10 Flowers 🌼 So EASY to Grow You'd Be Crazy NOT To! 🌼
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- čas přidán 3. 07. 2024
- Do you consider yourself a serial flower murderer? A brown-thumb when it comes to ornamental plants? Well fear not, because today we are going to show you EXACTLY which flowers are so easy all you have to do is plant them once and enjoy them for years to come. Jump on in!
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
01:02 Cosmos
02:49 Johnny Jump-Ups
04:17 Bachelor Buttons (AKA Cornflower)
06:48 Poppies
09:05 Chamomile
11:00 Sunflower
13:34 Nasturtiums
15:53 Black-Eyed Susans
17:07 Zinnias
19:33 African Marigolds
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Im one that says if it isnt food, dont grow it. But evolving into flowers , like you, is something i could do.
That was very much me as well. Luckily my wife realized we needed a few flowers 😁
And there are many flowers that will improve your vegetable garden by attracting pollinators or repelling predators.
If you expand your definition of food to stuff you can make tea with or use as a garnish, that includes a lot of flowers! A few of the flowers he mentioned here are great additions to a salad. Carnations, violets, and roses lend themselves well to desserts. Ornamental mint relatives like Monarda and Agastache make great herbal infusions.
Finally got calendula to grow last year... And it grew, and grew, and grew... And only a deep freeze and ice took it out. Yet, this spring, even in the cracks of the pavement, there are plants about to bloom. My favorite is this bright orange, which perfectly matches our local football colors!
I love calendula! It's funny how a flower can be hard to seed intentionally then go mad on its own. I need to see if I have some more calendula seeds lying around....
A great video about easy flowering plants that I want to start next spring in the desert. Thank you!
No problem! I hope you get tons of 'em to grow next year! Nothing better than flowers in the desert =)
Gomphrena is one of my favorites right now. It takes the Texas heat like no other. It’s a great drying flower as well. Also reseeds.
They look like they'd do well for me. Other amaranths certainly do! Thank you for the recommendation.
I definitely have chamomile growing randomly through the gravel of my backyard. It makes me so happy.
Isn't it just the best? Hahah I love the real tough ones like that 😁
You can eat nasturtium leaves and pickle the fruits like capers
Thank you for sharing with us some great ideas for flowers, can’t wait to try some of them😀🌼🌸🐝
Thanks for watching! Such a fun topic to chat about. Hope you enjoy them as well!
A great plant to attract bees to your garden is African blue basil. The flowers are great! Unlike other basil, you don’t have to cut the blooms off for the plant to thrive. It’s a sterile hybrid and a perennial in my zone 10 and may survive in zones 8 and 9 too. It is easy to propagate from cuttings. The bees love it!
I really want one! Where did you get yours?
I bought it at Orange County Farm Supply in the city of Orange in California.
@@NextdoorHomesteadin California you can get them in the local nurseries. Absolute bee magnet! Mine has over wintered 2 years now and I haven’t done anything more than water it and occasionally, when the summer heat hits 100, I give it some worm tea. Planted mine in a grow bag.
This is my first year really getting into flowers. Growing Marigolds, Alyssum, Snapdragons, Nasturtium, & Scilla. I was growing Calendulas too, but a Squirrel ate them all 😡
What's your favorite so far?
And trust me, I feel your pain on the squirrel damage. They're terrors
@@NextdoorHomestead definitely the marigolds, but mainly because they seem to do very well with old chili pepper / tomato growing habits. My snapdragons are finally growing though so I’m excited for those too.
Zinnia seeds are incredibly easy to save. That way you don’t have to buy new ones every year. There are many how to videos on CZcams. If you haven’t already, you should check out floret flowers.
I just found your channel. Very fun.
Thanks for checking out the channel and for the tip! I'll take a look at Floret's seeds too - looks like they're about to close shop for the year!
Cheers,
@@NextdoorHomestead yeah, i’m kind of bummed that they are closing for the year. But time will fly, and there will be more seeds before we know it. I’m so glad you checked out their channel. They are pretty amazing to follow.
Borage, huge plant, beneficial ans edible.
Thank you for sharing! Borage seems to be another one folks love based on the comments =)
I threw five african daisy seeds in my garden and forgot about them. Now they are everywhere, and i love them.
That's awesome! From five seeds to a garden full. Can't beat that =)
These are great. I’d just would add coneflower as one of my favorites too.
Fun fact! Coneflowers would have been number 11 if this video wasn't already over 20 minutes.
Totally agree and they're actually the plant growing next to the black-eyed susans you can see a bit in this video. Thanks for sharing =)
I ❤ all these suggestions. I have snapdragons that reseed themselves every year and are beautiful but I think they are “cool season” and it might be too hot where you are. I’m in Canada.
Yay, that's lovely to hear. I have not given up on snapdragons but they haven't worked out for me yet. I'll try them in a cooler spot 😁
In zone 6 US mine actually overwintered! I’m so surprised and happy! They’re huge and just starting to bloom.
I grew up with Johnn Jump Ups at the cottage, it's nice to see them getting some love
I swear so many folks have nostalgic feelings about 'em! Thanks for sharing =)
Love the video. Just a side note. Here in the northwest bachelor buttons are a noxious weed. They have had to rogue crops by hand in the past. I made the mistake of planting them when first married and on the farm. My father in law pulled every one as soon as he saw them 😅
Thanks for sharing the list. Google found that there are scientific studies to back up the use of marigolds for predator control. Their roots, particularly French marigolds, release alpha-terthienyl, which controls a variety of nematodes.
It deserves a full discussion but the short of it is, I think very, very few of us can recreate the conditions in those studies in order to create a meaningful effect. That's my .O2 cents anyhow. I love marigolds anyhow!
A planted Nasturtium and Chamomile 3 years ago. The nasturtium volunteers stick to where they were grown the year before (their seeds are large and heavy) but the chamomile volunteers are EVERYWHERE! Pretty good problem to have and the chamomile starts are pretty delicate, so not difficult to manage.
Chamomile volunteers are hilarious to me. We have hundreds and largely grouped wherever the rain pooled over winter. They must be particularly buoyant because nothing else appears in giant patches wherever there was a puddle =)
This is a great list, all my favorites ❤ I would add iris. Iris are the most reliable flower I have. They are gorgeous, you don't have to do much for them to be happy, and you can dig them up and give them to neighbors and friends. Snapdragons (there are many that will become perennial), blue balloon flowers, asters, perennial mums, penstemon, dianthus, ice plant, achillea, fever few (it can be invasive but there are some new varieties that may not be). Many of these I like because they put on their show in the Fall. Hummingbirds love penstemon.
Thank you for watching! I love asters and snapdragons but have (embarrassingly) found them more challenging. I'm hoping to get a nice recurring patch of both going though =)
I love your curation of flowers here! These are effectively more contemplative 'weeds'. These are beautiful easy-breezy, go-to flowers to use while you figure out the rest of your yard or garden. So for instance it's way more desirable to enjoy the prettiness of a poppy than other naturally occuring weeds and it has the added bonus of being easier to pull out (with its taproot structure) when you're ready to evolve your yard.
Great info. altogether. Thanks!
I absolutely agree. I try to think of many of them as options for outcompeting our serious weed problem. It's not the absolute most majestic set of flowers but they're all charming.
Great list! I struggle with deer and they’ll feast on many of these 😩 sunflowers seem impossible…every critter out there wants the seeds and seedlings. I grow them in trays and transplant but they don’t do quite as well. Nasturtiums, alyssum, the dainty/bushy marigolds, and calendula are my favorite!
So glad I don't have to contend with deer! So tough. And yeah, sunflowers are one of the very few plants I advise against starting in trays. Just tough to time it right!
@@NextdoorHomestead yeah I know. I just can’t really have them in the garden any other way 🤷♀️
Have you tried daffodils? They're toxic to deer!
They're very easy to germinate from seed but If you're planning to grow Zinnias in south florida, they prefer morning sun and later partial shade in the afternoon.
In the summer the sun will scorch them to a crisp, and they need daily waterering in the morning to keep them fit through the hot weather.
Another great video, thanks.
I'm so happy that you released a flower video! I grew zinnias, bachelor buttons, and borage last year and absolutely fell in love with growing flowers.
I was wondering if you've ever tried cold stratifying seeds and if so, if you felt it improved your germination rates at all.
Thanks for another great video!
Thank you so much for watching and apologies for not responding sooner!
I... am not a fan of cold stratifying. I just don't have the time to add in an additional step like that. It definitely does improve germination rates but flower seeds tend to be cheap and plentiful. So in lieu of stratifying, I just plant a ton =)
It's the exact same strategy I use for herbs and it works great for me!
I’ve heard that French marigolds will help with nematodes but they have to be grown and then tilled in before planting…or something? It’s a process anyway, not just planting. And the African marigolds I’ve seen and grown are really huge compared to the typical kinds. Maybe the naming has to do with where they were bred…?🤷♀️ I like the little dainty varieties with tiny flowers and foliage… Star and Gem series. Love that smell 🤩
Yep it's true there is evidence they can be effective against nematodes in very controlled conditions. I'll have to do a video sometime on why I think those conditions are pretty rare (and minimally helpful) for most of us.
And yeah, cracker jack marigolds can get comically huge. And it seems to happen all at once. I love it 😁
Zinnias all shapes sizes and colors!
My next round of zinnias germinated yesterday! Excited =)
A very important thing to note about Marigolds, they help you get rid of nematodes!
Great suggestions!!
Lovely
Thank you!
Great suggestions! Always enjoy your videos. Johnny Jump-up was also my Mom’s favorite flower. (Enid Phillips)
Thank you as always for watching! That's lovely to hear.
What I say about Zinnias is: who. Eeds to struggle and spend on Dahlias when you can grow Zinnias? ❤️🔥❤️🔥
My favorite flower now though is Echinacea. Easy to grow, long lasting blooms, reseeds itself and are beautiful!
Haha love this comment. I bought some dahlias on clearance at Walmart yesterday *and* I planted a bunch of zinnia seeds. I bet you can guess which are more likely to thrive ;)
Cosmos ARE fabulous, but they won’t reseed in UK, as they are half hardy here! So we have to sow in modules/trays and pot on a couple of times before planting out!
What zone are you in?
Zone 9. What about yourself?
Appreciate the heads up!
My personal favorites are calendula, borage and alyssum (and nasturtiums, marigolds and chamomile). Like the rest of your list, they all self sow prolifically, attract tons of beneficial insects and are gorgeous pops of color all over the garden. Bonus, borage is also edible and does in fact taste like cucumber, which I didn't believe until I tried it.) I also have my first 2 yarrows flowering this year, and they're heading towards being a favorite. Gorgeous inflorescences of hundreds of tiny, delicate little flowers, and the 'red' one is actually about 34 or 5 shades of pink and red, and they're attracting tons of hoverflies and parasitic wasps.
Another vote for calendula and alyssum! I don't think I've ever tried borage but I know someone growing it to give it a go =)
The hoverflies have quickly become a family favorite over here. It took a while to convince the little ones that they are in fact not dangerous but we love them now.
@@NextdoorHomestead LOL, I can imagine. The garden favorite when mine were little was preying mantises. My youngest liked to catch them, watch them for a few hours, then let them go. Every single one was named Preylina.
Borage can be really spectacular. I had a volunteer in my tomato bed that took off in January, and by the time I had to grub it out this week to make room for the tomatoes it was about 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide. I counted as many as 20 or more bees of various species on it over the last few weeks--I didn't feel too bad about taking their favorite flowers away, though, since I hadn't been deadheading and there weren't many left... and I have about 10 more borage seedlings in various places around the garden. 😆
New to your channel! Lovely videos! My question- WHEN do we plant these seeds? I’m in the Chicago area. I feel like if I plant them now it will be too late???
Really depends on the plant! Some of these do prefer a nice cold period and will be more likely to germinate if fall sown. Others can be planted in spring/summer.
My favourite flower to add the my vegetable and ornamental garden is alyssum! It's beautiful, so sweetly scented, and it attracts predators that keep down harmful insects that can damage crops.
And it self sows in areas that aren't heavily mulched, but it's so easy to grow from seed.
I've got a little pot of alyssum and clover in our sitting area and NEED more. Such a pretty little flower.
SO easy to grow from seed. I spread a packet over top soil in a tin roasting pan and set it outside in my little plastic greenhouse rack. I got a mat of seedlings.
Ok ok I'm convinced! I'm going to plant some seeds today 😁
@@MyFocusVaries I sprinkle them everywhere 😆🙃
Genuine question: which videos have footage of the fruits on plant, or harvests, or results?
I’ve watched a handful of videos so far and love them all. I want to see the fruits of your labor! Show me that fat single-leader with bunches of badonkadonks that would snap them twigs beside a suckerfest with teency weency itty bitties.
I want b-roll of them cumbers glistening morning dew off their refined lumpy skins.
Gimme gimme
Heya! This video is full of footage from the garden =)
No, but really I get what you're saying. I like to post our growing guides early in the season so they're still useful to viewers. Which means the plants are young and the harvest footage is whatever I can find from the prior season(s). Sometimes that's a lot and sometimes it's not. For instance, I'm working on a zucchini video because it's a good time to plant in a lot of the US, but my plants are just starting to fruit.
I do think they all include some amount of picking though!
I plan to do a "harvest" video later this summer just to show what's working for us (and what's not) and what's possible in a small suburban yard.
Cheers!
@@NextdoorHomestead Thanks! I am a new subscriber and love your videos. I was being sincere and I hope I didn’t come off another way!
@@Kjas11 Thank you for joining up! I took your comment as intended, it's just a topic I've given a looooot of though to fixing.... =)
So many videos, so little time!