I just found you.. I am in the Edmonton area zone 3 and have decided to only purchase hardly perennials that do well in our area. It is sad to see that some of my plants did not make it through our winter. Now off to the Greenhouse.
For the viewer who has trouble knowing the plants: Daylily, Veronica, delphinium pacific giant, oriental or Icelandic poppy, scarbiosa, silver king sage, peony, solidago, Russian sage, Asiatic or oriental lily, snow in summer, seathrift, sweet William, snow drop anoeme, monkshood, hens and chicks/ stone crop, sedum, German bearded iris, Siberian iris. Thyme, yarrow.
monkshood is a beautiful plant But every part of it is deadly poisonous. newbies to gardening need to research plants to see which plants are deadly. It's amazing what nurseries will sell.
@@BroadMeadowFarm I can't wait for more of your videos, I love to plant, plants give me joy and when they die I get really sad or sometimes I try not to care, but that's on the outside, I really carry with me the sadness of losing my plants.
Great video! I'm in Manitoba and always looking for perennials to add to my garden that will withstand our harsh weather. My new favourite is silver mound, will be putting more in for sure!
My favorite - upright prairie coneflower / ratibida columnifera is so beautiful- a dark red and yellow hardy drought resistant perennial and native wildflower for sunny spots. (:
in my garden I use perennial plants as groundcovers: this is a purple-leaved Ajuga. In spring, it blooms with a carpet of violet-blue color. Spreading, it suppresses weeds. Of the perennials, I also like Echinacea purpurea. Her pink tall flowers attract butterflies.
This year I've planted a lot of Hydrangeas. Most are hardy to zone 3. I live in zone 5 (on the cusp of zone 6) in South Central New Hampshire and decided to plant mine in pots over the winter. So actually, I'm experimenting with potting cold hardy plants. I've done it with Day Lilies and and it works. Now I'm trying it with other plants. I have many different varieties and colors.
New subscriber here. I'm in Calgary. What a great video! Right now, I'm addicted to echinacea - so many great varieties and I love the colours.. I've had great success with peonies from a breeder south of the city - all 4 that I bought from him bloomed the first summer (planted the fall before). I'm looking only for peonies tht don't need staking so just planting the single peonies now.
One way to help is in the spring when peonies bloom, take all the side buds off and leave the top main bloom. This will reduce the weight and help increase the size of that main bloom!
Wonderful video! I'm Zone 3 also here in AB. This house came with several of the perennials you mentioned, a few came in this year most likely thanks to the birds and the squirrels. Peony are my favourite, I put some in this year so as I understand it now I just wait.
Broad Meadow Farm some of the plants that I don’t have but would like to try are Veronica, ornamental poppy, adeosa(?), snow in summer, sweet william and snowdrop anemone. Thanks for the suggestions! I have LOTS of day lillies, peony’s, delphiniums, hostas, bergenia, and irises but I’m looking for new and different plants. 😊
I'm in Wisconsin but get the cold winds that come down from Alberta, so I like to hear what works in zone 3. I'm especially interested in picking out some evergreens that will withstand that wind because I have a roadside property that recently was cleared of hedges and trees when putting in a new septic system. The view is awesome, so I need shrubs that don't get much over 5-6 feet at maturity. So, privacy and wind break, but still want a view (the house sits quite a bit higher than the view to the north).
The first shrub that comes to mind is Cotoneaster. They will get taller than 6ft, but they do respond well to hedging. Other shrubs that stay low are potentilla, spirea, dwarf lilac, dwarf willow, wolf willow (native, but not super attractive), dwarf mugo pine (probably too expensive for a hedge), globe caragana. Your most cost effective will be the cotoneaster. I’d contact your local tree farm and see if you could purchase bare root (not potted) plants either this fall or next spring. They will be a cost effective way to grow a fast hedge.
can be added to the list of plants Cornus alba, Philadélphus and Sambúcus nígra. These are unpretentious shrubs that will not bring problems and are beautiful not only during the flowering period.
Thanks, but beware of recommending lilies as we now have the red lily Beetle and they are super hard to get rid of, if you ever can. The yard eating the maratagon and asiatic lilies here in Alberta.
Yes, the lily beetle is a horrible bug and I am aware that the beetle is moving through the province. A tip I have for them is while gardening keep a pail of soapy (dish soap) water and as you find the beetles pick them up and submerge them in the water. Make sure that they sink to the bottom so you know that they will die. You can also create a spray of dish soap and water and spray the lilies as well, but as the beetles tend to crawl into hiding places, it's better to pick them off and drown them in the soapy water.
Hi your video gives lots information, I have few questions to you, how many hours sun ray you consider as full sun ? How can I get iris flowers? I am living in zone 4.
I consider full sun a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight. This is direct sun, not just daylight. 3-6 hours is part shade. Full sun plants can handle being out in the open with no protection. For Iris, the things to look for is how deep it’s planted. The tuber should be just below the surface. If they’re too deep they may not bloom. They also don’t like to be overgrown. If you have a huge clump and it’s not blooming it may be time to divide them. I hope this helps.
In Alberta, starting seeds in July is getting a bit late. You might be able to get some short season sunflowers to grow. The problem may be when your first frost date is. Where I live our first frost can happen in early September. When you go to plant seeds, check the back of your seed package to see the days to flower. If they say 40 days, that will be 40 days from germination to blooming. I hope that helps!
I get a lot of plants from family and friends, but I also like to support my local nurseries. I like them as they sell plants that are good for your zone. Depending on where you are in SK will depend on the nurseries. You could contact Lakeshore Garden Centre in Saskatoon. Or there in Cheyenne Tree Farms in Beaumont, Alberta. I know many tree farms and nurseries will ship plants.
Hi. I love the video, it would really help to add the name of the plants in writing. I am a beginner gardener and I find it difficult to understand the names.
Can I plant wildflowers and Red Russian kale outdoors from seed in Calgary these days? Is it too late? I have frost blankets to use if necessary. Is it easier to garden outdoors in Edmonton or Calgary? I heard that Edmonton has colder temperatures on average, but a longer growing season and better soil.
The way to find out is to look on the seed package. It will have a "days to maturity". In Calgary we typically have a first frost date of Sept 11. Count back the days on the package and you'll know if you have enough time. Example for a seed that has a 65 days to maturity that would be seeding no later than July 4-10. Those dates are from germination, not seeding date. So I'd say anything with days over 60-65 days to maturity are too late to seed. Hope this helps
Anytime you look at a new plant it’s important to check the zone rating. There are so many more plants than I listed in this video. I don’t think any one wants to watch a 4 hour video listing amazing plants. Well maybe I would! If the iris you found fits into your Plant zone I’d say give it a go!! There is nothing better than finding a beautiful plant for your garden.
I hesitate to say any perennials will survive in a pot. I find out fluctuating temperatures are just too much for perennials in pots. However if you were to cover the pot in an insulated tarp and put it in a sheltered location you might have a better chance of survival.
You can grow them for sure during the season, but like dahlia they will have to be dug up and stored in a cool dark place away from freezing temperatures. We get far too cold for them to winter through and survive outside.
Yah....I’m so happy I found your channel 🙏🏻
Im glad you’re here as well!
I just found you.. I am in the Edmonton area zone 3 and have decided to only purchase hardly perennials that do well in our area. It is sad to see that some of my plants did not make it through our winter. Now off to the Greenhouse.
For the viewer who has trouble knowing the plants: Daylily, Veronica, delphinium pacific giant, oriental or Icelandic poppy, scarbiosa, silver king sage, peony, solidago, Russian sage, Asiatic or oriental lily, snow in summer, seathrift, sweet William, snow drop anoeme, monkshood, hens and chicks/ stone crop, sedum, German bearded iris, Siberian iris. Thyme, yarrow.
Thank you! I also updated the description with a list of the plants as well
monkshood is a beautiful plant
But every part of it is deadly poisonous. newbies to gardening need to research plants to see which plants are deadly. It's amazing what nurseries will sell.
So happy to have found a fellow alberta gardener, I've been searching for a long time.
Thanks for stopping by
Wonderful. You are always so helpfull.
I agree with your passion for perennials. I very rarely buy annuals unless it is in Hanging baskets.
There is just something about perennials!!
so true about peonies... glad you brought those points up because that's been my experience too!
They sure are a stubborn plant. But SO worth it!!
Good work
Thank u! This amount of perennials zone 3is amazing. Live the colours
I know and this is only a teeny portion of what can grow here!!
@@BroadMeadowFarm I can't wait for more of your videos, I love to plant, plants give me joy and when they die I get really sad or sometimes I try not to care, but that's on the outside, I really carry with me the sadness of losing my plants.
I am zone 4 in MN, Some of the flowering perennials you mentioned I haven't heard of yet, Thank you so much for giving me more suggestions!!
Glad to help
Pfft, Southerner. ;)
Wow thanks! I’m in Calgary. Will try these out
Let me know what you end up choosing!
Thank you for your useful information! What a great video!
You’re welcome
Thank you for the awesome video! Took a ton of notes!
Very beautiful I love it
Great video! I'm in Manitoba and always looking for perennials to add to my garden that will withstand our harsh weather. My new favourite is silver mound, will be putting more in for sure!
Silver mound is another great one!!
I'm in MB too!
@@AngeVPV Hi from Winnipeg!
Thank you for the great information about these zone 3. Great video. I subscribed ❤
My favorite - upright prairie coneflower / ratibida columnifera is so beautiful- a dark red and yellow hardy drought resistant perennial and native wildflower for sunny spots. (:
Thank you for sharing
So pretty perennial 💚
in my garden I use perennial plants as groundcovers: this is a purple-leaved Ajuga. In spring, it blooms with a carpet of violet-blue color. Spreading, it suppresses weeds. Of the perennials, I also like Echinacea purpurea. Her pink tall flowers attract butterflies.
lovely video
Thanks again for helping
Thanks for sharing ❣
This year I've planted a lot of Hydrangeas. Most are hardy to zone 3. I live in zone 5 (on the cusp of zone 6) in South Central New Hampshire and decided to plant mine in pots over the winter. So actually, I'm experimenting with potting cold hardy plants. I've done it with Day Lilies and and it works. Now I'm trying it with other plants. I have many different varieties and colors.
I am zone 4 I love flowers
One of my favorites is salvia. May night is the one I use the most.
Salvia is great one too!
Excellent video! I live in Ontario zone 2B, so hopefully I can grow most of these perennials!
I'm sure you can grow these! Our zone often dips down to 2B.
No mention of roses, the most beautiful flowering bush.
Very true. I left them off as they’re a shrub and wanted to focus only on perennials. But they’re truly gorgeous!!
New subscriber here. I'm in Calgary. What a great video! Right now, I'm addicted to echinacea - so many great varieties and I love the colours.. I've had great success with peonies from a breeder south of the city - all 4 that I bought from him bloomed the first summer (planted the fall before). I'm looking only for peonies tht don't need staking so just planting the single peonies now.
One way to help is in the spring when peonies bloom, take all the side buds off and leave the top main bloom. This will reduce the weight and help increase the size of that main bloom!
Wonderful video! I'm Zone 3 also here in AB. This house came with several of the perennials you mentioned, a few came in this year most likely thanks to the birds and the squirrels. Peony are my favourite, I put some in this year so as I understand it now I just wait.
Yes peonies are totally worth the wait!!
Very informative
Love this! I have lots of your suggestions but may just have to try some of your other suggestions.
What your favourite?
Broad Meadow Farm some of the plants that I don’t have but would like to try are Veronica, ornamental poppy, adeosa(?), snow in summer, sweet william and snowdrop anemone. Thanks for the suggestions! I have LOTS of day lillies, peony’s, delphiniums, hostas, bergenia, and irises but I’m looking for new and different plants. 😊
My favorite is bearded Iris, growing excellent in Montana zone 4
I hope the name of the flowers you mention pops up in the screen for some people like me who is not very familiar with the name. Thank you for sharing
You’re welcome
Nice 👍
My favorite perennial is penstemon midnight masquerade
I will have to look that colour up. It sounds lovely!
Great info, thank you
I love ferns and hostas
Me too!
thank you so much！ im living in Calgary ！
Then all my recommendations will work for you!
I have a love affair with veronica and dianthus. I garden in Calgary. So glad I found your channel.
Those are both beautiful, aren't they!! I want all the flowers!
I love my irises!
Do you have a favourite colour?
I'm in Wisconsin but get the cold winds that come down from Alberta, so I like to hear what works in zone 3. I'm especially interested in picking out some evergreens that will withstand that wind because I have a roadside property that recently was cleared of hedges and trees when putting in a new septic system. The view is awesome, so I need shrubs that don't get much over 5-6 feet at maturity. So, privacy and wind break, but still want a view (the house sits quite a bit higher than the view to the north).
The first shrub that comes to mind is Cotoneaster. They will get taller than 6ft, but they do respond well to hedging. Other shrubs that stay low are potentilla, spirea, dwarf lilac, dwarf willow, wolf willow (native, but not super attractive), dwarf mugo pine (probably too expensive for a hedge), globe caragana.
Your most cost effective will be the cotoneaster. I’d contact your local tree farm and see if you could purchase bare root (not potted) plants either this fall or next spring. They will be a cost effective way to grow a fast hedge.
can be added to the list of plants Cornus alba, Philadélphus and Sambúcus nígra. These are unpretentious shrubs that will not bring problems and are beautiful not only during the flowering period.
Thanks, but beware of recommending lilies as we now have the red lily Beetle and they are super hard to get rid of, if you ever can. The yard eating the maratagon and asiatic lilies here in Alberta.
Yes, the lily beetle is a horrible bug and I am aware that the beetle is moving through the province. A tip I have for them is while gardening keep a pail of soapy (dish soap) water and as you find the beetles pick them up and submerge them in the water. Make sure that they sink to the bottom so you know that they will die. You can also create a spray of dish soap and water and spray the lilies as well, but as the beetles tend to crawl into hiding places, it's better to pick them off and drown them in the soapy water.
Hi your video gives lots information, I have few questions to you, how many hours sun ray you consider as full sun ? How can I get iris flowers? I am living in zone 4.
I consider full sun a minimum of 6 hours of sunlight. This is direct sun, not just daylight. 3-6 hours is part shade. Full sun plants can handle being out in the open with no protection.
For Iris, the things to look for is how deep it’s planted. The tuber should be just below the surface. If they’re too deep they may not bloom. They also don’t like to be overgrown. If you have a huge clump and it’s not blooming it may be time to divide them. I hope this helps.
Thanks for the lovely video. Can you suggest some flowering plants which can be started from seed in July as well ?
In Alberta, starting seeds in July is getting a bit late. You might be able to get some short season sunflowers to grow. The problem may be when your first frost date is. Where I live our first frost can happen in early September. When you go to plant seeds, check the back of your seed package to see the days to flower. If they say 40 days, that will be 40 days from germination to blooming. I hope that helps!
I live in Northern Saskatchewan where do you get your zone 3 plants. I love your video it was really informative thank you
I get a lot of plants from family and friends, but I also like to support my local nurseries. I like them as they sell plants that are good for your zone. Depending on where you are in SK will depend on the nurseries. You could contact Lakeshore Garden Centre in Saskatoon. Or there in Cheyenne Tree Farms in Beaumont, Alberta. I know many tree farms and nurseries will ship plants.
I live in Edmonton my favourite perennial is clemetis
What’s your favourite colour clematis?
@@BroadMeadowFarm i hv rosy o grady it can tolerate alberta hardy winter it has light pink flowers
@@romiqaamin3485 so pretty!
Hi. I love the video, it would really help to add the name of the plants in writing. I am a beginner gardener and I find it difficult to understand the names.
Thank you for the suggestion. As a super new CZcams channel I’ll take your suggestion for future videos.
Can I plant wildflowers and Red Russian kale outdoors from seed in Calgary these days? Is it too late? I have frost blankets to use if necessary.
Is it easier to garden outdoors in Edmonton or Calgary? I heard that Edmonton has colder temperatures on average, but a longer growing season and better soil.
The way to find out is to look on the seed package. It will have a "days to maturity". In Calgary we typically have a first frost date of Sept 11. Count back the days on the package and you'll know if you have enough time. Example for a seed that has a 65 days to maturity that would be seeding no later than July 4-10. Those dates are from germination, not seeding date. So I'd say anything with days over 60-65 days to maturity are too late to seed. Hope this helps
Thank you, is there a reason you wouldn't recommend any other iris? I found some on Brecks that I like that you didn't recommend.
Anytime you look at a new plant it’s important to check the zone rating. There are so many more plants than I listed in this video. I don’t think any one wants to watch a 4 hour video listing amazing plants. Well maybe I would!
If the iris you found fits into your Plant zone I’d say give it a go!! There is nothing better than finding a beautiful plant for your garden.
@@BroadMeadowFarm thanks! And yes, I would also enjoy 4 hours of plant videos, Iris do for in my zone, I'm in Alberta 😊
Once a plant collector, always a plant collector!
What perennials do you think would survive winter in large wooden barrel style containers? (Also in a zone 3 in Alberta)
I hesitate to say any perennials will survive in a pot. I find out fluctuating temperatures are just too much for perennials in pots. However if you were to cover the pot in an insulated tarp and put it in a sheltered location you might have a better chance of survival.
None.
The 2023 update is that all of my yarrow "paprika" survived in my barrels through the winter!
How about calla lilies for Manitoba ?
You can grow them for sure during the season, but like dahlia they will have to be dug up and stored in a cool dark place away from freezing temperatures. We get far too cold for them to winter through and survive outside.
I love delphiniums but last year they got destroyed by worms
I planted siberian iris in my full sun garden in calgary but it never blooms, do you know why?
Sometimes when a perennial doesn't bloom it's because it's been planted too deep. Iris especially don't like to be too deep.
Can you list those you mentioned please
I sure can!
I was able to add the names of the perennials in the description.
You forgot Canadian and American lilies.
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