Those Flowers are truly Beautiful... And i love your Hydrangeas so much...💕💞💕 Thank you for sharing your beautiful collections of flowers. .Tracy! Good wishes to you and family.
Ohhh, those hydrangeas are sooo beautiful Tracey! I also,love your containers with the hydrangeas as a center piece! I actually dug up three shoots this year from my Anna Belle hydrangea and placed the pot in one of my flower beds. It’s budded up for me but not opened yet….you inspired me to try this Tracey😊. I just look forward to each and every one of your videos…thank you so much for your sharing and teaching knowledge❤️.
Thank you 🙏 Brenda! Hydrangeas in pots…😍. Hope your Annabelle are not battered by as much wind as what we have been getting here…🤞. Happy gardening Brenda! 💚🙏💚
Hello Tracy! What a wonderfully varied and colorful garden. I am delighted with many flowers, but I was especially attracted to the large-leaved hydrangea, lilies and daylilies. Thank you for a beautiful and interesting video. The walk was very pleasant. Happiness to you💐❤️🌻
I just want to comment to thank you for sharing your garden updates. I just love to watch them. Gardeners are my favorite people and There is always so many new things to learn from each other. I also love to garden and make gardening videos too. I just love to video my gardens growth. if you'd ever want to visit my garden I’d love to have you! Let’s learn more from each other as we grow!
Loved to see your garden Tracy! Feel so good when your viedo comes did not misss any. My Hydrangeas also survived lime light and , wee white & pink one all I added last year after watching your viedos, other flowers also blooming so enjoying flower season happy gardening!💐💐
I have one petunia that a friend started from seed and gave me....its doing exactly the same thing. Growing straight up. I’ll be cutting it back today. How exciting about the seed grown panicles...can’t wait to see what comes of it!😍
Hi Alexzina, I saw them a few years ago at a nursery near our area called VANDERMEER. I didn’t see them again there this year so I’m not sure where to find them any more. This variety is prolific in blooming and the bulbs multiply very quickly. I have given away many and have many requests by friends for them as they have a hard time finding vendors close by. These lilies are old and we have them for about almost 20 years now. I got one bulb from my parent and every time we move, we take one plant to put in our new garden and in five years they have multiply from 1 to more than 20+ plants…I have also given away about 5-10 more to friends. This is one variety that does well in our area and I don’t think I have seen any other variety that does the same.
I agree with the nematodes. We have been doing them for many years now and this year I’ve only seen a couple of beetles. Now I just need something for lily beetles. Thanks for sharing…your garden is stunning🇨🇦👩🌾🌸
The nematodes was supposed to help with the red beetles as well…but I got more of them this year. They are one of my lilies next to the Endless Summer hydrangea. I tried to pick them off the lilies but they seem to fly away faster then I could catch them. Thank you Wilma! 💚🙏💚
Hi Tracy - just stumbled upon your channel today. In watching this video, chlorosis in plants is an indication of iron deficiency. Chlorosis inihibits a plant's ability to pull the nutrients it needs from the soil. It is not caused by squirrels. It's caused by iron poor soil. You will need to test the soil in your area where this is happening to understand which iron supplement you need to amend your soil. If you don't, the plant will eventually die, which for those beautiful hydrangeas would be such a shame. In our area, hydrangeas require more iron than the other plants we grow. I use Ironite by Pennington - which is straight iron pellets. You may need to either use that, or a Chelated Iron depending on what your soil test says. I amend my soil each spring, and as needed througout the summer months to treat for chlorosis. I hope this helps. Also, for the leaf spotting on your hydrangeas try using Horticultural and Dorman Spray Oil by Bonide. Follow the label directions. I use it on all my plants and it works wonders at keeping the plants happy and healthy all season long. Happy Gardening!
Thank you 🙏 so much for sharing all the info. I have not checked soil where the Fire Light on the west side is planted yet but I’m quite curious to know if it’s iron deficient or not. I’m hoping it’s just “locked up” in the soil due to our alkaline native soil. I did check the pH twice this past spring and the pH was just above 7…I have been trying to add some extra sulfur and coffee grounds and the pH is now 6.9…so the plants was doing ok until recently (after the squirrels dug holes around its rootball). My guess is that the squirrels may have damaged the roots so now the plant is stressed trying to support the foliage and blooms at the same time…especially during the heat wave we have been getting. I had some Bobo hydrangea plants at the front garden that had this same issue last year - squirrels dug and half of the plant ended up with chlorosis (leaf and flowered dried out and almost died) because the damage roots was unable to transport nutrients/mineral efficiently to the plants. Since then, I have been keeping closer looks around the rootball of my plants to prevent this from happening. It seems as a coincidence that after finding large holes around the area - then the chlorosis - some of the newer leaves on the plant are ok since I have covered up the holes and amended the soil. The same also happened to the fire light hydrangea on the east side as well. It was okay last year and the squirrels 🐿 dug large holes around it this past spring and it started having the chlorosis. I will definitely keep a closer eye on the plants and if things don’t improve I will check and look into iron minerals as needed. 💚🙏💚 Thank you so kindly!
The petunias that are standing up are just trying to look around your gorgeous garden. They’re saying “oh my goodness, did you see her hydrangeas though?!!” 😆😂🥰
Hi Tracy, your garden is so beautiful, We have the same problem with japanese beetles, I'm learning a lot from you as I started planting more flowers in my garden.
As always everything is glorious!!! Tracy can you make a video on seed collecting and how to plant them too? Maybe in the fall as everything dries out and then how you put them in your trays and all…… that would be so appreciated!! Thank you as always for sharing your great gardens!! 🌸🌸🌸
Thank you Chris! I’m experimenting a few different ways to see which produces the best results and will report back soon. Oh yes, I’ll definitely show how I collect more seeds this fall. Happy gardening 💚🙏💚
New to your channel and absolutely loving it! I am in awe of your talent with saving seeds and replanting the following year! Are there certain hydrangea that you can or cannot do that with? I would love a video how to and maybe you already have one? I love all of your large black planters. Can you share where you purchased those at? Your garden is just lovely!
Thank you so much! 💚🙏💚 The containers are from Costco.ca They are also available at Lowes but maybe a tad more expensive than Costco online. Happy gardening 💚🙏💚
Tracy, you have such a lovely garden, and everything is thriving. I too have a problem with squirrels digging up bulbs and eating them. They dig in all of my newly planted pots every year, and sometimes they dig up my established plants. I've never noticed seeds on my spent hydrangea blooms, but I really don't know what to look for, either. Would you please point out the viable seeds, in one of your videos, and show us how (and when) to collect them? I've propagated cuttings from my hydrangeas in the past, but I've never tried growing them from seed. Last fall, I collected seeds from my perennial hibiscus named; Starry-Starry Night'. Of the 9 seeds that I winter sowed, 7 of them germinated and grew into nice little plants this year, and one even has flower buds! I can't wait to see if the blooms are the same as the parent plant, a beautiful deep pink. All of the seedlings have the same dark mahogany foliage as the original one. I also grew some tiny Siberian iris seedlings from seeds I collected from my plants. Growing things and propagating are so much fun! Have a blessed Sunday! ~Margie😍🦋🌻💚
Thank you Margie! After they dug up the lily bulbs, and all the Finola tulip bulbs around the Fire Light…they went on to dig up my zinnias in the oval planters and killed half of the seedlings in them. I will definitely show how I start the hydrangea from seeds soon…I have been testing a few different ways to see which method gives the greatest success rate…I will definitely report on video soon. Thank you Margie! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy, your gardens continue to give me inspiration! A couple of my Bobo hydrangeas are also delayed in blossoming. I wonder if it is due to the late start of our summer season. 💐❤️🇨🇦
Hi Eileen, I believe so too….we had a cool start this year so the plants are “confused”? Happy gardening! Ps. How are your Tiny Tuff Stuff hydrangeas doing? I’m curious how they did after this past winter. Thanks Eileen!
@@TracysHomeGarden My Tuff Stuff hydrangeas survived the winter and the blooms are beautiful right now. My Tuff Stuff Ah ha started to bud out and then got killed by the frost this early spring. I just got back from the garden store and bought the strawberry sundae hydrangea!
Stunning garden as always. Thx for sharing. Are your plants on drip irrigation? I have to water my bloomstruck and original hydrangeas every day as they don’t rebound after wilting. Should I move to shaded area? Yours look like they are full sun. I’m zone 6b Rochester NY
Macrophylla and smooth hydrangeas should be planted in a location with morning sun and afternoon shade. I do have mine in full sun and they sometimes wilt a little (especially around the 3rd day without water). I deep water them every 3 days and they tend to be okay for the 1st few days without wilting. It could be that you may need to water them longer? Give them a longer soaking to see how they do before moving them? I used to have them in the front garden with full south facing sun and they did okay but the leaves usually “burn”.
Tracy, your garden is always so beautiful and inspirational. I started acquiring panicle hydrangeas and have taken cuttings last year. All my panicle hydrangea cuttings survived but none of them will bloom this year i think cause no buds yet. They are still small not even a foot tall. How long does a cutting take to flower according to your experience
@@brendatapley395 They seem pretty easy to root. I just took some cuttings this week. put each cutting in a 6 inch pot with regular potting mix and some root hormones and i removed all the bottom leaves and left 2 to 3 leaves at the top. And then I used a plastic bin to put all the pots in the bin and covered with plastic food wrap. I keep the cuttings inside the house for now since it’s too hot outside. I believe in couple of weeks there will be new leaves growing. I will then remove the food wrap and gradually introduce them outdoor. By October, they should have some root systems developed. You could plant them in ground or keep them in pots and they will lose leaves. After fall, i will move the ones in pots in garage. Next spring you can bring them out. They may look dead for a while. But be patient, the new leaves will eventually emerge. Good luck 👍
Your garden is so beautiful! Such an inspiration! How did you get the pink endless summer hydrangea to bloom? Also which hydrangea did you take seeds from & plant?
Hi Barbara, The Endless Summer seem to be in a well protected spot and was able to bloom from old wood for me. I did not winter protect them. The other varieties didn’t seem to do as well for me this year. Happy gardening Barbara. 💚🙏💚
Hi Josephine, I keep them all hovered together right next to the southwest all of our house for some radiant heat and wind protection against the cold dry wind. Thank you 🙏
Hello Tracy your garden is beautiful. Someone ordered me a bobo hydrangea but, it's only a 1 quart size. I would like to make into a standard but, will I need to let it grow some before I turn it into a standard?
Yes, plant it in the ground and wait until you see a long stem come up from the ground. Then cut away all other stems…leave the one long stem and stake it as a tree. Have fun making Bobo trees! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy - Your Oriental Lilies are wonderful. Do you fertilize them? I have been lax with my Casa Blanca lilies. I think they are getting shorter! Also not much increase in stems. What fertilizer do you use? Thanks
Hi Susan, Other than the compost I put on every 3 years. I actually don’t feed them and they seem to do very well….I forgot, they do get 2-3” of mulch every spring. Other than that…no other fertilizer. I think some varieties don’t do well in our climate. I used to have a few other varieties in my previous gardens and find that they don’t multiply as fast as this variety. I have since given up on other varieties and just stick with this one. I planted the 1st Serano lily in my 1st garden some 18+ years ago. We have moved 3 times since then and I have managed to take one to plant at each garden. They grow so quickly that I had to dig up about a dozen this past spring to give away to my neighbours.
It appears they remained lava lamp to just flare. I’ve been doing research on it but not much information available online. I’m surprised to see how late it blooms
The larger the container the better but I do find that they need to be about min 18-20” tall and wide…and all containers need to be hovered together on the south or west side during the winter…and right up against the wall of our house for some radiant heat. I also wintered the mums in small 10” containers on the porch (south facing)…and they did ok…but the larger containers are hard to move up the stairs….plus I have so many. 🤨
Hi Tracy, what do you think the correlation of cutting the roses down to 18 inches is? Perhaps I can do that. I’m in eastern North Carolina and the Beatles are pretty bad here. I did apply milky spore myself. I did see a difference with the spore.
Hi Veronica, This was actually not my original idea…it was recommended by one of the viewers and I tried it last year and it seemed to help. The reasoning is that if we remove all (or as much) the rose foliage then there is “less” of the roses thus less to attract the Japanese beetles to the garden. In the meantime, the roses will continue to slowly put out some growth…and by the time the beetles leave, usually by then the roses would form buds and be able to bloom. Before cutting all the other the roses down, I would fine each rose and surrounding foliage covered with the beetles…sine then I have only seen 1-2 around. Now that my William Morris is blooming, I find more Japanese beetles on them….I drowned about a dozen today. I will have to cut the William Morris blooms down to take indoors to enjoy. All the roses that were about to open last night have been eaten by them when I came out to check this morning. 😣 Those beetles 🪲 are so bad. Ps. I hope your roses are okay. 🤞🤞🤞
Hi Tracy I am just wondering if you leave all those gorgeous hydrangeas in the pots outside for the winter..also have a question I have watched all your videos on how to make a tree from hydrangeas followed all your instructions. Iivecatharines Ontario.same weather has you ..so did it all the vanilla straberry hydrangeas are they paniculata …so my question was why is the tree I divided looks very drippy all it has is four leaves on top no flowers just bought it this year in the spring put it in the garden, and it wasn’t doin that well.should I cut all the leaves on top and leave it bare.??? Please advice…absolutely love join grden I just went and bought a fire light hydrange
Hi Maxine, Do you have email or Instagram? You could send a photo for me to see? You made a great choice with the Fire Light…I love the semi-lacey panicles and they attract pollinators as well. Happy gardening Maxine! 💚🙏💚
It depends on the type of clematis. Type 3 bloom on new wood so pruning hard will encourage growth and blooms all summer long. Type 1 blooms on old wood so you may loose all blooms if hard prune in spring. Type 2 blooms on old and new wood so leave old wood for early summer blooms and hard prune to about 12" for the early fall blooms.
Hi Tracy, your garden is so beautiful! Just wanted to ask you how do you keep your Lobelia looking so healthy? Mine have struggled so far and can’t seem to bounce back.
Hi Blanca, Lobelia actually don’t do well with excess fertilizer…I have only just given them a light feeding for the first time this week….and I used 1/2 strength and I probably won’t be feeding them again until mid August. Oh and unlike the other annuals, I did not apply slow release fertilizer at planting. Hope that helps.
I gave up on hydrangeas here in Dallas Texas since everything gets scorched. However, lilies have done well. What is the name and where can I fins that yellow buttery lily
I was recently told that oriental lilies are short lived often lasting only 3 years. Has this been your experience? I was very surprised to hear this as I assumed they would last at least a good 8-10 years but this gardener seemed like she knew what she was talking about. I planted Casablanca bulbs in spring 2021 and they bloomed in summer 2021 and again this summer 2022 but I’m wondering if they will now be starting to fade since 2023 will be their 3rd blooming season. Do you grow any other lilies and have any to recommend? I have space in my all white garden bed right now so I’m thinking I’ll add some lily bulbs just not sure which variety would be best since it has to be a white variety.
Hi Sonya, Yes, some varieties don’t do well beyond the 3 years. In order to lengthen their life time, try dividing them. This helps with overcrowding and allows the bulbs to grow in size and have less competition for nutrients/water.
Wish I had a garden like yours, so beautiful! The combination of Lobelia with hydrangeas is stunning. Can you tell me where you got your square self watering planters?
Groundhog?! Oh, I have not even thought about groundhogs yet?! Whatever it was, it got to my tulips too! I have Finola tulips there planted some 6 years ago…😟. I was just saying how the tulips have been coming back year-to-year since planted…now they won’t be back next spring. 😣
Hi Amy, I have not “seen” voles yet…do you think they may have dug up the lily bulbs? The bulbs they dug up were larger than my fist…I also found a large hole from behind the fence into the garden. I did try to see if there were tunnels but did not see any. I covered everything up and the next day I checked and found two large holes…about 4-6” on two sides of the Fire Light on the west side. I also found two similar holes around the base of the Fire Light on the east side this spring. I was worried that it was the raccoons trying to dig for other critters in the garden…I watched carefully the following day and found squirrels going back to dig in the same holes I had covered up. I quickly applied some bloodmeal and since then, they have not been back yet. Ps. The base of the Fire Light on the east side has a group of tulips 🌷 there so my guess is that the squirrels 🐿 were trying to dig them up. Now I find them trying to dig up my tulip bulbs around my Chelsea clematis at the front garden. 🤨
I’m so sorry to hear about the groundhogs…I don’t think I have seen them in my area yet…so I don’t have any experience dealing with groundhogs….but I feel you…I have squirrels 🐿 that dig and kill my plants as well…they eat my tulips, Lily, dig up my zinnia seedlings, etc. This is why I’m not able to plant strawberries 🍓 because they eat them before we could get to them. 🤨 I have seen people pup up nets around their gardens but I’m not a fan of nets.
I planted one in 2017 and it didn’t come back for me. I waited until June that year thinking they always get leafed out later than the other plants. I think our back garden tend to stay too wet for hardy hibiscus to thrive. I have also tried to plants rhododendrons and Azeleas…and butterfly bush and failed. The large hibiscus blooms would be beautiful around this time. I love ❤️ them as well.
@@TracysHomeGarden A very big curiosity for me, and I always search, but to no avail. I always see in the summer tubs with flowers, but they are very, very dense in flowers. Like the petunia flower. Do you have any knowledge of what fertilizer gives this huge amount of flowers?
We are equivalent to US zone 5a. We get a few weeks in summer with temps in the 30C (or 90F)….most of our summer days are milder and hydrangeas seem to like that.
Your garden is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. Your plant combos are devine. So amazing.
love your garden and i have lily's and love to smell them i love pink's and purple any thing bright and cheerful we need to be happy life is so short
WOW, that fire light hydrangea container is STUNNING!!! That fall color of that bright red fire light is going to be breath taking 😍😍😍😍😍😍
Those Flowers are truly Beautiful... And i love your Hydrangeas so much...💕💞💕
Thank you for sharing your beautiful collections of flowers. .Tracy!
Good wishes to you and family.
Have a great week Zaleha! 💚🙏💚
@@TracysHomeGarden I am sending lots of love..💙💚💛💜💖to all your beautiful flowers in your garden...
Happy week to you too...🌹🌹🌹
Everything in your garden looks so healthy. The lilies are my favorite. Love to hear how you water and fertilize the hydrangeas.
Beautiful garden video Tracy! Those tall lilies are stunning! They look beautiful next to the hydrangeas! 💛💚
Beautiful gardens, one of my favorite video sites. I could understand the name of the clemantis behind the Bobo. Thank you!
Good job Tracey.
Your garden is just amazing. I love your use of white blooms. So pretty. Your photography is always stunning as well. Thank you, Tracy.
Ohhh, those hydrangeas are sooo beautiful Tracey! I also,love your containers with the hydrangeas as a center piece! I actually dug up three shoots this year from my Anna Belle hydrangea and placed the pot in one of my flower beds. It’s budded up for me but not opened yet….you inspired me to try this Tracey😊.
I just look forward to each and every one of your videos…thank you so much for your sharing and teaching knowledge❤️.
Thank you 🙏 Brenda! Hydrangeas in pots…😍. Hope your Annabelle are not battered by as much wind as what we have been getting here…🤞. Happy gardening Brenda! 💚🙏💚
Beautiful thanks
Your garden is so inspiring, the lilies and hydrangea combo is my absolute favorite. Lovely video 😍
Garden is gorgeous as usual
Hello Tracy! What a wonderfully varied and colorful garden. I am delighted with many flowers, but I was especially attracted to the large-leaved hydrangea, lilies and daylilies. Thank you for a beautiful and interesting video. The walk was very pleasant. Happiness to you💐❤️🌻
Beautiful garden you have.🙂
So beautiful and your voice is made for narrating.
Rabbits have really donr a number on my collection even eating my angelonia. I know as a flower gardener all the hard work and time you must spend.
Wow! 😍❤️💕
I just want to comment to thank you for sharing your garden updates. I just love to watch them. Gardeners are my favorite people and There is always so many new things to learn from each other. I also love to garden and make gardening videos too. I just love to video my gardens growth. if you'd ever want to visit my garden I’d love to have you! Let’s learn more from each other as we grow!
Those hydrangeas are gorgeous!
Treceyouave Beuuateful Garden🌹🌺🦋
Absolutely stunning Tracy 💕 I’m delighted how everything is thriving so well with gorgeous containers 🌸💕🌸
Everything looks so beautiful 🌸🌺🌹🌱🌺Your hydrangeas and DA roses are stunning 🌹🌹🌹
Loved to see your garden Tracy! Feel so good when your viedo comes did not misss any. My Hydrangeas also survived lime light and , wee white & pink one all I added last year after watching your viedos, other flowers also blooming so enjoying flower season happy gardening!💐💐
Thank you Anu! Glad you got new hydrangeas to enjoy in your garden. Happy gardening Anu! 💚🙏💚
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Ur garden is gorgeous great job
I have one petunia that a friend started from seed and gave me....its doing exactly the same thing. Growing straight up. I’ll be cutting it back today. How exciting about the seed grown panicles...can’t wait to see what comes of it!😍
Me too…I’m so excited to watch them grow. 🤞🤞🤞
I absolutely love 😍 the yellow serano lilies! Can you recommend where to purchase them and should they be planted in the fall or spring?
Hi Alexzina,
I saw them a few years ago at a nursery near our area called VANDERMEER. I didn’t see them again there this year so I’m not sure where to find them any more. This variety is prolific in blooming and the bulbs multiply very quickly. I have given away many and have many requests by friends for them as they have a hard time finding vendors close by. These lilies are old and we have them for about almost 20 years now. I got one bulb from my parent and every time we move, we take one plant to put in our new garden and in five years they have multiply from 1 to more than 20+ plants…I have also given away about 5-10 more to friends. This is one variety that does well in our area and I don’t think I have seen any other variety that does the same.
I agree with the nematodes. We have been doing them for many years now and this year I’ve only seen a couple of beetles. Now I just need something for lily beetles. Thanks for sharing…your garden is stunning🇨🇦👩🌾🌸
The nematodes was supposed to help with the red beetles as well…but I got more of them this year. They are one of my lilies next to the Endless Summer hydrangea. I tried to pick them off the lilies but they seem to fly away faster then I could catch them. Thank you Wilma! 💚🙏💚
Hi Tracy - just stumbled upon your channel today. In watching this video, chlorosis in plants is an indication of iron deficiency. Chlorosis inihibits a plant's ability to pull the nutrients it needs from the soil. It is not caused by squirrels. It's caused by iron poor soil. You will need to test the soil in your area where this is happening to understand which iron supplement you need to amend your soil. If you don't, the plant will eventually die, which for those beautiful hydrangeas would be such a shame. In our area, hydrangeas require more iron than the other plants we grow. I use Ironite by Pennington - which is straight iron pellets. You may need to either use that, or a Chelated Iron depending on what your soil test says. I amend my soil each spring, and as needed througout the summer months to treat for chlorosis. I hope this helps. Also, for the leaf spotting on your hydrangeas try using Horticultural and Dorman Spray Oil by Bonide. Follow the label directions. I use it on all my plants and it works wonders at keeping the plants happy and healthy all season long. Happy Gardening!
Thank you 🙏 so much for sharing all the info.
I have not checked soil where the Fire Light on the west side is planted yet but I’m quite curious to know if it’s iron deficient or not.
I’m hoping it’s just “locked up” in the soil due to our alkaline native soil. I did check the pH twice this past spring and the pH was just above 7…I have been trying to add some extra sulfur and coffee grounds and the pH is now 6.9…so the plants was doing ok until recently (after the squirrels dug holes around its rootball). My guess is that the squirrels may have damaged the roots so now the plant is stressed trying to support the foliage and blooms at the same time…especially during the heat wave we have been getting.
I had some Bobo hydrangea plants at the front garden that had this same issue last year - squirrels dug and half of the plant ended up with chlorosis (leaf and flowered dried out and almost died) because the damage roots was unable to transport nutrients/mineral efficiently to the plants. Since then, I have been keeping closer looks around the rootball of my plants to prevent this from happening. It seems as a coincidence that after finding large holes around the area - then the chlorosis - some of the newer leaves on the plant are ok since I have covered up the holes and amended the soil. The same also happened to the fire light hydrangea on the east side as well. It was okay last year and the squirrels 🐿 dug large holes around it this past spring and it started having the chlorosis.
I will definitely keep a closer eye on the plants and if things don’t improve I will check and look into iron minerals as needed. 💚🙏💚
Thank you so kindly!
Gorgeous plants!!!.great job 👏🏻❤️
The petunias that are standing up are just trying to look around your gorgeous garden. They’re saying “oh my goodness, did you see her hydrangeas though?!!”
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🤣😂🤣 this made my day! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy, your garden is so beautiful, We have the same problem with japanese beetles, I'm learning a lot from you as I started planting more flowers in my garden.
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As always everything is glorious!!! Tracy can you make a video on seed collecting and how to plant them too? Maybe in the fall as everything dries out and then how you put them in your trays and all…… that would be so appreciated!! Thank you as always for sharing your great gardens!! 🌸🌸🌸
Thank you Chris! I’m experimenting a few different ways to see which produces the best results and will report back soon. Oh yes, I’ll definitely show how I collect more seeds this fall. Happy gardening 💚🙏💚
@@TracysHomeGarden thank you and I cannot wait!! Happy gardening to you as well 🌷🌷🌷
New to your channel and absolutely loving it! I am in awe of your talent with saving seeds and replanting the following year! Are there certain hydrangea that you can or cannot do that with? I would love a video how to and maybe you already have one? I love all of your large black planters. Can you share where you purchased those at? Your garden is just lovely!
Thank you so much! 💚🙏💚
The containers are from Costco.ca
They are also available at Lowes but maybe a tad more expensive than Costco online.
Happy gardening 💚🙏💚
I love your lobelia, it is my favorite. I want to try to grow it from seed for next year.
They are quite easy to sow and do very well with little maintenance. You’ll love them. 💚🙏💚. Happy gardening
@@TracysHomeGarden thank you
Tracy, you have such a lovely garden, and everything is thriving. I too have a problem with squirrels digging up bulbs and eating them. They dig in all of my newly planted pots every year, and sometimes they dig up my established plants.
I've never noticed seeds on my spent hydrangea blooms, but I really don't know what to look for, either. Would you please point out the viable seeds, in one of your videos, and show us how (and when) to collect them? I've propagated cuttings from my hydrangeas in the past, but I've never tried growing them from seed.
Last fall, I collected seeds from my perennial hibiscus named; Starry-Starry Night'. Of the 9 seeds that I winter sowed, 7 of them germinated and grew into nice little plants this year, and one even has flower buds! I can't wait to see if the blooms are the same as the parent plant, a beautiful deep pink. All of the seedlings have the same dark mahogany foliage as the original one. I also grew some tiny Siberian iris seedlings from seeds I collected from my plants. Growing things and propagating are so much fun! Have a blessed Sunday! ~Margie😍🦋🌻💚
Thank you Margie! After they dug up the lily bulbs, and all the Finola tulip bulbs around the Fire Light…they went on to dig up my zinnias in the oval planters and killed half of the seedlings in them.
I will definitely show how I start the hydrangea from seeds soon…I have been testing a few different ways to see which method gives the greatest success rate…I will definitely report on video soon. Thank you Margie! 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden Tracy, I always watch your videos, so it will be fun to try growing hydrangeas from seed! Thank you!
I will gladly buy plants but growing from seed will be fun and satisfy my curiosity. 🤩 I think we both have that drive in us. 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden Curious minds! 💚
Hi Tracy, your gardens continue to give me inspiration! A couple of my Bobo hydrangeas are also delayed in blossoming. I wonder if it is due to the late start of our summer season. 💐❤️🇨🇦
Hi Eileen,
I believe so too….we had a cool start this year so the plants are “confused”? Happy gardening!
Ps. How are your Tiny Tuff Stuff hydrangeas doing?
I’m curious how they did after this past winter.
Thanks Eileen!
@@TracysHomeGarden My Tuff Stuff hydrangeas survived the winter and the blooms are beautiful right now. My Tuff Stuff Ah ha started to bud out and then got killed by the frost this early spring. I just got back from the garden store and bought the strawberry sundae hydrangea!
Thank you for sharing. I love your garden. How do you overwinter your potted hydrangeas?
I will have them hovered up right up against the southwest wall of our house. 💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden Thank you for the tip. I have to try this at home.
Stunning garden as always. Thx for sharing. Are your plants on drip irrigation? I have to water my bloomstruck and original hydrangeas every day as they don’t rebound after wilting. Should I move to shaded area?
Yours look like they are full sun.
I’m zone 6b Rochester NY
Macrophylla and smooth hydrangeas should be planted in a location with morning sun and afternoon shade. I do have mine in full sun and they sometimes wilt a little (especially around the 3rd day without water). I deep water them every 3 days and they tend to be okay for the 1st few days without wilting.
It could be that you may need to water them longer? Give them a longer soaking to see how they do before moving them?
I used to have them in the front garden with full south facing sun and they did okay but the leaves usually “burn”.
Tracy, your garden is always so beautiful and inspirational. I started acquiring panicle hydrangeas and have taken cuttings last year. All my panicle hydrangea cuttings survived but none of them will bloom this year i think cause no buds yet. They are still small not even a foot tall. How long does a cutting take to flower according to your experience
Hi Tracy, would u mind sharing how u got your hydrangea cuttings to root?
@@brendatapley395 They seem pretty easy to root. I just took some cuttings this week. put each cutting in a 6 inch pot with regular potting mix and some root hormones and i removed all the bottom leaves and left 2 to 3 leaves at the top. And then I used a plastic bin to put all the pots in the bin and covered with plastic food wrap. I keep the cuttings inside the house for now since it’s too hot outside. I believe in couple of weeks there will be new leaves growing. I will then remove the food wrap and gradually introduce them outdoor. By October, they should have some root systems developed. You could plant them in ground or keep them in pots and they will lose leaves. After fall, i will move the ones in pots in garage. Next spring you can bring them out. They may look dead for a while. But be patient, the new leaves will eventually emerge. Good luck 👍
Cutting will usually start to bloom the following year. This 1st year the cuttings are putting on root growth. You’ll have them blooming next year…💚💚💚
Your garden is so beautiful! Such an inspiration! How did you get the pink endless summer hydrangea to bloom? Also which hydrangea did you take seeds from & plant?
Hi Barbara,
The Endless Summer seem to be in a well protected spot and was able to bloom from old wood for me. I did not winter protect them. The other varieties didn’t seem to do as well for me this year. Happy gardening Barbara. 💚🙏💚
Hi Tracy I am in awe watching your garden. It's such a delight and pleasure. Where do you keep your containers during the winter?
Hi Josephine,
I keep them all hovered together right next to the southwest all of our house for some radiant heat and wind protection against the cold dry wind. Thank you 🙏
Hello Tracy your garden is beautiful. Someone ordered me a bobo hydrangea but, it's only a 1 quart size. I would like to make into a standard but, will I need to let it grow some before I turn it into a standard?
Yes, plant it in the ground and wait until you see a long stem come up from the ground. Then cut away all other stems…leave the one long stem and stake it as a tree. Have fun making Bobo trees! 💚💚💚
What is the name of the creamy yellow trumpet flower?
So beautiful
They are Serano Oriental Lilies. Thanks Tara. 💚🙏💚
Hi Tracy - Your Oriental Lilies are wonderful. Do you fertilize them? I have been lax with my Casa Blanca lilies. I think they are getting shorter! Also not much increase in stems. What fertilizer do you use? Thanks
Hi Susan,
Other than the compost I put on every 3 years.
I actually don’t feed them and they seem to do very well….I forgot, they do get 2-3” of mulch every spring. Other than that…no other fertilizer.
I think some varieties don’t do well in our climate. I used to have a few other varieties in my previous gardens and find that they don’t multiply as fast as this variety. I have since given up on other varieties and just stick with this one. I planted the 1st Serano lily in my 1st garden some 18+ years ago. We have moved 3 times since then and I have managed to take one to plant at each garden. They grow so quickly that I had to dig up about a dozen this past spring to give away to my neighbours.
@@TracysHomeGarden Thanks Tracy. I hope you don’t plan to move for a long time and leave your beautiful garden!
It appears they remained lava lamp to just flare. I’ve been doing research on it but not much information available online. I’m surprised to see how late it blooms
It usually blooms earlier for me. This is definitely an odd year as some of my Bobo are still not fully white yet.
So you never winterize your hydrangeas in containers ? That is cool . Especially your containers are not so big either
The larger the container the better but I do find that they need to be about min 18-20” tall and wide…and all containers need to be hovered together on the south or west side during the winter…and right up against the wall of our house for some radiant heat.
I also wintered the mums in small 10” containers on the porch (south facing)…and they did ok…but the larger containers are hard to move up the stairs….plus I have so many. 🤨
@@TracysHomeGarden me too . I have so many huge containers snd it is such a pain to move them 🤦♀️🤦♀️
Hi Tracy, what do you think the correlation of cutting the roses down to 18 inches is? Perhaps I can do that. I’m in eastern North Carolina and the Beatles are pretty bad here. I did apply milky spore myself. I did see a difference with the spore.
Hi Veronica,
This was actually not my original idea…it was recommended by one of the viewers and I tried it last year and it seemed to help.
The reasoning is that if we remove all (or as much) the rose foliage then there is “less” of the roses thus less to attract the Japanese beetles to the garden.
In the meantime, the roses will continue to slowly put out some growth…and by the time the beetles leave, usually by then the roses would form buds and be able to bloom.
Before cutting all the other the roses down, I would fine each rose and surrounding foliage covered with the beetles…sine then I have only seen 1-2 around. Now that my William Morris is blooming, I find more Japanese beetles on them….I drowned about a dozen today. I will have to cut the William Morris blooms down to take indoors to enjoy. All the roses that were about to open last night have been eaten by them when I came out to check this morning. 😣 Those beetles 🪲 are so bad.
Ps. I hope your roses are okay. 🤞🤞🤞
@@TracysHomeGarden yes they are horrible. 😩 what you did make sense. Thanks
Hi Tracy I am just wondering if you leave all those gorgeous hydrangeas in the pots outside for the winter..also have a question I have watched all your videos on how to make a tree from hydrangeas followed all your instructions.
Iivecatharines Ontario.same weather has you ..so did it all the vanilla straberry hydrangeas are they paniculata …so my question was why is the tree I divided looks very drippy all it has is four leaves on top no flowers just bought it this year in the spring put it in the garden, and it wasn’t doin that well.should I cut all the leaves on top and leave it bare.??? Please advice…absolutely love join grden I just went and bought a fire light hydrange
Hi Maxine,
Do you have email or Instagram? You could send a photo for me to see?
You made a great choice with the Fire Light…I love the semi-lacey panicles and they attract pollinators as well.
Happy gardening Maxine! 💚🙏💚
Hi Tracy I tried to send you a picture.but it keeps on saying wrong email..@@TracysHomeGarden
Hi Maxine,
My email is:
tracyhg2020@gmail.com
Where did you get your yellow tree lilies? Also your hydrangea seeds?
It depends on the type of clematis. Type 3 bloom on new wood so pruning hard will encourage growth and blooms all summer long. Type 1 blooms on old wood so you may loose all blooms if hard prune in spring. Type 2 blooms on old and new wood so leave old wood for early summer blooms and hard prune to about 12" for the early fall blooms.
Hi Tracy, your garden is so beautiful! Just wanted to ask you how do you keep your Lobelia looking so healthy? Mine have struggled so far and can’t seem to bounce back.
Hi Blanca,
Lobelia actually don’t do well with excess fertilizer…I have only just given them a light feeding for the first time this week….and I used 1/2 strength and I probably won’t be feeding them again until mid August. Oh and unlike the other annuals, I did not apply slow release fertilizer at planting.
Hope that helps.
@@TracysHomeGarden thank you
I gave up on hydrangeas here in Dallas Texas since everything gets scorched. However, lilies have done well. What is the name and where can I fins that yellow buttery lily
I was recently told that oriental lilies are short lived often lasting only 3 years. Has this been your experience? I was very surprised to hear this as I assumed they would last at least a good 8-10 years but this gardener seemed like she knew what she was talking about. I planted Casablanca bulbs in spring 2021 and they bloomed in summer 2021 and again this summer 2022 but I’m wondering if they will now be starting to fade since 2023 will be their 3rd blooming season. Do you grow any other lilies and have any to recommend? I have space in my all white garden bed right now so I’m thinking I’ll add some lily bulbs just not sure which variety would be best since it has to be a white variety.
Hi Sonya,
Yes, some varieties don’t do well beyond the 3 years. In order to lengthen their life time, try dividing them. This helps with overcrowding and allows the bulbs to grow in size and have less competition for nutrients/water.
Wish I had a garden like yours, so beautiful! The combination of Lobelia with hydrangeas is stunning. Can you tell me where you got your square self watering planters?
Thank you Angelica! 💚🙏💚
They are from Costco.ca
Lowes also has them for a little more than Costco.
Happy gardening 💚🙏💚
Tracy do you ever sell or trade hydrangea seeds? Would love some.
What the seeds look like you collect from ? I plan to collect the seeds too this year
I’ll share it in video when I collect them next time.
@@TracysHomeGarden thank you 😍😍👍👍
Hi, Where did you get your snapdragon seeds from?
Hi
I got them from the Home Depot…McKenzie Seeds: Mini Snap Mix. All the seeds germinated. I kept only a few to plant and gave away many to friends.
Digging holes could be groundhogs. I got one groundhog in my backyard.
Groundhog?! Oh, I have not even thought about groundhogs yet?! Whatever it was, it got to my tulips too! I have Finola tulips there planted some 6 years ago…😟. I was just saying how the tulips have been coming back year-to-year since planted…now they won’t be back next spring. 😣
@@TracysHomeGarden they kinda look like squirrels but bigger and shorter tail. Look very cute. Squirrels patches what they dig. Groundhogs don't.
@@TracysHomeGarden I only have Spanish Bluebell bulbs and Asiatic lilies and 3 Arum Lilly bulbs to worry about.
The animals here in our area are aggressive…they also are all of the bulbs in containers.
@@TracysHomeGarden I think it's because I feed them with sunflower seeds and some fruits. 😂🤣😂 So now one corner of my backyard is filled with shells.
What a beautiful garden. Have you ever come across voles in the garden?
Hi Amy,
I have not “seen” voles yet…do you think they may have dug up the lily bulbs? The bulbs they dug up were larger than my fist…I also found a large hole from behind the fence into the garden. I did try to see if there were tunnels but did not see any. I covered everything up and the next day I checked and found two large holes…about 4-6” on two sides of the Fire Light on the west side. I also found two similar holes around the base of the Fire Light on the east side this spring. I was worried that it was the raccoons trying to dig for other critters in the garden…I watched carefully the following day and found squirrels going back to dig in the same holes I had covered up. I quickly applied some bloodmeal and since then, they have not been back yet.
Ps. The base of the Fire Light on the east side has a group of tulips 🌷 there so my guess is that the squirrels 🐿 were trying to dig them up. Now I find them trying to dig up my tulip bulbs around my Chelsea clematis at the front garden. 🤨
Do u know anything to prevent groundhogs from eating my oerrenial flowers please
I’m so sorry to hear about the groundhogs…I don’t think I have seen them in my area yet…so I don’t have any experience dealing with groundhogs….but I feel you…I have squirrels 🐿 that dig and kill my plants as well…they eat my tulips, Lily, dig up my zinnia seedlings, etc. This is why I’m not able to plant strawberries 🍓 because they eat them before we could get to them. 🤨
I have seen people pup up nets around their gardens but I’m not a fan of nets.
@@TracysHomeGarden
Thank you very much
Why not add hardy hibiscus in your garden ? 🙂
I planted one in 2017 and it didn’t come back for me. I waited until June that year thinking they always get leafed out later than the other plants. I think our back garden tend to stay too wet for hardy hibiscus to thrive. I have also tried to plants rhododendrons and Azeleas…and butterfly bush and failed.
The large hibiscus blooms would be beautiful around this time. I love ❤️ them as well.
Most of the videos on UA-cam are about other types of roses. This rose has three leaves. How do we prune dead roses, please?
You can cut back the dead stems until you see some green growth. All the best.
@@TracysHomeGarden A very big curiosity for me, and I always search, but to no avail. I always see in the summer tubs with flowers, but they are very, very dense in flowers. Like the petunia flower. Do you have any knowledge of what fertilizer gives this huge amount of flowers?
curious... how hot does it get in your area?
We are equivalent to US zone 5a. We get a few weeks in summer with temps in the 30C (or 90F)….most of our summer days are milder and hydrangeas seem to like that.
How do get seeds from Hydrangeas??? 👍
Hi Tiffany,
I got the seeds from the hydrangeas last fall. I planted them this past spring.
I hope soon that your videos will be translated into Arabic, so that the benefit will be returned to everyone. Greetings to you
I hate Japanese beetles so so much
Me too! 😣