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Whoever asked that windchill question, thank you. That was such a great question. This is a great Q&A.
3b/4a here. I feel like something that often confuses gardeners about the windchill for plants issue is low-zone-dormant plants. In general, when your plant is dormant (which happens to a higher percentage of your plants as your zone decreases), the plant isn't uptaking water to replenish moisture lost to winds. Places with extreme low windchill just happen to have both things happening at the same time: lots of dormant plants and lots of wind with less windbreaks from neighbor plants full of leaves. But my plant doesn't care that the windchill is -20°. It cares that it's dormant because it's 0°, AND there's 40mph winds. Or 10° with 20mph winds for 2 weeks straight with no moisture.
@@Anirras-got-a-bergenia thank you for that comment. I appreciate it.
Thank you, Jim, for continuing this series. It’s my Sunday morning tradition.
I've been at my (cluster home community) for 30+ yrs., and I STILL run into construction debris (rusted nail, chunk of concrete, etc.) as I dig deeper or in a new area in my flowerbed. I'm disgusted by it, but it is what it is...sadly...Very hard to maintain healthy soil in my environment as the landscapers/HOA to their own thing; what they're assigned to do, seasonally. But I keep at it as best I can because my gardens are my happy place, my therapy, my Prozac. Thanx for keeping it real Jim and Steph!
❤hello everyone, gardeners friends, Khun Jim putnam and Stephany. Happy gardening. ❤️
Thanks Jim and Stephany! These videos are always so informative. One of the most important lessons I have leaned through your videos is: maybe that plant doesn’t belong where you put it AND it’s okay to move it. 😄 honk and wave at the Florida/Georgia line on your way home… we are on Amelia island.
When I was going through the Master Gardener training (Texas Panhandle, zone 6, soil PH over 8), we had a Texas A&M professor tell us about an experiment that was conducted on a research farm near El Paso, Texas. They applied several 55 gallon drums of sulfuric acid over a couple of hundred sf of farm land and tested the PH. It started at over 8 and after application it was 4. After a year, it was back up to 8. He told us that it is a waste of time and money to attempt to permanently change soil PH. The best solution is to add lots of organic matter and select plants that thrive in that PH range.
I now live in East Texas, zone 8a with a sandy low PH soil. Wow, what a difference!
Love your channel, keep up the great content!
Morning! ☕ 🌿🌹🏵️🍅🌼🌻
Bout six degrees Fahrenheit right now in southern Ohio... Gonna be almost sixty in two days... 🤔🤷
That was incorrect, three or four days. But it will be forty in two days, and hopefully all this snow melts!
Lots of great information, as usual. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. Totally agree with taking care of the soil and repairing damage from years of faulty practices in agriculture.
I used frost protection cloth and it worked well, despite that fact that I didn’t install it correctly in several places. I didn’t secure the edges onto the ground well enough so I had some problems with wind blowing some open. I’ll learn how to do it better. We got to 13 degrees in the Pacific Northwest zone 8b. So far, my 1 1/2 year old viburnum that was actually blooming, has sailed through. I had planted other evergreen viburnums this fall and they are fine after being covered. I would say the frost protection really helped. We didn’t have any snow for insulation either.
Thank you so much for going over the Forsythia pruning question. I just planted two of them here in Charlotte during the late summer. Was going to prune them in late February… but looks like maybe late March or sometime in April after they finish blooming. Many Thanks.
Zone 7a Ontario Canada. Would love to see a video on salt tolerant, perennials… I’d like to put a perennial bed by my road, but unfortunately they use salt on the roads here. I’m sure you don’t have to worry about that…
I love my redbud trees! The more the merrier!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚
That's awesome Jim! Thank you so much for answering the question regarding how to make an acid loving potting mix!! ❤❤
Flagler FL is awesome! We went on the week of the 4th of July and there was no one out there haha! We like those quiet places!
Glad you're feeling better, Jim. 😊
Looking forward to the Flagler College video. The college has taken some beatings from hurricanes not long ago. I have lived in Clay County next door most of my life. You had to pick the coldest week we’ve had all winter to visit 😂. It will be back in the 70s this week.
Great questions but also great answers. Thank you Jim. Really interesting and informative. Especially the relationship between the plants and the micro organisms that interact with them. Fascinating.
Love when Jim "rambles" - it's always, always informative!!!
Those palms near the ink berries are Saw Palmetto (serenoa repens)
Thanks. I know the difference, but it was 35 degrees and I still haven't warmed back up🤣
Always great information, Jim. Thank you. And a special thanks for this week's comments about poor soil health and the role of land-grant universities in creating those conditions. Sadly, if you're in the Mississippi River watershed, much of the upper Midwest's fertile topsoil is now in the Gulf of Mexico (with chemicals). Happily, the universities are now thinking and doing differently.
Jim please please please see if the neighbor is ok showing the ten foot tall forsythia? That’s one of my favorites but I’ve never seen them ten feet tall. That’s got to be beautiful! My neighbor is going to get me a rooted cutting of theirs but at its tallest it’s maybe five feet .
We have one that we let have it's weeping habit. It is a dwarf variety but it arches across the garden and is so beautiful in Spring.
Older varieties got big. The house I grew up in had a massive forsythia, we never prunned it other than occasionally carefully clipping a branch for an early spring bouquet.
@@ROlson-dx2jc that sounds lovely. I think forsythia is so underrated. I don’t see them as much these days.
I built my house in 2004 here in zone six CT. I have never had any issues with flooding of my yard. I do live on partial wetlands. This is the first year I’ve had ponding in my yard. I made a dry stream to catch the water from my downspout And it travels into the yard with landscaping on both sides, as if it was a real stream. When I made it ( 15 years ago), I dug down approximately 1 foot deep, and at least a foot wide, and filled it with rocks and stones. I landscaped around it with sageleaf willow, irises, sweet shrub, and others. I did have peonies that were planted as well. A few weeks ago several portions of the garden were sitting underwater for several days. I was able to dig out the peonies and move them before they rotted. That is the low part of my yard. It does not slope further away. How can I handle the excess water in the future ? Should I remove the plants and add rocks under the garden beds or will that even help? Don’t want to lose all my landscaping to rotting roots.
Happy belated birthday ( please take care)! Enjoy the videos!!!
Great acid soil maps. Thanks
Also love your Garden Plants with Jim Putnam channel. Will you be adding new content to it in the future?
I’m so glad that this “blast” had no wind!!!! I think most all my plants have come thru on the other side now it will be 60 tomorrow this is crazy!!! From 60 to 6 to 60 🤪🤪🤪 I lost half of all my plants last time 🤍🤍🤍🪴🪴🪴🪴 was super worried about my new azaleas 🌺
You got to visit Hilton head discovery museum there’s a compact garden of about hundred full grown Camellias in the camellia garden. It’s a must see. Unreal tama peacock one too. And many others. Also you got to go to camellia specialist nursery black creek in Ellabell ga. Also, downtown Savannah and bonaventure cemetery camellias
Massive east west hedge on Washington ave as well. May actually be bloomed out but extremely impressive
Crazy winter, 9* this am in zone 8,GA, going to b in 60* next week!!!! Plants will b so messed up for sure-
Crazy, I'm merely two degrees colder, and will have sixty degree weather next week too, but I'm like ten hours north of you! 😳
Q - Anyone have any insight on using “living mulch” versus traditional mulch and compost layers in a bed space?
Hi Jim and Steph! I've learned SO MUCH from watching your channel over the last year! I have a question (I think I already know the answer but I want to double check). I want to plant sweet peas this yarbut do not want to out up a trellis. Can I plant them around the base of my 15 foot Serbian Blue Spruce and let them vine up and cut and remove in the fall? Will that be detrimental to my Spruce? Thanks for all your help!
Love the Q&A's! Any recommendations for flowering annuals and/or perennials on a north facing side of a house? I have a rhodo, oak leaf hydrangea and some nandinas taking up most of the space but was looking to find something with more/longer lasting flowers to accent them (zone 7b Hendersonville NC)shorte
Hi Jim, on the viburnum subject, are you able to grow winter-blooming species such as viburnum tinus and bodnantense in your area? They have become quite common in Dutch gardens over the last decades, especially tinus. Love that subtle taste of spring during the milder winter temperatures, when they flower on and off.
27:35, on seeding annual rye, May the 4th be with you.
Thank you Jim! I’m looking to start a vegetable garden this spring. My question is what are the benefits of raised vegetables gardens versus directly into the soil? SW of Atlanta zone 8A. Thank you!
Jax, FL zone 9a/9b. Hi Jim. What are your thoughts about smilax?
It's a native but we hate them.
When we bought this house 6 and a half years ago, we had smilax in trees and shrubs that looked like that ivy you removed from that tree behind your house.
Cutting them off to the ground did not help, they grew right back.
So we dug out the smilax bulbs.
Some of them were the size of softballs and weighted 10 lbs.
And the vines were 40 or 50 feet up in trees!
Over the course of 2 or 3 years we were able to eradicate the smilax.
Do you know of any redeeming value to smilax? The ones we had didn't flowers or produce berries. All the produced were thorns and shade.
Another question, are you a fan of any carnivorous plants?
Our dutchman's pipe didn't survive one year.
Thanks for all the great and inspirational videos.
Question for next week's q&a: We have a Soft Caress mahonia growing very happily in a large, 24 in+ diameter pot. In filtered shade/sun under a large river birch. Zone 8A, NC Sandhills. It's gotten really large over the past 3 years, and somewhat lopsided. We'd like to prune it into a very natural shape to take back the crazy shoots. Do we need to cut them all the way back to the soil level? Or can you just take it back halfway? Thanks so much for all you do. We're always learning a lot even though we've been gardeners for a very long time!
Hey Jim - if I apply compost in the fall can I then just add organic fertilizer in the spring or should I just add compost to my beds once a year in the spring or spring and fall? Thanks🙃 PS - I don't use hardwood mulch - I use compost in my beds, personal preference for my yard.
Thanks for the valuable info. Question: Do winterberry hollies (like Berry Poppins) do well in your area? I'm trying to help a friend create winter interest in her yard, and she lives in your region while I'm in CT and know they perform well here. I loved your neighborhood walk around video and saw the red twig dogwood. PW website says they grow in zones 3-9, but I appreciate that you said "see what grows in your neighborhood."
Hope you feel okay😊
I love the look of the North Star White Spruce you talked about at Isely Nursery and would love to add one to our landscape. Can we grow it here in the Raleigh area? If so, have you seen it available anywhere? Thanks.
Happy belated birthday 🎉
I have a neighbor 4 houses down who happily told me she got redbud seedlings from my tree. She said the oldest was 6 years old and had not bloomed yet. Is it usual for redbuds to take that long to reach blooming age?
I have two Snowball Vibernum that I need to move. They have been established for about four years and are now about five feet high. How should I prune and prep them for transplant and when is the best time to do it? Zone 7a Central Virginia. Thanks for the help!! Love your show, man!
Sadly, I did not cover anything this year.
Fingers crossed I don’t have much damage.
Jim have you considered visiting the Daniel Stowe Bontanic Garden?
Hi Jim, thanks again for sharing your experience with us. My question is what do you think about hydroponic gardening or hydroponic farming? I find the information so conflicting everywhere.
Great channel as always. I try to grow organic but I have an ivy problem that I know will involve spraying. Should I go ahead and start now or wait untill spring. In Raleigh in the Falls Millbrook area.
I live in Zone 8b and for years I have had Variegated Liriope lining my front sidewalk. It is in full sun, so every year it looks bad in summer with what I assume is Anthracnose and or root rot. (The same type Liriope is planted in more shade in my back yard and looks great) I like having an evergreen type plant lining the sidewalk, but I am frustrated with how it looks. I have treated it throughout the years with fungicides with no success. Do you have any suggestions for a replacement plant that can handle full sun without all of the disease issues? Thank you.
I see what i assume is native viburnum in the woods. They always look so naturally beautifully tree formed. Its how I want my crepe myrtle to grow. Im worried cause I see crepe myrtles that are like pencils. No umbrella shape. Very unsightly pole shape.
Jim do you have a recommendation for an area between neighbors fence and my house for a very low lying area that holds water (5-6 in) during wet seasons, but extreme drought during summers? It's tough cause:
a) its a grass walking path of sorts
b) neighbor has 3 dogs (so non toxic)
c) dont want it going into neighbors property.
Was thinking flag iris/japanese iris. Need something to soak up that water (7b MD).
Love your channel. I am in Alabama, zone 7b-8a, and my biggest problem is deer rutting and destroying my expensive young trees. Any suggestions? My latest is to rope off but that is ugly...
Is it best to buy/plant a Viburnum in early Spring before the tree leafs out? I have some Limelights and various macros rescued from the distressed aisle that are already developing buds, and I want to under plant at the same time so I wanted to get the timing right.
‼️ GARDEN QUESTION ‼️
When is the best time to plant conifers? Tips/tricks on planting & growing conifers?
North Texas, 8a. An hour North of Dallas.
I've rooting several hyragea plants back in summer brought in house for winter to keep alive , how often to water and when to plant in ground I'm in Athens ga thanks
Hi Jim - when container gardening, does the pot have any effect on hardiness (material, size, location)? I'm in Raleigh and have some carex in plastic containers in the shade, but I'm too chicken to leave them out on these 18 degree nights even though they are zone 5 plants.
I’m wondering if it’s too late in the year to prune back my bearded iris. Or if they even have to be pruned. They’ve been trying to bloom the last couple of months. I hope I’ll still get blooms this spring.
Hello - in reference to the Wednesday Q&A for those of us who made the mistake of burying wood chips with triple shredded mulch. I did this unfortunately over a large area and the wood chips have formed what appears to be a wood shield now between the mulch and the soil beneath. Would you recommend tilling? It would be a gigantic job to scrape up all the mulch and wood chip shelf. I’m thinking the wood might eventually dissolve organically, but now I’m doubting what to do. Zone 7B Richmond
I live in in the Pacific Northwest 9b coastal zone. I have a Camilla Japonica that has been was in an oak barrel that rotted out and rooted itself over twenty years. It is without leaves on one side because it only gets sun on one side. Do I dare move it so it gets more balanced sun?,
If a full sun plant prefers moist to wet soils should it be planted flush with existing clay soil to help maintain higher moisture levels? Clayton, NC.
Question… we have what we think a red lace leaf Japanese red maple bush….it is getting too tall for the spot, it’s in front of a window…can it be cut down from the top? We have trimmed the branches going down to expose trunk more but would somehow like to trim height down… when could this be done, we are in Athens Ga….
Soil question- I helped my neighbor plant spring bulbs this fall and as I dig, the soil looks good but I see no worms in it. I know she doesn't amend her soil like I do but she will mulch every two years but that is about it. I've been improving my soil over the past 3 years since we have heavy clay soil near Lake Erie cleveland ohio and my soil is filled with worms. I also do have significantly more plants in my beds versus her few boxwoods. Do more plants invite more worms? or is it the amendments done to the soil that invites them or Both? I was surprised at how rich her soil looks but theres no "life" in it.
Good question! Hope Jim has an answer.
Hey Jim 😊…I have a‘Brown Turkey’ fig that has been in a (20” at least) pot for about 6-7 years now. It seems fine (zone 8b/far Northern California)…I’m just wondering if perhaps I should DO SOMETHING!…😂…I know figs have vigorous roots but also that restriction of the roots can cause them to fruit more…I live in a rental so I can’t plant it in the ground…and because I am 76 I really can’t manage a bigger pot….should I try taking it out of the pot and “root prune” it….what would Jim do…what would Steph do???
I had a few Eugenia topiary that needed to come inside and I don’t have a green house. I put them near bright window with grow lightbulbs nearby. I also closed any nearby heat registers and they did well from November until now when I’m getting lots of leaf drop. I know this isn’t ideal but if I water and light and try to keep cool will they flush new leaves on current branches when they go back outside? Or do I thank them for their service as they head to the compost heap?
I have a Skip Laurel that was either heaved out of the ground or pulled down by ice, and now it’s standing at a noticeable angle. When is the best time to correct this? Now or in the spring?
Are their enough benefits to electro-culture to warrant experimenting with it in the vegetable garden or nursery bed of young perennials/shrubs to push faster growth?
Can you start seeds in the larger 6 cell trays rather than the small 50 cell trays?
Are you camping on Anastasia Island?
I live in Cary. What plants do you recommend for the small front porch of the house? No direct sunlight because the porch is covered. I want evergreen plants to grow in two 20 inch diameter pots on either side of the front door.
I have a situation exactly like this also NC . North facing house with a porch. I’ve been having a lot of luck with impatiens!
You might consider pieris japonica. "Mountain Snow" is a compact variety that I have growing in my shade beds, and I absolutely love it. Zone 4 hardy.
What is a small cedar tree or shrub I could plant in an area with full sun that would attract cedar waxwing birds? I live in Cary NC
I have a mahonia that attracts waxwings every year. They just love the berries. They come in a group and just clean up the all of the berries and then they leave.
‼️GARDEN QUESTION ‼️
What are some good evergreen or perennial companion plants for Japanese Maples that won't create too much root competition for the tree? Potted and in-ground Japanese Maples.
Zone 8a, North Texas. 1hr North of Dallas.
Zone 8a milton, Florida. We had a 14-degree night, and now my hostas and amaryllis foliage have melted. I know the hostas will recover, but will the amaryllis? (All in-ground) cut the foliage?
Jordan, I'm in Milton too but we were in zone 8b until they recently amended the hardiness zone map. Now we are in zone 9a. I planted a Christmas amaryllis in the ground a couple of years ago. It made it through the Christmas freeze in 2022 so I'm hoping it has this last freeze.
Who is your intended target audience for this video?
I try to be supportive, but the ads are unrelenting and unbearable, for example, the deodorant ad with the clinically obese black girl, revealing the secret that her armpits stink? And the reply, “ Guurrl, that aint no secret! Highly stereotypical and offensive. The things people do for money, even demean themselves. Off topic, love your channel Jim!