If anybody wants a nice summer climber then the vegetable called French Yam produces beautiful foliage with a lovely-looking plant overall. The flowers aren't much, but the leaves are lovely. Dioscorea Batatas is the binomial, and the way I came by it was by buying one of the fruit in an international grocers. I killed a few before finally realising that in winter minimal water and maximum drainage is what it favours. They produce little oak apple type aerial fruits that fall and start growing next spring. Those Begonia Luxurians look far better than ones brought indoors as they despise indoors life. They need dryish roots, good drainage and very humid topsides, even as it gets much cooler. I only bring mine in just before the first frost, and it will quickly look awful, but remember, it is hibernating and just needs to be kept cool and not quite dry.
Hope you had a good break Craig. Just a quick request: if you happen to see Colocasia Black Sapphire Gekko offered by your suppliers please could you buy a few? I'm very keen to add it to my collection, and I'd bet quite a few people are, even if it's a bit pricier than some.
I have an exotic garden in Doncaster and my cannas have also started flowering late October /November . Impatiens Arguta is still flowering well , salvia Amistad is looking fantastic . I agree , what's going on.
Looks amazing. you should get some night blooming jasmine. "Cestrum Nocturnum" it takes over the garden especially at night the smell can cover the entire area lemony sweet perfume everywhere. here in florida those plants do really well in winter up until about the lower 30s F if its more than 2 or 3 nights they suffer a little burn if not there good but you get rain in winter so that should be ok for the most part if the roots are moist. i have several magnolias like the one you have and hang my orchids under it.
So beautiful! And I agree on magnolia grandiflora. I rescued a very sad looking one that was increadibly cheap from a garden centre. It's still recovering years later, so doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours. But I have hope that it will look bushy in a few years time!
Once again, a most informative and interesting tour of your garden and likewise mine just seems to be hanging on very well, with lots of new growth. Keep up the good work, you're a real inspiration.
The brugmansia looks really great. I have a sanguinea that, although has no scent, has proven to be root hardy in Kent for the past 10 years. It comes back every spring and puts on a good show of flowers in October/november.
@ B.sanguinea is a cool growing brug anyway so I agree with you on that. But it’s sat under a snow for weeks and many, many hard frosts. I do take cuttings just in case but end up giving them away as the plant comes back vigorously every year. I have to prune it to a single stem otherwise it wants to create a bush.
@@OJ-jy2ex Wonderful. I read that over towards the easternmost parts of East Anglia, Kent and Essex they can have so little rain that they fall into the met. designation 'Desert'. I seem to recall the threshold is 12" or 13". Barely anyone from abroad that I speak to understands that England has on average 25-27" of rain per year, and in some of the countries that call our climate wet they have usually had that much by the end of March. Our default sky is of course cloudy, and maybe they associate clouds with rain, so assume "London is so goddam rainy". Reassuring to know it isn't only our country that falls short of providing a good state education for children.
@@Tampo-tiger haha! You’re so right! State education is poor in almost every country. Every one just goes through the motions because they have to. Kent is very dry, and where I live we only receive an average of 20” rainfall a year. I think the perception is because we get rain all year round and, as you say, we’re cloudy because we’re an island. A lot of continental countries have dry and rainy seasons
Haha, in my mind I was comparing it to the plug plants we’ll also have available next season. This one is small compared to an established garden plant though 😀👍
I've found that by buying a few loquat fruits every single one of the seeds germinated and grew like a weed. They are totally hardy here in Hampshire and not really offended by anything except perhaps a bulldozer.
@@RichardDavies-g3h I don't know if they fruit at all outside in the UK - maybe they need a warmer winter? Wondering if anyone has even seen flowers on their loquat in the UK?
@Tampo-tiger where I live in Wiltshire, I planted mine in a wind tunnel but it developed a leaf disease and I have cut it down now, hopefully the new growth will be disease free ,I have a fig tree next to it and is needing more room now
Just starting to get into tropical plants, I wanted to grow Angels trumpet but I read it is a poisonous plant and can be quite dangerous if you have any reactions to it. Cheers👍
That’s very kind of you, thank you. For me gardening is a journey of learning from mistakes just as much as from successes. Sometimes things don’t work out and that’s ok 😀
Brugmansia, also known as angel's trumpet, is highly toxic to humans and can be dangerous to touch: Toxicity Brugmansia is a member of the nightshade family and contains alkaloids in all parts of the plant. The concentration of these alkaloids can vary by season and hydration level, making it difficult to determine a safe level of exposure. Symptoms Symptoms of Brugmansia poisoning can include blurred vision and pupil asymmetry. Risk of exposure Even touching the leaves and flowers of a Brugmansia plant can transfer enough toxic substances to your hands to cause harm...
This is absolutely NOT true. Looks like you copied it off from some useless blog. I have the Bregmansia. I always touch the leaves and the flowers. I smell the flowers always. Never experienced any toxic symptoms.
If anybody wants a nice summer climber then the vegetable called French Yam produces beautiful foliage with a lovely-looking plant overall. The flowers aren't much, but the leaves are lovely. Dioscorea Batatas is the binomial, and the way I came by it was by buying one of the fruit in an international grocers. I killed a few before finally realising that in winter minimal water and maximum drainage is what it favours. They produce little oak apple type aerial fruits that fall and start growing next spring.
Those Begonia Luxurians look far better than ones brought indoors as they despise indoors life. They need dryish roots, good drainage and very humid topsides, even as it gets much cooler. I only bring mine in just before the first frost, and it will quickly look awful, but remember, it is hibernating and just needs to be kept cool and not quite dry.
Hope you had a good break Craig. Just a quick request: if you happen to see Colocasia Black Sapphire Gekko offered by your suppliers please could you buy a few? I'm very keen to add it to my collection, and I'd bet quite a few people are, even if it's a bit pricier than some.
My trop plot is even smaller than yours so great to see what, and how you grow. Keep up the good work.
I have an exotic garden in Doncaster and my cannas have also started flowering late October /November . Impatiens Arguta is still flowering well , salvia Amistad is looking fantastic . I agree , what's going on.
Looks amazing. you should get some night blooming jasmine. "Cestrum Nocturnum" it takes over the garden especially at night the smell can cover the entire area lemony sweet perfume everywhere. here in florida those plants do really well in winter up until about the lower 30s F if its more than 2 or 3 nights they suffer a little burn if not there good but you get rain in winter so that should be ok for the most part if the roots are moist. i have several magnolias like the one you have and hang my orchids under it.
Beautiful garden. So jealous of your planting zone. Amazing variety. Let’s all hope for a very mild winter
So beautiful! And I agree on magnolia grandiflora. I rescued a very sad looking one that was increadibly cheap from a garden centre. It's still recovering years later, so doesn't look anywhere near as good as yours. But I have hope that it will look bushy in a few years time!
Once again, a most informative and interesting tour of your garden and likewise mine just seems to be hanging on very well, with lots of new growth. Keep up the good work, you're a real inspiration.
That’s very kind of you, thank you so much for watching. Kind words like this encourage me to keep making videos for this amazing community.
The brugmansia looks really great. I have a sanguinea that, although has no scent, has proven to be root hardy in Kent for the past 10 years. It comes back every spring and puts on a good show of flowers in October/november.
That is quite something. Perhaps winter wet is its enemy more than cold?
@ B.sanguinea is a cool growing brug anyway so I agree with you on that. But it’s sat under a snow for weeks and many, many hard frosts. I do take cuttings just in case but end up giving them away as the plant comes back vigorously every year. I have to prune it to a single stem otherwise it wants to create a bush.
@@OJ-jy2ex Wonderful. I read that over towards the easternmost parts of East Anglia, Kent and Essex they can have so little rain that they fall into the met. designation 'Desert'. I seem to recall the threshold is 12" or 13".
Barely anyone from abroad that I speak to understands that England has on average 25-27" of rain per year, and in some of the countries that call our climate wet they have usually had that much by the end of March. Our default sky is of course cloudy, and maybe they associate clouds with rain, so assume "London is so goddam rainy". Reassuring to know it isn't only our country that falls short of providing a good state education for children.
@@Tampo-tiger haha! You’re so right! State education is poor in almost every country. Every one just goes through the motions because they have to.
Kent is very dry, and where I live we only receive an average of 20” rainfall a year.
I think the perception is because we get rain all year round and, as you say, we’re cloudy because we’re an island. A lot of continental countries have dry and rainy seasons
Vine weevils, I have found that they are a major problem over the years with all of my succulents, the grubs mainly
U should come visit Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 some time...u will love the plants ..I'm frm here...
I’d love to! I’m sure I’d see lots of plants thriving there that I would struggle to grow here. 😀🌴☀️
I love how a "baby T-Rex" becomes a "nice big plant" when you are thinking about selling it.
Haha, in my mind I was comparing it to the plug plants we’ll also have available next season. This one is small compared to an established garden plant though 😀👍
@@GrowParadise I know. I was just winding you up.
I love your brugmansia, will brugmansia plants available in future?
Thanks! I’ll be propagating lots from cuttings and seed to share with everyone.
I might have to steal that term saying something got “slugged” 😂
I feel like this year the summer was mild but so was the autumn so I guess it evens out
Have you had any fruits from your loquat plant yet?
I've found that by buying a few loquat fruits every single one of the seeds germinated and grew like a weed. They are totally hardy here in Hampshire and not really offended by anything except perhaps a bulldozer.
@Tampo-tiger mine grew easily from the nut and again grew very bushy and tall, but no flowers and no fruits, maybe bad location
@@RichardDavies-g3h I don't know if they fruit at all outside in the UK - maybe they need a warmer winter? Wondering if anyone has even seen flowers on their loquat in the UK?
@Tampo-tiger where I live in Wiltshire, I planted mine in a wind tunnel but it developed a leaf disease and I have cut it down now, hopefully the new growth will be disease free ,I have a fig tree next to it and is needing more room now
Just starting to get into tropical plants, I wanted to grow Angels trumpet but I read it is a poisonous plant and can be quite dangerous if you have any reactions to it.
Cheers👍
How do you deal with the short daylight? Mine are struggling.. ive gone to artificial light
At this time of year the outdoor plants are fine, in a month or so I will use grow lights in the greenhouse to encourage growth.
I feel so comfortable with him admitting to his small mistakes as a gardener. Makes my anxiety goes away. Therapeutic.
That’s very kind of you, thank you. For me gardening is a journey of learning from mistakes just as much as from successes. Sometimes things don’t work out and that’s ok 😀
Brugmansia, also known as angel's trumpet, is highly toxic to humans and can be dangerous to touch:
Toxicity
Brugmansia is a member of the nightshade family and contains alkaloids in all parts of the plant. The concentration of these alkaloids can vary by season and hydration level, making it difficult to determine a safe level of exposure.
Symptoms
Symptoms of Brugmansia poisoning can include blurred vision and pupil asymmetry.
Risk of exposure
Even touching the leaves and flowers of a Brugmansia plant can transfer enough toxic substances to your hands to cause harm...
This is absolutely NOT true. Looks like you copied it off from some useless blog.
I have the Bregmansia. I always touch the leaves and the flowers. I smell the flowers always. Never experienced any toxic symptoms.