Thanks so much mom! I’m so excited about the willow too. I did that trick you told me about with poking holes around the root base after all of the preceding rain. Love you💗
The nandina are not only invasive but also the fruit is bad for our birds. Glad you’re getting reed of them. Autumn safe would be great, also white mistflower the amount of pollinators that attract is amazing.Thank you for sharing your garden.
I appreciate you stopping by and sharing your input! I’ve been looking at incorporating white mistflower after visiting the Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center and seeing all the butterflies on the white mistflower. 😊
@@theplantninja-texasgardener you're welcome 😁 and thank you very much.. I know the feeling it has been 110° for a week straight out here. Hanging in there 😉 God bless you and your family 🙏
I’m so excited to have a fellow Bell county gardener here! Thanks for checking out the channel. I love sharing what I know but I equally love learning from others. Please feel free to add your green thumb thoughts on these videos😊
So beautiful! Over here, between the heat, the deer and squirrels, I've been having a hard time lol I enjoyed your flowerbeds. One thing, I had "heavenly bamboo" , Nandina, for years and the berries looked beautiful, and never created a problem with them since they are such slow growers. The one that gave me trouble was the red-bud and the seedpods, I ended up with 300 baby trees under it lol
Thanks for stopping by! I hear you on the summer struggle. This is the crucible for us as Texas gardeners. My mom has done well with her nandina as well. So far my red bud hasn’t caused any issues but I have a LOT of mulch in that bed so the pods probably aren’t taking. Take heart, fall is coming💗
I replaced my yews with native wax myrtles this year. They are doing great! (There are dwarf varieties as well as the large ones.) Ideas for nandina replacements might be Walter’s viburnum or dwarf Barbados cherry. Both native evergreens! I put both in my front bed last fall and they have done great. That desert willow is amazing! Thanks for the great tour!!
Jo! Those yews are breaking my heart but it seems like a good opportunity to incorporate some natives. Thanks for showing up with some solid recommendations!
I am wondering if some of those plants might have spider mites? Love the Desert Willow and the Texas Star. I definitely want to try some of those evergreens.
@@theplantninja-texasgardener I have heard that they love box woods. I don't have any...yet. The flowers that are not doing well that you are thinking about replacing could have spider webs. They say you can take a paper plate and thunk the plant over the plant and they will fall onto the plate. I haven't done that, but i can feel them on the leaves and sometimes see the tiny webs.
I hadn’t heard about these until this comment and I immediately had to look them up😊 They sound like a great hybrid with more color options. The info I read said the Desert Willow is more cold hardy and a bit shorter than the hybrid. Do you have one of these? If so, what’s your take on them? Thanks for mentioning chitalpas , I learned something new about a really cool tree🙌
@@theplantninja-texasgardener My sister actually has one, and it is gorgeous. My family used to live in Carlsbad NM, those are everywhere there. I love desert willows but they definitely follow their own path. The chitalpa has more height to it and can be trained a little more easily. I also like the different colors of the blooms.
This comment made my day! Thank you😊 The eventual goal is to provide landscape design consultation but I still have so much to learn about permaculture. I’ve helped a few friends with small projects(I have two videos on this) but I’d feel more comfortable providing true consultation after completing my local master gardener program. In case it might help, there is an amazing landscape designer in north texas. Her company is named “signature gardens” and she has an amazing facebook page full of inspiring design. 💗
Hey neighbor! I’m actually just west of Temple in Nolanville😊One of my favorite soil amendments is expanded shale. It helps improve drainage in clay soil. I found some in Austin at the Natural Gardener. I just started investing in native plants last year. Hands down they’re my best performers. Sometimes I get a bit neglectful with watering them because they are so easy. Learning as I go so feel free to share your thoughts as you see fit!
They will, mines die back every year. I was going to get rid of mines and now they are so pretty and green zone 5 in July. Yours are babies, it will take some time to establish.
Thanks for stopping by! I’m open to some suggestions for replacement plants. Let me know what you think!
Uhh baby, that desert willow looks amazing, your whole garden does! Great job Nat!!
Thanks so much mom! I’m so excited about the willow too. I did that trick you told me about with poking holes around the root base after all of the preceding rain. Love you💗
@@theplantninja-texasgardener so glad it helped👍
The nandina are not only invasive but also the fruit is bad for our birds. Glad you’re getting reed of them. Autumn safe would be great, also white mistflower the amount of pollinators that attract is amazing.Thank you for sharing your garden.
I appreciate you stopping by and sharing your input! I’ve been looking at incorporating white mistflower after visiting the Ladybird Johnson Wildlife Center and seeing all the butterflies on the white mistflower. 😊
🎉 Beautiful Garden
Love your RUclips handle! Thanks for the compliment…currently the garden is looking a little fried. Trying to make it to September🫠
@@theplantninja-texasgardener you're welcome 😁 and thank you very much.. I know the feeling it has been 110° for a week straight out here. Hanging in there 😉 God bless you and your family 🙏
🤗Love your succulent garden.
Thanks Angela! Minimal care, just appropriate sun exposure and water about once a month.
On the Guara. They love moisture & you have to trim off the finished blooms to flush out again. They are one of my fav perineal.
I did give it a good trim after the flowers faded in the spring. I was wondering if I wasn’t watering enough. Thanks for that feedback!🙌
So happy to find you on YT. I am in Bell County. I am a plant addict as well.
I’m so excited to have a fellow Bell county gardener here! Thanks for checking out the channel. I love sharing what I know but I equally love learning from others. Please feel free to add your green thumb thoughts on these videos😊
So beautiful! Over here, between the heat, the deer and squirrels, I've been having a hard time lol I enjoyed your flowerbeds.
One thing, I had "heavenly bamboo" , Nandina, for years and the berries looked beautiful, and never created a problem with them since they are such slow growers. The one that gave me trouble was the red-bud and the seedpods, I ended up with 300 baby trees under it lol
Thanks for stopping by! I hear you on the summer struggle. This is the crucible for us as Texas gardeners. My mom has done well with her nandina as well. So far my red bud hasn’t caused any issues but I have a LOT of mulch in that bed so the pods probably aren’t taking. Take heart, fall is coming💗
@@theplantninja-texasgardener Soon we'll be talking about "what survived after the freeze"
LOL
@@TheLivingBackyard you’re spot on!
nice sharing
Thanks for stopping by to watch!
I replaced my yews with native wax myrtles this year. They are doing great! (There are dwarf varieties as well as the large ones.)
Ideas for nandina replacements might be Walter’s viburnum or dwarf Barbados cherry. Both native evergreens! I put both in my front bed last fall and they have done great.
That desert willow is amazing!
Thanks for the great tour!!
Jo! Those yews are breaking my heart but it seems like a good opportunity to incorporate some natives. Thanks for showing up with some solid recommendations!
I am wondering if some of those plants might have spider mites? Love the Desert Willow and the Texas Star. I definitely want to try some of those evergreens.
Which ones are you thinking? Definitely didn’t consider mites but I’ll take a better look!
@@theplantninja-texasgardener I have heard that they love box woods. I don't have any...yet. The flowers that are not doing well that you are thinking about replacing could have spider webs. They say you can take a paper plate and thunk the plant over the plant and they will fall onto the plate. I haven't done that, but i can feel them on the leaves and sometimes see the tiny webs.
@@lianagilbert61 I’ll take a hard look tomorrow after work. Especially the yews, Gaura, and Texas sage. Thanks for the recommendation!
I love desert willow! Have you looked into Chitalpas? They're a hybrid of desert willows and northern catalpa. Also drought tolerant.
I hadn’t heard about these until this comment and I immediately had to look them up😊
They sound like a great hybrid with more color options. The info I read said the Desert Willow is more cold hardy and a bit shorter than the hybrid. Do you have one of these? If so, what’s your take on them? Thanks for mentioning chitalpas , I learned something new about a really cool tree🙌
@@theplantninja-texasgardener My sister actually has one, and it is gorgeous. My family used to live in Carlsbad NM, those are everywhere there. I love desert willows but they definitely follow their own path. The chitalpa has more height to it and can be trained a little more easily. I also like the different colors of the blooms.
Houston here, your garden looks beautiful!
Love the content that you have on here. Do you do consulting for landscaping?
This comment made my day! Thank you😊 The eventual goal is to provide landscape design consultation but I still have so much to learn about permaculture. I’ve helped a few friends with small projects(I have two videos on this) but I’d feel more comfortable providing true consultation after completing my local master gardener program.
In case it might help, there is an amazing landscape designer in north texas. Her company is named “signature gardens” and she has an amazing facebook page full of inspiring design. 💗
Where are you located? I am northwest of Temple in the rocky clay soil. Ughhhh not the best for gardening. Natives are my best friends!
Hey neighbor! I’m actually just west of Temple in Nolanville😊One of my favorite soil amendments is expanded shale. It helps improve drainage in clay soil. I found some in Austin at the Natural Gardener. I just started investing in native plants last year. Hands down they’re my best performers. Sometimes I get a bit neglectful with watering them because they are so easy. Learning as I go so feel free to share your thoughts as you see fit!
The Japanese Yews die back, the evergreen is not dying, so keep them.
If they make a decent recovery I definitely will.
They will, mines die back every year. I was going to get rid of mines and now they are so pretty and green zone 5 in July.
Yours are babies, it will take some time to establish.
@@DollysParadise you’ve given me hope!
I dug my yews out in MS zone 8b...I don't like the way they die back