Garden Q and A - Dog Safe Plants, Living Mulch, Container Fig Plant, Wood Chips, Summer Flower Bulbs
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- Garden Q and A - Dog Safe Plants, Living Mulch, Container Fig Plant, Wood Chips, Summer Flower Bulbs - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's garden question and answer video.
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Jim, I just a Chipper/Shredder from Harbor Freight; used it today and it worked great. Thank you for all you and Steph teach us. Your videos are the best. Zone 8b/9a Foley, AL.
I like your comments about how cold hardy roses are. Sure, they can require a bit of work to make them look their best, but they also can be quite durable. Our Coral Drift roses, about to enter our 5th growing season with them, are tough little plants. They were covered in a foot of snow and ice back in February 2021 (cold storm through Texas) and they came out of that with several healthy green canes. Same for the hard freeze we had three weeks ago (82 straight hours under 32° F). If pruned properly, these roses are fairly low maintenance.
Thanks, Jim. You've turned me into a plant collector.😊
same here lol
Travel very carefully; you guys are very important to us.
I love your videos so much! You've basically become my bestie since no one I know actually cares about this stuff. Thanks for teaching me so many important things to help me with my hobby! I feel much more confident after binging your videos!
Thank you Jim & Steph! 💘 the Sunday Q&A make my weekend!
Damn Jim, you got some guns 💪
Love the videos! I’ve gleaned much useful information.
❤hello everyone, hello 👋 Khun Jim putnam and Stephany, have a happy day!!!!❤❤
Jim, would you ever film a video on how to plant the different faces of a house? I especially struggle with the north side of my house (zone 8a NE Texas)
Look forward to watching these videos every week. I’m thinking you can have the rights for your usual “Ohhhhkaaay” after each question. Maybe a new T Shirt 😊 I’m hooked on Tony Avent’s videos as well. Keep em coming!!
I can not believe your story about smilax vines. I have hundreds of them in my yard that I am in the process of hand digging out to throw away. The vines get up into my trees and almost smother them. Thanks for the story.
I’ve had good luck with Red Twig Dogwood in damp, part shade spaces in zone 7a. Specifically I’m using arctic fire. Still get nice color on the twigs (they do get more sun in the winter)
I planted a row of 5 Arctic fire red twigs in 7b/8a in west Tennessee. They are in front of my neighbor's stone wall. The ones in more sun are a little larger but all have beautiful color.
I have a hardscaping-ish question. I don't know if it counts. I had my overgrown dirt driveway cleared, graded and covered with bluechip gravel (by the house) and asphalt millings (for 1/4 mile btwn the house and the road). Millings are doing okay (besides some recurring potholes), but gravel is becoming overgrown with grass and weeds due to neglect. It's been about 5 years since the work was done. I slightly remember the contractor saying to call him to treat it, but it didn't really register and now everything is a mess. 1) About how often should I be refreshing with gravel, once everything is fixed? 2) I wanna try to pull the big weeds and (chemically) spray the grass and get a new layer of bluechip put down over it - but I don't know if that will be a waste of money. Ideas on how to proceed? 3). If several rounds of spraying and covering with a new layer won't work, what are some alternatives of paying to have the whole driveway done over again? Maryland 7a. Thanks, Jim.
For Heuchera frost heaving, any advice to minimize and/or mitigate it?
Yes East TN Knoxville area has had 2 rough winters for plants
Hi Jim. Days to maturity on a seed packet ends with harvest, but when does the count start? When you sow the seed, when it sprouts, or when you transplant? Thank you
I believe it’s when you sow.
I recommend the garden planner Seedtime to help with planning seeds. I just got it and it’s extremely new gardener friendly.
No, I can’t decide what plants to get. So 9B Pacific Northwest next to the Oregon border coastal zone. There’s so many things I want now thanks to Jim.❤
I would love to do chip drop in our hill country drought prone central Texas zone 8A area but we live with the Spector of Oak Wilt. I only buy twice ground cedar mulch. We don’t transport firewood for danger of spreading the black beetle vector and the fungus. Once the oak tree is infected it is a slow death for the tree. I’m not even planting any variety of oak. I’m planting other shade trees native to our area like Big tooth Maple.
QUESTION: In The video 50 Plus!Screen plants; At time marker 40:20, what is that upright shape plant that's behind you? Thank you in advance. As always, I thoroughly enjoy every one of your videos.❤❤
Thank you for the answer about the lemon thyme. I planted it and it’s starting to leaf out even more which surprised me. It looks like it’s grown a half inch already. I’ll definitely cover it when it’s below freezing. I didn’t even think about the ground being so wet. I just loved that yellow variegation on it. It was so pretty I couldn’t pass it up.
Works good for me in cocoa lined planters, it's the only way to keep them dry enough in north Georgia. They lasted 3 years
@@katiekane5247 I hear you! Pruning is key with them. I have wet soil here in Midwest but mine is going on ten years without being covered (zone 5 to 6 now 6b).
I was going to say the same about pruning it. (8b, was 7a, here in SC) I have had two sides of a narrow mulched path lined with lemon thyme for 20 years. It got totally out of hand with colonizing and getting out of its bounds. I learned, and now I am pretty brutal with it several times a year only after its spring blooming time and keeping in mind how beautiful it is in winter with its color. I love it so much now, especially in mid-spring when it is in bloom. @@sherriianiro747
Hard to believe that the "aceae" shirt doesn't come in GREEN! 😜
Happy Sunday! I was wondering if you have any advice for growing basil (in a container)? I was able to grow basil without a problem when we lived in south Florida, but we now live in north Florida and I went through 4 basil plants last year. I moved it to different places (I think I have 4 micro climates on the property) and tried various watering techniques. Every basil plant died. We live in zone 9b… used to be 9a, coastal northeast florida. Thanks for sharing your knowledge… the beagle brothers said to say “baroooo” or hello) to holly and griffin.
Hi Jim thank for all the knowledge you provide. I am here in zone 7b/8a North Carolina. When is the best time to transplant a candy corn spirea and butterfly bush. Thank you again
Wonderful Q&A as always. When is the best time to transplant iris in zone 7b. Last year we created a retaining bed for the purpose of holding plants till this year. Similar to what you did in your vegetable garden. We have family heirloom iris in there. Grandma bred them to be pink over years and years. Because they mean so much we don’t want them to be damaged. I’d Google something like this normally but these are precious flowers and I trust your opinion.
Love the shirt!!!
Jim, what are your strategies to combat Fungus Gnats when starting seeds indoors?
Hey, can you talk about bush base maintenance? For example, I’m a new gardener and I had a really nice Azalea bush that got overrun withwith greenbrier vine and Virginia creeper, but I could have avoided it if I would have known how to properly prune and maintain the bases. Should they be mulched? How do you keep vines, etc out? Thanks!!
Hey Jim, any ideas on removing chinese privet that is growing in the middle of my neighbors old azalea . Thanks for any thoughts. Love your knowledge.
I have the same issue with privet growing everywhere. I need tips on large almost tree size down to tiny shoots in the ground. I heard their root system is quite shallow but I don’t have a tractor to pull up the small tree sized privet. And you have to get all of the root and keep at it because they will keep growing back. It’s why glyphosate is usually recommended to stop privet.
Hi Jim, love your channel! We live in Greensboro, NC (just down the road!). We have a row of Leland Cypress trees that provide much needed privacy. I’m not sure how old they are, but we’ve lived here for 11 years and they were super tall when we moved here. They have been dying from the bottom, and we’re losing our natural fence. The lawn significantly drops off behind the trees, but I would like to build up with a retaining wall, and put in another row of trees. They would be east facing. What type of tree would be fast growing? Leland cypress, arborvitae or something else? Thanks so much! Denise McDonald
Jim, any ideas on how to deal with leaf damage from a rotary sprinkler head. Several of our large flower beds are irrigated with water from our septic system which has worked well but the rotary sprinkler head seems to be burning the leaves from the mechanical force of the spray hitting the leaves. Any ideas on what we can do to decrease the damage or alternatives to using that septic water but not damaging the plants from the mechanical force?
Do you have a video about how to divide iris versicolor? I am also interested in tips on which rhizomes to keep/discard. Thanks!
In Raleigh, what temperatures trigger the spring awakening? Our winter temps are usually above freezing (highs in the 50s and lows around freezing).
My neighbor has some mature azaleas along my driveway. They have beautiful blooms and are a nice screen. Unfortunately they overhang my drive and make it a challenge to access my vehicles. Would a hard prune of about a third of the plants to get them back to the property line hurt the plants? If so, for the health of the plants is it best to wait until after they bloom?
Zone 8a Dallas TX region. Plants you can recommend for a narrow flowerbed which is in full sun during summer and full shade during winter.
Texas pink root and Turk’s cap. Definitely recommend Turk’s cap as it blooms a ton throughout the year and tolerates both sun and shade
Coneflower, alyssum, pincushion flower(scabiosa), bachelors buttons, sage, tickseed, maybe some artichokes grown for flowers, sunflowers, zinnias(my husbands favorite) lantana(depends on how large your space is and if it’s invasive in your area), butterfly bush and black eyed Susan.
@@dia9491 Graciously appreciated. I should have been a bit more clearer, I was looking for some all year bush or perrennial, not annuals. But thank you for your suggestions.
Not too far from you but mystic spires has been a powerhouse in my area and bloomed all the way through a hard freeze. Penstemon, sedum, Russian sage are a few other perennial upright options. Yews, boxwood, or dwarf Holly’s, podocarpus (you’ll need to size prune) would work too.
@@amm7862 thank you for the great suggestions. I'll definitely now going to look for these this season. I appreciate your reply.
As a fellow North Carolinian, what are your thoughts on Sweetgum trees? Nuisance or great native?
Ugh, I'm glad I don't live in a house with a c̶a̶l̶t̶r̶o̶p̶s̶ ̶t̶r̶e̶e̶ sweetgum tree outside anymore. The luna moths it attracts are pretty, though.
Hey Jim (and Stephanie). Thanks again for your thoughtful insights to all aspects of gardening.... Question... We saw your video last year about the Ralston Hardy Viburnum. We live in Greensboro, NC in a microclimate that must be at least 1/2 zone less than the rest of the city, more like 7a (definitely not 8a as the new zone map states). Last year, with the 5 degree Christmas event, the Ralston hardy lost ALL of its leaves, and we just thought it was the extreme cold that happened so quickly. This January, we have had one evening of 16 degrees, and stayed below 32 for 2-3 days.... and again the Ralston 'Hardy' has no leaves .... I'm guessing this is what we can expect, so we might move them as it is in our front yard and would like an evergreen plant that stays or can be kept 3'x3 max. Your thoughts? Thanks again for all the information you share! A suggestion: You should take Steph to 'Little Palm Island' while you are in the Keys!
Sun or shade?
These are in 5- 6 hours of sun... with a bit more now with our oaks being deciduous right now.
Hi Jim. I was wondering if you had any recommendations for shade happy privacy screen plants.
I have to plant a privacy screen on the north side of my property under some oak trees. I do believe that some areas might get afternoon sunlight. Not much grows in the area bc of high deer traffic.
Hopefully there’s something? Is this possible or do I just have to put up a fence? Natives to East TN preferred, if possible.
Thanks!
- Frances
15 year old Japanese maple tree. Was placed too close to the house. Instead of fighting with the growth and doing hard prunes. Would it be more wise to just remove the tree entirely?
Bump for this question. I have a Japanese maple next to my house we’re thinking of removing.
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INFORMATION. I HAVE A QUESTION I LIVE IN PADUCAH KY AND I THINK ITS A 7 OR 7B ON THE NEW ZONE MAP. I NEED TO KNOW WHAT MY CHOICES FOR PRIVACY SHRUBS IN THE SHADE WITH ONLY A TINY BIT OF FILTERED SUN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WHEN I LOOK THEM UP OR WATCH VIDEOS THEY ALWAYS END UP SAYING THEY DO BETTER WITH SOME SUN. NOT FULL SHADE. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS? THANK YOU
Hey neighbor! I live in Paducah too! 👋
Thanks, Jim!
Question: I’m in 9a (formerly 8b) north central FL, and we planted a Sweetbay magnolia grown and sold by UF that is multi-trunk and is now sending up even more. I’m assuming it will all grow together okay, but I’ve only ever seen them as single trunk specimens when full grown. Have you ever seen multiple saplings stuck together in one pot survive well to maturity?
Thank you for all of your advice over the years!
I watched your video on contorting a Japanese Maple. I ordered one from Mr Maple that I want to use your technique on. Is it best to wait until it has green leaves before using the wire or can you do it anytime? I can’t wait until the next update!
Question. The last couple years, squirrels have taken my tomatoes off the plant while they are green. I find them throughout the yard nibbled on. Do you have any suggestions on how to prevent that? They have chewed through thick plastic trash cans trying to get bird seed.
I recommend putting out a bird bath so they can get some water. The bird bath is also so the birds don’t go after your tomatoes. Any animals that go after tomatoes is usually due to thirst. I’ve had a bird bath up since day 1 of my garden and have had no problems.
Thanks for more great info!
I’m in Carteret County NC, zone 8b. I have 3 large, established evergreen shrubs that I want to transplant in another month or so. Yesterday I root pruned them in preparation for the move. I'm wondering how much is too much when cutting back the top growth ? It’ll definitely be easier to dig up and handle them if I cut them back fairly hard but I don’t want to overdo it. Thanks for any advice you have to give! Love your channel!!
Is it normal for Farfugium japonica aka Leopard plant Gigantea to die down to the ground in zone 8a, Cary NC? I see it’s evergreen in Charleston…I planted it last Spring and it grew a ton and am hopeful it will come back. It was about to bloom but frost knocked the blooms down
I live in the Pacific Northwest about 5 miles from Ocean in 9B 20 minutes from the Oregon border. Six months out of the year it rains pretty consistently but six months out of the year it is dry. I have a redbud tree and a container that has never flowered. I don’t know what kind it is as it was sent to me from the Audubon Society un-labeled. I would like to get it to flower but I don’t know what kind of fertilizer to give it or when. I want to plant it in the ground sometime this spring. Should I leave it in the container and try to get it to flower first and then plant it next year? Go ahead and plant it this year and hope for the best?
My Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry, similar size to yours, has one large root stretching at 4ft out to one side. There is no significant root growth around the rest of the rootball. Is there any way to encourage growth around the rest of the rootball?
It was planted (prior to finding your channel and learning things) in the ground while still inside its Root Pouch, as per instructions of the selling nursery. I just ripped out a dormant perennial (becoming too aggressive for my garden)next to it, which led to me digging around the Serviceberry and making this discovery. I lifted it out a bit to remove the root pouch, and was wondering if I should just fill back in around it (what I've done for now), or treat it like a plant with a bound root ball and make some cuts. Thoughts?
Hi Jim! I recently planted 5 gallon little Ollie shrubs and we were hit with the arctic blast in north texas 8b. I mulched them and watered before but they are in really bad shape. Will these recover? Or are little Ollie’s sensitive to such cold temps. I can’t seem to find much info on its cold tolerance only heat. Should they be cut back as their stems look dried out or frozen dry.
I been pondering on the mulch rotation for my front beds as they have been pine bark for the past 8 years and I have only had to mulch 3 times cause it breaks down so slowly. Partly the reason I’ve done so plus it smells like the woods after it rains. But should I do hardwood mulch for a season or two? There’s really no cost difference either
Jim,
In the 2nd half of this video, what is the larger-leaved plant to your left (camera view right)?
Thank you. 😊
In case Jim or other experts do not get back to you, could it be a sweetbay magnolia?
Hello Jim, I have 3 10-20 yr old Osmanthus fragrans. They suffered during the cold snap of 23, and extensive heat and drought of the summer. They look pretty ragged, and I just did a severe pruning on one of them-I took off 1/3 of the top of the shrub, and I pruned inner branches as well. It's now completely naked...My question for you is, do you think they might have a chance of recovering? I am in MS zone 8b in clay soil.
Ive bought the abvorite fern and love it!!! I am looking to add more selaginella. Which other ones do you like and where do you recommend purchasing? A lot of what I am finding is targeted towards terrariums. Zone 8 Fuquay-Varina
What can I plant over the daffodils near my mailbox? After they bloom, they die off and the space is so barren the rest of the year. Any recommendations on local (Raleigh ) low maintenance groundcover?
Ive ordered a bare root flame seedless grape. What should I do when it arrives? When should it go in the ground Zone 8 Fuquay-Varina
I can't see any root flare on an Eastern redbud that landscapers installed a few years ago in my parents' yard (Maryland). Do I need to raise it, and if so, what method would you recommend?
A while ago you mentioned you where making the garden self contained. How did that go? Are you still self contained?
I have some cabbages outside and I noticed one was looking not too good. Being in 7b N.C. I was surprised to find litle gray looking eggs on several leaves😳 what the heck! What can I do?????⚠️⚠️
I'll be using Espoma fertilizer this spring in my garden...shrubs and perennials. There are so many choices. Will Plant-tone be the overall best to use?
He answered this in a recent video. Basically yeah, it's fine, for the most part they're not THAT much different. The exception would be if you need to change the pH of your soil, then get one appropriate for which way you're trying to adjust it.
Hey Jim! I am in Maryland-7b/a and rolling into my second season of a flower bed. I have a Pugster butterfly bush and it still has most of its foliage on it over the winter. It was planted early summer of 2023. I don’t think this is normal. Any thoughts?
What is the best grass for charlotte NC?
What happens if the chip drop contains trees that were diseased? Thanks Jim.
Quoting a Washington State U article: "Most studies indicate that diseased mulch cannot transmit pathogens to the roots of healthy trees. Fungal communities found in wood chip mulches are generally decomposers, not pathogens. Under healthy soil conditions, beneficial and harmless fungi can out-compete pathogens for space on plant roots. Furthermore, healthy plants are not susceptible to opportunistic pathogens such as Armillaria and Phytophthora, which are often ubiquitous but inactive in well-managed soils."
So as long as you're using it around healthy plants that are healthy and not stressed in some way, it should be fine.
Is it a fools errand to try to grow scabiosa in zone 9 with humidity?
Hi Jim! What do you think about Bradford Pear trees? Why the sudden hatred? Are there any other popular American trees that went from popular to hated in a short period?
1) They've become a highly invasive plant, when they were originally thought to be unable to reproduce. 2) They have a weak branching structure, making them fragile and prone to breakage. 3) A lot of people hate the smell. Get a nice dogwood or something instead.
They smell bad and split easily. Crepe Myrtles as they are planted in too small of spaces and end up getting Crepe murdered and look terrible after. River Birch, they drop sticks all the time. I am sure there are more. Best to do a lot of research before planting a tree for sure. I have 4 stumps to prove that fact. 😀
Thank you for the video
Chip drop is a joke
I even asked Wright company cutting trees and ask them and nothing. All they had to do was to drive 3 miles, but they went to the dump. Waste
I can't get them out here either, everyone should be willing to do this! I don't get it 😭
Likely someone requested it and then complained about what they got. Dropped in wrong spot or folks thought they'd get mulch looking material, not rough chips with leaves and sticks. Just a few complaints and the companies would decide it's not worth it. It's a shame but I can see how it could happen.
As far as availability goes, I would note that it varies seasonally. If you place a request at the same time everyone else is, you might be waiting for a while. And my house is only like 1/3 mile off the highway, so probably an attractive spot for tree service trucks who would be driving that way anyway.
Post your request when the power companies are trimming the trees conflicting with the lines. I got a bunch and I use it all the time. But I have plenty of land on which to store it and a garden tractor to load and apply it.
Or if there's been a big storm and lots of trees were damaged, obviously there's probably gonna be more available.
Large 30 year old pink striped camellia reverting a lot, billowing blooms, looks like scale on leaves and gold stripe in middle of leaves. Obviously stressed! How can I help this beauty get healthier? 9A. Other camellias next to it seem okay.
What is barkscale
Basically it's an infestation of small insects that can cover the bark. Look up Introduction to Scale Insects on Google, the University of Maryland has a good article.
What’s your favorite plant family? More specifically, which plant family is most interesting to you in winter? I love your favorite plant of the month videos so I’d like to know which plant family this season is the most interesting to you.
Something is chewing on the limbs of my Japanese maple. I assume it is squirrels. Will this harm the tree? Is there anything I can do to prevent further damage? Kennesaw, GA 7b/8a
John or Jim?