Oh my God. I love the Hardy Palm. Soooo.. Beautiful! Great body. Very charismatic to the eye. Alluring.I must get one from the plant shop . Thanks for sharing dear chap. Pleasure to watch your videos.
My favourite video mate. Pure unadulterated unsullied palmage 😂😂. When I first thought about my garden design my first thought was what it would look like in December. Hence palmage absolutely vital, can't be without them. Superb mate 👌
Haha yes, I thought you’d like them! A quick vid but quality palmage! I think that’s a good call, if you prioritise the December look then you know it’ll look even better in summer too, good shout. I probably didn’t choose the best Chamaerops to show in this vid but the Butia and Jubaea make up for it!
George, your video's are always fantastic. You have taught me a lot about palms and tropicals over the past couple of years and I'm 67 and a half! But I think you should team up with Jessica Tubb, the up and coming star on Nicola Tubb's youtube channel! Keep up the good work!
Thanks David, that’s kind of you. Just had a quick look at their channel, it’s amazing to see interest at such a young age! Well done Jessica! 😃 Thanks!
All palms looking fantastic there! 👌 just a quick question George, have a couple of chameorops humilis in pots every year they tend to get spotting on the foliage! Any tips on how to prevent this? Tia 👍
Hi Stephen, yes, the example I showed here exhibited it unfortunately. Some people recommend a fungicide but I don’t use any, unfortunately certain plants are more likely to suffer from the spotting than others. The best things I’d say you can do are to cover the compost / soil surface with gravel if it isn’t already, maybe remove some of the lower foliage and ensure the plant is somewhere with good airflow and kept on the drier side in winter.
Hey George, great videos. I have a palm in my garden that has 5 trunks and stands about 3mtrs in height. I have no idea what it is. Is there a website I can send some photos to and get some advice from please? Thanks
Hi John and thanks! Happy to help, you can send pics over to my Instagram or Facebook page (just search for George's Jungle Garden). Just as a couple of guesses though, are they Cordyline australis? Not technically a palm but the most likely. My second choice would be Chamaerops humilis.
Would love all these amazing plants. I have a question about a fox glove tree Paulownia tomentosa, I've planted it on the opposite end of the house which is quote far but the area I've put it is near a large concrete wall is this okay.
Hi Killian and sorry for the delayed reply. It will build up a large root system and I know somebody who had removed one for that reason. If you’re cutting it back for big leaves though you should be able to get more years of enjoyment out of it compared to letting it grow away into a full on tree.
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Thanks George I've also seen a similar effect with Catalpa Bignoides. Is it normal to find Passifllora Caerula away from the main plant, I found a small shoot near growing out of a hole in some concrete, unless it seeded. Also I have found another Eucalyptus to grow Gunni , are the plants near your Eucalyptus doing well or are they thirsty for water. Sorry for the long post George Thanks again for the help.
@@roguedungeondelver5738 Hi, yes, I’ve seen a pollarded one of those near here that looks cool! In all honesty I couldn’t say about the Passionflower, has it produced any ripe fruit before? As for the Eucalyptus, they’re a thirsty tree which is why all of mine bar one are away from my more jungle style planting areas. Gunnii is attractive but personally I think there’s better choices for a lot of gardens, there’s a lot of info and suggestions on the Hardy Eucalyptus website if it helps you.
@@GeorgesJungleGarden Perfect thank you George, do you know anywhere that sells Wollemi Pine they seem to be be nonexistent over here. I'm also considering Podocarpus salignus where the Gunni is going. Also the fruit is still coming in but green , once they ripen go orange and fall off the come then they cam be harvested.
@@roguedungeondelver5738 Hi, I don’t unfortunately, I got mine from Desert to Jungle but I’m not sure about stocks currently. Podocarpus are nice, I guess it’s really a case of what look you want, how fast you want it to grow and the conditions.
For the vast majority of the U.K., they’re one colder winter away from largely being wiped out. But for milder areas and sheltered microclimates they’re definitely proving themselves and may be a longer term plant further north if the winters continue to get more mild. They soon get big and tougher but ultimately have a limit for what they can take and soon get too big for protection so you have to take your chances.
@@Maxcartervalmont Yes, I agree in the South and hopefully further North given the current climate trends. But even as larger plants it only takes one colder winter to kill them off in all but Southern / city / sheltered locations so that’s why I wouldn’t claim them to be a hardy prospect for most of the U.K. currently.
I feel like a broken record, I had a 6ft waggie and a 9ft fortuneai. The waggie managed two winters and the fortune is died after one. North Lanarkshire, south facing garden. They’re not that hardy everywhere in the uk.
Hi Linzi, sorry to hear about your plant losses, I remember your previous comment. From memory they were recently planted and experienced -10 and quite a prolonged freezing spell? I think it's fair to say fortunei and waggies are reliably hardy for the vast majority of the UK (they've been growing in some gardens since Victorian times and even locally to me in North Lincolnshire there's specimens that have come through -15 to -17 in 2010) but I think you were perhaps unlucky and the victim of circumstances. Fortunei are widely regarded to be slightly tougher than Waggies in areas hit hard by 2010 but I think the bigger issue are the headline hardiness figures that many suppliers offer - they only give part of the story. A prolonged freeze of -10 and ice days does more damage than a dip to -12 and I think the issue with your plants is that they only had small rootballs because they were newly planted. A prolonged freeze worked it's way into the soil and even tough plants can be hit hard by frozen roots. It might be that you're in a colder area and on the edge of where they can be reliably grown, it could be that starting off with younger plants and giving them winter protection when necessary for the first few years might just give them the vigour and root system to be able to cope with the cold you are likely to experience down the line. Just an idea but I feel your frustration.
Hi, apologies but I didn’t take note unfortunately, there were a number of larger ferns but I didn’t have much time to look around there. The fronds look like a Cyathea rather than a larger ground fern but I imagine they’ll protect it in situ over winter if it is 👍
