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All part of the plan! Well, apart from the olives.

Brilliant, isn’t it! Amazing that these species have been rediscovered so recently!

You should!

Nice! I wonder if they’ve got a new wave of stock in

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 i hope so i need more so i'll be paying a visit soon lol

Sorry for the delay in replying but I fell asleep halfway through reading your comment! I can’t bear myself to watch it back but I am pretty sure “slightly more exciting than watching paint dry” is an accurate description. Grey in itself isn’t at all exotic but in an exotic style garden I think it looks better than a brown fence. Just my opinion, of course! Sorry for the long reply and I do hope you haven’t died of boredom whilst reading it. If you are ever struggling with insomnia then do consider watching some of my other videos 🤣

Hi, sounds like an impressive plant! Cordylines often shoot from the bottom or sometimes somewhere up the trunk if the top growing point is damaged. I definitely wouldn’t recommend damaging it so I’m sorry but I don’t have any advice to help! Personally I love the single trunk look

Hope you find some bargains!

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 Haha! Thanks! :)

Haha, no they didn’t. I went in the evening when I knew it’d be quieter, receive less funny looks that way :) perhaps they’d just tidied up although can’t think I’ve ever seen a member of staff in the B&M garden centre

I think I’m a month or two too late! Don’t think I would have bought one but would have been very interested to see one up close. Heard a bit of mixed reviews but pleased you got a good one!

Pleased to hear it, Harold!

Thank you, let’s see how it turns out!

Thanks. Yes, definitely need to go back for another look! Can’t see any female cones on mine yet. I thought I might have seen some but turned out to just be the new growth which is a much lighter / brighter green than the previous growth

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 Fingers crossed for you, we got lots of sun if that helps atm or in the SW here anyway. I think I read that these trees can either carry just single sex cones or can carry both sexes, I don't know if that is fixed for the life of the tree, some plants can chop and change can't they. I'm no pro but I'm trying to study it mainly for my houseplant collection. Check out Plant World, Torquay, Devon. They don't sell Wollemi seeds yet but they may well do in the future and they have many other rare species on site that they seed and sell.

@@robworrall6832 thanks, yeah I’ll check them out!

Hi, thanks for your comment! I would recommend them, you just need to find one… unfortunately I haven’t seen any for sale for a while. I’m hoping to be able to get some seeds from mine one day

Well, problem solved as unfortunately it died last winter (22-23). No phoenix species is hardy in Lancashire

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 Have you tried P. theoprastii? I have heard that it is as hardy as a Med Fan. Hard to find though

Yeah it’s not the cheapest but the plants are good quality and well looked after. However, I walked away with nothing as nothing seemed like a great buy to me

Thank you, Sarah - glad you enjoyed it

I know! I’m not sure how much B&M make on their £150 trachys but whatever they do make takes them about a day to make whereas at Barton grange they might take years to sell

Thank-you for sharing brilliant vlog hope you have a lovely weekend 🙋‍♀️👋👍👍👍

@@juliepickles3394 no problem, Julie! Thanks and you too!

I suspect the primary supplier of Barton Grange GC is GCP (Garden Centre Plants), a wholesaler located about 10 mins from the garden centre. I know this because I also use GCP as a supplier to buy certain plants for the garden centre I manage. The white labels attached to the specimens are from the nursery, not the garden centre. I instruct my staff to rip them off as soon as the plants arrive as they tend to confuse customers :D I doubt they supply B&M but could be wrong, all of the specimens will be Italian imports anyway. But agree the markup is excessive, almost as bad as Bents.

@@elissa_lana thanks elissa, very interesting - thanks for the info! Do you mind sharing which garden centre you manage?

Thanks Vincenze! I don’t like to give up on plants, definitely can’t bring myself to get rid of the butia in the big pot. It does have a few live roots at the bottom of the pot so you never know! I hadn’t considered that mystery plant could be an armata - will have to wait and see! Thanks again for your comment, really glad you enjoyed the video

Hi, thanks for your comment. Yes, a greenhouse should open a few more opportunities for you! I think I’d forgotten how bad the cold spell was in December 2022. Being so early in the winter was tough for the plants too

@palmsexoticsuk2194 it really was a bad winter. I was expecting more loses, thankfully my main wish list items were ok. This winter was hard for other reasons as we were fighting flood water. Maybe next winter will be kind to us all.

@@GardenMyselfHappy I really hope so!

Hi Harold, a lot has come from friends and a lot has been grown from seed. I don’t like to spend much money!

Thanks! I’ll look out for sweet winter then. Especially as the seller of the soft caress only had 2 left! Why is sweet winter your preference?

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 The flowers were a different colour for me - more of an orangey red, so created a nice winter interest. Also the foliage has some nice tones from reds, to oranges to yellows, whereas soft caress has same yellow flowers and stays more green. They are both great in their own right.

@@GrowTropicalMK great - thanks for the info!

Thanks, I’ll give that a go!

Hi Kate, really good point, sounds daft but I don’t think I’d ever noticed that! Ideally I want something in that spot that looks good all year round but a pink China could be great in-amongst it!

Hi, I planted it about 6 years ago and it was probably 5 years old at that point

@@palmsexoticsuk2194 I have one too. They seem to be growing pretty slowly.

Thanks Julie! A small price to pay for nice weather, though, isn’t it!

That’s impressive, Stephen! I would like to attempt a shelter but in a much less prominent place in the garden to see if it works first. I may end up moving things as the monkey puzzle grows but around 8 years after planting it’s still not too crowded. Very slow growing, for now at least

Hi Wendy, I’d love a dicksonia Antarctica. Lost mine a few years ago and can’t bring myself to pay today’s prices! Would look great in that spot though!

Thanks Terry, could be a job for next weekend!

Thanks Vincenze. Mahonia soft caress is a good shout and I am on the lookout for a few to dot about the garden 😀

Haha, used them to make an extra wide goal to give the kids a chance! Thanks for your kind words

Hi Julie, thanks for the info on the bbq stand. Sounds like some nice modifications! I suspect that was a good decision and well worth the effort

Really glad you liked it. More to come. Thanks for the comment!

Thanks for your comment. Watch this space 😀

🤣🤣🤣 thanks Julie, you too! Tom

Hi Julie, I completely forgot about the garden ornaments!! Sorry! Will really try to remember next time!

Thank-you Tom 👍 😉😀

Thanks James! Good point, maybe I’ll do a mixture of local and national then. Thanks for the comment

Thanks Wendy!

Hi Alan, I’ll have to assume that’s a question? If so, the answer is: most of the time, no!

Thanks Paul!

Thank you! Makes perfect sense as it looks like a daisy but I’m not very knowledgeable about flowers! Thanks again

No problem, I’m glad you found it interesting!

Hi Arthur, yes, good points! Amazing how quickly some of the plants will dry up especially when the weather warms up. Best to buy plants soon after they arrive! Thanks for your comment

No problem! Thanks for your comment :)

It is! I tried staking it a couple of years ago to straighten it but it’s determined to grow at an angle it seems

No problem, thanks for your kind words!