YOUR PINKY WINKIESSSS ❤❤❤❤ I think replacing the fire light hydrangea spot w/ a butterfly bush is a great idea; we've had no rain in West Michigan for 4 weeks straight and all of my butterfly bushes (10 total!!) could care less and look fantastic! 🤣 I just planted a Miss Molly this year, and she's gorgeous!!! Thanks for the in depth garden tour!!!! ❤
Well there you go Elise: convincing me on Miss Molly, after the encouragement on the Tiny Quick Fire "hedge" of plants! 😀 Yes, we're the same: the rain seems to go around our area north and south but never hits us. Just yesterday, I deadheaded my butterfly bushes again, because I think I'm going to easily get more flowers while the temps are mild and there's no rain coming. (I just bought 4 more Pugster Amethyst for the front yard in front of the Little Limes, so that will make my total up to 8 so far. I'm catching up to you. 🤣 ❤️
Ahh Laura I missed the whole spring summer season and did hardly anything with my space, I love love love your videos and your calming voice please never stop posting, I plan to do better next year God willing. Blessings 💚💜
Thank you so much Gail! ☺I'm sorry you weren't able to garden much this year - but - don't be too hard on yourself. Things happen. Life happens. I hope you can at least treat yourself to some potted flowers for the Fall season, perhaps some mums or asters to enjoy. As you said, next year is a new year. ❤
Thanks for walking (and talking) us through your lovely variety of plants! I’m actually going to move my Pink Diamonds Dicentra also. Mine did great in Spring and early Summer, but once that heat hit they weren’t looking their best. Still going to give them plenty of sun, but going to try giving them some protection from the hottest afternoon sun. Your Kramers Red looks amazing!!
My pleasure Allison! Your Pink Diamonds looked so great earlier this season! Mine just must be “creeping” underground this year. 🤣 Yes, somehow this was a great Summer for the Heaths. 🤔 😀
Laura.. the front garden is looking very beautiful! I think the butterfly bushes will look just amazing in those spots and add the bulk you want. Thank you for the amazing tour ❤
Thanks Priti! 😊 You’re right: it’s the “bulk” in front of the Little Limes that was missing ever since the Kalimeris petered out. And once the River Birch is trimmed up, there will be full sun again. I’m hoping this fills in nicely! 🦋🌿🌸
Try the 91% rubbing alcohol to take off pine sap. For me, almost no coreopsis end up reliably returning, blanket flowers are the same way. The Moonbeam coreopsis has done the best for me in terms of returning every year. Agastache rarely returns. Blue Fortune did several times but then died out.
Thank you for the suggestion for pine sap - I really appreciate it! Moonbeam Coreopsis is also a Threadleaf Coreopsis just like Golden Needles, so maybe Golden Needles would do well for you. 🌼 💛
You have sandy soil-I have clay that i have been amending for 40 years with compost from wood chips and leaves. Mercer County Master Gardeners are following Dr. Doug Tallamy and Pat Sutton with Barnegat Bay Partnership’s and NJNative Plant inventory 😍
Actually, I have clay soil too. And am doing the same thing as you: amending with compost, mulch and leaves. 👍 🍂🪵🍁 It’s made such a difference in my soil over time. 😀
Glad to have found your channel -- I have been looking for gardeners in or near my zone --a 7a pocket in the lower Hudson Valley so probably a bit colder than your area but we have a similar plant palette. I love veronicas but have had mixed results -- White Wands and Purple Illusion are generally thriving, some others have more or less withered in similar conditions. One never knows with plants! You might want to look at the ground cover veronicas as they are generally quite good: they only bloom in the spring but the foliage on many is nice and a good weed barrier. I was disappointed that the Little Lime Punches I planted last year were more brown than punch-colored at this point, but yours have given me hope that they will eventually have that amazing color. They are nice paniculatas in any case. Thanks for the tour -- I enjoyed seeing what you are growing. I have to try that gaillardia.
Hi! Glad you found me too, and the lower Hudson Valley is a beautiful area! I think for the upright Veronicas, I just need to find a better spot where they can thrive, but I'll keep my eye on the 2 you mentioned. I need a crystal ball to get it right, as the brutal Summer weather sure didn't help anything! Great minds think alike, because I have planted a ground cover Veronica: Georgia Blue after it was suggested by a fellow gardener. I planted a few of them in the front yard bed by the sad Fire Light Tidbits, so hopefully next Spring I'll enjoy the flowers and the fact that they can be a living mulch and prevent weeds! And yes, don't give up on your Little Lime Punches. I almost did and am very glad I held out! Lots more water is key, at least that's been my experience. I have a video about panicle hydrangeas not turning pink and what to do, and you'll see I was in the same boat as you definitely. We're not good at being patient, but that's what it takes. (I 1000% recommend that gaillardia, by the way!) 💜
@@GardenSanity I watch the JC Raulston Arboretum videos from time to time and just this week they were recommending the gaillardia so you are in good company.
@@aalejardin Ooohhh thanks for telling me about their videos, I just watched most of the one you referenced, and will watch the rest later. Now I want that white Gaillardia variety he didn't name. 😀 And since he mentioned that Glitz 'n Glamour is a bit of a thug in the garden (the yellow variety he showed), I'm dropping that variety much lower on my list of plants I want. Sounds like I'd need a lot of room for that one!
I’m in nj 7a as well near cherry hill and my garden took a beating as well . Looks nothing like last year this time .. and I lost a lot of small shrubs that I had planted in the spring 😢
Hello from Little Egg Harbor! 👋 And oh how I feel your frustration! Yes, last year in October many of these same plants were blooming wonderfully, just like you said. I’m sorry you lost some shrubs. Between the money and the effort in planting, it can feel defeating. ❤️🩹
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden! Loving your channel since I’ve been looking for a zone 7 garden channel. Can you explain what up man by dividing the dusty miller some you label them as annual? I want to get this plant too for myself. Did you purchase it at a garden center or start from seed?
Yes, for us in Zone 7, Dusty Miller is sold as an annual plant (along with annuals like marigolds, for example). Annuals mean they won't come back the following year, as either our zone is too cold for them to survive or they complete their entire life cycle in one year leaving seeds on the ground as future plants. However, once a gardener on here who lives in a colder zone (I believe she was in Zone 5 or 6) mentioned in a comment that her Dusty Millers comes back and grows beautifully every year, I decided to keep mine over the Winter in the ground to see what would happen. ❄Not only did they come back, but as you see they thrived and produced some flowers too. So next Spring, I plan on digging them up and dividing each plant into several smaller plants (with roots) to then plant around in different spots in my garden. I'll definitely do a video about it. I purchased mine at a garden center, and they are pretty common to find every year in late Spring, usually around mid-April into mid-May. And yes, there are different varieties of Dusty Miller that can be grown from seed too. I hope this helps! ❤
Thanks Michael! It's hard to say, because I'm actually in the middle of 7A and 7B depending on which way the wind blows, so now it is just more solidified as 7B.
Cool I know many don’t trust it I’m weary I’m I. That area where u may get several years of mild zone 8 and a couple winters like a zone 7a that’s when you loose a lot but you learn I grew up in Orlando Florida they are 10a now used to be 9b last winter killed my friends young mango tree it can get cold now and then there sorry for going on I just get passionate on plants lol
@@michaeloconnor8315 No need to apologize, as I always think that good gardeners are passionate gardeners! Yes, you described exactly why I'm just telling myself that I'm "somewhere in Zone 7-ish" because even with one property, you can have little micro-climates where plants do well in one spot but not so well in another. Mother Nature!
Thank you! I purchased mine over the years via 2 places: Home Depot carries them in the early Spring, and online I've purchased them via Garden Goods Direct. They will seem small for the prices, but remember these are shrubs and also not very common. In my opinion they are worth it, as they end up providing year-round color in the garden. I have a separate video all about Kramer's Red Winter Heath here on my TH-cam channel if interested. 🙂 I hope you can find some! 💜
Question for you off base of this video.... You mentioned that you and your husband purchased a wood chipper.... How big? I need something that would work for half the size of your gardens but don't want junk lol ... I'm reading that people have to keep sharpening their blades for the 1.7 diameter chipper. Appreciate any feedback
Hi Stacy, sorry for the delay in responding! We bought ours on Amazon, after doing a bit of research. The one we bought is by Sun Joe, and here's the link to what we bought: amzn.to/3UrKcIA (affiliate link, which means I make pennies if you purchase something through this link!). Our experience so far: we think it works great for dried wood and stems and branches. But when we have used it with leaves still being green, especially depending on the variety of leaves, they would bog down the machine from working efficiently. And "green stems" like on our Dappled Willow were not great. For longer stems in general, we would chop some of them into smaller pieces just to make it easier to feed through the chipper, like for long branches from our river birch tree. The bag on the bottom (that catches the chips) should be much larger and wider, as it fills up pretty fast. The "mulch" that it makes is pretty good. Not as perfect as what you'd buy in the store, but fairly decent. We haven't had to sharpen the blades yet, but we've only used it so far for 3 major pruning projects: 2 river birch trees and our limelight hydrangea tree branches. 🌳 We decided against using it for evergreen branches. 🌲 We tried it, and because of the moisture in those branches and needles, it just didn't work great at all. Overall, I'd say dried branches work best. We cut the branches and let them sit a day or two before shredding them. I hope this helps, as it is a pricey item, but we are glad we have it.
Thank you SO MUCH for all your feedback, this will save me alot of trial and error! I'm fortunate to have 300 acres of woods behind me so whenever I'm in need of dead, dried out branches I have enough for an army. Thanks again!
Hi Laura! Your garden is so colourful and your voice so friendly! Thanks for the great content. I just discovered the hardy ageratum but yours seems to have a very golden/chartreuse foliage: is it a special cultivar or just the standard wild plant? If you know the full name, I’m interested! Cheers from France 🌺
Hi Luna, and thank you for your feedback - I really appreciate it! The variety I have of hardy ageratum is called Eupatorium Wayside, and yes the images I've seen have the leaves as a more "normal" green color. Mine have always been chartreuse, ever since I planted them. They receive a lot of moisture where they are planted, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it, and I never fertilize them either since they grow like weeds. (So I wonder if they're lacking nutrients or just that color?) It's a mystery, but this Fall I'll be adding lots of compost on top of the beds for the Winter, so perhaps that will improve the coloring next year. I do like the color as is, luckily! 💜
@@GardenSanity ohhh thank you so much Laura for giving me so many details about the hardy ageratum 💖💖💖 You make me want to give it a try because my soil is very wet and not many blue flowers like these conditions. Thank you again!
@@TheBlueMoonGarden I hope you can find it, because it seems to bloom very well. I've also noticed that some Verbena bonariensis has popped up in my "wet bed" this year and doing very well. 🤣It's funny because it seems to do well almost anywhere! 💙
Hi Laura. I bought 2 geum plants this spring when I saw them in your garden. I put them in a very large pot and with a knockout rose I rescued from my front bed and Canna lilies. The geum were lovely all spring, but over the summer the leaves crisped up in the summer heat and are now struggling (very few green leaves). The rose and canna did great all summer. I’ve been watering the pot more consistently the last month or so and haven’t really seen much improvement. Any advice on what I should do?
Which variety of Geum did you purchase? I've found that my Geum Tempo Rose had a bit of a hard time in full sun, while my Geum Totally Tangerine seemed to appreciate partial sun and more moist soil. Having Geum in a pot with Roses and Canna Lilies might have been too much for the Geums to compete for water with the other 2 larger plants. One idea is to repot the Geums into their own separate container. This way, they won't have to compete for water and you can also move the container (if need be) to less sun if/when they begin to struggle. (For my own Geum Tempo Rose that are planted in full sun, I'm working on figuring out another perennial to plant nearby that will give them some shade in the Summer as I think that will help.) 👍
@@GardenSanity thanks for the advice. It’s an unnamed variety I picked up at Home Depot. But it looks very much like Totally Tangerine. I don’t think it likes the full sun (8+ hours) in my Zone 7a (MD) during the hot summer months. I’ve potted them up into individual containers. I’ll find a place in the garden with partial sun to plant in the spring if I see them make a comeback. I hope they do bc I’ve really enjoyed the flowers in the spring.
@@SRizzo-ez8ih I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they come back for you! Please keep me posted! (My Totally Tangerine get afternoon shade, after a morning of full sun, so I think that helps them.)
Jealous of your agastache as I kill them everytime, including Rosie Posie. I am trying again with a variety called Pink Pearl but it lulled in the summer and is only blooming again in the last 2 weeks. Did your Rosie Posie bloom through summer?
Hi Maria! Yes, Rosie Posie has bloomed all Summer and now into September still going strong. The Mango Tango variety hasn’t done as well. I also have Morello, which bloomed for a short time this year, however this was its first year in the garden. Pink Pearl is supposed to be a wonderful variety, and is on my never-ending list of plants I want. 🌸 That’s great that it’s blooming again! Hope it does well for you. Keep me posted!
YOUR PINKY WINKIESSSS ❤❤❤❤ I think replacing the fire light hydrangea spot w/ a butterfly bush is a great idea; we've had no rain in West Michigan for 4 weeks straight and all of my butterfly bushes (10 total!!) could care less and look fantastic! 🤣 I just planted a Miss Molly this year, and she's gorgeous!!! Thanks for the in depth garden tour!!!! ❤
Well there you go Elise: convincing me on Miss Molly, after the encouragement on the Tiny Quick Fire "hedge" of plants! 😀 Yes, we're the same: the rain seems to go around our area north and south but never hits us. Just yesterday, I deadheaded my butterfly bushes again, because I think I'm going to easily get more flowers while the temps are mild and there's no rain coming. (I just bought 4 more Pugster Amethyst for the front yard in front of the Little Limes, so that will make my total up to 8 so far. I'm catching up to you. 🤣 ❤️
@@GardenSanity Cannot wait to see how it all turns out, Laura!!!!!!!!!! Love being garden twins with you :)
@eliselook Likewise! ❤️🌿🦋
You have such a gorgeous garden ❤
Ahh Laura I missed the whole spring summer season and did hardly anything with my space, I love love love your videos and your calming voice please never stop posting, I plan to do better next year God willing.
Blessings 💚💜
Thank you so much Gail! ☺I'm sorry you weren't able to garden much this year - but - don't be too hard on yourself. Things happen. Life happens. I hope you can at least treat yourself to some potted flowers for the Fall season, perhaps some mums or asters to enjoy. As you said, next year is a new year. ❤
@@GardenSanityplanning on going this weekend to deck out the porch and steps
Blessings 💜💚
@@QueenGail That's wonderful Gail! 🏵🍃🍂🍁
Thanks for walking (and talking) us through your lovely variety of plants! I’m actually going to move my Pink Diamonds Dicentra also. Mine did great in Spring and early Summer, but once that heat hit they weren’t looking their best. Still going to give them plenty of sun, but going to try giving them some protection from the hottest afternoon sun. Your Kramers Red looks amazing!!
My pleasure Allison! Your Pink Diamonds looked so great earlier this season! Mine just must be “creeping” underground this year. 🤣 Yes, somehow this was a great Summer for the Heaths. 🤔 😀
Laura.. the front garden is looking very beautiful! I think the butterfly bushes will look just amazing in those spots and add the bulk you want. Thank you for the amazing tour ❤
Thanks Priti! 😊 You’re right: it’s the “bulk” in front of the Little Limes that was missing ever since the Kalimeris petered out. And once the River Birch is trimmed up, there will be full sun again. I’m hoping this fills in nicely! 🦋🌿🌸
God's creation is sooo lovely. Praise Jesus for the awesome flowers!
Thank you!
Beautiful front garden!
Thank you so much Linda! This video was a good reminder to myself to appreciate the successes and not focus so much on those plants that struggled!
Try the 91% rubbing alcohol to take off pine sap.
For me, almost no coreopsis end up reliably returning, blanket flowers are the same way. The Moonbeam coreopsis has done the best for me in terms of returning every year. Agastache rarely returns. Blue Fortune did several times but then died out.
Thank you for the suggestion for pine sap - I really appreciate it! Moonbeam Coreopsis is also a Threadleaf Coreopsis just like Golden Needles, so maybe Golden Needles would do well for you. 🌼 💛
You have sandy soil-I have clay that i have been amending for 40 years with compost from wood chips and leaves. Mercer County Master Gardeners are following Dr. Doug Tallamy and Pat Sutton with Barnegat Bay Partnership’s and NJNative Plant inventory 😍
Actually, I have clay soil too. And am doing the same thing as you: amending with compost, mulch and leaves. 👍 🍂🪵🍁 It’s made such a difference in my soil over time. 😀
Thank you for the tour! Love your content! ❤
My pleasure! So glad you’re enjoying the videos! ❤️🍃🌸
Looks great! I had more fails than successes, but there’s always next year.
Thanks Will! This Summer was really tough. Indeed there is always next year, and that’s why we love gardening. 😀
Lovely 😊
Thank you! 😊
Hello from Robbinsville, NJ.
Hello! Happy (early) Autumn! 👋 🍂🍃
Glad to have found your channel -- I have been looking for gardeners in or near my zone --a 7a pocket in the lower Hudson Valley so probably a bit colder than your area but we have a similar plant palette. I love veronicas but have had mixed results -- White Wands and Purple Illusion are generally thriving, some others have more or less withered in similar conditions. One never knows with plants! You might want to look at the ground cover veronicas as they are generally quite good: they only bloom in the spring but the foliage on many is nice and a good weed barrier. I was disappointed that the Little Lime Punches I planted last year were more brown than punch-colored at this point, but yours have given me hope that they will eventually have that amazing color. They are nice paniculatas in any case. Thanks for the tour -- I enjoyed seeing what you are growing. I have to try that gaillardia.
Hi! Glad you found me too, and the lower Hudson Valley is a beautiful area! I think for the upright Veronicas, I just need to find a better spot where they can thrive, but I'll keep my eye on the 2 you mentioned. I need a crystal ball to get it right, as the brutal Summer weather sure didn't help anything! Great minds think alike, because I have planted a ground cover Veronica: Georgia Blue after it was suggested by a fellow gardener. I planted a few of them in the front yard bed by the sad Fire Light Tidbits, so hopefully next Spring I'll enjoy the flowers and the fact that they can be a living mulch and prevent weeds! And yes, don't give up on your Little Lime Punches. I almost did and am very glad I held out! Lots more water is key, at least that's been my experience. I have a video about panicle hydrangeas not turning pink and what to do, and you'll see I was in the same boat as you definitely. We're not good at being patient, but that's what it takes. (I 1000% recommend that gaillardia, by the way!) 💜
@@GardenSanity I watch the JC Raulston Arboretum videos from time to time and just this week they were recommending the gaillardia so you are in good company.
@@aalejardin Ooohhh thanks for telling me about their videos, I just watched most of the one you referenced, and will watch the rest later. Now I want that white Gaillardia variety he didn't name. 😀 And since he mentioned that Glitz 'n Glamour is a bit of a thug in the garden (the yellow variety he showed), I'm dropping that variety much lower on my list of plants I want. Sounds like I'd need a lot of room for that one!
I’m in nj 7a as well near cherry hill and my garden took a beating as well . Looks nothing like last year this time ..
and I lost a lot of small shrubs that I had planted in the spring 😢
Hello from Little Egg Harbor! 👋 And oh how I feel your frustration! Yes, last year in October many of these same plants were blooming wonderfully, just like you said. I’m sorry you lost some shrubs. Between the money and the effort in planting, it can feel defeating. ❤️🩹
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden! Loving your channel since I’ve been looking for a zone 7 garden channel. Can you explain what up man by dividing the dusty miller some you label them as annual? I want to get this plant too for myself. Did you purchase it at a garden center or start from seed?
Yes, for us in Zone 7, Dusty Miller is sold as an annual plant (along with annuals like marigolds, for example). Annuals mean they won't come back the following year, as either our zone is too cold for them to survive or they complete their entire life cycle in one year leaving seeds on the ground as future plants. However, once a gardener on here who lives in a colder zone (I believe she was in Zone 5 or 6) mentioned in a comment that her Dusty Millers comes back and grows beautifully every year, I decided to keep mine over the Winter in the ground to see what would happen. ❄Not only did they come back, but as you see they thrived and produced some flowers too. So next Spring, I plan on digging them up and dividing each plant into several smaller plants (with roots) to then plant around in different spots in my garden. I'll definitely do a video about it. I purchased mine at a garden center, and they are pretty common to find every year in late Spring, usually around mid-April into mid-May. And yes, there are different varieties of Dusty Miller that can be grown from seed too. I hope this helps! ❤
Your yards always pretty ❤. Wanted to ask did they try to up your hardiness zone I went from 7b to 8a north Alabama mountains
Thanks Michael! It's hard to say, because I'm actually in the middle of 7A and 7B depending on which way the wind blows, so now it is just more solidified as 7B.
Cool I know many don’t trust it I’m weary I’m I. That area where u may get several years of mild zone 8 and a couple winters like a zone 7a that’s when you loose a lot but you learn I grew up in Orlando Florida they are 10a now used to be 9b last winter killed my friends young mango tree it can get cold now and then there sorry for going on I just get passionate on plants lol
@@michaeloconnor8315 No need to apologize, as I always think that good gardeners are passionate gardeners! Yes, you described exactly why I'm just telling myself that I'm "somewhere in Zone 7-ish" because even with one property, you can have little micro-climates where plants do well in one spot but not so well in another. Mother Nature!
Hi I love your gardens! Where did you buy the Kramer's red winter Heath? I would to get them for my garden too.
Thank you! I purchased mine over the years via 2 places: Home Depot carries them in the early Spring, and online I've purchased them via Garden Goods Direct. They will seem small for the prices, but remember these are shrubs and also not very common. In my opinion they are worth it, as they end up providing year-round color in the garden. I have a separate video all about Kramer's Red Winter Heath here on my TH-cam channel if interested. 🙂 I hope you can find some! 💜
@@GardenSanity Thank you they are sold out online so in the Spring I will go to Home Depot.
@@idalinaazevedo5007 Keep me posted next Spring!
Question for you off base of this video.... You mentioned that you and your husband purchased a wood chipper.... How big? I need something that would work for half the size of your gardens but don't want junk lol ... I'm reading that people have to keep sharpening their blades for the 1.7 diameter chipper. Appreciate any feedback
Hi Stacy, sorry for the delay in responding! We bought ours on Amazon, after doing a bit of research. The one we bought is by Sun Joe, and here's the link to what we bought: amzn.to/3UrKcIA (affiliate link, which means I make pennies if you purchase something through this link!). Our experience so far: we think it works great for dried wood and stems and branches. But when we have used it with leaves still being green, especially depending on the variety of leaves, they would bog down the machine from working efficiently. And "green stems" like on our Dappled Willow were not great. For longer stems in general, we would chop some of them into smaller pieces just to make it easier to feed through the chipper, like for long branches from our river birch tree. The bag on the bottom (that catches the chips) should be much larger and wider, as it fills up pretty fast. The "mulch" that it makes is pretty good. Not as perfect as what you'd buy in the store, but fairly decent. We haven't had to sharpen the blades yet, but we've only used it so far for 3 major pruning projects: 2 river birch trees and our limelight hydrangea tree branches. 🌳 We decided against using it for evergreen branches. 🌲 We tried it, and because of the moisture in those branches and needles, it just didn't work great at all. Overall, I'd say dried branches work best. We cut the branches and let them sit a day or two before shredding them. I hope this helps, as it is a pricey item, but we are glad we have it.
Thank you SO MUCH for all your feedback, this will save me alot of trial and error! I'm fortunate to have 300 acres of woods behind me so whenever I'm in need of dead, dried out branches I have enough for an army. Thanks again!
@@GardenSanityas well thanks for the link!
Hi Laura! Your garden is so colourful and your voice so friendly! Thanks for the great content. I just discovered the hardy ageratum but yours seems to have a very golden/chartreuse foliage: is it a special cultivar or just the standard wild plant? If you know the full name, I’m interested! Cheers from France 🌺
Hi Luna, and thank you for your feedback - I really appreciate it! The variety I have of hardy ageratum is called Eupatorium Wayside, and yes the images I've seen have the leaves as a more "normal" green color. Mine have always been chartreuse, ever since I planted them. They receive a lot of moisture where they are planted, so I don't know if that has anything to do with it, and I never fertilize them either since they grow like weeds. (So I wonder if they're lacking nutrients or just that color?) It's a mystery, but this Fall I'll be adding lots of compost on top of the beds for the Winter, so perhaps that will improve the coloring next year. I do like the color as is, luckily! 💜
@@GardenSanity ohhh thank you so much Laura for giving me so many details about the hardy ageratum 💖💖💖 You make me want to give it a try because my soil is very wet and not many blue flowers like these conditions. Thank you again!
@@TheBlueMoonGarden I hope you can find it, because it seems to bloom very well. I've also noticed that some Verbena bonariensis has popped up in my "wet bed" this year and doing very well. 🤣It's funny because it seems to do well almost anywhere! 💙
Hi Laura. I bought 2 geum plants this spring when I saw them in your garden. I put them in a very large pot and with a knockout rose I rescued from my front bed and Canna lilies. The geum were lovely all spring, but over the summer the leaves crisped up in the summer heat and are now struggling (very few green leaves). The rose and canna did great all summer. I’ve been watering the pot more consistently the last month or so and haven’t really seen much improvement. Any advice on what I should do?
Which variety of Geum did you purchase? I've found that my Geum Tempo Rose had a bit of a hard time in full sun, while my Geum Totally Tangerine seemed to appreciate partial sun and more moist soil. Having Geum in a pot with Roses and Canna Lilies might have been too much for the Geums to compete for water with the other 2 larger plants. One idea is to repot the Geums into their own separate container. This way, they won't have to compete for water and you can also move the container (if need be) to less sun if/when they begin to struggle. (For my own Geum Tempo Rose that are planted in full sun, I'm working on figuring out another perennial to plant nearby that will give them some shade in the Summer as I think that will help.) 👍
@@GardenSanity thanks for the advice. It’s an unnamed variety I picked up at Home Depot. But it looks very much like Totally Tangerine. I don’t think it likes the full sun (8+ hours) in my Zone 7a (MD) during the hot summer months. I’ve potted them up into individual containers. I’ll find a place in the garden with partial sun to plant in the spring if I see them make a comeback. I hope they do bc I’ve really enjoyed the flowers in the spring.
@@SRizzo-ez8ih I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they come back for you! Please keep me posted! (My Totally Tangerine get afternoon shade, after a morning of full sun, so I think that helps them.)
Jealous of your agastache as I kill them everytime, including Rosie Posie. I am trying again with a variety called Pink Pearl but it lulled in the summer and is only blooming again in the last 2 weeks. Did your Rosie Posie bloom through summer?
Hi Maria! Yes, Rosie Posie has bloomed all Summer and now into September still going strong. The Mango Tango variety hasn’t done as well. I also have Morello, which bloomed for a short time this year, however this was its first year in the garden. Pink Pearl is supposed to be a wonderful variety, and is on my never-ending list of plants I want. 🌸 That’s great that it’s blooming again! Hope it does well for you. Keep me posted!