20 years ago I moved Virginia Spiderwort, black eyed Susans (mine are yellow with long stems and they bloom from around July till frost), and peppermint. The peppermint was in the ground when we bought our house in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia in the mid 80's. It was in a spot that never got direct sun and was often moist. It stayed put there. Flash forward to 10 years in our house in central Indiana. The peppermint had filled a bed that was often moist and got afternoon shade. I moved lots of it to make a border at the back of the house in full sun. It did well for several years till ants killed it. Meanwhile the black eyed Susans had almost taken over the first mint bed. I did not care. I planted the spiderwort in the front of the house where it is usually in the shade. It's still there. The spiderwort and the black eyed Susans were gifts from my best friend who has since died of heart disease. I am so happy that I can look at them and remember her. Gardening is always an adventure!
Amanda and this is why I love your channel! Everybody talks about their successes never their failures. Gardening is totally an experiment for me. I never know what’s gonna grow beautifully!😄 I’m done with Roses. The rose rosette disease is a huge problem here in North Texas. I give up on roses.
Oh My GOSH- Trumpet Vine!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE BAIN OF MY GARDEN EXISTENCE!!! My next door neighbor has it growing on our shared fence, and EVERY YEAR- Especially in Spring, but even every other season I am CONSTANTLY FIGHTING it!!! It seeds itself EVERYWHERE!!! Ugh. SOOOOO AWFUL. And it's not just one seed here or there either! It's entire colonies of it! And heaven help me if I miss just one seedling and it should take root!! I have to pay a guy in his mid twenties who has big muscles to come over and pull those suckers out!! Wait... Come to think of it... That's not such a terrible scene...
@@gardengatesopen I had it for several years and didn't do anything. I've tried digging, cutting, even poured bleach on them. They should not be allowed to sell these invasive plants and have a warning sign!
@Rich Bishop I completely agree!!!!! I'm in Central Texas. I can only imagine the ONLY good place for these to grow would be a desert! Maybe it would die every summer and thus become a winter annual? I dunno... Any other place it is SO invasive. My neighbor doesn't water theirs either. Like EVER. It is growing those seeds STRONG every year. The past 2 years I've been battling it under a Magnolia tree 40 feet away from the Mother plant. Under that tree it gets zero sun, and is thriving. My husband wants to burn it out. If that Magnolia wasn't there, I would let him. It's even invaded my dreams! I dreamt I snuck into the yard next door late at night and cut the main trunk of that vine! It began growing new branches before I could get back over the fence!! WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!!!
I will not grow cosmos again, because last summer they grew almost six feet tall (even though they were not listed to get that height) and were nothing but feathery leaves. I maybe got three blooms. And I am in the "sorry I ever planted a trumpet vine" camp.🤦🏻♀️
I agree that you should get rid of things you don’t love or those that don’t do well. Also we need to remember that we are all in different zones, with different light, and different soils to consider so what is good for one may not perform well for another. 🌻😊🌹
I REALLY LIKE hearing about the plants that don't work!! VERY INTERESTING!!! I'm here for the REAL gardening! I certainly would like to see these throughout the year as they are failing. Like - at which point of the year did they start to look bad? Or were they always looking sad? Maybe it looks good, but for whatever your reasons, you just don't go for it? THESE are the really helpful garden shares! Bcuz if I only ever see perfect, or good looking plants, I don't feel like that's REAL gardening. So yes - liking this video very much!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was not hearing that the plants didn't work, but they worked too well. I'll still be planting them and continue recommending them to my clients. To each, their own.
Agree with you about the mint. My two plants that I'll never plant again in the ground are Purple Heart and the Trumpet vine. They were both planted in the ground when I moved here over twenty years ago and I'm still finding the evidence of the purple heart occasionally. The trumpet vine took out a whole section of our fence, but we finally got rid of it when we replaced the fence. It's very interesting to read what other's won't plant ever again. You certainly opened up an interesting topic for discussion.
How did you get rid of the trumpet vine? I like the pollinators and hummingbirds it attracts but hate the way it pops up everywhere! I planted it about 20 years ago, so it is almost small tree like.
I struggle with Hummingbird Mint and columbine. I've given up on columbine but am still working through the Hummingbird Mint. I used to have a lovely Iris garden and gave it up 20 years ago due to borers, but I'm going to try again after 20 years. This was a great topic!!
I love your honesty! My 3 never plant again are: 1. perilla, wonderful smelling, pretty herb but reseeds like crazy! It will take over if you don’t watch out. 2. Grandpa Ott morning glory, a pretty purple bloom but don’t want it everywhere. I’ll think I’ve pulled all the seedlings up but here it pops up again after a rain. 3. Trumpet vine, love that ir attracts pollinators and hummingbirds but comes up everywhere.
I'm in zone 8a and my Black Eyed Susan are wonderful. They are tall and bloom all Summer into Autumn. I definately think you should try moving them. Mine are in a hot and sunny location of my yard. They seem to like the somewhat harsh location they're in. Don't give up on them yet!
My problem is Limelight Hydrangea. I went through five of them and never again. You mentioned Hostas... If you ever get tempted to try hostas again. Try them in a pot (do not direct plant in the garden) and look for hostas with thick rubbery leaves. I was told that hostas in our zone 8a will perform better in pots and you can leave them in the pots during winter. They love the cold and thrive. As for the thick rubbery leaves, those varieties are more resistant to slugs and snails. Love your channel and keep up the great work! 🌹🌷😉👍🌷🌹
I too, dislike hydrangeas. Oh my gosh, SO MANY YT gardening videos on hydrangeas! Hydrangeas this kind & Hydrangeas that kind, Ugh, if I ever have to watch another segment on hydrangeas I might drown myself in the amount of water it would take to keep one alive for one month! Ok, I'm exaggerating... But really, I'm never going to grow them. And they've flooded the market so much that now I don't even like the way they look. Signed, Drowning In Hydrangeas
Chinese firecracker plant became a thug in my garden though I might like it in a pot. I have not and will not grow a prickly pear cactus, which is close to heresy in Central Texas. There are some horrible sage plants I ripped out because they were so leggy and I had to keep trimming them. They were either leggy or over pruned. No sweet spot. Nandina is a beast requiring pruning and difficult to eradicate. Today I saw a tiny one peeking out of a bed. I will get it tomorrow. This has been a cathartic exercise. Thanks, Amanda.
I’m so glad I found your channel. I thought Shasta daisies would bring me joy. I pictured them tall and full. Nope. Stubby like you said and the blooms don’t come back for me either! I may find another spot for them, but they certainly don’t deserve the front corner I chose! You are really inspiring me! I’m ready to get rid of the line of bushes in front of my house and create a beautiful garden! Also, you mentioned not loving day lilies in a different video. I grew up on a lake in Michigan with a beautiful bank of day lilies, but here in Texas I seem to mostly have green leaves and very few blooms. They need a new home when the bushes come out 😆. My husband and boys may not like your videos when I start putting them to work!
Gooseneck Loosestrif is so beautiful but is like mint. It rapidly multiplies by under and above ground runners. I wish I had known this before I bought it.
So sad you don’t like African daisies From the photograph it looks like they are over fertilized. They grow naturally in rocky arid full sun places Also inSouth Africa they are a winter plant. Not for cut flowers because they have a short stem. More for borders. Planted en mass they look glorious and make winter more bearable. Sending you Angels with lots of love 🥰
I have the white petals blue center african daisy. It perenniallized(?) in my zone10a backyard. I had to stake them because we get some crazy winds sometimes. I like how the flowers look but it’s so tall about 4-5ft and it doesn’t smell nice when cut. 1 plant has about a hundred blooms so no need to deadhead. I never fertilized it. And it rarely gets watered.
Amazing!!!! I don't care for hostas. I thought I was the only one 🤣. I love sun patients, but I won't grow them again. I live in zone 8b and I couldn't get them to live very long in the hot, hot weather.
Planted liatris and tiger lilies last week - first time so interested to see how they will do in the garden 😊 thank you for the detailed information you provided can’t wait to see the lilies in bloom you planted
Love this video so much. You are so correct that we do not talk about this. Your advice to move a plant or get rid of it is so helpful. Our gardens should bring joy and having something that does not bring joy should go. Also I love Shasta daisies but so do the beetles that love white flowers. I have 2 varieties I winter sowed and I’m hoping to plant them in an area where the beetles can’t find them….
I'll never grow Cardinal vine again.. .a garden bully. Also, never Calendula or hibiscus...aphid MAGNETS! I'm with you on the mint..learned my lesson. Crinum lily. 15 years...no blooms. Mexican petunia...too invasive. And, I could really have some choice words for the previous owner who planted Inch plants, (wandering jew) and trumpet vine. They literally can not be eradicated. Veronica died on me also in san antonio, so no more $ wasted on that. Penta grows really well here. Can't even think of what might be eating yours. 🤔. Great content!
+Debra Bray well crap, cardinal vine is on my list of new things to grow, but I will definitely do more research after reading your comment. Thank you!
I’m going to be installing a shade this summer, but will have a slope, my area has high winds, and I want rain to drain away, can’t wait to see how it works for you 👍🏻😊
I do agree with you when it comes to mint... I had earlier planted them in the ground too... and it is so invasive.. So now I have them planted in a few containers... bcoz we love mint and I use it a lot in cooking
I planted mint in the ground too..., despite my grandma's warning. Because of it and the Bermuda grass, I'll never plant again any plant that spreads through rhizomes.
Love that you said this.. sometimes it’s really hard to get rid of plants because of sentiments…I don’t pull anything that my husband planted even after he said to remove that. Regarding butterfly bush I am training 2 in to tree form.. it’s fast growing and I like it that way. Same issues with black eyed Susan!
Yes, I love real gardening. I have some wins and some losses. One plant I will never plant again was showy primrose. It spread like crazy! I ripped it out and still couldn’t get it all pulled out. I’m not a fan of pachysandra either.
Oh my gosh! Never plant Japanese wisteria! My mother in law was given one. It spread under the ground over her entire property. They've tried everything to get rid of it. It has actually choked out trees and literally pushed her garage off its foundation.
Tomato hornworms are the culprits eating your Pentas. As soon as you see one plant getting stripped, start looking for that huge green caterpillar and pluck him off (what you do with him after that is your call -- no judgment 🙂). You will have to hunt for him because they hide very well, but you'll find him. The caterpillars turn into a sphinx moth, you know the little hummingbird moths that also love Pentas. So we love the adult form, but not the caterpillar stage so much. They can mow a plant down overnight, but if you stay on the hunt for the hornworms and keep them off -- I usually only have one or two per season -- then you'll be able to grow and enjoy them. I hope that helps.
Correction: It is specifically the white-lined sphinx moth caterpillar eating your pentas, which is a large green hornworm but not specifically the "tomato" hornworm (the caterpillar markings are slightly different). I can send a picture if you'd like. A client of mine just sent me a picture of the hornworm eating her pentas, or you can just google the white-lined sphinx moth hornworm.
When she described the Penta damage, first thing that came to mind was hornworm. They strip everything to the spine of the plant. I grow a lot of veg so we get them often. I wouldn’t have a garden if I let them stay. Never seen them on my flowers though. If you have a black light, bring it out at night to the plants and the Tomato Hornworms glow in the dk.
I pulled out all my Asiatic lilies because of the lily beetle…they were being decimated. I tried every organic spray possible and nothing seemed to help and the sprays were costing a fortune. I see them around in my city and have lily envy but they were just to much work. I still get tempted when I’m looking through garden catalogs and have to talk myself out of them 🙂👩🌾🇨🇦TFS
My mother loves mint and so do I, but I love it in the area of vegetables, not in my flowers. Where my flowers are, there are mints and I can never get rid of them. I'm constantly cutting mints, and that's why I'm having problems with my mom. The mints are damaging the roots of my flowers. I NEVER plant mint in the area where I have flowers. By the way, your videos have very useful information and I loved it. From Turkey with love😊
The herb sage. It looks pretty but it just stinks. It stinks! and I don't use it for cooking because I don't really eat the food that pairs well with sage. It also took up too much space in the garden so I hacked it.
The plant I will never plant again are Hollyhocks. I do love the flower and have fond memories of it in my great grandmother’s garden BUT in my garden they get rust and last year mealy bugs. And seedlings everywhere. I had let them grow until this year and now I’m on a mission to remove all hollyhock in my front yard which we converted several years ago to a grass less yard. Seedlings are easy to pull up, but because they are biennial some are really rooted in and tougher to dig out. My controversial flower is roses. We have some in the front & I hate getting snagged by their thorns.
Hey Amanda, you grew some Hollyhocks too! As I recall, they started rusting pretty early, is that right? Whatever happened to those? I'm guessing they've gone to the great flowerbed in the sky. I've been wondering about trying these too. Despite every person to ever grow them complaining about rust! How dumb am I?!! But here's the thing- I got some seeds that are of the newer variety which are SUPPOSED TO BE less rusty. Yep, 'supposed to be' is the key phrase here! I still haven't planted them. I may not... Will I be THE ONLY gardener in a humid climate to grow hollyhocks with zero rust?!!! What are the odds...
2 of my nemesis are also on your list! I've not been able to get black eyed susan to germinate or purchased shasta daisies to thrive. Can not figure out why..
Your pentas is the host plant to the black stripe butterfly. They lay their eggs on the plant and when the eggs hatch...the plant is their only source of food until they turn into a butterfly.
The Rock Rose- Your take on it helps me very much! I actually had this plant in 2 different places for the past 5 years. Except, those 2 places are heavy shade, and most of all - very, VERY, DRY. I call these zones "The Survival of the Fittest" gardens. And really, the Rock Rose is the ONLY one that blooms 11 months of the year, AND I never even planted one of them. It is still in its nursery pot. I'm pretty sure the roots are now growing into the ground thru the pot. Yes, it's pitiful. The other plants cover the pot, so at least I don't have to look at THAT gardening travesty! But - I've not had any reseed, nor are there any runners popping up to greet me. (I mean, WHO would WANT to grow there anyway!?!) But I HAVE been wondering what would happen with it if I moved it to a sunnier location that actually received a little more water, and maybe even a few nutrients once in a while? Well, now I know! Runners AND reseeding! Hmmmm... Maybe I'll just keep neglecting it where it is...
Speaking of the Survival gardens... You reminded me I actually planted mint there 20 years ago... In the ground. I WANTED it as a ground cover. It's gone now. I actually killed mint! Ha! Like - NOT on purpose! Geez, how unreliable of it.
Ha ha. My husband planted mint in our herb garden and in the ground and it’s has taken over ! I have pugster butterfly bushes. 2 blue. One white. So far they have stayed small but I really dislike the white one. So it’s going! I don’t like marigolds. Something about them. Maybe it’s the colors. . Western ny. Zone 6 b. Under a ton of snow right now !
Black eyed Susan grow great in Northern Midwest regions. I have people stop and take pictures. I’m done with butterfly bushes because of winter die off. Shasta daisies need space, lots and lots of room. Mine our a White Sea in motion but, when they are done they are ugly.Every gardener has its challenges. Love your channel.
Great video. I agree if it isn't giving you joy but lots of frustration get rid of it! Find something else that will do well. Full sun is a small area for me so it better do well or it's gone.
My neighbor gave me some mint that I planted in my Greenstalk Tower. I love it there. As you were saying things like, "I do not like the look. I do not like the growth habit." I'm hearing, "I do not like green eggs and ham." LOL I know what you mean about the garden space though. Our space is too small to have something that doesn't give us joy. Thanks for the video.
+Lila L 😂😂😂 green eggs and ham! I always like to say why I don’t like it bc sometimes it is a GREAT plant but there are just elements that don’t work for me … that doesn’t mean it might not be wonderful for someone else!
I don’t like or plant Marigolds or Cordyline spike plant. I really hate a Leland Cypress tree. The bigger it gets the uglier it gets! Black Eyed Susan is invasive and self seeds way too much for me even though it provides a great show in August when everything else is heat exhausted. I also don’t plant Bearded Iris. I prefer Siberian and Japanese Iris is the most beautiful in my opinion. I would only plant yucca if I was a fugitive and needed plant security. Same for Chinese Holly. Never a Bradford Pear tree or Mimosa tree will be found on my property! Gosh, I could go on forever on plants that are problematic. The number one plant to never no matter how tempting to bring into your garden is English IVY!!! Even in a pot, when your back is turned it will escape and swallow your garden and strangle the trees. Amanda, I garden in zone 8b so about your climate. Some of my favorite perennials are Veronica purple “Sunny Border Blue” and pink “First Love” I am crazy over the PW Butterfly bushes Pugster series. I grow the White, Blue, and the Amethyst. Please, try the Amethyst. It is the Best little shrub ever! Pugsters do not grow taller than 24 -30 inches. Also, I use Neem oil on pests in my garden because it’s organic and it works. I grow Pentas every year for the butterfly’s and they are always showstoppers in my containers. Butterfly bush is PW Pugster series
I would not plant: Black eyed susan-self seeds and spreads Catmint-spreads (came with house) Yarrow-took over everything despite cutting back; too much stem/green-smell Azalea-die every time - tried multiple varieties Salvia- spreads out dies in center Wigelia-lovely but seeds other areas and is patchy Lilac-spreads with center dying Crabapple- too many sap suckers
My Black eyed Susan's just started blooming late November!! Sowed late, I measured the last blooms and the longest was 18 inches!!! Going to see if they get bigger this season!?!?
I wouldn't plant cannas again. The leaves get torn by wind and I can't seem to give them enough water in the hot dry summer to keep the leaves from browning at the tips and edges. The blooms are very hit or miss and then the stalk looks unattractive after the bloom is finished. Also would never plant Mexican petunia again. It reseeds very aggressively
I think African Daisies and shasta daisies struggle with Texas heat since we don't cool down at night. I've struggled with those. Tersa Sphinx moth caterpillars are what's eating your pentas. This past week I had a plant get infested. I pulled about 25 of them off of one plant. If you can pick them off and just keep an eye on the plants for more, we have enough heat that your pentas will flush back out. But I totally get if someone wouldn't want to have to go to the trouble of dealing with them.
I had the same problem with a rose as you do with Pentas. I grew a bare root rose in a large container and it disappeared due to sawflies. I also agree with you about hostas, which are useless to pollinators. I have African Daisy seeds I have never planted so now I will pass. Sunflowers are on my do not grow list. I have tried several kinds and I just don't like them.
A plant that I will NEVER buy again are any succulent with a farina. They attract mealy bugs and my area is the gather place where the mealies hold their "Drive SolarWinds Crazy" seminar that goes from early April to mid September. They meet every year, I'M OONE with succulents with a farina.
Iam zone 9b Two plants I’ll never grow again is 4 o’clock it’s been 2 years & I still can’t get rid of them . The second is morning glory’s I planted them once they are every where strangling all my plants one day i my hope is to rid my garden of both of them .
I just remembered I have yet ANOTHER plant I battle. It's Ligustrum. It's a shrub. It's invasive. I never planted it, but there is a place in my yard where it has literally taken over. It grows between 20 & 30 feet high! And about 20 feet wide - each! I never thought about how there isn't any weeds, or grass growing under it until this past year when I decided to finally tackle that area. Well, I know now. ...sigh... Not only is it invasive, and not from my area, and I regularly pull its saplings from all other places in my yard, but it's also Allelopathic! 😖 I WAS wanting to cut down these monsters & grow a few food plants in that area... But now, I've got to figure out how to get rid of the toxins it put into the soil first. 😡 I'm not sure which is worse, the ligustrum, or the trumpet vine... ??? They're both tied for 1st place! No wait, what am I saying?!! The trumpet vine isn't allelopathic, that makes the ligustrum the big winner! Plus, it's all over the neighborhood, so I've got a lot of destruction ahead of me! Otherwise, the millions of berries it makes will just keep growing. If anyone has any ideas on soil remediation, I'm all ears!! I've had my nose buried in research for this for days now! My 2 best ideas are the 2 plants- sunflowers, and almost anything in the brassica family. But I won't be able to grow any seeds there bcuz the toxins won't allow it. And it's a rather large area, about 600 sq. ft. 2nd idea- mushrooms. Apparently, the mycelium can fix anything! I'm not surprised!! I just have to find the right one...
@She's A Mad Gardener ughhhhh!! Noooo!!!! Wait, I don't recall seeing any in your vids... Ohhh, they must be over on the side closest to the neighbors? Or you've been hiding them really well!! I've read soooo much research on this! Here's what I found: ▪︎The ligustrum releases toxins into the soil which inhibit seed germination. = Allelopathic. That part has been proven. ▪︎ But HOW the toxin gets released is still a bit fuzzy. Sort of. This is bcuz not a lot of research has been done to prove absolutely HOW the toxins are released. ▪︎ there was a small bit of research which I found talking about the toxins released through the ligustrum leaves, which fall to the ground regularly. So this is the strongest belief right now - the leaves being the toxic culprit. ▪︎ however, I did find one research paper talking about (but not proving) how ligustrum roots could very easily be a co-partner in releasing toxins too. Which is what I'm thinking, that the roots are also not so nice. I looked really hard for the root info bcuz from the few other trees I have over there, well there's only 2 other trees nearby, (like within 8 feet), those 2 trees are both doing very poorly. All over my property I have very large Live Oaks. A couple I would easily call old growth trees. But there's only one Live Oak over by the ligustrums. I've been living here 22 yrs, and I actually think the oak by the ligustrums has gotten smaller in my time here! I never knew why, and life was too "in the way" for me to look into it until now. Really, I should have looked sooner, but... oh well. Ok, so the Live Oak is looking quite poorly, and puny. The ligustrums, of which there are many, quite large, & they're about 15 years old, and all in one long stretch of about 100 feet. My only consolation is the ligustrums are concentrated in one area! And the 2nd tree over there is a Mulberry Tree. This is a fav of my hubs bcuz he likes to eat the fruit straight from the branches. So, it was a new tree just before the ligustrums arrived, which is how it sproutegc d from seed. But right now, it's not as large as it should be. At least I feel that way. We always chalked that up to it growing in the shade of that one oak. But now I'm rethinking that theory. The worst part about the Mulberry is that just last year, it started showing signs of the Mulberry Popcorn disease. Which is a fungus said to only affect the fruit, rendering it inedible. It's a new tree disease kinda sweeping the Mulberrys in the South, or more humid climates. (Btw-guess what else is sweeping the south!) Popcorn Disease is a new disease, and only affecting Mulberrys. And science does not yet know the cause, or how to stop it. So now I'm thinking one of two possibilities are the cause, at least, in my case: 1.) I'm thinking the ligustrum toxin has weakened the immune system of both those trees to the point that if something isn't done now, those 2 trees will die quite soon. The Live Oak is at best guess, 50-ish years old. It could be older, I'm just guessing. And the other cause: 2.) What if the ligustrum toxin has done even MORE to the Mulberry than just lower its immunity through the dropping of toxic leaves? What if the ligustrum is working WITH the Popcorn fungus thru its roots & mycelium? As in - working to ultimately kill off the Mulberry thru the Mulberry's reproductive system = the fruit? I wonder about this bcuz I started studying medicinal mushrooms about 18 months ago, and it's really amazing the way mycelium works! I find it fascinating! And while some strains of mushrooms are beneficial to us, and to all the plants and trees, there ARE ALSO some mycelium strains that are NOT beneficial to trees. Plus, mycelium is extremely "smart". It does create relationships with plants which are symbiotic to each other. Ok. So hypothesis #2 is a deep rabbit hole I've been diving into! And honestly, at this point it wouldn't take much to have me 100% believing the ligustrum is outright killing my Mulberry tree via Popcorn disease! But of course, NOBODY has studied THAT cause and effect! We have many volunteer Mulberry's on my street. They are pretty much a dime a dozen around here, we can easily get a new Mulberry Tree. So I could easily chop it down, and call it a day for my sick Mulberry. But- There is one OLD Mulberry that has got to be between 50-75 years old! Or maybe it's even older that that?! I don't know how to guess at their old age just by sight. What I do know is: It's HUGE!! Thank Goodness it lives about 300 feet away from my sick Mulberry, & it's in somebody else's yard. However, it's right next to a residential street. And on the opposite side of the street is a big ligustrum grove! Yikes!! I would really hate to see that old one get sick! Which just means, on the off chance I can figure out how to get MY tree well again, then we could also save that old one if it gets sick too. So this whole subject has become pretty important to me! I guess that's obvious from my super long comment!! Sorry about that... Once I get started typing about it, the whole thing just pours out!! So if ANYBODY has ANY ideas... (Except poisons! That includes fungicides too!! Besides, science says they don't work on the dreaded Popcorn Disease anyway.) So, instead of attacking the Popcorn Disease directly, I'm going to try some holistic things to eradicate the toxins from my soil sooner than later. Time, waiting it out, is the only current practice of dissipating those toxins. Killing the ligustrums, and waiting a few years is longer than I want to wait! I want to fight nature, with nature! Besides, in the spot the ligustrums are in, I want to grow both food plants, and nice lookie-lookie plants too! My 2 ideas right now are: Some plants pull up toxins from the soil. Like Sunflowers, and Brassicas. I'm for sure going to try that. Grow them, then pull them out. I just have to figure out how to grow them from seed in a soil that refuses to let seed germinate! And 2: If I can find the right strain of mushroom to introduce, I'm definitely going to do that!! Bcuz mycelium will be a whole lot more efficient than me trying to fill the soil with roots. Again, if anybody has ANY CRAZY IDEAS, I'm more than willing to entertain them! The crazier the better!! Thanks for reading all the way to then end y'all!!! I know it's really long! Just like my fight with the ligustrums is going to be!! Ciao Everyone!!
I've never had luck with African daisies, gazania, or osteospermum because it gets so hot and humid here in Zone 7B, north MS. However, two years ago I had a couple of gazania plants that limped along during the summer, never looking good but never dying, but then they exploded with cooler night time temps in the fall. This was a big plus for me because, although I have a lot of spring and summer blooms, fall is when my garden is at its peak. I've had some luck with Veronica but think I haven't found the right spot for it. The plant I will never try again is Zebrina malva. It germinates easily and grows fast and takes less than ideal conditions, but the leaves get hollyhock rust and look terrible, even when in full bloom. So I'll not try those again. I've never had the problem with something eating my pentas, but last year was the first time I saw a Japanese Beetle in my garden, too. May you should plant some to sacrifice to the insects to keep them off of other plants!
I’m trying the Denver daisy, prairie sunset, and two others. I grew the cherry brandy and this one last season and they were short and not many blooms but also they were in a 30gal grow bag. Also thanks for the tips on the butterfly bush I just seeded some for my pollinator/tea garden
I've had my eye on Veronicas for a couple of years now, but never pulled the trigger. I keep finding they like cooler temps than we have, but some say extra water in hot temperatures will keep it going. I guess that's the reason I haven't tried it yet. I thought maybe as a winter plant? I just can't justify the extra water, plus, I kinda figure it might be too hot no matter what. It's nice you tried it for me! Ha! If you try again, It would be interesting to watch it die 🤭 (OH that doesn't sound right!)
I’ve never heard anyone say they didn’t like hostas but that’s very interesting! No judgement here. Personally, I love them and can’t imagine my shade garden without them. I agree with you about the African daisies. Also, will not grow coreopsis again for the same. I was about to sow seeds for mint this week but after battling Bermuda grass, crepe myrtle & monkey grass, just the thought of anything else spreading gives me hives!!! Ok, so I know I won’t win any points with this one but my No Grow plant is…hellebores. I don’t know why but I don’t like them. They seem like a waste of space to me. 🤷🏻♀️
I didn’t like the bright African daisy flowers in the mix I grew but I’m going to try a salmon variety. I had trouble with my Veronica not lasting much past early summer. My black eye Susan’s are five foot tall and seed all over the place. Once they get so tall after the first torrential rain storm or wind storm they néed support so I tear them out until next spring.
My eternal headache is with my petunias😩. I have planted these troublesome annuals for 4 seasons now; with the exception of the very first season when I had them inside, as a house plant… Every season after that, I am in a constant war with aphids. Even after placing them on 3 different locations with each season, these aphids are always the unwelcome guests that you I want to get rid of. These little suckers will be the death of me.
HATE hostas. I’ve paired down the ones I inherited. “Moved” too many to count. And replanted the ones I could tolerate to corners of the property so I don’t have to look at them.
+None Stated yeah, I just don’t get it with hostas. I’m going to force myself to plant at least one next year but if it doesn’t give me joy, it’s going to a neighbor 😂
I also will never plant Shasta daisies or rock rose again. I will also not plant verbena. Always gets attacked and dies. I also will not grow coneflowers. They always die. I love them, but nope!
My least fav are impatiens. Every gardener seems to love them; i've had no luck, & i don't like their look. Think I'm the only gardener that absolutely hates them😂! I don't like pentas, either. I just think their... meh. Shasta daises though, are one of my fav flowers- i don't use any chems, so i don't care if the bugs get them, & i don't use my flowers for cut flowers. I use them as a border all along my sidewalks.
I will not plant cosmos again. Last year it grew almost six feet tall (even though that was not its described growth habit) and was nothing but a thicket of feathery leaves. I maybe got three tiny flowers and for all the space it took up not worth the effort. I, too, fall into the 'sorry I ever planted trumpet vine' camp.🤦🏻♀️
I wish mint would spread for me but I am doing well to keep it growing. I plant it every year hoping this will be the year it takes off but alas it is not meant to be. I live in zone 10a and apparently it does not love hot, humid and rain every day in the summer. I love mint and drink only organic peppermint tea so I want it, bad.
The black eyed susan - Is there a place in your yard that NEVER gets any water? Except rain, that is. Oh- speaking of rain, we DID have a WHOLE LOT OF SUMMER RAIN last year, which is VERY unusual. I don't know if you have a "new and improved" version of this plant, but I'm thinking that this is originally a wildflower, and those really do best in terrible soil, and less water. And I know your garden soil is better than "wild" soil bcuz you can actually get a shovel into it! Plus, wildflowers usually only have nice blooms, which only last a day or 2, but then the plant looks... wild & scruffy. But I'm just guessing. I've never grown them in my yard. In the nearby field where they grow wild, the plant has nothing to motivate me to grow it!
I'll add one to your list, Mexican Sunflower. Don't do it. I'm surprised on pentas, I thought they were bulletproof to most insects. I'm having good luck with mine, blooms all year long and very heat tolerant.
+Sonia B I actually just planted a pink Turks cap …. I’m fine with it as I need it to serve a purpose of covering an area and I must be willing to pull up any seedlings that pop up.
I agree with the Shasta Daisies. I love the Madonna variety (it's a rounded bush version). I will have to check out Oxide daisies. Is that the correct spelling? The others you mentioned I have never grown -- so I will stay away from them. Thanks for sharing.
Ugh! I HATE sweet potato vine. I will never plant that. It’s boring and I have no idea why everyone is obsessed. I will never plant vincas again. They reseeded themselves everywhere, it’s worse than mint. And purselane will never be planted again because it was just too messy. Another monster is Crepe Myrtle, it is invasive and I have sprouts EVERYWHERE in my garden and yard. Hate this plant.
I've never been a fan of any type of roses. The flowers are pretty but the thorns and they're foliage is not that great and they always get leggy to me.
+Randy Man roses are not my forte … they seem to get a lot of disease in my area. I’ve got a couple and will be trying a few more but definitely not my favorite.
I don't do guara because it won't rebloom readily. No Shasta daisies. Hibiscus-doesn't bloom early enough. Geraniums don't rebloom well. Jacobs ladder no. Butterfly bush. Beauty bush-looks bad after bloom. Hens and chicks-turn brown. There is just a lot better plants than these.
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20 years ago I moved Virginia Spiderwort, black eyed Susans (mine are yellow with long stems and they bloom from around July till frost), and peppermint. The peppermint was in the ground when we bought our house in the Roanoke Valley of Virginia in the mid 80's. It was in a spot that never got direct sun and was often moist. It stayed put there. Flash forward to 10 years in our house in central Indiana. The peppermint had filled a bed that was often moist and got afternoon shade. I moved lots of it to make a border at the back of the house in full sun. It did well for several years till ants killed it. Meanwhile the black eyed Susans had almost taken over the first mint bed. I did not care. I planted the spiderwort in the front of the house where it is usually in the shade. It's still there. The spiderwort and the black eyed Susans were gifts from my best friend who has since died of heart disease. I am so happy that I can look at them and remember her. Gardening is always an adventure!
Amanda and this is why I love your channel! Everybody talks about their successes never their failures. Gardening is totally an experiment for me. I never know what’s gonna grow beautifully!😄
I’m done with Roses. The rose rosette disease is a huge problem here in North Texas. I give up on roses.
Never grow a trumpet vine. Spreads by root runners everywhere. I think it's indestructible.
Oh My GOSH-
Trumpet Vine!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BAIN OF MY GARDEN EXISTENCE!!!
My next door neighbor has it growing on our shared fence, and EVERY YEAR-
Especially in Spring,
but even every other season I am CONSTANTLY FIGHTING it!!!
It seeds itself EVERYWHERE!!!
Ugh.
SOOOOO AWFUL.
And it's not just one seed here or there either!
It's entire colonies of it!
And heaven help me if I miss just one seedling and it should take root!!
I have to pay a guy in his mid twenties who has big muscles to come over and pull those suckers out!!
Wait...
Come to think of it...
That's not such a terrible scene...
@@gardengatesopen I had it for several years and didn't do anything. I've tried digging, cutting, even poured bleach on them. They should not be allowed to sell these invasive plants and have a warning sign!
@Rich Bishop I completely agree!!!!!
I'm in Central Texas.
I can only imagine the ONLY good place for these to grow would be a desert!
Maybe it would die every summer and thus become a winter annual?
I dunno...
Any other place it is SO invasive.
My neighbor doesn't water theirs either. Like EVER.
It is growing those seeds STRONG every year.
The past 2 years I've been battling it under a Magnolia tree 40 feet away from the Mother plant.
Under that tree it gets zero sun, and is thriving.
My husband wants to burn it out.
If that Magnolia wasn't there, I would let him.
It's even invaded my dreams!
I dreamt I snuck into the yard next door late at night and cut the main trunk of that vine!
It began growing new branches before I could get back over the fence!!
WHAT A NIGHTMARE!!!!!
+Rich Bishop yes! I never grown it bc so many gardeners have told me not to!
+gardengatesopen 😂😂😂
I will not grow cosmos again, because last summer they grew almost six feet tall (even though they were not listed to get that height) and were nothing but feathery leaves. I maybe got three blooms. And I am in the "sorry I ever planted a trumpet vine" camp.🤦🏻♀️
I agree that you should get rid of things you don’t love or those that don’t do well. Also we need to remember that we are all in different zones, with different light, and different soils to consider so what is good for one may not perform well for another. 🌻😊🌹
+Jane Bentrott you are totally right!
I REALLY LIKE hearing about the plants that don't work!!
VERY INTERESTING!!!
I'm here for the REAL gardening!
I certainly would like to see these throughout the year as they are failing.
Like - at which point of the year did they start to look bad?
Or were they always looking sad?
Maybe it looks good, but for whatever your reasons, you just don't go for it?
THESE are the really helpful garden shares!
Bcuz if I only ever see perfect, or good looking plants, I don't feel like that's REAL gardening.
So yes - liking this video very much!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
I was not hearing that the plants didn't work, but they worked too well. I'll still be planting them and continue recommending them to my clients. To each, their own.
@jay s. definitely!
It's all subjective. 💚🌱💚
Agree with you about the mint. My two plants that I'll never plant again in the ground are Purple Heart and the Trumpet vine. They were both planted in the ground when I moved here over twenty years ago and I'm still finding the evidence of the purple heart occasionally. The trumpet vine took out a whole section of our fence, but we finally got rid of it when we replaced the fence. It's very interesting to read what other's won't plant ever again.
You certainly opened up an interesting topic for discussion.
+Rosemary Purnell Purple Heart is a bully!
How did you get rid of the trumpet vine? I like the pollinators and hummingbirds it attracts but hate the way it pops up everywhere! I planted it about 20 years ago, so it is almost small tree like.
Trumpet vine is great, but never plant it next to your house. It will remove the trim.
I struggle with Hummingbird Mint and columbine. I've given up on columbine but am still working through the Hummingbird Mint. I used to have a lovely Iris garden and gave it up 20 years ago due to borers, but I'm going to try again after 20 years.
This was a great topic!!
I love your honesty! My 3 never plant again are: 1. perilla, wonderful smelling, pretty herb but reseeds like crazy! It will take over if you don’t watch out. 2. Grandpa Ott morning glory, a pretty purple bloom but don’t want it everywhere. I’ll think I’ve pulled all the seedlings up but here it pops up again after a rain. 3. Trumpet vine, love that ir attracts pollinators and hummingbirds but comes up everywhere.
I'm in zone 8a and my Black Eyed Susan are wonderful. They are tall and bloom all Summer into Autumn. I definately think you should try moving them. Mine are in a hot and sunny location of my yard. They seem to like the somewhat harsh location they're in. Don't give up on them yet!
My Pentas were decimated by Hummingbird/Sphinx Moths - sadly will not be planting them again.
+Shannon Kelly I’m definitely going to move them!
My problem is Limelight Hydrangea. I went through five of them and never again. You mentioned Hostas... If you ever get tempted to try hostas again. Try them in a pot (do not direct plant in the garden) and look for hostas with thick rubbery leaves. I was told that hostas in our zone 8a will perform better in pots and you can leave them in the pots during winter. They love the cold and thrive. As for the thick rubbery leaves, those varieties are more resistant to slugs and snails. Love your channel and keep up the great work!
🌹🌷😉👍🌷🌹
I too, dislike hydrangeas.
Oh my gosh,
SO MANY YT gardening videos on hydrangeas!
Hydrangeas this kind
&
Hydrangeas that kind,
Ugh, if I ever have to watch another segment on hydrangeas I might drown myself in the amount of water it would take to keep one alive for one month!
Ok, I'm exaggerating...
But really, I'm never going to grow them.
And they've flooded the market so much that now I don't even like the way they look.
Signed,
Drowning In Hydrangeas
Would like to know about what is the issue with limelight you had.. I want to rethink before buying more.
+from37on limelight’s are the only ones that grow for me but they drop all of their leaves in the hottest weather and then grow back for the fall.
I can't imagine someone not liking Hydrangeas. I am just in love with them. I have 7. And I would like more.
Limelight hydrangea- same experience!! At least 4?plants later- $100s each-no way!! It much be s money maker for proven winners…
Chinese firecracker plant became a thug in my garden though I might like it in a pot. I have not and will not grow a prickly pear cactus, which is close to heresy in Central Texas. There are some horrible sage plants I ripped out because they were so leggy and I had to keep trimming them. They were either leggy or over pruned. No sweet spot. Nandina is a beast requiring pruning and difficult to eradicate. Today I saw a tiny one peeking out of a bed. I will get it tomorrow. This has been a cathartic exercise. Thanks, Amanda.
+Kathryn Mettelka nandina is a no for me too … I just don’t find them attractive 🤷♀️
I’m so glad I found your channel. I thought Shasta daisies would bring me joy. I pictured them tall and full. Nope. Stubby like you said and the blooms don’t come back for me either! I may find another spot for them, but they certainly don’t deserve the front corner I chose! You are really inspiring me! I’m ready to get rid of the line of bushes in front of my house and create a beautiful garden! Also, you mentioned not loving day lilies in a different video. I grew up on a lake in Michigan with a beautiful bank of day lilies, but here in Texas I seem to mostly have green leaves and very few blooms. They need a new home when the bushes come out 😆. My husband and boys may not like your videos when I start putting them to work!
+Pam Ruiz 😂 my husband felt the same way when I started watching TH-cam gardeners!
Gooseneck Loosestrif is so beautiful but is like mint. It rapidly multiplies by under and above ground runners. I wish I had known this before I bought it.
+Linda Leach I’m not familiar with the plant but I will definitely add it to my red light list, thank you!
So sad you don’t like African daisies From the photograph it looks like they are over fertilized. They grow naturally in rocky arid full sun places Also inSouth Africa they are a winter plant. Not for cut flowers because they have a short stem. More for borders. Planted en mass they look glorious and make winter more bearable. Sending you Angels with lots of love 🥰
I love that African daisies are blooming in my yard right now. Zone 9b.
I have the white petals blue center african daisy. It perenniallized(?) in my zone10a backyard. I had to stake them because we get some crazy winds sometimes. I like how the flowers look but it’s so tall about 4-5ft and it doesn’t smell nice when cut. 1 plant has about a hundred blooms so no need to deadhead. I never fertilized it. And it rarely gets watered.
Amazing!!!! I don't care for hostas. I thought I was the only one 🤣. I love sun patients, but I won't grow them again. I live in zone 8b and I couldn't get them to live very long in the hot, hot weather.
+Eva Haynes I like sun patients too!
Planted liatris and tiger lilies last week - first time so interested to see how they will do in the garden 😊 thank you for the detailed information you provided can’t wait to see the lilies in bloom you planted
Have fun!
Love this video so much. You are so correct that we do not talk about this. Your advice to move a plant or get rid of it is so helpful. Our gardens should bring joy and having something that does not bring joy should go. Also I love Shasta daisies but so do the beetles that love white flowers. I have 2 varieties I winter sowed and I’m hoping to plant them in an area where the beetles can’t find them….
I'll never grow Cardinal vine again.. .a garden bully. Also, never Calendula or hibiscus...aphid MAGNETS! I'm with you on the mint..learned my lesson. Crinum lily. 15 years...no blooms. Mexican petunia...too invasive. And, I could really have some choice words for the previous owner who planted Inch plants, (wandering jew) and trumpet vine. They literally can not be eradicated. Veronica died on me also in san antonio, so no more $ wasted on that. Penta grows really well here. Can't even think of what might be eating yours. 🤔. Great content!
+Debra Bray well crap, cardinal vine is on my list of new things to grow, but I will definitely do more research after reading your comment. Thank you!
I’m going to be installing a shade this summer, but will have a slope, my area has high winds, and I want rain to drain away, can’t wait to see how it works for you 👍🏻😊
Sounds great! I’ll be sure to update!
I do agree with you when it comes to mint...
I had earlier planted them in the ground too... and it is so invasive..
So now I have them planted in a few containers... bcoz we love mint and I use it a lot in cooking
+Smita's Fresh from my Garden I’d love to know how you use mint in cooking
Mint chutney is an all time favourite
I also use mint to flavour rice dishes
Sharing a couple of recipes from my blog
I love the daisy but not the Shasta daisy! Multiplies to fast not a good growth pattern and lays down in clumps.
+Bonita Howell I’m about to dig out some Shasta daisies that drive me crazy.
Thank goodness for puppy diapers. My senior dog needed them in the end. So worth it! Love you and your garden!
+Loni Smith they are a life saver!
I planted mint in the ground too..., despite my grandma's warning. Because of it and the Bermuda grass, I'll never plant again any plant that spreads through rhizomes.
+Andrea Bero yeah mint is a bully!
Love that you said this.. sometimes it’s really hard to get rid of plants because of sentiments…I don’t pull anything that my husband planted even after he said to remove that.
Regarding butterfly bush I am training 2 in to tree form.. it’s fast growing and I like it that way. Same issues with black eyed Susan!
+Pheba John ooo, I’m going to look into training mine for tree form!
Yes, I love real gardening. I have some wins and some losses. One plant I will never plant again was showy primrose. It spread like crazy! I ripped it out and still couldn’t get it all pulled out. I’m not a fan of pachysandra either.
Oh my gosh! Never plant Japanese wisteria! My mother in law was given one. It spread under the ground over her entire property. They've tried everything to get rid of it. It has actually choked out trees and literally pushed her garage off its foundation.
+Heather Knisley that’s insane! Crazy how one plant can just take over!
Thanks for your honesty, it was very helpful. I would never plant hosta either.
+Sooyun Choi they look pretty in OTHER people’s gardens 😜
Tomato hornworms are the culprits eating your Pentas. As soon as you see one plant getting stripped, start looking for that huge green caterpillar and pluck him off (what you do with him after that is your call -- no judgment 🙂). You will have to hunt for him because they hide very well, but you'll find him. The caterpillars turn into a sphinx moth, you know the little hummingbird moths that also love Pentas. So we love the adult form, but not the caterpillar stage so much. They can mow a plant down overnight, but if you stay on the hunt for the hornworms and keep them off -- I usually only have one or two per season -- then you'll be able to grow and enjoy them. I hope that helps.
Good to know!
Correction: It is specifically the white-lined sphinx moth caterpillar eating your pentas, which is a large green hornworm but not specifically the "tomato" hornworm (the caterpillar markings are slightly different). I can send a picture if you'd like. A client of mine just sent me a picture of the hornworm eating her pentas, or you can just google the white-lined sphinx moth hornworm.
When she described the Penta damage, first thing that came to mind was hornworm. They strip everything to the spine of the plant. I grow a lot of veg so we get them often. I wouldn’t have a garden if I let them stay. Never seen them on my flowers though. If you have a black light, bring it out at night to the plants and the Tomato Hornworms glow in the dk.
I pulled out all my Asiatic lilies because of the lily beetle…they were being decimated. I tried every organic spray possible and nothing seemed to help and the sprays were costing a fortune. I see them around in my city and have lily envy but they were just to much work. I still get tempted when I’m looking through garden catalogs and have to talk myself out of them 🙂👩🌾🇨🇦TFS
+Wilma Brazeau yep it’s sucks when you end up spending so much on treatments.
My mother loves mint and so do I, but I love it in the area of vegetables, not in my flowers. Where my flowers are, there are mints and I can never get rid of them. I'm constantly cutting mints, and that's why I'm having problems with my mom. The mints are damaging the roots of my flowers. I NEVER plant mint in the area where I have flowers. By the way, your videos have very useful information and I loved it. From Turkey with love😊
+Muhammed Akay mint can go anywhere!!! It is so hard to control!
The herb sage. It looks pretty but it just stinks. It stinks! and I don't use it for cooking because I don't really eat the food that pairs well with sage. It also took up too much space in the garden so I hacked it.
The plant I will never plant again are Hollyhocks. I do love the flower and have fond memories of it in my great grandmother’s garden BUT in my garden they get rust and last year mealy bugs. And seedlings everywhere. I had let them grow until this year and now I’m on a mission to remove all hollyhock in my front yard which we converted several years ago to a grass less yard. Seedlings are easy to pull up, but because they are biennial some are really rooted in and tougher to dig out. My controversial flower is roses. We have some in the front & I hate getting snagged by their thorns.
Hey Amanda, you grew some Hollyhocks too!
As I recall, they started rusting pretty early, is that right?
Whatever happened to those?
I'm guessing they've gone to the great flowerbed in the sky.
I've been wondering about trying these too.
Despite every person to ever grow them complaining about rust! How dumb am I?!!
But here's the thing-
I got some seeds that are of the newer variety which are SUPPOSED TO BE less rusty.
Yep, 'supposed to be'
is the key phrase here!
I still haven't planted them.
I may not...
Will I be THE ONLY gardener in a humid climate to grow hollyhocks with zero rust?!!!
What are the odds...
@@gardengatesopen I did not mention that there are still hollyhocks in our backyard that is not watered & I’m going to let them grow for now.
@@karenbaker5485 keep me posted! 🤞
+Karen Baker I’ve been battling the rust mold as well … I think I need to just pull them at this point bc it just doesn’t seem worth it.
+gardengatesopen yep they got rust AGAIN! I’m probably going to need to pull them 😢
2 of my nemesis are also on your list! I've not been able to get black eyed susan to germinate or purchased shasta daisies to thrive. Can not figure out why..
+B Peoples Shasta daisies just don’t do it for me 🤷♀️
Your pentas is the host plant to the black stripe butterfly. They lay their eggs on the plant and when the eggs hatch...the plant is their only source of food until they turn into a butterfly.
+Tina Blum thank you! This is great info!
Thanks for this list. I’m in AR and find some plants just do better than others in my area.
The Rock Rose-
Your take on it helps me very much!
I actually had this plant in 2 different places for the past 5 years.
Except, those 2 places are heavy shade, and most of all - very, VERY, DRY.
I call these zones
"The Survival of the Fittest" gardens.
And really, the Rock Rose is the ONLY one that blooms 11 months of the year, AND I never even planted one of them. It is still in its nursery pot. I'm pretty sure the roots are now growing into the ground thru the pot.
Yes, it's pitiful.
The other plants cover the pot, so at least I don't have to look at THAT gardening travesty!
But -
I've not had any reseed, nor are there any runners popping up to greet me.
(I mean, WHO would WANT to grow there anyway!?!)
But I HAVE been wondering what would happen with it if I moved it to a sunnier location that actually received a little more water, and maybe even a few nutrients once in a while?
Well, now I know!
Runners AND reseeding!
Hmmmm...
Maybe I'll just keep neglecting it where it is...
Speaking of the Survival gardens...
You reminded me I actually planted mint there 20 years ago...
In the ground.
I WANTED it as a ground cover.
It's gone now.
I actually killed mint! Ha!
Like - NOT on purpose!
Geez, how unreliable of it.
@@gardengatesopen lol. I can’t grow mint either!
@@kelliwebb2870 I guess it needs water or something...
@@gardengatesopen in my area it needs something but it ain’t water! Lol. You can wring the water out of the air here!
@Kelli Webb
" ohhhhh, humidity... !"
Yes, here too.
We even run the humidifier during the Winter.
Where are you located?
Are you in Texas?
Ha ha. My husband planted mint in our herb garden and in the ground and it’s has taken over ! I have pugster butterfly bushes. 2 blue. One white. So far they have stayed small but I really dislike the white one. So it’s going! I don’t like marigolds. Something about them. Maybe it’s the colors. . Western ny. Zone 6 b. Under a ton of snow right now !
+Nana of 6 I struggle with marigolds too! I don’t love the look but they also get spider mites in my garden.
Black eyed Susan grow great in Northern Midwest regions. I have people stop and take pictures. I’m done with butterfly bushes because of winter die off. Shasta daisies need space, lots and lots of room. Mine our a White Sea in motion but, when they are done they are ugly.Every gardener has its challenges. Love your channel.
+Robin Nehls I think that single flush is what really bothers me about Shasta daisies.
Great video. I agree if it isn't giving you joy but lots of frustration get rid of it! Find something else that will do well. Full sun is a small area for me so it better do well or it's gone.
+Rachelle Taylor thanks! Absolutely it must bring me joy!
My neighbor gave me some mint that I planted in my Greenstalk Tower. I love it there. As you were saying things like, "I do not like the look. I do not like the growth habit." I'm hearing, "I do not like green eggs and ham." LOL I know what you mean about the garden space though. Our space is too small to have something that doesn't give us joy. Thanks for the video.
+Lila L 😂😂😂 green eggs and ham! I always like to say why I don’t like it bc sometimes it is a GREAT plant but there are just elements that don’t work for me … that doesn’t mean it might not be wonderful for someone else!
I don’t like or plant Marigolds or Cordyline spike plant. I really hate a Leland Cypress tree. The bigger it gets the uglier it gets! Black Eyed Susan is invasive and self seeds way too much for me even though it provides a great show in August when everything else is heat exhausted. I also don’t plant Bearded Iris. I prefer Siberian and Japanese Iris is the most beautiful in my opinion. I would only plant yucca if I was a fugitive and needed plant security. Same for Chinese Holly. Never a Bradford Pear tree or Mimosa tree will be found on my property! Gosh, I could go on forever on plants that are problematic. The number one plant to never no matter how tempting to bring into your garden is English IVY!!! Even in a pot, when your back is turned it will escape and swallow your garden and strangle the trees.
Amanda, I garden in zone 8b so about your climate. Some of my favorite perennials are Veronica purple “Sunny Border Blue” and pink “First Love”
I am crazy over the PW Butterfly bushes Pugster series. I grow the White, Blue, and the Amethyst. Please, try the Amethyst. It is the Best little shrub ever! Pugsters do not grow taller than 24 -30 inches. Also, I use Neem oil on pests in my garden because it’s organic and it works.
I grow Pentas every year for the butterfly’s and they are always showstoppers in my containers.
Butterfly bush is PW Pugster series
+George Price ok I dislike Bradford Pears too! But I love the pugster bushes!
where do you put the need oil? How do you apply?
African daisy’s for sure! I loved the plant but it had a really strong off putting smell when you cut it. It was on my hands and everything 🤢
+Nicole Collisi the smell is not great
Echinacea. Although it is my favorite color it brings too many deer to the yard.
+Kathy Taylor yeah deer can destroy a garden overnight
I would not plant:
Black eyed susan-self seeds and spreads
Catmint-spreads (came with house)
Yarrow-took over everything despite cutting back; too much stem/green-smell
Azalea-die every time - tried multiple varieties
Salvia- spreads out dies in center
Wigelia-lovely but seeds other areas and is patchy
Lilac-spreads with center dying
Crabapple- too many sap suckers
My Black eyed Susan's just started blooming late November!! Sowed late, I measured the last blooms and the longest was 18 inches!!! Going to see if they get bigger this season!?!?
I could not agree more on all five of these plants! Particularly the Shasta Daisy!
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I wouldn't plant cannas again. The leaves get torn by wind and I can't seem to give them enough water in the hot dry summer to keep the leaves from browning at the tips and edges. The blooms are very hit or miss and then the stalk looks unattractive after the bloom is finished. Also would never plant Mexican petunia again. It reseeds very aggressively
+Tammy Castillo I had some cannas at a past house and there always seemed to be mice in them 😬
I love cannas.
I think African Daisies and shasta daisies struggle with Texas heat since we don't cool down at night. I've struggled with those.
Tersa Sphinx moth caterpillars are what's eating your pentas. This past week I had a plant get infested. I pulled about 25 of them off of one plant.
If you can pick them off and just keep an eye on the plants for more, we have enough heat that your pentas will flush back out. But I totally get if someone wouldn't want to have to go to the trouble of dealing with them.
I had the same problem with a rose as you do with Pentas. I grew a bare root rose in a large container and it disappeared due to sawflies. I also agree with you about hostas, which are useless to pollinators. I have African Daisy seeds I have never planted so now I will pass. Sunflowers are on my do not grow list. I have tried several kinds and I just don't like them.
+Penny Noneman I definitely think sunflowers are a love or hate bloom.
I didn’t get many blooms either with the black eyed Susan.idk after they died too fast after they bloomed!!
Agreed!
A plant that I will NEVER buy again are any succulent with a farina. They attract mealy bugs and my area is the gather place where the mealies hold their "Drive SolarWinds Crazy" seminar that goes from early April to mid September. They meet every year, I'M OONE with succulents with a farina.
+SolarWinds AuroraBorealis mealy bugs are the worst!
I plant mint! Love it. However I plant it under fruit trees 😊
+Bees And Seeds I bet it looks and smells great under fruit trees!
Iam zone 9b Two plants I’ll never grow again is 4 o’clock it’s been 2 years & I still can’t get rid of them . The second is morning glory’s I planted them once they are every where strangling all my plants one day i my hope is to rid my garden of both of them .
+Shannon H I’m still pulling 4 o’clocks 3 years later 😬
I just remembered I have yet ANOTHER plant I battle.
It's Ligustrum.
It's a shrub.
It's invasive.
I never planted it, but there is a place in my yard where it has literally taken over.
It grows between 20 & 30 feet high! And about 20 feet wide - each!
I never thought about how there isn't any weeds, or grass growing under it until this past year when I decided to finally tackle that area.
Well, I know now.
...sigh...
Not only is it invasive, and not from my area, and I regularly pull its saplings from all other places in my yard, but it's also Allelopathic! 😖
I WAS wanting to cut down these monsters & grow a few food plants in that area...
But now, I've got to figure out how to get rid of the toxins it put into the soil first. 😡
I'm not sure which is worse, the ligustrum, or the trumpet vine... ???
They're both tied for 1st place!
No wait, what am I saying?!!
The trumpet vine isn't allelopathic, that makes the ligustrum the big winner!
Plus, it's all over the neighborhood, so I've got a lot of destruction ahead of me!
Otherwise, the millions of berries it makes will just keep growing.
If anyone has any ideas on soil remediation, I'm all ears!!
I've had my nose buried in research for this for days now!
My 2 best ideas are the 2 plants- sunflowers, and almost anything in the brassica family.
But I won't be able to grow any seeds there bcuz the toxins won't allow it. And it's a rather large area, about 600 sq. ft.
2nd idea- mushrooms.
Apparently, the mycelium can fix anything!
I'm not surprised!!
I just have to find the right one...
+gardengatesopen I have ligustrums in my yard too that I need to pull out!
@She's A Mad Gardener
ughhhhh!! Noooo!!!!
Wait, I don't recall seeing any in your vids...
Ohhh, they must be over on the side closest to the neighbors?
Or you've been hiding them really well!!
I've read soooo much research on this!
Here's what I found:
▪︎The ligustrum releases toxins into the soil which inhibit seed germination.
= Allelopathic.
That part has been proven.
▪︎ But HOW the toxin gets released is still a bit fuzzy.
Sort of.
This is bcuz not a lot of research has been done to prove absolutely HOW the toxins are released.
▪︎ there was a small bit of research which I found talking about the toxins released through the ligustrum leaves, which fall to the ground regularly.
So this is the strongest belief right now - the leaves being the toxic culprit.
▪︎ however, I did find one research paper talking about (but not proving) how ligustrum roots could very easily be a co-partner in releasing toxins too.
Which is what I'm thinking, that the roots are also not so nice.
I looked really hard for the root info bcuz from the few other trees I have over there, well there's only 2 other trees nearby, (like within 8 feet), those 2 trees are both doing very poorly.
All over my property I have very large Live Oaks. A couple I would easily call old growth trees.
But there's only one Live Oak over by the ligustrums.
I've been living here 22 yrs, and I actually think the oak by the ligustrums has gotten smaller in my time here!
I never knew why, and life was too "in the way" for me to look into it until now.
Really, I should have looked sooner, but... oh well.
Ok, so the Live Oak is looking quite poorly, and puny.
The ligustrums, of which there are many, quite large, & they're about 15 years old, and all in one long stretch of about 100 feet.
My only consolation is the ligustrums are concentrated in one area!
And the 2nd tree over there is a Mulberry Tree.
This is a fav of my hubs bcuz he likes to eat the fruit straight from the branches.
So, it was a new tree just before the ligustrums arrived, which is how it sproutegc d from seed.
But right now, it's not as large as it should be.
At least I feel that way.
We always chalked that up to it growing in the shade of that one oak.
But now I'm rethinking that theory.
The worst part about the Mulberry is that just last year, it started showing signs of the Mulberry Popcorn disease.
Which is a fungus said to only affect the fruit, rendering it inedible. It's a new tree disease kinda sweeping the Mulberrys in the South, or more humid climates.
(Btw-guess what else is sweeping the south!)
Popcorn Disease is a new disease, and only affecting Mulberrys.
And science does not yet know the cause, or how to stop it.
So now I'm thinking one of two possibilities are the cause, at least, in my case:
1.) I'm thinking the ligustrum toxin has weakened the immune system of both those trees to the point that if something isn't done now, those 2 trees will die quite soon.
The Live Oak is at best guess, 50-ish years old.
It could be older, I'm just guessing.
And the other cause:
2.) What if the ligustrum toxin has done even MORE to the Mulberry than just lower its immunity through the dropping of toxic leaves? What if the ligustrum is working WITH the Popcorn fungus thru its roots & mycelium?
As in - working to ultimately kill off the Mulberry thru the Mulberry's reproductive system = the fruit?
I wonder about this bcuz I started studying medicinal mushrooms about 18 months ago, and it's really amazing the way mycelium works!
I find it fascinating!
And while some strains of mushrooms are beneficial to us, and to all the plants and trees, there ARE ALSO some mycelium strains that are NOT beneficial to trees.
Plus, mycelium is extremely "smart".
It does create relationships with plants which are symbiotic to each other.
Ok.
So hypothesis #2 is a deep rabbit hole I've been diving into! And honestly, at this point it wouldn't take much to have me 100% believing the ligustrum is outright killing my Mulberry tree via Popcorn disease!
But of course, NOBODY has studied THAT cause and effect!
We have many volunteer Mulberry's on my street.
They are pretty much a dime a dozen around here, we can easily get a new Mulberry Tree.
So I could easily chop it down, and call it a day for my sick Mulberry.
But-
There is one OLD Mulberry that has got to be between 50-75 years old!
Or maybe it's even older that that?!
I don't know how to guess at their old age just by sight.
What I do know is:
It's HUGE!!
Thank Goodness it lives about 300 feet away from my sick Mulberry, & it's in somebody else's yard. However, it's right next to a residential street. And on the opposite side of the street is a big ligustrum grove! Yikes!!
I would really hate to see that old one get sick!
Which just means, on the off chance I can figure out how to get MY tree well again, then we could also save that old one if it gets sick too.
So this whole subject has become pretty important to me!
I guess that's obvious from my super long comment!!
Sorry about that...
Once I get started typing about it, the whole thing just pours out!!
So if ANYBODY has ANY ideas...
(Except poisons!
That includes fungicides too!!
Besides, science says they don't work on the dreaded Popcorn Disease anyway.)
So, instead of attacking the Popcorn Disease directly, I'm going to try some holistic things to eradicate the toxins from my soil sooner than later.
Time, waiting it out, is the only current practice of dissipating those toxins.
Killing the ligustrums, and waiting a few years is longer than I want to wait!
I want to fight nature, with nature!
Besides, in the spot the ligustrums are in, I want to grow both food plants, and nice lookie-lookie plants too!
My 2 ideas right now are:
Some plants pull up toxins from the soil.
Like Sunflowers, and Brassicas.
I'm for sure going to try that.
Grow them, then pull them out.
I just have to figure out how to grow them from seed in a soil that refuses to let seed germinate!
And 2:
If I can find the right strain of mushroom to introduce, I'm definitely going to do that!!
Bcuz mycelium will be a whole lot more efficient than me trying to fill the soil with roots.
Again, if anybody has ANY CRAZY IDEAS, I'm more than willing to entertain them!
The crazier the better!!
Thanks for reading all the way to then end y'all!!!
I know it's really long!
Just like my fight with the ligustrums is going to be!!
Ciao Everyone!!
I thought it was just me- Shasta Daisies “Becky” - once & done 😅
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I've never had luck with African daisies, gazania, or osteospermum because it gets so hot and humid here in Zone 7B, north MS. However, two years ago I had a couple of gazania plants that limped along during the summer, never looking good but never dying, but then they exploded with cooler night time temps in the fall. This was a big plus for me because, although I have a lot of spring and summer blooms, fall is when my garden is at its peak. I've had some luck with Veronica but think I haven't found the right spot for it. The plant I will never try again is Zebrina malva. It germinates easily and grows fast and takes less than ideal conditions, but the leaves get hollyhock rust and look terrible, even when in full bloom. So I'll not try those again. I've never had the problem with something eating my pentas, but last year was the first time I saw a Japanese Beetle in my garden, too. May you should plant some to sacrifice to the insects to keep them off of other plants!
+M Kitchens sacrificial plants is a good idea. I’m thinking I didn’t have the Veronica in the right spot so I’m going to try it again.
Thanks for the heads up!
I don't like daylilies or iris. The foliage needs more maintenance to look ok and I don't want to maintain it.
I won’t plant verbenas again. Cannot get them to grow. And sage doesn’t like me either
I’ve never had anything bother my Pentas. They do great in my garden in Burleson, Texas
+Sherry Hudson lucky!!! Another viewer told me it was sphinx moths eating them.
I’m trying the Denver daisy, prairie sunset, and two others. I grew the cherry brandy and this one last season and they were short and not many blooms but also they were in a 30gal grow bag. Also thanks for the tips on the butterfly bush I just seeded some for my pollinator/tea garden
+Rylee’s Blooms maybe the cherry brandy will do better in the ground 🤔
I've had my eye on Veronicas for a couple of years now, but never pulled the trigger.
I keep finding they like cooler temps than we have, but some say extra water in hot temperatures will keep it going. I guess that's the reason I haven't tried it yet.
I thought maybe as a winter plant?
I just can't justify the extra water, plus, I kinda figure it might be too hot no matter what.
It's nice you tried it for me! Ha!
If you try again, It would be interesting to watch it die 🤭
(OH that doesn't sound right!)
+gardengatesopen I might try it again in a slightly more shaded area.
GRAPE HYACINTH
puppies so cute
Thank you 🐾🐾🐾
I’ve never heard anyone say they didn’t like hostas but that’s very interesting! No judgement here. Personally, I love them and can’t imagine my shade garden without them. I agree with you about the African daisies. Also, will not grow coreopsis again for the same. I was about to sow seeds for mint this week but after battling Bermuda grass, crepe myrtle & monkey grass, just the thought of anything else spreading gives me hives!!! Ok, so I know I won’t win any points with this one but my No Grow plant is…hellebores. I don’t know why but I don’t like them. They seem like a waste of space to me. 🤷🏻♀️
+Rebecca Thomas well I don’t have much shade so that could be the issue!
I hate hostas. They are boring. Coral bells at least have pretty leaves.
@@KyrenaH my hostas have gorgeous leaves! Plant some sweet little zinnias with them it’s adorable.
I didn’t like the bright African daisy flowers in the mix I grew but I’m going to try a salmon variety. I had trouble with my Veronica not lasting much past early summer. My black eye Susan’s are five foot tall and seed all over the place. Once they get so tall after the first torrential rain storm or wind storm they néed support so I tear them out until next spring.
+Tawana Jeffries I wish mine would grow 5 feet tall!
My eternal headache is with my petunias😩.
I have planted these troublesome annuals for 4 seasons now; with the exception of the very first season when I had them inside, as a house plant… Every season after that, I am in a constant war with aphids.
Even after placing them on 3 different locations with each season, these aphids are always the unwelcome guests that you I want to get rid of.
These little suckers will be the death of me.
Buy ladybugs. They eat aphids!
HATE hostas. I’ve paired down the ones I inherited. “Moved” too many to count. And replanted the ones I could tolerate to corners of the property so I don’t have to look at them.
+None Stated yeah, I just don’t get it with hostas. I’m going to force myself to plant at least one next year but if it doesn’t give me joy, it’s going to a neighbor 😂
@@shesamadgardener Oh please watch out...I’ve got one that grew to the size of a Cadillac and it can’t be moved!
I also will never plant Shasta daisies or rock rose again. I will also not plant verbena. Always gets attacked and dies. I also will not grow coneflowers. They always die. I love them, but nope!
+Melissa Brennan 💚💚💚
My least fav are impatiens. Every gardener seems to love them; i've had no luck, & i don't like their look. Think I'm the only gardener that absolutely hates them😂! I don't like pentas, either. I just think their... meh.
Shasta daises though, are one of my fav flowers- i don't use any chems, so i don't care if the bugs get them, & i don't use my flowers for cut flowers. I use them as a border all along my sidewalks.
+BflyFieldsKC I only grow impatiens in one place because they are so high maintenance!
I will not plant cosmos again. Last year it grew almost six feet tall (even though that was not its described growth habit) and was nothing but a thicket of feathery leaves. I maybe got three tiny flowers and for all the space it took up not worth the effort. I, too, fall into the 'sorry I ever planted trumpet vine' camp.🤦🏻♀️
+Kim McAbee I agree … they can be overwhelming and almost need their own garden to themselves
Sounds like the cosmos had too much nitrogen.
I wish mint would spread for me but I am doing well to keep it growing. I plant it every year hoping this will be the year it takes off but alas it is not meant to be. I live in zone 10a and apparently it does not love hot, humid and rain every day in the summer. I love mint and drink only organic peppermint tea so I want it, bad.
+Kelli Webb it’s probably the rain!
The black eyed susan -
Is there a place in your yard that NEVER gets any water?
Except rain, that is.
Oh- speaking of rain, we DID have a WHOLE LOT OF SUMMER RAIN last year, which is VERY unusual.
I don't know if you have a "new and improved" version of this plant, but I'm thinking that this is originally a wildflower, and those really do best in terrible soil, and less water. And I know your garden soil is better than "wild" soil bcuz you can actually get a shovel into it!
Plus, wildflowers usually only have nice blooms, which only last a day or 2, but then the plant looks... wild & scruffy.
But I'm just guessing.
I've never grown them in my yard.
In the nearby field where they grow wild, the plant has nothing to motivate me to grow it!
+gardengatesopen I’m totally going to move it and see what happens! I’ll looks for some place dry!
@@shesamadgardener it will be interesting to watch! 👍
I'll add one to your list, Mexican Sunflower. Don't do it. I'm surprised on pentas, I thought they were bulletproof to most insects. I'm having good luck with mine, blooms all year long and very heat tolerant.
Another viewer said they were a host plant for a particular moth 🤷♀️
Would love an update this year, after the brutal summer. Also what are your thoughts on Turks cap shrub?
+Sonia B I actually just planted a pink Turks cap …. I’m fine with it as I need it to serve a purpose of covering an area and I must be willing to pull up any seedlings that pop up.
I agree with the Shasta Daisies. I love the Madonna variety (it's a rounded bush version). I will have to check out Oxide daisies. Is that the correct spelling? The others you mentioned I have never grown -- so I will stay away from them. Thanks for sharing.
that's Ox-Eye daisies
+RB the Garden Nanny, LLC oxeye!
@@harrymyhero thanks so much for sharing!!!
I hate hostas and tradescantia. Some moron planted tradescantia in my backyard and now it is everywhere.
Mugwort! It should be in a pot.
Good one!
Indian blanket...so big so sharp seed pod
+mama.k_eda agreed
Ugh! I HATE sweet potato vine. I will never plant that. It’s boring and I have no idea why everyone is obsessed. I will never plant vincas again. They reseeded themselves everywhere, it’s worse than mint. And purselane will never be planted again because it was just too messy. Another monster is Crepe Myrtle, it is invasive and I have sprouts EVERYWHERE in my garden and yard. Hate this plant.
+Elizabeth McKoy yikes! But it’s good to have a list of plants you don’t enjoy … thankfully there are lots of other options!
Redbud trees I tried 6 times they do good then after a year or less they die and hollyhocks even with good advice they never grow
+Michael Oconnor I’ve had the worst luck with hollyhocks.
I've never been a fan of any type of roses. The flowers are pretty but the thorns and they're foliage is not that great and they always get leggy to me.
+Randy Man roses are not my forte … they seem to get a lot of disease in my area. I’ve got a couple and will be trying a few more but definitely not my favorite.
I totally agree about roses. We have a few & I hate when I get to close and they snag onto me.
Pentas in pots for me!!!
+Ahava Richardson mine get eaten 😢
I don’t like Hostas either! 😂
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It's caterpillars striping the pentas.
+Rose Torn I bet you are right!
Zinnias and their powdery mildew 🙅🏼♀️
These are my favorite blooms but I definitely have to battle the powdery mildew at the end of the growing season.
I don't do guara because it won't rebloom readily. No Shasta daisies. Hibiscus-doesn't bloom early enough. Geraniums don't rebloom well. Jacobs ladder no. Butterfly bush. Beauty bush-looks bad after bloom. Hens and chicks-turn brown. There is just a lot better plants than these.
Another one is snow on the mountain. Extremely invasive.
Cosmos-too much deadheading. Roses-aphids and deadheading.
Grasshoppers stripped the foliage on all huecheras, ugh. cgzone8
+Charlotte Goforth ugh … I haven’t experienced but I would be devastated!