Painting Alliums - Wisconsin Garden Video Blog 781
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- Опубликовано: 20 июл 2017
- See More Garden Goodies: www.WisconsinGarden.com - - - Today we’re painting Alliums. We’re using spray paint over the Allium seed heads with a wide range of primary and secondary colors, neon colors, black and white, even day glow paint. About a month ago we cut down many of our allium seed heads to allow them to thoroughly dry, but we also cut some down today to see how well they hold up outdoors. We created a spray booth and will be wearing gloves, old clothes and spraying outdoors on our front porch with an additional fan for better ventilation. We experimented with this process last year and had great success using a small gauge copper coated steel rods that you can find at any building supply store to slide up and support the hollow allium stems. Once all of our alliums have been spray painted we will place them on our front yard to dry and decide which ones we will place as garden art accents throughout our Wisconsin garden.
GENIUS !!!
Hi AichKoin, it is so much fun! First time we saw them at a garden tour, we thought they were metal garden art flowers of some kind. Now we know and love putting them out when we have snow banks in the middle of winter.
Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Keep The Love Growing - Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Loved your video and your ideas were great. Your communication between each other was really lovely too. Really enjoyed your video got me out of a sad moment 🙃🙂thank you
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Your having way to much fun 😂🌸
Now can anyone even have too much fun Elaine? Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Your Wisconsin garden family. Lynn & Richard - See all of our latest garden videos on our website: www.WisconsinGarden.com.
We could also do colors for Christmas! You could slide them between the branches on your tree. Add glitter! Fun Fun Fun!
So many options with unlimited possibilities. Experiment. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Very cute idea!
Thank you Shawn for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Love the content.
You are most welcome Angel. TKS Lynn & Richard
Hello Lynn and Richard, LOL! I too, am one of those kids of age. This is such a lovely/creative project and a nice addition to any garden or I imagine would also bring joy to inside area as well. I will be planting some Alliums this fall for sure. As I've said many times, I always enjoy watching and walking away with a new idea from your garden to mine. Thanks! And, have a wonderful weekend! Your garden pal...forever!
Good morning Evelyn. We always appreciate your warm and kind comments. Seeing that Richard is really only 12, I can proudly say that this project is a hit with both children and adults. Just be careful and have lots of ventilation when spray painting anything. We think you'll be quite pleased with the variety of perennial Allium bulbs available. It is amazing how well they spread from seed. I personally scatter them all around our garden areas in fall, that is when I'm collecting seed heads. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Lynn, I hope you guys will be making a video on how you harvest the seeds. Or, have you, already and I've missed it? Thanks
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Seed Video Blog 81 - January Seeds ruclips.net/video/5NoE1Wk_w0sE/видео.htmlnjoy- TKS Lynn & Richard
Thank you, I'm off to class!
Love the Alliums colors....how fun! Thanks Lynn and Richard for this fun video! XOXO
Glad to hear you enjoyed our Allium adventures. Thank you Mary for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
wow! I've never seen anything like these, they are really fantastic!! I absolutely HAVE to copy you now. They can be stuck into a few large pots for my front porch. Top THAT, neighbors!!
Hi Dorothee. They are a true conversation piece once you put them in your yard. Be prepared because people will stop and ask you what kind of flowers did you plant. It's fun teasing them for a while and always ending with the truth. Hope you get to try it. Keep us posted. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I'm really glad I saw your video about it in time to buy bulbs. Thanks again, from Madison, WI!
I am so glad I have waited to paint mine. I think I will save mine fro Fall. I have enough flowers for now but my Fall bed will be so nice this year because of your idea. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed our Allium adventures. Thank you again Rosemary for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Beautiful! Awesome idea. I can't wait to go pick my allium now!
It's a lot of fun and creates conversations from neighbors walking past our gardens. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I love it
Glad you enjoyed our Allium adventures. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Oh my goodness, I love those. How pretty they are.. How fun is that.Big hugs!! 🐞🐞
They become so colorful when placed throughout the garden and people stop and ask what kind of flowers are those. It's a great conversation starter. This year we're going to place them outside in the snow and see how people react. Thanks again Joann for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I bet they will be beautiful in the snow. Love an huuuugs!
I won't share that four-letter 'S' word to Richard, at least not yet. TKS Lynn & Richard
Want to thank you for all your amazing videos, but especially this one. Just had fun spray painting my allium and they are stunning.
Hi Susan. Aren't they a lot of fun. I can't begin to tell you how many people stop and ask what kind of flowers are those colorful ones. So funny to see their reaction once we tell them. The response is even crazier when we place them outside in the snow during winter. People actually drive in our driveway and ask. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
These would look great painted silver or white for the holidays.
Actually Janette when painted silver they look spectacular. Hope you get a chance to try it this holiday season. If not this year, then next. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Guess I will have to plant some Alliums
Hi Dot. Glad to hear you'll want to grow them. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Such fun, great idea! 🌸🌷🌻
Hi Jane. They surely cause a lot of double takes from people passing. During winter, people actually stop and ask what kind of flowers grow in winter. Dah! But it is a conversation starter. Hope you get a chance to see some of our recent garden videos as well. We invite your to our website www.WisconsinGarden.com for a lot more goodies. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Awesome Alliums!! They look great!!
Thank you again Addie for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
What a fun idea! Boy I can't keep up with you two! After your beautiful prairie video last night I decided to stay up researching my own area's common prairie plants so I can make a trip there next week to identify plants. Now this! Haha - thank you for all your fun inspiration!
Glad we are able to bring joy and inspiration your way. Enjoy your prairie adventure as well. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
This is a great project for kids! So fun and colorful.
I will be planting alliums next season, so I can do this project. Thanks for sharing :-)
Good Morning Priya. We think you'll find this a great school and/or family-friendly activity for everyone. Glad you enjoyed our Allium adventure. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Oh how whimsical and cute looking, really great job. Love all your videos. Zone 9B Florida
Glad you enjoyed our painted allium video. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
These are very pretty additions to the garden, I have a few alliums I’m going to try painting them this year!
Hi Fay. So many stop and ask what kind of flowers they were. They were very surprise to find out they were painted alliums after drying. Such a colorful addition to any garden. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Lynn tagging the alliums.
Who knew I could tag. Thank you again Scott for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Also you could use what they call a Peter Pan flower and spray paint those and get good results to
Hi Derick. Hopefully this will inspire our viewers to try this on things they see in their garden. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
lynn your garden art is so cool looken I love them I well have to try that sometime
Hi Jackie. You won't be disappointed growing them. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
You could of painted a brown and white stripe down the orange one, and it would be a Cleveland Browns helmet. :P
Keep in mind you have to promote your team colors. We did our part for the Packers. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Your welcome
I was just tickled to find this video this morning! I have saved some allium blooms to paint and you have given me a couple of clues how to do this. My guy wants to know what kind of paint you are using so I told him I would ask you.
We just want to do patriotic colors . Red..white..blue..gold and silver.
Such fun! Lol
Hi Helen. Glad it tickled your interest. Purchased all our spray paint from Home Depot. Rust-oleum Painter's Touch Ultra Cover, including bright neon colors. Silver turned out really well. Have fun. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I sprayed mine white and aqua and layered them on top of my china cabinet.
They do make impressive displays indoors and outdoors. Lot of fun creating these natural works of art. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Also yoo two could also spray paint wind chimes each hanging bell a different color to go with all the flowers you spray painted
So many options for this. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Another channel showed them painted silver for use on Christmas trees.
The options are endless. All it takes is a creative mind and putting those ideas to use. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Stay safe, healthy and Bee happy. Lynn & Richard #KeepTheLoveGrowing - www.WisconsinGarden.com
Hello Lyn I have two big alliums in a vase ,Now I know what Im’e going to do with them! Off to the paint shop toodleoo xxx ET
You'll have fun painting them. Thanks Eileen for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Do you have any friends or neighbors who own a drone? Would love to see an aerial view of your gardens!
Hi Melanie. You must have not have been to our www.WisconsinGarden.com website where we recently posted and Aerial Garden Tour video. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Good Morning
I love these* I remember when you did them last year. Its such a fun project. What color is your favorite of them? I love them all. Have a great weekend
deezie
Good Morning Deezie. There were so many outstanding colors it really is hard to pick just one favorite. Black and silver were very dramatic in the sun, but so was neon green, yellow and orange. White also created an interesting snowflake look in summer. Who ever thought we'd become garden taggers at our age. So much fun that draws a lot of attention and questions for neighbors and kids walking past our gardens. Have a great weekend. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I've always loved these flowers but they don't grow here in south Texas,it's too hot!
They are truly amazing flowers, I agree. To be able to paint them and make them last even longer is just so much fun. Lynn & Richard
26:11 Wooster General colors!
Perhaps a new project for Wooster High School. Go Generals! TKS Lynn & Richard
Pink hair for breast cancer awareness month maybe? 🌸
Good morning again Ashleigh. We will place that on the idea list that's coming in. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Lynn.....what kind of alliums are these? Do you let them dry on the plants? What stage do you pick them? Sorry I am new to gardening so I have a lot of questions and I thank you in advance for answering😍😍
Hi Samina. You are always welcome to ask any question. Even if we don't know the answer, we'll be happy to do the research. It helps us to expand our gardening skills as well. So ask away. Because large alliums heads are a bit difficult to store indoors, we allow them to dry on the plant until dry (generally July-August in Wisconsin) then we cut and spray paint them and plant them around the garden for unusual color accents. We grow a variety of alliums, including 'Globemaster.' There are many varieties bot smaller and larger varieties, such as, Gladiator, Giganteum, Purple Sensation, Ivory Queen, and White Giant to name a few. Start with a search term and a Google search will help find the ones you may prefer for your garden. Happy New Year. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Hi Samina. We prefer to use leaves, grass clippings or straw because they decompose within a couple of seasons. Fresh wood mulch, as opposed to aged wood mulch, slightly drains nitrogen out of the topsoil and away from the plant, but it also benefit flowering plants, shrubs and trees by keeping moisture in the ground and as a covering that prevents undesirable weed seeds from germinating. We know some gardeners who use old newspaper and cardboard to prevent weeds because they also helps retain moisture and decompose over a couple of seasons. We prefer not to use wood mulch as it takes too long to decompose and also leaves planting areas too lumpy the following year. No matter where one lives, nature provides something that naturally decomposes quickly that gardeners can find as a healthier choice for mulch, especially for vegetable gardens. What does your area have that other gardeners use? Keep us posted. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
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This is one of the reasons I decided to plant some Gladiators this fall, Lyn did you plant that variety and how did turn out
Don't think we have that specific specie of Allium but we do have several very large alliums heads, just not as full as the Gladiator. Perhaps on our Future addition list. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
What if they were sprayed with 2 coats of varnish and then silver. Surely they would last years
Sounds like another possible experiment. They are pretty delicate even after spraying, especially if a bird lands on them. Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - www.WisconsinGarden.com
I had a beautiful Drum one, then the following year it was two...the third year the flower didn’t come up at all. What do you think could have caused this? Thank you central Northern Illinois
Hi Connie. A little research about Drummer alliums not flowering is often due to the wrong growing conditions such as shallow planting or planting in wet soil or soil that is too dry. Alliums love full sun, give them a good nitrogen/potash fertilizer every couple of weeks as soon as you see the flowers appear. Fertilizing can be stopped once the flowers fade. You may want to dig them up and replant them with amended soil to see if that also helps. Thanks for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Would it help to spray the Alliums with a spray glue before you paint them?
Hi Linda. I guess that would depend upon what you're trying to achieve. We don't want to add something sticky because of birds landing on them (no uncommon) and other critters passing cause them harm. Since our painted Alliums are only a seasonal decoration, we're simply decided to spray paint them to add color to our garden landscape. Have fun playing with your Alliums this year. We wish you and your family to remaining healthy, happy, having fun, being grateful, keeping the faith and ready to play in your garden soil. - #KeepTheLoveGrowing - Thank you for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard - See much more at www.WisconsinGarden.com
What's the rod called
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Woops my bad I ment you
Understood. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I would be willing to trade seeds with you for any allium seeds at all. Specially the small regular ones. We have way too much giant stuff, but I love those alliums. We are a nursery so we have no shortage of seeds. Flower seeds...lots of flowers. We sell them. Can you trade?
Does your nursery have a website we can visit? We'll gladly take a look if you do. Thanks again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
I love it
Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard
Glad you enjoyed our little allium adventures. Thank you again for watching, caring and sharing. Lynn & Richard