I am 46 years old and I have always loved people's flowers. However, I have always had more of a poison thumb than a brown one so green was impossible. Last year I said you know I am getting older let's try one more time. So I turned to the internet something that wasn't there when I was younger. I found you and started to learn about plants. Last summer some actually lived. This year I went nuts. I am in love with plants. I go out every day multiple times like they are a toddler just making sure they are still ok. Thank you, because of you , I have found I really really love plants. Who knew I could do it.
Hi Katiasia, I"m excited for you! I've been gardening for 38 years and it's the one thing in my life I've never gotten bored with or tired of. I'm 65 have small gardens, and about 50 something potted plants. You're love of gardening will carry you for years and you will always be learning new things. You found the best teacher for sure! Enjoy !
I am right with you, so much info and inspiration that I didn't have the first 60 years of my life. I am learning so much with Laura. Your green thumb is starting to grow!
I just pick out a few of the plants she uses and try them ...I got $1 - $4 plants at my nursery at the end of the season ...it was my first ever pot like Laura's...and they are still looking great several months later. I take ideas off Laura but adapt to my budget lol I buy the plants as babies too and let them grow up 😁
I’d love to see an experiment with fertilizer. Like 2 of the same pots, one that gets weekly fertilizer and one that doesn’t. I’d love to see exactly how much of an impact it makes!
Yes, this would be so interesting! Maybe even do three pots, one with only slow-release fertilizer and one with only liquid. I definitely think the fertilizer helps, I've noticed the difference myself when I've forgot to fertilize something, but have never done a side by side comparison with the exact same plants.
I can tell you that my garden never got much fertilizer and would've been an excellent 'no fertilizer' example. It was always sparse, pitiful, weedy and lots more work. I followed her directions for fertilizing and it is full, gorgeous, tons of butterflies and way fewer weeds since the plants cover the bare soil/mulch. I'll always fertilize once a week and occasionally skip a week from now on. It definitely shows when I skip to 3 weeks. It is so boring and a waste of pretty new plant money, BUT so worth it.
Kitasia, I am 71 and have never been a gardner. I found her a month or so ago and have been so inspired by her videos. I went out this week and bought many plants- had to get deer resistant because they eat a lot of my plants. Anyway, she has inspired me to be better at gardening. I am excited to see if, doing the the right things such as fertilizing etc, my plants will do better. I have done the same as you-going out and checking them to see if they are still doing well. So glad I found her channel and her knowledge.
It's so nice Laura to hear you say that not all plants perform the way you expect. As a beginner it gives me inspiration to try new plants and it's ok if they fail, just try again in another format. Thank you Laura
I've seen a few comments regarding a cold frame tour. I'm wondering if she might not do it since it might give away future projects she has lined lol... I must admit it looks amazing :)
She’s said she doesn’t really want to because she gets in things so much by next week the video will be outdated 🙈. She did one in the winter though about what they overwinter in the cold frame
The cold frame is such a beautiful backdrop. So these haven't been over wintered or grown herself from seed?? What then is the purpose of a greenhouse?? Laura, if indeed these are what you've overwintered and now planting, please do give a tour. But if you're just picking them up from the nursery, don't.
In the past I would plant my patio flower pots and by mid July they looked horrible, by August they were dead and I was throwing them away. Then I found Laura! When she put in her drip system I asked for the proven winners kit for my birthday. I also started fertilizing on a regular basis! I have now added five hanging baskets along my Fenceline that are all hooked on the drip system. I’ve learned so much and have enjoyed watching Laura and her beautiful family the best for years! I love the plants you planted today! I wish our local garden shops carried proven winners brand and the beautiful variety you have to choose from!☺️
Laura, I've learned so much from you about drip irrigation--thank you! Recently my neighbor clued me into a game-changing, finger-saving tip. I've started using hot, almost boiling water to soften the tubing when making the connections. It works especially well when using 1/4-inch tubing and those tiny couplers. Using a small thermos will keep it hot for quite a while. Thanks for all you do to spread the gardening fever!
I agree that the WaterWise kit is excellent for beginners - it was my first experience with a drip system and it opened the door to a whole yard of drip and happy flowers!
Unrelated, but I hope this makes it into your weekly recap video (please 🤞). Can you please wear a FitBit for just one day and then show us how many steps you took in a day? I'm very curious! You don't even have to work out with a job like yours!
I've been planting up fun today too. At work, of course, not home!! Got the 5 huge hanging baskets for our restaurant planted so we can hang them for the upcoming holiday weekend! Enjoy!
Aww coffee with Laura and more lovely plants to see. This is a fun experiment to watch and I hope to be getting some plants to get started with this week. Thanks for the explanation as to what the plants can do and I look forward to seeing the rest of the pots!!
Laura, I am in Central Florida.I use red and white Pentas in our flower beds in full sun and dappled shade, petite and tall species. We have combined them with blue daze, agapanthus, and other blue and deep purple verbenas, red and white verbenas. One planting has a young, prolific tibochina (sp?). I have also used Pentas in the window boxes. They never fail. By the way, my go to spiller in the boxes are chartreuse potato vine, for a dramatic green seen from the driveway. I am beginning to use more corals with whites and blue. We have blue sky vine, which is a strong climber. It’s beautiful, but can cover the beds and trees if not occasionally trimmed.
Love the plant selections for the pots! I am getting ideas for planting my containers - thank you! I have my plants, now I just need to pot them!! 😊🥰⚘🌿🌻🌼🌱💚
Always inspiring Laura! I am in zone 9b and planted some colorblaze rediculous coleus in full sun. Surviving so far lol. I love that you are so honest with us and working on your”relationship” with certain plants still! Give us newbies a chance to feel hopeful and not like a failure 💝. Can’t start my day without seeing what you’re up to!🌸🌻
Me too!! I’m 56 & and struggled for years to get a handle on gardening, I always seemed to hit or miss & not know why. Then I found Laura when I was looking up how to care for basil & I was hooked! Thanks Laura & the pots look beautiful 💚🌺
Getting a potting shed this year and cant figure out how to most efficiently set it up inside..love love your vids and all the tips on growing..thank you
Superbenas are my fav!! They're so hardy and actually have come back this spring for me. And I've never had a bug problem (no BT needed 😅) They never droop no matter how dry they are. Peachy Keen is my current fav this year!
YES, we love pentas down here (Central FL), and so do butterflies and pollinators! We have to put them in part shade because the summer afternoon sun just kills them.
I can confirm what you said about Pentas being popular in the South. Back when I worked at Lowe's, it seemed like every other customer had Pentas in their cart. They are quite reliable even through our intense sun in the summer and our dry season in the winter. (Central FL)
THANK YOU FOR THE DRIP KIT!!!! I just commented on a video of yours this week saying how intimidated I was of starting a drip system. Now I'm excited! 😁🌷
An unsolicited "plug" here for Proven Winner's Water Wise drip system! Saw it first here on Garden Answer. Have it in use in two locations on our property. One waters multiple pots of different sizes on steps at our back door (the "primary" entrance at our home!), but the REALLY helpful set-up is in a large collection of bonsai which vary greatly in size and shape. With Deep South summers, this has been a HUGE blessing as when we are way and temps are over 100, but also a great relief time wise for us when home. It was tedious to set up on the bonsai because there are so many plants, but once done, it has been great. Love your pretty combos, Laura...NOW..if I could just find a good collection of PW plants for sale somewhere near where I live it would be great!
I turned 54 today so my Wife and youngest Son took me to an Amish farm nursery about 45 mins from home and she was buying. I got a Snowball Viburnum tree form for only $30. Several other things but I was shocked to see that they sell several Proven Winners plants. I got 2 more hydrangeas so now I have 35 of them, 21 of which I got this spring. Can't get enough of them. You and Aaron have really inspired me this year, thank you.
Good morning 😍 would you be able to do a weekly garden tour? At least for your veggie garden So we can watch along with you how your garden is growing...
Hi Laura! I love the combination of plants in both of the pots. I lean towards purples nd pi9nks, too. Looking forward to seeing what you plant in the other 6 pots and where you put all of them. Thank you for sharing!
Love love love pentas. They do really well for me in pots. They love the sun and sometimes I'll dead head mine to promote more blooms. Just a wonderful plant.
Beautiful! I love the colors in both of these and want to duplicate here, although I think I’m out of container space 😂 I’m watering by hand, no drip system, yet, and so yesterday when I was feeding everything I decided to count how many I have including hanging baskets ... 47! 😳 Is that ridiculous or what! 🤪
Penny Womack my husband decided to count how many I have (77). Don’t know why because he doesn’t have to do anything with them. Lol. But I have started adding the drip system to save time on watering. My containers have never looked better.
I thank you Laura 😊 for showing us containers on a smaller scale. That's mainly what I'm able to work with. These are so beautiful. I'm not able to do drip, do you have advice on hand watering. I always love the purple 💜 arrangements but the pink tones are gorgeous. Thank you so much for this series of planters.
Laura, your videos always remind me what a wonderful world we live in. And I'm so thankful for the varieties of flowers available to us. If you could choose and rank your 3 favorite flowers ever, what would they be, and why?
Love to see you doing some small less expensive pots! I love your bug windowboxes crammed full of heuchera, one of your boxes shoots 1/2 my yard budget. Love, love, love what you do.
🌿💙PLEASE do a “how to” container video...ie: cement/concrete vs plastic vs ceramic vs terra cotta vs wood vs marble vs grandma’s vintage, painted porcelain, etc...I’d love to know your preferences, watering, soil type, & the why...Thanks!💙🌿Almost forgot...also that sponge-like, really light (& deceptively heavy looking) container...🙈😍
For the past few years I’ve been trying to figure out the bacopa snowstorm! I too have terrible luck with it, but I love the way it looks in pots. I do agree if it gets dry it’s done for. I would love if you did a future update on your progress with these! In the mean time I will keep on trying!
I adore bacopa, but man is it a tricky one. I think it varies even just from plant to plant. One year, I had 8 hanging baskets of the purple ones, never got around to putting them where I wanted, so they just stayed on a sort of baker's rack type shelf I have on the north side of my potting area...they got NO SUN whatsoever except for about half an hour at the very end of the day, and they thrived. I couldn't even bring myself to move them, they were so perfect. Next year, did the same thing, they all started dying. Hung them in full sun on the other side of the potting area, south facing, full Arkansas sun all day long, they did great. Crazy plant.
Laura, I know how much you like purple flowers. May I suggest Mona Lavender. I used it last year and bought it again this year. It has very dark green leaves with purple blooms all summer long. It would be an annual in our zones.
I love all these combinations. In Texas, I bet most of these will really the heat-with drip in my pots! You have such a good eye for flowers and arrangement. Thanks. Love the channel.👏🏻💕👏🏻
I just subscribed to P. Allen Smith. He seems to know a lot about gardening and has a show on PBS and I think he has written books on gardening. My point is he has 108k subscribers, not bad but Garden Answer has 833k so good going you two.
Love you and your videos! I am stuck in an apartment that has many windows but no direct sun. Can you give more videos on potted plants and flowers for inside? When I had my own yard I was an avid gardener with full sun. Now I need help. I miss my garden.
Pentas do well here in Texas. They are super heat and drought tolerant and come in many colors. I have even had them come back the next year when we don't have a very cold Winter. Tough, beautiful plant.
I love absolutely love your garden and your ideas. Unfortunately I’m all the way in Trinidad in the Caribbean, so I can’t try all these beautiful combinations. I wish proven winners would ship internationally.
Yes, cereal and Laura! Been watching 2 years now +watching older videos. I’m in SC from Ky and every time (almost daily) when u plant petunias-I must admit-I go oh no there she goes again, more petunias! As you have no luck with certain plants, I have never, ever had any luck with that plant! Just wondering, is it just me? Pentas, love, love them!
They're harder to grow in our southern heat and humidity, but the Supertunias (especially the Vista series) do pretty good. They need consistent water. As in, same time of day, every day once the heat kicks in. Maybe even twice a day in the worst of the heat. Make sure you have them in a large enough container, too, and you will need to fertilize them regularly... once a week once they get going, and probably every single time you water once it starts getting really hot. Try and get a water soluble fertilize that has CHELATED iron. You will want to cut them back right around July 5th, cut them so they are about an inch below the bottom of the basket if they're in a hanging basket, or so they're about half way down the pot if they're in a pot on the ground/porch/deck. Again, I never had any luck til I tried the Supertunias, and especially the Vista series. (Bubblegum, Silverberry and Fuchsia do the best for me in Arkansas, Bubblegum being the very best)
Pentas are tough and beautiful and grow well here in GA. I went to HD yesterday and all of the PW plants I wanted to get were gone. But I did pick up a Banana Cream Shasta daisy! Any tips on keeping it alive? I don’t have good luck with daisies for some reason. I always thought they’d be easy to grow. I need to see if I can find a video of you planting one.
We’ve grown pentas in containers here in St. Louis for years and years. It’s possible they like our humidity. Not sure if it doesn’t like your dry desert conditions. They can get crowded out.
Hi there. Love your videos. I live in a different planting zone than you, Zone 10 in Florida. So I enjoy you branching out to more full sun varieties. Yes Pentas work very well here in the south. Very drought tolerant and little to no maintenance. My house is west facing and I plant these in full sun, and they do very well. Mine were "accidentally" hacked with the weed eater to the base, and still came back beautiful and quickly.
Pentas! I am in zone 8A and we grow Pentas every year and everywhere. They are not drought tolerant but very heat tolerant. They love the sun but like potato vines they are drama queens and love their water.
love these colors!!! this series is fun and inspiring!! so many pretty plants, and i'm looking at all those plants behind you and yeah, i might be a little envious! when you get all these pots planted, will you show us where you place them? soooo pretty!! you're yard will be busy this year, full of color and pollinators!!
Good morning, I'm from Tampa, FL and grow pentas to attract pollinators. They get woody if you let them shoot up without pruning or shaping. I grow the pinks because the reds seem to put on more woody growth than foilage/flower display. I cut mines back a 3rd of the height in early spring/ late winter (Florida is super mild to do that). I grow mines in part shade to even shade and have had luck with them. I have had them planted for 3 years now and they come back year after year. Fertilizing is kept to every 6 months and pruning/shaping every 2 months for desired look
I love Pentas, I live in the greater Houston area, they do well in drought and flood. I have some in pots and in the ground. They tend to need more water when planted in pots.
I am 46 years old and I have always loved people's flowers. However, I have always had more of a poison thumb than a brown one so green was impossible. Last year I said you know I am getting older let's try one more time. So I turned to the internet something that wasn't there when I was younger. I found you and started to learn about plants. Last summer some actually lived. This year I went nuts. I am in love with plants. I go out every day multiple times like they are a toddler just making sure they are still ok. Thank you, because of you , I have found I really really love plants. Who knew I could do it.
This is so sweet, I love it!! Have fun with your plants this year, I wish you the best of luck!
Hi Katiasia, I"m excited for you! I've been gardening for 38 years and it's the one thing in my life I've never gotten bored with or tired of. I'm 65 have small gardens, and about 50 something potted plants. You're love of gardening will carry you for years and you will always be learning new things. You found the best teacher for sure! Enjoy !
Kitasa, so glad you found a love of plants! I have many hobbies and they come and go, but gardening has been a solid interest for the last 15 years!
I am right with you, so much info and inspiration that I didn't have the first 60 years of my life. I am learning so much with Laura. Your green thumb is starting to grow!
Bravo Kitasia! Keep at it! Never get discouraged! You can do it! Now plant some veggies too!
I really enjoyed seeing a more simple and affordable planting recipe.
I just pick out a few of the plants she uses and try them ...I got $1 - $4 plants at my nursery at the end of the season ...it was my first ever pot like Laura's...and they are still looking great several months later. I take ideas off Laura but adapt to my budget lol I buy the plants as babies too and let them grow up 😁
I’d love to see an experiment with fertilizer. Like 2 of the same pots, one that gets weekly fertilizer and one that doesn’t. I’d love to see exactly how much of an impact it makes!
I think that would make Espoma very nervous, lol.
Ditto. This is all about learning
Yes, this would be so interesting! Maybe even do three pots, one with only slow-release fertilizer and one with only liquid. I definitely think the fertilizer helps, I've noticed the difference myself when I've forgot to fertilize something, but have never done a side by side comparison with the exact same plants.
She did mention in her weekly recap video last week that they may do this. Another viewer had asked the same.
I can tell you that my garden never got much fertilizer and would've been an excellent 'no fertilizer' example. It was always sparse, pitiful, weedy and lots more work. I followed her directions for fertilizing and it is full, gorgeous, tons of butterflies and way fewer weeds since the plants cover the bare soil/mulch. I'll always fertilize once a week and occasionally skip a week from now on. It definitely shows when I skip to 3 weeks. It is so boring and a waste of pretty new plant money, BUT so worth it.
Kitasia, I am 71 and have never been a gardner. I found her a month or so ago and have been so inspired by her videos. I went out this week and bought many plants- had to get deer resistant because they eat a lot of my plants. Anyway, she has inspired me to be better at gardening. I am excited to see if, doing the the right things such as fertilizing etc, my plants will do better. I have done the same as you-going out and checking them to see if they are still doing well. So glad I found her channel and her knowledge.
It's so nice Laura to hear you say that not all plants perform the way you expect. As a beginner it gives me inspiration to try new plants and it's ok if they fail, just try again in another format. Thank you Laura
Can you give us a tour of your cold frame? The background is beautiful and I’d love to see what you have in there! 🌱🌿🌸🌼🌺
I've seen a few comments regarding a cold frame tour. I'm wondering if she might not do it since it might give away future projects she has lined lol... I must admit it looks amazing :)
She’s said she doesn’t really want to because she gets in things so much by next week the video will be outdated 🙈. She did one in the winter though about what they overwinter in the cold frame
The cold frame is such a beautiful backdrop. So these haven't been over wintered or grown herself from seed?? What then is the purpose of a greenhouse?? Laura, if indeed these are what you've overwintered and now planting, please do give a tour. But if you're just picking them up from the nursery, don't.
@@klattin1501 I think it's a mixture of both. Some plants that she didn't get to planting has been overwintered.
K Lattin I think right now it’s just storage for plants.
Seems I can’t start my day without looking for you Laura and what your up to🇮🇪😊 luv it greetings from ireland
In the past I would plant my patio flower pots and by mid July they looked horrible, by August they were dead and I was throwing them away. Then I found Laura! When she put in her drip system I asked for the proven winners kit for my birthday. I also started fertilizing on a regular basis! I have now added five hanging baskets along my Fenceline that are all hooked on the drip system. I’ve learned so much and have enjoyed watching Laura and her beautiful family the best for years! I love the plants you planted today! I wish our local garden shops carried proven winners brand and the beautiful variety you have to choose from!☺️
The garden centres are finally open again in the UK after nearly eight weeks shut. I’m like a kid in a sweet shop ...I want to buy everything!
Two of my ALL TIME FAVORITE color combos . LOVELY! Absolutely LOVELY!
Laura, I've learned so much from you about drip irrigation--thank you! Recently my neighbor clued me into a game-changing, finger-saving tip. I've started using hot, almost boiling water to soften the tubing when making the connections. It works especially well when using 1/4-inch tubing and those tiny couplers. Using a small thermos will keep it hot for quite a while. Thanks for all you do to spread the gardening fever!
Love love the purple
I agree that the WaterWise kit is excellent for beginners - it was my first experience with a drip system and it opened the door to a whole yard of drip and happy flowers!
I love the silver falls! Because of watching you, I went with that paired with Supertunia Bordeaux in my hanging planters and repeated it this year!
Good morning! You have challenged me to set up more pots on the front porch. Went shopping yesterday for plants. Thank you for your encouragement!
Love those cement containers!
Yes! I can’t get over how many beautiful containers, planters and trellises that Laura has!
Unrelated, but I hope this makes it into your weekly recap video (please 🤞). Can you please wear a FitBit for just one day and then show us how many steps you took in a day? I'm very curious! You don't even have to work out with a job like yours!
I've been planting up fun today too. At work, of course, not home!! Got the 5 huge hanging baskets for our restaurant planted so we can hang them for the upcoming holiday weekend! Enjoy!
Aww coffee with Laura and more lovely plants to see. This is a fun experiment to watch and I hope to be getting some plants to get started with this week. Thanks for the explanation as to what the plants can do and I look forward to seeing the rest of the pots!!
Laura, I am in Central Florida.I use red and white Pentas in our flower beds in full sun and dappled shade, petite and tall species. We have combined them with blue daze, agapanthus, and other blue and deep purple verbenas, red and white verbenas. One planting has a young, prolific tibochina (sp?). I have also used Pentas in the window boxes. They never fail. By the way, my go to spiller in the boxes are chartreuse potato vine, for a dramatic green seen from the driveway. I am beginning to use more corals with whites and blue. We have blue sky vine, which is a strong climber. It’s beautiful, but can cover the beds and trees if not occasionally trimmed.
Love the plant selections for the pots! I am getting ideas for planting my containers - thank you! I have my plants, now I just need to pot them!! 😊🥰⚘🌿🌻🌼🌱💚
I love the mono colored planting like the first pot you made...
Always inspiring Laura! I am in zone 9b and planted some colorblaze rediculous coleus in full sun. Surviving so far lol. I love that you are so honest with us and working on your”relationship” with certain plants still! Give us newbies a chance to feel hopeful and not like a failure 💝. Can’t start my day without seeing what you’re up to!🌸🌻
Ah! Now this is the pot of my dreams! Exactly what I'd want to have in my container! Kudos!
Me too!! I’m 56 & and struggled for years to get a handle on gardening, I always seemed to hit or miss & not know why. Then I found Laura when I was looking up how to care for basil & I was hooked! Thanks Laura & the pots look beautiful 💚🌺
Getting a potting shed this year and cant figure out how to most efficiently set it up inside..love love your vids and all the tips on growing..thank you
Just make sure part of your design includes a way to catch unused soil so you don't waste it. I see that mistake in a lot of people's potting areas.
Superbenas are my fav!! They're so hardy and actually have come back this spring for me. And I've never had a bug problem (no BT needed 😅) They never droop no matter how dry they are. Peachy Keen is my current fav this year!
Nice to see you doing smaller containers.
Got some great ideas, and thanx for the no dead heading on those types you did today!!!
Loving all of the container videos lately!!!
YES, we love pentas down here (Central FL), and so do butterflies and pollinators! We have to put them in part shade because the summer afternoon sun just kills them.
I can confirm what you said about Pentas being popular in the South. Back when I worked at Lowe's, it seemed like every other customer had Pentas in their cart. They are quite reliable even through our intense sun in the summer and our dry season in the winter. (Central FL)
THANK YOU FOR THE DRIP KIT!!!! I just commented on a video of yours this week saying how intimidated I was of starting a drip system. Now I'm excited! 😁🌷
I think there's a video of her using that kit at her parents' house.
Yes. Pentas are very popular down south. I am Dallas Tx and they are some of my fave Go-to annuals
Love, love, love Silver Falls
An unsolicited "plug" here for Proven Winner's Water Wise drip system! Saw it first here on Garden Answer. Have it in use in two locations on our property. One waters multiple pots of different sizes on steps at our back door (the "primary" entrance at our home!), but the REALLY helpful set-up is in a large collection of bonsai which vary greatly in size and shape. With Deep South summers, this has been a HUGE blessing as when we are way and temps are over 100, but also a great relief time wise for us when home. It was tedious to set up on the bonsai because there are so many plants, but once done, it has been great. Love your pretty combos, Laura...NOW..if I could just find a good collection of PW plants for sale somewhere near where I live it would be great!
I turned 54 today so my Wife and youngest Son took me to an Amish farm nursery about 45 mins from home and she was buying. I got a Snowball Viburnum tree form for only $30. Several other things but I was shocked to see that they sell several Proven Winners plants. I got 2 more hydrangeas so now I have 35 of them, 21 of which I got this spring. Can't get enough of them. You and Aaron have really inspired me this year, thank you.
Good morning 😍 would you be able to do a weekly garden tour? At least for your veggie garden So we can watch along with you how your garden is growing...
Hi Laura , love this combo of plants , the superbena has some wonderful colors going on
I love love love silver bells ,double blue,and the snow storm with the grass you used!, going to plant these myself!
Hi Laura! I love the combination of plants in both of the pots. I lean towards purples nd pi9nks, too. Looking forward to seeing what you plant in the other 6 pots and where you put all of them. Thank you for sharing!
Love, love, love the purple container!
ADORE this series. I can do it, also! This purple pot is my favorite so far - it sparkles!
Love love love pentas. They do really well for me in pots. They love the sun and sometimes I'll dead head mine to promote more blooms. Just a wonderful plant.
Beautiful! I love the colors in both of these and want to duplicate here, although I think I’m out of container space 😂 I’m watering by hand, no drip system, yet, and so yesterday when I was feeding everything I decided to count how many I have including hanging baskets ... 47! 😳 Is that ridiculous or what! 🤪
Penny Womack my husband decided to count how many I have (77). Don’t know why because he doesn’t have to do anything with them. Lol. But I have started adding the drip system to save time on watering. My containers have never looked better.
I am distracted by your warehouse of beauty around and behind you 😍. It’s finally warm enough to plant in our area, also zone 5.
Someone told me that”we garden to relive a memory”...I think that is so true. 🌻☀️🦋
Could you please do pots for shaded areas? Love your videos. Look for the everyday!
She has. Here is a link th-cam.com/video/j6Vp_b0Yhx8/w-d-xo.html
Those are some lovely pots! Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.
That starflower is gorgeous!! I need to add it to my list, haha
I just love that sparkling amethyst. Wow just so beautiful.
I love this combination.
Where are you placing these pots? Will they be all over your garden or lined up in one specific spot? They all look so lovely.
Love that purple planter - silver falls is always a go-to. Put it in my window box last summer with Surefire begonias and it was so, so pretty.
Always beautiful, get all my ideas from you, love from the UK x
Beautiful! Watching you I was memorized by ALL the flowers/plants behind you WOW!!!
Thank you Laura!!
I am so happy 😀 this is the 2nd time I see you plant a pot with about 3 plants which will give a space for future growth 🌹
I thank you Laura 😊 for showing us containers on a smaller scale. That's mainly what I'm able to work with. These are so beautiful. I'm not able to do drip, do you have advice on hand watering. I always love the purple 💜 arrangements but the pink tones are gorgeous. Thank you so much for this series of planters.
The foliage on the Pentas is GORGEOUS!
Laura, your videos always remind me what a wonderful world we live in. And I'm so thankful for the varieties of flowers available to us. If you could choose and rank your 3 favorite flowers ever, what would they be, and why?
Thank goodness for pentas in the deep south because they just keep flowering, no matter how hot it gets.
Love to see you doing some small less expensive pots! I love your bug windowboxes crammed full of heuchera, one of your boxes shoots 1/2 my yard budget. Love, love, love what you do.
Penta - Florida 9b, they bloom and stay green all year round. 🌸
Love both containers 💜💗
🌿💙PLEASE do a “how to” container video...ie: cement/concrete vs plastic vs ceramic vs terra cotta vs wood vs marble vs grandma’s vintage, painted porcelain, etc...I’d love to know your preferences, watering, soil type, & the why...Thanks!💙🌿Almost forgot...also that sponge-like, really light (& deceptively heavy looking) container...🙈😍
For the past few years I’ve been trying to figure out the bacopa snowstorm! I too have terrible luck with it, but I love the way it looks in pots. I do agree if it gets dry it’s done for. I would love if you did a future update on your progress with these! In the mean time I will keep on trying!
I adore bacopa, but man is it a tricky one. I think it varies even just from plant to plant. One year, I had 8 hanging baskets of the purple ones, never got around to putting them where I wanted, so they just stayed on a sort of baker's rack type shelf I have on the north side of my potting area...they got NO SUN whatsoever except for about half an hour at the very end of the day, and they thrived. I couldn't even bring myself to move them, they were so perfect. Next year, did the same thing, they all started dying. Hung them in full sun on the other side of the potting area, south facing, full Arkansas sun all day long, they did great. Crazy plant.
Love that your doing things that we can work in our yards.
Laura, I know how much you like purple flowers. May I suggest Mona Lavender. I used it last year and bought it again this year. It has very dark green leaves with purple blooms all summer long. It would be an annual in our zones.
Looked it up...how beautiful.
I love all these combinations. In Texas, I bet most of these will really the heat-with drip in my pots! You have such a good eye for flowers and arrangement. Thanks. Love the channel.👏🏻💕👏🏻
I just subscribed to P. Allen Smith. He seems to know a lot about gardening and has a show on PBS and I think he has written books on gardening. My point is he has 108k subscribers, not bad but Garden Answer has 833k so good going you two.
I live inTexas and yes, we love Pentas for their staying power in the heat. I use them both in the ground and in containers.
Eres una gran trabajadora . No se como te da tiempo a tantas cosa que haces
Amazing video. I love flowers so much
Love you and your videos! I am stuck in an apartment that has many windows but no direct sun. Can you give more videos on potted plants and flowers for inside? When I had my own yard I was an avid gardener with full sun. Now I need help. I miss my garden.
I’m loving all of these container planting videos!💜😊
Another video of container plants....I feel great and excited, think your passion and high spirits kinda infectious...
Thanks for sharing...💖💝
I Absolutely Love the pots you have been doing. Love the purple especially. Thank you so much for sharing.
These are gorgeous! Thanks for the daily inspiration, Laura! You’re awesome!
Garden Answer videos did make a deference in my life , big inspiration , big love , so big thank you
Pentas do well here in Texas. They are super heat and drought tolerant and come in many colors. I have even had them come back the next year when we don't have a very cold Winter. Tough, beautiful plant.
Awesome. More, more, more!!!
I love absolutely love your garden and your ideas. Unfortunately I’m all the way in Trinidad in the Caribbean, so I can’t try all these beautiful combinations. I wish proven winners would ship internationally.
Silver fall is one of my favorite you use last year 😍 with begonias 😩 so pretty
Yes, cereal and Laura! Been watching 2 years now +watching older videos. I’m in SC from Ky and every time (almost daily) when u plant petunias-I must admit-I go oh no there she goes again, more petunias! As you have no luck with certain plants, I have never, ever had any luck with that plant! Just wondering, is it just me? Pentas, love, love them!
David Hatfield have you tried the supertunias? I felt the same way and hadn’t planted any in years. Tried the dark red last year with good luck.
They're harder to grow in our southern heat and humidity, but the Supertunias (especially the Vista series) do pretty good. They need consistent water. As in, same time of day, every day once the heat kicks in. Maybe even twice a day in the worst of the heat. Make sure you have them in a large enough container, too, and you will need to fertilize them regularly... once a week once they get going, and probably every single time you water once it starts getting really hot. Try and get a water soluble fertilize that has CHELATED iron. You will want to cut them back right around July 5th, cut them so they are about an inch below the bottom of the basket if they're in a hanging basket, or so they're about half way down the pot if they're in a pot on the ground/porch/deck.
Again, I never had any luck til I tried the Supertunias, and especially the Vista series. (Bubblegum, Silverberry and Fuchsia do the best for me in Arkansas, Bubblegum being the very best)
Beautiful mix of the plants, I'm inspired! Thank you.
So beautiful!!
Your container planting is very inspiring, thank you for sharing your ideas.
Pentas are tough and beautiful and grow well here in GA. I went to HD yesterday and all of the PW plants I wanted to get were gone. But I did pick up a Banana Cream Shasta daisy! Any tips on keeping it alive? I don’t have good luck with daisies for some reason. I always thought they’d be easy to grow. I need to see if I can find a video of you planting one.
We’ve grown pentas in containers here in St. Louis for years and years. It’s possible they like our humidity. Not sure if it doesn’t like your dry desert conditions. They can get crowded out.
Hi there. Love your videos. I live in a different planting zone than you, Zone 10 in Florida. So I enjoy you branching out to more full sun varieties. Yes Pentas work very well here in the south. Very drought tolerant and little to no maintenance. My house is west facing and I plant these in full sun, and they do very well. Mine were "accidentally" hacked with the weed eater to the base, and still came back beautiful and quickly.
Pentas! I am in zone 8A and we grow Pentas every year and everywhere. They are not drought tolerant but very heat tolerant. They love the sun but like potato vines they are drama queens and love their water.
Pentas attract butterflies like crazy
love these colors!!! this series is fun and inspiring!! so many pretty plants, and i'm looking at all those plants behind you and yeah, i might be a little envious! when you get all these pots planted, will you show us where you place them? soooo pretty!! you're yard will be busy this year, full of color and pollinators!!
Pentas are awesome here in 9b Florida! I have cut back and have now for several seasons. Great in containers, too.❣️
Good morning, I'm from Tampa, FL and grow pentas to attract pollinators. They get woody if you let them shoot up without pruning or shaping. I grow the pinks because the reds seem to put on more woody growth than foilage/flower display. I cut mines back a 3rd of the height in early spring/ late winter (Florida is super mild to do that). I grow mines in part shade to even shade and have had luck with them. I have had them planted for 3 years now and they come back year after year. Fertilizing is kept to every 6 months and pruning/shaping every 2 months for desired look
Very pretty flowers!!!!
I love Pentas, I live in the greater Houston area, they do well in drought and flood. I have some in pots and in the ground. They tend to need more water when planted in pots.
Beautiful!
Love both!