This is the most "real" gardening video! Most gardening videos make me feel like I'm doing something wrong because they look mostly perfect. You are such an encouragement showing me that gardening can be a challenge. Thank you so much!
I've just found you. I"m a zone 9a TX gardener and we're back into the 100+ degree temps. Appreciate this view of what is working and what's not. As a midwest transplant this type of gardening has been a hard learning curve! It's brutal!
I really enjoy your videos like these. I like to take my time and watch and listen. You do a great job of allowing us to learn along with you. Thanks again! 🌱💚
Even though you have been dealing with the extreme heat the front of your house looks beautiful! Love your attitude about it can't control mother nature.
I'm in Central Texas and My hydrangeas' did so much better in 'full shade', especially in Texas. It looks like you have hydrangeas planted in full sun.
I’m so glad to see a garden like mine. I’m in zone 8b and the summer sun has been brutal. I can’t grow bountiful petunias or any hydrangeas. This year I tried Proven Winner plants hoping they would make a difference….nope. Seeing your struggle helps me realize that not everyone can be a Laura from Garden Answer but that doesn’t mean I’m a bad gardener. It’s just too hot and dry here from July-September. The struggle is real and you are to be commended for your persistence and optimism. Thank you💕
I am in zone 7a and even my hydrangeas are suffering. Amongst so many other plants. What I am realizing is that proven winners plants are more north oriented and Monrovia/southern living is oriented towards us southern gardeners. The only way I can do PW plants that should be full sun is give them morning sun for a few hours and extra water. My hydrangeas I have had to fertilize with water soluble fertilizer a few times too 😳😳
Your garden still looks amazing considering the heat wave and drought we're having right now. Drip line watering is the best and I'm going to go back and watch your videos on how to set up some lines in my garden for next year. I have a new challenge and that is CINCH BUGS destroying our St. Augustine grass. So, we've been busy researching and implementing the best way to get rid of them and salvage what's left of our grass. What a summer it's been!
This was a great video!! Bonide sells this yearly tree and shrub disease and bug prevention soak. I swear by it and my hydrangeas stay green. You can put it in the fall and it lasts…… maybe worth a try? Everything looks gorgeous! Thank you for your honesty and for sharing your gardens 🌷🌷🌷
Feel for you in this heat! Your garden looks pretty darned good considering. Glad you are staying inside. I think your mystery plant might be lambs quarters. If so, pull it out before it seeds. It is stupid humid here and I think all of us are holding our breaths for better weather. See you on the other side.
You are not alone. I garden in 7a - Texas Panhandle and we have had the 100 temps as well. My garden is just holding on, too. My drip system is definitely a game changer in keeping plants alive. Praying for rain in all parts of Texas.
I know this is an older vid, but I'm just watching it now in preparation for this season. The 💩 on your lily plants is the red lily bug larvae. Good luck, I'm pulling my lily plants this year. I lost the battle.
So glad I saw your video because I needed to hear words of encouragement. I also live in 8a and my gsrden is definitely struggling with these high temps. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing your garden. I’m a bit south of you in Round Rock, zone 8b. This heat and drought are just ridiculous! I’m an early riser so I garden really early. I added 7 hydrangeas this year, and lost 2. My Supertunia bubblegum are the only petunias still alive, and that’s because I planted them in part sun, and because they are beast. Keep up the great work!
I’m right in between. Waco, zone 8a. There are things in my garden that only get 4-6 hours of sun that are burning up. Fried and crispy dead. ☹️ We are on water restrictions now. The things that aren’t on drip get watered in the evening so they have the best chance of soaking up the most water before they get baked again by this crazy heat and extreme drought.
Hi, about your Dahlias. Newly planted dahlia tubers should not be watered until they sprout. Once they are actively growing and approximately 24 inches tall, it’s time to begin a regular watering schedule. I dont know if you had the irrigation on to them withe the rest of your garden, but if you did, but if you did, perhaps thats the problem and that they rotting away.. please dont give up on Dahlias. Try again next year 🙏😊they are so much worth it!!!
I know you said you tried everything for fungus. Did you try neem oil? I use hose end sprayer with a couple drops of lemon dish soap. Follow the instructions on neem oil. Your garden looks beautiful.
Here in Central Tx, (next door to Austin) we're already on stage 2 mandatory water restrictions. Which means in-ground water irrigation & sprinklers ONLY twice a week, and those 2 days are specific days of the week depending on odd or even house numbers. We're very thirsty down here! With all the people who've moved here over the last few years Austin is sucking the water out of the lake at an alarming rate! (We all share one lake for all our water needs...) I'm watering the plants that are new this year by hand with a watering can. Luckily, there aren't that many! 10 plants = 10 gallons of water. And all the other plants (which are established) are pretty much fending for themselves. This is definitely the season where my survival of the fittest garden naturally weeds out the weak! And this year those 112° weeks were very rough on everybody!! Even tho we haven't had much rain at all, and none from that last hurricane in the gulf, it did bring the temps down to 95°-100°, which weirdly, seems like a cool summer breeze! As for me, going outside to bear the heat to hand water is quite a mental game! I'm not a morning person, and so getting going super early in the morning is a big chore for me. Many days I don't get out there until 11am or even 12 noon. It's not fun... It seems like those same feelings I have when the cold Winter temperatures are blowing around outside, and I don't even WANT to go outside! I'm impressed you lasted a whole hour out there!! My top time is 35 minutes. And then it's back inside to recover with watermelon!!
@@shesamadgardener Oh yes, I forgot about the certain times of the day thing, same here... You've been on water restrictions for 4 years? Straight??! Wow, I hadn't realized!! My daughter isn't on restrictions over in Rowlett. I would've thought y'all receive water from the same lake? I dunno.
Ugh so many of my plants have got spider mites this year! It's just so dry! Between those, heat, and drought, I'm tempted to dig up annuals for the season.
Wow everyone looks beautiful ya my hydrangeas aren’t doing that well either and on top of that the leaves are like a pale green do you know what that means??
+lauren page it’s has done great. It has extra drip lines run to it to keep it moist in the summer. It blooms pink blooms in the spring, turns to green and then dark red, and the yellow in the fall.
I love watching your videos! Could you tell me what I should do with dahlia bulbs I bought on clearance thinking I could keep them until this spring but they got to warm and are sprouting. I’m not sure what I should do with them now!
+Tammy Perkins hmm, you probably need to trim the new growth off and store them in a dry cool place. But you could try planting them in containers now … you might not get flowers this year, but the tubers would get bigger.
More than likely if you cut the happy go lucky rose back real hard right now it will probably die. I did that to an antique rose I had for eight years and that was all she wrote for her. 😢. They need their leaves to be able to survive this heat.
Do you live anywhere near Sulphur Springs Texas. I'm asking because I've wanted to try limelight hydrangeas and am afraid it's to hot here thank you for any help
+Patsy Jennings I live in Wylie. But limelight’s will grow well in the heat as long as they have ample water and maybe a little shade in the afternoons.
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!
More than likely if you cut the happy go lucky rose back real hard right now it will probably die. I did that to an antique rose I had for eight years and that was all she wrote for her. 😢. They need their leaves to be able to survive this heat.
This is the most "real" gardening video! Most gardening videos make me feel like I'm doing something wrong because they look mostly perfect. You are such an encouragement showing me that gardening can be a challenge. Thank you so much!
+lucart08 I appreciate that! I’ve felt like that when watching other gardeners so I always try to show the good and the fails.
I've just found you. I"m a zone 9a TX gardener and we're back into the 100+ degree temps. Appreciate this view of what is working and what's not. As a midwest transplant this type of gardening has been a hard learning curve! It's brutal!
Yay! Glad to have you here! Yes, these temps are insane!
As a fellow ntx gardener, thanks for all the honesty! It’s group therapy for all gardeners dealing with this drought and heat 😜.
+cajunbetty group therapy is the perfect description!
I really enjoy your videos like these. I like to take my time and watch and listen. You do a great job of allowing us to learn along with you. Thanks again! 🌱💚
+eM J You are welcome! 💚
You are teaching us how to deal with weather conditions! Prayers for a great fall!
+Donna Smalley I have so much hope for the fall!
Even though you have been dealing with the extreme heat the front of your house looks beautiful! Love your attitude about it can't control mother nature.
+Michelle France aww thanks!
I'm in Central Texas and My hydrangeas' did so much better in 'full shade', especially in Texas. It looks like you have hydrangeas planted in full sun.
My limelights get lots of sun and do well … but I did loose one of these endless summer varieties over the winter.
Those black clumps in the lilies-
That looks like the red lily beetle larvae.
So yeah, might wanna go vacuum that up or something!
+gardengatesopen I’m on it!
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Big piles of black frass, what a great camouflage they have, huh!
I’m so glad to see a garden like mine. I’m in zone 8b and the summer sun has been brutal. I can’t grow bountiful petunias or any hydrangeas. This year I tried Proven Winner plants hoping they would make a difference….nope. Seeing your struggle helps me realize that not everyone can be a Laura from Garden Answer but that doesn’t mean I’m a bad gardener. It’s just too hot and dry here from July-September. The struggle is real and you are to be commended for your persistence and optimism. Thank you💕
+J Dakat our area is definitely difficult to garden in during these temps especially with a drought! Thanks for the encouraging words!
I am in zone 7a and even my hydrangeas are suffering. Amongst so many other plants. What I am realizing is that proven winners plants are more north oriented and Monrovia/southern living is oriented towards us southern gardeners. The only way I can do PW plants that should be full sun is give them morning sun for a few hours and extra water. My hydrangeas I have had to fertilize with water soluble fertilizer a few times too 😳😳
@@nabsiy6948wow, that is really good information. Thank you!
Your garden still looks amazing considering the heat wave and drought we're having right now. Drip line watering is the best and I'm going to go back and watch your videos on how to set up some lines in my garden for next year. I have a new challenge and that is CINCH BUGS destroying our St. Augustine grass. So, we've been busy researching and implementing the best way to get rid of them and salvage what's left of our grass. What a summer it's been!
+Rosemary Purnell I’ve seen people posting about the chinch bugs. I need to inspect my grass to make sure I don’t have them.
This was a great video!! Bonide sells this yearly tree and shrub disease and bug prevention soak. I swear by it and my hydrangeas stay green. You can put it in the fall and it lasts…… maybe worth a try? Everything looks gorgeous! Thank you for your honesty and for sharing your gardens 🌷🌷🌷
+Chris Marchetti-Olson I’m gonna go look for it ASAP! Thanks!
@@shesamadgardener I think you will love it!! 🤞🤞🤞
You are so wonderful, wish you a new day full of joy and happiness. Always accompany and develop with you lk64
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Feel for you in this heat! Your garden looks pretty darned good considering. Glad you are staying inside. I think your mystery plant might be lambs quarters. If so, pull it out before it seeds. It is stupid humid here and I think all of us are holding our breaths for better weather. See you on the other side.
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You are not alone. I garden in 7a - Texas Panhandle and we have had the 100 temps as well. My garden is just holding on, too. My drip system is definitely a game changer in keeping plants alive. Praying for rain in all parts of Texas.
+Kim Lockhart drip is so helpful!
Thank you for this real look. Love it!
+Nabsiy You are welcome! 💚
I know this is an older vid, but I'm just watching it now in preparation for this season. The 💩 on your lily plants is the red lily bug larvae. Good luck, I'm pulling my lily plants this year. I lost the battle.
Good to know!
I love your videos. You've given me inspiration for my zone 8 garden.
+Sheila Aamodt Thank you 💚💚💚
So glad I saw your video because I needed to hear words of encouragement. I also live in 8a and my gsrden is definitely struggling with these high temps. Thank you!
+Shelia Rawlins you are not alone, we are all struggling with our gardens!
Thanks for sharing your garden. I’m a bit south of you in Round Rock, zone 8b. This heat and drought are just ridiculous! I’m an early riser so I garden really early. I added 7 hydrangeas this year, and lost 2. My Supertunia bubblegum are the only petunias still alive, and that’s because I planted them in part sun, and because they are beast. Keep up the great work!
I’m right in between. Waco, zone 8a. There are things in my garden that only get 4-6 hours of sun that are burning up. Fried and crispy dead. ☹️ We are on water restrictions now. The things that aren’t on drip get watered in the evening so they have the best chance of soaking up the most water before they get baked again by this crazy heat and extreme drought.
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At 28:15 between your lantana and willow that volunteer plant you asked about looks like a Lambs quarter. Your yard looks lovely by the way.
+77summertime I’ll go look that up! Thank you!
Hi, about your Dahlias. Newly planted dahlia tubers should not be watered until they sprout. Once they are actively growing and approximately 24 inches tall, it’s time to begin a regular watering schedule. I dont know if you had the irrigation on to them withe the rest of your garden, but if you did, but if you did, perhaps thats the problem and that they rotting away.. please dont give up on Dahlias. Try again next year 🙏😊they are so much worth it!!!
+Tulle they’ve been in the ground since April and did not have irrigation in the beginning.
@@shesamadgardener I know… 😊
If not the water, perhaps it was the heat that made them not sprout.. try again next year 👍😊
I know you said you tried everything for fungus. Did you try neem oil? I use hose end sprayer with a couple drops of lemon dish soap. Follow the instructions on neem oil. Your garden looks beautiful.
+Eugene Loza yes, I’ve tried neem oil but I’m not great at remembering to apply it every 5 days.
Here in Central Tx, (next door to Austin) we're already on stage 2 mandatory water restrictions.
Which means in-ground water irrigation & sprinklers ONLY twice a week, and those 2 days are specific days of the week depending on odd or even house numbers.
We're very thirsty down here!
With all the people who've moved here over the last few years Austin is sucking the water out of the lake at an alarming rate!
(We all share one lake for all our water needs...)
I'm watering the plants that are new this year by hand with a watering can.
Luckily, there aren't that many!
10 plants = 10 gallons of water.
And all the other plants (which are established) are pretty much fending for themselves.
This is definitely the season where my survival of the fittest garden naturally weeds out the weak!
And this year those 112° weeks were very rough on everybody!!
Even tho we haven't had much rain at all, and none from that last hurricane in the gulf, it did bring the temps down to 95°-100°, which weirdly, seems like a cool summer breeze!
As for me, going outside to bear the heat to hand water is quite a mental game!
I'm not a morning person, and so getting going super early in the morning is a big chore for me. Many days I don't get out there until 11am or even 12 noon.
It's not fun...
It seems like those same feelings I have when the cold Winter temperatures are blowing around outside, and I don't even WANT to go outside!
I'm impressed you lasted a whole hour out there!!
My top time is 35 minutes.
And then it's back inside to recover with watermelon!!
+gardengatesopen yes, we have had those restrictions in our rea for four years now. We can only water twice a week between certain times of the day.
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Oh yes, I forgot about the certain times of the day thing, same here...
You've been on water restrictions for 4 years? Straight??!
Wow, I hadn't realized!!
My daughter isn't on restrictions over in Rowlett.
I would've thought y'all receive water from the same lake?
I dunno.
I have found you can cut back and dug but crepe myrtle will come back. It is very hard to get out for good.
+Shirley J. Davis that’s what I have heard too 😬
love this
+william taylor Thank you 💚💚💚
Beautiful garden! Thank you for sharing!Are you growing hydrangea in full sun? Isn’t that always a challenge?
+Margaret Ragsdale these are limelight hydrangeas and they get afternoon shade!
Ugh so many of my plants have got spider mites this year! It's just so dry! Between those, heat, and drought, I'm tempted to dig up annuals for the season.
+Megan Ramsey they have been unbearable this year.
Wow everyone looks beautiful ya my hydrangeas aren’t doing that well either and on top of that the leaves are like a pale green do you know what that means??
+Areli A I don’t know what that means! Maybe someone else on here will know!
Where did you get the fans from? Thanks for breaking the sweat for an hour to show your hard work!
They were from Amazon!
I think gardenaddictz dealt with the same hydrangea issue, she said it was some sort of rust. She had to pull them out
+Khaleesi :3 I’ll look into it!
Yes, I would definitely pull it out and replace it, sooner rather than later...
How does the ruby falls do in the heat? Looks beautiful. Does is flush out in the spring and last through frost,
+lauren page it’s has done great. It has extra drip lines run to it to keep it moist in the summer. It blooms pink blooms in the spring, turns to green and then dark red, and the yellow in the fall.
Ms.i enjoyed your infor.
+Diane Grimes Thank you 💚💚💚
I'm not sure you will see this now but I am wondering what type of Dianthus does best for you? I am in 8b and just love your channel!
I don’t have a particular variety that does well for me … I’m growing at least 6 different ones currently in my garden and I’m happy with all of them.
Yeah the heat has been a killer. Garden still looks great though. Have you ever tried growing Tithonia?
+Jake Lewis I have it growing right now! It’s about 18 inches tall right now.
I love watching your videos! Could you tell me what I should do with dahlia bulbs I bought on clearance thinking I could keep them until this spring but they got to warm and are sprouting. I’m not sure what I should do with them now!
+Tammy Perkins hmm, you probably need to trim the new growth off and store them in a dry cool place. But you could try planting them in containers now … you might not get flowers this year, but the tubers would get bigger.
Thank you!
Which part of Texas do you live? I wanna grow hydrangeas but I didn’t think they’ll live in Texas
+Borin Hov I’m in the north Texas area. Try starting with limelight hydrangeas … they handle heat and sun really well.
I’m not sure if you’ll get this in time, but they’d benefit from afternoon shade! Like 11 am and on depending on what sun exposure you have.
More than likely if you cut the happy go lucky rose back real hard right now it will probably die. I did that to an antique rose I had for eight years and that was all she wrote for her. 😢. They need their leaves to be able to survive this heat.
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Do you live anywhere near Sulphur Springs Texas. I'm asking because I've wanted to try limelight hydrangeas and am afraid it's to hot here thank you for any help
+Patsy Jennings I live in Wylie. But limelight’s will grow well in the heat as long as they have ample water and maybe a little shade in the afternoons.
Love ur show. Where r u located. I mean ur zone.
I’m Zone 8a in Wylie, TX
Good to know anotherfrom the great state of Tesa
texas. I’m in zone 9b. Baytown
You live in Texas and still have Cleomes in late summer?
+Sky flower yep!
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!
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What’s not baked in my Central Oklahoma garden is being eaten by the grasshoppers. 😕
+Linda Burris that’s rough!
‘sup?. fellow,interesting -talk you later!
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You have red lily beetle. Destroy them as they will kill your lilies.
+Rich Bishop eek, ok I’ll go check it out! Thanks!
You need neem oil !!!
+J Hadz I’ve tried and fried my plants so many times with it. I’m not good at mixing it up!
More than likely if you cut the happy go lucky rose back real hard right now it will probably die. I did that to an antique rose I had for eight years and that was all she wrote for her. 😢. They need their leaves to be able to survive this heat.
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