How to create a Tropical Garden.

I could stay like this forever following you Just don't get too far I just want To speak Hi there and welcome back to plant porn youtube channel Um, so today I just wanted to show you a quick look around my garden Um how things are coming on we've had lots of rainy weather here in the uk at the moment Um, which is great for the plants not so great for us So it's been rainy but warm and very very humid So i've got lots of lush green growth on the plants Like the tree ferns I absolutely love this weather. Um, because they're constantly moist and they're not drying out very quickly So I basically water these every single day and I have mind your own business growing up at the moment It's beautiful. So this is empress roo hosta and this is the biggest you can get on the market at the moment So this is actually three plants that I had that I put into one pot I know that a lot of you keep asking me to put commentary on my video So I thought i'd give it a try see how this goes and so far so good So we're gonna look around today and see all the summer color mostly roses things like salvia's So what I basically do Um for color in the garden is I go I scout the garden centers every month Or every like couple of weeks and just see what they've got and then i'll try and like introduce that into the garden Um because i've got quite a small garden I have to be ruthless and I have to sometimes like take things out that might not Be doing so well or might not. Um be as pretty as they were last year I'm, also still learning about which plants um work well in my garden. I planted about 50 lily bulbs in Spring and now i've had to take them all out because all the flower heads have been eaten by lily beetles And I have to move a lot of plants around because I find that they outgrow the space really quickly I also get really bored and i've got quite a creative mind So I tend to like want to do like new displays, so i'll redo Um a bit that i've already done so basically the the whole Um garden started when I bought a rose from the pound shop And it got like really big and um that sparked my interest in gardening really so then I started to Just buy plants and put them in I can't none of it was like 100% Like I plan to do this. This is what i'm going to do with this space It's all sort of just like come together And i've learned as i've gone on I've got quite um An oriental sort of thing going on in my garden and i've never actually been like to asia so um But I just find that their style of gardening is really really like beautiful If I had more space i'd have things a lot more spaced out and it would be more simple Um, but I have too many plants I like so I have I have to cram them in So for the undergrowth of the plant it's mostly like things like ferns and hostas Um that can really handle deep shade. I've got some campanula Down there, um, which is just about to flower Here i've held I have bleeding hearts and I had to just whack them back because they were just taken over They got about nearly as high as the fence It's really important to think about things like statues as well in your garden because in winter They're going to be like the main focal points of your garden If you're just um starting to do your garden i'd definitely wait until winter to start it Because then you can amend all the soil Um, and the frost will get at it. So it'll um It'll improve the soil if you have heavy clay And also you can figure out where the evergreens are going to go first And then you've got the main structure of your garden then and then to add things like um perennials and like flowers and stuff because otherwise you're just gonna um Fill it with loads of plants and then realize in winter that that looks absolutely bare and there's nothing there Move things around like a hundred times until you're happy with like how it looks because you've got to live with it It doesn't matter if you see it in a magazine differently as long as you're happy with it. That's the main thing I really like seeing bees in my garden. So i've added lots of bee-friendly perennials things like um Salvias are really really really good for the bees These are the cannas that I had last year that I overwintered in my shed and they're now coming back One of them's got like a half barricade leaf, which is so pretty I just hope there's enough time for it to flower before the first frost I try to add like things like the japanese forest grass into little corners where There's not a lot of space for things to grow and it gets quite shady And here's a little hosta growing underneath another hosta so proof that they are so versatile I absolutely love this part of my garden my little moss path The moss is irish moss, I think And it's just starting to fill in so I can't wait for that to spread more and create a nice little japanese themed path To me I just find little moss paths. So like personal and magical brings me back to my childhood And that's what your garden should be about things that are personal to you and things that make you happy Um, because you're the one that's got to spend time there and it really should take you to to your perfect destination I've recently added lots of um roses to the garden And I find that they add a lot of summer color And they smell really great, which is very sensory and things like lavender don't necessarily Screen tropical, but I think they work. I feel like they attract bees They add a bit of color and scent And it's really just about what you like. Don't try and fit into any um Any theme just go with whatever you really really really want to see in your garden And for me that that's nature that's insects and birds And I really want to feel like i'm involved and i'm helping them. I'm a part of it, you know And that's what gardening is for me Two years ago if someone had said to me like you'll be into gardening like you'll Sit and spend half an hour just watching like bees fly around plants. I'd probably think like you're mental but it's just It's so good for your mental health and it really does help you and To be honest, it's the best thing that i've ever done with my life was get into gardening if I didn't have gardening now I'd be a mess. I'd be an absolute mess because it just it's just helped me tons with my mental health I'm, so calm. Um, i'm relaxed now And I know that i've got my garden to go back to but i'm having a really bad day Plants just really amaze me like How incredible it is look and how beautiful they are to have like something living and growing and Like flowering and the colors and the textures and it's just pure art. It really is nature's just It's absolutely amazing, isn't it? To With no protection whatsoever and the leaves this year are just as big as they were for winter This is uh, miscanthus sabrinus, which is commonly known as zebra grass And um, it's just stunning and I got managed to get this really really really huge plant for five pounds From facebook marketplace. So it's worth noting that not all Plants have to cost you a fortune, but we did have to spend an hour digging it out. So Pros and cons this part of my garden i'm now doing up so i'm going to have a raised decanaria I'm going to try anyway because i've never done anything like that before but i've um The sun comes down here in the evening, so i'd really like to spend more time down there I've already planted up with um, some hardy ginger and brunnera drax frost also, um Some roses and bamboo which is in a pot This here is the rose that started it all the 99p rose It hasn't got that many flowers on it this year because I haven't pruned it so Um in spring i'm gonna give a hard prune so we get lots and lots more flowers And I love my maple walkway. I'm, sorry about the lighting here. Um, but it was quite sunny. So it's a bit harsh But um, I just love this little area. It's so pretty Such a good feel but the only bad thing is it gets tons of mosquitoes down there So I don't actually want to walk down there anymore But the plants i've chosen just love it here i've um added the stones in so um coincides with the rest of the garden my nice little moss path I've added um a few mirrors around the garden too to bounce some light around And i've got lots of pots I've recently got into a still bees Because the bees were just flocking on these when I saw them in the garden center So I had to get them at the moment. They're covered with loads of little thunder bugs These little guys might be annoying to us, but they're really essential for pollinating plants in the summertime so Um, they won't damage your plant at all. All they're doing is pollinating I'm, really loving how this seating area looks at the moment because I my peony has just flowered And um, i've added lots of things like roses and catmint Um agapanthus too And the david austen rambling rose called goldfinch this one's gonna climb up my pergola and look stunning And here's the peony that i was talking about it's called bowl of beauty and it smells just like lemon sherbet It's absolutely stunning as well So pretty like this is my first year growing peonies. So i'm really amazed that it's flowered In this part of the garden, it's really shady Um, so it's important to sort of like go know your lighting and go with plants that will do well in them areas If you're wondering why it looks really bare behind my hammock at the moment, it's because i've decided to plant three kinds of david austen climbing roses there Will eventually tower across the fence and look absolutely stunning with color pinks and yellows I could stay like this forever following you Just don't get too far I Really hope you've all learned something and um like my commentary video So it's my first one and now that I know how to do it. I'll make many more for you. I promise If you wouldn't mind hitting that subscribe button, it really really does help me out And like and comment below with any questions and I will be sure to answer them in the comments and in my next videos So thanks for your support guys. I really really appreciate it. Love you all. Bye