Today's video is a very early morning walk through a dark garden still gripped by the coldest night we've had in a while, looking at how microclimates and overhead protection affect the tropical style garden, (lazy / efficient) frost protection fleece for the more tender plants and how a lot of evergreen plants react to the cold. Whilst I wouldn't say the actual fleecing is a take home lesson, hopefully seeing which plants I protect at temperatures of -3 to -5 is, seeing which ones I leave to it and what damage I expect and live with at these temperatures is reassuring and the microclimate info can you help you with your planting this spring. I cover a lot of the plants in the garden from tougher evergreens like Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web', Rhododendron sinogrande, Phyllostachys bamboos, Trachycarpus fortunei, Butia and Jubaea chilensis palms through to plants that have some protection like the Musa basjoo banana plants, Gunnera manicata and my more exposed tree ferns through to other plants that I am prepared for them taking some level of damage, Echium pininana and my Cyathea medullaris black tree fern.
Full Dicksonia antartica winter care and frost protection guide here:
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Video all about why mulching is a great winter garden job you can do now:
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0:00 Intro
2:45 Trachycarpus princeps hybrid palm after a winter freeze
3:13 Expected cold damage to Cyathea medullaris black tree fern
4:34 Dicksonia antartica tree fern crown protection
5:37 Tree fern frost damage and garden microclimate protection
7:36 Schefflera shweliensis after a winter freeze
8:18 Zantedeschia 'Hercules' drooping after a winter freeze
10:14 Protecting and growing Phoenix canariensis & Butia in UK gardens
12:55 Trachyarpus fortunei & Cannas after a winter freeze
13:20 Schefflera macrophylla, big leaves but a truly hardy exotic?
14:05 Fatsia japonica & Tetrapanax paprifer 'Rex' react to a winter freeze
16:02 Musa basjoo temporary fleece protection on a freezing night
17:35 Phormiums & evergreen plants curling up after a freeze
19:33 Echium pininana, a winter gamble and temporary fleece protection
20:47 Gunnera manicata protected by their own leaves in winter
21:52 Rhododendron sinogrande & Schefflera rhododendrifolia. hardy evergreens
24:10 Butia eriospatha pindo feather palm after a winter freeze
24:48 Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' in my winter tropical garden
25:40 Hedychium gardnerianum, hardy ginger plant in my UK tropical garden
26:48 Agaves and hardy palms in my UK exotic garden
28:56 Euphorbia mellifera & Waggy palm after a winter freeze
30:07 Yucca linearis, Chamaerops humilis Vulcano & Jubutia hybrid palm
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