MY BIG LEAVES DID NOT LET ME DOWN.
By Dottydaisy2
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This was our first year creating a jungle, so we were not sure if it would work but…..all the plants did what they were supposed to do…..grow very big very quickly, take a look……
Two different Ricinus………
Arundo Donax…..still going well, is it going to stop I wonder?
Bananas Musa Basjoo and Abyssinian Red.
The Foxglove Tree with it’s beautiful velvet leaves. has grown 4ft this summer.
One of our ginger lilies even flowered which was a big surprise.
The Elephants ears was amazing as OH had grown it from a very hairy looking ball, see blog early this year.
The rest of the jungle contained Gunnera, Ligularias, Inula, and Macleaya many different Cannas and many other large leafed plants.
Will we carry on with it, I think so, we need to move one or two plants around to get the maximum effect.
Hope next years visitors will enjoy The Jungle Experience as much as we enjoyed growing these gigantic plants.
- 23 Sep, 2010
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Wow, wonderful.
23 Sep, 2010
Fantastic, DD2, I bet it's good for wildlife too.
23 Sep, 2010
Oh Dd it worked and its brilliant, Love all your big leaved beauties, my first year at growing them was Amazing, i couldn't get over how well they done, even up here.. I also added Elephants Ears for the first time, There not very big as i only bought them a few weeks ago from the bargain shelf in some Garden Centre but im going to try overwintering them, fingers crossed.. Love your ginger, Nanas and Ricinus, and your foxglove Tree looks great.. Great Job.. Dee..
23 Sep, 2010
It's just wonderful! Well done...very impressive. :-))))))
23 Sep, 2010
Reckon your OH, is king of the jungle !! wonderful.
23 Sep, 2010
It is fantastic. I love jungle gardens!! Well done, I bet it's a real treat to walk around in there and just get in amongst it ...makes you feel like a child again i bet!
23 Sep, 2010
It's nice to see this kind of a focus in the garden.....it's not what usually appears in photos that I've looked at on GOY. It'll be a hit I'm sure!
23 Sep, 2010
great job dotty love all your jungle plants and so wish i could grow them to but just dont have anywhere to over winter them, let alone a space to have a jungle area, wish i did, but yours looks fab and im sure your visitors will think so to ;o))
23 Sep, 2010
Whiston pleased you like our jungle, Karen the grandchildren and their dog Colin, love it. GM as long as he does not take to wearing a loin cloth and start swinging through the trees........... Spritz thanks. YDD your garden was an inspiration to me, will be bringing the elephant's ears inside, glad you like it.
Gee, yes especially lions and tigers lol ......TT and Val thanks.
23 Sep, 2010
I love your jungle, and am not a little jealous! Congratulations on achieving such a dramatic effect in, despite global warming, our not very jungle like climate. Just shows what careful planting can achieve. I don't think I could manage anything so spectacular in my garden, but can enjoy yours virtually without having to take the risk and make the effort.
24 Sep, 2010
Ooooh Dotty I love it :-)))
24 Sep, 2010
It's nice to grow something exciting :o) These are amazing.
24 Sep, 2010
What - no monkeys yet, DD2 :)
24 Sep, 2010
You are entitled to feel proud of the results, its nice seeing how all these different plants perform. Well done!
24 Sep, 2010
Absolutely brilliant congrats to you!
24 Sep, 2010
San many thanks,not sure where to put them all as we only have a modest sized garden room......did not add the palms and the Yuccas and the phormiums to the blog!! lol
Kowhai they do take a lot of looking after, so you can enjoy ours without all the graft.
Thanks Annella and Hywel, it was fun watching them grow.
Littlegs and Nana glad you liked them.
24 Sep, 2010
looks like you may be a little crushed in the summer room over winter dotty lol
24 Sep, 2010
wow,beautiful
24 Sep, 2010
San I had better start that diet I have been meaning to go on lol thanks Daylily.
24 Sep, 2010
lol dotty,, ahaha
26 Sep, 2010
Thats a truly amazing jungle Daisy, cant tell you how impressed I am..takes some courage and vision that...well done both..another open day for us next year..
26 Sep, 2010
Thanks Tetrarch would love to see you next year, have already fixed the dates.
27 Sep, 2010
PM dates and address please! Coo, my diary getting full for next year..really exciting!
28 Sep, 2010
Will pm you......when I can find the dates lol
28 Sep, 2010
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Majestic jungle Dotty :o)))
23 Sep, 2010