Learning the Latin name of a plant helps me tremendously. Thank you for the inspiration to take our time to enjoy the process of gardening. I need to hear it from someone else every once in awhile.
This was delightful and had me smiling with the addition I’ll be making to my perovskiia atripicfolia with coreopsis. So much joy and fun….making my neighbors stop and check it out!
Great little video series here! Very helpful indeed, just starting out with garden design and breaking it down in this way makes it a whole lot simpler! Do you generally just use smaller blocks of only a few plants and then stitch the planting blanks together? Thanks Roy 👍
Loving the videos Roy. Thank you. As a Brit it is great you use the Binomial system for Plants’s I have given up on several American podcasts about native plants in America as they use common names and I have no idea what they are talking about making the information meaningless. So thanks once again.
@@RoyDiblik mine is offset by yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, in late spring and by golden and red daylilies as well as agastache in summer. The yellow loostrife can be aggressive, but I still love it.
Thank you for these lessons Rob! I'm relatively new to gardening and garden design but I have big ambitions 😂 I'm really learning a lot from you even though we don't have the same plants here in Malaysia. I have to build up knowledge of local plant structure and sizes by practicing, growing and observing. I wish there were shortcuts and better resources but it's also fun to build knowledge from scratch. I am so grateful for your kind reminders not to rush things and to just enjoy the process. You have such a calm and joyful approach. Thank you!
I couldn’t have found you’re videos at a more perfect time !! I have been wanting to remove my front lawn and do a large drift planting but had no idea how to get started. Your videos are so informative and helpful. Thank you thank you!!
Thank you again for these clips. One of my favourite grasses is Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' - was this bred at Northwind Perennial Farm? Am guessing so!
And for mulch that, after application year after year, becomes a crust over the soil that water runs off it! I've started gardening at 2 properties with mulch like this. The mulch is so deep the crust is an inch thick and hard. I'll be spending several days at each property this spring just breaking up the mulch crust. I probably should shovel it all out and then use compost as mulch. The soil hasn't had air for years.
Does coreopsis golden showers feel comfortable on dry and sandy soil, or does it rather need a moist and nutrient rich soil , like Allium summer beauty ??? It is a so beautiful plant. ;)))) Thank you so much for your wonderful videos!!! Biene
What other plants are with the Allium Summer Beauty, Calamintha Nepata, and Allium Atropurpureum? I think I see the blue flowers of Amsonia Blue Ice, but which grass is that? Without those the combination loses those rests that you talk about.
@@RoyDiblik thank you for all your responses to my questions. I'm transitioning my gardens from almost 100% flowers to 50/50 shrubs/flowers. Also trying to add in some elements of food forest permaculture and trying to go at least 50% native in my tiny, 0.19 acre property. So, looking to add blueberry shrubs, strawberry for groundcover, maybe an Aronia for a smallish tree (and for jam). My front yard has more area, but my long, thin backyard is perfect for a line of espaliered fruit trees. I hoping to create a beautiful, yet productive space as my cottage is in an historic district surrounded by antique colonials. I'm dividing and transplanting many flowering perennials into the historic cemetery across the street (with permission from the cemetery commission). I'm in zone 5b (6a now, but I still treat as 5b due to our tendency for unexpected freezes and snow in April into May). Fun and exciting project. Last year I installed a small stumpery along part of my side yard and will be planting that area this year. More fun and excitement.
Of course it’s useful to know the Latin name, but if a person’s trying to find a plant whose Latin name they don’t know, the absolute least helpful thing an expert could say is, “well, you should’ve asked for it with the Latin name.” What?! Sometimes we don’t even know the common name! That was an astonishingly bad example. Wow
Roy, you are the Bob Ross of naturalistic garden design.
lol thank you!
I like these mini quizzes. I think it’s helpful to get in the habit of thinking about these things as a matter of course. Great video as usual, Roy.
Thanks Erin! I'm enjoying your channel very much!
Very nice!!! Inspiring💗💗💗
Thank you! Cheers!
Botanical names help us immensely understand plants better 🌱
agreed!
Learning the Latin name of a plant helps me tremendously.
Thank you for the inspiration to take our time to enjoy the process of gardening. I need to hear it from someone else every once in awhile.
So nice of you - thank you!
This was delightful and had me smiling with the addition I’ll be making to my perovskiia atripicfolia with coreopsis. So much joy and fun….making my neighbors stop and check it out!
thank you!
Great little video series here! Very helpful indeed, just starting out with garden design and breaking it down in this way makes it a whole lot simpler! Do you generally just use smaller blocks of only a few plants and then stitch the planting blanks together? Thanks Roy 👍
Loving the videos Roy. Thank you. As a Brit it is great you use the Binomial system for Plants’s I have given up on several American podcasts about native plants in America as they use common names and I have no idea what they are talking about making the information meaningless. So thanks once again.
Great to hear!
Love Tracy DiSabato Aust too. The Well-Designed Mixed Garden and The Well-Tended Perennial Garden. Great books.
great suggestions!
Brilliant teacher, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.
Glad it was helpful! thanks for watching!
Thank you, Roy. 👍🏻
thank you!
One of my favorites is echinops ritro. People always stop to ask about it.
That's a nice plant! What plant combinations have you created with it?
@@RoyDiblik mine is offset by yellow loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, in late spring and by golden and red daylilies as well as agastache in summer. The yellow loostrife can be aggressive, but I still love it.
Thank you for these lessons Rob! I'm relatively new to gardening and garden design but I have big ambitions 😂 I'm really learning a lot from you even though we don't have the same plants here in Malaysia. I have to build up knowledge of local plant structure and sizes by practicing, growing and observing. I wish there were shortcuts and better resources but it's also fun to build knowledge from scratch. I am so grateful for your kind reminders not to rush things and to just enjoy the process. You have such a calm and joyful approach. Thank you!
thank you!
I couldn’t have found you’re videos at a more perfect time !! I have been wanting to remove my front lawn and do a large drift planting but had no idea how to get started. Your videos are so informative and helpful. Thank you thank you!!
Glad I could help!
Thank you again for these clips. One of my favourite grasses is Panicum virgatum 'Northwind' - was this bred at Northwind Perennial Farm? Am guessing so!
Yes it was!
I got a fever...and the only cure, is more Moor Grass!
lol...thanks for watching!
There should be mulch police. “Sorry you have too much mulch and not enough plants” 🚨
so true!
And for mulch that, after application year after year, becomes a crust over the soil that water runs off it! I've started gardening at 2 properties with mulch like this. The mulch is so deep the crust is an inch thick and hard. I'll be spending several days at each property this spring just breaking up the mulch crust. I probably should shovel it all out and then use compost as mulch. The soil hasn't had air for years.
Does coreopsis golden showers feel comfortable on dry and sandy soil, or does it rather need a moist and nutrient rich soil , like Allium summer beauty ??? It is a so beautiful plant. ;)))) Thank you so much for your wonderful videos!!! Biene
Coreopsis 'Golden Showers' is forgiving but does best in average soil.
What other plants are with the Allium Summer Beauty, Calamintha Nepata, and Allium Atropurpureum? I think I see the blue flowers of Amsonia Blue Ice, but which grass is that? Without those the combination loses those rests that you talk about.
yes, Amsonia Blue Ice and Sesleria autumnalis are in that example.
Dear Rob! We should’ve plant small plants, taking into account their size in 2-3 years. But what do you do with empty soil?
And thank you very much for your video, it’s so inspiring 🌷
bulbs are a great placeholder!
thank you!
How do you use shrubs and small trees to complement the patterns?
That's very much a case by case basis but generally I tend to work around shrub and small trees that are already onsite.
@@RoyDiblik thank you for all your responses to my questions.
I'm transitioning my gardens from almost 100% flowers to 50/50 shrubs/flowers. Also trying to add in some elements of food forest permaculture and trying to go at least 50% native in my tiny, 0.19 acre property. So, looking to add blueberry shrubs, strawberry for groundcover, maybe an Aronia for a smallish tree (and for jam). My front yard has more area, but my long, thin backyard is perfect for a line of espaliered fruit trees.
I hoping to create a beautiful, yet productive space as my cottage is in an historic district surrounded by antique colonials. I'm dividing and transplanting many flowering perennials into the historic cemetery across the street (with permission from the cemetery commission). I'm in zone 5b (6a now, but I still treat as 5b due to our tendency for unexpected freezes and snow in April into May). Fun and exciting project. Last year I installed a small stumpery along part of my side yard and will be planting that area this year. More fun and excitement.
How do you work bloom period into your patterns?
roughly...I try to have 25% of the garden in bloom all season.
Who is the author of the book "Living in Shadows" you mentioned from Dan's book introduction?
In Praise Of Shadows amzn.to/3ljBvgq
Of course it’s useful to know the Latin name, but if a person’s trying to find a plant whose Latin name they don’t know, the absolute least helpful thing an expert could say is, “well, you should’ve asked for it with the Latin name.” What?! Sometimes we don’t even know the common name! That was an astonishingly bad example. Wow