UK Exotic Garden Tour 2023 Great Cliff Exotic Garden

[@KenTurner-gz2ve]

Hi Kris, Just found you site and its great ! I love the tropical's and have palms , bamboo o here on Vancouver Island. Originally from Barnsley area over 35 years ago I love what you have done.

[@NickCraggs]

Such a fantastic garden and we really enjoyed visiting today. I saved this video until we had seen it in person. A great day out!

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for visiting

[@HaydnMowbray]

Looks great Kris. Love the steel edged paths

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thanks 👍

[@Roatanlova68fmp71lliiiak]

Absolutely spectacular, so many beautiful and different plants layered to perfection. A proper labour of love and I definitely see the love in your garden! It looks so very different this year - the new paths really brighten it up and makes it feel never ending. Great job and design, I love it!

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thanks for taking the time to comment. Much appreciated 🙏

[@stanleygladstone1210]

Anyone considering visiting, I highly recommend. The video tours are great but to be there is awesome. You won't be disappointed.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

There's still tickets available

[@DJSupaflyguy]

I’ve noticed this year a lot of the plants have been 2 weeks to a month behind an my cannas have been more nearly 2 month behind compared to last year. Seasons are definitely changing. 👌👌👌👌 Top channel keep it up.👌👌👌👌

[@MrY3S1CAN]

Where did you get the E. Regnans from? If grown from seed do you have any tips, please?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

It was from a online nursery, think based in Scotland. Got it 10 years ago now

[@scottwells1692]

Great video for inspiring me for this growing season. What type of pitcher plants do you have at 2.23. Do you leave them out all year?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thanks, mostly purpurea that are really hardy. Yes left out all winter

[@scottwells1692]

@@YorkshireKRIS Brilliant, thank you

[@marciaanderson6274]

What is the names of the cannas? Not the musafolia but the others. Also the Hedychium. S. Thanks

[@billysgarden]

Woah.... Thank you for the garden tour.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

You're welcome

[@tedscott1478]

You really do have an amazing garden. Thank you Kris😊

[@DarrenJameson-w1l]

STUNNING, I moved to Ireland from Yorkshire 7 years ago and been looking for some inspiration, hard to find plants here, I'm taking a 1 hour 40 drive today to pick up my first bamboo to get me started.

[@1ilgrillo]

I'm in Clare if you are looking for Tetrapanax, Paulownia, (Ricinus in the spring), Canna. Not sure where you are based.

[@DarrenJameson-w1l]

@1ilgrillo hi I'm in co Leitrim, all the garden specialists seem to be in Kildare but don't mind a drive if it's something hard to get.

[@1ilgrillo]

@user-iy7ce9mv6b Rare Plants Ireland near the Red Cow has a wide selection and worth, a trawl online.

[@DarrenJameson-w1l]

@1ilgrillo thanks for the info, I'll have a look and I'll be in touch if I'm down your way.

[@DJSupaflyguy]

Is there anywhere I can get that same crossed palm you’ve got at around 10:50 mins ?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Only from private sellers or the USA. Rarely offered UK

[@DJSupaflyguy]

@@YorkshireKRIS is there any possibility I could buy some INULA MAGNIFICA GIANT FLEABANE seeds from a flower head of seeds ?

[@wesleyhackney]

Fantastic tour. Diverse collection of tropical plants. Which schefferla type would you pick to that would be most cold tolerant. I’m in Pensacola FL zone 9A and need to plan for maybe a couple of night in upper 20 F for a few hours. Any suggestions ?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

I don't know how the temperate Scheffleras would do in Florida but macrophylla would be a great one to try

[@shadyboy-c3k]

Beautiful garden Kris, unfortunately my Odorata and eriospayha palms succumbed to the cold last winter,they were both large but still in pots i think this was my mistake i should've planted them out,oh well a lesson learnt mate

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Sorry to hear that. Yes the roots aren't that hardy so can be killed in pots when it's cold for a long time

[@davemcmaster1998]

Fantastic as ever Kris. Looking forward to seeing it with my Mrs in even more detail on the open day soon!

[@deniseheanue1447]

I love your garden, mine is a 1/4 size in comparrison. Where do you hang your washing though? . Thank you

[@YorkshireKRIS]

There's a rotary line in the first area

[@tumtumarbre]

Just beautiful! Kris can you tell me a little about the echiums you have grown from seed? What variety are they and how will you manage them over the winter?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Hi, they are Echium pininana and Echium wildpretii. They won't be protected over winter. If its mild they'll survive. If not, I'll grow more from seed.

[@ladyjrider666]

Lovely tour as always. Can I ask what type of eucalyptus trees you have, and the sizes when planted?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thank you. They were about 30 or 40cm when planted 9 years ago. regnans, gunnii and debeuzevillei

[@Bestekla]

Hi Kris, I don't think I've seen any Tetrapanax in this video? What happened to them?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

There's lots but they're way over head height! Funnily enough I removed 10 or so earlier today

[@Omlittlebuddha]

Hi Kris, what is the name of the chocolate climber on the archway please? Is it hardy?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Yes it's hardy and called Akebia

[@happydonutfarts6235]

You'd know what really'd be the cherry on the top of the series, if Kris would always end a video with chin half lifted at camera, "Don't hate my garden because it's beautiful, but be inspired by it's making. Thank you very much! All be well with your own gardenings."

[@tedscott1478]

Eh? What?

[@garethvanderwesthuyzen6420]

Having subscriped to your channel for a number of years I was inspired to grow hedychium forrestii. I've planted two healthy specimens out in the spring, mulched with manure, and they've done nothing 😅

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Oh no! Hope they pull through. Were they living plants or dry rhizomes

[@garethvanderwesthuyzen6420]

@@YorkshireKRIS living plants, about a foot in height

[@bgmckeown]

Everything is looking fantastic Kris! Considering Everything that's been thrown at us weather-wise!

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thank you

[@tedscott1478]

Is the trachycarpus aureophyllis¿ self fertilising?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Very unlikely but I know of a couple of people who have similar sized oreophilus that could potentially do a pollen swap

[@mrchuffy6535]

ive just picked up an amicia zygomeris from the secret garden of Louth after seeing it on this video in your garden, any tips for planting location Kris from someone who has a fantastic healthy looking plant thanks

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Full sun and shelter if possible. Part shade is also fine.

[@mrchuffy6535]

@@YorkshireKRIS Thanks Kris, googling it isn't the same as hearing from someone who has grown it with success

[@mattc9998]

Which exotic plant are you most surprised by how well it does in the UK?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Hi Matt, Possibly Agave montana. It grows pretty much as well as it does in habitat

[@mattc9998]

@@YorkshireKRIS I agree that it does well, and I thought it was basically invincible here, but I lifted it to repot it this year after winter and it was completely rotted at the base 😓

[@YorkshireKRIS]

@mattc9998 oh no! Sorry to hear it

[@tedscott1478]

Do you expect to get any fruit from the loquat in this country? I think they bloom in the winter so there can't be many pollinators around then? Or are they self pollinating?

[@YorkshireKRIS]

A lot ot of people had the fruiting last year. I had flowers but the cold damaged them

[@tedscott1478]

@@YorkshireKRIS thanks Kris, I've got my fingers crossed. I've got a feijoa that flowered a couple of years ago, (and they are beautiful flowers), - but again I don't know if it's self pollinating.

[@jennyhorner]

Was the canna which survived winter 2022 Canna altensteinii ? We want to buy a large, hardy canna with coral or orange flowers.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Yes that's right. They survived all over the garden without any protection

[@jennyhorner]

@@YorkshireKRIS great thanks. We’ve actually had a bigger problem with more conventional plants eg losing lupins. The Pink China, Ginger etc came back fine. Small bananas like yours though this year.

[@lindseykaine-walley6339]

You wouldn't believe its just in a back garden, its more like apart of the Eden project! Love it! 😍

[@YorkshireKRIS]

That's very kind

[@mietkl8371]

Beautiful garden .100%👍

[@YorkshireKRIS]

So nice of you

[@gordonissocoollike]

Lovely to,see your garden again. CHRIS my own exotic garden journey started with your videos.

[@YorkshireKRIS]

It's great that more and more people are growing unusual plants.

[@vincenzecalzone8666]

Great work Kris. You've been the standard bearer for me for years setting the tone. The garden looks superb as usual. Hope the ensete propogation rebuilds your stock levels for the future 👍

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Thanks yes, hopefully have the Ensetes back in a few years time

[@pburgess4727]

Love seeing these videos each year, brilliant. Matured so nicely, plenty of hard work in that

[@YorkshireKRIS]

Glad you enjoy them and thanks for watching. I love looking back at previous years and comparing