Tropical-Style small garden tour - Cold climate in October

[@jennyg6379]

Garden looks fantastic. I remember when it was just lawn. Well done 👏🏽

[@tikitropicals65]

Thank you for the tour. I think it’s great that you and your mum can share the same passion for this type of gardening. It’s a great hobby and even better if you can share it.

[@tropiclaud]

Thank you for your lovely comment, you’re so right. Exploring this style of gardening with my mum has made it all the more fun. We’re excited by the possibilities, the more we learn! Thank you for your informative videos also❤

[@janinewoodbridge3814]

What a lovely garden ❤

[@tropiclaud]

@@janinewoodbridge3814 it really is! I’ll pass your lovely comment on to mum, her garden is beautiful.

[@essexhognose1808]

That's a great looking Schefflera.

[@tropiclaud]

@@essexhognose1808 Indeed it is! The taiwaniana is so reliable. It’s growing really well in this location

[@claudgodfreysmith-osborne2371]

Hello Tropiclaud Beautiful gardens. I think you need to cut out the green parts of your mum's variegated euphorbia. This is the euphorbia turning back to it's natural state. Hope this helps Claud Smith-osborne

[@tropiclaud]

@@claudgodfreysmith-osborne2371 Hello there, thank you for this. You have a lovely name!☺️ I was confused by the two foliage types coming from the same plant, I had no idea it could revert like that. Useful to know. Thank you. I’ll pass it on.

[@GrowTropicalMK]

looking great :-)

[@tropiclaud]

Thanks so much, mums garden is an inspiration to me!

[@Tropical-sun]

Hi, that plant you don't know the name of is pelargonium Crispum it has pink flowers.

[@tropiclaud]

That’s good to know, thank you so much.

[@SwanLake-2024]

Girls, your garden is superb! But, how do you control slugs or worms? Ive got tiger worms in all my plants - from garden centres compost! They are damaging the roots 😢

[@tropiclaud]

@@SwanLake-2024 thanks so much for watching. To be honest, having tried various measures to control slugs, it’s a fight I’ve learnt to accept as defeated. The garden is their village. However I have found that putting plants that they enjoy in pots and tall planters can help. Natural deterrents like egg shells and coffee grounds around the roots. I’ve also used copper tape around pot edges.

[@abi-jl6qo]

how does she care for the palms during the winter? Fleece covers?

[@tropiclaud]

@@abi-jl6qo Hi there. The palms my mum has are cold hardy - trachycarpus fortunei, and wagnerianus need no protection at all and will cope with UK temperatures. The chaemerops humilis (European fan palm) will be fine with a little fleece during any frosty periods. But generally it is cold hardy also. My mum doesn’t dabble too much with rare plants that need bringing inside.