Oh, Jo!!! It’s so lovely!!!!! Your garden is such a delight!!!!! I’m blown away by how quickly everything has grown and started filling in! And the bluebonnets! Your pocket prairie idea tuned out phenomenally! All of that blue!!! - Thank you for the tour of your lovelies!!!!! You are gonna have ALL the butterflies at your house this year because you’ve got the best snacks!
Hi Jo, your videos are soooo... inspiring! I learned a lot from you about native Texas plants and butterfly host plants and you awakened an interest in me to incorporate some of those in my garden as well. Without your videos it would have taken me so much longer to discover these plants and it helps so much to see them grow in a real garden as mature plants and not just seeing them as babies in a nursery pot. Please keep doing what you are doing!
Lovely garden! The recent rain was so good for our plants. In a few weeks your garden is going to look so colorful and gorgeous. When I heard all the noise I thought it was my house, I’m in Houston too. lol TFS, I’m just getting into growing flowers. ❤
Love your garden and all the bluebonnets! I’m basically in between Houston and Galveston, we’ve had trouble getting coneflowers to thrive here. May I ask what type cornflowers you grow? Are they from seed? So glad I found you on TH-cam!
Hi! I’ve tried different coneflowers. The giant one that’s so amazing came up from seed, whereas the ones *I* planted look terrible. The absolutely reliable coneflower I’ve found is a hybrid called PowWow Wild Berry. It’s pretty easy to find at lowes and home depot as well as other nurseries. I think if I buy more coneflowers, I’ll be buying those! The others are so beautiful but I can’t seem to get more than one season of gorgeous before it reverts to “meh”. Hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching!
Hi, Jo! What is the small, bright red rosette looking guy in the terracotta pot with the sedum? It's at the 4:56 mark on your video. Thanks for your tours! I love them!
I’m impressed with your roses! Do you find the many plants for pollinators help bring in beneficial insects for fighting rose pests? Starting roses in my little yard this year so looking for any tips.
I think they probably do! I rarely have aphid problems with my roses (sometimes I squish a few on brand new buds if ladybugs and other aphid predators haven’t shown up yet). I wish I could attract a predator that wanted to eat thrips! Those are the only real problem pest I have on my roses. The more petals on a rose, the worse the thrips. Single petal roses don’t seem to have a problem. Best wishes on your new garden!
In which direction does your backyard face? You're salvia is tall. My garden faces north, and my salvia is maybe a foot. The sun is just now making its way into the garden after six months of bright shade.
Mine faces south. Now that the trees have leafed out on the north side of my yard, everything is streeeeetching towards the middle of the yard and its sun! 😂 Meanwhile, in the front yard, where half the tree crashed down and had to be cut off, all my shade plants underneath are like, “What is that yellow 🌞ball🌞 in the sky?? We hate it! 😵😵😵”
Do you do anything about spider mites? I feel like I’m finding them on many plants right now. My butterfly bush was looking great ( I planted in the fall) so I sprayed with soapy water but didn’t rinse it well and now the leaves looks like crap. I also just noticed it on a blooming salvia Gregii too. Should I just leave it alone? Or spray with water?
Ugh! Aren’t they the worst? They are one of the things I don’t know how to deal with without chemicals. I wish I had advice! I have knuckled under occasionally and waited until there were no flowers (so there aren’t bees on it) or alternatively cut off all the flowers, and treat it with neem oil. It’s bad, but it’s all I know to do! 🥺😢🫣
I’ve read they show up in dry conditions. I hosed down the salvia so we’ll see. Soapy water is supposed to work but you have to make sure your rinse the plant off really well. I’d love to see some beneficial bugs come and take care of it naturally. Oh, I used neem first on the butterfly bush and I still saw the mites so I went with the soap.
Spider mites are demons. The primary predator of spider mites is actually another mite -- readily available from Arbico, if you're into fighting bugs with bugs. They also tend to not like plants that are consistently watered and well fed. Do not, however, feed a plant that has an active infestation as this will make them worse. I stopped using neem because it becomes less effective the warmer it gets, and so I switched to horticultural oil. It basically works just as neem does, which is asphyxiation. If it is a plant you can defoliate/cut back and then spray, all the better because I find removal of as much of the infected plant works best. And I mean trash it, don't compost it because the little devils will just float back on the wind!
It's surprising how much everything has filled out and brightened up in a week's time.
It’s been crazy!!
Oh, Jo!!! It’s so lovely!!!!! Your garden is such a delight!!!!! I’m blown away by how quickly everything has grown and started filling in! And the bluebonnets! Your pocket prairie idea tuned out phenomenally! All of that blue!!! - Thank you for the tour of your lovelies!!!!! You are gonna have ALL the butterflies at your house this year because you’ve got the best snacks!
It makes me so happy!! I saw 11 species of butterfly all in one day last week!
This was the perfect way to start my week! Thanks!
Oh, thank you! You are too kind. 😊
Gorgeous plantings. Thank you for all the detailed info, it is so inspiring!
Thank you so much! 😊😊
Hi Jo, your videos are soooo... inspiring! I learned a lot from you about native Texas plants and butterfly host plants and you awakened an interest in me to incorporate some of those in my garden as well. Without your videos it would have taken me so much longer to discover these plants and it helps so much to see them grow in a real garden as mature plants and not just seeing them as babies in a nursery pot. Please keep doing what you are doing!
Oh my goodness! I’m so happy to hear this! 😊😊😊 thank you!
Lovely garden! The recent rain was so good for our plants. In a few weeks your garden is going to look so colorful and gorgeous. When I heard all the noise I thought it was my house, I’m in Houston too. lol TFS, I’m just getting into growing flowers. ❤
I’m so excited for it to burst forth!! LOL, I literally made that 10 minute video three times because of unexpected and *unending* noise! 🤦🏼♀️😂
The magic is happening😍
SO EXCITING!!
Loving your beautiful garden as well! 💕
The first flushes of salvia and coneflowers are always just the best. Asclepias Speciosa was the milkweed i grew up with and is still my favorite.
Such beautiful flowers on it!!
Love your garden and all the bluebonnets! I’m basically in between Houston and Galveston, we’ve had trouble getting coneflowers to thrive here. May I ask what type cornflowers you grow? Are they from seed?
So glad I found you on TH-cam!
Hi! I’ve tried different coneflowers. The giant one that’s so amazing came up from seed, whereas the ones *I* planted look terrible. The absolutely reliable coneflower I’ve found is a hybrid called PowWow Wild Berry. It’s pretty easy to find at lowes and home depot as well as other nurseries. I think if I buy more coneflowers, I’ll be buying those! The others are so beautiful but I can’t seem to get more than one season of gorgeous before it reverts to “meh”. Hope this helps! Thanks so much for watching!
Hi, Jo! What is the small, bright red rosette looking guy in the terracotta pot with the sedum? It's at the 4:56 mark on your video. Thanks for your tours! I love them!
Hi! That’s a dwarf kolanchoe! So cute! Thanks so much for watching! 😊😊😊
I’m impressed with your roses! Do you find the many plants for pollinators help bring in beneficial insects for fighting rose pests? Starting roses in my little yard this year so looking for any tips.
I think they probably do! I rarely have aphid problems with my roses (sometimes I squish a few on brand new buds if ladybugs and other aphid predators haven’t shown up yet). I wish I could attract a predator that wanted to eat thrips! Those are the only real problem pest I have on my roses. The more petals on a rose, the worse the thrips. Single petal roses don’t seem to have a problem. Best wishes on your new garden!
Can I move in? Haha!
😊🌸
In which direction does your backyard face? You're salvia is tall. My garden faces north, and my salvia is maybe a foot. The sun is just now making its way into the garden after six months of bright shade.
Mine faces south. Now that the trees have leafed out on the north side of my yard, everything is streeeeetching towards the middle of the yard and its sun! 😂 Meanwhile, in the front yard, where half the tree crashed down and had to be cut off, all my shade plants underneath are like, “What is that yellow 🌞ball🌞 in the sky?? We hate it! 😵😵😵”
Do you do anything about spider mites? I feel like I’m finding them on many plants right now. My butterfly bush was looking great ( I planted in the fall) so I sprayed with soapy water but didn’t rinse it well and now the leaves looks like crap. I also just noticed it on a blooming salvia Gregii too. Should I just leave it alone? Or spray with water?
Ugh! Aren’t they the worst? They are one of the things I don’t know how to deal with without chemicals. I wish I had advice! I have knuckled under occasionally and waited until there were no flowers (so there aren’t bees on it) or alternatively cut off all the flowers, and treat it with neem oil. It’s bad, but it’s all I know to do! 🥺😢🫣
I’ve read they show up in dry conditions. I hosed down the salvia so we’ll see. Soapy water is supposed to work but you have to make sure your rinse the plant off really well. I’d love to see some beneficial bugs come and take care of it naturally. Oh, I used neem first on the butterfly bush and I still saw the mites so I went with the soap.
Spider mites are demons. The primary predator of spider mites is actually another mite -- readily available from Arbico, if you're into fighting bugs with bugs. They also tend to not like plants that are consistently watered and well fed. Do not, however, feed a plant that has an active infestation as this will make them worse.
I stopped using neem because it becomes less effective the warmer it gets, and so I switched to horticultural oil. It basically works just as neem does, which is asphyxiation. If it is a plant you can defoliate/cut back and then spray, all the better because I find removal of as much of the infected plant works best. And I mean trash it, don't compost it because the little devils will just float back on the wind!