I recommend all types of basil be added to all gardens. There are a huge selections of colors of the leaves and flowers that can be used in cooking or tea. Basil is very easy to grow from seed and root cuttings in water. A lot of pests of various sizes and species don’t like the smell so you can direct sow or have them in pots around plants that are expensive or pest susceptible. Basil can be grown as a perennial in some zones and self sows if allowed or grown indoors.
Excellent idea! I've got Thai basil and Genovese basil in my raised beds, but I can really see it making a beautiful and useful addition to "ornamental" spaces. Purple basil is especially gorgeous!! I'll have to start using it for visual interest, thanks for watching and for the suggestion!!
I looked them up, very perfect! The jagged leaf shape is also very fitting for the textures I'm going for. Awesome suggestion, I'll hunt around for one!!
You could have also just cut the roots of the hellebore with the hori hori knife. Not cutting them off but a crosswise cut to open up the inside of the root structure before planting.
That would have saved me a lot of time!! This was the most root-bound plant I'd ever encountered so I was a little stunned lol! Thanks for watching and I appreciate your helpful comment!!
@@sandra_gorden I love the blacks, the deep purples, and the dark reds. And some orange. I planted a mystery crape myrtle. If it comes out pink I don't know what I'm gonna do.
@@nathanroden4941 I love the purple + orange combo. Milkweed and coneflowers, not inherently "spooky" plants, but in the right context they really vibe with a darker color palette. Pink is pretty punk!! I'd say it still fits in, at least that's what I tell my cosmos...
As someone who has an entire "witches garden," I am so jazzed to have come across this video. Love all your picks - my brunnera is a deer magnet despite the "deer resistant" lies I was told. :(
The deer are drawn to your witchy garden! It sounds lovely to me hahaha, but I know they can be a real pain! I get a lot of skunks, opossums, bunnies, squirrels... but I hope to someday have a space big enough where deer are a concern lol. Thanks for watching! Enjoy your magical garden
Just a tip. I got a Winecraft Black Smokebush last year and over winter the rabbits destroyed it by biting away and down the branches. Do yourself a favor and put a cage around it before winter starts. You'll thank me when you have blooms the following year. Save yourself the grief lol
Beautiful natural looking garden and great plant selections, they are the bees knees.
Thank you so much!! I'm still smitten by them! I'm very excited to see how they grow into the space, updates to come.
I recommend all types of basil be added to all gardens. There are a huge selections of colors of the leaves and flowers that can be used in cooking or tea. Basil is very easy to grow from seed and root cuttings in water. A lot of pests of various sizes and species don’t like the smell so you can direct sow or have them in pots around plants that are expensive or pest susceptible. Basil can be grown as a perennial in some zones and self sows if allowed or grown indoors.
Excellent idea! I've got Thai basil and Genovese basil in my raised beds, but I can really see it making a beautiful and useful addition to "ornamental" spaces. Purple basil is especially gorgeous!! I'll have to start using it for visual interest, thanks for watching and for the suggestion!!
@@sandra_gorden Lots of dark vibe basils, too.
A royal raindrops crabapple would fit your palette so well. Pink blooms in spring, but a moody green/burgundy foliage.
I looked them up, very perfect! The jagged leaf shape is also very fitting for the textures I'm going for. Awesome suggestion, I'll hunt around for one!!
You could have also just cut the roots of the hellebore with the hori hori knife. Not cutting them off but a crosswise cut to open up the inside of the root structure before planting.
That would have saved me a lot of time!! This was the most root-bound plant I'd ever encountered so I was a little stunned lol! Thanks for watching and I appreciate your helpful comment!!
Yay! So happy I found this channel. Love the whole vibe
Thank you so much, I'm glad you found me!!! Welcome friend :)
SAME!
I am also into somewhat goth-gardening.Weird, huh?
I'm a former Hot Topic kid, some things never change. My hobbies may have matured a bit, but weirdos stay weird!!
@@sandra_gorden I love the blacks, the deep purples, and the dark reds. And some orange. I planted a mystery crape myrtle. If it comes out pink I don't know what I'm gonna do.
@@nathanroden4941 I love the purple + orange combo. Milkweed and coneflowers, not inherently "spooky" plants, but in the right context they really vibe with a darker color palette. Pink is pretty punk!! I'd say it still fits in, at least that's what I tell my cosmos...
As someone who has an entire "witches garden," I am so jazzed to have come across this video. Love all your picks - my brunnera is a deer magnet despite the "deer resistant" lies I was told. :(
The deer are drawn to your witchy garden! It sounds lovely to me hahaha, but I know they can be a real pain! I get a lot of skunks, opossums, bunnies, squirrels... but I hope to someday have a space big enough where deer are a concern lol. Thanks for watching! Enjoy your magical garden
Just a tip. I got a Winecraft Black Smokebush last year and over winter the rabbits destroyed it by biting away and down the branches. Do yourself a favor and put a cage around it before winter starts. You'll thank me when you have blooms the following year. Save yourself the grief lol
This is excellent advice!! Thank you so much, the bunnies have been relentless so I will definitely be doing this.
@@sandra_gorden If you have any other new wooded shrubs be sure to cage them as well. I discovered some girdling on my newly planted arborbiteas.
I'll protect my black elderberries too just in case!! I wonder if rabbits like fig trees...