Jim it's amazing how much you and Stephanie have accomplished in a short 3 years. Everything looks gorgeous. Cant wait to see the hard scraping finished.
Your observation about natives seeming to do better in the unimproved soil is interesting. The native plant partisans out there would likely find this music to their ears. I wonder if Mount Cuba or others have studied this sort of thing.
It’s so helpful to see the plants in different growing conditions. I have certainly learned that most of my perennials and shrubs take a good three to four years to really shine. I’m leaning on the touch of gold Japanese holly in shade, part shade and sun. I think it’s pretty in all it’s shades of color. I deliberately planted very small plants, so they might have taken off sooner if I’d started out with larger plants.
You made my day again Jim and Steph! When you showed the Yuki Gesho hydrangea before it didn’t have flowers and I wondered what they looked like. I tried to find them but it seems they’re not a lot of pictures of the flowers online. I love those tiny flowers and that amazing amazing foliage. Thank you! Y’all know I’m hydrangea crazy lol love this video. Awesome as always!
Such an interesting observation about the learning curve, when it comes to soil prep. Another good point about how paths can introduce a sense of mystery to the garden.
I found a Waikiki last year and it took off, so much so I cut off 4 babies for other areas in the garden and they are thriving. I’m in Greenville SC zone 7b. If you want to keep yours in the ground I am happy to share 😊
I just got one at a discount at my local box store - it had been allowed to get too dry but I think I can nurse it back to health. It was the last one they had and I just “stumbled” upon it. Awesome looking plant. I’ll have to bring the bulb/corm inside for the winter in z6b and hope it survives. 🤞🏻
That’s so cool. Those Waikiki are very beautiful. I’ve wanted to grow a an elephant ear here but I’m not sure they can handle our full full sun. Im working on getting a bit more shade in our gardens. Are your Waikiki in full shade?
@@dia9491 I have it in partial sun now. The tag says full to partial sun but since I believe it was “mistreated”, I’m going to slowly move it to full sun.
I am really loving the tours, and thank you for adding the chapters. I am so engrossed in watching the videos that I don't take notes. There are some plants I am interested in trying in my garden, but will forget which video I saw it in! The chapters help.
Oh my lord yes about the Rhythm and Blues Salvia. Bought one last year and it topped off at maybe 3 feet. This year it’s well over six feet tall! Yet it’s probably the hummingbirds favorite plant in my garden…ALSO..goldfinch love this thing. Oh and I’m in zone 7 so yes this thing is a beast.
I'm seeing more than one genus setting buds months early, wonder what all forces caused this 🤔 I lost a Salvia greggi over the winter in a place the hummers are habituated to, I found a Salvia x buchananii that lists zone 6 hardy. Big thing too, 2 1/2- 3 feet. Anybody ever grow this? I'm 7a-b depending on the season north of Atlanta You guys have managed to showcase a LOT of plants Jim & Steph, amazing results in 3 years, bravo!
My Rhythm and Blues salvia is not a bully at all. It’s on a hot, dry slope in CA. The soil is rather bare and clay like. Not to high in nitrogen but good in the other elements. I water the area once a week in summer. I guess this plant likes moisture and nitrogen to thug out. My CA poppies are thugs though. Huge!
I'm in UK and some of your plants wouldn't survive here, but I'm still getting loads of ideas about what I could add to my garden. Great to have a channel that provides the botanical names!!
Thank you Jim and Steph for taking the time to make these detailed garden tours. I have acquired some of these plants over the past year and it's nice to see how they might turn out.
I need an orange Azalea in my life. Thanks Jim. There is a plant app you can add to your cellphone, where you can take a picture of a plant and it will tell you what it is called. If I had a cellphone I would be using this all the time.
Hi Jim and Steph! When you're doing a plant profile and you say a plant is hardy in zones 4-8 it would be helpful to know if the larger number is because the plant requires a cool period. I'm in zone 9b Northern California (Sunset zone 9 or 14 depending on the map you are looking at). I find myself wanting to push my luck with some of these beautiful plants. The mock orange comes to mind. I am careful to fall plant trees and shrubs, mulch heavily and shade the root areas as much as possible. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
Did he ever answer your question? I’m in Houston 9b and I was going to ask the same question. Ialso confuses me how some plants, some coneflowers for instance are either zone 8 and some are zone 9.
Your rhythm and blues salvia looks and behaves just like my Blue suede shoes salvia. I divided mine this year and clearly I didn’t do it enough because now they’re both huge. I will do it again, probably next year as it might be too hot now. I’ll try it out front where it would get more sun and has more space.
I’d love to see how you collect and store seeds. Let us know how the collecting goes with viburnum nudam. I think I’d also like to learn more about plants that germinate easily from seed vs. cuttings.
Do you plant the red veined sorrel from seed directly in the garden or do you transplant? You’ve inspired me to grow it again. I told y’all before about my dad growing it but I don’t remember if he started it indoors or out.
The rabbits here are not cute, they cut down the tall stems with their sharp teeth and enjoy the leaves of the whole stem. Some of my plants were completely chopped off like this 🤯🤬
Everything is absolutely beautiful 👌 I love the way y'all describe and explain the pros n cons of all the beauties. However I haven't heard you talk about the wisteria plant. Maybe I've missed it along the way but I most definitely need your opinion. Is it wise or not to plant this beast? Can I keep it at a certain size or is it over prolific and not tameable or manageable!? I don't want to raise a "bully" of a plant, but I so love this beautiful plant... I am in zone 8 Help ! 🫡
If I may share my sister’s experience… she planted a native one on an 18’ tall “stump”, a two leader black cherry that was splitting down the middle and had to be taken down for safety reasons. She had them leave it tall for growing the Amethyst Falls wisteria on it. Turned out to be a very aggressive vine, sending up runners 6-8’ in all directions. Proceed with caution!
Absolutely avoid the Chinese or Japanese imported plants. Comment above about the native gives personal experience. I like the native honeysuckle or Bignonia but different effect for sure.
Jim it's amazing how much you and Stephanie have accomplished in a short 3 years. Everything looks gorgeous. Cant wait to see the hard scraping finished.
Your observation about natives seeming to do better in the unimproved soil is interesting. The native plant partisans out there would likely find this music to their ears. I wonder if Mount Cuba or others have studied this sort of thing.
Has he done a video at Mt Cuba yet? Their plant trials and the results they publish online are super useful.
A 35 minute video on HortTube takes me an hour to watch - because I am taking sooooo many notes 😅!
It’s so helpful to see the plants in different growing conditions. I have certainly learned that most of my perennials and shrubs take a good three to four years to really shine. I’m leaning on the touch of gold Japanese holly in shade, part shade and sun. I think it’s pretty in all it’s shades of color. I deliberately planted very small plants, so they might have taken off sooner if I’d started out with larger plants.
You made my day again Jim and Steph! When you showed the Yuki Gesho hydrangea before it didn’t have flowers and I wondered what they looked like. I tried to find them but it seems they’re not a lot of pictures of the flowers online. I love those tiny flowers and that amazing amazing foliage. Thank you! Y’all know I’m hydrangea crazy lol love this video. Awesome as always!
Ohh, I want the “Little Joe” Joe Pye weed. That compact size looks great.
Such an interesting observation about the learning curve, when it comes to soil prep. Another good point about how paths can introduce a sense of mystery to the garden.
I'll come up from Bladen and get the bee balm you take out love it.
I found a Waikiki last year and it took off, so much so I cut off 4 babies for other areas in the garden and they are thriving. I’m in Greenville SC zone 7b. If you want to keep yours in the ground I am happy to share 😊
I just got one at a discount at my local box store - it had been allowed to get too dry but I think I can nurse it back to health. It was the last one they had and I just “stumbled” upon it. Awesome looking plant. I’ll have to bring the bulb/corm inside for the winter in z6b and hope it survives. 🤞🏻
That’s so cool. Those Waikiki are very beautiful. I’ve wanted to grow a an elephant ear here but I’m not sure they can handle our full full sun. Im working on getting a bit more shade in our gardens.
Are your Waikiki in full shade?
@@dia9491
I have it in partial sun now. The tag says full to partial sun but since I believe it was “mistreated”, I’m going to slowly move it to full sun.
Grogeous yard
Jim and Stephanie
Florence South Carolina
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I am really loving the tours, and thank you for adding the chapters. I am so engrossed in watching the videos that I don't take notes. There are some plants I am interested in trying in my garden, but will forget which video I saw it in! The chapters help.
Enjoying this series so much. Buttons up a lot of previous work.
Looks gorgous. Again great information. My list just keeps growing, thank you.
Thank you Jim and Stephany.🌸💚🙃
Do you know an online source for Raulston Hardy Viburnum? I haven't been able to find that plant and have been looking for several years.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden Jim and Stephanie 👍🙏😊❤️
Oh my lord yes about the Rhythm and Blues Salvia. Bought one last year and it topped off at maybe 3 feet. This year it’s well over six feet tall! Yet it’s probably the hummingbirds favorite plant in my garden…ALSO..goldfinch love this thing. Oh and I’m in zone 7 so yes this thing is a beast.
I'm seeing more than one genus setting buds months early, wonder what all forces caused this 🤔
I lost a Salvia greggi over the winter in a place the hummers are habituated to, I found a Salvia x buchananii that lists zone 6 hardy. Big thing too, 2 1/2- 3 feet. Anybody ever grow this? I'm 7a-b depending on the season north of Atlanta
You guys have managed to showcase a LOT of plants Jim & Steph, amazing results in 3 years, bravo!
Love that cast iron plant…I have to try and find it 😍 it would look great under my live oak trees.
They can be pricey as they're really slow to fill a pot. Once they get happy, they take off nicely.
My Rhythm and Blues salvia is not a bully at all. It’s on a hot, dry slope in CA. The soil is rather bare and clay like. Not to high in nitrogen but good in the other elements. I water the area once a week in summer. I guess this plant likes moisture and nitrogen to thug out. My CA poppies are thugs though. Huge!
Beautiful beautiful gardens!
I just purchased the Waikiki Elephant Ear online.
They are gorgeous!!!
I'm in UK and some of your plants wouldn't survive here, but I'm still getting loads of ideas about what I could add to my garden. Great to have a channel that provides the botanical names!!
Thank you Jim and Steph for taking the time to make these detailed garden tours. I have acquired some of these plants over the past year and it's nice to see how they might turn out.
I put creeping raspberry on a slope I had and boy what a bully! Yikes here in zone 8 GA it was true to form but went everywhere I did not want it!
The garden is absolutely beautiful!
Good morning Jim & Steph! Your garden is incredibly inspiring. Thank you so much for all the great tips & info 🙏🏻🫶🏻💃🏻 irma new albany, in 6b
I need an orange Azalea in my life. Thanks Jim. There is a plant app you can add to your cellphone, where you can take a picture of a plant and it will tell you what it is called. If I had a cellphone I would be using this all the time.
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Hi Jim and Steph! When you're doing a plant profile and you say a plant is hardy in zones 4-8 it would be helpful to know if the larger number is because the plant requires a cool period. I'm in zone 9b Northern California (Sunset zone 9 or 14 depending on the map you are looking at). I find myself wanting to push my luck with some of these beautiful plants. The mock orange comes to mind. I am careful to fall plant trees and shrubs, mulch heavily and shade the root areas as much as possible. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
Did he ever answer your question? I’m in Houston 9b and I was going to ask the same question. Ialso confuses me how some plants, some coneflowers for instance are either zone 8 and some are zone 9.
@@marleneegan-hm7lr Not directly but I found a mock orange for zone 9, it's doing well.
Your rhythm and blues salvia looks and behaves just like my Blue suede shoes salvia. I divided mine this year and clearly I didn’t do it enough because now they’re both huge. I will do it again, probably next year as it might be too hot now. I’ll try it out front where it would get more sun and has more space.
I put creeping thyme between my pavers….. amazing
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
I’d love to see how you collect and store seeds. Let us know how the collecting goes with viburnum nudam. I think I’d also like to learn more about plants that germinate easily from seed vs. cuttings.
The rabbits chew my liatris stalks off and leave stalk on ground…grr!
Jim what is your plant you have in your front yard that looks like a 7 foot tree and the leaves are so thick you can't see thru it? THANKS ❤
Hi All! Do you need a another kind of viburnum to cross pollinate if you find yours isnt blooming? If so, would viburnum lentago work with nudum?
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Do you plant the red veined sorrel from seed directly in the garden or do you transplant? You’ve inspired me to grow it again. I told y’all before about my dad growing it but I don’t remember if he started it indoors or out.
We start them indoors.
@@JimPutnam thank you!
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Okay, you are rarely watering, but annually, how much rain does your area receive?
About 50 inches
Thank you :)
The rabbits here are not cute, they cut down the tall stems with their sharp teeth and enjoy the leaves of the whole stem. Some of my plants were completely chopped off like this 🤯🤬
Everything is absolutely beautiful 👌 I love the way y'all describe and explain the pros n cons of all the beauties. However I haven't heard you talk about the wisteria plant. Maybe I've missed it along the way but I most definitely need your opinion. Is it wise or not to plant this beast? Can I keep it at a certain size or is it over prolific and not tameable or manageable!? I don't want to raise a "bully" of a plant, but I so love this beautiful plant... I am in zone 8 Help ! 🫡
If I may share my sister’s experience… she planted a native one on an 18’ tall “stump”, a two leader black cherry that was splitting down the middle and had to be taken down for safety reasons. She had them leave it tall for growing the Amethyst Falls wisteria on it. Turned out to be a very aggressive vine, sending up runners 6-8’ in all directions. Proceed with caution!
Absolutely avoid the Chinese or Japanese imported plants. Comment above about the native gives personal experience. I like the native honeysuckle or Bignonia but different effect for sure.
Don’t do it!