Hello very nice video, I 'm going to show my mother n law how to watch your channel, she was 95 this March,if she's not out gardening, she's quilting,I love learning from her and I share a little knowledge, I learned most,starting with my Grandfather.I'm sure she will enjoy your channel, thank you
I recieved Big Root Geranium (a purple variety, zone 7a) from a friend decades ago and it has served me well as a ground cover. It spreads easily and I just rip off a piece, plant it in a new location, and it takes off. Even ripped out a section, threw the pieces in a pile, forgot to discard, and by the time I noticed, they were growing. Decided to leave the pile over the winter and it came back in the spring! Love them!
So this is the result of knowledge...vision...desire...inspiration...on and on... Ms. Laura...you are an absolutely AMAZING young woman. Delightful to follow your hard work in developing your space. Thankyou for sharing!
thank you for this most interesting video. I love to plant things in my garden that have the same name as my family members (Lily, Starr, Jessica, Sharon, etc.). My youngest grand-daughter is named Mavis and I just knew I would never, ever find something to plant in her honor. Thanks to your video I now know the perfect plant for her !!!! who knew ??? I can't wait to find 'em, get 'em ordered and in the ground. Your growing garden is looking absolutely stunning - you, Aaron, Benjamin and the whole crew are doing a fabulous job, and I'm grateful you have chosen to share it all with us. Have a great weekend !!!
I am completely infatuated with Rozanne, the petal colour is just spectacular. I can’t walk past without crooning over them and telling them how gorgeous they are 🥰
Been having these perennial geraniums for years now, love them. The Johnson Blue’s name is asked regularly because it’s such a happy and long lasting bloomer. Love how the evergreens give year round interest. Combine the non evergreen ones with a spring bulb and you have full season interest there too. Highly recommend if you’ve never tried them, to do so.
I'm so glad you are featuring Hardy Geraniums! These are one of my top plants in my garden! They are no fuss and add so much beauty. They are a not-so-well-known plant that I've relied on for years!!! They have been around for a while, as my neighbor shared some with me over 35 years ago, and I still have some from that original plant. I have both the blue and the pink varieties. They are disease resistant as well, at least in New England, 6B. Right now, they are growing up into my baby's breath and it looks so beautiful!!! You can't go wrong with Hardy Geraniums!!
Gotta love those hard working plants that make up the backbone of our gardens. No matter the gardeners expertise, these plants perform so quietly and steadily that they can sometimes be overlooked for the showstoppers. Thanks for highlighting them. 👍
I have a bunch of Rozanne in my garden, and I've never even deadheaded any of it but it still blooms reliably from June through November in my area (Zone 6, MA). I've had to replace a handful over the years but most of them have held up beautifully - and I just love the blooms, it's a gorgeous flower. (Easy to press, too - holds its color even when dried!)
I have Rozanne underneath an arbor that has an akebia vine on it. It gets morning sun but is in shade from noon on. It still does really well. I, too, have never pruned mine, and it keeps blooming until late fall (I'm in zone 5b, IL).
I’ve had a few varieties of geraniums, both ground cover and tall ones. I don’t think I bought any of them but were gifted them from friends. It’s such a hardy plant that it bounced right back after I had to roll my gorilla cart over it multiple times. It does spread slowly but isn’t hard to control. I find it does respect plants close by but it will grow around them. What I think is the most value is the lovely foliage which is unique.
I like the focus on a single plant and its varieties. The information is invaluable to those of us with smaller spots when choosing plants. You have also broadened my plant horizons. Believe me, we enjoy how much you share with us. So enlightening and your personality makes each presentation so delightful!
I have perennial geraniums throughout my yard. A small clump was given to me 18-20 years ago by a neighbor who grows it in her Brittany garden. It's been thriving everywhere (N,E, W exposures) with no fertilizing and even lasted 3.5 years on rainwater. I love it and so easy to pull up and give away or plant in other ground cover situations. Just stick a piece in the ground and water consistently. I'm in Zone 6 I believe, Paris France suburbs. Mine has dark pink flowers and is winter hardy. Just some cleanup pulling older branches out and larger, old leaves in early Spring! Thanks for showcasing this great little plant!
Russell is just so gosh darn cute!! Love how the new garden is progressively coming along gorgeously!! Hope to see some Paul projects apart of Garden Answer's videos in the future.
I love hardy geraniums. I buy them often in the hot summer when I should be finished buying for the year but I need that "fix". (I know y'all know what I'm talking about.) I tuck them in where I don't really need anything more but why not. They never disappoint. Thanks for the info about the different varieties. I feel so smart after I watch your videos.
Thanks for helping me to “get over” my preconceived bias against these plants. We have a wild form of these that are a weed in our Virginia garden and I think that this has soured me against even trying the improved varieties. You’ve convinced me- I’m going to plant a drift and see what they can do.
Love that you talk to your cats! You are kind to humans and the felines! Also, thank you for taking care of the flowers at your church. It’s refreshing to see Christians who aren’t afraid to be open. I’m learning a lot from your channel; I’m just a novice…. And I live in Florida, so a lot lot lot of my choices have to be WELL thought out because of our heat right now. It’s insane. Thank you for showing things in detail. We don’t think your videos have too much talking…you mentioned that before, but none of us feel that way, I can promise you!
It’s certainly a joy for me to watch you develop these areas also! When I saw that peach yarrow I was like “heyyy… I don’t remember that during the recent tour??” lol… actually, going to go re-watch the recent tour because I’m curious about what you have planted just before the yellow yarrow you and Benjamin planted. it feels like the world is crumbling around us but you & your family & your gardens & this channel ease my anxiety and angst. I am grateful for you. Thank you 🙏🏼♥️
I have some hardy geraniums that have been coming back for 15 years. I planted them in with spring bulbs. So, when the spring flowers are finishing, these grow up and start blooming. A bonus is the hyacinth stalks support the geraniums.
This was a good one. New plant choices-something different! I’m so tired of petunias: perennials as so interesting. Dig deep in your knowledge and research and show us more👍
I absolutely love alll of your roses. Especially the white ones tucked in. I’ve told my son every time I watch you I wanna buy more flowers. He’s 3 and he says no more flowers mama 😂
What timing! I recently watched a video of yours in which you mentioned hardy geraniums and about a week ago, I found some at Lowe's of all places. They aren't any of the varieties you mentioned, but they are a variety zoned down to my zone of 4 here in NY. I planted 3 in front of some new "Quick Fire" hydrangeas which are all in a bed alongside my patio. I "discovered" the newer varieities of hydrangeas from you after growing up looking at hydrangeas as the "old ladies' plants that flop over. Here I am now a 66-year old "old lady" (LOL) planting hydrangeas which do NOT flop and loving them! I have discovered SO many types of plants from you and lucked out finding your channel in 2020 right after I got a patio put in and was then able to start creating flower beds and turn the front and back areas of my house in to wonderful spaces. Yet again, your videos encouraged me to try another new plant which I didn't know about or had preconceived ideas about.
I am a “perennial” planter (prefer these to annuals) but I can not find Hardy Geraniums in any of our garden centers/nurseries/big box stores! I researched and found that some are zoned for my area (9A) but, alas no one carries them! I have changed a lot of things in my landscape after getting “hooked” on Garden Answer, but some things just can’t be done in our hot, humid environment here in sunny northeast Florida! Enjoy your weekend GA fans! 🌴🌞🌸
I live in central NY State. I am a beginning gardener. I depend on people for advice. Three weeks ago, feeling bad about not putting any flowers on my parent's grave this year, I went to a local nursery to see what I could find. One of the staff suggested I could pot a hardy geranium (Rozanne) and take it to the cemetery. In a few weeks, when it got too cold, I could bring it home and plant it in the garden in the front of my house, clip it off short, and it would survive the winter. I picked the healthiest looking plant I could find, around 1 foot in diameter. It had a couple leaves with black spots. I asked the owner of the nursery if the spots were frost damage. (We had a unusually cold (30 degree) weather a couple weeks beforehand. The owner told me the spots were normal on this species this time of year, and I should just clip off those leaves. She suggested I add some perlite to my potting mix. . The plant was expensive - $17 I bought some new potting soil $13 and the only bag of perlite I could find $25 I cleaned and disinfected the pot carefully before transplanting the geranium. I watered it and took it to the cemetery. Two days later I went to the cemetery and found it completely covered with black spots. Most of the blooms had fallen, and the plant was almost dead. The temperatures had not fallen below 62 deg F. I am so mad. I believe that nursery owner knew that plant was diseased. I'm sure this is a fungus. I brought the plant into my home to keep it out of the rain thinking this might help it recover. I have been applying neem oil, hoping that will kill the fungus, but so far no luck. Is there anything I can do to save this plant? Would the roots survive if I planted this weakened plant in the garden? Do I risk infecting the rest of the plants in my garden (daffodil bulbs and chives)?
Good morning! We have several wild geraniums here, a low more thigh canapé but a neon pink bloom is everywhere! It’s so beautiful and blooms almost all summer. We have lambs ear wild growing in the same time beside them. 😍
@@Gin0827 Sweden! In the island Gotland, we have the mildest climate in Sweden, hardly any snow, rarely below-5C, often 0C in winter, between +20-+35C in summer. Cold springs and mild autumns. Island of limestone and wild roses. Even fig trees grows here!
Thank you so much for such an in-depth narrative on hardy geraniums. I’ve only been exposed to the varieties that the big box stores provide. Quite an impressive plant.
Lovely, lovely, lovely, Laura. So nice that you have such a large area to fill in. It enables you to give us all so much information about so many different varieties of plants as well as design. You provide such great information for gardeners. Thank you. 🥰🦋🕊
This has been so motivating!! And the loop is looking so awesome!!! Oh oh!! That little empty spot could use bunny tail grass! Poor btg was taking root in your gator!🤗😆❤❤🌸🌸🌸
Love, love, love Rozanne. We underplanted a row of 16 white panicle hydrangeas with Rozanne, and it performed vigorously in our Western WA, zone 7a garden. They bloomed continuously from May to October, and we even had to pull it out of the hydrangeas regularly because it was so vigorous it would grow up into them. The combination of white hydrangeas and blue/lavender geraniums was stunning.
I learned a lot from your gardening and i also have read an article about leaf-blowers-lawn-mowers-and-fertilizer and how-lawns-contribute to climate change...
Laura thanks for the early Saturday video!!! I've just started to get into geraniums last season and they really are garden workhorses. I will also add many more in the garden along with asters so I can extend the seasonal interest! Thanks for the inspiration!!😎🌿
YAY!! So happy to see this title! Since watching your "15 Perrenials Every Garden Should Have" video (over and over), I've been wanting to put in hardy geraniums! As a beginner, you are my main source for gardening information and I hadn't been able to find info out there that is so comprehensive and EXACTLY what I wanted. Thank you!!!
I never knew about hardy geraniums until I saw them in one of your videos last year. I planted some around the patio area outside our basement doors, and I must admit it’s an area I tend to forget about because I don’t see it all the time. Every once in a while I’ll be down there and look out the window and there they are, performing their little hearts out without any care or notion from me! I think to myself, “go, you little beauties!” You’re correct, they are a beautiful, no fuss plant! Thank you for opening my eyes to them!
How fun! How do you not get overwhelmed about the large garden areas you need to develop? How do you plan out which ways you want to go? Do you decide by what’s available to plant or think farther ahead?
Hi Laura, it's always a pleasure to see your videos :) Why don't you put some geraniums Rozanne before in your garden? You missed something :) I grow this until more than 10 years now, and they are awesome! Every garden(er) need a Rozanne :) They bloom from the beginning of June to November, sometimes December if the weather is not too cold ( i live in the north of France: zone 8b and i apologize for my approximative english :( ). You don't have to do something to get these blooms, no cut back. Geranium maccrorhyzum is like more a semi evergreen, it grows well on shade to part sun, and it grows quickly but it don't flower a second time even if you cut it back :) So i'm exited to see your next videos because you have a beautiful garden, and you share so much. Bye.
I have some and love them. I had them in a semi shady place. Since I moved to a bit sunnier place and they are thriving. I love to combine them with Hakone grasses. Mine seem to be spreading too.
“Roseanne Roseannadanna” is all I kept hearing in my head throughout the whole video 😂 Love the geraniums, I need to get blue/purple variety to grow wild here in Washington zone 8b, they grew wild in Alaska where I grew up and I miss seeing them around!
Good morning Laura , while I loved the video and the planting of the hardy geraniums, all I could hear was Benjamin and I planted this, this, and this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I loved when you were putting together the fountain how interested he was in helping with that project. Hope your weekend is great. Hugs from N.C..❤️
I simply love the Rozanne geranium. I planted some next to my PW Little Limelight hydrangeas and my Happy Returns daylilies and let the geraniums grow up and through them. The colours play well against each other, and these geraniums bloom non-stop throughout the summer. I’m in zone 5 (Ontario, Canada) and have used them in full sun to partial shade. They always perform very well! Sometimes too well, and I have to shear them back into a more manageable shape, not that I’m complaining about that :)
I’ve got 4 varieties of hardy geranium in my yard. I think you would love the leaves on my most recent acquisition: the Mourning Widow cranesbill geranium. It produces almost burgundy flowers in late May to early June. The leaves, however, are the reason I had to grab it! They are the familiar shape of a hardy geranium in green with a chocolate chevron pattern. Very Striking! So, the plant is gorgeous when blooming but also of interest when not in flower. My hardy geraniums do well in part sun, but do not like full shade!
I've been wanting to add hardy geraniums to my garden, so this information is really useful. Thank you. Everything in your space is so looking so beautiful.
I came across your channel about a few weeks ago. Absolutely love watching your videos, and seeing everything your adding to your property. Absolutely beautiful. I get excited when you guys go tree shopping lol. Cheers from your neighbour to the north.
Always a special treat to see what you're doing each day. I always thought that geraniums needed more shade than sun; so this was an eye opener for me. Thanks 💜💜
I love hardy geraniums! I planted a couple of “biokovo” this year. I think they are a bit stressed by the record precipitation we’ve had this year, but they are lovely especially because the leaves have a citrusy scent that I can notice from a few feet away.
I planted a couple of these two years ago and now have a really nice patch. They make a nice little ground cover, but are well behaved enough to have in the flower bed. Bees love the blooms!
I picked up the 2” x 7” and 3” x 7” Powerplanter augers and have really enjoyed using them to plant my winter sown plants and bulbs that I disrupt moving perennials around. I have 3 Swamp White Oaks and 3 October Glory Maples that need iron capsules drilled into the trunk every 3 yrs. This yr I used the 2” auger to drill holes at the drip line and added EDDHA chelated iron. Hope to see good results with this method too! Thanks for all the great advice! 👍
It’s just a joy to sit and have my coffee in morning and see what you guys are doing around your garden! Everything is just coming together so beautifully!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden. You help us decide which kind of flowers to put in our gardens. Just want to say thank you. Many blessings as always. Have a wonderful day
perfect timing! i was cutting back my rozanne's today, lol... i love them.. i have geraniums (all types) everywhere.. the pelargonium are great in pots and i have a mixed tapestry of geraniums: hardy and pelargonium, in a small curving bed around our inground spa... so easy to take care of, all are perennial for me here in zone 10b, and easy peasy to take care of.. i do have to treat for budworm but otherwise, just occasional deadheading and cutting back and they are beautiful... i love some of the varieties you showed us here today, will have to look for the ones i don't have! these areas are filling in beautifully!!! love watching you plant and watching things grow! 🙂 ❤ thanks for the video!! 🙂 ❤
Love all your videos, especially when they include your wee ones. Understand bees don't like dark colors, do you wear black tops to help repel them from you?
Hi Laura! Those geraniums are really pretty. I had a hardy geranium in 2 different pots, but they quit blooming so I threw them away. Also, I didn't like the smell. I'm hoping to find a scented hardy geranium. Thank you so much for sharing!
Love the music playing in the background. It is so upbeat and seems symbolic of how you are feeling as you are planting!! Where did Aaron download the music from?
Wonderful way to start this Saturday. The south garden is really coming together, just beautiful. These geranium plants do tend to be under rated, so thanks for planting these and telling us about them. Have a wonderful weekend.
I have a bunch of these in one of my beds that showed up a couple years ago. They are really fast spreading. This video was very helpful and I have a great flowerbed in mind where they will be much better.
We love hardy geraniums at our house. I have no idea how many varieties we have, sized from a tiny one about 3 inches tall to some 3-4 feet tall. Have had great success with using them in containers, when they can provide their year round interest. We don’t cut ours to the ground, just thin those in containers if they are choking other perennials out (like betony, etc.) Just this week I was just enjoying two tall varieties that were planted beside each other along a narrow path. Being able to enjoy the differences in their bloom color etc side by side was a bonus not possible when planted far apart. Sure glad you have room for a huge collection!
Love. LOTS of good information about hardy geraniums that I didn't realize. I went and looked up what they look like in the fall, and WOW, beautiful autumnal red and orange leaves. Almost like coral bells. So thank you for mentioning that! And your yarrows, those are SO beautiful! Have a blessed weekend!!
Am I the only one who didn’t know ‘fire resistant’ was a way to classify and describe plants…??? That’s pretty cool and I like when you guys add cool facts like that about all the wonderful plants!
How often are zones changed? We’ve been a 4a forever. If we got changed to a 5, I would be ecstatic!! So many more plant choices, roses specifically!! So you check your zones every year? Love all your videos. You’ve taught me so much! People slow down when driving by out house to look at our yard. I knew nothing before I started watching your videos. Now it seems, late in life, I have found my passion for gardening. I cannot thank you enough. 💜💜
They take a 10 year average of winter lows, and adjust accordingly. They can go back and forth, just depends on the ten year average lows. I do think they take the averages when the decades change, meaning they probably did it in 2010, 2000, 1990, 1980, 1970 etc, and will do so again on 2030, if that makes sense!
Hello very nice video, I 'm going to show my mother n law how to watch your channel, she was 95 this March,if she's not out gardening, she's quilting,I love learning from her and I share a little knowledge, I learned most,starting with my Grandfather.I'm sure she will enjoy your channel, thank you
I look forward to waking up early Saturday mornings to attend summer school with Laura! Coffee- Dirt- Fertilizer Sniffff..... Yumm☕️
Russell is definitely a supervisor....laying down on the job for a nap!
I recieved Big Root Geranium (a purple variety, zone 7a) from a friend decades ago and it has served me well as a ground cover. It spreads easily and I just rip off a piece, plant it in a new location, and it takes off. Even ripped out a section, threw the pieces in a pile, forgot to discard, and by the time I noticed, they were growing. Decided to leave the pile over the winter and it came back in the spring! Love them!
So this is the result of knowledge...vision...desire...inspiration...on and on...
Ms. Laura...you are an absolutely AMAZING young woman.
Delightful to follow your hard work in developing your space.
Thankyou for sharing!
thank you for this most interesting video. I love to plant things in my garden that have the same name as my family members (Lily, Starr, Jessica, Sharon, etc.). My youngest grand-daughter is named Mavis and I just knew I would never, ever find something to plant in her honor. Thanks to your video I now know the perfect plant for her !!!! who knew ??? I can't wait to find 'em, get 'em ordered and in the ground. Your growing garden is looking absolutely stunning - you, Aaron, Benjamin and the whole crew are doing a fabulous job, and I'm grateful you have chosen to share it all with us. Have a great weekend !!!
Good morning. Wish you a happy life from lebanon 🇱🇧
You know me, anything with blue flowers is okay with me!💚💚💚
Good morning all have a safe and blessed weekend
You too!!!
I am completely infatuated with Rozanne, the petal colour is just spectacular. I can’t walk past without crooning over them and telling them how gorgeous they are 🥰
Shocking that even Laura has weeds!!🤪 That was pretty good size too! You made a lot of people smile with that today!
Laura, I give you such credit for the names of plants that you can remember. I love it. Love the roses.
Hardy geraniums are a great perennial for the landscape and a nice addition to your beautiful gardens.
Laura talking to Russell - too funny! Made me laugh out loud. Okay Russell watcha gonna do?
Good morning, Laura ☕️ I am in awe 🫢 of the grass edges. Such a sharp line. I have grass envy 💚Aaron has outdone himself! Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈
Been having these perennial geraniums for years now, love them. The Johnson Blue’s name is asked regularly because it’s such a happy and long lasting bloomer. Love how the evergreens give year round interest. Combine the non evergreen ones with a spring bulb and you have full season interest there too. Highly recommend if you’ve never tried them, to do so.
I'm so glad you are featuring Hardy Geraniums! These are one of my top plants in my garden! They are no fuss and add so much beauty. They are a not-so-well-known plant that I've relied on for years!!! They have been around for a while, as my neighbor shared some with me over 35 years ago, and I still have some from that original plant. I have both the blue and the pink varieties. They are disease resistant as well, at least in New England, 6B. Right now, they are growing up into my baby's breath and it looks so beautiful!!! You can't go wrong with Hardy Geraniums!!
Gotta love those hard working plants that make up the backbone of our gardens. No matter the gardeners expertise, these plants perform so quietly and steadily that they can sometimes be overlooked for the showstoppers. Thanks for highlighting them. 👍
I have a bunch of Rozanne in my garden, and I've never even deadheaded any of it but it still blooms reliably from June through November in my area (Zone 6, MA). I've had to replace a handful over the years but most of them have held up beautifully - and I just love the blooms, it's a gorgeous flower. (Easy to press, too - holds its color even when dried!)
One of my favorite plants!
Can you tell me where you have it planted? Full sun?
@@stephanieturney6292 most are in part sun part shade, but I have some in places that get 6+ hrs and they thrive.
I love Rozanne. I have her in full sun here in zone 8b & she is doing fine.
I have Rozanne underneath an arbor that has an akebia vine on it. It gets morning sun but is in shade from noon on. It still does really well. I, too, have never pruned mine, and it keeps blooming until late fall (I'm in zone 5b, IL).
I’ve had a few varieties of geraniums, both ground cover and tall ones. I don’t think I bought any of them but were gifted them from friends. It’s such a hardy plant that it bounced right back after I had to roll my gorilla cart over it multiple times. It does spread slowly but isn’t hard to control. I find it does respect plants close by but it will grow around them. What I think is the most value is the lovely foliage which is unique.
I like the focus on a single plant and its varieties. The information is invaluable to those of us with smaller spots when choosing plants. You have also broadened my plant horizons. Believe me, we enjoy how much you share with us. So enlightening and your personality makes each presentation so delightful!
I have perennial geraniums throughout my yard. A small clump was given to me 18-20 years ago by a neighbor who grows it in her Brittany garden. It's been thriving everywhere (N,E, W exposures) with no fertilizing and even lasted 3.5 years on rainwater. I love it and so easy to pull up and give away or plant in other ground cover situations. Just stick a piece in the ground and water consistently. I'm in Zone 6 I believe, Paris France suburbs. Mine has dark pink flowers and is winter hardy. Just some cleanup pulling older branches out and larger, old leaves in early Spring! Thanks for showcasing this great little plant!
Russell is just so gosh darn cute!! Love how the new garden is progressively coming along gorgeously!! Hope to see some Paul projects apart of Garden Answer's videos in the future.
& where would one see those? (Just curious) 😊♥️
Um, is he an employee apart from GA?
@@dianequist835 Paul? I mean does he have a channel or somewhere to see his projects?
@@staceyallard2692 to my knowledge, no. In fact he's been known to be a little camera shy.
I think that’s a typo. I think it should read “ a part of GA videos” 😊
I love hardy geraniums. I buy them often in the hot summer when I should be finished buying for the year but I need that "fix". (I know y'all know what I'm talking about.) I tuck them in where I don't really need anything more but why not. They never disappoint. Thanks for the info about the different varieties. I feel so smart after I watch your videos.
Thanks for helping me to “get over” my preconceived bias against these plants. We have a wild form of these that are a weed in our Virginia garden and I think that this has soured me against even trying the improved varieties. You’ve convinced me- I’m going to plant a drift and see what they can do.
The one I had is too tall, I wanted something shorter in that spot, I did cut it back this week, am thinking of moving it though
Nothing wrong with planting native plants. Less likely to get diseases too since they are native to that area.
that cat loves you, he is always close by
Good morning, have a beautiful day! 🎉❤
Love that you talk to your cats! You are kind to humans and the felines! Also, thank you for taking care of the flowers at your church. It’s refreshing to see Christians who aren’t afraid to be open.
I’m learning a lot from your channel; I’m just a novice…. And I live in Florida, so a lot lot lot of my choices have to be WELL thought out because of our heat right now. It’s insane. Thank you for showing things in detail. We don’t think your videos have too much talking…you mentioned that before, but none of us feel that way, I can promise you!
It’s certainly a joy for me to watch you develop these areas also!
When I saw that peach yarrow I was like “heyyy… I don’t remember that during the recent tour??” lol… actually, going to go re-watch the recent tour because I’m curious about what you have planted just before the yellow yarrow you and Benjamin planted.
it feels like the world is crumbling around us but you & your family & your gardens & this channel ease my anxiety and angst. I am grateful for you. Thank you 🙏🏼♥️
Thanks for tips! Beautiful flowers! Like your cat.. so cute!
I have some hardy geraniums that have been coming back for 15 years. I planted them in with spring bulbs. So, when the spring flowers are finishing, these grow up and start blooming. A bonus is the hyacinth stalks support the geraniums.
Russell is a star
Oh my the way your planting out you'll soon have those bare patches filled!Looking good !👊👊👏👏👍
Oh my word, Russell! You are adorable! He just loves you, Laura :)
This was a good one. New plant choices-something different! I’m so tired of petunias: perennials as so interesting. Dig deep in your knowledge and research and show us more👍
I absolutely love alll of your roses. Especially the white ones tucked in. I’ve told my son every time I watch you I wanna buy more flowers. He’s 3 and he says no more flowers mama 😂
What timing! I recently watched a video of yours in which you mentioned hardy geraniums and about a week ago, I found some at Lowe's of all places. They aren't any of the varieties you mentioned, but they are a variety zoned down to my zone of 4 here in NY. I planted 3 in front of some new "Quick Fire" hydrangeas which are all in a bed alongside my patio. I "discovered" the newer varieities of hydrangeas from you after growing up looking at hydrangeas as the "old ladies' plants that flop over. Here I am now a 66-year old "old lady" (LOL) planting hydrangeas which do NOT flop and loving them! I have discovered SO many types of plants from you and lucked out finding your channel in 2020 right after I got a patio put in and was then able to start creating flower beds and turn the front and back areas of my house in to wonderful spaces. Yet again, your videos encouraged me to try another new plant which I didn't know about or had preconceived ideas about.
Thank u for sharing all the variety to be found in hardy geraniums. I had no idea ♥️
I am a “perennial” planter (prefer these to annuals) but I can not find Hardy Geraniums in any of our garden centers/nurseries/big box stores! I researched and found that some are zoned for my area (9A) but, alas no one carries them! I have changed a lot of things in my landscape after getting “hooked” on Garden Answer, but some things just can’t be done in our hot, humid environment here in sunny northeast Florida! Enjoy your weekend GA fans! 🌴🌞🌸
I am in zone 8a, coastal NC and I didn’t think these could survive here. I really hope to find some that can withstand the heat and humidity also!
Jenny from Creekside nursery is in the south and may have some videos on plants more suited to those zones?
I live in central NY State. I am a beginning gardener. I depend on people for advice. Three weeks ago, feeling bad about not putting any flowers on my parent's grave this year, I went to a local nursery to see what I could find. One of the staff suggested I could pot a hardy geranium (Rozanne) and take it to the cemetery. In a few weeks, when it got too cold, I could bring it home and plant it in the garden in the front of my house, clip it off short, and it would survive the winter. I picked the healthiest looking plant I could find, around 1 foot in diameter. It had a couple leaves with black spots. I asked the owner of the nursery if the spots were frost damage. (We had a unusually cold (30 degree) weather a couple weeks beforehand. The owner told me the spots were normal on this species this time of year, and I should just clip off those leaves. She suggested I add some perlite to my potting mix. . The plant was expensive - $17 I bought some new potting soil $13 and the only bag of perlite I could find $25 I cleaned and disinfected the pot carefully before transplanting the geranium. I watered it and took it to the cemetery. Two days later I went to the cemetery and found it completely covered with black spots. Most of the blooms had fallen, and the plant was almost dead. The temperatures had not fallen below 62 deg F. I am so mad. I believe that nursery owner knew that plant was diseased. I'm sure this is a fungus. I brought the plant into my home to keep it out of the rain thinking this might help it recover. I have been applying neem oil, hoping that will kill the fungus, but so far no luck. Is there anything I can do to save this plant? Would the roots survive if I planted this weakened plant in the garden? Do I risk infecting the rest of the plants in my garden (daffodil bulbs and chives)?
Good morning! We have several wild geraniums here, a low more thigh canapé but a neon pink bloom is everywhere! It’s so beautiful and blooms almost all summer. We have lambs ear wild growing in the same time beside them. 😍
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What zone are in located in?
@@Gin0827 Sweden! In the island Gotland, we have the mildest climate in Sweden, hardly any snow, rarely below-5C, often 0C in winter, between +20-+35C in summer. Cold springs and mild autumns. Island of limestone and wild roses. Even fig trees grows here!
Thank you so much for such an in-depth narrative on hardy geraniums. I’ve only been exposed to the varieties that the big box stores provide. Quite an impressive plant.
Lovely, lovely, lovely, Laura. So nice that you have such a large area to fill in. It enables you to give us all so much information about so many different varieties of plants as well as design. You provide such great information for gardeners. Thank you. 🥰🦋🕊
I have to laugh at the shock she experienced from that huge weed! 🤣😂🤣 “How dare you grow in my garden!” I can imagine her saying that. Too funny.
Thank you for highlighting these plants.. Hardy geraniums have been a "go to" for me for years now. Johnson Blue is one of favorites.
It must be the most joyful thing to be able to work in all your gardens everyday! Makes me happy to live vicariously through you and these videos. :o)
isn't that the truth, especially when you have a short growing season and the weather is cold and rainy for one of the three month :(
You Are an Amazing Inspiration Laura! 👏 Congratulations! 👏
This has been so motivating!! And the loop is looking so awesome!!! Oh oh!! That little empty spot could use bunny tail grass! Poor btg was taking root in your gator!🤗😆❤❤🌸🌸🌸
Good morning! 🌻🐝
Love, love, love Rozanne. We underplanted a row of 16 white panicle hydrangeas with Rozanne, and it performed vigorously in our Western WA, zone 7a garden. They bloomed continuously from May to October, and we even had to pull it out of the hydrangeas regularly because it was so vigorous it would grow up into them. The combination of white hydrangeas and blue/lavender geraniums was stunning.
I have Geranium “Dreamland” (a pale pink) under my Little Quickfire hydrangea, and I LOVE the way it comes up through the shrub. 😍
I learned a lot from your gardening and i also have read an article about leaf-blowers-lawn-mowers-and-fertilizer and how-lawns-contribute to climate change...
Laura thanks for the early Saturday video!!! I've just started to get into geraniums last season and they really are garden workhorses. I will also add many more in the garden along with asters so I can extend the seasonal interest! Thanks for the inspiration!!😎🌿
I would love to see when you cut these back. I have hardy geraniums and have never cut them back. Love your channel!
YAY!! So happy to see this title!
Since watching your "15 Perrenials Every Garden Should Have" video (over and over), I've been wanting to put in hardy geraniums! As a beginner, you are my main source for gardening information and I hadn't been able to find info out there that is so comprehensive and EXACTLY what I wanted. Thank you!!!
I never knew about hardy geraniums until I saw them in one of your videos last year. I planted some around the patio area outside our basement doors, and I must admit it’s an area I tend to forget about because I don’t see it all the time. Every once in a while I’ll be down there and look out the window and there they are, performing their little hearts out without any care or notion from me! I think to myself, “go, you little beauties!” You’re correct, they are a beautiful, no fuss plant! Thank you for opening my eyes to them!
How fun! How do you not get overwhelmed about the large garden areas you need to develop? How do you plan out which ways you want to go? Do you decide by what’s available to plant or think farther ahead?
Laura you are so much help to me to be interested in new plantings. Never heard of Yellow my Darling echinacea.
Hi Laura, it's always a pleasure to see your videos :) Why don't you put some geraniums Rozanne before in your garden? You missed something :) I grow this until more than 10 years now, and they are awesome! Every garden(er) need a Rozanne :) They bloom from the beginning of June to November, sometimes December if the weather is not too cold ( i live in the north of France: zone 8b and i apologize for my approximative english :( ). You don't have to do something to get these blooms, no cut back. Geranium maccrorhyzum is like more a semi evergreen, it grows well on shade to part sun, and it grows quickly but it don't flower a second time even if you cut it back :) So i'm exited to see your next videos because you have a beautiful garden, and you share so much. Bye.
I have some and love them. I had them in a semi shady place. Since I moved to a bit sunnier place and they are thriving. I love to combine them with Hakone grasses. Mine seem to be spreading too.
Good morning from Delaware, GA friends.
Can’t wait to start gardening again 🥹💚
Start my day watching your video and ending my day watching your videos. So inspiring. Thank you!
I've been waiting for a hardy geranium video for soooo long, this was perfect! Thank you!
I love Roxanne, here in the uk it flowers until autumn! Such value for money with the length of time they bloom 🤩🌺
Morning Everyone 🌸💕🌸
“Roseanne Roseannadanna” is all I kept hearing in my head throughout the whole video 😂 Love the geraniums, I need to get blue/purple variety to grow wild here in Washington zone 8b, they grew wild in Alaska where I grew up and I miss seeing them around!
lol Russel makes an appearance in every video. What a friendy nice cat
Good morning Laura , while I loved the video and the planting of the hardy geraniums, all I could hear was Benjamin and I planted this, this, and this. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I loved when you were putting together the fountain how interested he was in helping with that project. Hope your weekend is great. Hugs from N.C..❤️
I simply love the Rozanne geranium. I planted some next to my PW Little Limelight hydrangeas and my Happy Returns daylilies and let the geraniums grow up and through them. The colours play well against each other, and these geraniums bloom non-stop throughout the summer. I’m in zone 5 (Ontario, Canada) and have used them in full sun to partial shade. They always perform very well! Sometimes too well, and I have to shear them back into a more manageable shape, not that I’m complaining about that :)
I’ve got 4 varieties of hardy geranium in my yard. I think you would love the leaves on my most recent acquisition: the Mourning Widow cranesbill geranium. It produces almost burgundy flowers in late May to early June. The leaves, however, are the reason I had to grab it! They are the familiar shape of a hardy geranium in green with a chocolate chevron pattern. Very Striking! So, the plant is gorgeous when blooming but also of interest when not in flower. My hardy geraniums do well in part sun, but do not like full shade!
Compost is a useful mulch for sure
Love these so much. I grow them on my balcony! Ballerina is my favourite. Super hardy and comes back every year even with our winters.
Geranium Rozanne is my favourite perennial. Just add some drifts off lady's mantle and heuchera. Those are my faves.
I've been wanting to add hardy geraniums to my garden, so this information is really useful. Thank you. Everything in your space is so looking so beautiful.
I came across your channel about a few weeks ago. Absolutely love watching your videos, and seeing everything your adding to your property. Absolutely beautiful. I get excited when you guys go tree shopping lol. Cheers from your neighbour to the north.
If you have time, go back and watch the videos when they moved in (also her Highlight channel). The changes are remarkable!
@@wilmasgarden3098 will do! Thanks for letting me know.
Always a special treat to see what you're doing each day. I always thought that geraniums needed more shade than sun; so this was an eye opener for me. Thanks 💜💜
We use wood chips and pine straw in SC
I love hardy geraniums! I planted a couple of “biokovo” this year. I think they are a bit stressed by the record precipitation we’ve had this year, but they are lovely especially because the leaves have a citrusy scent that I can notice from a few feet away.
I have some, too, and really love them. Working anywhere near them in the garden, I can always catch a whiff of their perfume!
I planted a couple of these two years ago and now have a really nice patch. They make a nice little ground cover, but are well behaved enough to have in the flower bed. Bees love the blooms!
I picked up the 2” x 7” and 3” x 7” Powerplanter augers and have really enjoyed using them to plant my winter sown plants and bulbs that I disrupt moving perennials around. I have 3 Swamp White Oaks and 3 October Glory Maples that need iron capsules drilled into the trunk every 3 yrs. This yr I used the 2” auger to drill holes at the drip line and added EDDHA chelated iron. Hope to see good results with this method too! Thanks for all the great advice! 👍
It’s just a joy to sit and have my coffee in morning and see what you guys are doing around your garden! Everything is just coming together so beautifully!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden. You help us decide which kind of flowers to put in our gardens. Just want to say thank you. Many blessings as always. Have a wonderful day
I love rozanne, here in the uk it blooms all summer until autumn. Great value for money 🤩🌺
perfect timing! i was cutting back my rozanne's today, lol... i love them.. i have geraniums (all types) everywhere.. the pelargonium are great in pots and i have a mixed tapestry of geraniums: hardy and pelargonium, in a small curving bed around our inground spa... so easy to take care of, all are perennial for me here in zone 10b, and easy peasy to take care of.. i do have to treat for budworm but otherwise, just occasional deadheading and cutting back and they are beautiful... i love some of the varieties you showed us here today, will have to look for the ones i don't have! these areas are filling in beautifully!!! love watching you plant and watching things grow! 🙂 ❤ thanks for the video!! 🙂 ❤
Thank you for all the excellent information and motivation!! You are a natural in front of the camera. Love Russel too!
Love all your videos, especially when they include your wee ones. Understand bees don't like dark colors, do you wear black tops to help repel them from you?
All the plants are so beautiful together, I love the red leaf shrubs.
Hi Laura! Those geraniums are really pretty. I had a hardy geranium in 2 different pots, but they quit blooming so I threw them away. Also, I didn't like the smell. I'm hoping to find a scented hardy geranium. Thank you so much for sharing!
Love the music playing in the background. It is so upbeat and seems symbolic of how you are feeling as you are planting!! Where did Aaron download the music from?
Try geranium Maderense, it covers about 4/5 foot across and about 4 foot high, fabulous bright pink flowers and lasts well.
Love the updates!!! My garden needs some geraniums, anything that’s hardy is my kind of flower 👍
So beautiful Laura I can't get over how beautiful everything is the weather has made everything pop.
I love Russell! AND your videos!
Wonderful way to start this Saturday. The south garden is really coming together, just beautiful. These geranium plants do tend to be under rated, so thanks for planting these and telling us about them. Have a wonderful weekend.
I love how the drifts are all coming together!!
I have a bunch of these in one of my beds that showed up a couple years ago. They are really fast spreading. This video was very helpful and I have a great flowerbed in mind where they will be much better.
We love hardy geraniums at our house. I have no idea how many varieties we have, sized from a tiny one about 3 inches tall to some 3-4 feet tall. Have had great success with using them in containers, when they can provide their year round interest. We don’t cut ours to the ground, just thin those in containers if they are choking other perennials out (like betony, etc.) Just this week I was just enjoying two tall varieties that were planted beside each other along a narrow path. Being able to enjoy the differences in their bloom color etc side by side was a bonus not possible when planted far apart. Sure glad you have room for a huge collection!
Aai was thinking back when you moved in to this house and the wind and dust storms you had. No more 🥰
Love. LOTS of good information about hardy geraniums that I didn't realize. I went and looked up what they look like in the fall, and WOW, beautiful autumnal red and orange leaves. Almost like coral bells. So thank you for mentioning that! And your yarrows, those are SO beautiful! Have a blessed weekend!!
Am I the only one who didn’t know ‘fire resistant’ was a way to classify and describe plants…??? That’s pretty cool and I like when you guys add cool facts like that about all the wonderful plants!
How often are zones changed? We’ve been a 4a forever. If we got changed to a 5, I would be ecstatic!! So many more plant choices, roses specifically!! So you check your zones every year? Love all your videos. You’ve taught me so much! People slow down when driving by out house to look at our yard. I knew nothing before I started watching your videos. Now it seems, late in life, I have found my passion for gardening. I cannot thank you enough. 💜💜
I am 62 years and this example in eastern oregon is the first I have ever heard of changing. I don't think it happens very often.
They take a 10 year average of winter lows, and adjust accordingly. They can go back and forth, just depends on the ten year average lows. I do think they take the averages when the decades change, meaning they probably did it in 2010, 2000, 1990, 1980, 1970 etc, and will do so again on 2030, if that makes sense!