Proven Winners Salvia Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes -- It got HUGE wherever I planted it, and it was the hummingbird's favorite plant by far. So easy, always in flower, beautiful blue color. Love it!
Hot lips Salvia, only had one plant, now the size of a small shrub, was in gallon size container in April. Bees and humming birds love it. Most asked about plant in my garden all year.
I grew Verbena Bonariensis for the first time this year, started from seed, and I absolutely love it. It adds such a whimsical touch to my prennials. I found it even tolerates a good bit of shade, it just stays a little smaller.
I'm saving this video for future reference ❤ . This was my first year with zinnias!!! I can't believe I hadn't grown them before, who am I ? 🤷🏼♀️🤣. Next year, definitely getting some surefire begonias ... Happy Gardening 👩🌾
I grew cleome rosalita and WOW! It grew quickly, and I only needed to plant one to become a beautiful ever-flowering bush. Still going strong in zone 6b.
My favorite this summer was Prairie Sun Rudbeckia. The blossoms were huge and I loved the glowing yellow and orange color with the big green center. I plan to grow 3X more next year. They were easy to start from seed, too.
My flower of the year was Proven Winner's Cleome. Has bloomed absolutely all spring and summer. Finally pulled it up last week but it was still blooming beautifully.
I grew ornamental basil ‘Cardinal’ from seed. The flower heads come in mid summer and are very different then regular basil flowers. Looks great with red veined sorrel, which I also started from seed
I adore Beyond Midnight Caryopteris, vermillionaire and Windwalker red salvia. All 3 are loved by hummingbirds and host too many bumblebees to count! Love your channel!
I grew some Surefire Rose and White Begonias in 24" diameter containers this year. They were phenomenal. I planted a green and white calladiun with the white begonia and a pink and green calladiun with the rose begonia, and dicondra silver falls in both pots. I put three Begonias in each pot and both pots got ginormous😮. And very little care needed.
I have been so impressed with three Angelonia (dark blue/purple, variety unknown) I planted in the ground rather than in pots as I have done many times in the past. They are in full sun next to my driveway and they have not skipped a beat, not even in the extraordinarily hot and dry conditions we’ve had this year. Excellent performers that I will replant next year.
Grew Surefire White Begonia blew me away along with a David Austin James Galloway rose I’d turn my head and that rose grew first year outstanding performance. Installed drip irrigation this year game changer my gardens went crazy.
One of my favorites Proven Winners Coffee Cups. I purchased them online and the took a beating in shipment. You would Never Know It! Put 2 in the ground; 5 feet tall and about 3-4 wide!!
I grow all my mostly annual seedlings for my garden around 800 +. My favourite this year was Veronica Blue Salvia, bloomed all summer and got 5 ft tall still going and looks so pretty around every flower. I started growing Salvia and Nicotiana because of your videos. ❤
I grew some coleus from seed, first time ever. They were so easy, I took some cuttings from my favorites and going to try to overwinter in the house as houseplants.
I love your gardens and your laidback attitude. I added Beyond Midnight Caryopteris to my garden this year and loved it. Deep purple flowers with dark green foliage added nice coolness in front of pale grey-green Russian sage. Golden Jubilee Agastache was also stunning with chartreuse foliage and blue bottle brush flowers. Both of these plants were trouble-free and low maintenance. The caryopteris was basically planted and left alone - a very unfussy, undemanding shrub.
Found a little $1.89 pot in the herb section at my garden centre called Pineapple Sage this Spring. It's not little any more - 6 ft wide and 4 ft tall, fire engine red tubular blooms that the hummingbirds stand in line for. Began blooming in mid-August, and starts out slowly but then it takes off during Summer. The rabbits found it enticing when it was small so I had to give it some protection or it would have been someone's lunch. Also tried some new (for me) PW annuals that I wouldn't hesitate to grow again: Truffula Pink Gomphrena which get huge w/o pinching back in June; Rockin' Playin' the Blues Salvia - gorgeous, very long blue flower spikes that pollinators covered all Summer; Señorita Blanca White Cleome - stunning, huge white flower clusters; Mojave Purslane - just covered in blooms; Ascot Rainbow Spurge - the colours are just beautiful. Everything mentioned is still blooming like crazy in 6a with no stopping until frost. Thanks for sharing your new plants Erin - I saw a few that piqued my green thumb's interest.
I combined just 2 plants in a pedestal pot: Proven Winners Dichondra Silver falls with PW's Diamond frost Euphorbia, both of which I'd overwintered inside. I was so pleasantly surprised, thinking I'd have to change them out. They made it through our HOT summer very happily. Huge!!!!Upstate SC zone 7b.
I purchased a Lowe’s clearance rose($10.00) and it has tripled in size since June and it’s hardy and beautiful. I was thrilled and I tell everyone about my “Lowe’s Rose”! Your Guara is awesome and I have that as well it’s so sprawling and incredible. Thank you for sharing your garden!
Hi Erin, thanks for sharing some great plants. For me, knautia macedonica 'Thunder and Lightning', silene 'Valley High', salvia involucrata 'Sierra', and Plectranthus ‘Guacamole’ were high performers. (Zone 4, western Canadian prairies, north of Montana).
The Cherry Cordial Begonia looks like a winner! I grew Centranthus 'Pretty Betsy from seed. It bloomed at lot of the summer. I also grew a white gaura from seed. It was okay... Russian Kale (purple black color) in my flower garden was a fun fluffy addition just for the color alone. Lots of dahlias, you fault!!!!
I grew Heart of the Jungle elephant ears with white begonias and chocolate drop coleus. The begonias and coleus all mixed together. So beautiful. Best part was I got them all 50% off after the 4th of July. They grew fast and big! Awesome end of summer/fall mix ❤️ I would love to see a fall perennial tour after all the annuals are gone?
Well I certainly agree with the Surefire begonia series, I put 5 in the west side of my yard and they are ginormous! also loved the queen tut and really relived the labyrinth Dalia. A shorter large dahlia that is beautiful and very prolific.😊
The gaura is working as a perennial for me in Montreal, Quebec. I'd say , they've survived the winter for the last 6-7 years..We haven't hit -22F since 1994 but last January it got down to -21.1F ... we were a 5B zone but with weather changes now more of a zone 6A, lots of snow cover and it's cold all right in winter but very hot and humid summers. Maybe try to overwinter a gaura or 2 ..as long as there are other plants around it, not exposed and lots of snow cover, it does fine.
Hi, I have had Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' overwinter for 8 years now in Milwaukee, WI (Zone 5B). It is in my so called xeriscape bed next to my driveway (clay loam soil though), wood chips as mulch, and I don't do anything to overwinter it. It just keeps coming back year after year and is also reseeding itself. Just transplanted some of it this fall to a different flowerbed as it is becoming too spread out in my bed. We'll see how it goes in a few months. Good luck!
Silene dioica ‘Clifford Moor’ (Catchfly) was a surprise winner in my garden, beautifully yellow/green variegated foliage that seemed to be evergreen, whimsical spikes of pink flowers that lasted most of the season. Did great in my full sun bed, 5b.
Can you share with us how and where you shop for plants. How do you "research"? It sounds like it might be a variety of ways. I'm certainly not seeing these in most garden centers. Loved the video! Already can't wait until next year!
Zahara raspberry ripple zinnias have been my favorite plant this year. They have been the most prolific bloomers, have no issues with powdery mildew and are still going strong. Zone 8 B
Because of you, Erin, I grew an ornamental banana on my front porch. It is one impressive plant! Do you think I could bring it into the house and keep it as a house plant until next spring? I'd rather not cut off those huge leaves and store it like you showed last year. If I bring it in I may need to give up a corner bath tub. No other place is big enough.
My fav was anything that survived my drought. 1/2" rain in August, probably less in September. Each rain Wisconsin had missed me. My water barrels (2 55 gal) have been empty more than full. I'm tired of watering!
I took screenshots of ones that I want to try here in my yard inIndiana so pretty much the same zone and my favorite performer has been my roses David Austin.❤❤ I love your videos
Thanks Erin! You talked me into the cherry begonia for sure as well as some others!! I can’t believe the end of the season is near. I’m ready for a little rest but Spring always seems too far off. Best, Tara
This spring was the first time I had grown Nasturtium from seed. All died but one so I planted it in the corner of my pepper plant raised bed. It sat there for a few months, cute but eh, seen better. As soon as things cooled down, it bolted, took over the whole bed and ground, the flowers were amazing! I just kept guiding it off my peppers, walkways etc. It truly was incredible. I am going to put it on my deck next year so I am hoping this wasn't a flluke lol.
I grew a Goldflame Honeysuckle this year that I got at the end of the season (last year) for $5. It was basically a twig, but grew gorgeously and even brought in some hummingbird visitors over the summer. I can't wait to see how it does next year, too!
Tried dahlia "china doll" this year for the first time and what a star! So many blooms that seem to glow and go with anything else I pick for a bouquet. Perfection.
LOVE your selection, Erin! My favorite must-have this year was "Flamingo" Celosia from seed (Botanical Interests). Although the seed packet states that it grows 24-30" tall, mine are EASILY 4+ feet! In my cluster home-size flowerbeds, the plants are overtaking, but I don't mind! The pollinators (particularly the bumbles) are ALL OVER IT!!! Along with verbena bonariensis (reseeded from last year), my flowerbeds are a-buzzing!!! There's, MAYbe, a 1/4-inch flower still left on the very tips, and the bumbles are still at it - I CAN'T bear to pull it out yet!!!
Thank you for sharing Erin! I planted begonias this year and loved them enough to know they will be in my garden next year. Not sure the variety but they were winners for me.
Love hearing about your new favorites. One of my new favorites, was also the Irish Poet, and Waikiki elephant ear. I do want to try Surefire Begonia, it always looks so good in videos. I like the pink cuphea, will have to try.
I love Bullseye Salmon Geranium. The foliage make it pop among all the green you have in the garden.The only downside is the smell but that's help deter all the wild rabbits and deers!
Senecio Candicans Angel Wings in a big pot was a wow for me. Also Dorotheanthus Mezoo Trailing Red which I am overwintering under lights. Love these vids.
Thanks to your prior raves about Verbena 'Bampton', we used it and are thrilled with it at the edges as a great airy filler! Quite a few new Dahlias as well and faves are Enchantress and Labyrinth.
My favorite this year is purple leaf bugbane tall white flowers that smells like grape pop ,,and miscanthus giganteus aways gets attention had to buy another one this year ..love your videos 😊
I grew Agastache Tango from seed. It was blooming before I moved I them outside and are still blooming in October. They are about a foot high and have orange tubular flowers with no deadheading. They are a zone 5 perennial so I will see if they survive. This is my favorite for 2023. My second favorite is Proven Winners Luminere Phlox Coral Sunset. What a show. The coral color was intense and it rebloomed twice, even though I planted them midsummer.
Camano Zoe dahlia was a new favorite as was Salish Twilight Girl... New rose for me that I have adored is Parfuma Bliss! What beauty we have to choose from.
I fell in LoVe with a yellow Sulphur Cosmos. It's 3'x3' & so gracefully sways in the breeze. I've been deadheading & it just keeps blooming. I'm saving seeds 'cuz I'm so in LoVe, so are the pollinators 💛
Love my kelgai!! Waterlily form is my favorite!! Have you grown Silver Years? my goto blush for cutting. Not waterlilies but Evannah is a new favorite, gets tall, very cool big pink blooms, unique form. Seniors Hope is a great dahlia for front of borders, it grows some decent stem lengths for cutting even tho its short. Feline Yvonne is an all time favorite for color and form. Rogue Starburst was new to me this year and is definitely getting planted again next year, stunning big silvery blooms. Valley Porcupine is a winner too. Sigh So so many good dahlias!!
New to me, Brazos Penstamon native in SE Texas (I'm in south central Texas). I actually purchased it spring 2022, but it was pretty puny last year (young perennial and too much sun). I moved it to morning sun location last fall and it was spectacular this past spring. It also has some beautiful fall foliage coloring on the tall stems. The crown foliage rosette is mostly evergreen.
I'm growing soil this year from woodchips. LOTS of it. The chips produced an owl ! We just put an owl house up for it to live in. It's prolly gunna find a mate & have babies. So- My favorite thing I'm growing this year is owls!
Love your selection of plants Erin! I've ordered the Emilia since you loved it so much and would love to get my hands on the Fatshedera but I haven't seen that at my local nurseries. I agree with you about that PW Surefire Cherry Cordial as it was fantastic in the garden for me as well as all the PW Salvias and the Vermillionaire - fantastic for the hummingbirds! 😃😃😃
Fatchudara is perfect. Yes it's so pretty. My garden was planted with all new to me plants this year. Cherry red Gara was and still is Garaing. Purple punch superbells was difficult. Cuphea, Peony Itoh Julia Rose(my special purchase this year) Zinnias I planted from seed and they actually grew! Anouk lavender in pots and Dicondra Silver Falls with Aromance Mulberry Nemisia in hanging baskets were my favorite. The scent is amazing. Magenta double petunias, 6 different varieties of tomato and last a no name potato vine that has eaten my yard. Great video Thanks
I grew rudbeckia Sahara mix from seeds and they have flowered all season and still going strong…also I grew gusford supreme, Matsumoto mix and salmon janina asters from seeds and they have been stunning also flowers lasts a long time so will definitely repeat next year
Enjoyed your favorite plants I agree the fatshedra Angyo staris a wonderful plant. I fortunately live in a climate that grows outside 9B and actually I cut it off at the top routed it and now I have two stands of the plant. strong thick vines it must be staked.🌺
I started ageratum the timeless series from seed. I thought I killed it early on, but the color is just beautiful in the garden. I also love the branching sunflowers from both proven winners and Monrovia. I forgot their exact name. One has Saturn in it. Workhorses if you keep them deadheaded.
4:25 you have what appears to be a blue bicolor salvia behind your Queen Tut papyrus (also next to the white Surefire Begonias). Do you recall what variety that is? I'm a sucker for blue blooms! Love that you put some Peachy Keen superbena in there also, beautiful peach/blue/purple combo!
I couldn’t get Kelgai Ann, so I impulse purchased Onesta, another water lily type, from Longfield. Their photo shows a soft, shaded pink. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be screaming Barbie pink instead. 😂 So prolific, though, and I’ve been enjoying it. I really want to try the Irish Poet tassel flower next year. It delights me every time you show it.
This summer I grew a single Dahlia called bishop of Dover, I really like it and the bees do, too. I just hope I can overwinter the tubers, killed some last winter.
Proven Winners Salvia Rockin' Blue Suede Shoes -- It got HUGE wherever I planted it, and it was the hummingbird's favorite plant by far. So easy, always in flower, beautiful blue color. Love it!
Is that an annual? Ty
@@cyhomer yes, hardy to Zone 7. I am Zone 6 and will try to overwinter this year.
Hot lips Salvia, only had one plant, now the size of a small shrub, was in gallon size container in April. Bees and humming birds love it. Most asked about plant in my garden all year.
I really want this in my yard but having problems finding it in garden centers. Did you order it online or find it at a garden center?
I grew Verbena Bonariensis for the first time this year, started from seed, and I absolutely love it. It adds such a whimsical touch to my prennials. I found it even tolerates a good bit of shade, it just stays a little smaller.
Same here. It is October and still going strong look beautiful. Plan on ordering more for next year and gathering seed.
Did you plant in ground directly in the spring?
I started indoors.
I starting in spring with plants from Bluestone Perennials.
This is one I want to try.
I'm saving this video for future reference ❤ . This was my first year with zinnias!!! I can't believe I hadn't grown them before, who am I ? 🤷🏼♀️🤣. Next year, definitely getting some surefire begonias ... Happy Gardening 👩🌾
This was my first year with zinnias, too! It took me a while to jump on the bandwagon. :)
Same here,also annual rudbeckias and orange cosmos, all still pumping out the flowers, I've obviously been living under a rock for the last 10 years 😅
I grew cleome rosalita and WOW! It grew quickly, and I only needed to plant one to become a beautiful ever-flowering bush. Still going strong in zone 6b.
So underrated!
My favorite this summer was Prairie Sun Rudbeckia. The blossoms were huge and I loved the glowing yellow and orange color with the big green center. I plan to grow 3X more next year. They were easy to start from seed, too.
My flower of the year was Proven Winner's Cleome. Has bloomed absolutely all spring and summer. Finally pulled it up last week but it was still blooming beautifully.
Carolyn- I’m with you on the Cleome, it was stunning. Loved how it just kept on blooming. I have plans to put this in a new garden area next year.
Tuberous begonias are among my favorites. Not always easy to find in local nurseries.
I grew ornamental basil ‘Cardinal’ from seed. The flower heads come in mid summer and are very different then regular basil flowers. Looks great with red veined sorrel, which I also started from seed
Ooh, I’m intrigued. I’ll have to look that one up.
I grew cardinal basil with bronze fennel and it’s beautiful even now … zone 9a coastal south
I adore Beyond Midnight Caryopteris, vermillionaire and Windwalker red salvia. All 3 are loved by hummingbirds and host too many bumblebees to count! Love your channel!
I grew some Surefire Rose and White Begonias in 24" diameter containers this year. They were phenomenal. I planted a green and white calladiun with the white begonia and a pink and green calladiun with the rose begonia, and dicondra silver falls in both pots. I put three Begonias in each pot and both pots got ginormous😮. And very little care needed.
I have been so impressed with three Angelonia (dark blue/purple, variety unknown) I planted in the ground rather than in pots as I have done many times in the past. They are in full sun next to my driveway and they have not skipped a beat, not even in the extraordinarily hot and dry conditions we’ve had this year. Excellent performers that I will replant next year.
Same experience with Angelonia in the ground. A great addition to arrangements also.
Very happy with a Blood Banana I picked up this spring. Gonna try to bring it in for the winter.
I picked up some sun tolerant coleus, and boy were they gorgeous! I took some cuttings and hopefully can get them to live on for awhile indoors.
Grew Surefire White Begonia blew me away along with a David Austin James Galloway rose I’d turn my head and that rose grew first year outstanding performance. Installed drip irrigation this year game changer my gardens went crazy.
Nice grouping Erin. Thanks for the feedback. Good to learn!
I agree I have grown them for 3 years now each spring /summer surefire begonias I had several colours
Hare Krishna. Wow so beautiful planting
Thanks for good share 🎉❤🎉❤
One of my favorites Proven Winners Coffee Cups. I purchased them online and the took a beating in shipment. You would Never Know It! Put 2 in the ground; 5 feet tall and about 3-4 wide!!
I grow all my mostly annual seedlings for my garden around 800 +. My favourite this year was Veronica Blue Salvia, bloomed all summer and got 5 ft tall still going and looks so pretty around every flower. I started growing Salvia and Nicotiana because of your videos. ❤
Coral Canyon Twinspur! Bloomed all year and was still blooming after several frosts! Love it.
Beautiful plants. Hope i can find some of them in Southern BC.❤
I grew some coleus from seed, first time ever. They were so easy, I took some cuttings from my favorites and going to try to overwinter in the house as houseplants.
I love your gardens and your laidback attitude. I added Beyond Midnight Caryopteris to my garden this year and loved it. Deep purple flowers with dark green foliage added nice coolness in front of pale grey-green Russian sage. Golden Jubilee Agastache was also stunning with chartreuse foliage and blue bottle brush flowers. Both of these plants were trouble-free and low maintenance. The caryopteris was basically planted and left alone - a very unfussy, undemanding shrub.
My favorite - Dahlia Cornell Bronze, a pompon variety that has good vase life and blends beautifully with other blooms.
Found a little $1.89 pot in the herb section at my garden centre called Pineapple Sage this Spring. It's not little any more - 6 ft wide and 4 ft tall, fire engine red tubular blooms that the hummingbirds stand in line for. Began blooming in mid-August, and starts out slowly but then it takes off during Summer. The rabbits found it enticing when it was small so I had to give it some protection or it would have been someone's lunch. Also tried some new (for me) PW annuals that I wouldn't hesitate to grow again: Truffula Pink Gomphrena which get huge w/o pinching back in June; Rockin' Playin' the Blues Salvia - gorgeous, very long blue flower spikes that pollinators covered all Summer; Señorita Blanca White Cleome - stunning, huge white flower clusters; Mojave Purslane - just covered in blooms; Ascot Rainbow Spurge - the colours are just beautiful. Everything mentioned is still blooming like crazy in 6a with no stopping until frost. Thanks for sharing your new plants Erin - I saw a few that piqued my green thumb's interest.
I combined just 2 plants in a pedestal pot: Proven Winners Dichondra Silver falls with PW's Diamond frost Euphorbia, both of which I'd overwintered inside. I was so pleasantly surprised, thinking I'd have to change them out. They made it through our HOT summer very happily. Huge!!!!Upstate SC zone 7b.
I purchased a Lowe’s clearance rose($10.00) and it has tripled in size since June and it’s hardy and beautiful. I was thrilled and I tell everyone about my “Lowe’s Rose”! Your Guara is awesome and I have that as well it’s so sprawling and incredible. Thank you for sharing your garden!
Hi Erin, thanks for sharing some great plants. For me, knautia macedonica 'Thunder and Lightning', silene 'Valley High', salvia involucrata 'Sierra', and Plectranthus ‘Guacamole’ were high performers. (Zone 4, western Canadian prairies, north of Montana).
In my zone 8b in Vancouver, Canada, my favourite 1st time flowers were Guara, Summerific Hardy Hibiscus, Marigolds & Zinnias.
The Cherry Cordial Begonia looks like a winner! I grew Centranthus 'Pretty Betsy from seed. It bloomed at lot of the summer. I also grew a white gaura from seed. It was okay... Russian Kale (purple black color) in my flower garden was a fun fluffy addition just for the color alone. Lots of dahlias, you fault!!!!
Your Begonias are beautiful. I plant them every year and I love them.
My favorites were Geranium Azure Rush ( this is great If you like Rozanne, but want something more compact), Verbena Lollipop, and Agastache Blue Boa.
I grew Heart of the Jungle elephant ears with white begonias and chocolate drop coleus. The begonias and coleus all mixed together. So beautiful. Best part was I got them all 50% off after the 4th of July. They grew fast and big! Awesome end of summer/fall mix ❤️ I would love to see a fall perennial tour after all the annuals are gone?
Grew Pulmonaria Raspberry Splash, zone 9b. Fabulous☀
Helichrysum thianschanicum (icicle) was my favorite container plant this year. Loved the blue silver foliage
Well I certainly agree with the Surefire begonia series, I put 5 in the west side of my yard and they are ginormous! also loved the queen tut and really relived the labyrinth Dalia. A shorter large dahlia that is beautiful and very prolific.😊
My pentas I’m growing in pots are huge and are incredible pollinator attractors. Absolutely gorgeous!
The gaura is working as a perennial for me in Montreal, Quebec. I'd say , they've survived the winter for the last 6-7 years..We haven't hit -22F since 1994 but last January it got down to -21.1F ... we were a 5B zone but with weather changes now more of a zone 6A, lots of snow cover and it's cold all right in winter but very hot and humid summers. Maybe try to overwinter a gaura or 2 ..as long as there are other plants around it, not exposed and lots of snow cover, it does fine.
Hi, I have had Gaura 'Whirling Butterflies' overwinter for 8 years now in Milwaukee, WI (Zone 5B). It is in my so called xeriscape bed next to my driveway (clay loam soil though), wood chips as mulch, and I don't do anything to overwinter it. It just keeps coming back year after year and is also reseeding itself. Just transplanted some of it this fall to a different flowerbed as it is becoming too spread out in my bed. We'll see how it goes in a few months. Good luck!
Loved the caladium line up!
My favorite plant this year is BananAppeal anise illicium. Perfect size and evergreen for my shade area. Gorgeous chartreuse.
Silene dioica ‘Clifford Moor’ (Catchfly) was a surprise winner in my garden, beautifully yellow/green variegated foliage that seemed to be evergreen, whimsical spikes of pink flowers that lasted most of the season. Did great in my full sun bed, 5b.
Can you share with us how and where you shop for plants. How do you "research"? It sounds like it might be a variety of ways. I'm certainly not seeing these in most garden centers. Loved the video! Already can't wait until next year!
Zahara raspberry ripple zinnias have been my favorite plant this year. They have been the most prolific bloomers, have no issues with powdery mildew and are still going strong. Zone 8 B
Great informative video. Short, sharp and shiny😃🪴
Beautiful garden 😍🏡
A great review of the performance champions in my [by far] favorite vicarious garden.
Stunning plants, love it ❤
Because of you, Erin, I grew an ornamental banana on my front porch. It is one impressive plant! Do you think I could bring it into the house and keep it as a house plant until next spring? I'd rather not cut off those huge leaves and store it like you showed last year. If I bring it in I may need to give up a corner bath tub. No other place is big enough.
El Niño chitalpa in my zone 8b is my ❤❤❤❤
Love the looks of that one!
Dahlias! You sparked my confidence to try them and they are rockstars in my garden.
My fav was anything that survived my drought. 1/2" rain in August, probably less in September. Each rain Wisconsin had missed me. My water barrels (2 55 gal) have been empty more than full. I'm tired of watering!
I took screenshots of ones that I want to try here in my yard inIndiana so pretty much the same zone and my favorite performer has been my roses David Austin.❤❤ I love your videos
Thanks Erin! You talked me into the cherry begonia for sure as well as some others!! I can’t believe the end of the season is near. I’m ready for a little rest but Spring always seems too far off. Best, Tara
This spring was the first time I had grown Nasturtium from seed. All died but one so I planted it in the corner of my pepper plant raised bed. It sat there for a few months, cute but eh, seen better. As soon as things cooled down, it bolted, took over the whole bed and ground, the flowers were amazing! I just kept guiding it off my peppers, walkways etc. It truly was incredible. I am going to put it on my deck next year so I am hoping this wasn't a flluke lol.
Kniphofia. I am obsessed!
I congratulate you on all your new plants. I particularly like the Begonias. Love from Oz.
I grew a Goldflame Honeysuckle this year that I got at the end of the season (last year) for $5. It was basically a twig, but grew gorgeously and even brought in some hummingbird visitors over the summer. I can't wait to see how it does next year, too!
Tried dahlia "china doll" this year for the first time and what a star! So many blooms that seem to glow and go with anything else I pick for a bouquet. Perfection.
LOVE your selection, Erin! My favorite must-have this year was "Flamingo" Celosia from seed (Botanical Interests). Although the seed packet states that it grows 24-30" tall, mine are EASILY 4+ feet! In my cluster home-size flowerbeds, the plants are overtaking, but I don't mind! The pollinators (particularly the bumbles) are ALL OVER IT!!! Along with verbena bonariensis (reseeded from last year), my flowerbeds are a-buzzing!!! There's, MAYbe, a 1/4-inch flower still left on the very tips, and the bumbles are still at it - I CAN'T bear to pull it out yet!!!
I also grew Celosia from seed this year and LOVE it…..the colours are so tropical…❤
Thank you for sharing Erin! I planted begonias this year and loved them enough to know they will be in my garden next year. Not sure the variety but they were winners for me.
Hands down my favourite in my garden is Rosalinda Geranium. Love the vibrancy of the rose cluster blooms!
Love hearing about your new favorites. One of my new favorites, was also the Irish Poet, and Waikiki elephant ear. I do want to try Surefire Begonia, it always looks so good in videos. I like the pink cuphea, will have to try.
New to me this year, Verbena bonariensis, some dahlias silver years, Coralie, Bracken Palamino , jowey Winnie and I am loving them all
I love Bullseye Salmon Geranium. The foliage make it pop among all the green you have in the garden.The only downside is the smell but that's help deter all the wild rabbits and deers!
I agree with the Cherry Cordial...my first year with them and they are amazing.
I grew Ruby Moon Hyacinth Bean vine for the first time this year and it was spectacular.
I planted Touch me nots and Gompheras and they both are great. The Touch me not self seed so we will see I may have a bunch
I grew the Surefire White Begonias and I loved them!!
Violet browallia!! Easy and stunning.
Those are some fantastic favorites Erin! I promise to add some of those begonias next season.
I started some red sage for the first time this year (annual)..It’s still going strong..I will grow this every year! Hopefully it will re-seed..
My begonias were amazing this year!
Senecio Candicans Angel Wings in a big pot was a wow for me. Also Dorotheanthus Mezoo Trailing Red which I am overwintering under lights. Love these vids.
Love your channel! Would also love a hose link!!!!
Thanks to your prior raves about Verbena 'Bampton', we used it and are thrilled with it at the edges as a great airy filler! Quite a few new Dahlias as well and faves are Enchantress and Labyrinth.
Lantana is a beast . Slow at start but it’s lasted all summer and even still flowering now . Zone 5b with heavy clay soil
My favorite this year is purple leaf bugbane tall white flowers that smells like grape pop ,,and miscanthus giganteus aways gets attention had to buy another one this year ..love your videos 😊
Love the striped transcadia. I know I spelled that wrong😂. Your yard is gorgeous!
I grew Agastache Tango from seed. It was blooming before I moved I them outside and are still blooming in October. They are about a foot high and have orange tubular flowers with no deadheading. They are a zone 5 perennial so I will see if they survive. This is my favorite for 2023. My second favorite is Proven Winners Luminere Phlox Coral Sunset. What a show. The coral color was intense and it rebloomed twice, even though I planted them midsummer.
Love so many of your choices.
I'm in love with my Ruby Spider Lily by Proven Winners. I can't say enough about this gorgeous plant.
Camano Zoe dahlia was a new favorite as was Salish Twilight Girl...
New rose for me that I have adored is Parfuma Bliss!
What beauty we have to choose from.
I fell in LoVe with a yellow Sulphur Cosmos. It's 3'x3' & so gracefully sways in the breeze. I've been deadheading & it just keeps blooming. I'm saving seeds 'cuz I'm so in LoVe, so are the pollinators 💛
I have tons of full and part shade. I grew Miss Piggy Pig squeak this year love the big leaves and my deer stay away!
Love my kelgai!! Waterlily form is my favorite!! Have you grown Silver Years? my goto blush for cutting. Not waterlilies but Evannah is a new favorite, gets tall, very cool big pink blooms, unique form. Seniors Hope is a great dahlia for front of borders, it grows some decent stem lengths for cutting even tho its short. Feline Yvonne is an all time favorite for color and form. Rogue Starburst was new to me this year and is definitely getting planted again next year, stunning big silvery blooms. Valley Porcupine is a winner too. Sigh So so many good dahlias!!
New to me, Brazos Penstamon native in SE Texas (I'm in south central Texas). I actually purchased it spring 2022, but it was pretty puny last year (young perennial and too much sun). I moved it to morning sun location last fall and it was spectacular this past spring. It also has some beautiful fall foliage coloring on the tall stems. The crown foliage rosette is mostly evergreen.
I'm growing soil this year
from woodchips.
LOTS of it.
The chips produced an owl !
We just put an owl house up for it to live in.
It's prolly gunna find a mate
& have babies.
So-
My favorite thing I'm growing this year is owls!
I tried Pink Dot for the first time. These plants were a little slow to get started but are now at least 2ft high and wide.
Love your selection of plants Erin! I've ordered the Emilia since you loved it so much and would love to get my hands on the Fatshedera but I haven't seen that at my local nurseries. I agree with you about that PW Surefire Cherry Cordial as it was fantastic in the garden for me as well as all the PW Salvias and the Vermillionaire - fantastic for the hummingbirds! 😃😃😃
Fatchudara is perfect. Yes it's so pretty. My garden was planted with all new to me plants this year. Cherry red Gara was and still is Garaing. Purple punch superbells was difficult. Cuphea, Peony Itoh Julia Rose(my special purchase this year) Zinnias I planted from seed and they actually grew! Anouk lavender in pots and Dicondra Silver Falls with Aromance Mulberry Nemisia in hanging baskets were my favorite. The scent is amazing. Magenta double petunias, 6 different varieties of tomato and last a no name potato vine that has eaten my yard. Great video Thanks
I grew rudbeckia Sahara mix from seeds and they have flowered all season and still going strong…also I grew gusford supreme, Matsumoto mix and salmon janina asters from seeds and they have been stunning also flowers lasts a long time so will definitely repeat next year
Enjoyed your favorite plants I agree the fatshedra Angyo staris a wonderful plant. I fortunately live in a climate that grows outside 9B and actually I cut it off at the top routed it and now I have two stands of the plant. strong thick vines it must be staked.🌺
What I grew that I was impressed with: Tomato: Chef’s Choice Orange. I bought some Geum, so I’m hoping they will come back and do well.
I started ageratum the timeless series from seed. I thought I killed it early on, but the color is just beautiful in the garden. I also love the branching sunflowers from both proven winners and Monrovia. I forgot their exact name. One has Saturn in it. Workhorses if you keep them deadheaded.
Grew Pearlglam Beautyberry and love it!
4:25 you have what appears to be a blue bicolor salvia behind your Queen Tut papyrus (also next to the white Surefire Begonias). Do you recall what variety that is? I'm a sucker for blue blooms! Love that you put some Peachy Keen superbena in there also, beautiful peach/blue/purple combo!
It looks like angelonia angelface wedgewood blue!!!
@@marshaburleigh3442 ok thanks!
I couldn’t get Kelgai Ann, so I impulse purchased Onesta, another water lily type, from Longfield. Their photo shows a soft, shaded pink. Much to my surprise, it turned out to be screaming Barbie pink instead. 😂 So prolific, though, and I’ve been enjoying it. I really want to try the Irish Poet tassel flower next year. It delights me every time you show it.
How many Surefire begonias did you have planted at the start of the clip? They look amazing ❤
I think I have eight planted there. I could have gotten by with fewer to be sure.
This summer I grew a single Dahlia called bishop of Dover, I really like it and the bees do, too. I just hope I can overwinter the tubers, killed some last winter.