It’s always good to hear people as experienced as this man say that he didn’t get it right in the beginning and had to shuffle things around! It makes me feel so much better about my own gardening journey!
Love the idea of raising the beds so the flowers are closer to passersby. I also enjoy all the different English accents and characters that you interview. Thank you so much!!
This vlog is such a wonderful resource. I like the make a list the year before planting idea.. Here I need to add relative deer resistance to the list of requirements. I am envious of Hole Park’s walled and gated gardens.
Oh i loved this one so much! Lovely shots of the garden and his attitude is just great. What a stunning garden - love his sense of balance between the low and tall plants and how he harmonised the colours. So lovely..🥰
Lovely to see gauras, spiderflower and bananas growing in these beds. Extremes of delicate vs strong, enormous foliage. Many thanks for the time stamp list of plants. 🇨🇦
Thank you and it's so helpful to know that the list is useful. It takes me a bit longer, but it's something I'd want myself so I'm glad to know that other people do.
Are there any rules that you follow? Answer 'no'. This gentleman brings back the relaxation many forget. I love the people you interview and their personalities plus of course their fantastic insight . Thank you once again. I'm going to watch this again now.
A splendid walled garden beside a stand of mature trees...what a dream! I like Mr. Stark's philosophy, which runs along the lines of "Don't worry about it too much, do what makes sense, and let nature take it's course." A friend is fairly new to gardening, but spends so much time obsessing about every yellow leaf, she doesn't seem to enjoy it all that much. I love seeing new growth and forgotten plants popping up when I didn't do anything. I ended up with a Holly Fern and a Bird of Paradise plant that grew out of flower pots I'd brought from my old house years ago. Who knows what's lurking in your soil, lol. We had a very, very wet winter/spring here in Southern California, which made certain plants (Roses!!!) go crazy with new growth and flowers, but my Mission olive trees didn't like the wet. Your video interviews/garden visits are great fun, as it feels like we can tag along (from across the world) and enjoy these informative chats. I also appreciate that you include the notes/plant info on screen, as occasionally we may miss something. We are finally having fall weather here after six days of horrible heat; 107F (41.6C!!!) back on Sept 8th. :(
Beautiful garden - I liked the plants mentioned and the tips given by head gardener. Thank you for the video. The idea of making the bed raised to improve it is a good one. I have that in one area and it does help. I had not thought it would but it did.
Interesting tour Alexandra, thank you. I think we need more budding entrepreneurs/duck farmers out there to start renting out duck brigades to come in and help us control the slug populations in our gardens. Swoop those duckies in for a few days and voila!
Thank you Alexandra for this inspirational garden while I don't feel like working in my gardens that are dire drought condition 😅. I am across the pond in SE Ohio zone 6a and it has been a heck of a gardening year for sure! 🌻🌸🌼🌷
It seems such a pity that you're struggling with drought whereas most of this year has been very wet for us. Though, of course, we did have to have a bit of drought!
That was a great interview and video and what a glorious garden. I agree with him about Penstemons as mine have been wonderful this year so I’ve taken more cuttings. They are so pretty and robust and look great with grasses and Erysimum Bowles Mauve which flowers all summer too.
The topiaries are eye candy. Very informative discussion. I 14:55 Chelsea chop autumn joy sedum every year. I like varying heights, so I don’t pinch them all back at once.
I had no idea sedum could be Chelsea chopped. A year ago i planted a few that were nice and compact and this season instead they grew tall, leggy and fell over notwithstanding being in a sunny dry spot. I was debating whether to get rid of them but now I’ll try the chop and give them another chance. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you for the tour. Some ideas of what I can add to our cold winter area. There’s not much going now as the season winds down, but we have a bit of a drought and hotter temps than normal in the upper Midwest, US. Love the Autumn Joy, roses and dahlias! My new favorite is Vegas Lights Gomphrena!🎉. It can take heat and drought and still keep shining. Lol, I never cut plants back in fall because the foliage helps protect plants. I may pick it up a bit, but never cut them to the ground. Many plants are new or second year and I’m sure will do better next year-like the penstemon.😊 Definitely have a list of plants to move to meadow this fall because of excessive reseeding-coneflower, butterfly weed and poppies. I love my catalpa tree, but I never remember in my youth ours reseeding like this one is-several in the flowerbed and one in the veg, but it’s open ground and to be expected I guess.
I found this particularly helpful. Advice that is easy to follow and helpful in terms of border colour, height and compatibility. Now for the application.
Great information, perfectly timed. :) Thank you Alexandria. I follow you from Alberta Canada - zone 2B. Its amazing what can be done even with our very short warm season. You are dealing with slugs and such, and I am dealing with ravenous rabbits the size of a golden retrievers, and deer looking to score on my crop of flowers and veggies.
Another great video Alexandra. I have Penstemum Garnet in my garden and it is a stunner. It layers itself quite readily in the second year and I have given them away as I just love the long flowering crimson/ hot pink blooms.
Very useful video Alexandra👍🏻 one of the things I must remember next year will be to get a note book and keep a record of what’s working and what isn’t and ideas of what I’d like to try. Last year I Chelsea Chopped all of my late flowering stuff like Rubeckias, Echinaceas, Asters and Sedums and they were great but this year I was so busy with family stuff that I didn’t get round to it and it’s all got a bit untidy and I’ve had to prop up plants which is very time consuming so better planning is a must for next year!
I woukd love to see how these gardeners take notes. Just a notebook? 10 year diary? Notes on the phone? I take photos on my I phone which helps me track bloom times, when I did what, etc.
I have a very tricky space in my front garden due to lighting. The house is oriented north/south, and there are thick woods across the street (west), so plants in the front only get sun once it peeks around the corner of the house, and then the woods block sun later on. Plants that like full, baking sun end up leaning and falling over, trying to get the light, but the area does get blasted with some afternoon sun and stays pretty dry, so other plants do t do well…it’s a hard place to garden. And I have to factor in deer. Just about every plant and tree leans to the south/east, since they don’t get even light from all sides. Have you ever done a video about this sort of thing?
I have a corner like that too. It is tricky not much grows there. I was thinking about planting hydrangea Annabelle as it can take both sun and shade. Once established ferns might work. Mine are doing well, they can take dry soil when they are bigger.
You may find this video on shade gardening helpful. as I think it answers some of those issues. Ferns are definitely worth thinking about although they need looking after (watering) while they get established.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thanks. It really does get a lot of sun, but at odd angles. And it tends to be quite dry, since we don’t get rain like we used to in years past. I’ll have to keep trying to find plants that will work. I’m guessing more part sun, drought tolerant plants will be best.
Oh very interesting. I'm in the US and I think our verb "to mulch" something is the same based on context. But how you defined the composition of mulch isn't the same as what I consider mulch. Interesting!
I defined it because I had a feeling (from watching US gardening videos) that the meaning is a bit different around the world. Although I must own up to not being absolutely sure what the difference was. Thank you!
Interesting, thank you. I do usually check the US version of plants, because the UK sites aren't specific about hardiness, so I thought it was available somewhere.
It's a bit difficult to get the size right because people view on so many different things (ie phone, tablet, TV, pc etc) and what's too big for one is too small for another. They were a bit smaller than usual, though I think so I'll keep an eye on that.
Enjoyed this very much, thank you. Did I miss info on the mulch. Did he say what he uses for mulch? It sounded like many tons were brought in from outside. Did you get any idea what he chooses to use?
Generally it would be well rotted manure or other organic mulch. He imported a lot because the beds are quite big and also the new raised beds need a lot of material to start with.
Thank you for the time stamps with lists of plant names that we can jump to your photos within the video. This is very helpful.
Glad it was helpful! It takes a bit of extra time so I'm pleased to hear it helps. It's what I'd want so I thought others would appreciate it
It’s always good to hear people as experienced as this man say that he didn’t get it right in the beginning and had to shuffle things around! It makes me feel so much better about my own gardening journey!
Me too
Love the idea of raising the beds so the flowers are closer to passersby. I also enjoy all the different English accents and characters that you interview. Thank you so much!!
Thanks so much! 😊
This vlog is such a wonderful resource. I like the make a list the year before planting idea.. Here I need to add relative deer resistance to the list of requirements. I am envious of Hole Park’s walled and gated gardens.
Definitely! The deer factor is a tough one!
I find this TH-cam channel so therapeutic when I need to relax from a stressful day 🥰
Glad you enjoy it!
Oh i loved this one so much! Lovely shots of the garden and his attitude is just great. What a stunning garden - love his sense of balance between the low and tall plants and how he harmonised the colours. So lovely..🥰
Thank you! glad you enjoyed it
Lovely to see gauras, spiderflower and bananas growing in these beds. Extremes of delicate vs strong, enormous foliage.
Many thanks for the time stamp list of plants. 🇨🇦
Thank you and it's so helpful to know that the list is useful. It takes me a bit longer, but it's something I'd want myself so I'm glad to know that other people do.
Some very good suggestions thank you Alexandra. You always ask your guests interesting and relevant questions which really helps..
Thank you!
Are there any rules that you follow? Answer 'no'. This gentleman brings back the relaxation many forget. I love the people you interview and their personalities plus of course their fantastic insight . Thank you once again. I'm going to watch this again now.
Ah, thank you - I enjoyed that answer too, although was a bit flummoxed at first.
A splendid walled garden beside a stand of mature trees...what a dream! I like Mr. Stark's philosophy, which runs along the lines of "Don't worry about it too much, do what makes sense, and let nature take it's course." A friend is fairly new to gardening, but spends so much time obsessing about every yellow leaf, she doesn't seem to enjoy it all that much. I love seeing new growth and forgotten plants popping up when I didn't do anything. I ended up with a Holly Fern and a Bird of Paradise plant that grew out of flower pots I'd brought from my old house years ago. Who knows what's lurking in your soil, lol. We had a very, very wet winter/spring here in Southern California, which made certain plants (Roses!!!) go crazy with new growth and flowers, but my Mission olive trees didn't like the wet. Your video interviews/garden visits are great fun, as it feels like we can tag along (from across the world) and enjoy these informative chats. I also appreciate that you include the notes/plant info on screen, as occasionally we may miss something. We are finally having fall weather here after six days of horrible heat; 107F (41.6C!!!) back on Sept 8th. :(
Thank you, yes, I thought this was a beautiful garden. Hope you have a good fall, I certainly couldn't cope with 41C!
Excellent video! Thank you. I learn so much from you and the experts you interview!
Thank you
Beautiful garden - I liked the plants mentioned and the tips given by head gardener. Thank you for the video. The idea of making the bed raised to improve it is a good one. I have that in one area and it does help. I had not thought it would but it did.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Interesting tour Alexandra, thank you. I think we need more budding entrepreneurs/duck farmers out there to start renting out duck brigades to come in and help us control the slug populations in our gardens. Swoop those duckies in for a few days and voila!
So true. While watching the video I kept thinking how good a small flock of ducks would do in those large grounds and gardens.
oh yes, would love that!
Thank you Alexandra for this inspirational garden while I don't feel like working in my gardens that are dire drought condition 😅. I am across the pond in SE Ohio zone 6a and it has been a heck of a gardening year for sure! 🌻🌸🌼🌷
It seems such a pity that you're struggling with drought whereas most of this year has been very wet for us. Though, of course, we did have to have a bit of drought!
Glad to hear that even professional Gardner had a tough time maintaining a nice garden this summer …..was so challenging 😢😂
It has been relentlessly difficult!
Really practical video which answers outs of questions - I have watched it many times. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Such good questions!
Thank you!
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Thank you so much!! What a great tour and discussion!!🌺🌼🌹
Glad you enjoyed it!
That was a great interview and video and what a glorious garden. I agree with him about Penstemons as mine have been wonderful this year so I’ve taken more cuttings. They are so pretty and robust and look great with grasses and Erysimum Bowles Mauve which flowers all summer too.
Lovely combination.
Great video as usual. Love that blue on you.
Thank you, it's one of my favourites.
The topiaries are eye candy. Very informative discussion. I 14:55 Chelsea chop autumn joy sedum every year. I like varying heights, so I don’t pinch them all back at once.
I had no idea sedum could be Chelsea chopped. A year ago i planted a few that were nice and compact and this season instead they grew tall, leggy and fell over notwithstanding being in a sunny dry spot. I was debating whether to get rid of them but now I’ll try the chop and give them another chance. Thanks for the tip.
I've also found Sedums better when Chelsea chopped.
Great, great, great video with so many tips!
One of my top favourite videos Alexandra, what a great garden and the tips were really helpful.
Great episode, thanks Alexandra.
Thank you!
Thank you for the tour. Some ideas of what I can add to our cold winter area. There’s not much going now as the season winds down, but we have a bit of a drought and hotter temps than normal in the upper Midwest, US.
Love the Autumn Joy, roses and dahlias! My new favorite is Vegas Lights Gomphrena!🎉. It can take heat and drought and still keep shining.
Lol, I never cut plants back in fall because the foliage helps protect plants. I may pick it up a bit, but never cut them to the ground. Many plants are new or second year and I’m sure will do better next year-like the penstemon.😊
Definitely have a list of plants to move to meadow this fall because of excessive reseeding-coneflower, butterfly weed and poppies. I love my catalpa tree, but I never remember in my youth ours reseeding like this one is-several in the flowerbed and one in the veg, but it’s open ground and to be expected I guess.
It all sounds lovely, especially the reseeding.
That's what I've planned for next year. Concentrate on long flowering plants. Thank you very much for this informative video 🌸🌼🌷
Glad it was helpful!
Always good advice. Especially taking notes. I have been doing that and it is very helpful. Getting ready to move plants for next year :)
Perfect timing . I am about to take weed membrane off a 2m x 40m boarder thats been covered since last year 😊😊 thank you very very much
Hope you enjoy creating your new border
I found this particularly helpful. Advice that is easy to follow and helpful in terms of border colour, height and compatibility. Now for the application.
I know what you mean! I am looking at my border, hoping to improve it
Great information, perfectly timed. :)
Thank you Alexandria. I follow you from Alberta Canada - zone 2B. Its amazing what can be done even with our very short warm season. You are dealing with slugs and such, and I am dealing with ravenous rabbits the size of a golden retrievers, and deer looking to score on my crop of flowers and veggies.
I know I'm lucky being in town with high walls! No rabbits or deer, though the slugs are rampant.
Another great video Alexandra. I have Penstemum Garnet in my garden and it is a stunner. It layers itself quite readily in the second year and I have given them away as I just love the long flowering crimson/ hot pink blooms.
I totally agree! Mine have been wonderful too. If you deadhead them they keep coming back.
I must rediscover penstemons - I did have them, but 'forgot' about them
Flawless review. I am going to add Blenheim to my collection. I also appreciate Daniel’s review of the fruitcake!
Very useful video Alexandra👍🏻 one of the things I must remember next year will be to get a note book and keep a record of what’s working and what isn’t and ideas of what I’d like to try. Last year I Chelsea Chopped all of my late flowering stuff like Rubeckias, Echinaceas, Asters and Sedums and they were great but this year I was so busy with family stuff that I didn’t get round to it and it’s all got a bit untidy and I’ve had to prop up plants which is very time consuming so better planning is a must for next year!
So true!
Great timing! I needed this information now! Tfs!
Oh I didnt know penstemon was hardy to -40c (my zone 3)! I will for sure be planting some next year.
Great tour and information. Thank you for sharing 🙌 💚🌿
Great video, thanks.
I woukd love to see how these gardeners take notes. Just a notebook? 10 year diary? Notes on the phone? I take photos on my I phone which helps me track bloom times, when I did what, etc.
Great point! Will try and find out!
Very informative. Thank you so much!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very helpful, thank you ❤
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you.
I have a very tricky space in my front garden due to lighting. The house is oriented north/south, and there are thick woods across the street (west), so plants in the front only get sun once it peeks around the corner of the house, and then the woods block sun later on. Plants that like full, baking sun end up leaning and falling over, trying to get the light, but the area does get blasted with some afternoon sun and stays pretty dry, so other plants do t do well…it’s a hard place to garden. And I have to factor in deer. Just about every plant and tree leans to the south/east, since they don’t get even light from all sides. Have you ever done a video about this sort of thing?
I have a corner like that too. It is tricky not much grows there. I was thinking about planting hydrangea Annabelle as it can take both sun and shade. Once established ferns might work. Mine are doing well, they can take dry soil when they are bigger.
You may find this video on shade gardening helpful. as I think it answers some of those issues. Ferns are definitely worth thinking about although they need looking after (watering) while they get established.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thanks. It really does get a lot of sun, but at odd angles. And it tends to be quite dry, since we don’t get rain like we used to in years past. I’ll have to keep trying to find plants that will work. I’m guessing more part sun, drought tolerant plants will be best.
Oh very interesting. I'm in the US and I think our verb "to mulch" something is the same based on context. But how you defined the composition of mulch isn't the same as what I consider mulch. Interesting!
I defined it because I had a feeling (from watching US gardening videos) that the meaning is a bit different around the world. Although I must own up to not being absolutely sure what the difference was. Thank you!
I'd love to grow Diascia personata but it's not available here in the states. Another informative video Alexandra. Thank you.
Interesting, thank you. I do usually check the US version of plants, because the UK sites aren't specific about hardiness, so I thought it was available somewhere.
London weather has been great - sun and rain - wonderful, but much of the UK has had a very hard time this year.
I've actually quite liked this summer, as you say, sun and rain, but the spring was awful !
Excellent video as always! Quick question though - are your on-screen plant info labels always that small or are my eyes going? 🤓
It's a bit difficult to get the size right because people view on so many different things (ie phone, tablet, TV, pc etc) and what's too big for one is too small for another. They were a bit smaller than usual, though I think so I'll keep an eye on that.
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Enjoyed this very much, thank you. Did I miss info on the mulch. Did he say what he uses for mulch? It sounded like many tons were brought in from outside. Did you get any idea what he chooses to use?
Generally it would be well rotted manure or other organic mulch. He imported a lot because the beds are quite big and also the new raised beds need a lot of material to start with.
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Are asters grown in the U.K.?
Yes, very widely- they've been divided into a number of varieties such as aster, symphyotricum, kalimeris etc
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