Great vid as always. For various reasons, I only have one of the five essentials in my garden. On the other hand I think Bamboo is important, but not mentioned in the vid. So maybe 1,5 then :)
Oui! Nous avions une haie de Photinia. Malheureusement, il n'a pas survécu à un hiver froid. Il ne semble pas être assez rustique pour notre climat local.
Can you tell us how much rain you receive throughout the year? Do you have to deal with deer or rabbits? Have you augmented your soil? We live at 7,000 feet in the Sierras with little to no rain after the snow melts, but are still determined to make our "Japanese" garden happen while integrating into the pine forests and dryer landscape ---AND dealing with the voracious rabbits and herds of deer (not to mention the incense cedar broken in two by a bear) . Any advice at all on something that has worked for you would be so helpful. We have lived in Japan, combed the videos, purchased books - design is easy but plant recommendations are very tough
Ok, starting with the winter season: we get the occasional snow in that part of the country where we live, not a lot anymore these days. That means spring tends to be very dry, because there is very little rain and no melting snow. This is typically the time when I have to water the garden ;) Also, the relative humidity sinks to about 25% for weeks (during the winter and spring). Starting from April, the weather starts to get more moist, so the humidity increases and April showers are starting. That is occasional light rain here. However, since last year, it all starts to shift more towards May. From June and all the way through autumn we have a high humidity, up to 100% sometimes, and thunderstorms in summer and a decent amount of rain during autumn time. So, normally, I get away with not having to water the garden at all during that time. But we may also have drought periods of maybe 2-3 weeks in summer with temperatures between 95 and 104 Fahrenheit. As for the soil, we do not augment the soil because we have loam soil here in the garden, which seems to be very rich in nutrients. The soil pH is around 5, which is perfect for most Japanese plants. I plant with rich organic soil that does not contain any peat. Peat turns into this dry lump over time. Any plants that need acidic soil, I plant with special rhododendron soil, like azaleas etc. I fertilize the plants once a year in spring with organic slow-release fertilizer. Regarding animals, yes there is deer, but our plot is completely fenced in. Other than that, there are moles and voles. Moles just dig tunnels and produce piles of soil, which we just remove - none so far this year. The voles are the issue because they dig tunnels just underneath the surface and eat all kinds of roots, especially roots of azaleas. Sometimes plants die from that. I started to use live traps last year, which worked really well. When I catch a vole, I put them in the forest about half a mile down the road, so that they do not come back. OMG, you got bears there? None here. As for choosing plants, for us, a good point of reference is, what is available in local nurseries. Hope that helps, let me know if you have any more questions. Good luck with your garden! P.S. must have been amazing to live in Japan! :)
Thank you, great selection of Japanese evergreen, specially I like the black pines tree 😊👍
Thanks! Even in Japanese garden books/videos they do not always give the names in English so this is helpful!
Thank you, I am happy to hear that!
So much better than the robot voice videos
Thank you for the info, but kindly would you lower the volume of the music, I could hardly hear you
Great vid as always. For various reasons, I only have one of the five essentials in my garden. On the other hand I think Bamboo is important, but not mentioned in the vid. So maybe 1,5 then :)
Thank you, very much appreciated. You can find a separate video with lots of information about bamboo on my channel :)
Fatsia Japonica is a great shrub. Evergreen
@@DeanSmith-ch1ep I don't think they are hardy to my area.
J'aime aussi le Photinia Red Robin, vous connaissez ?
Oui! Nous avions une haie de Photinia. Malheureusement, il n'a pas survécu à un hiver froid. Il ne semble pas être assez rustique pour notre climat local.
Can you tell us how much rain you receive throughout the year? Do you have to deal with deer or rabbits? Have you augmented your soil? We live at 7,000 feet in the Sierras with little to no rain after the snow melts, but are still determined to make our "Japanese" garden happen while integrating into the pine forests and dryer landscape ---AND dealing with the voracious rabbits and herds of deer (not to mention the incense cedar broken in two by a bear) . Any advice at all on something that has worked for you would be so helpful. We have lived in Japan, combed the videos, purchased books - design is easy but plant recommendations are very tough
Ok, starting with the winter season: we get the occasional snow in that part of the country where we live, not a lot anymore these days. That means spring tends to be very dry, because there is very little rain and no melting snow. This is typically the time when I have to water the garden ;) Also, the relative humidity sinks to about 25% for weeks (during the winter and spring). Starting from April, the weather starts to get more moist, so the humidity increases and April showers are starting. That is occasional light rain here. However, since last year, it all starts to shift more towards May. From June and all the way through autumn we have a high humidity, up to 100% sometimes, and thunderstorms in summer and a decent amount of rain during autumn time. So, normally, I get away with not having to water the garden at all during that time. But we may also have drought periods of maybe 2-3 weeks in summer with temperatures between 95 and 104 Fahrenheit.
As for the soil, we do not augment the soil because we have loam soil here in the garden, which seems to be very rich in nutrients. The soil pH is around 5, which is perfect for most Japanese plants. I plant with rich organic soil that does not contain any peat. Peat turns into this dry lump over time. Any plants that need acidic soil, I plant with special rhododendron soil, like azaleas etc. I fertilize the plants once a year in spring with organic slow-release fertilizer.
Regarding animals, yes there is deer, but our plot is completely fenced in. Other than that, there are moles and voles. Moles just dig tunnels and produce piles of soil, which we just remove - none so far this year. The voles are the issue because they dig tunnels just underneath the surface and eat all kinds of roots, especially roots of azaleas. Sometimes plants die from that. I started to use live traps last year, which worked really well. When I catch a vole, I put them in the forest about half a mile down the road, so that they do not come back. OMG, you got bears there? None here.
As for choosing plants, for us, a good point of reference is, what is available in local nurseries.
Hope that helps, let me know if you have any more questions. Good luck with your garden!
P.S. must have been amazing to live in Japan! :)
None of these are hardy below zone 5
Music is soo annoying
Sound of music disturb voice . better to b represented without evil sound of music