Hey there! So, we're starting this thing called GrowTropical MK, and we're based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK.
We're gonna be documenting our tropical garden as it grows into a jungle paradise, and we hope to inspire others along the way. We're all learning about this garden together, so come join us!
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Ah a plant where the female has bigger balls than the male..you go girl😅
Pretty Garden!
@Gtumrths Thanks it has grown a lot more since this vid !
Healthy specimen 👍🏼
Thanks. So many of these are having real issues, whereas the tropical style plants and trees are not. Very strange, really.
Full sun best position, no doubt 🫒
I keep all my bamboo in 55l pots. Got them all along the fence at the bottom of the garden which backs onto an alleyway. Works really well, but have to start watering them from February onwards. When we painted the fence a few months ago we had them moved into the garden and it felt like an instant bamboo grove 😊
I think I have 50 % now in pots. It is great ... as you said an instant bamboo Grove:-)
yes boss! Nice solutions right there!
Cheers boss!!
add crushed eggshells, compost and manure. your welcome
@jonzacha807 welcome advice. I will add manure, but I can't eat that many eggs in time 😢
Me too!
Well done
Picked a hot day for all that malarkey
@@geesgardeningclubuk5247 Malarkey is definitely the word for it!
Back breaking labour by the look of it boss
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Oh heck!
I thought it smells of oranges when the leaves are rubbed?
@NinjaTeaDrinker haha some have suggested that, but i have never smelt an orange that smells this bad 😂 it really is repulsive, but only when disturbed.
Oh blimey, I bought one plant and have split it up around the garden 😂. I think salvia amistad stinks when disturbed, like trying to get it stand back up again but others say it doesn't 🤷🏼♀️😂I also love cordylines but absolutely hate the smell when in flower, so I've planted 5 at this new house 😬@@GrowTropicalMK
@NinjaTeaDrinker I love the smell of cordyline flowers and the Salvia, apart from my amistad does not appear to smell at all, just all the others:-) I had the Fish mint in my garden until someone told me about the smell, one rub, one sniff and it was in the bin !
Iv always know this plant as Chameleon, and mine has spread like mad wish i kept it in the pot
Beautiful garden, iv never seen that type of foxglove before and i miss my ensete it never made it through the winter
Thanks and my deepest condolences for your Ensette :-(
@@GrowTropicalMK hahaha👍🏼
There are two varieties of Lancewood. The first one you brought up is the Fierce Lancewood, which is less common in the wild.
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Lots of color and blooms. Your garden looks great! I love those ensete. I may one day rip out my musa basjoos and go with the ensete. The leaves are striking. Yours in the flower pot looks great also! Nice video. 😊
I think have both as the ensette likely won't get through a harsh winter. Although my larger one has been outside since the end of January.
Beautiful. A nice and up close perspective, I like it!😊
Thanks much appreciated 👏
It all looks fabulous! We were 90°F and extremely humid today. Too hot to be out for more than about 20 minutes at a time. I rely on salvias to bloom through anything and I envy your bananas. Hope you get a bit of summer soon.
Thanks much appreciated, yes Sylvia's are great for colour and thanks for letting me know how reliable they are. This is only my second year of growing them.
@@GrowTropicalMK Oh, interesting. They are hardy for you then? They are not for me so I take cuttings in the fall and hold them over in the house for 5 or 6 months. It is a bit of a pain but I find them that valuable. Cheers.
Looks great
@@Sharonadams717 thanks much appreciated 👏
Nice
I'm not keen on smell of the amistads but love the flowers although I think I've planted too many together not realising how much they bush out! 🤦🏼♀️
@NinjaTeaDrinker you can never have too many :-) Thanks for the comment. I actually don't notice much of a smell coming from the Amistad probably because it is the middle of the bed, but the red one really has a pleasant scent and is near entrance to my garden.
Fantastic array of plants there boss. Like you, i'm get totally fed up with the dismal weather, your garden is looking great despite the grey skies tho!
@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf thanks I am sure these dull days will reverse soon!
Cool video. I just divided my Phyllostachys edulis - was planning to keep it in the ground but I've been reading some horror stories about it being as troublesome as Japanese knotweed, so I think pots are the way to go.
Thanks. Yes pots are the way to go for a while, but they need to be upgraded in size otherwise the bamboo drains all the nutrients given time. I am only going to plant clumping in the ground from now on.
@@GrowTropicalMK I'm with you there!
Very nice greenhouse, annoying when parts are missing on anything! I'll have to do a video of my little greenhouse and what I've been growing from seed
@NinjaTeaDrinker yes do i will watch for sure.! I am a complete novice as far as greenhouses are concerned, so I hope all goes well!
Nice tour boss, ive got serious greenhouse envy now!
Yes boss! Quality climbers right there, as you know im a fan of Trachleospurmum Jasminoides, really considering Clematis Armandii too
It's awesome I love the way after doing nothing for ages it just suddenly started creeping out!
I've heard of gazania before. That is one cool looking bloom. Too bad it's not cold hardy.
Unfortunately, so! I believe you can collect the seeds, though, so I will be looking to do that.
@GrowTropicalMK Well that's easy enough. Kinda like zinnias. Cool!
Great video, very informative, I like the look of the pleioblastus one, interesting variegation. I’m just about to dig up a large section of a fargesia bamboo to relocate to another spot and I’m not looking forward to. They have a tendency to grow huge in my garden, it’s got to be all the rain 😊
Thanks much appreciated. Thr pleioblastus is a funny one and have identified that it really doesn't like a sunny spot and does better in the shade. I have loads of fargesia, but unfortunately, hardly any in the ground. What sort of heights does your get to?
@@GrowTropicalMK At a guess I would say easily 12 to 15 ft, thankfully not a runner.
Nice I would like to get a few different varieties in the ground, but will not be planting any more runners that for sure! My golden bamboo is roughly the same height.
A really informative watch, thank you very much! I hope to get involved with bamboo someday and will refer to this video in the future.
Thanks I am glad it was helpful!
Yes boss, gonna be referring to this guide when i move to my own place, probably gonna plant some bamboo
Thanks, appreciated! Please feel free to reach out.
@@GrowTropicalMK sweet as boss, sweet as
Very beautiful, my friend! Thanks for sharing 👍
Great advice. I'm in the process of trying to remove a rampant bamboo that was unrestrained. Very difficult. My new golden bamboo is in a raised trailer box on the patio. Not taking any chances with this one!
Thanks. I am just about to drop a video on dividing as need to reduce the amount in beds !
I am amazed at the range of, what I would consider tender plants, you can grow. It’s fascinating.
Very nice flowers, but extremely stubborn about opening!
Haha yeah you are not wrong, since filming this a few hours back they have all closed!
That has a cool looking bloom! Now you have an operational greenhouse, you could potentially overwinter it
I believe this will see off a light frost or two, but not much more.. I think I may have to bring in the house!
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Absolutely gorgeous. I'm looking to have these in my garden some day. Thanks for sharing. 🏵🌿
Thank you; nice video 👍
Cheers appreciated
I'd do the barrier. Amazes me when I see running bamboo types being sold in diy stores with no warning 😮
100% in b&q they somtimes label it as mixed bamboo! No warning of running.
Very informative video! Where abouts do you cut the flowers off? I did mine at the weekend just below where they stopped flowering but they look a bit odd now and wonder if I should have cut lower? Or do they look ok in a few weeks time? Thanks
Thanks ever so much 😊 This is my second attempt at Euphorbia propagation. I cut the flowers off where the leaves start to look good. Apologies there are some inaccuracies in the video. Regrettably, I failed to water the plant pot beforehand, which likely diluted the Clonex solution when i heavilly doused it with water. There are likely other inaccuracies that I am unaware of!. The tote box must be kept in a location where it will not receive direct sunlight. The rooting process i reckon willl take six weeks, after which the plants maybe ready for planting.
But as you said, it probably doesn't need the rooting mix because they take easily 🤞 @@GrowTropicalMK
Yes tbf it doesn't I am thinking it may aid the process, but is not essential.
@@GrowTropicalMKnot essential but increases your strike rate, i.e more cuttings will succeed
I'll have to score me one of these !
I planted a young one of these this spring but it isn’t doing very well and has lost most of its leaves, not sure what to do, my Taiwaniana seems to attract all the slugs too so pretty gutted.
That's strange. I think my taiwaniana has one slug hole. This one has a leaf that's been nibbled, but that is it. They seem to be lovers of clay soil, but it is still early days for me !
Passion vines are very vigorous & need a very strong structure to support their weight & can swamp everything in their path . I've grown a few over the years here in Australia & they get loads of fruit but only live 3 - 4 years.
I am currently constructing another trellis for the plant. I was unaware of their limited lifespan. The original plant was approximately four years old, while the new one that unexpectedly appeared is about a year old. I am hopeful that it will endure for a few more years.
My tetrapanax runs much more than bamboo.
I am actually hoping that mine does :-)
Nice! I tried and failed twice to establish passion flower vines in my garden. Didn't know it was so aggressive or that the flowers only last one day! Everyday is a schoolday with GrowTropicalMK
Haha thanks !
Bamboo is the death of me…. It takes over everything. The things that then start living in it eat the garden up. I get rid of bambo. Lovely tetrapanex!
I'd go barrier route or your other beautiful plants might not get enough sun light or nutrients. A wise man told me once that bamboo will just spread and grow really tall if it had it's way.
Thanks Kellie for passing on these wise words of wisdom.
I'd say barrier all the way boss, that Bamboo will rampage unchecked otherwise!
It's been a good year for bamboo growth, beed to get it in check for next spring