"We decided that we would never ever buy Dahlias and grow them so we were very reasonable when we bought them... And we bought 80 of them". Now that's my kind of people. Oh, by the way : will you be planting the space in front of your shop with beautiful flowers, to catch your customers' eye ? :D
My Van Noort was half of what you ordered, but we share the excitement. So many of the same plants chosen. 😆 lol I'm lucky to live close to V Noort. lol
Love the pink jumpsuit 😍 great color and shade for you 👍 So excited for all of the perennials you got and can't wait to see how they do next season! It'll be flower heaven ❤ ❤ ❤ Thanks for sharing and being so open! You guys are great
Bleeding Heart is an "ephemeral" plant, meaning they go dormamt after they bloom. You're not doing anything wrong! No more dahlias for me either, so I ordered 300.
Phlox is very sustainable to mildew. But it's very right decision to plant the perennials. Some of can blossom even 1 and 2 months and it will be much easier for you. Wish you a good luck in your business! You very hardworking people!
I've always had a great time with monarda as a cut flower. It wilts and stays wilted if I don't cut it either early in the morning or late evening PLUS use a hydrating solution like quick dip.
Serena, I know you want to talk about flowers but I want to comment on your hair. I love your new haircut it looks so cute on you. Last year you struggled with your health a bit (I was worried) and I love how excited you are for this year. All the plants that you are going to grow this season are amazing , with that said you better get a beanie with a flashlight in it so you can plant around the clock because to me it looks overwhelming, sadly my gardening days are what I can get in a couple of containers. But I know you'll get it done you guys are a great team can't wait to see how it goes. ❤❤❤from Michigan 🇺🇸❤🇨🇦
I have about twenty lavender in my gardens already... but I bought a couple packs of lavender and started more seeds., I have 51 new plants started to create some hedgerows. 😍 Loving your new perennial collection. I add as many perennials as I can to fill my gardens. I try to add new varieties every year.
I have loved watching the flowers take over at your farm! I know once you're bitten by that bug there's no going back. It happened to me...yrs. ago. At 65 yrs. young--- I'm 10th yr. farmers market. Themed gardens..garden weddings...floral shops....Now farmers markets. I wish I started flower farming all those yrs. ago. I love it by far more than anything else I've done!!! Much smaller scale for me now....getting hard to do. So enjoy watching ------ keep on blooming---lots of hard work there.! !! Thanks for sharing all that flower love!
That lavender would be fantastic hedge cover along your roadside stand. Here in France it is a typical thing especially for the south and it looks absolutely gorgeous. With the heat and sun all day and attracting attention to the stand, this would be awesome solution.
Oh! Maybe you can help me out regarding growing Lavender?! As someone who knows what the best soil is for Lavender, perhaps you could help me out on this subject! I live in the center of Texas, I have the right weather for Lavender, but NOT the right soil. I normally have to bring soil in to grow anything bcuz my soil is so rocky, and lots of clay, and basically no top soil. So no matter what, I'll be buying soil to grow Lavender in. People always talk about growing Lavender in well draining soil, and they like lots of sand. Right. Got it. I've tried it a couple of times, but somehow keep getting it wrong... Here's my question: What would you say is the best ratio of sand to loam? Just HOW MUCH SAND is the right amount?
@@gardengatesopen we have pretty goopy clay soil here in our area central MN, I’ve had success with amending 8-10” with play sand and compost. My ratios weren’t exact but it was about 30-40% sand and the rest soil with a top dressing of stick/stem relatively coarse compost as a mulch layer. It might help to add something like perlite to increase air into the soil as well. If you get puddling or anything like that, hilling them works really nicely too. I imagine our precipitation patterns are very different but I kinda treat them like succulents, watering only sparsely if at all. I hope the OP gets a chance to chime in as well, I’m very interested in what works in their native environment!
@@annathiika5755 Thank You SO MUCH for your input!! That does really help! I literally cannot dig a hole here bcuz of how many rocks are littered in the soil makeup. Rocks and boulders of all sizes with only small threads of soil in between. It's not worth it to dig. It's a mess! Plus, my property barely has any flat, or level surfaces. I mean, it LOOKS nice! Rolling hills and little valleys, with old growth oak trees is a very pretty setting. But digging isn't going to happen without a bulldozer. And I'm NOT renting a bulldozer anytime soon! So adding the native soil isn't an option. I'll be buying whatever I need to make a place for the lavender. Hilling it is a good idea, and probably what I would end up doing. I've actually done that before, made a nice hill for a small 4" lavender plant, but somehow I failed. Maybe the soil I bought was too rich? Altho, I did mix ½ rich soil with ½ lava sand. Maybe the sand was too rich too!? I probably need to start with a larger plant too, one with a bigger root system. One thing I didn't do was water it too much, I'm a lazy watered! It all has to be done by hand. It was a few years ago the last time I tried to grow lavender. If I remember correctly, we might've had a very wet Spring that year. So maybe it did get too wet? I don't exactly recall... Which brings up another point: Our weather is never the same year to year, or the amounts of rain either. Sometimes we get a lot of rain, even flash floods. Sometimes we get barely any at all. So I guess I would have to plan on mixing soil for extremely wet seasons. Which makes me wonder if I should mix the following: 1 part soil, 1 part sand, 1 part perlite. Except, this seems like SUCH a dry mix! During our hot and dusty weather, like it is this Spring, we've barely gotten 2 inches of rain in the last 6 months, and its also been a hot Winter too with some days getting up to 90°, and the next day a cold front brings freezing weather! So crazy! That kind of weather seems like I would be out there watering the lavender every other day! Did I mention I'm a lazy watered?! ha! A lot of my yard is survival of the fittest! I was kinda hoping the lavender would fit into that description too. Maybe I'll just do a half soil, half sand mix, and buy an umbrella special for the lavender to use during the wet times?!! Thanks for the input!
Not if people want them 4 medical purpose or even 2 dry and smell or have in tea because of the car fumes saturating the plants. Fine road dust from the rubber on tires, etc.
@@gardengatesopen growing along the road won’t work because of the snow. Lavender need good drainage, fine gravel is best, sand will do. A few inches to plant into. Freda
For the water lovers, just amend the the hole nice and deep with lots of organic matter. And make sure that they are slightly sunken into your soil line (give them a slight indent to capture water). Mulch heavily with woodchip
The Sarah Bernhardt peonies will be AMAZING! I have several mature plants in my yard. I divided one last year and gained several more. They are amongst the first to bloom each year and have long lasting blooms if picked at just the right time. & Their fragrance is delicious 🤤😍 I have several other varieties of peonies but those are my all time fav. So glad you picked some up.
Really excited to see them all bloom! I like to start my perennials from seed in the fall and overwinter in the greenhouse to plant out next spring but I’m o an much smaller scale. Saves money and a lot of seed starting time in the spring!
I did that last year, started some perennials in May, after most of my planting was done, and I had a bit more space and time. And then I planted them in the ground in the fall. I know they cost a bit more money to buy the plants, but they also bloom a bit, since they are already a year old, so that helps them to pay for the extra cost. I'm also really good at killing baby plants, lol
I LOVE oriental lilies, I’m not growing for cut flowers, I’m just growing them to cover up some of the “ farm “ smells around here. We have several very large pork producers around here and several large chicken producers and when they fertilize the fields it can get very nasty around here. We are surrounded on three sides with farm fields and pig and chicken manure is the worst of the worst farm smells. 😵💫🌷💚🙃
Lol, I can relate. The neighbours have a lot of chickens, and we are so dry here, that they don't often smell. But when everything thaws and melts after winter, it's pretty stinky for a month here. And I would want to be "covering" it too, if it was year round
I have never grown baptisia but from what I understand it has a long taproot and does not like to be moved. You can buy cloth of gold yarrow seed which is mustard yellow The common white yarrow and the pastel yarrow in seed. Even cherry colored pack of seeds. The cloth of gold has pretty big grey foliage. If u plant that yarrow seed it needs light to grow. Do not cover it. It’s very easy to grow. The Russian sage when cut has a smell like eucalyptus. The grey foliage is another bonus.
Oh, Serina, I’m anxious to see all these perennials in bloom. They’re going to be spectacular! Bleeding hearts love shade. The blossoms last a lot longer….and if any go to seed the will self sow….or you can collect the little pods and plant them.
I've only ever planted the bleeding hearts in shade. They are so wet and tender, I imagine the sun would be pretty hard on them in our dry climate. I have the perfect spot for them though, somewhere that will get afternoon shade , so I'm hopefully they will survive
The pink jumpsuit is life changing! You cannot have enough lavender. I use salvia in floral arrangements. I love burgundy candles variety. the stems are burgandy color with purple flowers.
Have you considered getting Lychnis chalcedonica? It grows to over a meter, blooms in early summer, and comes in red, white, and pink. Should do good in your area.
I love your hairstyle. It frames your face nicely. You look very pretty in pink. Looking forward to seeing all of those stunning flowers start to grow. You are going to be a very busy woman! :)
I love all your new perennials! So exciting😃 I have a lot of different phlox. They are all pretty awesome, but in my opinion Blue Paradise is by far the best! It blooms for such a long time! And the color sometimes looks purple and sometimes blue. Some of my other phlox gets powdery mildew sometimes, but Blue Paradise never does. - David is great too! Thanks for showing us your new treasure😊 I can't wait to see the farm this summer. All the flowers will look beautiful🙂
That persicarica polymorpha white one really needs to be planted somewhere it can grow crazy. I have that and it only took 3 years for it to reach well over 5 feet tall and equally as wide.
I loved this video so much! I have a lot of the same flowers growing in my own garden in Ontario. My Bee Balm has gone crazy as has my yarrow. I can't believe that you keep buying so much more!!! I need to dig up a bunch of it and give it away this year. It's out of control! I can't wait to see how your flowers grow and sell this year! I'm excited for you!
Euphorbia is an awesome perennial foliage for early spring filler. There are some really cool colors. I love it and use it all the time. It’s been a life saver
Loving all those perennials…great investment! That’s what I’m trying to go for, more of a permaculture way of gardening. Super cute coveralls! You’re blooming too! Just may want to be mindful of those camera angles lol. Have fun!
I dry lavender before they open up, superb dried flowers ! Also on the roadside stand, then close to your house door for the divine smell. Between some fragile plants, repell apsids ans some other plants. Have a few in your window greenhouse, they don’t mind dryness ! Put some in pots ! And make little pillows for the kids with the dry openes flowers, my daughter loves it. 21 lavenders will be used up quickly !
Amazing, I can't wait to see them in the ground! Bleeding heart always goes dormant here over the summer (UK) so don't worry about it. Maybe sow some short rooted ,quick growing seeds over it? Looking forward to seeing what you do with all those amazing plants 😍
I always look forward to your videos. When they pop up in my feed, they are the first one I watch. I like that your videos have a storyline. They actually take us on a journey. Still loved the Holloween video - so fun!
So glad to see that you are embracing the perennials! As you were unveiling another variety on the screen my florist mind is like pairing stems together playing with color palettes. Those dark burgundy dahlias with the white phlox and the white/pink asiatic lilies. The peach oriental lily with the blue salvia.....yum yum yum so much fun. So jealous!
I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I started watching your channel last year and you have inspired me to create my own cut flower patch. My goal is to have a bouquet of cut flowers inside weekly. I cannot wait to see your success this year as a cut flower farm; also see your youtube videos flourish so I can steal inspiration of your bouquet making skills.
That's so fun! I'm sure you will love having all the flowers to play with. Ian always says that the flowers have so much value in beauty and joy when they are on camera, with all the bouquets, even if they don't sell, because when they sell, 1 person enjoys them, but on camera hundred can
Dahlias are always a good idea! Have you considered making small bouquets, say $5 ones for small kids to buy or for someone to put on their desk at the office etc? You have an amazing assortment of beautiful plants to grow and experiment with. I wish you much success!
Enjoyed the video. Tell your husband to get the AC fixed for the walkin cooler. Felt bad for you last year having to harvest everything in 2 days. Looking forward to this coming season. Best wishes will be watching.❤️❤️❤️
24:40 while talking about the hybrid lilies, good camera work, Ian. You know EXACTLY what we're trying to get a better look at. Wild bleeding hearts produce a lot of fern-like foliage, too.
Last year I grew some "dahliaettas" (a very dwarf variety of dahlia) & I was able to cut some flowers from them for small bouquets in short vases, I am 100% in favor of growing short varieties of dahlias.
Oh my gosh I’m even more excited because I get my first van noort order tomorrow. Thank you for recommending them last year. I ordered a lot, but since it was late I’m only getting just under half of what I wanted. That’s okay, today I got my first shipment today from Jolly Farmer (Lizzie’s and eucalyptus came today) so I’m busy with that considering I still have a foot of snow. Thanks for sharing your unboxing. I’m really really excited now. Serena you started a bad addiction in me lol
@@louisapenson5738 I ordered them from jolly farmer in New Brunswick. I did an unboxing vid on it yesterday with total costs including shipping. They looked amazing. It was my first time ordering from them. I preordered in November, they grew them for me, but they did have some trays still for purchase a few weeks ago. I will definitely order there again in the future.
@@cowbosskristy Thank you so much. I'll try them next year for sure if they are out. I grew a few of mine successfully so far, but there always time to kill them. 🤣
I'll have to see how it does, the colours are great, but I haven't seen it around town at all. Also, i lost track of your contact, do you want to shoot me an email (iancolbeck@gmail.com) - a few of my local flower farmer friends and I are organizing a meet up at the end of the month, and you should join if you are available.
"Fruit punch colors" that's a spot in description of my preference for my own garden. I love the bright vibrant bouquets you show us. It's going to be such a great season.
We drove to Florida once, and I remember driving past all of these massive orchid nurseries, and citrus farms, and thinking how jealous I was of all the things that could grow there, so I get it, lol
I understand your reasoning with dahlias. I started growing Canna Lillies a few years ago, stored them in the winters and kept growing them. and because I am a chronic over-waterer, I now have over 300 of them (they love wet places) and I only grow canna now...nothing else...lol....big , bold, lots of dramatic leaves...my neighbors can't stop talking about them. I have to start pre-sprouting this week, or I will never get them ready for May.
Hello there it's lots of work now with the garden but later so beautiful with all the flowers in your garden it's awesome good luck with new flowers and and all summer I can wait see you making bouquet dial beautiful take care.
I hope you film some of the planting so we can enjoy the fun with you! Bleeding hearts always die back in August no matter where you live so it is not something you are doing to them it's just what they do.
Have you ever tried shading your shorter flowers, in order to make them a bit leggy? I haven’t done it, but I have seen houseplants do that. Some times too much, lol
Regarding your dahlias, pre-sprout them in pots. Do not water until they're showing. When you plant them in the ground (or a pot), put bone meal in the hole swished around a bit. Since you are quite hot, give them some shade (cloth overhead is fine) in the afternoon. Regular, but deep, water is better than a bit each day. Your blooms will be smaller if: you don't pinch side buds, you don't fertilize with calcium monthly, you have too much nitrogen (use low nitrogen fertilizer), or you plant too close together. I'm in Beaumont, CA where we get up to 109 F (42.8 Celsius) and we are considered hot and arid. My soil is clay with sand and boulders, so I've dug much of it and amended like crazy. Anyway, if your dinnerplate dahlias have smaller blooms, they can be easier to use in bouquets! Love you guys and Serina, you look gorgeous in pink! Edited to add I have only 63 and they're all different varieties (1 of each). You'll get 2 - 15 stems each week per plant.
Last year I used some of my Russian sage in arrangements. (Home gardener so not nearly as knowledgeable as you.) If I used it as a green filler, it lasted much longer. If I waited until it had purple blooms on it, they started shedding very very quickly. I’m excited to see what your experience with it is.
Good thing you are where you are, put anything in the ground called 'knot weed' around here and your neighbors might string you up, the stuff is the bane of combines around here.
It basically doesn't rain here for July to September, so lots of stuff that's invasive in other areas doesn't spread here. Our mints died last summer in the heat lol
I am a typical gardener. always falling in love with plants and wanting to bring them home. we have plant markets in may where private people can get a stall and sell. I am not going to sell this year (no transport) but am racing to get my garden sorted so I have free beds for more plants. I get so greedy but hey plants are my vice.
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"We decided that we would never ever buy Dahlias and grow them so we were very reasonable when we bought them... And we bought 80 of them". Now that's my kind of people. Oh, by the way : will you be planting the space in front of your shop with beautiful flowers, to catch your customers' eye ? :D
Phlox! Oh yes! Now that I have a village yard with a fence around it I can grow phlox again! The deer were nuts about it on the acreage.
My Van Noort was half of what you ordered, but we share the excitement. So many of the same plants chosen. 😆 lol
I'm lucky to live close to V Noort. lol
GREAT marketing idea!! 🌻🌻🌻
@@patriciahogg5763 thanks. I think they mentioned it in a previous video :)
Love the pink jumpsuit 😍 great color and shade for you 👍
So excited for all of the perennials you got and can't wait to see how they do next season! It'll be flower heaven ❤ ❤ ❤
Thanks for sharing and being so open! You guys are great
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Bleeding Heart is an "ephemeral" plant, meaning they go dormamt after they bloom. You're not doing anything wrong!
No more dahlias for me either, so I ordered 300.
My bleeding heart blooms in June and stays green until the fall.
You took the words right out of my mouth."Never Ever Buy Dahlias Again" !!! I have 30 tubers started and still buying every one that I see
Phlox is very sustainable to mildew. But it's very right decision to plant the perennials. Some of can blossom even 1 and 2 months and it will be much easier for you. Wish you a good luck in your business! You very hardworking people!
I've always had a great time with monarda as a cut flower. It wilts and stays wilted if I don't cut it either early in the morning or late evening PLUS use a hydrating solution like quick dip.
Thanks for the tip!
Serena, I know you want to talk about flowers but I want to comment on your hair. I love your new haircut it looks so cute on you. Last year you struggled with your health a bit (I was worried) and I love how excited you are for this year. All the plants that you are going to grow this season are amazing , with that said you better get a beanie with a flashlight in it so you can plant around the clock because to me it looks overwhelming, sadly my gardening days are what I can get in a couple of containers. But I know you'll get it done you guys are a great team can't wait to see how it goes.
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I love seeing the cats wandering around in the background🐈
Let's talk about the amazingness of that pink jumpsuit!!!! Im a huge fan of jumpsuits and that pink is fantastic!
I have about twenty lavender in my gardens already... but I bought a couple packs of lavender and started more seeds., I have 51 new plants started to create some hedgerows. 😍
Loving your new perennial collection.
I add as many perennials as I can to fill my gardens. I try to add new varieties every year.
They look so pretty as a mass planting, I'm sure you will live having them!
lol phlox like mine. I ordered a ton as well. love love love ❤️
What a great idea for a hedge row
I have difficulty growing them from seed. I bought a Spanish lavender plant and made several cuttings.
I have loved watching the flowers take over at your farm! I know once you're bitten by that bug there's no going back. It happened to me...yrs. ago. At 65 yrs. young--- I'm 10th yr. farmers market. Themed gardens..garden weddings...floral shops....Now farmers markets. I wish I started flower farming all those yrs. ago. I love it by far more than anything else I've done!!! Much smaller scale for me now....getting hard to do. So enjoy watching ------ keep on blooming---lots of hard work there.! !! Thanks for sharing all that flower love!
That lavender would be fantastic hedge cover along your roadside stand. Here in France it is a typical thing especially for the south and it looks absolutely gorgeous. With the heat and sun all day and attracting attention to the stand, this would be awesome solution.
Oh!
Maybe you can help me out regarding growing Lavender?!
As someone who knows what the best soil is for Lavender, perhaps you could help me out on this subject!
I live in the center of Texas, I have the right weather for Lavender, but NOT the right soil. I normally have to bring soil in to grow anything bcuz my soil is so rocky, and lots of clay, and basically no top soil. So no matter what, I'll be buying soil to grow Lavender in.
People always talk about growing Lavender in well draining soil, and they like lots of sand.
Right.
Got it.
I've tried it a couple of times, but somehow keep getting it wrong...
Here's my question:
What would you say is the best ratio of sand to loam?
Just HOW MUCH SAND is the right amount?
@@gardengatesopen we have pretty goopy clay soil here in our area central MN, I’ve had success with amending 8-10” with play sand and compost. My ratios weren’t exact but it was about 30-40% sand and the rest soil with a top dressing of stick/stem relatively coarse compost as a mulch layer. It might help to add something like perlite to increase air into the soil as well. If you get puddling or anything like that, hilling them works really nicely too. I imagine our precipitation patterns are very different but I kinda treat them like succulents, watering only sparsely if at all. I hope the OP gets a chance to chime in as well, I’m very interested in what works in their native environment!
@@annathiika5755 Thank You SO MUCH for your input!!
That does really help!
I literally cannot dig a hole here bcuz of how many rocks are littered in the soil makeup.
Rocks and boulders of all sizes with only small threads of soil in between.
It's not worth it to dig.
It's a mess!
Plus, my property barely has any flat, or level surfaces.
I mean, it LOOKS nice!
Rolling hills and little valleys, with old growth oak trees is a very pretty setting.
But digging isn't going to happen without a bulldozer. And I'm NOT renting a bulldozer anytime soon!
So adding the native soil isn't an option. I'll be buying whatever I need to make a place for the lavender.
Hilling it is a good idea, and probably what I would end up doing.
I've actually done that before, made a nice hill for a small 4" lavender plant, but somehow I failed. Maybe the soil I bought was too rich? Altho, I did mix ½ rich soil with ½ lava sand.
Maybe the sand was too rich too!?
I probably need to start with a larger plant too, one with a bigger root system.
One thing I didn't do was water it too much, I'm a lazy watered!
It all has to be done by hand.
It was a few years ago the last time I tried to grow lavender.
If I remember correctly, we might've had a very wet Spring that year. So maybe it did get too wet? I don't exactly recall...
Which brings up another point:
Our weather is never the same year to year, or the amounts of rain either. Sometimes we get a lot of rain, even flash floods.
Sometimes we get barely any at all.
So I guess I would have to plan on mixing soil for extremely wet seasons.
Which makes me wonder if I should mix the following:
1 part soil,
1 part sand,
1 part perlite.
Except, this seems like SUCH a dry mix!
During our hot and dusty weather, like it is this Spring, we've barely gotten 2 inches of rain in the last 6 months, and its also been a hot Winter too with some days getting up to 90°, and the next day a cold front brings freezing weather!
So crazy!
That kind of weather seems like I would be out there watering the lavender every other day!
Did I mention I'm a lazy watered?! ha!
A lot of my yard is survival of the fittest!
I was kinda hoping the lavender would fit into that description too.
Maybe I'll just do a half soil, half sand mix, and buy an umbrella special for the lavender to use during the wet times?!!
Thanks for the input!
Not if people want them 4 medical purpose or even 2 dry and smell or have in tea because of the car fumes saturating the plants. Fine road dust from the rubber on tires, etc.
@@gardengatesopen growing along the road won’t work because of the snow. Lavender need good drainage, fine gravel is best, sand will do. A few inches to plant into. Freda
I gotta say the new dew is jammin and the pink jumpsuit is rockin!
I would work up beds around your perimeter. Till, amend, cover, plant.
I love how you plunge in to your endeavors with both feet!!
God bless.
For the water lovers, just amend the the hole nice and deep with lots of organic matter. And make sure that they are slightly sunken into your soil line (give them a slight indent to capture water). Mulch heavily with woodchip
Great tips
The Sarah Bernhardt peonies will be AMAZING! I have several mature plants in my yard. I divided one last year and gained several more. They are amongst the first to bloom each year and have long lasting blooms if picked at just the right time. & Their fragrance is delicious 🤤😍 I have several other varieties of peonies but those are my all time fav.
So glad you picked some up.
I picked them because I heard they are one of the longest lasting vase life peonies, so I'm glad to hear that is your experience too
And the blooms will be huge!! I have several kinds and the Sarah Bernhardt are the largest!
You have wonderful vocabulary to describe the flowers and your intentions with them. :)
Your haircut looks AMAZING 🤩
Thanks
Really excited to see them all bloom! I like to start my perennials from seed in the fall and overwinter in the greenhouse to plant out next spring but I’m o an much smaller scale. Saves money and a lot of seed starting time in the spring!
I just built a greenhouse, this is a really good idea. Saves space too
I did that last year, started some perennials in May, after most of my planting was done, and I had a bit more space and time. And then I planted them in the ground in the fall. I know they cost a bit more money to buy the plants, but they also bloom a bit, since they are already a year old, so that helps them to pay for the extra cost. I'm also really good at killing baby plants, lol
@@YouCantEatTheGrass seems to me you are doing a fantastic job :) Let’s all hope for healthy seedlings this year!
I so cannot wait to see the bouquets you put together with these, and the field footage. Wow!
I think they will add a lot to all the annuals. And the perennials just keep getting better every year
I am also OBSESSED with Yarrow..So many colors and it dries so beautifully ❤🏵
I LOVE oriental lilies, I’m not growing for cut flowers, I’m just growing them to cover up some of the “ farm “ smells around here. We have several very large pork producers around here and several large chicken producers and when they fertilize the fields it can get very nasty around here. We are surrounded on three sides with farm fields and pig and chicken manure is the worst of the worst farm smells. 😵💫🌷💚🙃
🤮I grew up near a dairy farm and cow manure smells like heaven compared to pigs.....🤢
@@inthrutheoutdoor5849 oh I agree, I also don’t mind sheep.🌷💚🙃
Lol, I can relate. The neighbours have a lot of chickens, and we are so dry here, that they don't often smell. But when everything thaws and melts after winter, it's pretty stinky for a month here. And I would want to be "covering" it too, if it was year round
Thanks for sharing! I just ordered some perennials from Van Noort for my flower farm thanks to you and your recommendation.
They have been a really great resource as a small farm, and super easy to work with
@@YouCantEatTheGrass That's great to know! I will do a video on my channel when my order comes, maybe tomorrow! Can't wait.
Here is my order! Thanks for letting us all know about Van Noort 😍 th-cam.com/video/OXytGP0MMRo/w-d-xo.html
I have never grown baptisia but from what I understand it has a long taproot and does not like to be moved. You can buy cloth of gold yarrow seed which is mustard yellow The common white yarrow and the pastel yarrow in seed. Even cherry colored pack of seeds. The cloth of gold has pretty big grey foliage. If u plant that yarrow seed it needs light to grow. Do not cover it. It’s very easy to grow. The Russian sage when cut has a smell like eucalyptus. The grey foliage is another bonus.
Oh, Serina, I’m anxious to see all these perennials in bloom. They’re going to be spectacular! Bleeding hearts love shade. The blossoms last a lot longer….and if any go to seed the will self sow….or you can collect the little pods and plant them.
I've only ever planted the bleeding hearts in shade. They are so wet and tender, I imagine the sun would be pretty hard on them in our dry climate. I have the perfect spot for them though, somewhere that will get afternoon shade , so I'm hopefully they will survive
God bless you planting 1500 perennials Serena. May they all bloom for many years.
Thanks
It will be beautiful that's for sure . Try to plant Shasta Daisy. I love them they can be in the vace for 2 weeks.
The pink jumpsuit is life changing! You cannot have enough lavender. I use salvia in floral arrangements. I love burgundy candles variety. the stems are burgandy color with purple flowers.
I LOVE lavender! You can never have too much :-) I am here to enable...errr encourage you ;-)
Have you considered getting Lychnis chalcedonica? It grows to over a meter, blooms in early summer, and comes in red, white, and pink. Should do good in your area.
Love the jumpsuit!! 😃
It's a lot of Lavender LOL 😂🥰
I am so excited to see all the beautiful blooms. Thank you for sharing your farm with us.
I love your hairstyle. It frames your face nicely. You look very pretty in pink. Looking forward to seeing all of those stunning flowers start to grow. You are going to be a very busy woman! :)
Wow that is a lot of great plants! Can't wait to see them all planted and filling in.
Loving Serina's excitement over the lilies!!🌷🌷
I love all your new perennials! So exciting😃 I have a lot of different phlox. They are all pretty awesome, but in my opinion Blue Paradise is by far the best! It blooms for such a long time! And the color sometimes looks purple and sometimes blue. Some of my other phlox gets powdery mildew sometimes, but Blue Paradise never does. - David is great too!
Thanks for showing us your new treasure😊 I can't wait to see the farm this summer. All the flowers will look beautiful🙂
Special thanks to Ian for loving and requesting the peonies 😍 I love them too, can't wait to see the bouquets with them.
Greetings, Judit 🙋
I love perennials!
That persicarica polymorpha white one really needs to be planted somewhere it can grow crazy. I have that and it only took 3 years for it to reach well over 5 feet tall and equally as wide.
Everything will be so beautiful on the farm and in bouquets. I loved all of the cat shots interspersed. So hilarious!
I loved this video so much! I have a lot of the same flowers growing in my own garden in Ontario. My Bee Balm has gone crazy as has my yarrow. I can't believe that you keep buying so much more!!! I need to dig up a bunch of it and give it away this year. It's out of control! I can't wait to see how your flowers grow and sell this year! I'm excited for you!
part of the fun of growing is giving some of it away and seeing how happy it makes ppl.
Love this! I’m excited to see how your farm evolves this year.
Euphorbia is an awesome perennial foliage for early spring filler. There are some really cool colors. I love it and use it all the time. It’s been a life saver
Loving all those perennials…great investment! That’s what I’m trying to go for, more of a permaculture way of gardening. Super cute coveralls! You’re blooming too! Just may want to be mindful of those camera angles lol. Have fun!
I dry lavender before they open up, superb dried flowers ! Also on the roadside stand, then close to your house door for the divine smell. Between some fragile plants, repell apsids ans some other plants. Have a few in your window greenhouse, they don’t mind dryness ! Put some in pots ! And make little pillows for the kids with the dry openes flowers, my daughter loves it. 21 lavenders will be used up quickly !
Great ideas! I love the smell too
Golden Rod is one of my FAVORITE late summer fillers!!! Great choice!
I can't wait to have some!
Love this channel! So informative and very entertaining. Serena saying she restrained herself and all I see are boxes and roots all around!
Amazing, I can't wait to see them in the ground! Bleeding heart always goes dormant here over the summer (UK) so don't worry about it. Maybe sow some short rooted ,quick growing seeds over it? Looking forward to seeing what you do with all those amazing plants 😍
I found a really good spot for them to plant, where they will be on the edge, so we can walk a bit on them after they go dormant
I always look forward to your videos. When they pop up in my feed, they are the first one I watch. I like that your videos have a storyline. They actually take us on a journey. Still loved the Holloween video - so fun!
Thanks so much! We are working on a story video of the last 2 weeks right now too
Wow! cant wait to see your flower forest blooming soon
I love peonies too ian they are my favorite
Such a classic
So glad to see that you are embracing the perennials! As you were unveiling another variety on the screen my florist mind is like pairing stems together playing with color palettes. Those dark burgundy dahlias with the white phlox and the white/pink asiatic lilies. The peach oriental lily with the blue salvia.....yum yum yum so much fun. So jealous!
Oh, fun thinking! I'm excited to have the flowers back too
I'm so excited to see all this stuff established on your farm!
I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I started watching your channel last year and you have inspired me to create my own cut flower patch. My goal is to have a bouquet of cut flowers inside weekly. I cannot wait to see your success this year as a cut flower farm; also see your youtube videos flourish so I can steal inspiration of your bouquet making skills.
That's so fun! I'm sure you will love having all the flowers to play with. Ian always says that the flowers have so much value in beauty and joy when they are on camera, with all the bouquets, even if they don't sell, because when they sell, 1 person enjoys them, but on camera hundred can
Looking forward to seeing how all these beautiful perennials grow and how you use them in your bouquets 💐💕
Dahlias are always a good idea! Have you considered making small bouquets, say $5 ones for small kids to buy or for someone to put on their desk at the office etc?
You have an amazing assortment of beautiful plants to grow and experiment with. I wish you much success!
All the plants!!!
Lol, I agree
AMAZING pink jumpsuit!!
Thanks
Can’t wait to see all of those flowers blooming🌷💚🙃
Enjoyed the video. Tell your husband to get the AC fixed for the walkin cooler. Felt bad for you last year having to harvest everything in 2 days. Looking forward to this coming season. Best wishes will be watching.❤️❤️❤️
Me too!
24:40 while talking about the hybrid lilies, good camera work, Ian. You know EXACTLY what we're trying to get a better look at.
Wild bleeding hearts produce a lot of fern-like foliage, too.
Last year I grew some "dahliaettas" (a very dwarf variety of dahlia) & I was able to cut some flowers from them for small bouquets in short vases, I am 100% in favor of growing short varieties of dahlias.
Oh my gosh I’m even more excited because I get my first van noort order tomorrow. Thank you for recommending them last year. I ordered a lot, but since it was late I’m only getting just under half of what I wanted. That’s okay, today I got my first shipment today from Jolly Farmer (Lizzie’s and eucalyptus came today) so I’m busy with that considering I still have a foot of snow.
Thanks for sharing your unboxing. I’m really really excited now. Serena you started a bad addiction in me lol
So fun! Their cataloque always torture me - so much good stuff
been wanting to know where the heck to get Lizzies. Thank you. When did you order them?
@@YouCantEatTheGrass haha it’s so hard to not order everything! I literally started doing a coin toss on similar colours of tulips.
@@louisapenson5738 I ordered them from jolly farmer in New Brunswick. I did an unboxing vid on it yesterday with total costs including shipping. They looked amazing. It was my first time ordering from them. I preordered in November, they grew them for me, but they did have some trays still for purchase a few weeks ago. I will definitely order there again in the future.
@@cowbosskristy Thank you so much. I'll try them next year for sure if they are out. I grew a few of mine successfully so far, but there always time to kill them. 🤣
What a beautiful selection, Serina 😍 I’m so jealous of your perennial green phlox! Now I need to do another large Van Noort order 😉
I'll have to see how it does, the colours are great, but I haven't seen it around town at all. Also, i lost track of your contact, do you want to shoot me an email (iancolbeck@gmail.com) - a few of my local flower farmer friends and I are organizing a meet up at the end of the month, and you should join if you are available.
A kid in a candy store!! Sooo jealous. Happy planting!!
Can’t wait to see them, we are growing flowers this year for bouquets we have a small property. Thanks for teaching us…
I have a lot of Russian sage in my landscape - they're a really fun filler flower
Love the jumpsuit Serena!
Thanks
"Fruit punch colors" that's a spot in description of my preference for my own garden. I love the bright vibrant bouquets you show us. It's going to be such a great season.
I love colour - why not go bright when you can!
I'm so excited with you. I wish I could fast forward to see what your bouquets are going to look like.
stay blessed,can not wait to see your experiment with the new plants
Are you going to upload planting videos of these plants?? Would love to see that! 😊
yes please!
I live in Colorado and I knew immediately when you said “anyone who doesn’t live in a desert would laugh at this” was goldenrod hahaha
Nice purchases
Yay!!! New video!! I love you guys!!
Bleeding Hearts are my favourite!!! 😍😍
I wish half of this would grow well in Florida but we get different flowers that thrive. How exciting and fun and beautiful!!!! Congrats 💚💚💚
We drove to Florida once, and I remember driving past all of these massive orchid nurseries, and citrus farms, and thinking how jealous I was of all the things that could grow there, so I get it, lol
Looking forward to seeing all those in flower. Your jumpsuit really suits you!
Thanks
I understand your reasoning with dahlias. I started growing Canna Lillies a few years ago, stored them in the winters and kept growing them. and because I am a chronic over-waterer, I now have over 300 of them (they love wet places) and I only grow canna now...nothing else...lol....big , bold, lots of dramatic leaves...my neighbors can't stop talking about them. I have to start pre-sprouting this week, or I will never get them ready for May.
I love cannas, i tried them for the first time last year. Also - your name got Prince stuck in my head - not complaining
Hello there it's lots of work now with the garden but later so beautiful with all the flowers in your garden it's awesome good luck with new flowers and and all summer I can wait see you making bouquet dial beautiful take care.
The spring is always busy but it is so worth the effort come summer
I hope you film some of the planting so we can enjoy the fun with you! Bleeding hearts always die back in August no matter where you live so it is not something you are doing to them it's just what they do.
That's reassuring
I just love your unboxing videos. Your ability to get them all into the ground is impressive.
Thanks so much
Lavender here makes huge bushes, so 20 plants are a lot!!! That Sherbet Blend Phlox is amazing:)))
Wow - the farm is going to be an ocean of flowers!! Can’t wait 😊
The drone shots are going to be exciting this year!
VERY fun video!
I'm tired just knowing how much work you guys have ahead of you with planting those beauties. Will be so worth it though! So excited!
I can't wait to see them all bloom
Loving the pink jumpsuit 💗
The cats in the background 😂 so cute
Have you ever tried shading your shorter flowers, in order to make them a bit leggy? I haven’t done it, but I have seen houseplants do that. Some times too much, lol
Serina love your jumpsuit! Also I think 80 is totally reasonable :).
I'm so excited for you!
Sabrina rocking the jumpsuit!
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Regarding your dahlias, pre-sprout them in pots. Do not water until they're showing. When you plant them in the ground (or a pot), put bone meal in the hole swished around a bit. Since you are quite hot, give them some shade (cloth overhead is fine) in the afternoon. Regular, but deep, water is better than a bit each day. Your blooms will be smaller if: you don't pinch side buds, you don't fertilize with calcium monthly, you have too much nitrogen (use low nitrogen fertilizer), or you plant too close together. I'm in Beaumont, CA where we get up to 109 F (42.8 Celsius) and we are considered hot and arid. My soil is clay with sand and boulders, so I've dug much of it and amended like crazy. Anyway, if your dinnerplate dahlias have smaller blooms, they can be easier to use in bouquets! Love you guys and Serina, you look gorgeous in pink! Edited to add I have only 63 and they're all different varieties (1 of each). You'll get 2 - 15 stems each week per plant.
That is a lot of different varieties! It must look incredible! Thanks for the tios
People at our market love the Russian sage in there flowers.
Last year I used some of my Russian sage in arrangements. (Home gardener so not nearly as knowledgeable as you.) If I used it as a green filler, it lasted much longer. If I waited until it had purple blooms on it, they started shedding very very quickly. I’m excited to see what your experience with it is.
Thanks for sharing! That makes sense. I think it will be a good green too though
@@YouCantEatTheGrass i agree. I think it makes a beautiful green.
Good thing you are where you are, put anything in the ground called 'knot weed' around here and your neighbors might string you up, the stuff is the bane of combines around here.
It basically doesn't rain here for July to September, so lots of stuff that's invasive in other areas doesn't spread here. Our mints died last summer in the heat lol
I am a typical gardener. always falling in love with plants and wanting to bring them home. we have plant markets in may where private people can get a stall and sell. I am not going to sell this year (no transport) but am racing to get my garden sorted so I have free beds for more plants. I get so greedy but hey plants are my vice.
You can never have too many plants!
Ian and I are flower twins.
If you love the bright colours and tall stalks not sure if you can grow Crocosmia, my favourite is the “Lucifer” variety. ❤😊
It's all too well named when planted in the Seattle area - if not contained in a buried pot, it can spread almost as badly as mint.