I am changing the look of my front garden...
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- Опубліковано 23 сер 2024
- Gardeners have to deal with changes all the time. Sometimes we like it, sometimes we want our plants to behave like furniture in the living room: we move it in, and there it stays! Gardens always change, shrubs grow, trees mature, plants die.. The cycle of life. In this video, I am removing one lilac, which blocks the view from my pretty house flowers, and drastically trimming down the other shrub. Happy gardening!
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I admire any woman who can garden in white shoes and white pants and in 14 minutes and 40 seconds look as good as when you began!
She was only cutting/trimming not actually in the dirt.
I’m a dirty girl in the garden …. I get filthy just watering plants lol
But she is amazing
I get dirty by just walking threw my gardens ! Lol 😂
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You were very brave in taking down those overgrown shrubs, but That's exactly what was needed! Your front door is welcoming and inviting now! What do you think of putting some kind of statuary or a beautiful birdbath in that space and then plant around that? An urn on a pedestal could be planted for the different seasons and decorated with pine bows and pumpkins for holidays. Just a few ideas running through my head.
Those are very good ideas! I like birdbath there, surrounded with gentle plants. And seasonal decorations... Very good!
@@OlgaCarmody Just keep a mosquito dunk in the birdbath, because mine turned into a terrible mosquito breeding factory.
It really opened up the area and you can see the beautiful painted flowers a lot better. Change for the better! Can’t wait to see what you plan to do with it. 😊
Love your "can do" attitude about editing and changing your garden. I need more of that!
What a beautiful change. It's as though your beautiful home and garden can now breathe. Much more welcoming. Look forward to seeing your new garden in the Spring. You were such a delight to listen to and watch. TFS. 🌹🌺
My husband completely removed a big variegated Laurel which was hiding a beautiful Japanese maple. I think you have to be ruthless sometimes in a garden 😊
I love my chainsaw, seems it says...hey, how about we cut that too...well ok. Looks really nice, love the flowers on the house. Now a fun project to come up with over winter.
I love all the changes you made to your front garden.
🏡~Your house is adorable & what ever you do will be gorgeous! ~I love your walkway opened up!👍
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Olga, you're very brave! What a magnificent improvement! Now I would consider reducing the size of the yews by about 50% and perhaps reshaping the tall one into a more narrow conical shape, or even a topiary with 3 balls. I think the current large size of the yews is overpowering and drawing the focus away from your beautiful painted designs which are such a unique and lovely feature. Everything else should compliment them and your beautiful obelisk, not detract. I absolutely love what you've done in opening up that space and can't wait to see what you do with it next.
Wow, you made some quick work of trimming your shrubs. Looks so wonderful! I removed my white lilac last year because it was just too large for the fence. I saved a piece and replanted and now it's getting very large. I think they like being cut back. I like how you painted flowers on each side of your windows and your green door. I enjoy seeing all of your videos.
much better after trimming the shrub also
What a night and day difference! 🎊 Good call on removing the lilac and cutting down the quince. I understand the need for your home to have curb appeal from all angles and that certainly did the trick. Your hydrangea macrophylla shrubs are stealing the show on the curb!! 💙🤩 Great video, looking forward to seeing what you create from the tall lilac branches.
Awww…..love lilacs….wish that lilac could have been magically transplanted to my garden. I do understand why you made the decision.😊🏡
Much better, those large shrubs need to go. To large for your small front entrance👍
LOVE THIS VIDEO!!!!
It’s refreshing to see this type of change happen while you’re doing it versus a quick snapshot of a before and after (I wasn’t expecting it).
Your door and door color are awesome! I’m excited to see what comes of this space.
I hope this weekend to get a bunch of things done in the gardens .. replanting some & planting some new ones …😂
It’s a addiction for sure ! But I love it ❤
So much better! It was overwhelming and overgrown for the small space. Can’t wait to see what you do with the space!
Hello Olga, I think you were wright, it looks much more balanced and clear now. If you’re brainstorming about what to plant in your “jewel box”, I’ve experienced some plants that can cope with dry shade although people don’t always think about them: my Rosemary blooms in a shady spot and never receives water. Hellebores are also good at this, and surprisingly Oriental lilies also accept a fair amount of shade. If you want to keep it low, creeping thyme may work, and short or medium allium bulbs too… good luck with this new space, hope to see the result soon 😉
Great decision! The front of the house looks so much better.
It really opens things up! Looks great! I also like that you did that with white pants. lol I can't even plant pots without getting dirt all over me.
Wow looks sooooo much better. Take it all out and start over!!!
Love it ….looking fabulous 👍👏💚💚💚
Huge improvement, looks great!
It looks so much better.
I like the change very much. It looks like you have taken a jungle down. Some of the other large shrubs could do with some trimming also.
So nice. I can see your homes face now.😊❤
Huge difference! Looks nice. You made that look so easy! ... I have an overgrown lilac that I need to do the same thing to.
That really does open up the view of your house, beautiful!
Much, much better!
I can’t believe it looks so nice and open now you really can see your home. It’s so funny how all of a sudden something looks so different to you and you came up with taking those bushes down. Great really pretty enjoy. ❤️🦋
Definitely better without the lilac and that other shrub!
I think it looks fantastic olga. The first thing I thought, when you took the first branch out, is what will olga make out of that o wonder haha. You make some fantastic frameworks. I'm very jealous x
👍🏻Just what you needed, lovely new flower bed. It’s going to look beautiful!
I Love It !! It looks wonderful!!
You are truly a visionary, and very brave, to take out that lilac. But I know some lovely low growers will enhance this area tremendously and be enjoyable for visitors to view. I'm voting to remove the quince as well. That will truly give you a wonderful canvas to design on in the Spring. I can't wait to see it all develop. Thanks for sharing this.
Aww, you are welcome! That space is filling up quite nice right now with all the pots.
I'll hunt around for the video showing the pots. New subscriber and I'm slowly making my way through your wonderful videos! 😘@@OlgaCarmody
Well done. The sedums are great, do the chelsea chop on them next year in may. First you will have a lot of cuttings and they don’t fall apart. Maybe you combine them with your perennials at the walkway. Repeat the plants is always a good idea to make the appearance cohesive. If you like you can put up an urn with a pedestal. Or create a knotgarden, with iberis or small taxus, lavender if it is sunny enough.
Lovely choice! I vote for one of your beautiful handcrafted wooden obelisks to cover the lilac stump (which might be a good candidate for a cardboard covered in mulch solution to suppress new shoots?)
Olga this is so inspiring! We have a few very overgrown shrubs that were inherited with the house and I've always just thought that I need to leave them be or just keep on top of pruning them, even though they really don't fit the space. This makes me feel like I can tackle my shrubs and open up my area too! 😊
I enjoyed this video very much, thank you for showing the before and after! It looks much more open and visually appealing!
So much better it looks 👌 ❤ now.
So much better!!!
My advice is to plan something small size there next year maybe some loving shade flowers like superb coral bells they could give you a punch a color in front of the house.
Or maybe some shade tolerating decorative grasses, some look superb like silvers or purples and flowy in the wind , making a contrast on you beautiful yew. Also would cover the stump fast because grasses grow fast.
The view is fantastic now after you cut down those unruly shrubs. Good job on your courage to do such a big decision.
Wonderful improvement. !!
Olga, I love the way you imagine your space, and I've bookmarked your videos on pruning roses. A couple of comments on this video. Taking out the lilac was brilliant. If you want to kill the roots without damaging anything around it, rub Round-Up CONCENTRATE all over the freshly-cut surface. It will seep down and kill the root, and you'll never see another shoot come out. Also, you might consider taking out the quince and putting in one of the smaller hybrid forsythias which will give you bloom at the same time as the quince but be easier to maintain a smaller shape. Best of all, the bright yellow blooms will pack a lot of visual impact. To manage a forsythia's height, remove a third of the canes from the ground level every year. Since it blooms on new wood, selectively removing old stems not only keeps the height manageable, it also increases bloom volume.
Thank you, Sandra, for your thoughtful message. Happy gardening!
Good changes!
I guess you have to decide if you want it to be one way or the other. Pull those lilacs roots and that other shrubbery that you pruned. Sometimes if you have a logging chain you can fasten it to those roots and pull the shrubs ouy clean with a lawn tractor or ball hitch on a truck.
Much better! Now, not only can people see your house better, they can also see the garden on the left of your driveway.
Hi Olga, it’s so therapeutic and refreshing to improve the energy along that walkway ! Beautiful! 🌸❤️🇨🇦Be careful about boxwood as in Ontario our boxwoods have suffered boxwood moth damage this year . I am looking for alternatives for the future. (Zone 5 )
The white flowers at the beginning look too much like badminton.😂
I love your home. I would have limbed the lilac into tree form before removing it all together. I find the large evergreen tree shrubs move distracting. I look forward to seeing the outcome.
I would remove those shrubs, I see what you mean as it blocks your view. Your front is so pretty. The lilac is very woody. Love your videos ❤️🙂
Love your videos!❤❤❤
what a difference! It‘s already looking so much better! Love it!
It looks a thousand times better! Good decision!
Nice! I think the ewes need to be trimmed back quite a bit.
Amazing!! Sedums do well with road salt-I have several varieties by my mailbox just for that reason. The large tall evergreen to the left of the front door if it was gone it would really open it up and I feel give more focus to the yews in front you are training to have the balls on top as well as your front door. Also could you bring in more annabelle hydrangeas and plant them where the queen of swedens and boxwoods are to fill that space in under your windows and continue with the same variety to create a group for good focal interest? It’s so gratifying opening up a space.
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Great and brave decision to remove the HUGE lilac and cut down the other shrub. Your house is charming behind all of that shrubbery. I also think the yews are well overgrown for their space and kind of obscure the house: how do they respond to heavy pruning? Great job!
Wow! It really opens the area. Very nice. Great job.💖
I hope you were careful to check for ticks after an afternoon in the shrubs! 🙂🌿
In time we see our garden grows & flaws come out! Garden design! Its something I've seen the landscapers draw on paper and colour in flowers to show or see how it will look. I have been thinking of doing this myself in the future. It takes quite a visionary gift otherwise to see how each plant actually looks in the future with changes going on through growth & that alters the sun. So much to think about. Your a brave woman,cutting the way forth❤
Epimedium grows in dry shade. Just a suggestion. The pruning and removal looks great. Those shrubs were really too big for the narrow space. Geraniums (species), hostas, heuchera, ferns, bleeding heart, columbine (reseeds easily), Hellebore... woodland plants that are used to competing with tree roots and canopy. Have fun doing your research!
Hello Olga, I have to agree with removal of the lilac, even though I wasn’t sure it was a good idea…I wonder if you can propagate some yew clippings an create a low hedge out of it; instead of the taking a chance with boxwood. I can’t wait to see the transformation.
Very good idea, especially taking into account that yews are so slow growing!
Take the Quince out. I have one blocking a window. It was 6ft tall and 4ft wide. I trimed 3ft off the top and 2ft off sides this past spring and its almost back where it was in just one summer. Your yard looks nicer without it.
Much improved.
Much better after removing the two shrubs. You'll work wonders on the newly created flower bed.
I like your choice. That first cut must have been hard. Kind of like getting your hair cut when it's been long and you are taking off a foot!
I just found out there are some roses that want more shade 🎉
A great improvement ! ...If your quince disappoints you next year, I would suggest giving it one more spring. I found they can sometimes need a full year to rejuvenate after a serious trimming.
I guess if one is interested in looks …snip snip snip…thinking that big bush between the garage and the front door definitely should get a visit from a chainsaw….🤷♀️
Yes. The whole bed to the left of the front door needs to be re-done.
Or total easy- continue the yew.
Nice job. I would reduce down the yews. They are too full and the one near the door is still blocking view.
It might be nice to have a small path going in between two plantings, so you don't have to walk all the way around to get to your car. A few flagstone steps?
Oh ,Olga, I would never rip out a mature lilac, especially when it creates such a great screen from your neighbors. 😢😢😢 Your house, you decide, but those yues are blocking your entry way. I'd be less inclined to leave those. Sorry.
Looks better, not so stuffed. I think you need more flowers, its a lot of green.
There's always hostas and huchera. I have some fall mums that do okay in part shade, they stay smaller, but have buds right now. You can still have spring bulbs for sun since the maple will be bear till after the bulbs have flowered. Thought about you when I was painting my garage. It took more time than I thought but it was easy. Are you still going to paint your house?
That’s too bad. Just trim the base into a tree form to get the view 😮 At least it’s blocking the bad view of the car from other side
I think you were right to open up the front of your house.I do not think the flowering quince can be made small. It has a natural vase shape.
Oh much better after trimming! By the way, what is the name of the around bushes which originally behind the lilac tree?
Thank you, those are yews.
It looks much better by removing those two trees . I would not add any more evergreens as you have the two yews and the other large evergreen. Adding boxwood would be too much evergreen at the front
Hi Olga! Have you grown roses in pots? Could you share your experience if you do?
Hi there, I don't grow roses in pots, since I can't overwinter them outside and dragging or protecting them for winter is not my choice. I do have a great video on how to grow roses in pots, check it out!
Hi Olga..new subscriber here. Just wondering about your beautiful artwork around your windows and doorway..did you do it yourself? And do you have a video on it? Thanks! (And no offense, but I’d yank those yews too..😳😉😊..sorry)
Welcome! It is good to have you here! I am going to make a video about those flowers on the house. Stay tuned!
I would say you wanting more sun loveing perennials in that spot. Eliminate some shrubs.
Keep working … I think you should trim those 3 fat guys so you can see the front better. Good job so far. 😊
What is the saw you are using?
It is really junky one, so can't recommend it. Dewalt company is a great one.
Poor lilac. 😒
Your videos are always good… but honey the music sounds wellllllll comically horrible