Olivia Austin rose & Companion Plants: My Choice
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2022
- I am working in the garden and planting companion plants with my Olivia Austin rose. I have 2 of them planted in my garden as one shrub. They are baby plants this year and created wonderful blooms for us.
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Can I recommend a companion plant? My absolute best performer in the garden this year, is actually an annual salvia. It is absolutely gorgeous and purple not just on the blooms, but the entire stem is purple. Bees are all over it and animals won't touch it. It is never without full bright purple color, even if you don't cut it back. If you like purple, keep your eye out for it in the spring. It's wonderful. I wish I knew the name but it's found everywhere.
Oh, I wish you had a name. I had annual salvia Blue Monday. What a disaster! Died in the pot mid season. And I had something like 5 pots! Anyone knows?
I thought I might have this, but no. What I have (and it's beautiful purple, like darker purple) is Meadow Sage 'Caradonna' -- with bees all over it. I just checked the tag:)
Also, the catmint is light purple with bees loving it, too. Both winners in my garden.
You are a very interesting and gifted teacher, Olga! I love your inspirational videos! THANK YOU!
Awww… my pleasure! Your rose is doing great, I can see how strong it can become. Will be building a solid construction for her. Happy gardening!
Just for watching your videos we have felt in love with David Austin’s Roses . We order 14 this past fall sales , but we won’t get them until spring time they said , I cannot wait to have the lash of Shallot on my garden , I hope mine performs beautiful like yours does . Hello from Ohio .
Oh, you went shopping! And the sale is on for this fall!
Delightful as always 💙💙💙
I love Agastache so much, such a pollinator magnet. Great video as usual, Olga. 💚
Yes, very good plant. Garden hugs!
Beautiful combo. I my be biased but I think Veronica/ speedwell in purple would look amazing too!
Those Veronica blooms are so cute! Especially when they twist into one side. I have the blue one, no purple variety.
I love that type of Arborvitae! He's very cute! I think that area will look so nice!
Yes, can't wait.
It’s so interesting seeing what others use as companion plants! I have Russian sage planted around my Olivia rose. Another plant that bees just love
How is your Russian sage doing? I had to take mine out, it was sooo unruly!
@@OlgaCarmody well I was forewarned about the growth habit of Russian sage before I planted. It’s been in the ground for one year so it hasn’t reached its full potential yet. I’m slowly turning my flower bed into a garden and I will have to move some plants around to accommodate my new plans. Russian sage is one. I have six of them zigzagging thro my bed. As of now they are fine but when they get big they will dwarf the other plants around them.
I want to try cat mint too. See which one I like better. I know a lot of rose grows love their cat mint
Oh that’s going to be so beautiful!! I love Russian sage but it gets to big and wild so now I have a bunch of denim and lace which behaves so much better!!
How is that sage for you? I love it when I see it online… I want to order it…
@@OlgaCarmody it's beautiful and stays standing up and not super big!!
Verry nice combination Olga. I have Verbena in my garden as well. I live in The Netherlands, zone 7. They are often biannual here, and sometimes don't reappear after one year. But if I sprinkel some seeds down from the spent blooms at the end of the season (fall of winter), I have plenty more the following year. Hopefully you will to!
Thank you! My hope s that my Verbena survives winter and becomes much bushier next year. We will see.. Happy gardening in Netherlands!
Lovely. Agastache is easy to propagate by cuttings. 🌱
You know, I went ahead and bought 2 more potted Agastache, just planted them out. Thank you for your suggestion.
I love anise hyssop
I love the long willowy verbena, but unfortunately it does not do very well in my zone 8a. It gets so unbelievably hot in Georgia. Also, I have to water my arborvitaes very often in our summers. They become very sad looking without the pampering & watering. I think they become dramatic 😂😂
Your garden is looking beautiful!! ❤
Thank you! Agree, arborvitaes need attention in my garden too. Happy gardening!
Lovely video Olga. I am always torn about what to under plant my roses (mainly climbers) with. These purple and pink colours look lovely together. Up here in Canada every tree and shrub "arborvitae" is just called a "cedar". But now I think I like "arborvitae" better so I am going to start using it instead :)
Thank you, Brenda. I bet in Canada those “cedars” are doing very well. My Little Giant arborvitae is good to zone 3.
@@OlgaCarmody Yes I have a lot of "cedars" in my yard. One taller than the house! And this year I planted 6 smaller ones to make a privacy wall between my yard and the neighbours who just built a house there last year. They cut down a lot of trees on that side to get their house built which I hated, but now that side of my garden gets a LOT more sun which opens up new possiblities. I love that everything is always chaning in the garden, even if sometimes the changes are out of our control.
I purchased three Lady of Shalott for last year and have had several blooms! Will they be bigger and stronger next year? They are a bit leggy... Next is Olivia! Is the little fence around it to be a permanent support? You have the best ideas for companions! I am buying some tall amethyst phlox to go with the Lady and love your ideas. Now for the arborvitae! (Zone 4). Oh, Russian Sage is also lovely if you like a wild look. Thank you so much!
Yes, rest assured, your Lady of Shalott will become bigger and better every year. I am planning to remove that annoying fence. Rabbits are making a hotel from my back yard and this year I am determined to totally enclose it! And Little Giant is good to zone 4, quite a tough little fellow, you know!
Love your video. What is the name of the round bush? I love to have it in my garden.
Thank you! that is Little Giant Arborvitae.
My verbena did not live over, as I expected it wouldn't in 5b, but it did reseed itself, so hopefully you will have it either way.
I am really hoping that it will survive in my 6/7 zone. And you are right, that is one happy reseeder!
Black and blue sage salvia is maintenance free. It is a tremendous attraction for humming bird and butterfly in conjuction with hyssop.
I am going to order that salvia, heard a lot about it, but your mention just made it clear that I should have it in my garden. Thank you, John!
@Olga Carmody
The black and blue sage salvia will have dark purple like tubers that form clusters at the root mass. It is a full sun lover.
I think you’re better off with the Agastache “Blue Fortune”! i had a reseeding agastache “Golden Jubilee” in my last garden and it took over! Re-seeding looked almost as dense as grass and it came up everywhere…and if it will do that in arid zone 4b (map shows zone 5 but at 6500 ft elevation) I’m afraid to see how crazy it would be in a more hospitable location!
Oh my, I always worry introducing some major headache plant into my garden. Maybe you are right, no need for another ferocious reseeder. I will try to propagate my agastache. Thank you!
Olga I loved this video. You are such a calm lovely lady. May I ask what the Bush ball is called u planted? I am. In the UK a d we had a big drought and heatwave this year. Would this plant tolerate this sort of weather? Thank you x
Also wish to know please. From dry region Australia
Hi, lovely people! The name of that arborvitae is Little Giant. It is beautiful and it keeps its shape perfectly well. I am planning to water it on a regular basis, since it is not really drought tolerant. I see it perform well in gardens with no extra watering schedule, but still, won’t do it to my Little Giant. Thanks.
@@OlgaCarmody thank u for the reply olga x
Nice combination! How large will the "little giant" grow? Can you try to start some cuttings from the agastache?
Little Giant will be around 4 feet by 4 feet in maturity (120cmx120cm). I went and bought 2 more pots of that beautiful Agastache.
На весні я також посадив вербену бонарську,тільки біля троянди Scepter'd isle, та агастахе bluе boa.🌸🇺🇦
Isn’t verbena a great plant? I love it. Introduced it once into my garden and it keeps reseeding year after year!
Random question: so you did a video on blind shoots with you Lady of Shallot. Now does that happen because lady of shallot can be grown as a climber or a shrub? I ordered one for 2023 and when I saw my order said climber not the shrub I wanted. I went back and tried to fix this mistake. The lady who was helping me explained that it’s all in how I prune whether I want a shrub or a climber. I did not realize that. Does that mean you trim yours to a certain height regularly to keep it from climbing?
I have an Emily Brontë shrub from my Spring 2022 order that is growing like crazy. I’m 5’7” and this rose is quite a bit taller than me. I was checking the ends of these shoots and here there are buds. 😅 I’m not sure if I should trim them back or if it’s too late in the season to be cutting your roses?
I have to say, I put my Emily bronte in the ground as bare root in November. There's one stem that's now over 4ft tall! I wasn't expecting that. I need ro move it to the back of the border when it's dormant. I have a feeling it's going ro grow a lot taller
Yes, it is all in trimming. If you want a shrub, you trim it year long, if a climber, you keep those long shoots. As for cutting them out. This is what I do: I want my Lady of Shalott to be a shrub, and , oh boy, does she want to climb! So during summer, when I feed her for a second time, she starts with long shoots business. I cut them out till September. In the fall I stop trimming, I don’t want her to create fresh growth going into dormancy. Sometime in October, when first several frosts hit our area, I do a light trim of long shoots to prevent wind damage. Hope it helps…
@@OlgaCarmody thank-you, Olga, that answers my question. I’ll probably cut the blooms off to bring inside but wait till the first frost to actually trim her. Wow. I heard that David Austin roses really like our climate but I didn’t fully understand until I got my own.
@@davenadainton4209 it’s amazing to watch when the rose gets settled in and really starts to grow. I want to measure mine when the bud is mature. I have 6-8 big ol’ branches coming out of my bush. They are for sure over 6 feet. I wonder how far they will go. You must have planted your Emily Brontë last fall?
@@adalineblythe9653 it was November last year I planted it as a bare root. The rose has done white well, but I'm Surprised at the height of one of the stems.. I will let it flower and then prune it back to the height of the rest of the rose. I really do need to move it before next spring as its too high for its space haha
Every time I see you take your hand and brush the top of the bush it makes me think of an adult taking their hand and ruffing the hair on a child head.
Haha, my youngest baby is not a baby any more, but a big 13 year old. So, I have to pet plants..
I love your videos, Olga. You have such a wonderful garden! I purchased my first roses this last winter because of you! Thank you for being so inspiring!