- 43
- 45 877
Let’s grow!
Registrace 6. 11. 2013
Plant Updates in the Garden and progress of the banana plant
Today’s video starts with a discussion of the progress of the banana plant. The second half of the video shows several plant updates in the garden. Some plants are just surviving while others are thriving!!
zhlédnutí: 72
Video
Tasting my pineapple I grew! What a fun plant experiment! 🍍😃
zhlédnutí 338Před 12 hodinami
This is the day I get to taste the pineapple fruit I grew myself! What a fun experiment that took a year to come to fruition (pun intended). I am not exaggerating when I say it was the best tasting pineapple I have ever had! This was my first time trying this experiment, so I really had no idea what to expect. Be sure and watch the videos below to see exactly how I got the pineapple plant to pr...
Pruning My Phenomenal Lavender
zhlédnutí 99Před 16 hodinami
The Phenomenal lavender has looked gorgeous for weeks! The scent is as strong as ever, however I believe it’s time to prune it back to prevent it from getting “woody”
Online plant purchase unboxing. Find ALL the plants you want at a reputable online plant nurseries!
zhlédnutí 121Před dnem
Today’s video is an unboxing of one of my online plant orders. This is just one of MANY great places to purchase healthy and new plants on the market. I am not affiliated with ANY garden centers or nurseries mentioned in this video and the video is not intended to be an advertisement for them. However, I am happy to support small family businesses no matter where they are located. It is hard to...
What happened when I planted my ‘Double Mahoi’ banana tree in the ground inside my greenhouse!!
zhlédnutí 77Před 14 dny
In this video I discuss how I transplanted my banana tree from it’s pot into the ground inside my greenhouse. Then something exciting happened!
July Garden Tour. Hydrangeas, yarrow, hibiscus and more!
zhlédnutí 2,3KPřed 21 dnem
The first part of this video is looking at what looks pretty in July. The Rose of Sharon, hardy hibiscus, panicle hydrangeas, daisies, yarrow and a few rebloomers are looking beautiful in July. At the end of the video I show what the Stella D’Oro daylilies look like after I chopped them down in June. I compare them to ones that were not cut back.
“Sugar Tip” Rose of Sharon…easy to tree form, variegated, no seed & has darling pink blooms!
zhlédnutí 175Před měsícem
Today I FINALLY get to show my “Sugar Tip” Rose of Sharon in bloom! The variegated leaves add so much pizazz to this late blooming shrub. The soft sage green leaves pair so nice with the pink blooms and it’s so versatile! You can tree form it easily (with some consistency and commitment) and that leaves room for under planting something that will compliment this gorgeous plant.. a wine colored ...
Late June Garden Tour, Hardy Hibiscus, Hydrangeas, Oriental Lilies, etc
zhlédnutí 3,8KPřed měsícem
Today we look at what is pretty in the gardens in Late June. The heat has been unbearable, but these plants seem to love it! Many plants have already been shown in past videos but are still looking good. The flower beds have weeds, need to be mulched, and plants need to be pruned and dead headed… but there is still a few pretty things to enjoy😃😍
Tall Garden Phlox, a brief look at a Mid-June Garden star!
zhlédnutí 149Před měsícem
You just can’t beat Tall Phlox for adding gorgeous color to your flower beds in June. Here is a quick (5 minutes) look at some of my phlox. There are so many varieties to choose from. I love them all!
Had to take a break from flowers and help harvest wheat… wanna ride with me??
zhlédnutí 126Před měsícem
As a farmers wife I have to be available to help do many things. Today I am “Grain Cart Operator”. Come ride with me for a few minutes and see the harvest from MY POV. Not your usual “gardening” video… and hopefully not too boring… but maybe it gives you a small glimpse of where your crackers and cakes come from 😛
Unboxing and “up-potting” my Weeping Alaskan Cedar I ordered online.
zhlédnutí 53Před měsícem
I ordered a Weeping Alaska Cedar from an online nursery called “Conifer Kingdom”. Today’s video is an unboxing of that order. The heat has been AWFUL and that poor little tree has been on the road for a while. How will it handle the trip?
Mid-June Garden Tour. What plants can handle this heat?!
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed měsícem
The heat has been hard on some plants with temperatures reaching 100 degrees recently. Some plants thrive in that heat and some just couldn’t handle it. The salvias I cut back are starting to rebloom, the coneflowers are still looking beautiful and the tall phlox has hit their peak. I even have some roses making a comeback 😃
What’s blooming “Blue” in the garden in June?
zhlédnutí 349Před měsícem
So in the flower world, blue-violet means blue. Here are a few blue flowering perennials in my landscape. Lavender, balloon flowers, Rose of Sharon, salvia, Russian sage and even a hydrangea!
Removing and Transplanting a ‘Boom Chocolatta’ hardy geranium. Change can be good in the garden!
zhlédnutí 218Před měsícem
This geranium just wasn’t what I was hoping for in this location. So… I moved it! I think it just wanted more sun to really be happy. It’s ok to change things up, right?? Sometimes moving just one plant can transform the look of that space and help create a new idea for how you want it to look.
Planting a HARDY, blue-toned and long-lived evergreen ground cover.
zhlédnutí 253Před měsícem
Growing only to 12 inches tall, this evergreen may be the perfect ground cover to keep out weeds and cool the soil of your garden beds. And it’s a beautiful blue/green that compliments so many other plants.
Early June Garden Tour. Coneflowers, balloon flowers and lilies are making their appearance!
zhlédnutí 10KPřed měsícem
Early June Garden Tour. Coneflowers, balloon flowers and lilies are making their appearance!
Planting Hollyhocks I started from seed. Gorgeous tall blooms to add to the back of your border.
zhlédnutí 218Před 2 měsíci
Planting Hollyhocks I started from seed. Gorgeous tall blooms to add to the back of your border.
Golden Globe arborvitae, a golden evergreen shrub to brighten the garden
zhlédnutí 91Před 2 měsíci
Golden Globe arborvitae, a golden evergreen shrub to brighten the garden
Follow Up video of the Dry Well I dug to protect my Garden Bed from excess water. Did it Work?
zhlédnutí 61Před 2 měsíci
Follow Up video of the Dry Well I dug to protect my Garden Bed from excess water. Did it Work?
“Inca Lolly” Alstroemeria… a gorgeous, long-blooming and compact perennial for zones 7 to 9
zhlédnutí 57Před 2 měsíci
“Inca Lolly” Alstroemeria… a gorgeous, long-blooming and compact perennial for zones 7 to 9
Planting a ‘Pinpoint Blue’ False Cypress
zhlédnutí 115Před 2 měsíci
Planting a ‘Pinpoint Blue’ False Cypress
Storm damage cleanup with a battery-operated chainsaw. Can it handle it?Tutorial & Review
zhlédnutí 73Před 2 měsíci
Storm damage cleanup with a battery-operated chainsaw. Can it handle it?Tutorial & Review
The Heavy Rains are Flooding my Flower Bed! Creating a “Dry Well” to drain the water.
zhlédnutí 135Před 2 měsíci
The Heavy Rains are Flooding my Flower Bed! Creating a “Dry Well” to drain the water.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail enjoying the daylilys . What a lovely garden visitor 😍💛💛💛
zhlédnutí 17Před 2 měsíci
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail enjoying the daylilys . What a lovely garden visitor 😍💛💛💛
“Walker’s Low” catmint (nepeta) as a companion plant around the base of lilies…. What a gorgeous duo
zhlédnutí 55Před 2 měsíci
“Walker’s Low” catmint (nepeta) as a companion plant around the base of lilies…. What a gorgeous duo
What are the flower gardens looking like in late May???
zhlédnutí 5KPřed 2 měsíci
What are the flower gardens looking like in late May???
“Double Play Doozie” Spirea, the shrub that provides both amazing foliage and blooms!
zhlédnutí 394Před 2 měsíci
“Double Play Doozie” Spirea, the shrub that provides both amazing foliage and blooms!
Perfect garden front or middle border lily…. Cheerful fun color to brighten the bed!
zhlédnutí 71Před 2 měsíci
Perfect garden front or middle border lily…. Cheerful fun color to brighten the bed!
Could This Be the Most Beautiful Rose?? Belinda’s Dream Rose
zhlédnutí 23Před 2 měsíci
Could This Be the Most Beautiful Rose?? Belinda’s Dream Rose
My pineapple plant made fruit! This is a follow up and discussion of my plans for a better outcome
zhlédnutí 50Před 2 měsíci
My pineapple plant made fruit! This is a follow up and discussion of my plans for a better outcome
You might try putting a stool or chair over your transplants. It really helps them transition during the heat.
It's so fascinating to see the bananas develop! I love your videos because you include every detail and make it so educational! The long shot of your garden island with the corn in the background was so pretty! I look forward to all the plant updates. That garden spider is so exotic looking to me! The spiders in my garden are quite grey but they still eat the mosquitos so they're beautiful too :) I have discovered that rubbing orange peel on exposed skin (criss cross cut on the outer orange side to release the oils) works amazingly well to keep biting pests away for up to a couple of hours. I store the peel sections in a lunch baggy in the fridge. You mentioned a concern and a general interest in plant diseases, etc. I recently discovered this youtube channel that provides this kind of info for your region. Once a month they do an online Q&A with a panel of the department heads from the arboretum. Their recent Q&A video was all about best trees for southern zones (the arboretum is in zone 7) and I thought of you. Lots of recommendations and cautions of various trees including redbud issues and alternatives. It's called the JC Raulston Arboretum.
The arboretum suggestion is a wonderful resource! I could prevent a lot of heartache if I learned more upfront before designing and planting things. I will subscribe to their channel because I am sure I would learn a lot! I thought about taking a master gardener course mainly to learn about plant disease. This time of year the heat and humidity really suck the life out of me so my garden tends to be messy and very unkept. The weeds are winning the battle🤦🏻♀️😞
@@letsgrow260 We are just pulling out of an extended drought and 100 degree spell. I've been sheltering inside, too. I'm just not motivated to do more than keep things barely alive! The humidity has been intense, too. My green beans have suffered and the late season potatoes finished up early but not too much harm, all in all.
@@patbryan602 well just hang on because fall is right around the corner!😃. Great time to start back planting if you plant cold tolerant varieties. It’s going to get better!!!!🙏😍
Looking forward to seeing you peel and eat your first banana. 😁 When I see all the beautiful plants and their flowers and fruit, I’m reminded of what an Awesome Creator we have. ❤️
very cool. I have 2 double mahoi's as well. Just cut one up to produce pups outta of it. the other is in the greenhouse in half 55 gallon barrel. so around 27.5 gallons. Question, what size pot did u have the one u transplanted into the soil in? I'm thinking maybe I should put them into the soil. I'm also growing a few more varieties. blue java dwarf cavandish kokopo grand naine unknown cold variety and ifcourse double mahoi.
@@troydefond2307 hello! 😃 Thanks for your comment. I had the one in a HUGE pot (not sure the exact volume but close the same volume as the half 55 gallon barrel). No matter the size pot, the banana plant will want more room. Definitely put it in the ground if you can. It blew my mind how fast it grew and flourished once I did that. I have a new video (August 5, 2024) showing an update on the banana plant. I would love to try out a dwarf Namwah (not sure I spelled that right). Or a dwarf Cavendish of some kind. It has been such a fun experiment 😁
I have two of them in front of my house. Like how vigorous they are
@@huynguyentoantin mine are still blooming now!! They slowed for a week or so earlier this season after their first big flush of blooms, but have been blooming beautifully for weeks now. Even in our sweltering heat.
dont need to core it. so good. nice job, I bet it's so goof
@@nevereverforever0010-uf9su really??? You don’t have to remove the core? That’s good to know cause it was a lot of work! 😂 haha
@@letsgrow260 yes haa <3 emjoy friend
Please don't cut the pineapple stems to harvest. Just grab the pineapple and bend it to break it away. Three more shoots will grow from the stem and you get those bonus plants also 🙂
@@kiranb7364 wow!!! That is great information! I do have a green shoot coming from the side of the original plant (that I harvested the pineapple)… I am wondering if the new shoot will grow and produce a pineapple???😃
Congratulations on growing your first pineapple it’s absolutely beautiful and it taste marvelous. You preparing your pineapple to eat. Use the serrated knife like a big sturdy bread knife. cut the top off the bottom off and then sit it up on your cutting board bottom down and start slicing all the way around taking off the outside of the pineapple , piece by piece.then you can see the core and you slice of pineapple around the core . Don’t throw the core away because it’ll have some soft spots on it that are nice and ripe in the core is really good for you can slice pineapple and do whatever size pieces you want. Tried that way next time,again congratulations.
@@aprilgaudenti257 what a great explanation on how to cut a pineapple!!😃 thank you for your helpful comment! 🥰❤️. I never thought about taking off the “peel”… or outside.. first. 🤷🏻♀️😁
I could just taste that! No, I haven't ever seen a pineapple that yellow! But of course, just about everything in the store is picked before it's ripe. I started an avocado pit last year by inserting 3 toothpicks about 1/3 down from the pointy end and resting the toothpicks on the rim of a glass of water filled right to the brim. I changed the water once a week. I started in late winter and placed it in a kitchen cupboard...the instructions were to root it in the dark. It took 6 weeks or so to just barely start to swell open and when the weather was nice in the spring I took the glass outside to a no-sun spot. After a few more weeks it split and sent out a shoot that grew quickly in a few days. I potted it and put it in the sun and it grew to about 2 feet tall by Fall. My cat eats anything plant related so I had to let it die when the frost hit, but it was fun to see it actually grow. I wonder if it would actually fruit if grown on long enough. I love your experiments!
I wonder if the avocado needs a pollinator??? How fun! I love trying new things and seeing how far I can get. This pineapple was so sweet and juicy! I had no idea they were supposed to be that sweet. I hope my other ones make even larger pineapples. Thanks for being a part of all my gardening adventures! It’s so nice to share my experiences with people who have the same interests 🥰❤️
My mouth started salivating as you were cutting the pineapple… 😅 it looked so juicy! By the way. What happened to the bug?? 😂
@@quakethoc2249 thanks for your comment…. Not sure where the bug went haha. I was way too focused on the pineapple to pay attention 😂
Awesome!
My understanding is that lavender roots very successfully from stem cuttings. I've seen several how-to videos on youtube. They could overwinter in your greenhouse and be ready in the spring. If you wanted an unnecessary extra job (lol) you could try making enough to replace your stella d'oro hedge, if that takes your fancy. I have a different variety of lavender in a short row which I cut back to about 3" every spring. It only takes about a month for it to be quite sizable again. But maybe your Springs are just as busy as your Falls and this idea wouldn't be workable for you. Can't wait for the Corn to be ready!
Great idea about the cuttings. I have actually tried it (small scale) and they all rotted. But I am sure that was my fault for keeping them too wet. Wouldn’t a lavender hedge be gorgeous!!?? And oh the aroma!!! Corn harvest will be in September. We should have a decent crop but unfortunately the corn market (price) is really low right now. But we are thankful none the less🥰❤️
@@letsgrow260 Love and respect for the farmers! You take all the "hits" to an inequitable degree. It does amaze how inexpensive corn is at the store compared to other fruits and vegetables....and people CRAVE corn on the cob. I have poor luck with root cuttings, too. I haven't tried this yet but the trick is to strip off the lower leaves and then stick them in moistened peat moss or vermiculite (very absorbent medium) put a plastic bag over the pot to keep in humidity, then keep it in bright light but not sun and don't water or anything for a few weeks. Lavender can be packed in shoulder to shoulder in a single pot for rooting.
@@patbryan602 I will try to root them again! Even if I only got a few to root it would be worth it!😃
I’ve heard only good things about this lavender. Really considering giving it a try. I’m in SE Kentucky, same zone.
I say go for it!! I am also growing some sensational lavender. Just planted small plugs this spring. It is looking really good too. I have learned the hard way that lavender really must be pruned hard every year to keep it looking good. But it’s so easy to prune (and smells so wonderful doing it) that it’s not really a tough chore.
I’ve had 2 orders from Creekside, and I’ve been very happy with both. My Miss Molly butterfly bush has only been in the ground a short while and has a small bloom already. Nice order!
@@PeggyMills awesome!!!! This was my first order but I will DEFINITELY be ordering again. I could tell that great care was put into the packaging of each plant. And they did make a boo-boo on one of the hydrangeas (I ordered the “Wee Bit Innocent” but they sent “Wee Bit Giddy”) and I emailed them and they were very kind and said they would immediately ship out the correct plant. I felt almost guilty even contacting them.. but I really wanted that softer pink color of the “Innocent”. Thank you for your comment ❤️❤️❤️
Well, If you are spoiled I'm in full support because you turn around and spoil us with your videos! I too spend on little else besides bare necessities and what I want for my gardening interest. It's a wise investment...(yeah, that's the ticket) because plants appreciate as they get bigger and they also increase the value of real estate. My gardening budget eliminates a gym membership for exercise, reduces my food costs, chips away at the property maintenance budget and replaces my entertainment expenses. So actually, I'm saving a bundle. Lol I'm sounding a bit spoiled now, too , and good at rationalizing! I wish I could find an online nursery that was affordable. I searched recently and found one just 100 miles away and they had a euphorbia plant i have been longing for...however, the $23 plant was going to be an additional $93 for postage....in my own country!!! I envy the prices and phenomenal sales you get in the US. The only one of your new plants I have experience with is the Pearl Glam. Mine had very dark purple/blackish green foliage. I'm wondering if yours might be another mislabeled one or perhaps it just needs to be in the sun to darken up??? The form of this plant was beautiful but the berries were so tiny you had to be right on top of the plant to see them. That may have ben my zone 5b location and a result of a shorter, less hot growing season but since I bought it for the berries as much as the beautiful foliage I was very disappointed with it. I have replaced it with a gray/green leaf variety with large, pea-sized light pink berries and love it too.
@@patbryan602 I LOVE your rationale for plant purchasing! I agree with every point! Haha I am sorry your costs are so high for shipping plants. It would be cheaper to drive there huh? I hope my Pearl Glam is what I expect. There are so many disappointments in gardening… from insect damage to fungal disease…. From rabbits to storms…. I just don’t need any more disappointments. I know you feel the same. Gardeners DEFINITELY must have thick skin and tough nerves! I will keep you posted on how they all turn out. Thank you (once again) for your encouraging comment and support!❤️❤️❤️
@@letsgrow260 Well I owe you a big THANK YOU because I just went to one of the online sites you recommended and they deliver to Canada (the first I've found) and the shipping is only $30 to Canada for up to a purchase of $100. I do have to pay 25% extra for the dollar exchange but I have found several things I've been wanting ages for and a couple that you have shown. I'm letting my "thrill" aka mania subside until tomorrow to make sure I'm not over doing it....who Me? I now have available space for more garden area in the back. Oh, perhaps this will serve as a good thank you; I am looking out the window at my Colored Hulk hosta. It's tri-colored green streaks - high contrast - holds color all season - has flowers like no other I've seen. The buds are deep violet and the bloom opens to a 6 pointy-petal almost white star about 1 inch wide on short scapes slightly taller than the foliage. It's an older variety. Rainbow's End is another one I could say all the same things about and it is available at Great Garden Plants. it's blooms are small violet trumpets with dark lilac purple stripes on red/purple scapes.
@@patbryan602 that’s awesome that you found an online store to deliver to you! I am praying your plants arrive healthy and happy!🙏😃 please let me know about your experience!! And I love hostas so I will be looking up the “Colored Hulk” hosta IMMEDIATELY cause I just never go wrong with hostas and I love the one you mentioned before❤️. It’s doing great and I plan on planting it once the heat subsides a little. Thanks again for your comments. 🥰
@@letsgrow260 I will keep you posted on my plant haul but please don't think I will hold you responsible if they don't make the journey. It's just another experiment to me. I wonder if you have an opinion about this: I really want to get a Little Lime Tidbit and a Mauvette hydrangea. They are one quart size so I'm guessing very tiny (5" ?) I plan to pot them to grow on but do you think they will tough it out in the landscape over winter (-10 F) if I transplant in the Fall? They are 2 zones hardier than my zone. I also had an after thought about you Beauty Berry...P.W. also has a green leaved one called Proud Berry with large dark pink berries that really stand out in the landscape. I don't have one but from what I've seen in other videos it is a smothered in berries...it would be a favorable substitute!
@@patbryan602 I have two “Proud Berry” coral berry plants. They do not like my heat and humidity but are doing well. They got pretty big too. I have ordered the dwarf hydrangeas and they come super tiny so be aware. But I honestly think fall planting is better in some ways for these cold tolerant plants. The heat seems to reallly stress them.
Fantastic! Your videos are so informational. It's amazing how many fruits one bloom produces! What height will the tree max out at? I don't have the zone or the greenhouse to try a banana plant for myself but it's structure reminds me of the canna lily I'm growing. It also makes pups (now I know what they're called :) I assume the bananas will all ripen at about the same time. What do you plan to do with your harvest? Can't wait to see them ripen! I'm growing veggies for the first time (almost) and yesterday I had purple fleshed potatoes and Fortex green beans for lunch, so I understand and share your excitement with the banana tree behavior!
@@patbryan602 thanks Mrs. Pat! ❤️. You are always so encouraging and supportive 🥰. I couldn’t grow them without the greenhouse myself. They DO remind me of a giant Canna! These types (The Double Mahoi) max out at 7 to 8 feet. This one blooming is shorter than that. Growing veggies is a smart and rewarding thing to do. Harvesting and eating something you produced is a great feeling 😃. AND IT’S NUTRITIOUS!! Thank you for sweet comment. It means a lot to me❤️
@@letsgrow260 Well, you are most welcome (and deserving) of my positive responses to what you share with us. I like to express my mind, freely, but be assured, I only say what I truly feel. I like your videos because they are educational and stripped of pretention. Also, I feel that we are kindred gardeners in that I like to explore and watch the results rather than grow to impress others...I stick to impressing myself and learning. Also, it may be revelatory (lol...tee hee) to know that I am Canadian! I know we are teased for excessive politeness but I don't see it myself! Waiting with anticipation for your next video. (insert heart imoji here, which I don't know how to do) Oh yes, I'm also a fully launched senior citizen!
@@patbryan602hahaha!! Cute comment!! Senior citizens are awesome! All their experiences and wisdom.. well.. most anyway. 😂 I’ve only seen Canada from a distance. When I visited Niagara Falls from the US side. I definitely love to grow things for the experience of growing them.. but I do love pretty plants. I am not much of a reader and I learn best by actually “doing” versus reading about it. 😁
You do an awesome job recording and explaining your plants as they grow and produce their fruit. Great videos!
This was such an interesting video as I know nothing about the process of growing bananas. Look forward to more updates.
@@PeggyMills I knew nothing about them either… until I watched those CZcams videos with the fella in Georgia raising them. His videos are very interesting. I ordered the tiny little banana trees from Logee’s and they grew really fast until they outgrew their pots. Putting them in the ground is when I saw the real action! Thank you for your sweet comment!❤️
Beautiful! Love the window shed in the back round.
@@barbthreinen2628 …my greenhouse???!! Hahaha…. Thank you for your sweet comment ❤️
Vinegar Follow Up: The strongest I've worked with is 45% and when a drop gets on the skin it really starts to burn withing seconds and immediate rinsing is necessary to stop the pain. It doesn't seem to damage the skin but a warning to use caution is warranted. I would advise goggles when pouring and diluting. It doesn't exude strong fumes but I made the mistake of sniffing the open bottle and it gave quite a jolt! I have also applied it with a handheld pump sprayer with a mist nozzle which works well on larger areas and uses up less of the solution than pouring from a watering can, but spot hitting small areas or individual weeds works well with the spout can. I have found that diluting it to 10% strength works effectively. Maybe a little stronger for tap root weeds to get the root killed, too.
@@patbryan602 I really have a problem with pokeweed. It has a huge rhizome so I would probably need a high concentration to kill it. I read the reviews on Amazon and a woman showed a picture of her finger after some got in her rubber glove. Her skin was raw and red…. Looked horrible! I plan on mainly using it under a fence where lots of pokeweed and amaranth grows and I can’t mow it…And spot treatments. Thank you for that follow up.❤️
Thanks for sharing, I'm a new gardener and have the Sugar Tip. I appreciate the tips you share. It looks lovely with your Smoke Bush, and I might even try tree forming!
@@cecelianaugustaga so many things can be tree-formed and it really helps free up precious garden real estate 😉 I would definitely stake it regardless how strong it seems.. wind can do so much damage😢
I love your gardens, I started out with day lilies too as it was cheap and split them so many times. It is just not easy to kill them 😂. I’m in look out for that gorgeous spirea. Sending much love your way.
@@famoutax what a sweet comment! You can get that candy corn spirea online from a number of places. That’s where I got mine. It was little but healthy! 😁. Thank you so much for such an encouraging comment❤️
That's a genius tip for the stella d'oro hedge! They are so tough and low maintenance that a lot of people around my area use day lilies to grow in culvert ditches across their road frontage along their front lawns...I guess to prevent walking or parking too close and falling in to the ditch. Sheering them off and having them quickly come back is a great method to easily maintain appearance. Your hedge looks magnificant in bloom and still nice as fresh, mounded greenery. I have discovered an extremely quick and immediate way to eradicate weeds by sprinkling 10% vinegar concentrate on them. It will kill all vegetation so no good for lawns but great on mulched lawn replacement areas. By staying just a few inches away from other plants in garden beds, gravel areas, paver walkways, etc. it works wonders. After a few hours (especially in the sun) or a day, the weed is brown and can be pulled up easily or left to become mulch. It will of course hurt worms and soil microbes. I use a small watering can with a long, narrow, curved spout to spot soak at the stem and usually the root is killed, as well. 10% vinegar is often called "cleaning vinegar". Amazon has it and also stronger concentrations which can be diluted with water to take it down to 10%. It's expensive on Amazon. I use Allen's Cleaning Vinegar which is much less expensive and can be found at Home Depot or hardware stores. Your Yarrow got me wanting one for my garden and I recently found a fairly new hybrid dwarf variety which only matures to 10 inches tall and wide but has full size bloom heads. There are 4 colors in the Yarrow Milly Rock series. I'm going to try taking stem cuttings to see if I can root some more plants from it. My Opalescence is just starting to bloom, but my other two varieties (in same spot) still don't have buds. yet.
@@patbryan602 thank you so much❤️ I have some regular vinegar on hand. I may mix me up a 10% solution and try it! I never had yarrow before this spring and I LOVE IT! I had no idea it would bloom so long. And the aged blooms don’t look bad at all. I definitely want more of it. The dwarf variety would be so nice to have. Perfect for front of a border 😃
@@letsgrow260 Regular, grocery store vinegar is 5% strength. I've tried it but without much success.
@@patbryan602… oh darn! Gotcha 👍 So… I ordered a bottle of 75% strength off Amazon. It makes several gallons once diluted. I will dilute it! Thanks so much for letting me know❤️
Lovely garden. Thank you for folming it for us. The dahlia side shoots will grow and bloom if there is enough energy in the tuber or the soil is fertile. We do not have rabbits as i live in very urban area but we have giant slugs. One of them ate all the main stalk of my dalia crazy love. Poor thing looked like stick with no leaves over night. Then it bushed out real fast once i hunted down the slug. Dahlias are very fast growers unlike the coneflowers. My coneflower leaves got munched by yet another slug and i have not seen any sign of life for a month. I am afraid it just died despite being in my experimental bed where i impriove the soil constantly. We cannot even get such pretty coneflowers in UK. It was the original native to USA plant.
@@mariyaatanasova1556 have you tried the slug and snail bait?? I was getting chew marks on my hostas and used the snail and slug bait and it took care of the problem. Thank you for your comment❤️
Thank you for that great tutorial on creating a standard! You answered all my doubts and questions about trying to create one for myself. I love that beautiful Sugar Tip...if I ever find it I already have it's spot picked out. I'm so glad you love to share! Speaking of that, will you be showing us any other harvesting videos? I'd love to see how you bring in your corn and soy beans! The wheat harvest was so beautifully videoed...I can see it being useful in the classroom or turned into a children's book! I was trying to locate where you showed your dwarf, soft orange asiatic lily because I found dwarf lilies (past bloom) for only $3 at Home Depot this week and wondered if they were in the same series. Mine is pink with white center and is called "Tiny Diamond". The foliage is deep dark shiny green and I love it even without blooms. I tried shopping on line for your orange variety but it was sold out everywhere and I decided to shop early for bulbs next spring, but I'm just as happy with these little bargain plants AND I don't have to wait. I wouldn't have known to leap at them without your video. They also have multiple blooms per stem. Mine are all single stem right now. Can't wait to see your Sugar Tip next year.
Thank you first off for such an encouraging comment. ❤️ I think I bought my little orange lilies at Lowe’s. They had them this year also. I adore them even though I am not a huge fan of orange blooms. It is just such a cheerful (Dreamsicle) color it makes me smile. Mine was Double Asiatic Lily Tiny Double You. And yes I am sure I could do another harvest video. Corn will be next (in September). May be hard unless I can figure out an easier way to operate the camera AND the tractor haha. Corn is a little faster pace for us. I am so happy my videos are enjoyed by you. I don’t have many visitors who enjoy my flowers.. not even my family really.. so I love sharing them with folks like you🥰❤️
@@letsgrow260 I have just read a blog entry that reported rabbits eating new lily shoots and then they don't bloom. Do your rabbits eat the lilies? I had a momma and two babies this spring who ate all my sprouting crocuses which grew more foliage but never bloomed, either. In the winter they prune my Big Bang spirea down to about 6". Now the rabbits don't come in my gardens but I see them daily across the street dashing across the lawns. Maybe they are finding clover there???
@@patbryan602 yes.. they eat my lilies. They are highly destructive. But cute. They will chew down things EVEN if they don’t eat them. I had blooms on the ones they chewed on though. But they only chewed parts of the leaves.. not the whole stalk. I am thinking about sprinkling cayenne pepper powder on my plants. Wonder if that would stop them??
Beautiful Garden
@@Lisasharp76 thank you for your sweet comment.❤️
Enjoyed the tour.
Walter's Gardens has a true blue plant called Gentiana True Blue 2" tubular flowers. There are a few varieties of gentian. Another one I found in a search was Bottle Gentian. It's quite unique looking with clusters of blooms resembling tulip buds.
Interesting! I am ALWAYS on the search for true blue flowers in a perennial. Most things they call blue are actually purple.. as you know. Those Chinese Forget Me Nots look so much like the blooms on Brunnera. Thank you for your comment. You always give me great suggestions 🥰❤️
Beautiful looking garden, its a pollinators dream.
Just watched your pineapple series and found it so interesting! I love that you share these things...I have a small city lot which I have transformed into wall to wall gardens but no space for a greenhouse. It's so much fun to see what you experiment with. Has your tree produced any bananas for you? It looks like it will be easier to encase your new pineapple plant in plastic using the banana tree trunk (if it can handle the gas and humidity). Loved seeing your garden phlox in the other video, too. I rarely find Proven Winners plants in my area but two years ago I found a nearly dead 5" twig (aka plant) of Opal Essence and continued to neglect it after putting it in a larger pot which I left over winter. the next spring it began growing and produced one bloom last season. This year it is a large and full plant but I'm still waiting for blooms - zone 5b. It is really tough but so beautiful. I have 2 other tall varieties which I really love too. "Laura" dark green leaves and vibrant blue/purple blooms with bright white eye. And "Nora Leigh" variegated foliage which looks just like a dogwood plant with very pale pink blooms that don't show up very well from a distance but the foliage makes up for it! Both were from outdoor grocery store, seasonal garden centers so I imagine they are older varieties but they are very mildew resistant for me, as well. The Laura one gives me a volunteer or two each year.
Love your comment! From watching and learning from others, it seems the banana tree needs to be about 6 foot tall before it produces bananas. It’s stalk is just at 5 feet.. so it will be probably next summer (my best guess) when I will see the flower 😃… then off course the bananas. The pineapple is still not quite ripe, but I may make the final video in that series when I cut it off and slice into it. I bet your cozy garden area is beautiful!! Like a secret garden oasis❤️. I definitely want more tall garden phlox! It has been so pretty for a while now 🥰. I am going to look up those varieties you mentioned…. Never heard of them. Sometimes the older varieties are just as good as the new ones.. even better in some cases.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing
Thank you for your comment ❤️
I've been reading about rain gardens lately and what plants can tolerate so much water. I have some places in my yard that pool water too.
So far, this dry well has worked well. I am hopeful 🙏😁
Location?
Southwest Kentucky. Zone 7a… was zone 6b until just recently
Oh Yeah...I want to ride with you! What an interesting video. You are one of a kind! I make all my own bread so thank you so much for growing my wheat! Is there a wide enough harvesting window so that you can avoid inclement weather or are you dependent on good fortune, entirely? What happens to the "gold" next? Do you deliver it to a mill or does someone come and collect it? I'm a city slicker....can you tell? Lol What a beautiful sky!
Your comment made me smile🥰😁 We take the grain trucks to the grain elevator.. which has giant grain bins .. they store it and it eventually gets on barges which gets shipped to various places. They had trouble a couple of years ago because the barges travel the Mississippi River and the river level fell so low they couldn’t get the barges down the river. It cost the farmers a lot when that happened. And YES!! We have to depend on good weather to harvest. It has been so dry here lately that we were able to get all our wheat harvested quickly. Thank you for your comment. ❤️
Beautiful plants 🪴. Love your containers
Thank you for that sweet comment ❤️
Thanks for taking us along for the ride and for the lesson on harvesting. A beautiful day to harvest your crops.
Those buzzers don’t work. You have to use steel stakes and drive them in the ground where they dig and they will not come back. You can buy them at Lowe’s. They work great for me and have had no more problems with moles.
What do you do when they dig EVERYWHERE!!?? Haha. I will definitely check them out. Great suggestion! Thank you❤️
The weeping Alaskan cedar is one of my favorite trees! Yours looks so fresh and healthy and a really good size for the price. If you're not familiar with the CZcams channel "S&K Greenhouse" I think you will love this latest video, "Once in a life time garden tour" It's an amazing, huge property with a zillion evergreens and some deciduous ones too. It's very informational with names and growing zones and simply amazing. The garden is in zone 7 North Carolina.
I actually am a subscriber of his channel!😃. He is so funny and enthusiastic. He has several videos on conifers and is one reason I started wanting more of them in my landscape. I haven’t seen his most recent video. I will definitely check it out 😍😁
Oh my gosh...same here with the deluge all winter and early spring and now we can't get a drop and we are in a heat wave. Ugh, so hard on the plants and my well! Pretty garden!! We have a lot of the same plants 😊. I'm in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
I am in Southwestern Kentucky. My poor lamium got fried. And I was so excited about it too. 😢 Thank you for your comment ❤️
I think your one in a melon coneflower has Asters Yellow.
Oh no! 😢
So glad you said that about your clematis, mine look terrible plus I was wanting to get a new trellis. But was debating whether it would hurt them to cut back now. I may have to do it.
Well… the rabbits sure chopped mine back to the ground. And the poor clematis hadn’t had time to really get rooted in. So, I imagine you can cut yours back and it will sprout new growth. There are three “pruning types” of clematis. So be sure and check your variety and see what it says about pruning. You may have to sacrifice some blooms but it may be worth it to get a new trellis and rejuvenate your plant
I love the plants you have in your gardens! Does your tree form rose of sharon regrow the stems you remove from the main trunk or is forming it once-and-done? How did your dark leafed astilbe fair after transplanting? My upcoming 10 day forecast is high nineties with "feels like" temps in the 105 - 9's. This is hotter than it has ever been. Voles (small, tailless and so cute) are vegetarians! I had one in my garden and it tunnels and chews on roots. I probably still do have one or two but I don't see much damage but I do see the odd exit hole. Chipmonks also tunnel underground and create the same sort of exit hole. Has your guardian angel hosta arrived, yet?
Yes! My Guardian Angel hosta arrived and looks so healthy! I haven’t planted it yet. Been so so hot. Not sure about the astilbe you are referring to. I transplanted a Boom Choco Latta geranium. Should have waited cause we had 100 degree day right after. Poor thing. It wilted pretty bad. The Rose of Sharon will put out some lower branches as you tree form it, however I just cut them off and force it to grow from the top. Now the top of that one I showed in this video is so full, it stopped growing any branches down below. It’s only been in that garden for 2 seasons now. They grow pretty fast. And I may have voles AND moles. Voles are awful and will eat our soybeans in the fields. I have never seen a chipmunk here. As always.. thank you for your thoughtful comment ❤️
@@letsgrow260 Yes it was the geranium I was referencing with the wrong name! I nearly killed my Laced Up Elderberry by trying to transplant it after it wouldn't grow an inch after 3 years. It was still just 12 inches tall. I dug down a shovel's depth but couldn't get it to budge - it had an amazing tap root - It was planted right beside my internet cable and I didn't want to dig any further so I just grabbed it and yanked, breaking the tap root at about the 10 inch length. It went into immediate shock and the leaves were hanging like limp lettuce against the stalk. I watered it twice a day for several days and eventually I went out one morning and it was in perfect condition again. It also began growing a whole foot that year and again last year. This is the third year since transplanting and it is 4 feet tall now and bloomed for the first time. Sometimes a plant just won't let you kill it no matter how hard you try! Lol
@@patbryan602 it just needed some root pruning that you so effectively provided haha!! My geranium is looking better😃. I think it’s going to be ok😁
Beautiful natural looking garden and containers, Its a pollinators dream. We have had a rainy summer so far this year in Ireland and we watered the flowerbeds for the first time this year last Saturday.
I have always wanted to visit Ireland! Thank you for your kind comment ❤️
First person I’ve seen with the Sun Joy Barberry. I think it’s so beautiful. I’m not a fan of Day lilies unless it has a bunch of buds. I love that you have a lot of color. Perhaps you could have done the really bright yellow Daylily and then the really pretty purple lavender interspersed with each other instead of the burgundy/orange daylily. But like you said gardening is an expensive hobby. I love the evergreen Chamaecyparis. I always call it False Spirea. It’s my favorite in the garden. Did you cut your sticks off the summercrush hydrangea when it was growing back to the bud? I’ve done that for ever and wondered why it doesn’t flower. That’s why mine haven’t formed buds . Now that I’ve left them along they bloom. What is that tall grass next to the sunshine lagustrum? It’s unique and huge. Thanks for sharing your garden!!
Thank you ❤ I subscribed
Love the blue blossoms- especially the lavender. I think I could smell the plant as I watched the video. 😅
Where did you get the geranium seeds from? I have geraniums growing and I am wondering where the seeds will come from. This is my first time growing them. I bought them from Home Depot.
I actually ordered my geranium seeds from Etsy.
I love your hostas with the flowers. My produces white flowers and they are gorgeous.
❤lovely tour.😊
You spend a lot of time showing spent flowers and on day Lillys and non flowering shrubs, disappointed.
Thank you for your feedback. I will definitely keep that in mind when I do another video.
I'm in love with alstromaia!!! I just planted some seeds because it was sooo expensive to purchase.
What a great idea! Where did you get the seeds?? The alstroemeria I planted was found at a local greenhouse and it was looking rough so it wasn’t expensive at all. I got lucky if it survives. 🙏
Your evergreen collection is looking so beautiful. I've been rearranging things in my front garden so I can see my favorites out the front window. This revealed my Guardian Angel hosta and I thought I must tell Let's Grow about this one. Anyone who loves the leaf color on Beacon Silver will love this hosta! It has fairly broad leaves with that lovely misty mint green color and the edges are streaked with darker olive green. The edges undulate and it looks so calming and gorgeous. It's supposed to get wider than mine is which is now about 20 inches across after 3 years but mine is planted under a silver maple which invades the ground with spider webby matted roots right to the surface. Guardian Angel can take quite a bit of sun without scorching. I transplanted mine to under the tree where it gets about 3 hours of direct late afternoon sun and the color is better - more contrast and more saturated. I found mine at a grocery store so I think it is probably an older variety. Do you grow kitchen veggies or do you put up veggies for the freezer? I am growing a few food items in pots and grow bags for the first time and don't have any experience in preserving food over winter. A tripod for your phone would supply an extra pair of hands! Any chance a trip to your hubby's shop would have one? Even if you dropped a HINT. Lol
That hosta sounds so interesting! I found one on Etsy sold by Quest Creek Gardens. I bought it!! $24.95 with free shipping. The shop had excellent reviews and rating. My husband would say you are a bad influence on me haha!!🤣. The pictures of it on Etsy really showed off that unique color you were talking about. Thank you for telling me about that one 🥰. I want to save up for a GoPro camera.. that way I can attach it to a hat or something and be able to use two hands. I grow a few tomatoes… cabbage.. and onions. But that’s about it for this year. I got so frustrated with the squash bugs last year that I decided not to invest in too many veggies. We are surrounded by Amish and they all have produce right in our neighborhood so we can get fresh veggies any time. I used to can a lot of food. Even meats. But I haven’t done that in a while. A good pressure cooker is a must if you want to preserve food for the winter. You may have one. I was scared to try it at first. I thought I might kill my family with botulism…but after many youtube videos on canning and reading a few books and talking to some older (wiser) ladies, I jumped all in and it was fun! I made grape jelly from my grapes last year (which is really easy .. however messy). Thanks again for your sweet comment and information on that beautiful hosta! I can’t wait to see it! 😍
@@letsgrow260 That's so great that you were able to find it so quickly...and for a good price too! I am excited to see you plant it.
I felt so bad when you were getting swarmed by mosquitoes! Im covered in mosquito bites, they're a nightmare.
Well today I tried something! I crushed a bunch of my mint leaves and rubbed them all over me… on my face, neck, arms, legs.. EVERYWHERE! Haha.. and not one mosquito landed on me! Seriously!! Could have been a complete coincidence but I was amazed. I never even heard them humming near my ears! I will have to try again to see if it was just a fluke. Thanks for your comment❤️