • How to create a tropic...

[@dewdan11dnd46]

🫶✨Such an interesting, subtropical tour through the gardens. Thank you for taking us along with you. 🌿💞

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thank you for watching!

[@Janette0220]

love how many natives were used!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-ub2mu6iz5y]

These are the best gardening videos. Thanks. 👍 🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you like them! Regards Stephen

[@ryanharvey1098]

I would love a video about cool climate palms!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Your wish is our command! We will be filming it in about a month so it should show up within a few weeks of that. Regards Stephen

[@ryanharvey1098]

@@thehorti-culturalists Great! Looking forward to it!

[@Flowergarden6159]

Loved the video. Getting better every time.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@MDA-rs4uf]

right besiide the ginkgo trees on the campus gardens there was a wollemii .... i know i'm misspelling everything but i'm kinda enamored with that group of conifers..you didn't comment on it at all which surpises me a bit..... they have a few at Kew in the UK and they protect them carefully........i do find it very intriguing... the auracaria auracana and angustifolia both really fasciinate me for some reason... you all must not consider them of much interest ,,, i'm guessing because you didn't comment on it when discussing the ginkgos that were being trained........ they apparently are just another conifer to native australians... my guess...

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching - we've covered the Wollemi Pine in some depth in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGfTfmSfd5iVnZo and might do a feature on it at a later date.

[@sannaericditsler4034]

A great video. I would love to see Australia.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!