Thanks Stacy for explaining why the Itea is so small. I was wishing it was taller for impact. We need more varieties for wet-ish areas and clay. Because “moist well-drained” soil is not the norm.
I have a feeling 2024 will be my best gardening year yet. I’m excited for so many beauties to plant. Love the limerick and fun one-liners 😂 Thanks for another great show with fantastic information!
Thanks as always. To the chap from England: Install raised beds. Here in MS we get a lot of rain in winter and late spring. My ranunculus, English and Sweet peas would rot. They have to be planted early, so hoping my new raised beds will do the trick.
Kurt from UK…I gasped when they put your flooded garden picture up. Hopefully you can get some of the plants outta the mud and pot them up. We’ve been hearing about the UK flooding on the news, so I hope you guys dry out soon. -thoughts from Boston in the US
Thank you, my garden at least has dried out for the most part now, I can't see any damage so far to any plants, but I'm sure we will find out in spring. Last year, I lost an expensive Japanese Maple from the excess water.
I don't think I've ever been sold on something as hard as the Fizzy Mizzy Itea. I love even the common name -- Virginia Sweetspire is so elegant to me! And a small compact container-friendly flowering shrub that's -- GASP -- native to my area? I'll be eagerly scanning the aisles at my local Calloway's for Mizz Fizzy this spring and summer. She might not be the "most showy" like a hydrangea or a rose is, but if even half of what you've said about her is true, she's already shown her way into my heart and my 8b balcony garden (maybe even the front garden, if I can convince Mom on it)!
Thanks as always. Love listening to the show as I do my garden work. I’m in zone 9b NorCal. My father gifted me some cannas when I moved into my property 5 yrs ago. I usually cut them back to the ground when we hit freezing temps. Since we have had a mild winter the foliage is still decorating the garden. I would love to ask the Canna king, Rick if he can talk about growing, pruning, and care of cannas. ❤🌺
Thank you very mulch for your comment! I will address it in our mailbag segment on our show in a couple weeks and show pictures of my cannas currently in storage.
We are working on it! We haven't yet found a material that can hold up as long as is necessary for shrubs and trees, which have a longer product life cycle than annuals and perennials, but we aren't giving up until we find something. Stay tuned!
The Let’s Dance Sky View hydrangeas are such a beautiful blue! 🪻Stacey at the 2:25 mark you say YOU NEED THE SOIL TO HAVE ALUMINUM IN IT TO GET THAT BLUE. Please tell me how to add aluminum to my soil and where I can get it from. Will Proven Winners be selling it along with the hydrangeas? I really want those pretty blue ones! ❤️
We always recommend a soil test so you know whether you need to add aluminum, adjust your soil pH, or both. Many products sold to turn hydrangeas blue are merely soil acidifiers, so if your soil doesn't have aluminum, these will not actually bring about a color change, and their repeated use could push your soil pH to a level that's toxic for plants - including hydrangeas. However, aluminum sulfate will both provide the aluminum and the acidification required for blue color, but be very careful to apply it exactly according to package directions and be patient - it does take time to work. Aluminum sulfate can be purchased in the garden center. At present, however, there is no Proven Winners branded aluminum sulfate. ☺
I ❤ the vista series. I have used the bubblegum and snowdrift with HUGE success. However, I have used jazzberry two years in a row… and it didn’t grow well at all in the landscape.
We planted a few butterfly bushes last year. We did not prune them back or "dead head" them last fall. With the change of seasons upon us and the days beginning to warm with nights still below freezing, when can we safely prune back our bushes without the freezing nights causing damage? We reside in zone 8a
We recommend pruning butterfly bush in spring, once you can see the new growth emerge on the stems, that's a good indication of where you'll want to prune (just above that new growth), here's a video we have on pruning butterfly bush, czcams.com/video/w4c6H0CbFso/video.html ☺
@@pwcolorchoice We planted 3 different varieties from May to Aug 2023 (zone 8a) First time we have planted/grown these. After watching your videos back in the fall, we opted to not cut them back and wait until this spring to do so. The bushes have only sparsely dropped their leaves. Obviously not as full throughout these colder months, they still have maintained some green foliage...one of the bushes green foliage is thicker at the base but the leaves are the same color throughout the bush. The other two have the same color of green foliage throughout them as well. With that said, how can we tell what is new growth if using new growth as an indicator as to when/where to prune?
@@teresakillian5173 Thank you for that info! With your plants keeping some of their foliage, you can use that as an indication of where to prune as you don't need to wait for new growth to see which stems are still alive. Remove weak branches in the middle and about 1/2 to 2/3 of the height and width. Make cuts just about 1/4 of an inch above a bud. Dead or damaged wood can be removed at any time ☺
Thank you for this feedback! If you go to this link, you can find all of the plants of the year and their information pages ☺ www.provenwinners.com/2024_National_Plants
How do your continue to care for house plats leaf joy) in the water glass pots? I noticed the roots have grown significantly and they have turned dark, it it dying? What should I do? I did go in and cut some of the roots and placed back into clean water, it seems to be fine but at what point do I replant in water or in soil? Bit confused, help please...
Hi there, Althea! To make sure you get the best and most informative answer, I'm going to send you to our feedback line so our LeafJoy partners can help give you all of the info you need on this ☺ If you send your question in here, and select "leafjoy houseplants" in the category, they will help you out 😄 www.provenwinners.com/feedback
Yes, itea is a suckering shrub, but it will sucker less in drier conditions. In soils with regular moisture, the suckering will be much more pronounced.
Show notes! gardeningsimplifiedonair.com/episode-71-plants-of-the-year-2024/
Thanks Stacy for explaining why the Itea is so small. I was wishing it was taller for impact. We need more varieties for wet-ish areas and clay. Because “moist well-drained” soil is not the norm.
Definitely! It's something we've been working on with our genetics/plants to help get more clay & and wet-soil-tolerant varieties ☺
I have a feeling 2024 will be my best gardening year yet. I’m excited for so many beauties to plant. Love the limerick and fun one-liners 😂
Thanks for another great show with fantastic information!
Yay! Love to hear that! Thanks so much for watching 🤗🤗
Months ago, I thought these videos were too long. Now, I'm wishing they were longer!!!😮
Fizzy Mizzy…what a great Itea! I will look for it here in the DFW area zone 8. Thank you very mulch! 😊
Love that bush…unique
Such a great iTea! 😄
Thanks as always. To the chap from England: Install raised beds. Here in MS we get a lot of rain in winter and late spring. My ranunculus, English and Sweet peas would rot. They have to be planted early, so hoping my new raised beds will do the trick.
Thank you for watching and for the helpful information to our friend in the UK 🤗
Kurt from UK…I gasped when they put your flooded garden picture up. Hopefully you can get some of the plants outta the mud and pot them up. We’ve been hearing about the UK flooding on the news, so I hope you guys dry out soon.
-thoughts from Boston in the US
Thank you, my garden at least has dried out for the most part now, I can't see any damage so far to any plants, but I'm sure we will find out in spring. Last year, I lost an expensive Japanese Maple from the excess water.
I love the breadth of the information. Thank you.
So happy to hear you enjoyed this show! Thanks so much for supporting us 🥰
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I can't wait for Spring
Yes! We're very eager for it!
I don't think I've ever been sold on something as hard as the Fizzy Mizzy Itea. I love even the common name -- Virginia Sweetspire is so elegant to me! And a small compact container-friendly flowering shrub that's -- GASP -- native to my area? I'll be eagerly scanning the aisles at my local Calloway's for Mizz Fizzy this spring and summer. She might not be the "most showy" like a hydrangea or a rose is, but if even half of what you've said about her is true, she's already shown her way into my heart and my 8b balcony garden (maybe even the front garden, if I can convince Mom on it)!
Fizzy Mizzy is such a lovely plant! Pollinators just love this plant and I love the spikey blooms 😄 Can't wait to hear how you like it! 🤗☀
I love the African daisies for 2024 💕
They're so lovely! 🤗
SOOOO BEAUTIFUL!!!
An exciting year ahead! 🤗😄
Anything that made of UBE are delicious - ube pamdesal, ube mammon, ube yam and ube cake. Hmmm... I miss my birthplace now - the Philippines. 🇵🇭
😍 All of those sound amazing! I hope you're able to craft some of them to help give homage to your birthplace and enjoy the delicious recipes ❤
Gotta find me some let’s dance Skyview Hydrangea. Beautiful. Great show once again. Cheers
Thanks so much, friend! You really do need to get one of those hydrangeas, they are stunning! 😍☺
Thanks as always. Love listening to the show as I do my garden work. I’m in zone 9b NorCal.
My father gifted me some cannas when I moved into my property 5 yrs ago. I usually cut them back to the ground when we hit freezing temps. Since we have had a mild winter the foliage is still decorating the garden.
I would love to ask the Canna king, Rick if he can talk about growing, pruning, and care of cannas. ❤🌺
So glad you enjoy our show and thank you for supporting it! 🥰 I've passed your message onto the Canna King! ☺
Thank you very mulch for your comment! I will address it in our mailbag segment on our show in a couple weeks and show pictures of my cannas currently in storage.
Let’s do this again!!! Woohooo
Great beginning for the Spring. You two are doing great. Job.
Thank you, friend! ☺🤗
Now if you could just breed these great plants i.e., the hydrangea’s and petunia’s to be deer resistant!😊
here in Nashville GEORGIA USA zone 8a....17 Jan this am feeling like 17° yup 17° south central Georgia.....toooo cold
Oh yikes! That is especially cold for you down there!
Good morning!
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Another great show! Just love the jokes and all of the info that gets packed into each show, each week. Thanks so much!
Thank you, Peggy! We so appreciate all the support you give us and our show! 🥰
Can your company please try to make compostable plant tags? There are just so many out there…
We are working on it! We haven't yet found a material that can hold up as long as is necessary for shrubs and trees, which have a longer product life cycle than annuals and perennials, but we aren't giving up until we find something. Stay tuned!
@@pwcolorchoice I’m so glad to hear this 🙏 thanks!
Amazing 😊
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The Let’s Dance Sky View hydrangeas are such a beautiful blue! 🪻Stacey at the 2:25 mark you say YOU NEED THE SOIL TO HAVE ALUMINUM IN IT TO GET THAT BLUE. Please tell me how to add aluminum to my soil and where I can get it from. Will Proven Winners be selling it along with the hydrangeas? I really want those pretty blue ones! ❤️
We always recommend a soil test so you know whether you need to add aluminum, adjust your soil pH, or both. Many products sold to turn hydrangeas blue are merely soil acidifiers, so if your soil doesn't have aluminum, these will not actually bring about a color change, and their repeated use could push your soil pH to a level that's toxic for plants - including hydrangeas. However, aluminum sulfate will both provide the aluminum and the acidification required for blue color, but be very careful to apply it exactly according to package directions and be patient - it does take time to work. Aluminum sulfate can be purchased in the garden center. At present, however, there is no Proven Winners branded aluminum sulfate. ☺
I was wondering if Kurt could pump the water out somewhere with a pond pump. A lot easier than digging and repotting.
Great idea! ☺
☕️🪴🌳EXCITED ABOUT 2024‼️🌳🪴☕️
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Buckwheat pancakes are the best!❤
Delicious and healthy! 😋
grew up eating buckwheat pancakes for breakfast. best pancakes if you want a pancake with flavor.
And healthier too, win-win! 😄
Puglia just love mine😊
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Can you tell me how long Fizzy Mizzy blooms last and when?
Fizzy Mizzy blooms in and throughout summer 😊
Great show .. Thanks ... !!!
Thank you for watching! 🥰
zone 5b little henry sweetspire in a shady area did not do well for me, planted 3 and over past 3 years only one left with minimal growth
Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. What other growing conditions were they planted in?
I ❤ the vista series. I have used the bubblegum and snowdrift with HUGE success. However, I have used jazzberry two years in a row… and it didn’t grow well at all in the landscape.
Oh interesting! Were all of the plants planted in similar conditions and given fertilizer?
@@pwcolorchoice exactly the same
That is odd! I'm glad that you're having success with bubblegum and snowdrift!@@annriggle1945
We planted a few butterfly bushes last year. We did not prune them back or "dead head" them last fall. With the change of seasons upon us and the days beginning to warm with nights still below freezing, when can we safely prune back our bushes without the freezing nights causing damage? We reside in zone 8a
We recommend pruning butterfly bush in spring, once you can see the new growth emerge on the stems, that's a good indication of where you'll want to prune (just above that new growth), here's a video we have on pruning butterfly bush, czcams.com/video/w4c6H0CbFso/video.html ☺
@@pwcolorchoice We planted 3 different varieties from May to Aug 2023 (zone 8a) First time we have planted/grown these. After watching your videos back in the fall, we opted to not cut them back and wait until this spring to do so. The bushes have only sparsely dropped their leaves. Obviously not as full throughout these colder months, they still have maintained some green foliage...one of the bushes green foliage is thicker at the base but the leaves are the same color throughout the bush. The other two have the same color of green foliage throughout them as well. With that said, how can we tell what is new growth if using new growth as an indicator as to when/where to prune?
@@teresakillian5173 Thank you for that info! With your plants keeping some of their foliage, you can use that as an indication of where to prune as you don't need to wait for new growth to see which stems are still alive. Remove weak branches in the middle and about 1/2 to 2/3 of the height and width. Make cuts just about 1/4 of an inch above a bud. Dead or damaged wood can be removed at any time ☺
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I loved your video, but you said "it's hardy down to 3,4,ect, but does not tell what zone it's up to. 8,9, 10, ect.
Thank you for this feedback! If you go to this link, you can find all of the plants of the year and their information pages ☺
www.provenwinners.com/2024_National_Plants
Potted bulbs left outside will freeze solid and perish unless mulched in very deeply
How do your continue to care for house plats leaf joy) in the water glass pots? I noticed the roots have grown significantly and they have turned dark, it it dying? What should I do? I did go in and cut some of the roots and placed back into clean water, it seems to be fine but at what point do I replant in water or in soil? Bit confused, help please...
Hi there, Althea! To make sure you get the best and most informative answer, I'm going to send you to our feedback line so our LeafJoy partners can help give you all of the info you need on this ☺ If you send your question in here, and select "leafjoy houseplants" in the category, they will help you out 😄
www.provenwinners.com/feedback
Todays my birthday its apirl 21st
Happy Birthday, friend! I hope it was a wonderful day 🤗🥳
Does Fizzy Mizzy sucker? We had Sweetspire that suckered so badly we had to pull them. 2 years later we are STILL pulling shoots out!
Yes, itea is a suckering shrub, but it will sucker less in drier conditions. In soils with regular moisture, the suckering will be much more pronounced.
These people used to call the police on you for smoking in public 6 years ago
No zone 10
At last has Puglia here.
Laura has far more followers and is more informative. Love proven winners but you need to just get Laura to convince EVERYONE!
Stacey does a great job of explaining and Rick is so funny. Who is Laura?
Petunias suck we need more colours of Impatients please!
I nominate Joe Biden for Plant of the Year!
Nominate trump for village idiot