August Garden Tour. 🌸🦋🌹 Lots of plants are tired, but a few are making a “late season” performance!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- After weeks of heat and humidity, what could possibly look good? Lots of things! Some of the roses are looking pretty, along with yarrow and hydrangeas. Even some pretty “foliage” plants are making a statement in the flower bed.
The thorns shouldn’t be as vicious at the base of that weed. With leather gloves you should be able to get it. Loving your videos.
@@PeggyMills I hope you’re right! 🙏
It sure looks intimidating 😟
You can cut your Baptisia way back after blooming. It will be beautiful but much smaller.
@@PeggyMills I am so glad you mentioned that! I was debating if I should or not. It looked so healthy I was afraid I might hurt it by cutting it back. I need to prune it ASAP because my poor “At Last” rose is being shadowed by it. Thank you for the tip!❤️🥰
@@letsgrow260 I didn’t know this either but I also watch Michelle on GardeningTLC and her videos honestly teach me something every time I watch and I’ve gardened for years. And she is a joy to watch.
@@PeggyMills yes she is!!! I think she used to be a landscape designer. I watch her channel as well😍😁 I have never seen her cut back her Baptisia. I must have missed that video🤷🏻♀️. Thanks again for your comments ❤️
For reasons I can't explain, most of my plants that usually look very forlorn at this time of year are actually looking fresh and happy, even the Beacon impatience I started from seed. The hostas usually need a few brown leaves taken off but I haven't had any browning this year. They've had the same rainfall, the same droughty/hot month and the same gardener half neglecting their needs during the heat wave. My new dwarf yarrow looks like it has the same bloom colours as your "apple blossom" variety. I deadheaded all the blooms a couple of weeks ago (not having any past experience with yarrows) but they were only quite pale nowhere near brown. When I saw your video I thought I made a big mistake so I went out to check it for the first time since the hair cut and it is covered in tiny budding heads. I wasn't expecting it to rebloom because my growing season is too short for other things that are supposed to rebloom. I only bought the plant because of your videos and I'm so glad I did! I really like the foliage, too. I put it in front of a boxwood and the colour and texture make a great contrast. Your LED lamppost looks beautiful and just the right scale for your setting!
@@patbryan602 I am so happy to hear your garden still looks fresh and beautiful!!😃😍. Our humidity here really takes a toll on most things.
Your story of yarrow is so sweet to my ears❤️. I am glad you were somewhat inspired by one of my videos. That makes me smile😊
I am now wanting to know more about these “Beacon” impatiens you mentioned. If you suggest it… I ALWAYS look it up and many times purchase it. (My hosta I bought per your recommendation is doing great! And I plan on planting it soon when temps look cool for a spell)
Thank you for your sweet comments. They brighten my day🥰❤️
@@letsgrow260 I start seeds indoors on heat mats and LED Full Sprectrum (UV rays included - important I think) I always get nearly 100% germination and I do not know what I am doing! I watch youtube stuff all winter and try to follow the easiest methods I find. My success is all the light and heat mats completely, and bottom watering the trays so algae and mould doesn't grow on top. My lights were cheap on Amazon as were the wire grow shelving units. I chose lights that had a timer mechanism build into the power cord (I have no aptitude for anything electrical but these were MADE for my ilk! Beacon Imps. were bred to bloom right through the hot weather and resist mildew. They grow very tall but well branched (up to 12 or 14" if given the space and food). I have mine packed tight in a large planter and they just keep blooming and blooming. They are giant balls completely covered and no problems. No dead heading required. Many colours. Pinks/purples/lilacs/white. I have fushia blue/pink. They do well in the landscape too. Semi shade to semi sun. We get serious humidity for most of the summer, too. Maybe not to compete with yours but enough to say these impatience can take a lot of it. If you're ever in the mood for another eye catching, bright and stripey hosta that takes a fair bit of sun quite well you might like Rainbow's End. They had it at the mail order place you recommended...I think it was Great Garden Plants - could be wrong on the name.
@@patbryan602 thank you very much for the information! I started geranium from seed this year and for some reason watching things grow and bloom from seed is so much more rewarding for me😃…. Like my balloon flowers!!! And those are perennial so I get to see them year after year and they get larger each year!
I want to try those impatiens from seed. Anything that brings vibrant color all season is worth trying.. right??? And I will look up that hosta! Hostas do well here. The heat gets to them by this time of year but they look amazing in spring and early summer.