Really enjoying these videos Jim! A couple of things I would like to mention. I live in Georgia zone 8a. I have vinca coming back in most places I've planted it. Just random single flowers popping up all over the place but not enough to be invasive. In fact I just bought some more today to fill in a few spots where I've suffered some flower casualties. I actually purchased the cascading type for the first time to put in front of my clematis trellis. I am thinking about planting vinca next year in an area near my hummingbird feeder. I don't want bees around my feeder. I love lantana but haven't had an area large enough where I could just let it go and do it's large showy flower thing. We removed some shrubs in one area and planted a Chapel Hill Pink Huff and a Chapel Hill Yellow a few weeks ago! I'm so excited about it. Something that is bothering me though is we have 5 Cheyenne Spirit Coneflowers planted around my lamp post in my front bed (planted in 2023). This year only one is bi-color. They are all from the same grower. I'm just not sure why this is happening. One is a soft yellow, 3 are various shades of red and one is what I consider a true Cheyenne Spirit with bi-color blooms. They are all beautiful though!
The beauty berry is like the potato chip commercial - you can’t have just one. Down in zone 9 it is a very weedy plant. I pulled the last one out of my yard over a year ago and probably pulled thousands of seedlings from the yard this year. It is definitely the gift that keeps on giving.
Summer Jewels Salvia is the plant gift that just keeps giving. I had my first red last year, been growing the pink from collected seed for a few years. I don't even start them early indoors, just watch for volunteers and put them where I want them. If they can get to half decent soil, they'll reward you with plants year after year. Just one red in a good size pot brings a huge pop of color. Always tickles me to save money by using self seeders, even if it takes a bit longer to get them going. I've grown several great plants from my own seed, red and blue Lobelia, Asclepias, Rudbeckia, Asters, Coreopsis, Zinnia, Agastache are but a few. Just found some Torenia seedlings, late in the season but should come to flower when others are losing steam. Callicarpa are another that can be grown from seed if you can beat the birds. In my north Georgia yard, I can't afford all that I want to buy but I can get more plants by helping the self seeders. Natives have been doing it without our help forever if we just learn how to let them grow. I've got probably 20 swamp sunflower that self seeded the damp ditch, I just stopped the county crews from mowing them. They're not hurting anybody to let them grow. Working on educating them to see the benefits to not spraying and mowing areas that are self limiting in control of tree seedlings. I've all but eliminated the Ragweed with this approach. We've got the information literally at our finger tips, some important natives need to grow all summer before you realize they flower, some tolerate size control with a early cutting in half. I cry when I see the Vernonia and Joe Pye mowed to the ground in July just because nobody cared enough to see what it would be in September. It's no wonder we're still seeing pollinator decline. A collective change in right of way management can make a huge difference. I can't change the world but I can let my piece of it serve more than my desire for order. I'm not saying that planned and maintained areas are bad, they're not. Your yard is a testament to how beauty and benefits to nature can be combined but for those of us with bigger spaces, consider letting some of the less showy but important plants grow. Baptisia and Tephrosia are my next projects.
We have a much smaller number of plants, so I usually deadhead our Mystics Spires Blue Salvia individually. That said, we planted 3 in a second section of our front yard for the first time this year, and those plants exploded in growth. Bigger than in our first section of Mystics. I must have really amended well back in October. LOL! We (finally!) started seeing bumblebees two weeks ago, and I am so hesitant to want to haircut the Mystics. Here in Central Texas (8b), they can get a bit leggy but will bloom into December.
Jim, if you could buy the city property next to your house and expand your garden would you do it? Looks like you’re running out of space for your collection. 😀
I planted Summer Jewels pink Salvia from seed about three years ago and it readily reseeds. Love that it about it. I have volunteers pop up everywhere but they are super easy to transplant and edit down any I don't want. It's the gift that keeps giving.
Garden looks beautiful! We are in zone 7A in VA and have had brutal heat with wind. Nothing looks as lush as your garden. Making notes of things to move in the Fall. Appreciate all your detailed information!
Hi Jim, (and Steph).... saw the seedlings of the white beauty berry (you mentioned weeding the seedlings out) We have the native beauty berry in our yard, but would love to add one of buddy's creations.. could we come by and pick one up (or cuttings if this would be a good time of year to cut. Our clown cottage garden might just have more plants! but always room for more! thanks for the tours, always informative. Tom in Greensboro
I also have an Autumn Brilliance serviceberry (with Chapel Hill Miss Huff planted around it, funnily enough) and mine also developed cedar apple rust this year. 😕
I am so envious that you can grow the salvias without insect pressure! Over the last few years, the Southern Pink moth has "discovered" our coastal area. They make it extremely difficult to grow salvias as they are like budworms and attack the flower buds in the larval stage. I planted two salvia greggi in the spring and they grew beautifully but are now covered with the moth larvae. They will be taken out in the fall as I don't want to fight this battle.
Thanks for the tour! Are there any good smaller growing clethera? That ruby spice is great, but would get a bit too big...and would hate to have to cut it often and miss out on flowers and have to deal with too many suckers.
I was wondering what I should do, if anything, about my flopped Vanilla Spice clethra, but I guess I’ll just let it be for now. I was worried that the branches would harden in the splayed position.
I don't know if this is the right spot for this question, but here goes: "do you find that the cedar apple rust is spreading to any other of your plants, or contributing to foliar issues in the garden? I have a small, pocket garden that doesn't have good ventilation (due to neighbors' screening plants)and I've had to destroy a beautiful juniper that was covered with cedar apple rust globs. I am concerned that many other of the garden plants that are in the rosaciae family will succumb? Any thoughts? Thanks. Victoria in 6b/7a.
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Thank you, Jim, Steph. 😊
Very interesting! I'm learning a lot from this series of tour videos.
Thank you so much for these in depth tours!
Thanks so much for watching!
Really enjoying these videos Jim! A couple of things I would like to mention. I live in Georgia zone 8a. I have vinca coming back in most places I've planted it. Just random single flowers popping up all over the place but not enough to be invasive. In fact I just bought some more today to fill in a few spots where I've suffered some flower casualties. I actually purchased the cascading type for the first time to put in front of my clematis trellis. I am thinking about planting vinca next year in an area near my hummingbird feeder. I don't want bees around my feeder. I love lantana but haven't had an area large enough where I could just let it go and do it's large showy flower thing. We removed some shrubs in one area and planted a Chapel Hill Pink Huff and a Chapel Hill Yellow a few weeks ago! I'm so excited about it. Something that is bothering me though is we have 5 Cheyenne Spirit Coneflowers planted around my lamp post in my front bed (planted in 2023). This year only one is bi-color. They are all from the same grower. I'm just not sure why this is happening. One is a soft yellow, 3 are various shades of red and one is what I consider a true Cheyenne Spirit with bi-color blooms. They are all beautiful though!
The beauty berry is like the potato chip commercial - you can’t have just one. Down in zone 9 it is a very weedy plant. I pulled the last one out of my yard over a year ago and probably pulled thousands of seedlings from the yard this year. It is definitely the gift that keeps on giving.
thank you, Jim.
love the clethra(s)! such great shrubs!
Summer Jewels Salvia is the plant gift that just keeps giving. I had my first red last year, been growing the pink from collected seed for a few years. I don't even start them early indoors, just watch for volunteers and put them where I want them. If they can get to half decent soil, they'll reward you with plants year after year. Just one red in a good size pot brings a huge pop of color. Always tickles me to save money by using self seeders, even if it takes a bit longer to get them going. I've grown several great plants from my own seed, red and blue Lobelia, Asclepias, Rudbeckia, Asters, Coreopsis, Zinnia, Agastache are but a few. Just found some Torenia seedlings, late in the season but should come to flower when others are losing steam. Callicarpa are another that can be grown from seed if you can beat the birds. In my north Georgia yard, I can't afford all that I want to buy but I can get more plants by helping the self seeders. Natives have been doing it without our help forever if we just learn how to let them grow. I've got probably 20 swamp sunflower that self seeded the damp ditch, I just stopped the county crews from mowing them. They're not hurting anybody to let them grow. Working on educating them to see the benefits to not spraying and mowing areas that are self limiting in control of tree seedlings. I've all but eliminated the Ragweed with this approach. We've got the information literally at our finger tips, some important natives need to grow all summer before you realize they flower, some tolerate size control with a early cutting in half. I cry when I see the Vernonia and Joe Pye mowed to the ground in July just because nobody cared enough to see what it would be in September. It's no wonder we're still seeing pollinator decline. A collective change in right of way management can make a huge difference. I can't change the world but I can let my piece of it serve more than my desire for order. I'm not saying that planned and maintained areas are bad, they're not. Your yard is a testament to how beauty and benefits to nature can be combined but for those of us with bigger spaces, consider letting some of the less showy but important plants grow. Baptisia and Tephrosia are my next projects.
That Pinus nigra 'Oregon Green' is a showstopper!
We have a much smaller number of plants, so I usually deadhead our Mystics Spires Blue Salvia individually. That said, we planted 3 in a second section of our front yard for the first time this year, and those plants exploded in growth. Bigger than in our first section of Mystics. I must have really amended well back in October. LOL! We (finally!) started seeing bumblebees two weeks ago, and I am so hesitant to want to haircut the Mystics. Here in Central Texas (8b), they can get a bit leggy but will bloom into December.
We prune about a third at the time about every two weeks. That seems to work out ok.
Love the thumbnail 😊
I accidentally hit thumbs down the other night and didn’t realize until just now. My apologies. Love your garden. 😎🤦🏼♀️
🎋🎋GOTTA GET ME SOME SUMMER JEWELS‼️🎋🎋
Jim, if you could buy the city property next to your house and expand your garden would you do it? Looks like you’re running out of space for your collection. 😀
..I’ve wondered that also. I know he plays with the dogs over there, so maybe he’d want to just keep it the way it is….
Another great video!! Your garden is exquisite and has changed even more since I toured last month.
Jim and Steph, will you ever give your close (in the area) followers go by and pick up any unwanted seedings?
I planted Summer Jewels pink Salvia from seed about three years ago and it readily reseeds. Love that it about it. I have volunteers pop up everywhere but they are super easy to transplant and edit down any I don't want. It's the gift that keeps giving.
I love seeing Holly but I’d really love to see more of that other lil rascal 😁😁
love the videos! love the drone shots to stay oriented.
Garden looks beautiful! We are in zone 7A in VA and have had brutal heat with wind. Nothing looks as lush as your garden. Making notes of things to move in the Fall. Appreciate all your detailed information!
Hi Jim, (and Steph).... saw the seedlings of the white beauty berry (you mentioned weeding the seedlings out) We have the native beauty berry in our yard, but would love to add one of buddy's creations.. could we come by and pick one up (or cuttings if this would be a good time of year to cut. Our clown cottage garden might just have more plants! but always room for more! thanks for the tours, always informative. Tom in Greensboro
I also have an Autumn Brilliance serviceberry (with Chapel Hill Miss Huff planted around it, funnily enough) and mine also developed cedar apple rust this year. 😕
Love tours. I'm sending you huggicates 😊! Thanks Jim!
I am so envious that you can grow the salvias without insect pressure! Over the last few years, the Southern Pink moth has "discovered" our coastal area. They make it extremely difficult to grow salvias as they are like budworms and attack the flower buds in the larval stage. I planted two salvia greggi in the spring and they grew beautifully but are now covered with the moth larvae. They will be taken out in the fall as I don't want to fight this battle.
Love the videos Jim, Chapel Hill here, how do you keep rabbits and other animals from destroying your beautiful shrubs, etc?
The garden looks awesome...we need rain!
So when you going to visit Jeremy? I'm sure Juniper level is missing em!
When natives take off, they really take off. My common ninebark did major suckering and I did not prune it.
This morning, i was at Lowes and decided to pass up a flat of vinca for 3 clearanced salvia 😂
Great call!
Thanks for the tour! Are there any good smaller growing clethera? That ruby spice is great, but would get a bit too big...and would hate to have to cut it often and miss out on flowers and have to deal with too many suckers.
I was wondering what I should do, if anything, about my flopped Vanilla Spice clethra, but I guess I’ll just let it be for now. I was worried that the branches would harden in the splayed position.
I wish I lived in an area that can grow serviceberries.
I don't know if this is the right spot for this question, but here goes: "do you find that the cedar apple rust is spreading to any other of your plants, or contributing to foliar issues in the garden? I have a small, pocket garden that doesn't have good ventilation (due to neighbors' screening plants)and I've had to destroy a beautiful juniper that was covered with cedar apple rust globs. I am concerned that many other of the garden plants that are in the rosaciae family will succumb? Any thoughts? Thanks. Victoria in 6b/7a.
Same issues here in MD zone 7a.
Is there a Part 1? I’ve only seen the two from last couple of days
I labeled the drone video last week number one. Thanks for watching