To the viewers: Jim has been making videos for years and years…if you have a question about a specific plant or gardening issue, he has already made a video about it…this may be the most educational gardening channel on TH-cam…thank you again Jim for your lifetime of horticultural experience that you offer - for free!!
@@bradguest Ask your question to Jim directly in the comments….if it’s a question he hasn’t answered or is timely in some way he will respond to it during his weekly q&a video.
I like that, “throw it away and don’t let that stress you” … YES! One of my light pink gaura is not looking very alive this season. I’m guessing a garden critter chewed up the roots from beneath. Today is its last day in the flowerbed. And I’ll have a new vacancy for something else that needs to get in the ground. Gardening is an ever evolving opportunity.
I ripped out my pink gaura yesterday...it was constantly getting infected with aphids, I spent more money and time trying to get rid of them then I paid for the plant so out it went..
Gardening is so funny. I had 2 huge Hydrangeas that always got black leaf, I did everything Jim said to do but still black leaf. I took a chainsaw and cut those suckers down to the ground, yea I’m finished with those. They grew back to 6 feet tall the next summer and bloomed like crazy! With no black leaf! Hey don’t mess with me! 😜
The old dogwood at my house died a couple of years ago. I left a couple of suckers and one of them survived. It's now a beautiful young dogwood, full of flowers 💐.
Literally wouldn’t know the first thing about what to do in my yard without this channel. This is our first year ever planting in our yard. New home. It has been so much fun learning as we go with you as our guide. THANK YOU!!! God bless you JP!!! Zone 8a Crystal Coast Eastern North Carolina. Come visit!!!
Love to see your garden as you answer questions. Zone 5b Cheyenne, Wy just recovering from two days in the low 20's and 4 inches of heavy, wet snow. Your garden is a breath of fresh air for those of us still chillin. Thank you!
I just recently found your channel and am enjoying it very much. You impart a lot of practical knowledge. I've been watching your older videos too and love the new house playlist.
There are seasons of gardener’s life like there are seasons to a plant’s life. I grew up on a farm harvesting tobacco, mowing grass, picking, shucking, and shelling in my parents’ garden. You pick farm places hold no appeal for me. I’m glad to buy local farm produce already picked. I totally understand why you would not want to do a ton of propagating. That time is past.
Could you do a video on your utility spaces in the garden at some point? How do you manage your compost/ garden waste. Do you have a greenhouse? How do you use these areas to help your overall garden? Thanks!
Jim, you have TH-cam's Trending Drinking Game! (A shot each time you say "Loropetalum") Four times in the first 18 minutes of this one! We can't play anymore!
Hi Jim, I’m stumped by my rhododendrons. I’m in zone 7B, Atlanta. I planted Southgate rhododendrons on a north facing foundation 2 springs ago. Having come directly from the nursery, the bloomed perfectly. However, only a couple actually bloomed since, and even those were a half hearted show. They are all adding new growth and look healthy and full. They are mostly out of the light, so that’s my assumption as to the problem. But one of the shrubs does get about 2-3 hours of direct sun each day in the summer and that is not the one that blooms.
Hi Jim &Stephany, and ather great information about gardening. Building a garden or a beautiful and amazing garden. DID'T have to be expensive. JUST have to Do it . Do and leane--------leane.I have learned from many sources all over time help me created the garden that you see. Jim putnam is greatest, because he till, about what it's take. I 'm greatful for the chenal. Thank you!!!! Jim putnam.
In a container refresh video, you were mixing pine mulch with compost to make potting mix to replacing peat. I would be interesting in knowing more about the differences in peat and pine mulch. I have a good source of pine fines in my zone 8a garden and would like to use less peat. I'm a foodscape gardener using containers, grow bags and mix edibles with pollinators and shrubs in my landscape.
Still loving all your videos!! My garden has been in much better shape since starting to watch you a few years ago!! I appreciate that you show how to get a nice yard with less money with perennials and shrubs!! Not just trays and trays of annuals!! I like a few annuals but I did enjoy growing a lot from seed last year and they were as nice as what is available at the big box stores!! It is getting so expensive to buy annuals!! 6 dollars for a 4 inch pot and never mind about buying trays!!! Those are days long gone!! Question: how to keep birds from pecking holes in my tomatoes just when I have saved them on the vine until the perfect ripeness to find a big whole lol!!
I bought two cercis online, a "Flamethrower" and a weeping red form. Both were about 6 feet tall and seemed pretty healthy when they arrived. Each was planted in a different part of the garden. This spring the plants were both dead about half way up. It's not a question of the scion dying as the plants are alive well above the graft. The lower parts that are alive are quite vigorous. Would it make sense to cut off the dead upper trunk and try to train a top, living branch to be the new leader? Live with an odd shaped tree or give up and replace them? It seems odd that both trees, different cultivars planted in different parts of the garden, are damaged in the same way. Thanks again -- your videos are so full of useful information, garden wisdom and inspiration.
Just pitch it! I had my husband dig up three Little Richard abelia. They were not performing here after many years of dealing with them. So glad I did it! I'm now much happier with that area with day lilies there instead.
I had noticed that the sun felt more intense this winter & now trusted sources report an increase in UVC & some X-ray detected at ground level. I'm very careful with any spray but notice damage from Neem spray even with usual protections. We're very dry in N. Georgia too. I'm on a deep well but hope I don't have to keep watering like I've been. I like to use old hoses to make custom drip lines, I can put holes wherever I want the water & get another use out of a hose past it's prime. Had to laugh, I had to make some cuttings from my prunings though I only did a few. Thanks for another lovely Sunday chat Jim, Steph & Holly!
The problem with systemics is that anything that feeds on it is also affected. Bees & butterflies are poisoned from feeding on those plants. I wouldn't use them on anything flowering.
Can you do a longer form video on the crinum? How large are the is the mound of leaves versus the flower stalk. Would make for a cool video to show yours in the landscape and the ones at plant delights or at Denny werners
Just a suggestion. You could have folks send in short video clips instead of photos, of the things they are proud of in their landscape similar to Gardener’s World in UK.
Thanks for all the great info! I really enjoy watching your channel. Question: I purchased and planted two standard (grafted) Blue Star Junipers. I left the stake in when I planted them. I’m wondering if/ when I should remove the stakes and/or replace the green tape that holds the trunk to it.
I have the same problem now. What's worst is when I get more mulch from Lowe's the color is different from bag to bag. It's making my garden look a mess. I'm going to just order from a mulch/topsoil company. So disappointed.
Thanks for the help with the gaura!! Luckily it wasn’t expensive, so if I have to toss it, no biggie. Also, for those looking for smaller potter perennials, who are anywhere near Tallahassee, it’s worth the drive to Tallahassee Nurseries! Found so many great natives and perennials, many in smaller pots like Jim suggests. Super friendly and helpful staff also. It was worth my 1 1/2 hr drive!
Hi Jim, thank you for the good info. I lost a lot of perennial garden mums that give me long lasting fall color along with many other perennials. This year I lost many of those with the mid March freeze. Do you know a resource for small pots of mums that I can plant now to get them established now so that they will survive winter.
Saw my first slime mold last year - apparently happy situated over a drip tube. Had to research what it was because it looked like a patch of spray insulation.
I have a Sunshine Ligustrum I planted last summer. They haven’t grown and leaves are falling off. What should I do? I’m in Chapel Hill, the plants are direct sun.
I think I had slime mold, not that I knew what it was. My approach was to watch and wait. It went away on its own. Very unusual looking. Mine was burnt orange. Not sure if there are other colors.
Great video. Informative as always. I've got some lilies that are in season 2 and are stressed, again. I'll be moving them to a different location now to see if they like it better, if not, adios lilies! It's like you just gave me permission (LOL) to simply get rid of them if location #2 doesn't help! I've been gardening only about 3 years now. Thank you.
I bought a helichrysum plant online. I try to quarantine new plants, but I ran out of room. I noticed gnats. I do make sure to put a plastic saucer under each new plant. I moved the plant off of the saucer, but changed my mind half an hour later. There were tiny white larvae under the plant after I moved it back to the saucer. Should I soak it in an insecticidal bath? All of this was inside because it has been so wet outside. I have only had the plant for 18 days in a south facing window. Zone 6b VA.
Well I'm have rabbits eating mine. Wascles! I'm using some critter repellent but it is not working very well. Hoping the plant can out grow the nibbling.
REALLY love your youtube videos. We have just retired and moved to Tidewater Virginia area a year ago, and we are experimenting with creating a garden. I'm trying to learn just the really basic things--and I have been perplexed by what seems to be a rule of thumb that you need to plant bulbs deeply but seeds need to be very shallow. Could you ever explain that?
Hi Jim - what growing zone do you find is the cutoff between ‘best time to plant is spring’ and ‘best time to plant is fall’? I’m in 6A and planted hundreds of plants in the fall, and lost quite a few of the smaller perennials over the winter. Wondering if I should start planning the bulk of my new planting in the spring, and challenge the passed down wisdom that fall is the best time.
Is it typical for Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry to flower on new growth each time it rains? I planted mine early April, it flowered shortly after, and now has 8" growth, fruit, and a few flowers.
Pink Muhly Grass looks bad in the nursery and it is expensive. 19.99 for what looks like a few strands of grass and 34.99 for a 3 gallon that also doesn't look great. If this grass is native to zone 7 why is it so expensive? And, I am not familiar with grasses, but, do they look bad before you put them in the ground and then improve? Is that an average price for Pink Muhly Grass?
Due to your great success, knowledge and experience in the garden - I also thought.... is that a sweet potato vine (on steroids!) Glad you cleared that up :)
Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge! Question: I have two greenstalk towers, one with lettuce and one with strawberries. Both have had gray mold in them. Lost half of bare root strawberries. Treated what was left with potassium bicarbonate mix. Do I need to do anything to the soil before I replant? If so what should I do?
Guessing female dog; has more concentrated pee. Best thing would be to train the dog to go pee somewhere else. Otherwise dilute area with water after dog pees there.
Question: We just had numerous plants and a walkway installed, and one plant type put in was August Beauty Gardenia. Before I started watching your channel, I had asked how much I should water all these plants and the lead worker on the job told me to water three times a day for two weeks. I was doing that, and my gardenias have started looking terrible. I stopped the 3 times a day watering a week ago when I found out from your channel that most of the plants prefer not to be drowned. Two weeks into the planting, the gardenias have developed yellow leaves and have been droopy and one of the three gardenias hasn’t even opened the buds on it. I believe maybe I am dealing with root rot. What are your thoughts about using hydrogen peroxide to save these gardenias from root rot?
Hi Jim thanks so much for answering all our questions! I have a serviceberry that was planted on the north side of my house (northern climate) almost two years ago. It is reaching pretty drastically due to the shade and has a significantly bent whip because of this. I tried staking it several times but the tree won out. With its age and very bent appearance, would it be worth a shot transplanting it in the fall to the south side of my house and trying to reverse the bend or it is most likely going to stay like that and should I just move on? If I should give it a try, any tips would be appreciated. Thank you!
Question - I want to till a part of my backyard; to improve the soil for planting the way you have shown in videos. But it seems back in 20006, my builder put grass (or sod) in using a plastic mesh. I am concerned that the plastic will get caught up in the tiller. I saw that happen with a landscaper a few years ago, and it almost wrecked his tiller. He kept having to pull the plastic out and start again. The area I want to till is small - probably no more than 25 or 30 sq. ft. Do you think I am going to have to til the area by hand with a pick axe? It is pure hard clay here in Chapel Hill, NC; and I am an old lady. Thanks.
Hi, question ❓ I have a ruby falls redbud that, for the first time in 6 years, has 3 little seed pods on it. I'll keep them once they mature. Will they come up as Ruby falls? A regular redbud, or there's just no way of knowing?
I needed some compost for a small garden plot to amend the soil. I saw you use BlackKow for one of your plant installation. I bought a few bags hoping it will help. Could you help me understand what I should look for or avoid in compost.
Thank you for all the information. I did a soil test with my local extension office and my lawn is very very low on phosphorus. What would you recommend to increase it?
I’m dealing with thrips on my roses in containers for the first time. Any helpful suggestions on dealing with and preventing them in the future? Thank you!!!
The people who bought my parents old house had all of the sod removed and used chemicals on the soil to kill whatever was left behind. The rest of the neighborhood had centipede back then so that's what the new owners went with. That was 10 years ago. I rode through that neighborhood recently and our old house plus three houses to the left and right have bermuda lawns. Looks like the old man left his mark on the neighborhood. I'm not sure that you can kill it...
So third time hopefully is a charm. I would like to have a grafted fruit tree and when doing research I’m getting conflicting opinions. I’m in zone 7b. Some say you can grow these trees in 7b and some say the weather is to harsh. Also, I’m wondering what you think about making an espalier from a pear or peach tree, or any fruit tree that would work here. I would so love one of these trees but don’t want to waste the money or time if it won’t work. This is my third time asking this question, please help. Thanks, Joanne
Hi, just offering my own experience here -not trying to answer for Jim. Espaliering trees offers an alternative decorative and/or space saving way to grow fruit trees. The nursery that you’re acquiring them from should have the knowledge on which individual trees they are selling are well-suited for this treatment and your climate.
Is your concern about it being grafted or just a specific fruit tree? Lots of grafted fruited trees are suitable for growing in 7b. I’m in GA 7b and peaches and pears are grown here, we are the peach state. I don’t see why growing an espalier would be any different as long as the location is good.
@@anitahadley2871 Hi, thanks for the answer, I was told by one nursery that they do not sell fruit trees in zone 7b, North Carolina as it does not favor fruit trees and the heat, rain and bugs prevent the tree from yielding proper fruit. They also told me that it does not get cold enough in the winter to kill bugs and keep the tree happy. I was inquiring about the grafted apple tree which can produce 4 or 5 different kinds of apples. The espalier tree would be an experiment on my part with a pear or peach tree to see if I could get the branches to grow in the right direction and yield nice fruit. Another nursery told me that fruit trees can grow but take a lot of maintenance and can acquire a lot of bugs and spraying to keep,them in check. I was curious as to what Jim’s opinion was. I’m not sure if I’m experienced enough, I’m just worried, as I do worry, it won’t work. Thanks, Joanne
I hope you can answer my question about growing plants from the seeds of hybrids. I grew a lovely hedge of 'Vanilla Ice' Sunflowers last year (helianthus debilis). I collected some seeds to plant again and it also has reseeded itself naturally. Can I expect the same-looking creamy-yellow bushy sunflower? I guess it's a hybrid, although it didn't say so on the packet, so maybe not? Same thing with Zinnia 'Envy'. I collected the seeds, but maybe I'm better off buying new ones each year if I want that exact plant. What's your experience- and how do you tell which plant seeds stay true and which don't?
I planted some alliums 2 years ago and flowered last year but nothing came up this year . Foliage did die back on its own and plenty if sunlight in the flower bed . Any reason why ? Will it come back next year ? I bought more allium bulbs last fall and planted them in a different bed and everything flowered this spring . I am afraid this will happen again for my new alliums
Jim thanks so much for your videos. My question hopefully for next week is “if the law is ever passed to have permanent daylight savings time, how will that impact our gardens and gardening?”
My Canna Lily is developing blooms, but as they open, they are staying green instead of turning the beautiful pink color that the blooms were when I bought them. Would you know why and what I could do?
I have a Golden Oakland Holly that I put in a container last fall. My plan was to put it in the ground along my back fence line. There is, literally, only one spot where I can put it and it will have room to grow to its mature dimensions. However, when I dug the hole for it this morning I found way too many large roots from a nearby maple tree that i didn’t want to cut. I was thinking of maybe building a slightly raised bed for it so that it can get established and the roots will eventually work their way down around the maple tree roots. Will that work or will the roots push out against the bed wall?
It would work, but you would watering it daily for a long time. A root slayer shovel will cut those roots and it won't really harm the tree unless your digging tons of holes
Great video! I had a loropetalum that I mistakenly planted in late fall zone 8a that has looked pitiful since I planted it, so I just dug it out and replaced it, and the original pot shape with no additional roots popped right out of the ground. Do you think I dug it out too early?
Hi Jim , My Brazilian grape tree (Jaboticaba) lost all of its leaves this winter. It in a container and still alive but very slow recovery. Should I keep it in full sun or part shade until it gets its leaves back and should I let it dry out a little or keep it wet ? I has a shedding bark like a crape myrtle so I don’t think the sun will burn it too bad , I’m also in a zone 6b so our summer is not too intense. Any suggestions on a good potting soil would be appreciated, some people grow them in straight peat moss with very little perlite, but they also live in Florida . It would take a very long time to dry out with that kind of mix when it starts getting cold where I live. Thanks
Hi Jim, I have a squirrel that keeps destroying my planted pots. I had bulbs planted up for this spring and it keeps going into the pots and digging and eventually they died and I did not get my beautiful display of daffodils. Any suggestions?
Any advice on what to do w weeping redbud? Only leafed out at the bottom. It was planted in November zone 8, 5’ tall but after late frost only maybe 2’ on bottom made it through 💔😓
We planted some small (8-10 ft) trees in zone 6b and want to plant groundcover around them to discourage weeds (and zoysia grass creeping into the mulch). The trees don't provide much shade yet, so how should we think about picking plants to put around them? I worry sun-loving plants will be in too much shade after a few years as the trees get bigger, but shade plants would be in too much sun right now. Are there options that can work long-term, or should we just plan to move things around as conditions change?
I had a coneflower that had aster yellow last summer and removed them. I replaced them with a different variety and it looks they may have it also. Is there a way to prevent aster yellow?
Hi Jim! Have you had experience with coco grass. Apparently, I have it in my lawn. I extended my garden bed last Fall and this new bed has this grass already there and it keeps coming up even though I keep pulling it out, and I just learned that it is the worst thing for me to do. Im in zone7b. Any recommendations for me to keep it from coming back, from your experience?
I have a Japanese maple (acer shirasawanum Autumn Moon, about 4 years old) in an entry way area that needs some shaping. I didn’t get to it in winter and understand spring is not a good time to prune it. Can I do it in summer or should I wait until next winter? It gets direct sun until early afternoon, then is shaded the rest of the day. It is protected from wind by the house. PNW zone 8b.
Jim, thank you for your videos. My beautiful glads have thrips. I jerked a bunch of them out. Is there any hope to control them or should I dispose of all glads? Also, I have asiatic lilies in the same raised box. Will the thrips affect them? Can I treat the soil for eggs or do I need to get rid of it? And if I have to get rid of it, how do you get rid of soil? I contacted my extension office, but they have not responded. Thank you for your help!!
Jim, I have a newly planted Sky Pencil which is putting up suckers about 4 inches away from the base of the plant. At least I think they are suckers! Although they are very small , the leaves seem to be similar. Is this normal? I have never grown ilex before and wondering if this is the way they fill out.
Nashville, TN, zone 7a. I have newly planted Little Poncho Dogwood that appears to be budded up, but has not leafed out yet. It gets 4 to 5 hours of afternoon sun each day. Thoughts on when I should expect it to begin leafing our in my area? Perhaps I got a dud, and it is actually dead? How to tell if it’s still alive? Thanks for all your help. Big fan!
I have a perennial hybiscus that is 6 years old. The last 2 years before the blooms open it slowly starts to wilt. I have 2 others in the same garden that are doing fine. I am not sure what is wrong with it. I tried watering it more but that didn't seem to help. Any suggestions? Thank you! I am in zone 5. Edited to add that it wilts one stalk at a time. Thanks again
Can you recommend an evergreen foundation shrub for zone 6 (TN) that will thrive in shade with a couple of hours of overhead sun? The foundation line runs north-south with a large tree out front. I live in a hollow with a large hill to the east and a large hill to the west so I get a few hours of direct sun mid-day, rest of the time is deep to filtered shade except for the south end of the house which gets more sun. Sounds complicated and it is! LOL
Good morning, I re-landscaped the front foundation of my house last fall. (east/ west foundation line) All day shade across the back portion of the bed. I used spiderweb fatsia, soft caress mahonia along the back of the bed and, across the front of the bed, sunshine ligustrum. I bought smaller plants to save money. The fatsia and mahonia were not easy to find in my area and were more costly than the ligustrum. All of the plants look fantastic and the fatsia and ligustrum have doubled in size. I don't have irrigation in this bed, so I mulched it well with pine straw and watered once per week at first. I live in Southport, NC, so it is warm, humid and mild winter.
To the viewers: Jim has been making videos for years and years…if you have a question about a specific plant or gardening issue, he has already made a video about it…this may be the most educational gardening channel on TH-cam…thank you again Jim for your lifetime of horticultural experience that you offer - for free!!
Seriously. We all need to buy at least one t-shirt from his shop!
How do you ask a question? I finally have one.
@@bradguest Ask your question to Jim directly in the comments….if it’s a question he hasn’t answered or is timely in some way he will respond to it during his weekly q&a video.
I like that, “throw it away and don’t let that stress you” … YES! One of my light pink gaura is not looking very alive this season. I’m guessing a garden critter chewed up the roots from beneath. Today is its last day in the flowerbed. And I’ll have a new vacancy for something else that needs to get in the ground. Gardening is an ever evolving opportunity.
I ripped out my pink gaura yesterday...it was constantly getting infected with aphids, I spent more money and time trying to get rid of them then I paid for the plant so out it went..
Gardening is so funny. I had 2 huge Hydrangeas that always got black leaf, I did everything Jim said to do but still black leaf. I took a chainsaw and cut those suckers down to the ground, yea I’m finished with those. They grew back to 6 feet tall the next summer and bloomed like crazy! With no black leaf! Hey don’t mess with me! 😜
I love how your dog was lovingly looking up at you as you were speaking that was so cute!
The old dogwood at my house died a couple of years ago. I left a couple of suckers and one of them survived. It's now a beautiful young dogwood, full of flowers 💐.
Literally wouldn’t know the first thing about what to do in my yard without this channel.
This is our first year ever planting in our yard. New home. It has been so much fun learning as we go with you as our guide.
THANK YOU!!! God bless you JP!!!
Zone 8a Crystal Coast Eastern North Carolina. Come visit!!!
Love to see your garden as you answer questions. Zone 5b Cheyenne, Wy just recovering from two days in the low 20's and 4 inches of heavy, wet snow. Your garden is a breath of fresh air for those of us still chillin. Thank you!
Your videos are always informative. I learn something every week. Thank you.
My mother made great slime mold desserts. Or maybe they were jello molds? Something like that.
I just recently found your channel and am enjoying it very much. You impart a lot of practical knowledge. I've been watching your older videos too and love the new house playlist.
There are seasons of gardener’s life like there are seasons to a plant’s life. I grew up on a farm harvesting tobacco, mowing grass, picking, shucking, and shelling in my parents’ garden. You pick farm places hold no appeal for me. I’m glad to buy local farm produce already picked. I totally understand why you would not want to do a ton of propagating. That time is past.
I love the sun “pouty plant” reference!
Could you do a video on your utility spaces in the garden at some point? How do you manage your compost/ garden waste. Do you have a greenhouse? How do you use these areas to help your overall garden? Thanks!
Jim, you have TH-cam's Trending Drinking Game! (A shot each time you say "Loropetalum") Four times in the first 18 minutes of this one! We can't play anymore!
I learn something new with all your videos. Thank you Jim.
Oh thank you for sharing what the slim mold is and that it is not harmful but helpful! I will leave it be now.
I use a wee bit of rock dust in my soil block mix.
☕️🍳🥐 & a pleasant sitdown w/ Jim. Good morning. 😎
Hi Jim, I’m stumped by my rhododendrons. I’m in zone 7B, Atlanta. I planted Southgate rhododendrons on a north facing foundation 2 springs ago. Having come directly from the nursery, the bloomed perfectly. However, only a couple actually bloomed since, and even those were a half hearted show. They are all adding new growth and look healthy and full. They are mostly out of the light, so that’s my assumption as to the problem. But one of the shrubs does get about 2-3 hours of direct sun each day in the summer and that is not the one that blooms.
Hi Jim &Stephany, and ather great information about gardening. Building a garden or a beautiful and amazing garden. DID'T have to be expensive. JUST have to Do it . Do and leane--------leane.I have learned from many sources all over time help me created the garden that you see. Jim putnam is greatest, because he till, about what it's take. I 'm greatful for the chenal. Thank you!!!! Jim putnam.
In a container refresh video, you were mixing pine mulch with compost to make potting mix to replacing peat. I would be interesting in knowing more about the differences in peat and pine mulch. I have a good source of pine fines in my zone 8a garden and would like to use less peat. I'm a foodscape gardener using containers, grow bags and mix edibles with pollinators and shrubs in my landscape.
Still loving all your videos!! My garden has been in much better shape since starting to watch you a few years ago!! I appreciate that you show how to get a nice yard with less money with perennials and shrubs!! Not just trays and trays of annuals!! I like a few annuals but I did enjoy growing a lot from seed last year and they were as nice as what is available at the big box stores!!
It is getting so expensive to buy annuals!! 6 dollars for a 4 inch pot and never mind about buying trays!!! Those are days long gone!!
Question: how to keep birds from pecking holes in my tomatoes just when I have saved them on the vine until the perfect ripeness to find a big whole lol!!
Had no idea about slime mold! Very cool
I bought two cercis online, a "Flamethrower" and a weeping red form. Both were about 6 feet tall and seemed pretty healthy when they arrived. Each was planted in a different part of the garden. This spring the plants were both dead about half way up. It's not a question of the scion dying as the plants are alive well above the graft. The lower parts that are alive are quite vigorous. Would it make sense to cut off the dead upper trunk and try to train a top, living branch to be the new leader? Live with an odd shaped tree or give up and replace them? It seems odd that both trees, different cultivars planted in different parts of the garden, are damaged in the same way. Thanks again -- your videos are so full of useful information, garden wisdom and inspiration.
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Just pitch it! I had my husband dig up three Little Richard abelia. They were not performing here after many years of dealing with them. So glad I did it! I'm now much happier with that area with day lilies there instead.
I had noticed that the sun felt more intense this winter & now trusted sources report an increase in UVC & some X-ray detected at ground level. I'm very careful with any spray but notice damage from Neem spray even with usual protections. We're very dry in N. Georgia too. I'm on a deep well but hope I don't have to keep watering like I've been. I like to use old hoses to make custom drip lines, I can put holes wherever I want the water & get another use out of a hose past it's prime.
Had to laugh, I had to make some cuttings from my prunings though I only did a few.
Thanks for another lovely Sunday chat Jim, Steph & Holly!
Gaura needs a systemic to get rid of the aphids. THEN keep a close eye on it and spray it with an organic frequently.
The problem with systemics is that anything that feeds on it is also affected. Bees & butterflies are poisoned from feeding on those plants. I wouldn't use them on anything flowering.
Can you do a longer form video on the crinum? How large are the is the mound of leaves versus the flower stalk.
Would make for a cool video to show yours in the landscape and the ones at plant delights or at Denny werners
Just a suggestion. You could have folks send in short video clips instead of photos, of the things they are proud of in their landscape similar to Gardener’s World in UK.
I am very thankful for your playlist Jim. I go it it quite often. THANK YOU 🌳🌳🌳🐕
Thanks for all the great info! I really enjoy watching your channel. Question: I purchased and planted two standard (grafted) Blue Star Junipers. I left the stake in when I planted them. I’m wondering if/ when I should remove the stakes and/or replace the green tape that holds the trunk to it.
If the stake is too tight, at least
re-tape more loosely. Otherwise it will soon cause damage.
Slime molds! Thank God! Last year I found that stuff all over my mulched areas and cursed the mulch company. Good to know, thanks!
Black mulch (bagged stuff from Lowe's) loses it's color fast, too. I put down black mulch last fall and it's already looking more brown than black.
I have the same problem now. What's worst is when I get more mulch from Lowe's the color is different from bag to bag. It's making my garden look a mess. I'm going to just order from a mulch/topsoil company. So disappointed.
The mulched is dyed.
Thanks for the help with the gaura!! Luckily it wasn’t expensive, so if I have to toss it, no biggie.
Also, for those looking for smaller potter perennials, who are anywhere near Tallahassee, it’s worth the drive to Tallahassee Nurseries! Found so many great natives and perennials, many in smaller pots like Jim suggests. Super friendly and helpful staff also. It was worth my 1 1/2 hr drive!
I have some Gaura (it reseeds all over). It seems to always attract aphids. As long as they are on the Gaura, they are not someplace else.
Hi Jim, thank you for the good info. I lost a lot of perennial garden mums that give me long lasting fall color along with many other perennials. This year I lost many of those with the mid March freeze. Do you know a resource for small pots of mums that I can plant now to get them established now so that they will survive winter.
Saw my first slime mold last year - apparently happy situated over a drip tube. Had to research what it was because it looked like a patch of spray insulation.
I would like to see the results of a mulch trial.
Phytotoxicity can happen when you use pesticides, fungicides , or even neem oil.
I definitely should have pointed out time of day
Thanks Jim🙂
I have a Sunshine Ligustrum I planted last summer. They haven’t grown and leaves are falling off. What should I do? I’m in Chapel Hill, the plants are direct sun.
LOVE THIS
I think I had slime mold, not that I knew what it was. My approach was to watch and wait. It went away on its own. Very unusual looking. Mine was burnt orange. Not sure if there are other colors.
Great video. Informative as always. I've got some lilies that are in season 2 and are stressed, again. I'll be moving them to a different location now to see if they like it better, if not, adios lilies! It's like you just gave me permission (LOL) to simply get rid of them if location #2 doesn't help! I've been gardening only about 3 years now. Thank you.
Interesting comment about slime molds. Never knew they consumed bacteria!
I bought a helichrysum plant online. I try to quarantine new plants, but I ran out of room. I noticed gnats. I do make sure to put a plastic saucer under each new plant. I moved the plant off of the saucer, but changed my mind half an hour later. There were tiny white larvae under the plant after I moved it back to the saucer.
Should I soak it in an insecticidal bath? All of this was inside because it has been so wet outside. I have only had the plant for 18 days in a south facing window. Zone 6b VA.
Thanks Jim!
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Jim🌷💚🙃
Something is eating my huechera. Eating all the leaves. Ideas and how to treat. It was great last year and all winter. Thanks
Well I'm have rabbits eating mine. Wascles! I'm using some critter repellent but it is not working very well. Hoping the plant can out grow the nibbling.
REALLY love your youtube videos. We have just retired and moved to Tidewater Virginia area a year ago, and we are experimenting with creating a garden. I'm trying to learn just the really basic things--and I have been perplexed by what seems to be a rule of thumb that you need to plant bulbs deeply but seeds need to be very shallow. Could you ever explain that?
Hi Jim - what growing zone do you find is the cutoff between ‘best time to plant is spring’ and ‘best time to plant is fall’? I’m in 6A and planted hundreds of plants in the fall, and lost quite a few of the smaller perennials over the winter. Wondering if I should start planning the bulk of my new planting in the spring, and challenge the passed down wisdom that fall is the best time.
Any advice on preventing weeds in gravel pathways / driveways? (Materials like the “chapel hill grit” you showed in your neighbors garden)
Is it typical for Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry to flower on new growth each time it rains? I planted mine early April, it flowered shortly after, and now has 8" growth, fruit, and a few flowers.
In TH-cam I see hydrangeas that supposedly need acidic soil next to plants that don't - is it advisable to plant them next to each other?
Pink Muhly Grass looks bad in the nursery and it is expensive. 19.99 for what looks like a few strands of grass and 34.99 for a 3 gallon that also doesn't look great. If this grass is native to zone 7 why is it so expensive? And, I am not familiar with grasses, but, do they look bad before you put them in the ground and then improve? Is that an average price for Pink Muhly Grass?
Thanks Jim! This was helpful
What is your opinion on using pecan shells as ground cover or mulch?
Due to your great success, knowledge and experience in the garden - I also thought.... is that a sweet potato vine (on steroids!) Glad you cleared that up :)
What's your opinion on White Dutch clover as a lawn replacement?
Excellent Questions & Answers 🥰
What potting soil or potting g mix do you recommend for outside potted plants thanks or container plants
Thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge! Question: I have two greenstalk towers, one with lettuce and one with strawberries. Both have had gray mold in them. Lost half of bare root strawberries. Treated what was left with potassium bicarbonate mix. Do I need to do anything to the soil before I replant? If so what should I do?
Good morning... I would like to know what can i do with my yellow grass... do to dog pee... urgently!
Guessing female dog; has more concentrated pee. Best thing would be to train the dog to go pee somewhere else. Otherwise dilute area with water after dog pees there.
The only true solution is to trade your dog for an aquarium and fish.
Not marine fish
Question: We just had numerous plants and a walkway installed, and one plant type put in was August Beauty Gardenia. Before I started watching your channel, I had asked how much I should water all these plants and the lead worker on the job told me to water three times a day for two weeks. I was doing that, and my gardenias have started looking terrible. I stopped the 3 times a day watering a week ago when I found out from your channel that most of the plants prefer not to be drowned. Two weeks into the planting, the gardenias have developed yellow leaves and have been droopy and one of the three gardenias hasn’t even opened the buds on it. I believe maybe I am dealing with root rot. What are your thoughts about using hydrogen peroxide to save these gardenias from root rot?
Hi Jim thanks so much for answering all our questions!
I have a serviceberry that was planted on the north side of my house (northern climate) almost two years ago. It is reaching pretty drastically due to the shade and has a significantly bent whip because of this. I tried staking it several times but the tree won out.
With its age and very bent appearance, would it be worth a shot transplanting it in the fall to the south side of my house and trying to reverse the bend or it is most likely going to stay like that and should I just move on? If I should give it a try, any tips would be appreciated.
Thank you!
Question - I want to till a part of my backyard; to improve the soil for planting the way you have shown in videos. But it seems back in 20006, my builder put grass (or sod) in using a plastic mesh. I am concerned that the plastic will get caught up in the tiller. I saw that happen with a landscaper a few years ago, and it almost wrecked his tiller. He kept having to pull the plastic out and start again. The area I want to till is small - probably no more than 25 or 30 sq. ft. Do you think I am going to have to til the area by hand with a pick axe? It is pure hard clay here in Chapel Hill, NC; and I am an old lady. Thanks.
Hi, question ❓ I have a ruby falls redbud that, for the first time in 6 years, has 3 little seed pods on it. I'll keep them once they mature. Will they come up as Ruby falls? A regular redbud, or there's just no way of knowing?
I needed some compost for a small garden plot to amend the soil. I saw you use BlackKow for one of your plant installation. I bought a few bags hoping it will help. Could you help me understand what I should look for or avoid in compost.
Hey Jim , I live in zone 6b - what are the possibilities of me planting a dwarf purple day dream loropetalum ?
End of May, my salvia nemerosa ‘May Night’ bloomed early in April and now nothing. No sign of new buds or insect chewers. Wait it out, or move them?
Thank you for all the information.
I did a soil test with my local extension office and my lawn is very very low on phosphorus. What would you recommend to increase it?
I’m dealing with thrips on my roses in containers for the first time. Any helpful suggestions on dealing with and preventing them in the future?
Thank you!!!
Great video Jim. How can you either kill and or weaken Bermuda Grass in 7b?
The people who bought my parents old house had all of the sod removed and used chemicals on the soil to kill whatever was left behind. The rest of the neighborhood had centipede back then so that's what the new owners went with. That was 10 years ago. I rode through that neighborhood recently and our old house plus three houses to the left and right have bermuda lawns. Looks like the old man left his mark on the neighborhood. I'm not sure that you can kill it...
So third time hopefully is a charm. I would like to have a grafted fruit tree and when doing research I’m getting conflicting opinions. I’m in zone 7b. Some say you can grow these trees in 7b and some say the weather is to harsh. Also, I’m wondering what you think about making an espalier from a pear or peach tree, or any fruit tree that would work here. I would so love one of these trees but don’t want to waste the money or time if it won’t work. This is my third time asking this question, please help. Thanks, Joanne
Hi, just offering my own experience here -not trying to answer for Jim. Espaliering trees offers an alternative decorative and/or space saving way to grow fruit trees. The nursery that you’re acquiring them from should have the knowledge on which individual trees they are selling are well-suited for this treatment and your climate.
Is your concern about it being grafted or just a specific fruit tree? Lots of grafted fruited trees are suitable for growing in 7b. I’m in GA 7b and peaches and pears are grown here, we are the peach state. I don’t see why growing an espalier would be any different as long as the location is good.
@@anitahadley2871 Hi, thanks for the answer, I was told by one nursery that they do not sell fruit trees in zone 7b, North Carolina as it does not favor fruit trees and the heat, rain and bugs prevent the tree from yielding proper fruit. They also told me that it does not get cold enough in the winter to kill bugs and keep the tree happy. I was inquiring about the grafted apple tree which can produce 4 or 5 different kinds of apples. The espalier tree would be an experiment on my part with a pear or peach tree to see if I could get the branches to grow in the right direction and yield nice fruit. Another nursery told me that fruit trees can grow but take a lot of maintenance and can acquire a lot of bugs and spraying to keep,them in check. I was curious as to what Jim’s opinion was. I’m not sure if I’m experienced enough, I’m just worried, as I do worry, it won’t work. Thanks, Joanne
Do you have recommendations for how to go about sourcing a bare root downy serviceberry for fall/winter planting?
I hope you can answer my question about growing plants from the seeds of hybrids. I grew a lovely hedge of 'Vanilla Ice' Sunflowers last year (helianthus debilis). I collected some seeds to plant again and it also has reseeded itself naturally. Can I expect the same-looking creamy-yellow bushy sunflower? I guess it's a hybrid, although it didn't say so on the packet, so maybe not? Same thing with Zinnia 'Envy'. I collected the seeds, but maybe I'm better off buying new ones each year if I want that exact plant. What's your experience- and how do you tell which plant seeds stay true and which don't?
I planted some alliums 2 years ago and flowered last year but nothing came up this year . Foliage did die back on its own and plenty if sunlight in the flower bed . Any reason why ? Will it come back next year ? I bought more allium bulbs last fall and planted them in a different bed and everything flowered this spring . I am afraid this will happen again for my new alliums
What is the beat way to combat oak tree sapling from my garden bed?
Jim thanks so much for your videos. My question hopefully for next week is “if the law is ever passed to have permanent daylight savings time, how will that impact our gardens and gardening?”
The amount of time the sun is out doesn’t change, so would it change anything? (I think I may be missing something)
My Canna Lily is developing blooms, but as they open, they are staying green instead of turning the beautiful pink color that the blooms were when I bought them. Would you know why and what I could do?
I have a Golden Oakland Holly that I put in a container last fall. My plan was to put it in the ground along my back fence line. There is, literally, only one spot where I can put it and it will have room to grow to its mature dimensions. However, when I dug the hole for it this morning I found way too many large roots from a nearby maple tree that i didn’t want to cut. I was thinking of maybe building a slightly raised bed for it so that it can get established and the roots will eventually work their way down around the maple tree roots. Will that work or will the roots push out against the bed wall?
It would work, but you would watering it daily for a long time. A root slayer shovel will cut those roots and it won't really harm the tree unless your digging tons of holes
@@JimPutnam Thanks, Jim. I really wanted to plant the Holly there but I didn’t want to put the Maple at risk.
Great video! I had a loropetalum that I mistakenly planted in late fall zone 8a that has looked pitiful since I planted it, so I just dug it out and replaced it, and the original pot shape with no additional roots popped right out of the ground. Do you think I dug it out too early?
Should I be concerned about chewing insects in the garden.
Hi Jim ,
My Brazilian grape tree (Jaboticaba) lost all of its leaves this winter. It in a container and still alive but very slow recovery.
Should I keep it in full sun or part shade until it gets its leaves back and should I let it dry out a little or keep it wet ?
I has a shedding bark like a crape myrtle so I don’t think the sun will burn it too bad , I’m also in a zone 6b so our summer is not too intense.
Any suggestions on a good potting soil would be appreciated, some people grow them in straight peat moss with very little perlite, but they also live in Florida . It would take a very long time to dry out with that kind of mix when it starts getting cold where I live.
Thanks
Hi Jim, I have a squirrel that keeps destroying my planted pots. I had bulbs planted up for this spring and it keeps going into the pots and digging and eventually they died and I did not get my beautiful display of daffodils. Any suggestions?
Any advice on what to do w weeping redbud? Only leafed out at the bottom. It was planted in November zone 8, 5’ tall but after late frost only maybe 2’ on bottom made it through 💔😓
We planted some small (8-10 ft) trees in zone 6b and want to plant groundcover around them to discourage weeds (and zoysia grass creeping into the mulch). The trees don't provide much shade yet, so how should we think about picking plants to put around them? I worry sun-loving plants will be in too much shade after a few years as the trees get bigger, but shade plants would be in too much sun right now. Are there options that can work long-term, or should we just plan to move things around as conditions change?
What grass seed or short ground cover would you recommend for a really steep slope ..... near Franklin, NC. And would you recommend seeding straw?
I had a coneflower that had aster yellow last summer and removed them. I replaced them with a different variety and it looks they may have it also. Is there a way to prevent aster yellow?
Prepper Jim! 🙂
Do you recommend the Chelsea chop? If so, will you be doing a video on it?
Watched your pruning videos this week and got my answer!
Hi Jim! Have you had experience with coco grass. Apparently, I have it in my lawn. I extended my garden bed last Fall and this new bed has this grass already there and it keeps coming up even though I keep pulling it out, and I just learned that it is the worst thing for me to do. Im in zone7b. Any recommendations for me to keep it from coming back, from your experience?
I have a Japanese maple (acer shirasawanum Autumn Moon, about 4 years old) in an entry way area that needs some shaping. I didn’t get to it in winter and understand spring is not a good time to prune it. Can I do it in summer or should I wait until next winter? It gets direct sun until early afternoon, then is shaded the rest of the day. It is protected from wind by the house. PNW zone 8b.
Jim, thank you for your videos. My beautiful glads have thrips. I jerked a bunch of them out. Is there any hope to control them or should I dispose of all glads? Also, I have asiatic lilies in the same raised box. Will the thrips affect them? Can I treat the soil for eggs or do I need to get rid of it? And if I have to get rid of it, how do you get rid of soil? I contacted my extension office, but they have not responded. Thank you for your help!!
Jim, I have a newly planted Sky Pencil which is putting up suckers about 4 inches away from the base of the plant. At least I think they are suckers! Although they are very small , the leaves seem to be similar. Is this normal? I have never grown ilex before and wondering if this is the way they fill out.
I have no shade in my yard, any suggestions for sun loving plants???
Some sun loving plants are salvia, Russian sage (Perovskia), butterfly bushes, cone flowers, nepeta, tall garden phloxes, tall bearded irises, amsonia, peonies, pincushion flowers.
Nashville, TN, zone 7a. I have newly planted Little Poncho Dogwood that appears to be budded up, but has not leafed out yet. It gets 4 to 5 hours of afternoon sun each day. Thoughts on when I should expect it to begin leafing our in my area? Perhaps I got a dud, and it is actually dead? How to tell if it’s still alive? Thanks for all your help. Big fan!
If you scratch the surface of a branch with your fingernail, it should be green underneath.
Take a shot when Jim says lorapetulum
I have a perennial hybiscus that is 6 years old. The last 2 years before the blooms open it slowly starts to wilt. I have 2 others in the same garden that are doing fine. I am not sure what is wrong with it. I tried watering it more but that didn't seem to help. Any suggestions? Thank you! I am in zone 5. Edited to add that it wilts one stalk at a time. Thanks again
Can you recommend an evergreen foundation shrub for zone 6 (TN) that will thrive in shade with a couple of hours of overhead sun? The foundation line runs north-south with a large tree out front. I live in a hollow with a large hill to the east and a large hill to the west so I get a few hours of direct sun mid-day, rest of the time is deep to filtered shade except for the south end of the house which gets more sun. Sounds complicated and it is! LOL
And I've watched your shrub videos plus alot more. Would Japanese Plum Yew tolerate the hours of sun?
Good morning, I re-landscaped the front foundation of my house last fall. (east/ west foundation line) All day shade across the back portion of the bed. I used spiderweb fatsia, soft caress mahonia along the back of the bed and, across the front of the bed, sunshine ligustrum. I bought smaller plants to save money. The fatsia and mahonia were not easy to find in my area and were more costly than the ligustrum. All of the plants look fantastic and the fatsia and ligustrum have doubled in size. I don't have irrigation in this bed, so I mulched it well with pine straw and watered once per week at first. I live in Southport, NC, so it is warm, humid and mild winter.
You must have the best soils, after this season which is the third year, my shade garden is finally looking like a garden