Today’s video is a visit to Dirt Cheap Plants near Sheffield, Yorkshire to see an incredible tropical style jungle garden and some amazing U.K. hardy exotic plants for sale. Janet and her husband Graham completely transformed their small U.K. garden into a lush tropical paradise – a real passion for jungle planting, exotic flowers and huge palms led to an amazing outdoor space and large collection of plants for propagation. Following the events of the pandemic, they found themselves at home, struggling to make meet but worked incredibly hard to produce masks to do their bit and help others cope with the tricky times. You can find out more about them on their website in the about us section:
https://www.dirtcheapplants.com/about-us
As more and more people came to pick masks up though, one question got asked more and more… do you sell any of these stunning plants? Beauties like Trachycarpus palms, Musa basjoo bananas, Tetrapanax papryrifer ‘Rex’ and Dicksonia antartica tree ferns definitely make an impression along with tropical flowers from Hedychium gingers, Begonia grandis, Agapanthus and more. Fast forward a few years and with a lot of hard work, entrepreneurialism and a real love of exotic plants, Dirt Cheap Plants has become a thriving small business. With more exotic and specimen plants than a lot large garden centres but with the expertise and knowledge to help customers care for them it’s clear to see how their garden and enthusiasm has inspired so many people in Yorkshire and beyond to start their own tropical garden journey!
Find out more about Dirt Cheap Plants and buy tropical style plants for your garden here: https://www.dirtcheapplants.com
0:00 Intro
0:23 The Dirt Cheap Plants Story
3:06 Yorkshire Small Tropical Garden Tour – Colocasia & Tetrapanax
4:18 U.K. Tropical Style Garden Flowering Plant Ideas
5:48 Gunnera killipiana, Aralia and must-have rare plant lists!
6:48 Musa sikkimensis banana plant growth rate and winter care
7:58 Rheum and plant ideas for a tropical effect border
8:42 Tips for transplanting a large Trachycarpus fortunei windmill palm
10:02 Feeding a tropical style garden with a DIY high nitrogen banana fertiliser mix!
11:10 Exotic effect plants for shady garden borders
11:40 Giant transplanted Trachycarpus fortunei & fast growing Miscanthus giganteus
14:00 Huge Dicksonia antartica tree fern trunk & shady exotic plants
15:50 Tender & rare Queen palm tree in cold climate U.K. garden!
18:03 Begonia grandis – hardy exotic foliage plants for shady borders
18:54 Trachycarpus palms and banana plants for sale & Musa basjoo care tips
20:20 Tropical garden inspiration and the journey to Dirt Cheap Plants
21:53 A forest of banana plants for sale! Musa, Ensete & ‘Thai Black’
22:25 Tropical style plants – Kiwi vines, Fatsia ‘Camouflage’ & Schefflera taiwaniana
24:50 Cannas, banana plants inc. ‘Thai Black’ & exotics for big summer leaves
26:50 Plants for sale including hardy Trachycarpus palms, tree ferns, grasses & ground ferns
29:21 Specimen Chamaerops humilis, Brahea armata, Yucca rostrata and instant impact Trachycarpus
31:50 Fast growing Paulownia tomentosa ‘Foxglove Tree’ with huge leaves for tropical gardens
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19 Comments
First for dirt
Cudos on that syagrus palm. I found it too challenging in sw- netherlands een though winters may be quite similar. They really need summer heat and winters preferably above 0, w/o the excessive moisture we have… even in a 1-2c barn that does not see freezing mine did not make it through long winters….
Hi george . Interesting vid, things are starting to change at this time of year. My muso bajio bannana is about twelve feet high, and ive got a lovely bunch of bannanas growing on it, but there only about two inches long! Ive removed the flower, what a complex part of the plant that is/ amazing!. Looking foward to watching whatever you do. All the best . Steve👍🌴
What a fascinating and truly inspirational garden. Thank you for the tour, loved it!
WOW, amazin' how thing evolve…I had a couple from Thailand stop by when they saw me in the yard, asked if they could buy some banana starts, they were blown away at the sizes my bananas had grown after the 4 day freeze last winter. They are new to N.Florida and recognized many of my plants from their home country…is this how a biz gets started, lol…what a delightful, knowledgeable woman, bet it was hard to walk away…this was great George…!
Are these invasive in uk ?
I love the look of those pines, do you know which type they are?
Wow that was a great garden thanks for sharing
Oh wow! So close to me too and I never knew
Quality video again an nice garden, I think I’ll be getting some plants from her next year 🙏 🤞 😂
What a truly amazing place just wish it wasn’t so far away
Im so pleased you did this video, I have seen these advertising so many times and I have always been interested. I now I know so thanks! Id love to know whats on your list of plants you asked her to find!
Hi George, what an amazing place. The garden is incredible. It's such a pity its too far away for me 😢 it's really hard to find tropical plants locally in garden centres. I think if I lived nearby it would be lethal, I would spend all my money lol.
Thanks for sharing!!
Does miscanthus not spread?
Called in today, 4th time i've been and bought 2 fatsia camouflage 👍
Inspirational! Great video.
Another Fantastic video George!!
Does Janet heat her lean too green house during winter ? with all the bananas inside as she said she had the “Thai Black” variety
Good morning always enjoy your videos. Could you make a video about the less fun things about gardening? the vermin, I now suffer from bamboo mites and that spoils the fun.
Another excellent and interesting video and what an unexpected and beautiful garden. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this! Another place that I will have to visit! Thank you once again for all that you do George. Xxx