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Thanks Wendi!

Thank you. Glad you liked it. 😊

Thank you 😊. Sorry to hear you are having trouble with roses. They only look good in spring and fall for me. I use Bioadvanced fruit and vegetable 3 in 1 solution. Not sure if its organic, but the active ingredients are sulfur and pyrethrins.

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Hey Wendi! Drought tolerant is the way to go!

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Plant bareroot peonies in the spring. You can plant them directly in the ground, or you can grow them on in pots and transfer to the ground in the fall.

@@ricksgardendiary thank you for responding! I may be able to do just that. I’ll plant it in a pot and transfer it to the ground come this fall. I live in zone 8, so fingers crossed that it works out for me. 🌿🌸🌿

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Yep! Originally from Trinidad 🇹🇹

I love your garden ❤.

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So glad that you enjoyed it 😊

Thank you 😊. Yes I saw them and the other wildflowers growing at the sides of the road during a visit a couple years ago. So beautiful 😍

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Thank you 😊. Been gardening at this property for 6 years. So maybe not so new, but still learning what works and what doesn't.

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Thank you 😊. It took a couple years of sowing seeds before they began naturalizing. Now I have too many 😅

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Yes they are poisonous if ingested.

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Hi there 😊. Most of them I grew from seeds. They are readily available at most garden centers here in the spring time. I probably got mine from Lowes or Walmart. Sowing them in late summer to plant them out in fall has worked best for me.

Yep. Since it's a biennial it took 3 years of sowing and sprinkling seeds for them to become self sustaining. Good thing the seeds are cheap and you get a lot in a packet. No tap root, their roots don't go deep at all. Easy to dig up and transplant.

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I bought two more clematis to add but the summer blooming ones. I'm waiting on it to rain before I plant them.

Thank you! 😊 They need lots of sun. Once temps are above 40 degrees it put them outside. They also like to be cool and dry in the winter.

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it! You must be able to grow a lot of tropicals there ❤

Hi Wendi! I'm sure in a couple weeks I'd be complaining about too much rain. 😅🤞🏽 Sometimes it feels like you just can't win when it comes to gardening. Just have to celebrate the little moments 🥲

@@ricksgardendiary Indeed! 😅

Oh wow! The magnolias have already fully leafed out here.

Yeah. There are so many cultivars with different characteristics. If I had a small yard I don't think I would have planted a redbud. The fall foliage doesn't look that great to me. Maybe a weeping one, like ruby falls for a smaller space.

Thanks Wendi!

Thank you! I'm so grateful to the previous owners who decided to plant it 20+ years ago!

Yes I saw your short video. Yours looks so much better than mine. I have to keep it caged to protect it from deer, and it also got magnolia scale last year.

Oh wow. We only get a couple days in the triple digits here in Maryland. Haven't had any long heatwaves in a few years either. Sounds like you're having success growing them inside so far. Hope you have some flowers soon.

Hi there. I move it into an unheated space in the winter that stays above freezing and leave it on the dry side.

I live in zone 9b Louisiana. I grow my BOP directly in the ground. Been having the BOP for years. This winter we had a hard freeze with ice. I had covered my BOP. But the strong winds at night blew off part of my frost cover that covered plant. Temperature went down to 27°. Ice pellets were on the plant and part of the cover. The outer leaves that were touched by the ice turned brown. The leaves in the center of the plant were protected from the top leaves. The leaves untouched by the ice pellets stayed green. Waiting for it to make flower stalks and bloom

@@ricksgardendiary I have 3 Bird of Paradise flowers in my bush. Very beautiful!

Hi, they grow wonderfully here in South Africa, in the garden, they bloom and get bushy and gorgeous, they tolerate all seasons

Hi Wendi! Hopefully I don't disappoint. Took forever just to put up the fence so I'm not sure when I'll be done with the seating area 😅.

@@ricksgardendiary like my Mom says, you’ll get to it when you get to it. The garden isn’t going anywhere, it will still be there when you get to it. Life moves so fast. The garden is the perfect place to slow down 😌

Hi there. 👋🏾 I bring mine into an unheated enclosed porch where it gets some light. The temperature doesn't get below freezing. Keep it on the dry side, maybe watering only once a month. No need to cut it back. The leaves may get scale so just look out for that. It put mine outside again in April once the nights are consistently above 40F

@@ricksgardendiary thank you so much!