The flagstone path is looking really nice! Thank you for all the work you do for us in with these videos! Congrats on 164K subs and I see the added thanks button yeah for that too! I am sure so many of us will "say thanks"
Lots of sun loving perennials is right! I can't wait to see your garden in all its glory later in the year. It is going to look amazing. Your knowledge blows me away and I'm appreciative of you sharing it with us. Thank you.
every time i watch a video i have to have my garden notebook at hand -- always adding plants to "the wish list". thank you for always putting up the name on the screen, otherwise i'd never know how to spell them!
Great video! I love that you don't have drifts of plants but lovely pockets of different colors here and there. I hate buying a bunch of one plant to make drifts in case they don't work for me. I'd rather let them spread on their own. Keep doing what you're doing! You're an inspiration! I also like that plants don't have to be PW to be good plants!
More great videos! Loving the shade perennials and this video, especially with the small plants💚. Any chance you could do a video with your yard sculpture and birdhouse additions? Also please touch on the walkways, I've seen them just laid in the grass, do you just set them and over time they sink in? Or do you lift them and remove soil under them? I don't want to pay someone, if this is something I can do myself. Keep the excellent, educational content coming, Jim! I've learned so much from you over the past couple years😊
I would definitely love to see a sedum/ground cover tour. I've got a small lot, kind of like yours, and I'm going clown college (clown cottage? ) as well. Need me some ground cover!
On the Salvias - I'm finding that taking cuttings from the tender varieties (Zone 7 but often colder longer in suburban NY) really works well. When you cut them back for more blooms, make some cuttings and grow them through the winter, pop them in right about now.
Jim I love your videos and this was a great watch as I am looking for ideas for some garden beds. I love all the information and all the suggestions. I think people like myself that don't know what many of these look like as a mature plant would love to see a brief photo in the video alongside your description of the mature plants.
I wish that I could find perennials in four packs. I lives in Tennessee and there is no four packs of perennials. You name so many flowers that I’ve never heard of. Will you please put a picture in the corner of the video so I’ll know what they look like? Thank you! I love your videos.
Your videos show me plants i don't already know about, but might like to grow. Teaching about more plants helps me increase biodiversity and create a healthy garden.
I so wish we had a nursery that sold small perennials… anything actually. Seems like growers keep pushing pot size up and forcing you to buy dirt. I move more to seeds each year. Florida gulf coast 9b
Great video. Loved it! Would be so awesome if you could flash quick photos of the mature plant in bloom so that we could see what it will look like later. Thanks!
Looking forward to seeing these in bloom during the summer! I’d never heard of the Lord Clayton variety before..very interesting foliage. Love all the varieties of plants in your landscape.
Excited to follow the progress of these new additions! And good info on the gaura and agastache winter wet - lost two of each. Planting torenia this year solely b/c of you - I've never really liked their look but I'm giving it a shot.
@@JimPutnam This is definitely weird, but torenia look "angry" and even evil to me. Rose of Sharon is another plant that I think looks menacing. Yes, I take the emotional aspect of gardening to the nth degree!
Thanks for mentioning that information about sun time requirements at the very end of the video. Something I think about when planting full sun. I like you only get a good 6-7 solid hours of full sun
I love seeing Sedum being planted. It’s becoming my favorite. I have at least 8 varieties from Angelina to Vera Jameson to Munstead Dark Red to Lime Zinger. They’re so easy and fun!
My head was spinning from your perennial starts. lol I'm a couple weeks behind you and started a second round of flowers. Buttercream Sunflowers, Strawberry Blond Marigolds, Bright Rose Phlox, Victoria Salvia plus I started some crepe myrtle seeds a month ago from one my grandmother had. Their coming along nicely. Can't wait to see yours this summer!
Love the interest with these sun-loving options! I never knew there were so many options. I guess the hardest part is going to be...where do I find some of these? I am in 7b Charlotte/Matthews area and my favorite nurseries are Kings, Pike and Renfrow in Matthews. Thank you again Jim for your no nonsense approach that opens my eyes to possibilities in the garden.
Thanks for posting this. I’m pacing you here in Chesapeake, VA. I must make a trip to that nursery you mentioned. There’s nothing like that that around here. You have been a very prolific UA-cam publisher lately!
Yeah, I got crazy ahead filming. I have so many unpublished videos right now. Sometimes it rains content and then I'm wondering if I will ever have another idea🤣
Love salvia here in OK! I have one that will occasionally have a seedling pop up nearby in the spring. I dug one up this spring and put it in my newly refinished flower bed in a more sunny area. It’s doing great.
I don't know for you Jim but for me black-eyed Susan's get very seedy, I do leave them up over winter as they look so nice with snow in winter. But i have to frequently tame the patch back and constantly pulling up seedlings everywhere. Guessing it may have to do with the fact they are in poor soil and they cook in the afternoon sun. where as when I have them in the rich garden soil they tend to be not as strong and more floppy with more growth less blooms. They love that neglect
Always nice to watch your vids Jim. Low 90s south here of Chicago last couple of days. Jim, do you have a rain gauge in your garden? I do. Would be interesting to hear what you guys down South actually get in a Summer thunderstorm or throughout the year. Thank you for great vids again this year. Hey Holly and Griffin and Stephany :)
I'll have to come back in a few months to see how these plants did and how big they get. hard to tell what they will look like based on thier small pint size
Thanks Jim! You touched on a couple of perennials I have in my East facing garden that I'm trying this year. It's always an experiment to see what grows and likes an early morning sun, afternoon shade garden. I have two Milkweed plants that I got from a garden center and later learned are "tropical milkweed" varieties. My native NC plant group says not to grow tropical milkweed because it doesn't act like native varieties and can actually hurt Monarchs. But, it's all that seems to be sold in garden centers right now. Anyway, I'm just wondering if you've heard anything about it? My thoughts are that I'll take the tropical milkweed out after the Fall so it doesn't come back, but allow butterflies to enjoy it during the summer.
1999 plant of the year... How do you remember all this stuff? 😂 A wealth of knowledge for sure. Love your videos! Love to see all the salvias. Do you have any Veronica? The pollinators really love them to. Update: Nevermind! That's what I get for commenting before the video was over. 😊
Nice selection of plants. Question on the Yarrow. Mine is flopped over rather that standing up. Can they be cut back to encourage more upright growth? Thank you, love your channel.
Always a pleasure watching your videos! Out of all the Salvias, my favorite is Salvia Caradonna. I could be bias however, as that’s the first one purchased and the only variety of Salvia that I own. Unfortunately, they almost never look good at the base after they first bloom. Mine tend to gain a lighter green appearance and yellow in some areas. Do you experience the same with the one you have?
Thank you so much for all the videos. Your garden is truly mesmerizing. I live in Zone 4, i want to grow ground covers as living mulch. Would it provide winter protection? What's your opinion on growing ground covers to replace mulch?
What would you recommend for plant grouping sizes if you have lots of bed space (instead of one of everything on a small lot), but still have the random look of the cottage garden style?
@@JimPutnam I picked up some coreopsis, guara, agastache, candytuft, a couple different colors of yarrow and several salvia varieties after I was inspired by this video! There's so many flowering perinneals, it would be overwhelming without your guidance. Thanks Jim!!
Have you grown any Euphorbia? Do you know if they are a bully and will take over a garden in our area or are they able to be maintained in an area? I live near Richmond, VA (7a), have similar red clay native soil and conditions as you.
Hey Jim signed up for a consult later in the month. Looking forward to it and would like to prepare. Can I contact you directly for how to do that. Thanks Robert
The flagstone path is looking really nice! Thank you for all the work you do for us in with these videos! Congrats on 164K subs and I see the added thanks button yeah for that too! I am sure so many of us will "say thanks"
Thank you so much for following along. The path still needs some work, but I'm chipping away at it!
Lots of sun loving perennials is right! I can't wait to see your garden in all its glory later in the year. It is going to look amazing. Your knowledge blows me away and I'm appreciative of you sharing it with us. Thank you.
Thank you for following along with it!
Well now you’ve done it! I’m off to the garden center again! 😄🚙
every time i watch a video i have to have my garden notebook at hand -- always adding plants to "the wish list". thank you for always putting up the name on the screen, otherwise i'd never know how to spell them!
I love that you have plants from Ram's amazing gardens!
Great video! I love that you don't have drifts of plants but lovely pockets of different colors here and there. I hate buying a bunch of one plant to make drifts in case they don't work for me. I'd rather let them spread on their own. Keep doing what you're doing! You're an inspiration! I also like that plants don't have to be PW to be good plants!
More great videos! Loving the shade perennials and this video, especially with the small plants💚.
Any chance you could do a video with your yard sculpture and birdhouse additions? Also please touch on the walkways, I've seen them just laid in the grass, do you just set them and over time they sink in? Or do you lift them and remove soil under them? I don't want to pay someone, if this is something I can do myself.
Keep the excellent, educational content coming, Jim!
I've learned so much from you over the past couple years😊
I would definitely love to see a sedum/ground cover tour. I've got a small lot, kind of like yours, and I'm going clown college (clown cottage? ) as well. Need me some ground cover!
On the Salvias - I'm finding that taking cuttings from the tender varieties (Zone 7 but often colder longer in suburban NY) really works well. When you cut them back for more blooms, make some cuttings and grow them through the winter, pop them in right about now.
Jim I love your videos and this was a great watch as I am looking for ideas for some garden beds. I love all the information and all the suggestions. I think people like myself that don't know what many of these look like as a mature plant would love to see a brief photo in the video alongside your description of the mature plants.
I wish that I could find perennials in four packs. I lives in Tennessee and there is no four packs of perennials. You name so many flowers that I’ve never heard of. Will you please put a picture in the corner of the video so I’ll know what they look like? Thank you! I love your videos.
Thanks Jim your videos are always so encouraging and helpful! Never heard of a pineapple Lilly! NICE!!!
Lots of great perennials Jim! I always appreciate watching your videos and learning so much from them! can’t wait to see these bloom in your garden ❤️
Hope folks find Big Bloomers, great place to get small plants at great prices. Haven't made my trio yet. Beach next week then we go..Love your shows..
Do people driving by stop to look at your garden? I certainly would!
Your videos show me plants i don't already know about, but might like to grow. Teaching about more plants helps me increase biodiversity and create a healthy garden.
I so wish we had a nursery that sold small perennials… anything actually. Seems like growers keep pushing pot size up and forcing you to buy dirt. I move more to seeds each year. Florida gulf coast 9b
My front yard faces northwest and my backyard faces southeast. All under high shade. You and Ram give me such hope. 💪🏻
Arms looking pumped! Gardening is great excercise!
Great video. Loved it! Would be so awesome if you could flash quick photos of the mature plant in bloom so that we could see what it will look like later. Thanks!
Looking forward to seeing these in bloom during the summer! I’d never heard of the Lord Clayton variety before..very interesting foliage. Love all the varieties of plants in your landscape.
I wished I could find perennials in such small containers . 🌻
A sedum tour would be great!
Excited to follow the progress of these new additions! And good info on the gaura and agastache winter wet - lost two of each. Planting torenia this year solely b/c of you - I've never really liked their look but I'm giving it a shot.
The Torenia is not the most showy thing, but it requires nothing and the pollinators like it
@@JimPutnam This is definitely weird, but torenia look "angry" and even evil to me. Rose of Sharon is another plant that I think looks menacing. Yes, I take the emotional aspect of gardening to the nth degree!
Wow!! What a color show coming soon!!
Yes, Pineapple Lilly! I've got several of these but didn't know they came with burgundy leaves too. On the list.
Love the Salvia's. I use lots of them as annuals here in Fayetteville, WV zone 6b Pollinators LOVE them!
Thanks for mentioning that information about sun time requirements at the very end of the video. Something I think about when planting full sun. I like you only get a good 6-7 solid hours of full sun
I have a couple of Pinappale lillys... they are Great
Another awesome video, Jim. Thank you, from Massachusetts🌷
Jim your gardens are amazing!! Such a great ride you are taking us on!! Thank you for sharing!! You have inspired me experientially !!
I grow lobelia cardinalis in my aquarium. It looks very different underwater.
I love seeing Sedum being planted. It’s becoming my favorite. I have at least 8 varieties from Angelina to Vera Jameson to Munstead Dark Red to Lime Zinger. They’re so easy and fun!
Jim - I had a golden jubilee in my yard at my old house and it got big!
Oh yeah, happy ones will get big big. I just chop em in half🤣
My head was spinning from your perennial starts. lol I'm a couple weeks behind you and started a second round of flowers. Buttercream Sunflowers, Strawberry Blond Marigolds, Bright Rose Phlox, Victoria Salvia plus I started some crepe myrtle seeds a month ago from one my grandmother had. Their coming along nicely. Can't wait to see yours this summer!
Sounds like you have a lot going on as well. Good luck with everything!
Love the interest with these sun-loving options! I never knew there were so many options. I guess the hardest part is going to be...where do I find some of these? I am in 7b Charlotte/Matthews area and my favorite nurseries are Kings, Pike and Renfrow in Matthews. Thank you again Jim for your no nonsense approach that opens my eyes to possibilities in the garden.
Looks fantastic Jim 🥰
Wow love seeing all the varieties of salvia. I love Amnistad for the hummers. Can’t wait to see all your flowers in bloom!
Thanks for posting this. I’m pacing you here in Chesapeake, VA. I must make a trip to that nursery you mentioned. There’s nothing like that that around here.
You have been a very prolific UA-cam publisher lately!
Yeah, I got crazy ahead filming. I have so many unpublished videos right now. Sometimes it rains content and then I'm wondering if I will ever have another idea🤣
You guys have such different plants than us in PNW zone 8. It must be the humidity.
Very different climates despite similar winter temps.
Wonderful videos, thanks for all the excellent information!
Love salvia here in OK! I have one that will occasionally have a seedling pop up nearby in the spring. I dug one up this spring and put it in my newly refinished flower bed in a more sunny area. It’s doing great.
I don't know for you Jim but for me black-eyed Susan's get very seedy, I do leave them up over winter as they look so nice with snow in winter. But i have to frequently tame the patch back and constantly pulling up seedlings everywhere. Guessing it may have to do with the fact they are in poor soil and they cook in the afternoon sun. where as when I have them in the rich garden soil they tend to be not as strong and more floppy with more growth less blooms. They love that neglect
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Fabulous video. Thank you so much. Love it
Thank you Jim. I had to make a note about some of those sun perennials, I’m going to be looking for them for sure!🌷💚🙃
Jim, do you Chelsea chop the David phlox? I have some and am debating whether I should try that. Thanks for another great video!
Always nice to watch your vids Jim. Low 90s south here of Chicago last couple of days. Jim, do you have a rain gauge in your garden? I do. Would be interesting to hear what you guys down South actually get in a Summer thunderstorm or throughout the year. Thank you for great vids again this year. Hey Holly and Griffin and Stephany :)
That is an early start for those temps. We had two days last week like that, but it is much cooler this week
I'll have to come back in a few months to see how these plants did and how big they get. hard to tell what they will look like based on thier small pint size
Thanks Jim! You touched on a couple of perennials I have in my East facing garden that I'm trying this year. It's always an experiment to see what grows and likes an early morning sun, afternoon shade garden. I have two Milkweed plants that I got from a garden center and later learned are "tropical milkweed" varieties. My native NC plant group says not to grow tropical milkweed because it doesn't act like native varieties and can actually hurt Monarchs. But, it's all that seems to be sold in garden centers right now. Anyway, I'm just wondering if you've heard anything about it? My thoughts are that I'll take the tropical milkweed out after the Fall so it doesn't come back, but allow butterflies to enjoy it during the summer.
Nice broad selection of plants. Your dogwood is looking great, ready to pop!
It is going to be a show stopper in a couple of weeks. Worried about potential storms before it happens
1999 plant of the year... How do you remember all this stuff? 😂 A wealth of knowledge for sure. Love your videos! Love to see all the salvias. Do you have any Veronica? The pollinators really love them to.
Update: Nevermind! That's what I get for commenting before the video was over. 😊
Another great video! The flagstone pathway looks fantastic! Did you do a video on the installation on the pathway?
Nice selection of plants. Question on the Yarrow. Mine is flopped over rather that standing up. Can they be cut back to encourage more upright growth? Thank you, love your channel.
Do you have a video on how you did the butterfly house?? I have on and was curious
Always a pleasure watching your videos!
Out of all the Salvias, my favorite is Salvia Caradonna. I could be bias however, as that’s the first one purchased and the only variety of Salvia that I own. Unfortunately, they almost never look good at the base after they first bloom. Mine tend to gain a lighter green appearance and yellow in some areas. Do you experience the same with the one you have?
Thank you so much for all the videos. Your garden is truly mesmerizing. I live in Zone 4, i want to grow ground covers as living mulch. Would it provide winter protection? What's your opinion on growing ground covers to replace mulch?
Jim, great plants for ground covers. What do you do if you need to get to the back of the bed for pruning? How do you avoid damaging the sedum?
I still have some room to navigate. The sedum needs a little control occasionally. Stepping on it can be part of that control 🤣
I have noticed walking in ground covers actually improve them between walkways etc. Great advice I hadn't heard you mention previously x 💮🌸🌺🙏😇🇦🇺
Is the variegated plant to your right when you’re showing the black eyed Susan’s a type of Solomon’s seal?
Yes, it variegated Solomon Seal. Contained on two sides with concrete
Would love to see a sedum tour!!
What would you recommend for plant grouping sizes if you have lots of bed space (instead of one of everything on a small lot), but still have the random look of the cottage garden style?
Maybe tight groups of 5 and don't repeat many things
@@JimPutnam I picked up some coreopsis, guara, agastache, candytuft, a couple different colors of yarrow and several salvia varieties after I was inspired by this video! There's so many flowering perinneals, it would be overwhelming without your guidance. Thanks Jim!!
Have you grown any Euphorbia? Do you know if they are a bully and will take over a garden in our area or are they able to be maintained in an area? I live near Richmond, VA (7a), have similar red clay native soil and conditions as you.
Where are you getting 4 paks... I would like to get some this 2023 Spring.
Could you tell us where you got that yellow bug hotel in your garden
Hey Jim signed up for a consult later in the month. Looking forward to it and would like to prepare. Can I contact you directly for how to do that. Thanks Robert
How do you keep salvia from flopping before it blooms?
Please give us a sedum tour!
Can i direct sow seeds at this time on Zone 8b Portland? Thank you
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Coneflowers...not resistant to voles. The voles in my yarden have annihilated all the coneflowers I have planted in years past. 😞
gaura is like a weed for me lol i cant keep it in one spot
You are lucky! Love the airiness of Gaura.