I loved the gardener. I was simply attracted to his enthusiasm, his quirkiness, and his knowledge. I so enjoyed this video. I need some shade plants and am grateful I found this video.
This may sound odd, but i like the way he slaps his plants around, most gardeners are so delicate with them your almost afraid to touch them let alone grow them. AND ,he is probably the most knowledgeable gardener i,ve watched.
Thank you so much - this is exactly what I was looking for as I have so much shade in my garden and I’ve been fighting it rather than embracing - I’m going to search out Fatsia Japonica, the anemone, hydrangea, rodgersia and the bamboo. Love your style too!
Wow, your shade garden really breaks the rule of regular go around shade plants. Your plants are light, colorful ... and so fluffy... Can you come to my home in Indiana and do this kind of miracle.? that is so nice. I like your knowledge and spike about moving in your garden space. you are overflowing with charm and it goes over into your garden space.
That Hot Chocolate hydrangea is STUNNING!!! Perfect place for it but I hope it doesn’t get lost as the front plants get bigger. Absolutely gorgeous 🌿🌟🌿
Wow! I accidentally found your video and I was so happy to found you. I loved all the plant you have shown. You have a great talent in combining theme. Thanks for sharing.
I LOVE your Shady Garden! I have lots of what you have in my back yard... Ive been looking for the right hydrangea,, of course!!!, , Japanese Chocolate.... Id love more flowers in my shady garden/ thanks..
A fellow gardener I can totally relate to!Too bad you don’t live here in Eugene, Oregon you would fit in completely to our quirky little gardening community of plant fanatics
Great video, thanks for sharing! Could you tell me please what is the name of the red plant next to the Bamboo viridistriatus!! Have a nice Easter sunday. Greetings from the Netherlands, Rikie
I love your videos so much, John Lord. Many of the plants you show are unfamiliar to me. Now...I only really know what I've happened to grow myself, but I'm also wondering if a good number of your plants need a more temperate climate like you have in Ireland than what I have in The US in Connecticut? I'm in zone 7A.
So lush , so green , so many happy plants , the garden is truthfully gorgeous. The blending colours , formation of leaves shapes and various height are creating such harmonious and attractive garden . I really love your work and thank you for your inspiration and tutorial ideas how to blend the colours with different species from Far East
Dear John, I am so amazed by your work, the simple, pleasant, very informative way to bring a beginner gardener like me up to speed. I learned so much in just a few moments. I wonder if you could maybe share some advice for my tiny roof garden, facing west, but catching some sunlight from early afternoons. Wind is my big problem for now. I deeply admire your secret garden. It shows your kindness, good heart and stunning knowledge of growing.
Glad you mentioned yew. I put 5 small bushes in. I plan to be long lived so I will patiently wait for them to grow. Nice contrast of pale green new growth with dark green old growth.
Thank you, I watch each and every episode of your you tube films with such a wide grin on my face! I learn such a lot from your vids and love your 'give it a go' attitude, it's how I garden myself.
That's your *opinion*. I personally think that the background music works well in here. It's subtle and barely noticeable. Not at all distracting from him or what he's saying.
Beautiful gardens and thanks for sharing your bountiful knowledge. I really enjoyed this video. Gorgeous ninebark. However, two points: (1). It is daring to plant bamboo in the garden as it is one of the most invasive species out there. You may live to regret it. (2). Why no hostas nor ferns. When I think of shade, these come to mind immediately but you have neither. There must be a reason. Thx!
since you're talking about specific plans it would be GREAT TO see a close up OF THEM while you talk. Camera is jus moving moving - really distracting from good information you share.
You are very generous with your knowledge, and are able to show us how the plants grow in their spaces, and what plants strive in shade I am so grateful to you. Thank you.
Wow thank God I came across your videos you are a flower guru 🙏 I have learned so much can I ask you John about Rosanna geranium ? Is splitting the root the only way to get another plant from the main mother or can you take a slip from the foilage I cut away ?
Thank you, I enjoyed this video very much, I have a shady area in my front garden about 30 feet long , it is north facing and am going to incorporate some of the plants you have mentioned here in this video. It is sheltered by my neighbors planting which is causing the shade really but you have to work with what you've got. I have only just developed a love of gardening. Someone told me gardening was cheaper than therapy and they were so right. I get so much enjoyment from my garden. A work in progress and I am learning as I'm going. I love the feel of the soil and totally understand your enthusiasm, it is totally addictive. Only just found you and am binge watching your videos.
have anyone thought he gets so rough with the plants? it makes me clinched every time he puts his hands on the plants, i thought he was gonna rip some parts off but he didn't, but i do wondered how he greets his grandkids though? if thats how he shows his love for plants..
Love your shade garden. I cant seem to catch the name of the reddish plant next to the Bamboo viridistriatus . . . perhaps you could tell me here? Aww, thanks so much!
Thanks John,could listen to that accent all day long 💕 Love your character makes me smile, good to know others make mistakes too 😁 And all the advice I need, Question I have - I have a huge silver birch tree in my garden and wasted so much money planting every year , everything dies😢 it’s so shaded with all the hanging leaves, which I love and don’t want to prune, any advice please? I’m also in Liverpool uk would I be able to buy all those you have named in garden centres here?
John it is the first time I have seen your videos , love my garden ,I have bought plenty of plants Over the years ,lifted heavy pot to keep them out of the wind and frost , but will have to find them Permanent places now as I can not lift them . I love pier-is planted it in large pot. Also Paeonia s they are coming on lovely.but not bloomed yet .but love all plants and shrubs .kept my geraniums this year , under my Car porch they have done well .i have had some lovely hanging baskets .it has been all learning and love as I grew up in Manchester U K not seeing a blade of grass. Love your plants and the colours x 86yrs soon , still enjoying my garden .
Very beautiful garden, i like how you put altogether such contrasting colors and textures around your garden. I wonder if you fertilize them regularly to keep them in good health? Thanks for sharing...
Another brill video. I moved my spotted laurel because it was growing over some other things and the place it ended up was shadier yet it surprised me by growing even better, it's covered in small flowers this Spring so I'm expected a few berries later.
You have got yourselves one great channel. I don’t believe I watched you before but I had to subscribe to you and I don’t know win but now I will be looking out for you. Your knowledge is deep and vast but not worn on your sleeve like some know it all. Can’t wait to binge watch you pick your brain some point. Thanks for doing this I hope you’re well
American weather makes a lot of these plantings difficult to impossible. And I continue to be amazed at the plants we share, but John’s versions are five or six times bigger than I have ever grown, or ever seen in an American botanical garden.
What a work of art in the shady garden. Love it! The Japanese anemone are gorgeous - so annoying in NZ they have gone crazy in my garden and need to be dealt to.
I loved the gardener. I was simply attracted to his enthusiasm, his quirkiness, and his knowledge. I so enjoyed this video. I need some shade plants and am grateful I found this video.
This may sound odd, but i like the way he slaps his plants around, most gardeners are so delicate with them your almost afraid to touch them let alone grow them. AND ,he is probably the most knowledgeable gardener i,ve watched.
Just love the way he wades through the garden, and owns to the fact that not everything in his garden works! Lots of fun!
Must be a lot of shade in Japan! I lost it then lol. Great video and I love your enthusiasm.
I love that you touch all your plant’s! ❤️
Thank you so much - this is exactly what I was looking for as I have so much shade in my garden and I’ve been fighting it rather than embracing - I’m going to search out Fatsia Japonica, the anemone, hydrangea, rodgersia and the bamboo. Love your style too!
Hi @louisekrupski5361 It's a pleasure to meet you here. How are you doing?
Hi John, love your garden and the informative way you present it. What is the variety of that wonderful red persicaria. Keep up the good work. Carl
Would love to know too have u found out???
Wow, your shade garden really breaks the rule of regular go around shade plants. Your plants are light, colorful ... and so fluffy... Can you come to my home in Indiana and do this kind of miracle.? that is so nice.
I like your knowledge and spike about moving in your garden space. you are overflowing with charm and it goes over into your garden space.
Thank you John for the beautiful 'heart'
That Hot Chocolate hydrangea is STUNNING!!! Perfect place for it but I hope it doesn’t get lost as the front plants get bigger. Absolutely gorgeous 🌿🌟🌿
My God so much variety....Really love your garden...
Is he rushing to catch a bus? Cracks me up.. Love the typos, love the passion!
METH does that to a person.
Thank you for the great tips! Will use them in my garden this year. May I say your garden is GORGEOUS.
thanks for all your time and info you make GT video always something to learn thanks for your time 🐝🐞👍👍👍👍
Wow! I accidentally found your video and I was so happy to found you. I loved all the plant you have shown. You have a great talent in combining theme. Thanks for sharing.
Hi @lindakalemkiewicz5148 How are you doing?
I have watched every UA-cam posted. Very informative. Thank you for producing these videos!
V informative but like a bull in a China shop with those plants lol!
...but they are all in great shape mmm
I LOVE your Shady Garden! I have lots of what you have in my back yard... Ive been looking for the right hydrangea,, of course!!!, , Japanese Chocolate....
Id love more flowers in my shady garden/ thanks..
Thank you for your great advice and for sharing your tips. May I ask you the name of Persicaria in this video, please? Thanks again
Also want to know!
Great selection of well grown plants there. Those darker leaved Hydrangeas were glorious.
The 2 red leaf plants you didn’t label; couldn’t understand him for both plants
Your great enthusiasm is very encouraging. Wonderful passion.
A fellow gardener I can totally relate to!Too bad you don’t live here in Eugene, Oregon you would fit in completely to our quirky little gardening community of plant fanatics
Good informative video John. Able to take it in ...despite the background muzak. Cheers from Wicklow.
all of those plants are widely used in the Dutch gardens.
Hello John, that was very informative, a fat like and keep up the good work .
Great video, thanks for sharing! Could you tell me please what is the name of the red plant next to the Bamboo viridistriatus!! Have a nice Easter sunday. Greetings from the Netherlands, Rikie
I enjoy your videos. Wishing you a most joyous and blessed Christmas.
I really love the different shades of green and some red, pink here and there! I wish you are here in San Antonio Texas!
Thanks a great wee video, ideal as I am starting a new garden with a section in shade with clay !!
I feel like he's going to come up and tussle my hair 😄. I love those plants💚
more like pulling your hair out...
Great video, you get your thought process over really well.
Lovely garden. Thanks for sharing.
nice video and beautiful contrasts, Which is the name of the red -leafed plant next to the viridistriated bamboo.thx
Did you ever find out? I'm looking for the name also
I don't know how you remember the names of plants never mind pronouncing them just came across your channel maybe come down some day to see the garden
Love your style too!
I love your videos so much, John Lord.
Many of the plants you show are unfamiliar to me. Now...I only really know what I've happened to grow myself, but I'm also wondering if a good number of your plants need a more temperate climate like you have in Ireland than what I have in The US in Connecticut? I'm in zone 7A.
So lush , so green , so many happy plants , the garden is truthfully gorgeous. The blending colours , formation of leaves shapes and various height are creating such harmonious and attractive garden . I really love your work and thank you for your inspiration and tutorial ideas how to blend the colours with different species from Far East
Lots of hard work and I love your enthusiasm .
Dear John, I am so amazed by your work, the simple, pleasant, very informative way to bring a beginner gardener like me up to speed. I learned so much in just a few moments. I wonder if you could maybe share some advice for my tiny roof garden, facing west, but catching some sunlight from early afternoons. Wind is my big problem for now. I deeply admire your secret garden. It shows your kindness, good heart and stunning knowledge of growing.
Glad you mentioned yew. I put 5 small bushes in. I plan to be long lived so I will patiently wait for them to grow.
Nice contrast of pale green new growth with dark green old growth.
Hi @paulmitchell5349
Beautiful garden! I love the way all the plants are crowded
together.
I like you,you makes me smile,how you show your garden:)
Like the Spotted Laurel plants, I need some for my new Shade garden
Hi john can you divide Japanese anemones in early spring?
Loving this garden, its lovely; thanks for a great upload.
Thank you, I watch each and every episode of your you tube films with such a wide grin on my face! I learn such a lot from your vids and love your 'give it a go' attitude, it's how I garden myself.
Hi @lully381 It's a pleasure to meet you here. How are you doing?
I recognize that this is a 2017 video, but I want to contribute my thoughts that the background music is WRONG.
That's your *opinion*. I personally think that the background music works well in here. It's subtle and barely noticeable. Not at all distracting from him or what he's saying.
What a lovely shady garden and great presentation! Thank you
Yikes that amazing - John...when are you coming over to help me with my garden?
Rob Montanaro After he helps me with mine haha👍🌿
Beautiful gardens and thanks for sharing your bountiful knowledge. I really enjoyed this video. Gorgeous ninebark. However, two points: (1). It is daring to plant bamboo in the garden as it is one of the most invasive species out there. You may live to regret it. (2). Why no hostas nor ferns. When I think of shade, these come to mind immediately but you have neither. There must be a reason. Thx!
I love your garden and enthusiasm. Thank you so much for all tips regarding shade loving shrubs and plants. You've been a great help
since you're talking about specific plans it would be GREAT TO see a close up OF THEM while you talk. Camera is jus moving moving - really distracting from good information you share.
You crack me up and have inspired me ....maybe I'll start doing a video series. I like this guys energy and enthusiasm and use of color contrasts
You are very generous with your knowledge, and are able to show us how the plants grow in their spaces, and what plants strive in shade I am so grateful to you. Thank you.
You r so handsome 😍
Informative video on its own ... doesn't need the sound track.
Wow thank God I came across your videos you are a flower guru 🙏 I have learned so much can I ask you John about Rosanna geranium ? Is splitting the root the only way to get another plant from the main mother or can you take a slip from the foilage I cut away ?
Isn’t this guy wonderful, great video
Thank you, I enjoyed this video very much, I have a shady area in my front garden about 30 feet long , it is north facing and am going to incorporate some of the plants you have mentioned here in this video. It is sheltered by my neighbors planting which is causing the shade really but you have to work with what you've got. I have only just developed a love of gardening. Someone told me gardening was cheaper than therapy and they were so right. I get so much enjoyment from my garden. A work in progress and I am learning as I'm going. I love the feel of the soil and totally understand your enthusiasm, it is totally addictive. Only just found you and am binge watching your videos.
have anyone thought he gets so rough with the plants? it makes me clinched every time he puts his hands on the plants, i thought he was gonna rip some parts off but he didn't,
but i do wondered how he greets his grandkids though? if thats how he shows his love for plants..
Love your garden! It’s very beautiful. What’s the name of the red leaves next to the golden bamboo?
Hi john im just wondering do you know plants that rabbits won’t eat , I’ve two pet bunnies and I have to wire everything off
Please stop with the background music. We just want YOU💚
Can anyone tell me what is the red plant at 1:20? I can't hear properly due to his accent. (edit: I think it's a persicaria "red dragon")
Love the Fatsia Japonica, beautiful green shiny leaves. What about a Hosta in the bare spot?
쉐이디가든 너무 멋져요 부러워요
I am here for the Fatsia Japonica :D Thanks.
I love your garden is beautiful
interesting using mahonia with anemone- with rodgersia...
Why does this make me so happy?
that helps me greatly wtih plant selection for a shady development, i am starting
Hoping one day you will write a book soon.
😀😀😀 funny 🤣🤣🤣
Hi @tineejohnston9737 How are you doing?
Plants can never be overgrown ❤️🖕❤️
The stupid background music is driving me nuts.
Anyone know what type of Yew that is at 5:05 ? Its the prefect plant for what I need.
What’s the red plant next to the golden bamboo??
What is the red plant at 1.26 , it is beautiful.
Love your shade garden. I cant seem to catch the name of the reddish plant next to the Bamboo viridistriatus . . . perhaps you could tell me here? Aww, thanks so much!
persicaria
There is a persicaria with dark red leaves just before the dogwood, at about 2.10 in the video. Would you tell us which persicaria is it pls?
It’s Persicaria Red Dragon.
Thanks John,could listen to that accent all day long 💕
Love your character makes me smile, good to know others make mistakes too 😁
And all the advice I need,
Question I have - I have a huge silver birch tree in my garden and wasted so much money planting every year , everything dies😢 it’s so shaded with all the hanging leaves, which I love and don’t want to prune, any advice please? I’m also in Liverpool uk would I be able to buy all those you have named in garden centres here?
John it is the first time I have seen your videos , love my garden ,I have bought plenty of plants
Over the years ,lifted heavy pot to keep them out of the wind and frost , but will have to find them
Permanent places now as I can not lift them . I love pier-is planted it in large pot. Also Paeonia s they are coming on
lovely.but not bloomed yet .but love all plants and shrubs .kept my geraniums this year , under my
Car porch they have done well .i have had some lovely hanging baskets .it has been all learning
and love as I grew up in Manchester U K not seeing a blade of grass. Love your plants and the colours x
86yrs soon , still enjoying my garden .
I love you! Thank you!
Love it - except for the bamboo!
Very beautiful garden, i like how you put altogether such contrasting colors and textures around your garden. I wonder if you fertilize them regularly to keep them in good health? Thanks for sharing...
We have laurel and that’s that!
Another brill video. I moved my spotted laurel because it was growing over some other things and the place it ended up was shadier yet it surprised me by growing even better, it's covered in small flowers this Spring so I'm expected a few berries later.
You have got yourselves one great channel. I don’t believe I watched you before but I had to subscribe to you and I don’t know win but now I will be looking out for you. Your knowledge is deep and vast but not worn on your sleeve like some know it all. Can’t wait to binge watch you pick your brain some point. Thanks for doing this I hope you’re well
Very nice. I like his style of gestures while talking, especially the hands. He reminds me of the famous brilliant detective Monk ❤️
You are so entertaining; 2020- common milkweed, smooth black haw and hobblebush! Go corpus callosum!
American weather makes a lot of these plantings difficult to impossible. And I continue to be amazed at the plants we share, but John’s versions are five or six times bigger than I have ever grown, or ever seen in an American botanical garden.
So so useful for an amateur like me trying to plan a shady north facing patch of garden. Thank you so much!
Is the second plant, with the red pointy leaves, a Red Dragon? The name didn't come up on the screen. Thanks.
Super informative video, but please, lose the music. Not necessary.
Wonderful video. Does anyone have a link where you can buy the Hot chocolate hydrangea in the USA ?
Utmost blessings!
Beautiful garden! Maybe you could do a video on container gardening sometime!
Subscribed :)
This man is awesome! (So is his planting!) Really enjoyed this! Thanks!
Lovely
What a work of art in the shady garden. Love it! The Japanese anemone are gorgeous - so annoying in NZ they have gone crazy in my garden and need to be dealt to.