Tropical Garden in Slovakia

[Borosbobo]

I want to show you guys this Hungarian living in Slovakia how insane he is in a good way!

He's growing Hyophorbe lagenicaulis, Bismarckia nobilis, Phoenix roebelenii, Dypsis decaryi, Latania lontaroides, Archontophoenix alexandrae, and other tropical palms and plants planted outside in his garden. 

In winter, you can see in the video how he protects them with heating cables in the ground and wrapped around the trunk and leaves. He even uses growing lights to keep them alive!

This is just insane considering that Slovakia is in Zone 6 

You can find him on Facebook as Jardín Tropical 2004!

[TropicsEnjoyer]

That looks better than 90% of gardens in northern florida 😂. Absolutely stunning, and obviously there’s a lot of hard work put into maintaining it. I hope to replicate such a paradise in the near future.

[happypalms]

Now that’s definitely dedication to gardening. I like it.

[Harry’s Palms]

Are the plants covered when cold climate hits or is it just the heating cables that keep the plants warm? Harry

[Janni]

I can see the dedication but also madness… and money dissolving into thin air 💸 

having said that, how many winters did the plants go through already? They look quite untouched. 

[RichardS]

His location on facebook is Dunajský Klátov, which is more like zone 8a. Zone 6 is rather in the mountains, but it's still incredibly impressive. The palms look great and some of them can't take any amount of freezing temperatures so they are propably covered for like 5 months straight. The heating costs for some of these palms must be really high.

[Borosbobo]

5 hours ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Are the plants covered when cold climate hits or is it just the heating cables that keep the plants warm? Harry

He builds a huge green house puts heating cables and growing lights above them. And if Im not mistaking he covers them too

[Borosbobo]

3 hours ago, Janni said:

I can see the dedication but also madness… and money dissolving into thin air 💸 

having said that, how many winters did the plants go through already? They look quite untouched. 

Most of them are 18+ years old. Some like the latania is a new plant but yeah most of them are well developed

[Borosbobo]

2 hours ago, RichardS said:

His location on facebook is Dunajský Klátov, which is more like zone 8a. Zone 6 is rather in the mountains, but it's still incredibly impressive. The palms look great and some of them can't take any amount of freezing temperatures so they are propably covered for like 5 months straight. The heating costs for some of these palms must be really high.

Oh. Sorry about that I googled these zones and on the map I found it said zone 6. Im not really aware of how these zones are in europe

[RichardS]

3 minutes ago, Borosbobo said:

Oh. Sorry about that I googled these zones and on the map I found it said zone 6. Im not really aware of how these zones are in europe

Yeah I get it. Europe just doesn't really have a good hardiness zone map unfortunately.

[Phoenikakias]

It would probably cost cheaper if you moved to a tropical country. I know few Europeans who acquired a second or even a first home in Thailand for example.

[Las Palmas Norte]

Surreal.

[Than]

The CO2 footprint of this garden in the winter.. 😄

[Phoenikakias]

3 hours ago, Than said:

The CO2 footprint of this garden in the winter.. 😄

Yes it sounds like hubris.

[Slifer00]

On 2/19/2025 at 4:43 PM, Borosbobo said:

Oh. Sorry about that I googled these zones and on the map I found it said zone 6. Im not really aware of how these zones are in europe

warmer yes but definitely not zone 8a. i would say 7a based on his location. But I still cannot believe how he has frost tender palms growing in such a climate, even despite building a literal greenhouse for each of the palms!