You are on NewsJardinTV, the 100% garden expert channel, thank you! Here we offer you the entire file on the theme of exoticism in the garden, which was broadcast in issue 11 of the great podcast show "Bienvenue au Jardin!". The latter, presented by our gardening journalists Patrick Mioulane and Roland Motte, online every Saturday at 8 a.m. Bringing a touch of exoticism to the garden is the opportunity to escape while staying at home and to treat yourself to a little corner of total change of scenery where you are "elsewhere", even if you are unable to move. Roland insists on the fact that it feels good to regularly change the appearance of your garden. It is all the easier with "exoticism in the garden", since most of the plants that we are going to introduce there will be grown in pots. All you have to do is move the containers, organize them differently to immediately transform the appearance of the garden. Unless you are spending a substantial budget on a temporary seasonal decoration or have a greenhouse or veranda to store chilly plants in winter, you must start by managing hardiness by choosing species that are suited to the climate of your region. These species must have a tropical appearance, while withstanding winter temperatures. Patrick reminds us that it is also possible to protect certain chilly plants during the winter, while keeping them in the ground. Roland first suggests the Trachycarpus fortunei palm tree, which is resistant to -18°C in well-drained soil. Patrick reminds us that the impression of exoticism is given by opulence. To this end, he recommends planting a tree fern (Dicksonia antarctica) which is resistant to -6/-7°C and a Japanese banana tree (Musa basjoo) which is hardy to around -10°C. Our editor-in-chief insists on essential caution in terms of announced hardiness and to provide yourself with a safety buffer. Our two friends also suggest bamboos, taking care to set up an anti-rhizome barrier around the large Phyllostachys whose behavior is very expansionist. Roland also advises planting them in pots or choosing non-creeping species such as Fargesia. Patrick suggests planting cannas whose foliage shape is reminiscent of banana trees, some cultivars being very large. He then recommends plants with palmate foliage: Fatsia japonica (very resistant) and the astonishing Tetrapanax papyrifera (rice paper plant) which can take on impressive dimensions with leaves that exceed 1 m in diameter at the end of the season. Patrick also recommends Colocasia (taro) which is increasingly popular today, whose large light green or purple leaves resemble elephant ears. In the category of giant plants, Gunnera manicata is also recommended for humid gardens and regions with not too hot summers. The video ends by mentioning other plants: tree begonia, Fuchsia magellanica, Darmera peltata, Astilboides tabularis. We could also have added: Petasites japonicus, Macleaya cordata, Arundo donax, Cardiocrinum giganteum, etc. This video, very generously illustrated with many examples chosen from French and European gardens, is a real exotic postcard. It gives you excellent ideas for easily changing the appearance of your garden and spending a summer in an opulent plant environment that constantly gives the feeling of being on vacation. NewsJardinTV invites you to discover the weekly one-hour program: "Bienvenue au Jardin!". It can be listened to at any time and in any place in its audio version (that's the whole advantage of the formula!) either on the NewsJardinTV website: https://www.newsjardintv.com/les-podc... or/and on most major podcast platforms: Apple Podcast, Spotify; Deezer, Google Podcast, Podcast Addict, Tune In, Stitcher and SoundCloud, etc. We'll see you next Saturday for a new issue of "Bienvenue au Jardin!" Please note that the video version on YouTube benefits from a "live" broadcast from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. This gives you the opportunity to "chat" with the Internet users present, which reinforces the conviviality of the show. There are now more than 1.5 million of you watching the 100% garden videos of NewsJardinTV each month and we are very happy about it. Thank you for your loyalty!