Garden Tour with Dr. Michael Dirr - Viburnum, Japanese Maples, Dogwoods, Redbuds
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- Talking Plants with Dr. Michael Dirr - Viburnum, Japanese Maples, Dogwoods, Redbuds, Magnolias - In this video I travelled down to Bogart, GA to spend some time with Dr. Michael Dirr in his home garden. He maintains this garden with his wife Bonnie and also continues his plant breeding efforts with his company.
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My Hero- Dr. Dirr - If I could I would have a landscape like his!
These interviews with plant breeders are wonderful! Please continue doing these!
Love his way of planting in stories. Learn a lot from videos with him and fell in love with Fothergilla because of him! Have 6 now❤
I love the black kitty! I have one just like her. But mine has a pink collar.
What an amazing teacher to learn from! Thanks for this, Jim - thoroughly enjoyed!
Thanks Jim Putnam!
Looking forward to pt.2
You could do parts 3-7 too, if he is willing, and we'd watch them all....
Thanks for watching!
Fringe tree smells very nice too!
Yes, it does!
Indeed they do! Many years ago I was driving through a neighborhood and could smell this tree. I tracked it down, took a picture of it and took it to my local garden center to identify it. Lucky me they had them for sale! I enjoyed that tree for many years until it succumbed to some disease and died. This video reminded me of how much I enjoyed that tree, I should plant another one.
I enjoyed this so much! The garden is beautiful and it was a joy to listen to the commentary he gave about it. Thank you for sharing 😍
Another wonderful teacher! Thanks for sharing Jim!!
He taught for many many years. The biggest legend in our business!
I really enjoy learning from him. He has so much knowledge. Thank you for interviewing him. I'm looking forward to part II.
Thanks for following along!
Thank you, great video
Love this type of content! 👍
Thanks Jim for this video with Dr. Dirr. His enthusiasm for all things woody is infectious. His classes had to be hard to get into!
Love Dr. Dirr! Glad you visited with him again. Both my parents and I got some of his Japanese Roof Irises while visiting his garden some years back. I kept mine in a pot so I could move them to my new house.
That's awesome!
Enjoyed this video. Lots to learn from Dr. Dirr!
Yes, his books were my teacher for years!
That hydrangea book is on my list! Love listening to him, such a wealth of knowledge.
Loved this tour Cannot wait for next part. Love his attitude! No meatballs for me either lol!
Thanks for watching!
I was so happy to find Camelia Susy Dirr this spring at GA State Botanical Garden plant sale!
Really enjoyed this video. Could watch the experts tour their shrubs and trees for hours. Just wish I could find them in the plant centers!!
Thanks for watching! These are my favorite videos.
Your garden looks great! You have put so much hard work and love put into it. I also garden. It’s my 3rd season and I’m excited to see it all growing more each day is a new surprise in the garden. I am also sharing update videos on my TH-cam channel. I look forward to watching more updates and learning from each other this garden season! TFS!
Dr. Dirr - an American - no international - treasure. Had the pleasure of visiting his garden (and nursery) on several occasions with American Hydrangea Society and GA Perennial Plant Society. He and Bonnie are the most gracious hosts and his garden is an absolute wonder. Add in his love, passion, enthusiasum, knowledge and excitement for new species/varieties - whew, it's exhilarating but exhausting. Our group, too, was gifted an roof iris (or two, or three) and even several hydrangeas !! Got my copy of his new book just the other night at the AHS meeting where he was speaking. Not only is he a great plantsman, but his wife Bonnie is an extremely gifted artist. Thank you ever so much for taking the time to do this tour and, thanks to you & Dr. Dirr for allowing it to be shared with ALL of us. It is a blessing indeed.
Awesome post. Thank you. Bonnie needs to be in one of these videos!
Haven't watched this video yet. Just came here to say I just saw the most hilarious chipdrop commercial 🤣 😂 😆 and I wouldn't know anything about chipdrop if it wasn't for you!
Love love this man and his garden! Thank you for bring us along and thank him for his time❤️Maybe he will let us visit often🤞
I don't think he took a breath the entire video ! No problems getting him to talk ! I only wish I could remember a quarter of what I planted over the years. Over several houses, i have probably personally planted 1000+ shrubs and trees and enjoyed every minute of it. I have seen many references to Dr. Dirr, but this is the first video I have seen of him. He still seems as sharp as a tack.
He really is an encyclopedia! Thanks for watching!
Dr. Dirr mentioned that he collected a magnolia seed from Spring Grove Arboretum in Cincinnati. I'm in northern Kentucky and visit there often. It is a magnificent place to visit because it's also a cemetery (3rd largest in the U.S.) dating from 1844. 733 acres of wonder.
You're only 25 minutes away from me, wish I had you here to advise me on my yard. Enjoyed your video
I purchased a Japanese Maple ‘Seiryu’ from Metro Maples in Fort Worth this year and am so hoping it will be as beautiful as the one in this garden.
This was absolutely wonderful! I am so intimidated in designing mixed shrub borders - his is perfectly layered. And the Japanese Maples - stunning. Thank you.
Wow 😳😳 so much information love the video thank you God bless
Great video beautiful garden. We are looking for a japonese maple for a centerpiece in a small garden so seeing different varieties is great! Leaning twards coral bark japonese maple . Not sure yet. We love the red stems and bright green foliage
The Japanese maples are breathtaking. Thank you, Jim, for the continued great content from UGA and the Athens area.
Dr. Dirr and Dr. Armitage have to be my favorite guests. Thanks
So much knowledge! You are wise to interview these seasoned gardeners (experts) so we may enjoy for years to come. I love how they always seem so relaxed walking thru the landscape! These videos are also a reminder that great gardens take time and patience.
Thank you very much for this garden tour what a beautiful garden please so one for summer. 👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️
Another great tour with a gardening icon. Beautiful garden!!! Looking forward to part 2.
Meatball is my new favorite term for cliche round topiaries.
"I'll take them!" --- of course! i bet the entire time Dr. Dirr was separating those irises you were thinking "me, pick me!" 🤣
Dr Michael Dirr is amazing taecher . He shares his knowledge about plants to many people. I have been to see his garden. And I leaned alot. Thank you, Dr Dirr!!!.thank you Jim putnam, for help us to shares, more 🙏.
Thanks Ram!
I would love to see your garden in person too, it is so peaceful.
30-40 Japanese Maples, now your speaking my language!
I’ve lost 2 out of 4 hydrangeas in my back yard since last summer and I’m sick about it! They were beautiful! What did I do wrong? We live in North Carolina south of Raleigh. We have very nice soil in the beds, rich and dark. They are also mulched. We do not know what happened! They never even had green shoots before the March mid frost either. The other 2 are fine.
This is so informative! I have been eyeing your Tokyo Tower, but I think my spot isn’t suitable. :)
Mine gets a lot of sun until around 3pm
So enjoyable listening to a passionate knowledgeable plants person. Thanks for this video.
I have Dr. Dirr’s hydrangea book. It makes me realize I don’t have near enough hydrangeas.
I just love this guy. I could listen to him talk plants all day long
I'll take'em!😹
I would love to camp out in Mr. Dirrs' yard! That border looks like it has always been there & the rarity of the native Spicebush (which is host to the Swallowtail butterfly), Fothergilla and Grandaddy Fringe tree for pollinators is just awesome!
Great video!! What a wealth of knowledge!! Looking forward to part 2!
Proud to be a Georgian! Between Dr. Dirr & Dr. Armitage, they have added so much to landscape plants & knowledge. The Iris tectorum is one I've wanted for a while, can't wait to see how you use it Jim.
I love my big Oaks around my porch but this week has been catkin hell, looks like tumbleweeds! Finally got a little rain in Dawsonville last night, that will help.
The unknown pink Phlox of unknown origin I found in a landscape dump continues to amaze me. Not a subulata or a paniculata, it's a galloping Phlox. I call it 'Feminazi', it ate the other perennials in the bed. It grew so fast, my 'Franz Shubert' was covered up & getting powdery mildew. Even with direct leaf contact, sweet smelling 'Feminazi' is unaffected. It's an industrial Phlox!
Thanks for this interview Jim & Mike!
Thanks for this interview and the tour of Dr. Dirr's garden. I was in a forest in Kentucky this past fall and saw what did look like trees with cucumber fruit. I wonder if they were these big leaf magnolias?
Dr. Dirr, did you know or study under Dr. Phil Kozell while at Ohio State? I'm a transplanted Buckeye, from Clermont County.
Such a wealth of knowledge! Thank you!
Wonderful. You are right, his knowledge and enthusiasm is amazing. A pleasure to listen to!
That was certainly helpful. I inherited two weeping Japanese maples that had not been pruned well. They have put on size, and I’ve had to raise the canopy to let other things grow underneath. Seeing his in a more natural form will help me moving forward. Thank you!! Also, I just planted a viburnum .
Thank you! Learned alot and enjoyed the tour. He was right about dystilium! All mine were damaged....I have patiently waited to see how they will bounce back and sure enough they are. Only one I had to do a serious pruning on last weekend in zone 7a East TN
Have to be careful though when ok in shade…. Makes me worry about invading American forests
That cat is amazing
My seiryu maple is more than 20 ft. so prepare for a tall guy...seedlings galore...
Fantastic! Wish I had a lot next to me to purchase and keep planting!!!
My wax begonias came back in zone 7b? Specifically the Monrovia Big Red Bronze Leaf Begonia I planted last spring but they cam back???
I had some ‘regular’ Begonias come back after the TX 2021 ice storm. Didn’t realize they could be so tough.
Thank you .I learn so much from watching your channel.
You sure didn’t have to get him started talking. You can tell he loves his trees and shrubs and knows everything about them.🌷💚🙃
He has taught his whole life. You can tell he still loves it!
Those columbines are friendly!
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Tell Dr Dirr go to Amazon I had to today and order garden arm protectors .. my thin skin is bruised all the time so I so got when he said he looked like he was in battle....AWESOME VIDEO ALWAYS ENJOY HIS WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND GORGEOUS GARDENS!!!
Love to hear him talk about his plants.
I just love listening to Dr. Dirr. I planted three little distyliums last fall and they looked completely dead this spring. I have left them alone and they are now getting new leaves. Amazing! Unfortunately, here in OKC, I have not been able to find that many varieties, but I'm sure we'll be seeing them more and more. As always, thanks Jim for what you do!
Another great video. Thanks for sharing, Jim.
Thanks for watching!
Love this channel, I have a 20 foot Japanese maple that is losing its leaves in the spring for the last couple years, not all but a significant amount of branches are dying, leaves turn dark red and fall off, any ideas about what’s going on? Thanks for any input, from anyone.
I could listen to Dr. Dirr talk about plants all day long! Just the right combination of teaching and storytelling :)
I could not take my eyes off of that Chinese Viburnum. I have a Japanese variety in my front yard. I hope it looks like that.
I love this Guy he is so funny!!!
Thanks to you. Love these videos. ♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much! These are my favorite types of videos to do.
Have been looking for an American fringe tree locally and haven’t had any luck!
Dr Dirr is amazing! Thank you for returning to Ga for another walk thu!!
One thing I hate about living in zone 9 is that we can't have beautiful Japanese maples.
Wish we could get more on germinating or propagating Japanese maples
He has a woody propagation manual and he explained it pretty well in the video I thought.
@@JimPutnam he seems like a wealth of knowledge, do you know where I can purchase fresh (not the dried ones ) Japanese maple seeds
Absolutely gorgeous! Would love to spend a day in his gardens!
I live right by athens!
Wow, beautiful garden! Thanks
I see Dr. Dirr, I click
These Japanese maples are gorgeous! Can never have too many.
Fascinating tour of his garden. Looking forward to part two.
Thanks so much , Jim! Dr Dirr needs to create a hydrangea that deer wouldn’t be fond of. There would be one heck of a market for that!
Another excellent tour/collaboration!
Would love to hear more about his "seed projects" process!
I completely agree. Fothergilla x Blue Shadow is a must have because it flowers early, and the glaucous foliage is like no other shrub out there - it really glows in the space
It's a great plant! Stands out every time I see it
Well I looked all over for magnolia macrophylla and no one has it for sale, well I did find one but they won’t ship. My bad, I did find another one for under $30.00 but they wanted $500.00 plus to ship. Guess I’ll have to keep looking 🥺🌷💚🙃
I hope you can find one for a reasonable price. Always a plant that gets people talking!
@@JimPutnam they are native to the creek area in the woods behind our house…beautiful
What an extraordinary delight.
I planted blue muffin and chicago lustre viburnum last year and they got viburnum leaf beatle...I had no idea they had that problem I'm zone 6B western NY. Do you have that problem? Great video!
Check out Cornell University’s list of viburnums categorized by VLB susceptibility. They recommend avoiding Arrowwoods. But note V nudum - that is more hotly debated to my understanding. Ask Jim
I've never had much luck with dentatums down here, but I think it has to do with where they are from. They are native from Florida to Canada. We probably should be using southern ones in the breeding work.
@@emmalavenham great. That’s what mine are !
I enjoyed this so much!
I love Dr. Dirr and his book 📖
Enjoyed so much.
Why are folks gah gah over distyllium???..boring plant to me...why bother....