Jim and Stephany, I appreciate you showing us your 'chaos' and keeping it real! Also, thank you for always displaying the names and zones as you speak and tour us through your gardens.
Jim, i love how non scripted your videos are, always thinking of stuff on the fly to share with us. Your "disorganization and non scriptedness" is what makes me watch and listen.
Love the monthly tours with names on the screen! Zone 8, North Texas, potted up some bare root hosta (New Hampshire Hostas) 3 weeks ago in pots. They're exploding like crazy. Some mature at 55"!😮 So I've tasked myself with spacing them as best I can. Love ordering from them for the hosta selection and other companion plants. PS: the caption on the thumbnail made my brain play the Weird Science / Oingo Boingo song!
We themed our garden after the trees in the Lorax. Last fall we planted more than 75 alliums because many of them look like the trees in the Lorax. Anyway they were supposed to bloom in succession from early spring to late summer. They’ve all come up lol. Not sure if we’re going to have to plant a lot more annuals or not. It was so strange the Jade Eyes Alliums came up in February with the crocus.
Yup, I figured out coneflowers rather a leaner soil. Also the more fertile the soil the easier it is to reseed. Totally agree with keeping the older varieties of perennials, they certainly are tried and true.
You're absolutely correct. I put a thin layer of compost on top of the clay and spread the coneflower seeds. BOOM instant coneflower bed. And they'll continue to reseed themselves. I live in a rural area so I get away with burning away the old crispy foliage in early spring which has the benefit of killing any of the weeds that come up in the winter
I enjoy the back and forth between structure and fullness each year, as my garden matures. Every bed is an experiment to see what thrives. Rabbits play a role too. Watching you go through the same process is reassuring.
We have so many homemade wire cages around small plants, just to keep the rabbits from annihilating them. We use the rolls of black metal mesh fencing material found at hardware stores to make our cages. I like the black because it seems to "disappear" with the greenery behind it. You'd think that the green metal would be ideal, but black is actually better.
It's been a bumper crop year for irises, clematis and roses in Atlanta this Spring. I'm definitely spoiled by the cooler days so far. My foxgloves also look other wordly. Few casualties too - loropetalums look like absolute cr*p right now but I'm holding out hope. The second hard frost after warmer temps fried the new foliage but at least I got a few days of GORGEOUS flowers in early March - I have Purple Diamond; the contrast of the dark leaves and the bright pink flowers was SO pretty. I had a baby variegated tea olive planted last fall didn't make it through the December freeze. Absolutely zero buds on any of my macrophyllas this year but other than that, it is gearing up to be a fun and absolutely beautiful season.
Kim, everything in your yard is absolutely beautiful!I understand you would like it to be better and that is what makes you a great gardener. You have a high expectation of yourself and your garden. Give yourself a beak. There are very few gardens that look better than yours!!
I remember growing up in Pittsboro right next to Jordan lake and oh my lord it was crazy how low it was back in the day! Just drove down 64 across it today and it’s flooded all the beaches it’s so high lol we’re gonna be good on water for this summer for sure
I'm always drawn to Orange Rocket when I see it, but that Lutin Rouge is even better. Hopefully I'll be able to find one in a year or so. Thanks for sharing.
Everything is looking beautiful as usual! I agree with you Jim and I find myself in the same position with my garden. I think it needs a little structure along the fence due to the abundant cottage garden inside the fence. Think of it like a picture frame around a picture. I think it will actually make everything work more beautiful with a small Evergreen border..
Your garden looks good! I got two rain water tanks that are 1000 gallons which will help my garden when water restrictions might happen this summer. Plus 4 garbage bins of water from drains off the roof of our house.
@@JimPutnam Good to know. They always trim it in early spring, but the perfect little balls this year cracked me up. They did a much better pruning job than some of the landscapers around town.
Stephany and Jim, thank you for sharing your sweet gardens! I'm still working on our 1 acre "blank canvas" almost 2 years later. But, we have the sod and flowerbeds along the fence. This week is the fire pit and raised bed area. I'm sure Jim would be very surprised at how much has changed since his consult in July 2021. To answer Jim's question, "What is blooming in your garden?" - Peonies! 🥰
Between the rain & chilly nights, some things are a bit behind in N. Georgia too. My houseplants are well traveled at this point, they've been in & out so many times! Glad I left the pansies & violas, might be June before it's too warm for them 😅 Plants are just reacting very differently this year. My Hosta Elegans has a bloom stalk but Golden Tiara is flopping like it's fall & Pauls Gold is barely leafed out. I'm afraid we're seeing changes that may just get worse. Adaptation is what gardening is all about but frustrating none the less. Thanks for keeping it real Jim & Stephany!
I lost three of those western named Agastache; I think they were also " Arizona Sandstone "! One returned this year, all others dust. I lost a Rosie Posie too. I love Golden Jubilee, such a pollinator plant; has seeded itself around just a little bit and I can always tell the cute little babies due to their color. Glad to hear it wasn't just me.
Definitely not just you. Lost all mine but the Golden Jubilee too. My Miss Huff came back but nothing yet from Chapel Hill. Lost the Lipstick Salvia Greggi too, it was huge & I'll miss it. Very strange how some things reacted to multiple assaults from the weather whiplash. Given the price points on some plants, I'm over spending on things that aren't reliable no matter how pretty they are. I love Jim's honesty, absolutely reliable! I've got a yard full of "weedy" Packera blooming itself silly, deer don't touch it. Nothing special but still better than a lawn 😅 Edit: one Agastache I lost was Arizona Sunset in 7b. Might that be what yours was?
Hope you don’t get the dogwood winter for the duration of your bloom, Jim, lol. The old timers here in Kentucky say that the weather won’t warm up till the dogwood blooms fall off. Great tour.
My coneflowers have always been hit or miss fir some reason. I have more problems with the old fashioned purple ones than any others that are more "exotic". I also only lost a few plants during the cold blast and 2 beautiful orange agastache were victims. I'll try them 1 more time because they were amazing, but that's their last chance! My garden in 6a is doing better than I thought it would thanks to you! Remember everyone, don't over water and don't worship plants that don't grow well in the garden!!
I lost almost all of my coneflowers planted two seasons ago from voles eating the roots! They were absolutely beautiful last summer, their second season in the ground, then in late summer / fall, they started wilting. On investigation, I pulled the leaves right up with no roots! So, so, so disappointing. Only thing I know to do ... plant in permatill or mesh metal baskets. Gets expensive with a big garden.
I appreciate your honesty and transparency in these videos. Another great tour. Beautiful space & a joy to watch come together. I have 3 varieties of agastache in my garden: Sunrise red, pink pearl, and meant to bee queen nectarine. Two new this spring but Sunrise red came back from the fall. I planted in sandy part shade conditions. We’ll see how they all do this year. Flowers are about to open on virginia sweetspire. Pow wow wildberry echinacea close to blooming too (a very happy plant!). Violas from my winter containers are now flowering in my Bermuda lawn.. that’s new! Haha. If you decide to give some rhythm n blues salvia away, my mom in Raleigh would take some! 😄
I love anemones! They don't spread as aggressively for me in z5b when planted in part shade. I root prune the clumps in my sun garden every spring and pull out those that spread to the wrong spots.
Thank you for validating my frustrating experience with disappearing agastaches! I have not had one come back yet. Trying a raised bed placement this year in case wet clay is what vanishes them, but this will be their last chance!
The new hybrid pink/orange/yelllow agastaches haven't done well for me either (zone 6b Hudson Valley) even when planted in a sharply draining, hot, dry area. I think they just don't like the wet East Coast, although they are amazing in the Southwest. The blue/purple varieties (Blue Fortune, Little Adder, Golden Jubilee) grow like weeds here -- I have to move some of mine out of the bed they are in as they are crowding out some other plants. Pollinators love them.
Blooming right now is hardy geranium, bugleweed, blueberry, azalea, bleeding heart. Just about to open are allium, mountain laurel (just planted), and weigela. Philly PA z7.
I’ve found a lot of the tough plants prefer soil on the poor side to perform better that really goes for annuals, perennials and shrubs. When there in really nice compost and soil they sit there like idk what to do
Your dogwood looks fabulous! My kousa ‘Scarlet Fire’ dogwood still has not leafed out. Perhaps it’s because it’s located in fairly dense shade in my back wooded area. I guess the kousas are later to leaf out than native ones. Your gardens really have a great balance/mix of foliage color! 👍
North 9a I'm a new gardener though so I'm having trial periods. I believe I have my tree too deep in the ground. Jus trying get some green on her somehow
@@younggarden_ If you have the Scarlet Fire dogwood, that is a grafted tree. If you planted the graft part of the trunk (the knobby point where one type of tree is spliced into another type) below ground level, then you would need to replant it so that the graft union is just above ground level. That way, you won’t get growth from the rootstock (underground) part of the plant, instead of the grafted upper portion. Hope this makes sense.
I had the same experience with the agastache. I was 5aken by the beautiful colors and lost all of them,about 4 or5, so disappointing and a waste of money ! The only tag I could find was Poquito Lavender. I also lost 2 autumn sage a beautiful lipstick red color, loved them.
Jim - I got an empress of china last April after seeing it on your channel. It bloomed okay last year but was hit hard with the freezes here in Charlotte 8a. It had started to flush after the first freeze then lost all the young leaves during the second (and last). The stems on many of the branches look green but it still has not flushed back out yet. I haven’t tested any of the branches to see if brittle :/ since they’re so hard to find in really hoping it didn’t get smoked
My bronze fennel did not come back and I’m not sure why. I’d like to try again in maybe another spot. Ever is looking so beautiful. I would love to find that butterfly towers but I did pick up one of the butterfly candy ones, raspberry.
Thank you!! Would you both be willing to help us lay-folk figure out what colors can go together that would be easy on the eye instead of jarring/clashing? I think I have trouble determining which colors of foliage and blooms can go together. 🤔 Thanks!! 😊 I have learned some color-matching from your shrub videos in the past, but the designing with color drifts, etc. confuses me.
Around the snapdragons/zinnias, is that Radiance Abelia? Do you have a video on the Abelia in your personal yard? Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us 😊
I’m glad your Empress recovered and it’s a relief to hear. Inspired by you, we planted one last year and it looked so sad after the blast. Being it was so new and about waist high I worried about it but it is leafing out strong. How many years has yours been planted there? I can’t wait for this one to grow.
Thanks Jim and Stephanie. My garden has foxglove galore. Never knew how easy this was to grow. Hovever I struggle with echinacea and hollyhocks. Any suggestions. Thanks
Your Empress dogwood does look fantastic. You've now made it my top choice to replace my twin fragrant tea olives if they don't recover from December. BTW, are the Fortunes tea olives more cold hardy than standard?
Jim. I absolutely love the Evergreen Chinese Dogwood. I have searched for somewhere to purchase this plant but they seem to be very scarce. Any idea of a good source????
I'm pretty much sure my Empress is a goner. Still hasn't leafed out here in Charlotte. Still has green under the bark, but otherwise not showing any signs of life.
My Bee Balm center died this winter while stringers came back. Is there something I did wrong? My Bee Balm plants have looked full and healthy the last two years.
I've been searching high and low for the empress of china dogwood, to no avail. Reached out to Southern Living and got this "Sorry about this but there are not many nurseries growing this plant anymore. It will be difficult to find. It was not easy to grow in a container. Had root problems. Once in the ground it does fine." So bummed to hear that.
Jim and Stephany, I appreciate you showing us your 'chaos' and keeping it real! Also, thank you for always displaying the names and zones as you speak and tour us through your gardens.
‘Chaos’ it’s beautiful
Jim, i love how non scripted your videos are, always thinking of stuff on the fly to share with us. Your "disorganization and non scriptedness" is what makes me watch and listen.
Hello Mr Jim Putnam and Stephany. Gardening ,and happy gardening
❤
I’m in the process of removing grass, replacing with flower beds and your videos are inspiring
Love the monthly tours with names on the screen!
Zone 8, North Texas, potted up some bare root hosta (New Hampshire Hostas) 3 weeks ago in pots. They're exploding like crazy. Some mature at 55"!😮 So I've tasked myself with spacing them as best I can.
Love ordering from them for the hosta selection and other companion plants.
PS: the caption on the thumbnail made my brain play the Weird Science / Oingo Boingo song!
We themed our garden after the trees in the Lorax. Last fall we planted more than 75 alliums because many of them look like the trees in the Lorax. Anyway they were supposed to bloom in succession from early spring to late summer. They’ve all come up lol. Not sure if we’re going to have to plant a lot more annuals or not. It was so strange the Jade Eyes Alliums came up in February with the crocus.
If you could make a fireworks show into a planting, it would be Jim’s garden.
Yup, I figured out coneflowers rather a leaner soil. Also the more fertile the soil the easier it is to reseed. Totally agree with keeping the older varieties of perennials, they certainly are tried and true.
You're absolutely correct. I put a thin layer of compost on top of the clay and spread the coneflower seeds. BOOM instant coneflower bed. And they'll continue to reseed themselves. I live in a rural area so I get away with burning away the old crispy foliage in early spring which has the benefit of killing any of the weeds that come up in the winter
I enjoy the back and forth between structure and fullness each year, as my garden matures. Every bed is an experiment to see what thrives. Rabbits play a role too. Watching you go through the same process is reassuring.
We have so many homemade wire cages around small plants, just to keep the rabbits from annihilating them. We use the rolls of black metal mesh fencing material found at hardware stores to make our cages. I like the black because it seems to "disappear" with the greenery behind it. You'd think that the green metal would be ideal, but black is actually better.
Yes, that dogwood puts on an amazing display of flowers!
Sure wish the empress of china dogwood was available! Can't find them anywhere.
Shoutout to Falls Lake and Jordan Lake. I work for the Army Corps of Engineers in Wilmington and those are my peeps up there. 👋
It's been a bumper crop year for irises, clematis and roses in Atlanta this Spring. I'm definitely spoiled by the cooler days so far. My foxgloves also look other wordly. Few casualties too - loropetalums look like absolute cr*p right now but I'm holding out hope. The second hard frost after warmer temps fried the new foliage but at least I got a few days of GORGEOUS flowers in early March - I have Purple Diamond; the contrast of the dark leaves and the bright pink flowers was SO pretty. I had a baby variegated tea olive planted last fall didn't make it through the December freeze. Absolutely zero buds on any of my macrophyllas this year but other than that, it is gearing up to be a fun and absolutely beautiful season.
Kim, everything in your yard is absolutely beautiful!I understand you would like it to be better and that is what makes you a great gardener. You have a high expectation of yourself and your garden. Give yourself a beak. There are very few gardens that look better than yours!!
I would also imagine that because the front yard coneflowers are planted so close to the road they get the extra heat generated from the asphalt? 🌷💚🙃
I remember growing up in Pittsboro right next to Jordan lake and oh my lord it was crazy how low it was back in the day!
Just drove down 64 across it today and it’s flooded all the beaches it’s so high lol we’re gonna be good on water for this summer for sure
To hide the leaf dieback, I plant allium with beebalm and also lambs ear in zone 5.
I love the Fennel!! It looks like a whispy cloud
It's amazing looking, I love it!
Had fennel at my old house and it was amazing for pollinators! A unique texture too.
I'm always drawn to Orange Rocket when I see it, but that Lutin Rouge is even better. Hopefully I'll be able to find one in a year or so. Thanks for sharing.
It has been a standout so far. Thanks for watching
None of my new showy agastche came back. My older varieties are going strong ! Time to do my Chelsea chop.
You have lit a fire under me for that variegated hydrangea. Now I MUST have one,
Everything is looking beautiful as usual! I agree with you Jim and I find myself in the same position with my garden. I think it needs a little structure along the fence due to the abundant cottage garden inside the fence. Think of it like a picture frame around a picture. I think it will actually make everything work more beautiful with a small Evergreen border..
Your garden looks good! I got two rain water tanks that are 1000 gallons which will help my garden when water restrictions might happen this summer. Plus 4 garbage bins of water from drains off the roof of our house.
You and Stephany have a beautiful garden !
Your carex is gorgeous! Mine has been bunny pruned. On the upside, they made a nice even job of it - if you want gold meatballs. 😂
They nest with the material. Must be comfortable!
@@JimPutnam Good to know. They always trim it in early spring, but the perfect little balls this year cracked me up. They did a much better pruning job than some of the landscapers around town.
Stephany and Jim, thank you for sharing your sweet gardens! I'm still working on our 1 acre "blank canvas" almost 2 years later. But, we have the sod and flowerbeds along the fence. This week is the fire pit and raised bed area. I'm sure Jim would be very surprised at how much has changed since his consult in July 2021. To answer Jim's question, "What is blooming in your garden?" - Peonies! 🥰
Empress dogwood is stunning
Thank you Jim and Stephany. 🌷💚🙃
Thank you so much for watching!
I've had success with the yellow agastache Kudos Gold coming back for me. I am in zone 5 in a drier western climate.
Between the rain & chilly nights, some things are a bit behind in N. Georgia too. My houseplants are well traveled at this point, they've been in & out so many times! Glad I left the pansies & violas, might be June before it's too warm for them 😅
Plants are just reacting very differently this year. My Hosta Elegans has a bloom stalk but Golden Tiara is flopping like it's fall & Pauls Gold is barely leafed out. I'm afraid we're seeing changes that may just get worse. Adaptation is what gardening is all about but frustrating none the less.
Thanks for keeping it real Jim & Stephany!
The front beds look great to me!!!
Your chaos is wonderful looking!
I lost three of those western named Agastache; I think they were also " Arizona Sandstone "! One returned this year, all others dust. I lost a Rosie Posie too. I love Golden Jubilee, such a pollinator plant; has seeded itself around just a little bit and I can always tell the cute little babies due to their color. Glad to hear it wasn't just me.
Definitely not just you. Lost all mine but the Golden Jubilee too. My Miss Huff came back but nothing yet from Chapel Hill. Lost the Lipstick Salvia Greggi too, it was huge & I'll miss it. Very strange how some things reacted to multiple assaults from the weather whiplash. Given the price points on some plants, I'm over spending on things that aren't reliable no matter how pretty they are. I love Jim's honesty, absolutely reliable! I've got a yard full of "weedy" Packera blooming itself silly, deer don't touch it. Nothing special but still better than a lawn 😅
Edit: one Agastache I lost was Arizona Sunset in 7b. Might that be what yours was?
We'll-established Arizona Sandstone didn't survive our winter here in 8a SC. Rated as Z5-9 I think
Hope you don’t get the dogwood winter for the duration of your bloom, Jim, lol. The old timers here in Kentucky say that the weather won’t warm up till the dogwood blooms fall off. Great tour.
My coneflowers have always been hit or miss fir some reason. I have more problems with the old fashioned purple ones than any others that are more "exotic". I also only lost a few plants during the cold blast and 2 beautiful orange agastache were victims. I'll try them 1 more time because they were amazing, but that's their last chance! My garden in 6a is doing better than I thought it would thanks to you! Remember everyone, don't over water and don't worship plants that don't grow well in the garden!!
I lost almost all of my coneflowers planted two seasons ago from voles eating the roots! They were absolutely beautiful last summer, their second season in the ground, then in late summer / fall, they started wilting. On investigation, I pulled the leaves right up with no roots! So, so, so disappointing. Only thing I know to do ... plant in permatill or mesh metal baskets. Gets expensive with a big garden.
Great info and tour! You're inching up on 200K, congrats!
Your garden is beautiful with all the colors, textures, and blooms!! 💚
Just purchased a golden falls redbud because of your videos🎉🎉🎉
I am working hard to remove most of the black-eyed Susans that have spread themselves all over my yard. They are pretty aggressive.
I appreciate your honesty and transparency in these videos. Another great tour. Beautiful space & a joy to watch come together. I have 3 varieties of agastache in my garden: Sunrise red, pink pearl, and meant to bee queen nectarine. Two new this spring but Sunrise red came back from the fall. I planted in sandy part shade conditions. We’ll see how they all do this year. Flowers are about to open on virginia sweetspire. Pow wow wildberry echinacea close to blooming too (a very happy plant!). Violas from my winter containers are now flowering in my Bermuda lawn.. that’s new! Haha. If you decide to give some rhythm n blues salvia away, my mom in Raleigh would take some! 😄
I love anemones! They don't spread as aggressively for me in z5b when planted in part shade. I root prune the clumps in my sun garden every spring and pull out those that spread to the wrong spots.
Thank you for validating my frustrating experience with disappearing agastaches! I have not had one come back yet. Trying a raised bed placement this year in case wet clay is what vanishes them, but this will be their last chance!
The new hybrid pink/orange/yelllow agastaches haven't done well for me either (zone 6b Hudson Valley) even when planted in a sharply draining, hot, dry area. I think they just don't like the wet East Coast, although they are amazing in the Southwest. The blue/purple varieties (Blue Fortune, Little Adder, Golden Jubilee) grow like weeds here -- I have to move some of mine out of the bed they are in as they are crowding out some other plants. Pollinators love them.
Blooming right now is hardy geranium, bugleweed, blueberry, azalea, bleeding heart. Just about to open are allium, mountain laurel (just planted), and weigela. Philly PA z7.
I’m having dogwood envy 😂
Here in Oregon zone 8 we have had a slow start. We've had so much rain, things are just starting to push through the ground.
I’ve found a lot of the tough plants prefer soil on the poor side to perform better that really goes for annuals, perennials and shrubs. When there in really nice compost and soil they sit there like idk what to do
Your dogwood looks fabulous! My kousa ‘Scarlet Fire’ dogwood still has not leafed out. Perhaps it’s because it’s located in fairly dense shade in my back wooded area. I guess the kousas are later to leaf out than native ones. Your gardens really have a great balance/mix of foliage color! 👍
Makes me feel better I've only got three leaves
Best of luck hope she shows for you....better late than never
@@younggarden_ Thanks for your comment! This gives me hope that my dogwood is still alive! What type of site is yours located in?
North 9a I'm a new gardener though so I'm having trial periods. I believe I have my tree too deep in the ground. Jus trying get some green on her somehow
@@younggarden_ If you have the Scarlet Fire dogwood, that is a grafted tree. If you planted the graft part of the trunk (the knobby point where one type of tree is spliced into another type) below ground level, then you would need to replant it so that the graft union is just above ground level. That way, you won’t get growth from the rootstock (underground) part of the plant, instead of the grafted upper portion. Hope this makes sense.
I had the same experience with the agastache. I was 5aken by the beautiful colors and lost all of them,about 4 or5, so disappointing and a waste of money ! The only tag I could find was Poquito Lavender. I also lost 2 autumn sage a beautiful lipstick red color, loved them.
Has Jim mentioned the name of that vigorous anemone in front of the fence?
Jim,
Absolutely ADORE the Empress of China dogwood!!! ❤❤❤ Hoping my local nursery gets one in this year so I can add one to my yard. 😊
I've probably tried 10 different agastache varieties in Maryland 7B and I think about 2 have come back. 🤷♂️
Jim - I got an empress of china last April after seeing it on your channel. It bloomed okay last year but was hit hard with the freezes here in Charlotte 8a. It had started to flush after the first freeze then lost all the young leaves during the second (and last). The stems on many of the branches look green but it still has not flushed back out yet. I haven’t tested any of the branches to see if brittle :/ since they’re so hard to find in really hoping it didn’t get smoked
My bronze fennel did not come back and I’m not sure why. I’d like to try again in maybe another spot. Ever is looking so beautiful. I would love to find that butterfly towers but I did pick up one of the butterfly candy ones, raspberry.
Thank you!! Would you both be willing to help us lay-folk figure out what colors can go together that would be easy on the eye instead of jarring/clashing? I think I have trouble determining which colors of foliage and blooms can go together. 🤔 Thanks!! 😊
I have learned some color-matching from your shrub videos in the past, but the designing with color drifts, etc. confuses me.
Around the snapdragons/zinnias, is that Radiance Abelia? Do you have a video on the Abelia in your personal yard?
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience with us 😊
I was told that the Empress of China dogwood can be limbed up as a tree.
What are your thoughts on the Stonehenge named Yews? See there's a tall skinny as well that gets around 18" wide.
I’m glad your Empress recovered and it’s a relief to hear. Inspired by you, we planted one last year and it looked so sad after the blast. Being it was so new and about waist high I worried about it but it is leafing out strong. How many years has yours been planted there? I can’t wait for this one to grow.
Hi, did you find a place online to order one? I am in southeast Texas.
@@collectorpalms No a local garden center had one. I’m in NC.
Anise hyssop and prarie beebalm,black and blue sage salvia are unstoppable.
What is your beautiful white clematis called?
Is the Empress of China dogwood rare? I haven't seen any in stock under $100 in a year.
Thanks Jim and Stephanie. My garden has foxglove galore. Never knew how easy this was to grow. Hovever I struggle with echinacea and hollyhocks. Any suggestions. Thanks
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i really want the empress of china dogwood. Lookin for awhile. Can't find any.
Your Empress dogwood does look fantastic. You've now made it my top choice to replace my twin fragrant tea olives if they don't recover from December. BTW, are the Fortunes tea olives more cold hardy than standard?
Loved the tour.❤
Are Empress of China dogwoods sold in California? Is there a Northern California nursery that sells them?
Jim. I absolutely love the Evergreen Chinese Dogwood. I have searched for somewhere to purchase this plant but they seem to be very scarce. Any idea of a good source????
I want one too!- I was told in short supply due to being hard to produce!
Fennel looks out of focus. 😄 it’s so fuzzy.
Did you stake your Golden Falls redbud to that height or it grew naturally? thanks!
I'm pretty much sure my Empress is a goner. Still hasn't leafed out here in Charlotte. Still has green under the bark, but otherwise not showing any signs of life.
Bummer!
If it’s still green, I would hold out hope! The distylliums that I thought were dead started pushing teeny growth points this week.
My Bee Balm center died this winter while stringers came back. Is there something I did wrong? My Bee Balm plants have looked full and healthy the last two years.
They tend to die out in the center after a few years, nothing you did wrong.
I've been searching high and low for the empress of china dogwood, to no avail. Reached out to Southern Living and got this "Sorry about this but there are not many nurseries growing this plant anymore. It will be difficult to find. It was not easy to grow in a container. Had root problems. Once in the ground it does fine." So bummed to hear that.
It's a weird one that way. It gets root rot in a container. There are still a few growing it, but I don't know where they send their plants
I have an anemone that is claiming a large corner of my garden. It needs to be scolded severely.