Growing a REAL Urban Jungle - Dr Simon Olpin's Sheffield Garden Paradise

An evergreen jungle garden hidden in Sheffield, England - today's garden tour is a visit to Dr Simon Olpin's plant paradise filled with giant bamboo, rare exotic Schefflera umbrella plants, huge Trachycarpus windmill palm trees, towering Eucalyptus trees and countless evergreen exotics - a REAL urban jungle garden in a UK city! Walking around the garden, Simon gives a tour of his jungle garden's journey from 1988 and evolution into an established tropical paradise with plant ideas, care tips, garden regrets and what he'd do and grow if he started it all again... Not shying away from invasive running bamboo with huge canes, the fastest growing Eucalyptus trees and packing in countless Trachycarpus palm trees, the overall effect is stunning and Simon's enthusiasm for growing the unusual is contagious. He reveals his top tips for mulching to create a rich & healthy forest soil structure, providing food and the perfect growing conditions for his Asian and Himalayan garden plants as well as how he maintains, prunes and cultivates his evergreen urban jungle. An amazing garden transformation and inspiration for those of us wanting to create a rainforest, bamboo or palm garden in colder climates. You may be wondering what happens when you go FULL jungle in a garden for over 30 years, well, I think you'll enjoy exploring round it with me!

0:00 Intro
1:44 Dr Simon Olpin's Sheffield Jungle Garden - A 30 Year Transformation!
2:23 Huge Trachycarpus palm trees - UK tropical garden growth rate after 30 years
4:35 Phyllostachys nigra black bamboo & Semiarundinaria fastuosa screening hedge
5:35 Growing Trachycarpus fortunei fan palms in clumps for tropical jungle effect
6:47 Camellias, Rhododendron singogrande & Schefflera delavayi evergreen exotics
7:41 The importance of soil and mulching for healthy plants & low maintenance garden growth
12:37 Schefflera macrophylla, Rhododendron macabeanum - creating a year-round tropical effect
15:04 Rare blue hardy clumping bamboo - Borinda papyrifera KR3698 (CS1046 alternative)
16:59 Exotic underplanting with Camellias, Hydrangea aspera, Schefflera & Trochodendron aralioides
19:50 Hardy exotic Fascicularia bicolor epiphytic bromeliad flowers in palm tree
21:39 Garden failures, plant hardiness, the evolution of a jungle garden & Jubaea chilensis palm
23:59 Blechnum chilense evergreen fern perfect for UK tropical & jungle gardens
24:29 Naturalising / self-sowing Trachycarpus fortunei windmill palm seedlings
26:09 Huge Schefflera rhododendrifolia & impressa hardy, evergreen umbrella plant trees
29:09 Giant golden bamboo Phyllostachys vivax 'Aureocaulis' in UK jungle garden
31:30 Walking stick bamboo Chimonobambusa tumidissinoda & invasive running varieties
33:45 Combing large leaves, lush bamboos & Trachycarpus palms for a tropical garden effect
35:48 Using evergreen bamboo plants & hardy palms for winter interest in UK exotic gardens
38:34 The most invasive running bamboo? Growing Bashania fargesii panda food!
42:03 Borinda KR 5600 rare giant bamboo in lush UK jungle garden grove
45:17 Exotic evergreen shrubs, Fatsia varieties, tree ferns & huge Schefflera in shady jungle garden
49:10 A HUGE Eucalyptus snow gum tree, grown from seed in 1989 - extremely fast growth rate!
50:41 Dicksonia antartica tree fern thriving in high-humidity and moisture in shady UK jungle garden
51:39 Growing Phyllostachys dulcis, a tall running timber bamboo with big culms / canes
52:26 Invasive running bamboo to avoid, controlling with rhizome barrier & clumping bamboo ideas
56:38 Eucalyptus glaucescens tree growing problems, starting small & planting tips for long term tree success
58:13 Camellias & growing a UK exotic garden with seasonal interest in spring & autumn
59:03 Jungle garden design tips, mistakes, lessons and plant recommendations
1:03:48 3 Jungle Garden tips for gardeners wanting to grow a UK tropical paradise!

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George