I agree with those saying the mystery plant is Catmint. But I've never seen one so tall!! And your yellow birdies friends are likely American Gold Finch. One of my favorite birds to see. They like to feed in groups and are very shy!
I can hear Your passion for gardening in the way you speak and share your knowledge. You have a natural beautiful storytelling voice . It captures your audience. Thanks for sharing your lovely space .
I think your mystery plant is wild cat nip .... Or a wild/native salvia . Everything is sooo beautiful 🌳🌿💚 and your wisdom and passion for the garden is inspiring as ever !!! 🌱💐
I love ajuga with their pretty blue spires. There is a sweet little white flowering one which I recently planted. The variegated varieties are pretty but I have yet to succeed in keeping them alive! Your mystery plant looks like a salvia. Salvia is the genus and they belong to the Lamiaceae or mint family. Salvias are recognisable by their square, hollow stems. Does your plant have these? It is lovely and tall. Thanks for another beautiful garden tour. It's so soothing to watch and listen to you on this bleak, wet and windy winter's day.😊
Ajuga ( bugleweed) is great under trees too- she spreads but you can mow if you don’t love it. She’s easy to rip up I& you don’t like her,but if you toss her in the compost pile, she will likely take hold. So many pretty varieties. I live in the South( Virginia) - she overwinters here wonderfully and the bees love her. Your mystery plant looks like cat mint or even cat nip. Foam Flower turns bronze here in the Fall and I also found it wild in the woods ( much smaller). Your rhubarb looks great. I work in a garden center - the discount allows me to grow so many plants that I couldn’t otherwise afford. Picture This is great - I have paid version : Seek is another app, completely free but not as good in my opinion. I enjoy your channel.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden, although I feel you could be a little more caring for our quickly disappearing invertebrates. There are other ways, believe me. Happy gardening 😊
I have the free app..PlantNet to help remind me what I planted. I have black and blue saliva, it should overwinter in your garden, I'm in zone 7b. Mine is maybe 5 - 6 yrs old now. It reseeded itself too. You should try planting yours out in autumn and see if it comes back, if not you'll know for sure.
🐰 Too funny! I was just chasing mine. I’ve been using, I Must Garden mint deer repellent. It seems to work as there’s less damage and I’ve seen the bunnies confusedly sniffing all their usual meals.
I love my Black and Blue salvia and would love to add more if I could only find it again. It's a very strong salvia with a beautiful color! I'm zone 7 in North Carolina and my Black and Blue salvia comes back for me each year. It is in the ground and not a pot however so maybe that helps?
I feel very happy in your garden, Olga. It's full of joy. May I ask what variety the lime green hosta behind you is, as you show the ajuga. I have some smaller hostas, but would like a larger type.
Happy to hear that my garden brings joy to a lot of people! Those big hydrangeas are Sum and Substance. I am going to put a disclamer in my next video, I named it incorrectly. Thank you!
Your hydrangeas are beautiful! Mine struggle and wilt at the slightest hint of sunlight. I am afraid to plant them in deep shade though. What do you recommend?
Which hydrangea type and the what zone do you garden in? Almost all of them are happy getting sun until the temperature climbs in late morning. Dappled sun is probably best. My panicle ones never wilt, even in full sun, zone 6.
I have 2 endless summer hydrangeas I bought. I have them east facing where they get some morning to early afternoon sun but not too much. They wilt within an hour of direct sun. I am zone 6/7.
@@katehall3015 If they are wilting, then they are probably getting too much sun. Although sometimes, they need a couple years to develop a good root system. Mulching also helps. I would advise, no direct sun after 11AM. It’s actually the combination of afternoon heat and sun that wilts them. I have 4. The 3 that only get about an hour of direct sun bloom nicely and don’t wilt. One gets full shade and only has a few blooms. Don’t expect many late blooms from endless summer. Most don’t. Panicle Hydrangeas would do really well in the spot you have them, though.
Question, I planted a potted Lady of Shallot from the Nursery in July can I trim it into a bush at this time of year? It has some canes that want to climb? Thank you in advance. ❤
I really don't buy any garden or potting soil for roses. In case I need garden soil, I go for topsoil of better brands, not even sure which ones. And since I don't grow roses in pots, there is not need to buy soil for them.
That plant could be a variety of nepeta/catmint - known for attracting birds. Nepeta x. faassenii can grow up to two or three feet tall - yours look taller than that.
Loving it! My ajuga plants are also spreading fast and I like it. It saves me from mulching here and there and it chokes weeds.
I truly enjoy your posts.
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I agree with those saying the mystery plant is Catmint. But I've never seen one so tall!! And your yellow birdies friends are likely American Gold Finch. One of my favorite birds to see. They like to feed in groups and are very shy!
Thank you Brenda, wild cantmint it will be, after checking it online, it does look like it. Happy gardening!
You have a beautiful garden!
Thank you so much 😊
I can hear Your passion for gardening in the way you speak and share your knowledge. You have a natural beautiful storytelling voice . It captures your audience. Thanks for sharing your lovely space .
Aww, you are welcome!
I think your mystery plant is wild cat nip .... Or a wild/native salvia . Everything is sooo beautiful 🌳🌿💚 and your wisdom and passion for the garden is inspiring as ever !!! 🌱💐
Great, thank you! It is always better to have more than one head brainstorming!
I love ajuga with their pretty blue spires. There is a sweet little white flowering one which I recently planted. The variegated varieties are pretty but I have yet to succeed in keeping them alive! Your mystery plant looks like a salvia. Salvia is the genus and they belong to the Lamiaceae or mint family. Salvias are recognisable by their square, hollow stems. Does your plant have these? It is lovely and tall. Thanks for another beautiful garden tour. It's so soothing to watch and listen to you on this bleak, wet and windy winter's day.😊
Thank you!
Ajuga ( bugleweed) is great under trees too- she spreads but you can mow if you don’t love it. She’s easy to rip up I& you don’t like her,but if you toss her in the compost pile, she will likely take hold. So many pretty varieties. I live in the South( Virginia) - she overwinters here wonderfully and the bees love her.
Your mystery plant looks like cat mint or even cat nip.
Foam Flower turns bronze here in the Fall and I also found it wild in the woods ( much smaller). Your rhubarb looks great.
I work in a garden center - the discount allows me to grow so many plants that I couldn’t otherwise afford.
Picture This is great - I have paid version : Seek is another app, completely free but not as good in my opinion.
I enjoy your channel.
Loved your message! Great info and wonderful sharing!
Thanks for sharing your beautiful garden, although I feel you could be a little more caring for our quickly disappearing invertebrates. There are other ways, believe me. Happy gardening 😊
I have the free app..PlantNet to help remind me what I planted. I have black and blue saliva, it should overwinter in your garden, I'm in zone 7b. Mine is maybe 5 - 6 yrs old now. It reseeded itself too. You should try planting yours out in autumn and see if it comes back, if not you'll know for sure.
I am going to try to overwinter it. Thank you for suggesting it.
Looks like a salvia, love them great plants .Great videos.
🐰 Too funny! I was just chasing mine. I’ve been using, I Must Garden mint deer repellent. It seems to work as there’s less damage and I’ve seen the bunnies confusedly sniffing all their usual meals.
I love my Black and Blue salvia and would love to add more if I could only find it again. It's a very strong salvia with a beautiful color! I'm zone 7 in North Carolina and my Black and Blue salvia comes back for me each year. It is in the ground and not a pot however so maybe that helps?
Hi Cami, I am going to pot my salvias out for winter and see what happens. Will listen to your advice and give them winter mulching.
Your garden looks amazing, Olga! 👍 I planted ajuga for the first time this year (in the spring) and I absolutely love it!
Me too, I am new to ajuga! Beautiful blooms in spring, right?
@@OlgaCarmody absolutely!!
I feel very happy in your garden, Olga. It's full of joy. May I ask what variety the lime green hosta behind you is, as you show the ajuga. I have some smaller hostas, but would like a larger type.
Happy to hear that my garden brings joy to a lot of people! Those big hydrangeas are Sum and Substance. I am going to put a disclamer in my next video, I named it incorrectly. Thank you!
@@OlgaCarmody It was the large leaved lime green hostas I wondered the name of, although those hydrangea are lovely too. Thanks for your reply!
Lovely as always, thank you. Around 17:12, could the plant be in the Bluebeard family?
Hm, I don't think so, but thank you. Folks are thinking it can be wild salvia.
Your hydrangeas are beautiful! Mine struggle and wilt at the slightest hint of sunlight. I am afraid to plant them in deep shade though. What do you recommend?
Which hydrangea type and the what zone do you garden in? Almost all of them are happy getting sun until the temperature climbs in late morning. Dappled sun is probably best. My panicle ones never wilt, even in full sun, zone 6.
I have 2 endless summer hydrangeas I bought. I have them east facing where they get some morning to early afternoon sun but not too much. They wilt within an hour of direct sun. I am zone 6/7.
@@katehall3015 If they are wilting, then they are probably getting too much sun. Although sometimes, they need a couple years to develop a good root system. Mulching also helps. I would advise, no direct sun after 11AM. It’s actually the combination of afternoon heat and sun that wilts them. I have 4. The 3 that only get about an hour of direct sun bloom nicely and don’t wilt. One gets full shade and only has a few blooms. Don’t expect many late blooms from endless summer. Most don’t. Panicle Hydrangeas would do really well in the spot you have them, though.
@@willaerley7140 awesome thank you!
I believe it is catnip.
Question, I planted a potted Lady of Shallot from the Nursery in July can I trim it into a bush at this time of year? It has some canes that want to climb? Thank you in advance. ❤
Yes, you can. My LofS is going to start her crazy growth soon and I will be trimming her to keep her in check.
What fertilizer do you use on your plants ? Roses and other plants ?
On roses I use slow release natural rose fertilizer from Espoma. On the rest - Espoma slow release all around fertilizer.
Hi Olga, Which organic garden n soil and potting soil do you use for roses?
I really don't buy any garden or potting soil for roses. In case I need garden soil, I go for topsoil of better brands, not even sure which ones. And since I don't grow roses in pots, there is not need to buy soil for them.
@@OlgaCarmody Thank you! Which brands of top soil do you use? Please recommend.
Is your mystery plant hyssop? I have some that looks very similar. Karen
Hi Karen, thank you.
Salvia Uliginosa?
That plant could be a variety of nepeta/catmint - known for attracting birds. Nepeta x. faassenii can grow up to two or three feet tall - yours look taller than that.
I think you're right after doing some research. The flowers, leaves and size do look like a catmint. Which is in the mint family.