Hi from Sweden

[countrylover]

Thomas what do you do with your tree ferns over winter?

[jungle jas]

Wow. I didn't think that would be possible in Sweden. Looks amazing.

Ditto that with knobs on, Welcome.

[kata]

Playing 'catchup',

Those new pics are awesome!!

Well done Thomas.

[GREVILLE]

Valkommen, Thomas

We are all thoroughly impressed at what you can achieve in your garden after -27c I assume +27c in the summer can help

[GREVILLE]

PS to above. How near the coast are you, Thomas?

[Thomas Bergqwist]

Thanks again for your kind words
I live about 10 km from the cost (of Öresund).
Will post lots of photos on winter protection for palms, tree ferns etc later on.
Must also mention that the -27C was measured close to the house during the winter 2010/2011, probably even 2-3C lower in the garden. And that was an extreme by large !
Normally we do not have colder than -14C, and that rarely happens.
But this winter was both mild at first an then -15C for some weeks without snow
That made the frost in the ground go deep
My bamboos have suffered damage, especially the vivax ('Aureocaulis' & 'Huangwenzhu').
Lots of leaf burns this winter and also damage & stress to the stems again. Last winter pushed the stems to have large black fields/discolouring due to cold damages, the lows temperatures forced the vivax to go below the deadly limit -22C.... But they survived.
Lets hope for a warm 2012 (I am still waiting for the green house effect that they have promised.. ).

[Dave Brown]

Hi Thomas, and welcome to the forum

I can only echo what others have said, "wow, an amazing garden", even more wow for where it is. It just shows what you can do with a bit of dedication and planning for winter.

[Thomas Bergqwist]

Well time to post an update from the garden
It is an spontaneous film “shot on the fly", so you will see unhidden hoses... and a newly planted bonsai ... but it was really an OK film anyway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaHSneyNj4I

BR Thomas

[kata]

Great vid,

Loads of tropicals in unspoilt condition too, well done?.....

I also went large view on this Image; Trädgårdsvy.JPG..awesome bigger picture!!

[Darlo Mark]

Well done

[acphm]

Congratulations Thomas. It's exquisite design.

[GREVILLE]

Gold medal garden, Thomas

[Tom2006]

WONDERFUL!!! Love everything about it. What caught my eye was the box hedge around one of your Trachies, really shows it off!!

[Kerinsian]

A belated welcome and thanks for showing us your garden, It's lovely, and looks so tranquil and jungly

[Trudytropics]

Beautiful, I'd happily spend hours in that lovely garden relaxing, well done