Freya's Tropical Garden

31/08/2026

I've just launched a new YouTube channel called Read my lips UK. Its mostly so that I can practice lipreading, but if anyone else out there finds it useful, the link to the first video is here: https://youtu.be/S9hKGH42QfM

02/08/2026

My latest Garden Update video is available to watch now, coving the changes of the last four months of my garden.

Freya's Tropical Garden Summer Update April-July brings you four mo...

27/07/2026

Fatsia Polycarpa in the evening sun 😍

10/07/2026

Brugmansia in flower 🌼

27/06/2026

Cibotium Schiedei
Tree fern from Mexican cloud‑forests. Forms a slow‑growing, fibrous trunk with long, finely divided fronds. The crown is covered in golden hairs, and the plant thrives in humid, sheltered conditions.

24/06/2026

Announcement: This year I have reduced content to work on a book. As this is nearing completetion, I am pausing my daily social media posts and weekly videos until further notice. Hope you are all coping with the heat!

24/06/2026

Alpinia Zerumbet
A ginger plant native to E. Asia with tall leafy stems & broad evergreen foliage. It naturally grows in warm, humid forest margins prefering bright shade, rich soil & regular watering, with warmth for steady growth.

24/06/2026

Heliconia Schiedeana
A tropical perennial native to C. America with upright red & yellow bracts that hold small flowers. It naturally grows in humid forest edges and clearings, prefering bright shade, warmth & moist, rich soil.

23/06/2026

Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma
A climbing aroid native to S. Thailand & Malaysia with small split leaves & aerial roots that help it attach to bark or supports as it climbs. It naturally grows in tropical forest understories.

23/06/2026

Alpinia Zerumbet
A ginger native to E. Asia with pendant clusters of white and yellow flowers and aromatic leaves when crushed. It naturally grows in warm, humid forest margins, prefering bright shade, regular watering & rich soil.