My dad's cousin did this with the dried flower heads of giant alliums! Like you, she had a garden tour scheduled, but the alliums bloomed early. Her daughter, a florist, suggested spraypainting the flower heads--so she sprayed them blue. When we visited a bit later, Mom asked Jeanette where she'd found blue ones AND ones that bloomed later than the others. Jeanette got a funny look on her face, and then led us closer and told us what she'd done. That happened years ago, and Mom and I still tell that story!
i remember you telling this story years ago at the Bolobek open gardens. It was the funniest thing i heard all year especially when you said you had people calling up Dicksonia asking for the plant lol...
Duluxii rubra!! LOL! I definitely prefer that over pink flamingos. I wonder if the reaction would be different if you'd used some organic dye or colour. It looks great.
Love, love, love it!!! How sculptural and artistic! Any disapproval may be rooted in jealousy about your creativity. Wouldn’t do it all over the garden but as a surprise focal point in the winter garden…delightful.
I just yesterday did a bright blue one as a trial. It’s in a completely different part of my garden and if I don’t like it after a while I can cut it down, but I think I do like it. xx
I saw this in at your open garden maybe 10 years ago and asked you about the striking red plant. ‘Miscanthus duluxii’ ‘oh like the paint?’ ‘...yes...I painted it’ I felt a bit silly, so I’m glad more knowledgeable people than me have been fooled too! 🤣
I've found that if you start peeling off the lower leaves of giant miscanthus as they age out in the summer, the exposed portions of stem develop a lot of red pigment without having to do any painting!
At first I thought eww, as one of the local nurseries spray paints little 4" Heather's for the holidays and it looks bad. Your grass looks fantastic😍! I want to try this but the soil here has gone hydrophobic. I may try it I'm a container. My hubby and I watch your videos first thing on Thursday. Always interesting, educational, and well done😀
there may be others but it needs to be dead stems that are strong enough to stay upright for at least six months to make it worth while. Regards Stephen
Oh something that truely tickles my fancy. I love ❤️ the red so much but what about a red white and blue (Dutch flag) so paint the grass horizontally ! Now to buy the Micanthus and spray paint
You have no idea what you’ve done. I will meed 3 colors of paint. Bright blue for the bottom fading to a brilliant purple in the center and topped off with a fantastic red like you have here. If by chance you have one of these plants near the beginning of your drive, a fluorescent paint could help you find your way home on a rainy foggy night or assist a visitor who is looking for your drive. For those of us that tend to get carried away, snow white ping pong balls attached to the end of each stem would create a faux flower effect as they wave in the breeze, not to mention the odd sound effect of the ping pong balls hitting each other. For Halloween, you could use ping pong balls with eyes painted on them. Apparently, I am going need one on each side of my drive.
Kinda reminds me of the old Maggie Tabberer ''The Home Show'' that aired in the 80's.... Maggie would reach the end of a craft feature and say ..''now isn't that a great idea'' 😐😑😶 Like half dipping expired green agapanthus heads into luminous orange paint..as 4 me well , I'm still trying to work out how to dip them while still on the plant.
My dad's cousin did this with the dried flower heads of giant alliums! Like you, she had a garden tour scheduled, but the alliums bloomed early. Her daughter, a florist, suggested spraypainting the flower heads--so she sprayed them blue. When we visited a bit later, Mom asked Jeanette where she'd found blue ones AND ones that bloomed later than the others. Jeanette got a funny look on her face, and then led us closer and told us what she'd done. That happened years ago, and Mom and I still tell that story!
It does give us all something to smile wryly about doesn’t it.
@@thehorti-culturalists And to snicker into our sleeves about! But like others are saying: It's brilliant to be creative in our gardens.
Delightful! A labour of love for us all to enjoy. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! Regards Stephen
I absolutely love it. It's diy garden art and the new green growing through it looks stunning.
Glad you enjoyed it, who knows where we will go from here?
Well that's interesting. I think you are brilliant...in the moment 👩🌾👍
You think so?
@@thehorti-culturalists I'm a retired florist and lifetime gardener.
Hiding in plain sight is brilliant!
i remember you telling this story years ago at the Bolobek open gardens. It was the funniest thing i heard all year especially when you said you had people calling up Dicksonia asking for the plant lol...
You were obviously already aware of my ploy, but I hope you enjoyed seeing the not so real thing. Regards Stephen
I'm way to amused to be enraged...lol how wonderfully creative. Love the deluxii
A good philosophy for life!
Genius Mr Ryan!!
I'm glad you appreciate my intellect!
I think this is BRILLIANT!!!!!
I thought so too! Regards Stephen.
Duluxii rubra!! LOL! I definitely prefer that over pink flamingos. I wonder if the reaction would be different if you'd used some organic dye or colour. It looks great.
I don’t think the paint it’s self was the issue as they wouldn’t have known what I used. I think it was the fact that they were fooled
What a great idea, may try it here in the UK with perhaps a Halloween version in black and orange. Then red for Christmas 🦇🎅😁
I like the way you are thinking but be careful not to step over into vulgar!
Thinking more tacky, but thanks for the warning 😁😁
Love it.
Thanks for watching!
Love it!
So glad!
Brilliant
Thanks for watching!
That's bloody fantastic I'm definitely going to do this 😁👍🤩
Excellent!!!
Love, love, love it!!! How sculptural and artistic! Any disapproval may be rooted in jealousy about your creativity. Wouldn’t do it all over the garden but as a surprise focal point in the winter garden…delightful.
I just yesterday did a bright blue one as a trial. It’s in a completely different part of my garden and if I don’t like it after a while I can cut it down, but I think I do like it. xx
Thanks for the videos you seem both like a lots of fun
We are! Thanks for watching!
What an interesting idea
Thanks for watching!
I saw this in at your open garden maybe 10 years ago and asked you about the striking red plant.
‘Miscanthus duluxii’
‘oh like the paint?’
‘...yes...I painted it’
I felt a bit silly, so I’m glad more knowledgeable people than me have been fooled too! 🤣
Thanks for watching!
I think its a great and fun idea
Thank you!
Your a hoot mr ryan
I have always said (far too often some might say!) that gardening should be fun. xx
I love it! Reminded me of the giant yellow bamboo at first. You had me fooled too 😉
😁 Nothing like a bit of horticultural tomfoolery! Regards Stephen
Love it! ❤
Thanks for watching!
I'm inspired!! Great thing to do with the kids at school :)
Just don’t paint the kids!
I've found that if you start peeling off the lower leaves of giant miscanthus as they age out in the summer, the exposed portions of stem develop a lot of red pigment without having to do any painting!
True but never as red as mine! Regards Stephen
At first I thought eww, as one of the local nurseries spray paints little 4" Heather's for the holidays and it looks bad. Your grass looks fantastic😍! I want to try this but the soil here has gone hydrophobic. I may try it I'm a container. My hubby and I watch your videos first thing on Thursday. Always interesting, educational, and well done😀
Thanks for watching - its always a little contentious with garden visitors!
Oh man!!!! 🤣 i guess my red twig dogwood guess is a bust, lol!
you aren’t the first one to fall for it!!
This is genius. Are there any other types of grasses, or other plants in general, that one could one potentially create a duluxii variation of?
there may be others but it needs to be dead stems that are strong enough to stay upright for at least six months to make it worth while. Regards Stephen
Oh something that truely tickles my fancy. I love ❤️ the red so much but what about a red white and blue (Dutch flag) so paint the grass horizontally ! Now to buy the Micanthus and spray paint
I’ll leave that up to you. Regards Stephen
You have no idea what you’ve done. I will meed 3 colors of paint. Bright blue for the bottom fading to a brilliant purple in the center and topped off with a fantastic red like you have here.
If by chance you have one of these plants near the beginning of your drive, a fluorescent paint could help you find your way home on a rainy foggy night or assist a visitor who is looking for your drive. For those of us that tend to get carried away, snow white ping pong balls attached to the end of each stem would create a faux flower effect as they wave in the breeze, not to mention the odd sound effect of the ping pong balls hitting each other. For Halloween, you could use ping pong balls with eyes painted on them.
Apparently, I am going need one on each side of my drive.
Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Ha ha. You got me
Smoke & mirrors!
Kinda reminds me of the old Maggie Tabberer ''The Home Show'' that aired in the 80's.... Maggie would reach the end of a craft feature and say ..''now isn't that a great idea'' 😐😑😶 Like half dipping expired green agapanthus heads into luminous orange paint..as 4 me well , I'm still trying to work out how to dip them while still on the plant.
My effort is far and away a superior trick! xx
@@thehorti-culturalists I know your really busting to say ''now isn't that a great idea''😉
Can you guess where I was born in 1951?
Holland?
Horrible
All a matter of taste! I'm sure you love some things in your garden that I would feel the same about.