My greenhouse is small but mighty. 6ft x 8ft packed to the brink with exotic, tropical and rare plants. In this space I propagate plants, overwinter exotic plants and grow plants for my own garden. On this rainy day I take shelter and work through some of the greenhouse jobs while showing you around some of my tropical plant collection.
Some favourite tropical style plants in my collection include Brassaiopsis mitis, Roldana parasites, Musa bananas and more!
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16 Comments
Hi Craig. I live in Sherborne and love going to the tropical gardens I think I must have bought my tetrapanax rex and my banana plant of the guy you mentioned from the plant fair as they had little green dots on the pots to show there hardy! Im really sad to see that the plant fair isnt on till September this year, I was hoping to go in spring and get the most out of my plants before the Autumn. can I ask a quick question? im growing a few seeds, cannas, dahlias, musa, and ensete once germinated will they need grow lights or is the sun enough? many thanks
I’m 66 still contorting in a greenhouse the same size and you are right keeping it clean is a chore I have shelves like you to house more. However I also used my 1 car garage which is not heated to store more larger plants this past winter here in Florida 8b/9A because we had to 3 nights in low 20s F for 3 nights with 20-30 mph winds. Found many tropicals do just fine like this for a week or more at a time. Just a little work moving them in and out but worth it as far as I’m concerned
Thankyou Craig will you have any brugmansia for sale
Hi Craig, do you keep the bubble wrap inside the greenhouse all year round? My greenhouse is unheated and I would like to keep more plants over winter in there but it’s still really cold. Thanks
That is a lot of plants in a very small greenhouse.
Would love to have a Canna, would you have any on your site any time soon?
Wonderful – very inspiring! The plants AND the cleaning 😉
Love the videos 👍🏼 can I ask a none flower question? What Lav mic do you use please?
You said u want more food plants? Look up mioga zingiber, its a Ginger from japan/china, super Hardy and easy to take care off, and it got orchid flowers! Subbed and keep up the good work! ☺️
Yep, Brassaiopsis mitis. Give me, give me, give me.
Thanks Craig l have sown some of the seeds l brought from you .
Where did you get your brassaiopsis minis can’t find one anywhere?.
Always love to see what you have growing. My big mistake this year was thinking things would survive in an unheated greenhouse 🤦🏻♀️
You also grow loquats which are edible if the flowers don't freeze. You should try growing Feijoa, tea, Camelia sinensis and Mioga ginger. Also some of the hardy Citrus. Trifoliate orange, Ichang papeda and Yuzu are the hardiest ones, while more edible ones are pure mandarin (not tangerines or clementines) and kumquat. All the other Citrus are more sensitive to cold. If you're feeling brave you could also try to get your hands on Mexican Avocado seeds (best ones include Gainesville, Del Rio, Mexicola). All of those plants are certainly hardier than the Mountain Papaya 😅
Great video again Craig. Love the Brassaiopsis Mitis.
When you take cuttings from the Begonia Luxurians mate can you do a video on it please 😁 it would be real helpful for a few people no doubt.
Hey Craig. Great to see the collection.
You mentioned the challenges this winter.
My seed grown mountain papaye is probably dead.
My aeoniums are all knackered.
Few palm casualties but nothing major.
You've done great maintaining your collection. Looks superb.
Onwards and upwards to spring👍
B. mitis has been totally hardy for me down to at least -8c. I've had the purple Roldana outdoors during the same period which is stem hardy to around -3c, and after that it tends to die to the ground, however, it'll sprout back up from the roots in spring (with a little mulching). They grow 2-3 feet in a summer. I'm in Dublin and regularly get frosts. Ditto on the B. luxurians. Both of mine shrivelled when I brought them indoors 😠as did S. dombeyi. I've 9 varieties and counting of banana, all growing outdoors (sort of!) I've no greenhouse 🤣