Shusui's garden blog

[shusui]

Here are a few pictures of the garden , and the recovery of the winter damage.
You can see how I protected the plants here: http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... 20&t=15039

And this is a panorama view of the exotic garden last year: http://s3.clevr.com/10204f/91270-10204f-f.jpg

Colocasia esculenta ‘Pink China’ (protected with straw, leafs and a plastic foil= dry)

only protected with straw and leafs


Zantedeschia aethiopica

Zantedeschia aethiopica ‘Green Goddes’


Gunnera manicata


Woodwardia radicans

Woodwardia unigemmata


Musa basjoo


Musa tibet survived his first winter outside ! (2 weeks continue frost, with minimum temperatures of -19,5)
Protected with this:

Result:


Trillium grandiflorum


Typhonium kunmingense


Canna stuttgard


Rodgersia podophylla ‘Braunlaub’


Darmera peltata


Arisaema speciosum


Dicksonia , old and new leafs


An unknown Trachycarpus from Arboretum Bokrijk, without damage

Another Trachycarpus, protected the same way as the one from Bokrijk:


The oly not frozen Eucalyptus:E. pauciflora ssp.niphophylla




Daphniphyllum macropodum ssp. humile


Paeonia suffruticosa hybrid


Actinidia kolomikta flower (male)


Epimedium nova CC


Phyllostachys vivax ‘Huanwenzhu’ Damage


Fargesia rufa en Jiu2


Phyllostachys shangai 3


Lysichitons doing well


Pinus pinea .


Laburnum anagyroides


Phoenix en Washingtonia without any damage


Washingtonia


Butia capitata

[flounder]

Always lifts the spirits when something comes back.

[shusui]

The not hardy Musa's en Colocasia's overwinterd in the heated greenhouse or at the windowsill.
Now they gow back outside (a tough job)










a few Alo –Colocasia’s



E. ventricosum and Colocasia Jacks Giant


E. ventricosum ‘Maurelli’





Alocasia gageana ‘Variegata’ en odora


Alocasia gageana


Colocasia fontanesii


Colocasia Black Magic


Colocasia ‘Grande’


Colocasia gigantea ‘Thai Giant’ ?




My biggest Musa : sp Tibet.



Total view of the exotic border


The greenhouse where the big banana's overwintered:

[shusui]

And last but not least a few hardy Orchids:

Cypripedium pueblo (parviflorum var. pubescens hybrid)


Cypripedium calceolus


Cypripedium reginae


Cypripedium montanum


Cypripedium henryi


Cypripedium kentuckiense


Bletilla ochracea


Best regards,
Sven

[Mr List]

great stuff, surpised about musa tibet

[kata]

I like the Arisaema speciosum

Your fern is doing very well Shusui

Lovely Images, thanks for sharing them!

[Yorkshire Kris]

Wow Wow WOW!
My kind of planting but your doing it on a much bigger scale.


WOW WOW WOW MINUS 19.5! and your Dicksonia antarctica, washys etc are NOT dead!

How did you do it?

[shusui]

Thanks

WOW WOW WOW MINUS 19.5! and your Dicksonia antarctica, washys etc are NOT dead!

How did you do it?

The Dicksonia , and palms like Washingtonia, Phoenix and Butia are protected with fleece, plastic foil and a heating cable. Without heating its impossible to grow them here the last 4 winters.
Here are a few pictures of the winter protection : http://www.hardytropicals.co.uk/forum/v ... 20&t=15039

[Tom2006]

AWESOME job!! LOVE LOVE LOVE your greenhouse, a real treasure chest of plants by the look of it!

[DiCasS]

Just look at those Orchids, beautiful. How do they cope in your Winters, is there anything special you have to do in the way of protection?

Di

[shusui]

The Cypripediums are completly hardy, they get no protection.
a few species (like C. henry) growing very early and could be damaged by late night frost. Then they get protected by pine needles , but for the most species is this not neccesary

I grow them in a well drained mix of 90% vulca and 10% potting soil.

[Nigel Fear]

Love those hardy Orchids Shusui, I'm going to have to study them a bit, and see if I can get some to grow for me, and try to replicate the conditions you grow them under.

[DiCasS]

Thank you Shusui, they really are something special I think

I was thinking the same Nigel, a friend of mine has some growing outside, I shall brainpick


Di

[Addictedtopalms26]

Thankyou for all the pictures Shusui! It was a great insight into your garden, well done for protecting all of your musa's and your techniques for palms is something to aspire too.

I like your technique of hanging pots from the wire mesh on the side of your glasshouse, definately makes the best use of space!

[dano87]

Great work, its looking brilliant now