Great advice. I’m going to take this time to consider what I can physically manage in my garden as well. Our temperatures are a sign of the times so our choices are so important. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
What a wonderful and helpful post !! Full of rich information and the garden is absolutely amazing !! Lots of of inspiration! Thank you so much Alexandra for finding helpful resources for us all !🥰🤩😘
I always think autumn is the more beautiful word, but fall makes more sense! They're both English English, in that both were used in England originally, then one took off more in the US after Independence and the other stayed here.
Here in my Pacific Northwest zone 8b garden, along with no rain (unusual here), my new challenge is poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. I have bulbs coming that I want to plant, so here’s hoping for some better air!
I'm just north of you up in Vancouver BC. Isn't this year just wild? I was working in the garden today wearing an N95 mask because of the smoke. The air quality was terrible. And the prediction is for the weather to turn extra wet and cold later in the fall.
Among the grasses, pink muhly looks wonderful in late summer when it turns pink. I love when plants intermittently take their turns as star of the garden. Enjoying what you have and anticipating what is to come is a gardeners delight. The ephemeral enchants!
Can't tell you how useful this video has been , l have been dithering whether to plant perennials now or in the Spring. Thank you Alexandra l feel reassured.
Great video of beautiful plant combinations with helpful advice. I agree that new plants need lots of room so that the more mature plants don't overwhelm them. I've redone two smaller beds this fall. One can only tackle so much at a time. It's good to revamp something every year. I also see great value in using evergreen and flowering shrubs as well as grasses for structure in the flower garden. I leave lots of room for tender cannas, gladiolas and dahlias and annuals. I love annuals for summer and fall, especially sunflowers, celosia, verbena, cleome, cosmos and the wonderful blue salvias. Thanks again.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden By the way...your guest always come across great...but the questions that you ask them are always on point, and that generates a good conversation and great advice...so good on you too for your research! 🤗
Afternoon Alexander, I agree planting trees, shrubs and roses in Autumn is so rewarding, But it depends on climatic conditions. I would keep and eye on the plants all through Autumn as they are so expensive and have the covers ready for that just in case cold snap. Usually it is the frost that kills off the plants as we all know, so here again mulching comes to mind. If care is taken for the plants before winter sets in, the chances of losing any is minimal. I also think stick to plants that are best suited for your area, then you are three quarters there. I also like to see what is new on the market for plant protection, the same for new cutters, rakes and spades. Adding one or two good implements makes a big difference for the spring pruning or digging. Thank you for the interesting chat, the plants in the mixed borders were looking so lovely, could just take a chair and magazine and sit amongst all of nature and have a good time all by myself. Take care, kind regards.
Some good ideas here. We are having a cooler fall than normal (it actually rained today!!!) and many plants are confused. Freesia bulbs are sprouting already. They probably won't bloom til February, so the stems grow long and floppy. While we don't have fall color like New England, some of our "imported" street trees bloom in the fall. My Golden Rain trees (Koelreuteria paniculata) have finished with their sprays of yellow flowers (the bees go nuts!), and the bracts (like those on bougainvillea) are turning from light green to pink to copper/rose. Really quite beautiful. Plants and trees from Australia, South Africa, and South America do well here. I'm sorry to hear some viewers up north are still dealing with smoke from those awful fires. In past years we have had plants (and cars) covered with ash for weeks. I am thanking the humidity this year for minimizing the brush fires in San Diego. I think I will look for more salvias. :)
I'm hearing an increasing number of people mention Koelreuteria paniculata as a good garden tree, it sounds beautiful. Glad to hear you're not getting the fires.
Thanks for the great video and the plant recommendations. I've been taking advantage of fall nursery 50% off sales to fill in some gaps and replace a few plants I haven't been happy with. The advantage of fall planting for us is not having to water as it's normally rainy in this season, but we're in a warm dry spell this year (we ate dinner on the patio today, which is typically unheard of for mid October).
The weather is really changing here in Australia as well. Had a mild Winter, Spring flowers out now looking gorgeous, and it looks like another hot/humid Summer with plenty of rain! It's even flooding now in our Southern areas. We don't really have Autumn in the semi tropics.
Hi Alexandra, thank you again for another helpful video. Do you have any thoughts on ‘winterising’ geranium plants? Only came across the method recently - where the plants are stored in boxes or bags over the winter and then replanted. Would be interested to know what you think. Thank you.
I'd first check whether it's referring to 'hardy geraniums', which should be fine in borders over winter, or 'pelargoniums', which most people, including shops, call 'geraniums.' Pelargoniums are very tender and definitely need to be brought into a cool light room in a house, a greenhouse or potting shed over winter. I haven't heard of 'winterising' them, which sounds as if that's treating them like cannas or dahlias over winter, but I imagine it works.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thanks for your reply. Yes i have tended to bring them into a greenhouse or indoors as you have suggested. I might try it and see if it works. Best wishes Deborah
I think that it is no longer clear when is the best time to plant just about anything, because our climate is becoming less predictable. Plants planted now have more time to root in, and establish before the heat hits. But what if the spring is bone dry? Or, the temperature wildly fluctuates and plants go dormant just too late? In colder climates like mine, across the pond, zone 6, IMHO, the decision of what to plant when needs to be made IMHO on a plant by plant basis, with current conditions (e.g. drought) in mind...
Great video. I have only very narrow borders so its difficult to get bigger plants in. Usually majority are bedding plants which I am replacing annually. Any suggestions Alexandra.
Is there any chance of making your borders bigger? Perhaps having one big border rather than two narrow ones? If the borders are against a fence or building, then could climbing plants be the best solution? It is difficult, I know!
Thanks but cannot do that so smaller plants are needed. I think garden looks good as it has smaller borders and rockeries which I had designed many years ago. I can of course plant smaller peranials like salvias but larger ones don't work in the garden for me. @@TheMiddlesizedGarden
Do you mean taller plants that still look good in a narrow bed? I believe now it's the time to plant some iris, they have a rather small footprint and are quite drought tolerant and to well inbetween rock beds. Daylilies are similar as iris in growth, but have more foliage and are completely edible (the flowers and young leaves and even the rhizomes). Both perennials may give your annual flowres some nice backdrop.
This chap really knows his stuff and is a great talker, communicator. Well done 👏.
What a great nursey guy
Great video and beautiful plants 🌱
I'm always learning something good from your great questions x 💚🌲🌻😇🙏🇦🇺🌻🌲💚🌼🕊️
Thank you!
Your interviews with plant people are my favorite! Thank you for yet another excellent inspirational and informative video!
Glad you like them!
Thank you from Canada for another fantastic video. This is my very favourite gardening channel!
Thank you!
Great advice. I’m going to take this time to consider what I can physically manage in my garden as well. Our temperatures are a sign of the times so our choices are so important. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Thank you, I agree.
What a wonderful and helpful post !! Full of rich information and the garden is absolutely amazing !! Lots of of inspiration! Thank you so much Alexandra for finding helpful resources for us all !🥰🤩😘
Thank you!
A lot of beautiful plants. Thank you for all the good advice!
Oh so nice to hear the word 'autumn' !!! Instead of 'fall'.
I always think autumn is the more beautiful word, but fall makes more sense! They're both English English, in that both were used in England originally, then one took off more in the US after Independence and the other stayed here.
Very informative. Would love to see his garden!
Excellent episode.
Even Alexandra seems to glow!
Thank you for all this inspiration.
Thank you!
Your hair looks great! Thanks for this gardening info!
Thank you!
Beautiful. I love mixing up the shapes! So many useful tips in a short video!
Thank you!
Sound advice for both design and care from a delightful expert, beautiful gardens, thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a joy to watch and learn Alexandra!
Glad you enjoyed it! It was a lovely garden to visit.
Absolutely fabulous video. I love your haircut too. All around excellent.
Thank you! I've been trying a new salon.
Looking for drama sounds interesting. Never thought about that 😉
I agree!
Here in my Pacific Northwest zone 8b garden, along with no rain (unusual here), my new challenge is poor air quality due to wildfire smoke. I have bulbs coming that I want to plant, so here’s hoping for some better air!
I hope you get some better air, and that the wildfires die down soon.
I'm just north of you up in Vancouver BC. Isn't this year just wild? I was working in the garden today wearing an N95 mask because of the smoke. The air quality was terrible. And the prediction is for the weather to turn extra wet and cold later in the fall.
Among the grasses, pink muhly looks wonderful in late summer when it turns pink. I love when plants intermittently take their turns as star of the garden. Enjoying what you have and anticipating what is to come is a gardeners delight. The ephemeral enchants!
That sounds beautiful, and yes, the ephemeral does very much enchant.
Can't tell you how useful this video has been , l have been dithering whether to plant perennials now or in the Spring. Thank you Alexandra l feel reassured.
I'm just longing to get them in, too - although I'll hold back on the salvias and a few of the more tender ones.
Great video of beautiful plant combinations with helpful advice. I agree that new plants need lots of room so that the more mature plants don't overwhelm them. I've redone two smaller beds this fall. One can only tackle so much at a time. It's good to revamp something every year. I also see great value in using evergreen and flowering shrubs as well as grasses for structure in the flower garden. I leave lots of room for tender cannas, gladiolas and dahlias and annuals. I love annuals for summer and fall, especially sunflowers, celosia, verbena, cleome, cosmos and the wonderful blue salvias. Thanks again.
Lovely plant list!
As always, an interesting and useful video. Thank you both.
Very helpful
Absolutely fantastic view....just loved it.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great advice 👍...and a great guy to learn from...thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden By the way...your guest always come across great...but the questions that you ask them are always on point, and that generates a good conversation and great advice...so good on you too for your research! 🤗
That was a great video for info , i learnt a lot from that 👍🏻
Glad it was helpful!
Great suggestions
Glad you think so!
Afternoon Alexander, I agree planting trees, shrubs and roses in Autumn is so rewarding, But it depends on climatic conditions. I would keep and eye on the plants all through Autumn as they are so expensive and have the covers ready for that just in case cold snap. Usually it is the frost that kills off the plants as we all know, so here again mulching comes to mind. If care is taken for the plants before winter sets in, the chances of losing any is minimal. I also think stick to plants that are best suited for your area, then you are three quarters there. I also like to see what is new on the market for plant protection, the same for new cutters, rakes and spades. Adding one or two good implements makes a big difference for the spring pruning or digging. Thank you for the interesting chat, the plants in the mixed borders were looking so lovely, could just take a chair and magazine and sit amongst all of nature and have a good time all by myself. Take care, kind regards.
Thank you, and you!
Some good ideas here. We are having a cooler fall than normal (it actually rained today!!!) and many plants are confused. Freesia bulbs are sprouting already. They probably won't bloom til February, so the stems grow long and floppy. While we don't have fall color like New England, some of our "imported" street trees bloom in the fall. My Golden Rain trees (Koelreuteria paniculata) have finished with their sprays of yellow flowers (the bees go nuts!), and the bracts (like those on bougainvillea) are turning from light green to pink to copper/rose. Really quite beautiful. Plants and trees from Australia, South Africa, and South America do well here. I'm sorry to hear some viewers up north are still dealing with smoke from those awful fires. In past years we have had plants (and cars) covered with ash for weeks. I am thanking the humidity this year for minimizing the brush fires in San Diego. I think I will look for more salvias. :)
I'm hearing an increasing number of people mention Koelreuteria paniculata as a good garden tree, it sounds beautiful. Glad to hear you're not getting the fires.
Thank you Alexandra and Henry! My echinaceas are definitely crowded by some shrubs, so I’ll be giving them more room.
I lost a few and now I know why!
Really helpful and wise advice, thank you. I'll leave my salvias till Spring!
Me, too, although I'm longing to plant them!
We definitely are getting dryer here in Michigan. This was a very good interview.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing! Your garden looks incredible!
I agree, the Marchants Garden is beautiful, especially at this time of year.
Thanks for the great video and the plant recommendations. I've been taking advantage of fall nursery 50% off sales to fill in some gaps and replace a few plants I haven't been happy with. The advantage of fall planting for us is not having to water as it's normally rainy in this season, but we're in a warm dry spell this year (we ate dinner on the patio today, which is typically unheard of for mid October).
Really good point - I've been seeing those bargains here too!
Great advice as always Alexandra, I just need to get out there and do some clearing in the borders!
Thank you! It's so lovely out there, but still difficult to get going, I find.
Love his gardens Good ideas
Glad you like them!
The weather is really changing here in Australia as well. Had a mild Winter, Spring flowers
out now looking gorgeous, and it looks like another hot/humid Summer with plenty of rain!
It's even flooding now in our Southern areas. We don't really have Autumn in the semi tropics.
Interesting not to have autumn!
Great information, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Great video and advice!
Thank you!
Hi Alexandra, thank you again for another helpful video. Do you have any thoughts on ‘winterising’ geranium plants? Only came across the method recently - where the plants are stored in boxes or bags over the winter and then replanted. Would be interested to know what you think. Thank you.
I'd first check whether it's referring to 'hardy geraniums', which should be fine in borders over winter, or 'pelargoniums', which most people, including shops, call 'geraniums.' Pelargoniums are very tender and definitely need to be brought into a cool light room in a house, a greenhouse or potting shed over winter. I haven't heard of 'winterising' them, which sounds as if that's treating them like cannas or dahlias over winter, but I imagine it works.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden thanks for your reply. Yes i have tended to bring them into a greenhouse or indoors as you have suggested. I might try it and see if it works. Best wishes Deborah
I think that it is no longer clear when is the best time to plant just about anything, because our climate is becoming less predictable. Plants planted now have more time to root in, and establish before the heat hits. But what if the spring is bone dry? Or, the temperature wildly fluctuates and plants go dormant just too late? In colder climates like mine, across the pond, zone 6, IMHO, the decision of what to plant when needs to be made IMHO on a plant by plant basis, with current conditions (e.g. drought) in mind...
And as you say, impossible to predict, so I think we will all have to accept getting it wrong sometimes!
What about Liriope
Great video. I have only very narrow borders so its difficult to get bigger plants in. Usually majority are bedding plants which I am replacing annually. Any suggestions Alexandra.
Is there any chance of making your borders bigger? Perhaps having one big border rather than two narrow ones? If the borders are against a fence or building, then could climbing plants be the best solution? It is difficult, I know!
Thanks but cannot do that so smaller plants are needed. I think garden looks good as it has smaller borders and rockeries which I had designed many years ago. I can of course plant smaller peranials like salvias but larger ones don't work in the garden for me. @@TheMiddlesizedGarden
Do you mean taller plants that still look good in a narrow bed? I believe now it's the time to plant some iris, they have a rather small footprint and are quite drought tolerant and to well inbetween rock beds. Daylilies are similar as iris in growth, but have more foliage and are completely edible (the flowers and young leaves and even the rhizomes). Both perennials may give your annual flowres some nice backdrop.
On top of this: buy biologically grown plants. Yes, bit more costly but worth the effort.