July Front Garden Tour! The GOOD, The BAD, & The UGLY!
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- Welcome to my July 2024 Front Garden Tour! Some plants are looking Ah-Ma-Zing, while others are looking bad, and others are just downright ugly and will be pulled soon! I'm just being transparent and real when showing you what my garden in North Texas (border of zone 8a, zone 8b) looks like after the extreme heat of a Texas summer kicks in, and our LOWS are in the 80's!! Highs are in the 100's, heat indexes are up to 110+! We have some challenges with plants that are usually "heat tolerant", because it just does not cool down at night! Join me as I walk you through, and discover what my plan is for the plants that are struggling.
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Front yard still looks beautiful even if it’s not peaking. 😊
Aww, thank you so much!! 🥰
As a north Texas gardener I’m dealing with some of the same struggles. A couple of annuals that do very well in extreme full sun for me are Angelonia and gomphrena🩷 A few other annuals that perform well in the summer months in my garden are pentas, torenia, and blue daze evolvulus. Looking forward to watching your backyard garden tour🌺
Thank you so much Jen! Yes, I've done Angelonia and Gomphrena before but for whatever reason did not include them in my garden this year- regretting that now! Going to include pentas next year too. I've never tried torenia, but would love to. I tried Blue Daze Evolvulus last year and it stopped blooming when the temps were over 100. I picked up another one on clearance a few days ago and I'm going to give it another chance in a different location, hoping it does better! Backyard Garden Tour will be posted tomorrow afternoon! Thanks so much for watching!
I’m in west Tx (Permian Basin), and I plant gomphrena from seed every year. It always does amazing with our hot temps and lack of rain!
2nd year mystic blue salvia is a rock star in FL. I cut them way back early spring and they bloom all spring and summer.
Yessss!! How tall is yours this year? Curious to see how much height they get in 2nd year!
Love your garden
and honesty!
Thank you so much! ❤️
I love hydrangeas I would like to know how you take care of them. You have a beautiful front yard garden thanks for sharing 🌺
Thank you Maria!! I have a video ALL about how I care for my hydrangeas! Feel free to check it out, I hope you like it! czcams.com/video/BDEijHUB7a0/video.htmlsi=M1BW8i-O_NjGB4Lc
You have such a beautiful garden❤
Thank you so much!! And thank you for watching!!
Hi Lady! New subscriber here! Your gardens are gorgeous! Thanks for sharing your hits and misses with us! We have the same weather here in zone 8a, South Carolina. It's brutal! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you SO much for watching and subscribing!! ❤️
Hey Shannon! So much of my garden is looking the same! My jazzberries are hanging on, but certainly not looking as good as in June just a few weeks ago!! I have my quick fire fab hydrangea in an almost full shade spot and in a container, so we’ll see if I can keep it from scorching. Thank you for the update; I really enjoy all your garden tours!
Thank you Stacey! Yay for your Supertunia Jazzberries! Hope they make it! Same for your Quick Fire Fab, just remember with them that they can be dramatic and wilt during the day. Don't water unless the soil is dry. They do love morning sun and afternoon shade!
@@GrowRoots23 ok thank you! Also I wanted to say that you inspired me to get another video out this week on my channel…i was thinking ‘oh things are looking not great’ but i decided to go ahead and post one today!
@@summerofstacey6676 YES! I am so glad you changed your mind! I feel like we doubt ourselves and our gardens and don't want to share that with everyone, but I like to look at it as "documenting the garden", no matter what struggles the plants are currently facing! We have real struggles, and others can still learn and be inspired by how you face those challenges (including ourselves)! I am SO looking forward to a bit of cooler weather that is coming though! It feels amazing outside this morning!!
@@GrowRoots23 yes! I’m out here too!!
Happy Independence Day, sweet friend!
I love your Daylily and Salvia in the front pots. They are so pretty!
I have one red, white, and blue petunia hanging basket that was able to hang on until July 4th. The struggle is real with this heat.
I am just starting my zinnias seeds. I will be so happy if they germinate.
Hi Stacie! Hope you had a Happy 4th! Which zinnia variety did you start? Zinnias are so fun because there are so many different varieties! Which type is your favorite? So far for me this year, and you'll see them in my backyard garden tour soon, is the Cactus mix! I'm also growing Zinderella Peach Zinnias in the backyard and a couple of other types, but the Cactus mix is giving me the biggest and prettiest show! The Dreamland series seedlings are just starting to flower, and are more compact, so I'm excited to see how those turn out, too.
I started two zinnia seed varieties; they are both Burpee brand. Color Crackle, which is a multi-color burgundy/cream, and Purple Prince.
Two of my Dusty Miller died yesterday. I was so sad! I did find and trap the culprit...a mole! That little guy even popped up all my begonias. I was able to get them back into the ground. Hopefully, they will recover.
Beautiful!!!!
Thank you Doreen! Thanks for watching!
We just had our roof replaced (I live in Arlington), and I have SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much damage from the tarping of the plants on a 101 degree day. Ugh. I'm going out tonight to trim off the dead stuff, and was so happy to see this video for inspiration.
Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry!! That would be so frustrating. I hope they bounce back once the dead is cut off!
@@GrowRoots23 I hope so, too!
Maybe you should be doing the Best for The West, garden 🎉❤
Thank you! Really it's just the annuals that are struggling with the heat, the perennials I have now are specialized for our Texas heat! It's my fault for trying out Supertunias one last time, and now I can add impatiens to the no-go list, too! I'll be sticking with Zinnias, Cosmos, Vinca, Caladium, Coleus, Begonias, Pentas, Purslane for my annual color!!
My hydrangea leaves look just like that, in spite of loads of iron and fertilizer.
Hmmm. I have many hydrangeas and I've finally gotten most of them looking good with their foliage! This one is usually my star but the top leaves are definitely nutrient deficient. It's strange!
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Thank you!
Hitting the plant sales tomorrow. 🌻💦🌿
Woohoooo!! ❤️
Where did u get ur Limelight standard and did u plant the black eyed Susan vine from seed? If so, where did u get the seeds pls? I’m amazed that u can get any blooms from any kind of hydrangeas in Texas!! They’re beautiful! I’m in west Tx (Permian Basin), zone 8b, and I’ve tried hydrangeas twice with no success unfortunately.
I actually grew my Limelight Standard myself! I bought a Limelight Hydrangea shrub a few years ago, planted it in the backyard, and one of the stems actually got buried and propagated itself. I let the roots grow and cut it from the parent plant, planted it in a pot. From there, it was a single stem. I cut off all of the other shoots that it tried to send up and kept only the single stem it's first season. Second season that stem shot off shoots from every node of the single stem, but I only kept 4 shoots at the very top to form the bottom branches of the limelight standard. It takes a long time and many seasons to get it to where it is now, but I am so happy I did it! The Black Eyed Susan Vine was grown from seed that I purchased on Amazon (Seed Needs brand). If you are interested on how to care for hydrangeas in Texas, I do have quite a few videos on them as they are my absolute favorite!! Check them out!
@@GrowRoots23 Ty for the info! U’ve done a fabulous job with ur hydrangeas!!
Where in North texas.??.. I'm not sure if we have the same weather I am in elpaso texas
I am just north of Dallas! Pretty far away, but it looks like you are zone 8b- we are on the border of zone 8a/8b. Thanks so much for watching!!
Where do you get your dreamland zinnia seeds from?
Park Seed! 😊
I love mistic spires. I planted 3 in the garden. They are huge, and the pollinators love them. I also love salvias they do well in the East TX heat and humidity.
@@user-gk5ph2kj8p absolutely!