I planted 5 standard variety osmanthus that are young, but the minute they were planted they started putting on inches and inches of new growth. I can’t believe how fast they grow! Their fragrance is the best in the world, in my opinion!
Another great video! Every video you post, I learn something. Especially how you treated those roots. It's important to show people how to do that vs just tell them. Thanks for all you do.
On Jim’s recommendations I have bought, as screening plants, the following: Roman Candle podocarpus, FL illicium, Sunshine ligustrum, Carolina Midnight loropetalum, osmanthus fragrans, Leann Cleyera, Coppertop viburnum, Jane saucer magnolia, Little Gem magnolia, Juliet Cleyera (my new all-time favorite Cleyera) and many, many more. They are all growing amazingly fast and are SO beautiful. Listen to Jim and you won’t go wrong! 👍😊 (And, “Plant it high and it won’t die, plant it low and it won’t grow.” So true, thanks, Jim!) (Edited to fix ligustrum to loropetalum. I knew it started with an “L”! 😆)
Literally nothing considered invasive on her list. I have seen cleyera seed itself in the deep south near new Orleans. Sunshine Ligustrum doesn't flower.
Thanks for this - I did that kind of surgery on my $10 crabapple from Lowes that was pitiful - I gave it a good planting after the surgery and it sprung back to life immediately....I just wanted it to live so it will be fun watching it grow now - even if it's slow 🙂
Never knew about the usage of copper inside potted plants. Interesting! I do the same pruning and teasing-out procedure to break up root-bound plants. I keep on saying this, but I must purchase one of those handy-dandy trenching shovels! 😁
Thanks for this "basics" planting video. No matter what level of home gardener you are, you can always learn or be reminded of some little basic that you need to re-incorporate into your planting routine. For me: Soil conditioner. I forgot about soil conditioner. After my last bag, I didn't rebuy. Heading to Home Depot today to pick up a few bags. Thanks Jim!
Hi Susan, how you are doing? Jim putnam and Stephany were just hare. AND now Jim is showing us how to handle roots bount plants 🪴. AMAZING what they do. Talk with you later.
@Ram Giberson Hi Ram! I saw the photo of your garden on Jim's Instagram when he and Stephany stopped by recently. Your garden looks beautiful this time of year! Very colorful! 🍂🍁🍂🍁
I’ve been wanting to remove the only Azela I have for a few years now. It’s underplanted to a Burning Bush. It basically swallows it during the end of Spring / Summer in this particular bed, growing wide. Thank you for speaking to the root ball when dining it up.
While shoveling like you did, I also had to use an ax to remove my azaleas -- those roots were awfully thick and could not be cut with a shovel. They were also decades old.
I have been doing that root pruning technique for many years, especially on my houseplants that I can't pot up into a larger pot; sort of like you do with Bonsai. Wish I could grow the Osmanthus in my zone 7a but I don't really have a suitable microclimate to put one in. Thank you for sharing, oh, and "hi, Holly"!
Heidi! 😍 Glad to have it confirmed that I do my digging up process like the pros! I have very heavy clay with lots of trees around, so sometimes I perforate my cuts first with a garden fork if I can't get the shovel in.
This azalea video is so timely. We are swapping azaleas & hydrangea bushes. We removed some trees, so it's changed the light in the yard, but luckily we have plants we can just swap out for one another.
I have never held on to a potted plant that long, I was told to plant soon and that over wintering potted plants is too risky, but since you were a nursery owner I’m sure you knew what you were doing.
I purchased an osmanthus last year, and it has been thriving in a 2.5-gallon pot. I reside in zone 9b. However, for reasons unknown, it recently began showing signs of browning at the tips, starting from the lower leaves. Even the new growth is exhibiting this . Concerned, I decided to repot it into a 5-gallon container, 5 days ago, discovered that it was completely root-bound. Despite its apparent health, I refrained from trimming any roots at the time. I just saw your video, now, I'm considering whether I should follow the same treatment you have demonstrated to other root-bound plants for this osmanthus. It has been consistently blooming with small white flowers since I acquired it, and I have grown quite fond of it. The persistent browning of the leaf tips has been a cause for worry. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. thank you so much.
I would not do this with many palms since their roots don't branch like dicots. They actually grow new roots from their base That's why you see the hurricane cut palmettos with very few roots and they actually survive if cared for. Thanks Jim for your videos!
Hi Jim, thanks for the tips! When “pre-digging” the root ball would it help to use some type of fertilizer to encourage the roots and help the transplant recover?
I sometimes use a weak water soluble solution such as miracle grow or peter's in the transplanting hole before setting the plant. Pour a gallon or so into the empty hole and let it soak in all the way. That puts nutrients into the dirt out from the root ball so they'll be encouraged to grow outward. Can't say it always works, but I've had some success. Good Luck!
I had a big tree removed and left a big hole in the ground . Since I won’t have much native soil to mix into it , what do you suggest to replace that soil that’s missing ?
Sounds like Nurseries Caroliniana is a good place to order from? Im wanting 'Party Lights' - but they have so many kinds! Thanks for another great video :)
Could this root therapy be done when you're up-potting an existing container shrub? I have a couple that I just know must be like kudzu vines in there.
In UK I doubt if we can safely grow Osmanthus Fragrans ourside, but I have an Osmanthus Burkwoodii. It is led fragrant but has grown to about 12' h and a few weeks ago I cloud pruned it. Looks completely scaled at the moment but if it survived should look amazing in a year or so. Instead of the I. Fragrans, for winter scent I grow Sarcococca Confusa. Do you have this where you are?
Watching you take off and cut so much root, I was thinking you should also reduce the top, and low! you did just in time for me to not yell at you for diminishing the plant's potential to survive. When I have plants, starts, or bulbs and tubers to find homes for I put them on the nearest street corner with a big "Free" sign and they disappear, sometimes within hours. These are side streets, no busy vehicle traffic, but there are a lot of walkers with and without dogs. (Also, I suspect one of my downstream neighbors is on the lookout for stuff. Fine with me, it finds a home.) Don't know if that would work for you, at least at first, but after people find out there's occasionally plants there they'll be on the lookout and it'll go fast. Good Luck.
I planted 5 standard variety osmanthus that are young, but the minute they were planted they started putting on inches and inches of new growth. I can’t believe how fast they grow! Their fragrance is the best in the world, in my opinion!
Another great video! Every video you post, I learn something. Especially how you treated those roots. It's important to show people how to do that vs just tell them. Thanks for all you do.
Never knew that about the copper inside a pot. That’s good to know.
On Jim’s recommendations I have bought, as screening plants, the following: Roman Candle podocarpus, FL illicium, Sunshine ligustrum, Carolina Midnight loropetalum, osmanthus fragrans, Leann Cleyera, Coppertop viburnum, Jane saucer magnolia, Little Gem magnolia, Juliet Cleyera (my new all-time favorite Cleyera) and many, many more. They are all growing amazingly fast and are SO beautiful. Listen to Jim and you won’t go wrong! 👍😊
(And, “Plant it high and it won’t die, plant it low and it won’t grow.” So true, thanks, Jim!)
(Edited to fix ligustrum to loropetalum. I knew it started with an “L”! 😆)
@Chris Wooten North Carolina Exactly which species are invasive and to which state/area?
Literally nothing considered invasive on her list. I have seen cleyera seed itself in the deep south near new Orleans. Sunshine Ligustrum doesn't flower.
@@JimPutnam Yes, exactly. Clearly he hasn’t been watching your videos as long as I have because you’ve spoken on that topic many, many times. 👍😊
Holly sure is a gentle garden dog. Hope she's doing well. Thanks for the tip on root bound plants.
Thanks for this - I did that kind of surgery on my $10 crabapple from Lowes that was pitiful - I gave it a good planting after the surgery and it sprung back to life immediately....I just wanted it to live so it will be fun watching it grow now - even if it's slow 🙂
Nice seeing this, similar to the way I was taught, and no bags of Biotone in sight.
Good old fashioned gardening Jim along with all the nuggets of wisdom. Thanks so much for this one!
My husband popped in and watched a bit saying Man, this guy's knowledgeable! Yes, he surely is.
Fudingzhu Osmanthus selling out everywhere since this video aired this morning 🙌🤣just ordered two of them!! Great video Jim👩🏻🌾
Never knew about the usage of copper inside potted plants. Interesting! I do the same pruning and teasing-out procedure to break up root-bound plants. I keep on saying this, but I must purchase one of those handy-dandy trenching shovels! 😁
Thanks for this "basics" planting video. No matter what level of home gardener you are, you can always learn or be reminded of some little basic that you need to re-incorporate into your planting routine. For me: Soil conditioner. I forgot about soil conditioner. After my last bag, I didn't rebuy. Heading to Home Depot today to pick up a few bags. Thanks Jim!
Hi Susan, how you are doing? Jim putnam and Stephany were just hare. AND now Jim is showing us how to handle roots bount plants 🪴. AMAZING what they do. Talk with you later.
@Ram Giberson Hi Ram! I saw the photo of your garden on Jim's Instagram when he and Stephany stopped by recently. Your garden looks beautiful this time of year! Very colorful! 🍂🍁🍂🍁
That's a great tip for a root bound plant, thanks Jim
Thanks for watching!
I’ve been wanting to remove the only Azela I have for a few years now. It’s underplanted to a Burning Bush. It basically swallows it during the end of Spring / Summer in this particular bed, growing wide. Thank you for speaking to the root ball when dining it up.
While shoveling like you did, I also had to use an ax to remove my azaleas -- those roots were awfully thick and could not be cut with a shovel. They were also decades old.
I have been doing that root pruning technique for many years, especially on my houseplants that I can't pot up into a larger pot; sort of like you do with Bonsai. Wish I could grow the Osmanthus in my zone 7a but I don't really have a suitable microclimate to put one in. Thank you for sharing, oh, and "hi, Holly"!
Heidi! 😍 Glad to have it confirmed that I do my digging up process like the pros! I have very heavy clay with lots of trees around, so sometimes I perforate my cuts first with a garden fork if I can't get the shovel in.
Garden fork is a good idea. Thanks, I'll try that under my trees.
A good quality chopstick (not the cheap free ones the take out places throw in your bag) works wonderfully to detangle roots.
Good morning! Thanks for watching
I keep a hand size 3 time implement that got run over. It's not ruined, it's modified 😂
Very helpful video, thanks!
The edgeworthia is HUGE now, looks great!! How was flowering last year? Can you remind us of the cultivar?
This azalea video is so timely. We are swapping azaleas & hydrangea bushes. We removed some trees, so it's changed the light in the yard, but luckily we have plants we can just swap out for one another.
I heard the shrub screaming all the way up in Michigan ! 🍁🍂🍁🦃💚🙃
Cristo krial now, how to handle roots bount. Thank you, Jim Putnam ❤
Enjoyed this one. It’s helpful to see how you address issues in your garden. Curious how far you planted the Osmanthus from your foundation?
I had a neighbor who owned a nursery for decades. She said, for example, when you buy a new azalea, to take an axe and "bust up those roots."
Any species you feel would freak out if you loosened roots that much? Also curious about root washing rhododendron..
I have never held on to a potted plant that long, I was told to plant soon and that over wintering potted plants is too risky, but since you were a nursery owner I’m sure you knew what you were doing.
I purchased an osmanthus last year, and it has been thriving in a 2.5-gallon pot. I reside in zone 9b. However, for reasons unknown, it recently began showing signs of browning at the tips, starting from the lower leaves. Even the new growth is exhibiting this . Concerned, I decided to repot it into a 5-gallon container, 5 days ago, discovered that it was completely root-bound. Despite its apparent health, I refrained from trimming any roots at the time. I just saw your video, now, I'm considering whether I should follow the same treatment you have demonstrated to other root-bound plants for this osmanthus. It has been consistently blooming with small white flowers since I acquired it, and I have grown quite fond of it. The persistent browning of the leaf tips has been a cause for worry. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. thank you so much.
I would not do this with many palms since their roots don't branch like dicots. They actually grow new roots from their base That's why you see the hurricane cut palmettos with very few roots and they actually survive if cared for. Thanks Jim for your videos!
佛顶珠 （ fo ding zhu) literal meaning is "pearl (jewelry) on buddha's head".
Hi Jim, thanks for the tips! When “pre-digging” the root ball would it help to use some type of fertilizer to encourage the roots and help the transplant recover?
Jim has addressed this in a couple of the Q&A videos. He says no,not necessary. He fertilizes ONCE(!) In early spring, early March.
I sometimes use a weak water soluble solution such as miracle grow or peter's in the transplanting hole before setting the plant. Pour a gallon or so into the empty hole and let it soak in all the way. That puts nutrients into the dirt out from the root ball so they'll be encouraged to grow outward. Can't say it always works, but I've had some success. Good Luck!
I had a big tree removed and left a big hole in the ground . Since I won’t have much native soil to mix into it , what do you suggest to replace that soil that’s missing ?
Sounds like Nurseries Caroliniana is a good place to order from? Im wanting 'Party Lights' - but they have so many kinds!
Thanks for another great video :)
Could this root therapy be done when you're up-potting an existing container shrub? I have a couple that I just know must be like kudzu vines in there.
Root "therapy". I love that!
I perform the same surgery on my root bound plants. What kind of plant will go in place of the other azalea, something interesting I bet.
In UK I doubt if we can safely grow Osmanthus Fragrans ourside, but I have an Osmanthus Burkwoodii. It is led fragrant but has grown to about 12' h and a few weeks ago I cloud pruned it. Looks completely scaled at the moment but if it survived should look amazing in a year or so. Instead of the I. Fragrans, for winter scent I grow Sarcococca Confusa. Do you have this where you are?
Watching you take off and cut so much root, I was thinking you should also reduce the top, and low! you did just in time for me to not yell at you for diminishing the plant's potential to survive. When I have plants, starts, or bulbs and tubers to find homes for I put them on the nearest street corner with a big "Free" sign and they disappear, sometimes within hours. These are side streets, no busy vehicle traffic, but there are a lot of walkers with and without dogs. (Also, I suspect one of my downstream neighbors is on the lookout for stuff. Fine with me, it finds a home.) Don't know if that would work for you, at least at first, but after people find out there's occasionally plants there they'll be on the lookout and it'll go fast. Good Luck.
If that shovel could talk :)
So true!
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Every time i have done this it dies anyway...im a .great plant killer
Oh no! If it struggles I would cut it back. It's a ton of damage and reducing the plant size helps balance that. Thanks for watching!