So glad you’re posting more content, you’re an inspiration. As I am advancing in years and am pulling back on garden expansions, editing and taking out my high maintenance plants, even though I love everyone of them, you think nothing of major changes in you garden and so I get to live vicariously through your exuberance. Thanks for taking the extra time and effort to commit to a RUclips channel, I enjoy everyone you post.
Thank you so much for being here Jennifer, and for such a nice message! I think cutting back on high maintence and keeping the simple easy care things that bring you joy sounds just right! 💜
Hi Laura, I love watching your videos! Your front and back gardens are a really good inspiration for us that live on city lots. It is truly charming and cottage-y, nicely curated, neat but not perfect. Relatable or at least potentially relatable if I get to work. . . I also like how things change and evolve, creative minds are always on the move! Looks so pretty right now, even with all the heat.
Those Floret seeds are expensive because you just buy them once then save your own seeds. Saving seeds is a very fun thing to do. I’m obsessed with seed saving now.
But you can save pretty much any seeds, not just Floret’s, so that’s not why they’re so expensive. They’re expensive because they can charge that much, and good for them. They’ve put work into developing those varieties and have grown a reputation along with their business and realize the “exclusivity” will only last so long as they make seeds available to the public and “similar” varieties come out, so they’re making as much as they can upfront. Same happens to most breeders, so yes, “seed saving” is part of it but not in the way they’re telling it. The difference is Floret’s advantages are in direct sales to the public, so instead of a seed company paying higher prices for carrying a particular seed and transferring that cost to consumers in a more manageable way, their cost is directly higher to customers. I’ll say they’ve done a really good job selling the idea that it’s the magic of seed saving, though.
Your garden design is stunning! I loved the old garden but the new design just gets better. You have such a beautiful style. Glad to see more videos! Thanks 🐝🌼
Thank you! 💜 I wouldn’t even say the old garden was an intentional “design” More just reconfiguring things until it got me here. I appreciate your kindness. 😃
Years ago I did some research on Lantana camara 'Rolled Gold', at least I think that was the cultivar. The tag at the big box store said it eas sterile. Since Lantana camara is hugely invasive in my area, I wanted to make sure it was safe. I found an article from Uni of Florida that said that while 'Rolled Gold' was considered sterile, there was a 1 in 1000 chance that a berry would contain a viable seed and that the seed would sprout a true-to-type plant. In other words, it would be fully functioning and fertile. So apparently some "sterile" cultivars can still produce seed, just very rarely.
my purple pillar rose of sharon has self-seeded too ... but not to the extent that other rose of sharons do - i dont find seedlings all over - just a few over the 5 years that i have had this shrub flower.
I have a hedge of arbovitae and planted the White Pillar Rose of Sharon in between the trees. I love the height and the blooms, but they are NOT sterile. I've got seedlings all over the yard. They're easy to pull, but not thrilled about that!
So beautiful!! I love your gardens, and you have given me so much inspiration! Have you tried yellow and blue/purple flowers in your beds? It is GORGEOUS! Yellow flowers rule!! 😄 Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden 🌻
It’s so funny you’d say this! My rudbeckia just opened up and I love yellow with the blue and purple. Need more of that color combo! Thanks for watching!! 😃
That’s the only way to handle this heat. It’s absolutely disgusting. Such a shame. We want to be out there with the flowers, but then it is all we can do to keep them alive and go hide in the AC. 🥵
I don't get as anxious and worked up over the heat since I stopped watching the news and listening to the weather guys/gals, who always try to whip us up into a lather about the weather. It's been beastly here in CT also, lots of 90 plus temps and very humid. My "I am just waiting for Fall at this point" attitude kicked in early this year! Wow, that "shrinkflation" with the fence trellis is such a bummer! It ticks me off when companies try to pull a fast one like that. But at least you don't notice it with the newer smaller panels on the other side of the yard.
I have 6 Purple Pillar Roses of Sharon...definitely not sterile 😡!! Just as bad in SE Pennsylvania as the non sterile varieties. Your sage is looking amazing!
@@HowsItGrowingYou guys are so funny! I just returned a hibiscus that was not supposed to be sterile because I wanted the pollinators and it was - not one bee! I had the old fashioned hibiscus at my first home, yes, there were seedlings but I have photos of them literally covered with all kinds of pollinators unlike the hybrids of today. The older varieties live much longer too. Seedlings only popped up where there was mulch which I soon got rid of and planted ground cover instead (no offense, I hate mulch!) which attracted pollinators in the spring!
@HowsItGrowing They serve their purpose for a narrow quick growing privacy screen, but they don't flower as prolifically as a regular rose of sharon and still seed a lot.
Everything looks lovely Laura, even with all the heat we’ve all been having. Deers have gotten me twice this season😩. We have had so much new construction in our area, I was hopeful that they had been pushed from the area; but boy was I wrong. Well, there’s always next year! I will live vicariously through your beautiful garden.
Oh no Donna! That is upsetting! Why do they have to be so cute, but so hungry. They need to read the memo. 🤣 I was wondering how your adorable she shed is? Do you spend lots of time in there? It’s been so hot here, I’m wondering if we will have to run AC in the shed once it’s ready. 🤣 (kidding)
Thank you for another wonderful tour of your garden oasis! I'm in the same camp regarding mulch and for the same reasons. The Rozanne geranium is hard to find here for some reason and so of course I want it even more! haha
I'm hooked on your videos. Great advice and inspiration! I heard you mentioned the trellis that you're using for your vines and can't seem to find where you posted the brand name.
on Mother Day my son gave me a Amethyst Falls Wisteria plant, i was scared to plant it my along my 6" fence thinking it would be get to heavy and eventually braking it.. maybe in a large pot could work. like your's
Hi! I think you’ll be totally fine with it sling your fence. This one doesn’t get crazy like that. As long as you have good support holding it up. A pot works great! I have one planted in ground right next to the greenhouse, so I wouldn’t worry if you do want to plant in the ground. 💜 what a great gift!!
Hi! I removed them a couple years ago and gave to my parents when I planted the crape myrtle trees along the fence. I’d like to add some back again in another area. They are very pretty.
The garden is lookin’ good! I really, really want some white or pink chiffon Rose of Sharon, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to mentally handle the Japanese Beetles 🤬😭!! I believe they like Rose of Sharon?I already spend too much time picking them off of my dwarf Crepe Myrtle. Love the Agastache you picked up. Pretty color! I tried the Poquito Butter Yellow this year and they’ve done well. Thanks for sharing your garden!
Thank you! 💜💜 I have a pink chiffon out front! I don’t have issues with them on it at all. I had a bunch of the sugar tip rose of Sharon and they never got beetles either. I did have them on my hibiscus quite a bit. I struggle with hardy hibiscus getting attacked. Really don’t know why they don’t mess with the rose of a Sharon since all Rose of Sharons are Hibiscus, but not all Hibiscus are Rose of Sharons. 🤷🏻♀️
Thank you so much! The taller one by the greenhouse we used a guide we found online. The shorter flat tops, he just winged it. He has been putting together files so we can eventually share instructions.
Thanks so much for subscribing! They had a few for sale in spring. I ordered the Precious Metals variety. Whey makes them worth the price tag is that you can collect the seeds and plant year after year. Many zinnia seeds purchased are sterile these days and require you to buy yearly. And they will apparently bloom true to the parent plant and not create a crazy looking hybrid.
Be careful with the mulch - the city replanted a tree they killed on my tree lawn (ugh! A beautiful tree I took good care of too) and the mulch they used has the most obnoxious weeds growing that I can barely dig out without damaging the roots of the new tree - honestly, that's how bad it is and I have never seen anything like it!
Everything looks so beautiful, I have followed you from the beginning, I fell in love with your wisteria when it was on your shed, searched on line and bought one this year. It is beautiful, has bloomed twice for me, but now it's leaves are starting to yellow. I have treated it with fungal treatment and fertilized it. Here in central Ky we are having such a heat wave so have been watering daily, maybe I have over watered? Its in a deep pot by my potting shed, I want to train it like you have in this video, more slim and columnar. It's kind of bushy at the moment. Any tips or advise would be so appreciated.
Hi!! This is just the nicest message. It made me happy to read it. I think the water might be causing the yellowing. I let my pot dry out a little before watering. It’s so brutal hot it’s just hard to know what to do these days. This one was really bushy too. I just cut all of the longer tendrils and new foliage off all along the main thick stems last year. This year, I did the same. Anything growing where I didn’t like, just snipped it off. I follow a lady on Instagram who made a wisteria into a topiary tree, I thought that was very cool and it gave me the confidence to just start clipping away. 😃💜
@@HowsItGrowing Thank you for your response, I will cut back on the water and trim some. I absolutely love how your wisteria looks, and the rest of your garden too!
Oh no! Sorry to hear! Are they fairly new? Mine burnt up quite a bit 2 years ago when I first planted them. Now they seem pretty good. I water them at the end of the day making sure to give a good soak right at the base of the plant.
i bought a lot of rose of sharon from proven winners over the last 4 years. I did not buy any other brand. this year they are springing up like crazy at the base of the plant. I thought they were sterile also
So glad you’re posting more content, you’re an inspiration. As I am advancing in years and am pulling back on garden expansions, editing and taking out my high maintenance plants, even though I love everyone of them, you think nothing of major changes in you garden and so I get to live vicariously through your exuberance. Thanks for taking the extra time and effort to commit to a RUclips channel, I enjoy everyone you post.
Thank you so much for being here Jennifer, and for such a nice message! I think cutting back on high maintence and keeping the simple easy care things that bring you joy sounds just right! 💜
Hi Laura, I love watching your videos! Your front and back gardens are a really good inspiration for us that live on city lots. It is truly charming and cottage-y, nicely curated, neat but not perfect. Relatable or at least potentially relatable if I get to work. . . I also like how things change and evolve, creative minds are always on the move! Looks so pretty right now, even with all the heat.
Laura I love your garden . It’s so relatable. I also have a limited garden space and making the most of it.
So nice of you! Thank you so much! 💜 we have to get really creative when space is limited! 🤣😃
Those Floret seeds are expensive because you just buy them once then save your own seeds. Saving seeds is a very fun thing to do. I’m obsessed with seed saving now.
Oh absolutely! It’s the only reason I got them. And they will be true to the mother plant. I’ll be collecting them for life, I hope. 🤣💜
But you can save pretty much any seeds, not just Floret’s, so that’s not why they’re so expensive. They’re expensive because they can charge that much, and good for them. They’ve put work into developing those varieties and have grown a reputation along with their business and realize the “exclusivity” will only last so long as they make seeds available to the public and “similar” varieties come out, so they’re making as much as they can upfront. Same happens to most breeders, so yes, “seed saving” is part of it but not in the way they’re telling it. The difference is Floret’s advantages are in direct sales to the public, so instead of a seed company paying higher prices for carrying a particular seed and transferring that cost to consumers in a more manageable way, their cost is directly higher to customers. I’ll say they’ve done a really good job selling the idea that it’s the magic of seed saving, though.
The garden looks beautiful😊
Your garden design is stunning! I loved the old garden but the new design just gets better. You have such a beautiful style. Glad to see more videos! Thanks 🐝🌼
Thank you! 💜 I wouldn’t even say the old garden was an intentional “design” More just reconfiguring things until it got me here. I appreciate your kindness. 😃
Just planted my first AFalls Wisteria. I am so excited to see it grow. Amazed by how quickly it is!
Years ago I did some research on Lantana camara 'Rolled Gold', at least I think that was the cultivar. The tag at the big box store said it eas sterile. Since Lantana camara is hugely invasive in my area, I wanted to make sure it was safe. I found an article from Uni of Florida that said that while 'Rolled Gold' was considered sterile, there was a 1 in 1000 chance that a berry would contain a viable seed and that the seed would sprout a true-to-type plant. In other words, it would be fully functioning and fertile. So apparently some "sterile" cultivars can still produce seed, just very rarely.
Looks beautiful, Laura 💚
So gorgeous! You are so motivating! Seriously!!
Really makes me happy to read comments like this! Thank you so much!
One of my favorite garden Channel!
Thank you so very much!! 😃💜
I always enjoy your garden tours. Everything looks beautiful. 😊
Thank you! 😃😃
Thanks for the update, everything is looking lovely! 🇨🇦👏🌸
my purple pillar rose of sharon has self-seeded too ... but not to the extent that other rose of sharons do - i dont find seedlings all over - just a few over the 5 years that i have had this shrub flower.
Garden looking really good. I love Romence for online plants. Buy from them every year. Can’t wait to see your plant haul from them and Annie’s! 😊
I have a hedge of arbovitae and planted the White Pillar Rose of Sharon in between the trees. I love the height and the blooms, but they are NOT sterile. I've got seedlings all over the yard. They're easy to pull, but not thrilled about that!
Oh my! Ok, thank you for letting me know! At least kid I song be shocked. Your combo sounds beautiful!
I also had pinks and purples with white and a friend mentioned that I should add yellow. I did and it added what I needed!
It really adds something! I need more. 😃💜🌻
So beautiful!! I love your gardens, and you have given me so much inspiration!
Have you tried yellow and blue/purple flowers in your beds? It is GORGEOUS! Yellow flowers rule!! 😄
Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden 🌻
It’s so funny you’d say this! My rudbeckia just opened up and I love yellow with the blue and purple. Need more of that color combo! Thanks for watching!! 😃
The Bloombox plants look healthy! Too hot here - 105 heat index - I go out at 6:00 am and back inside no later than 8:00 am.
That’s the only way to handle this heat. It’s absolutely disgusting. Such a shame. We want to be out there with the flowers, but then it is all we can do to keep them alive and go hide in the AC. 🥵
Laura everything is looking so good. Nice to see you. Take care
Beautiful Laura 🥰🥰
Hi Laura, I actually live in Philadelphia, and it has been so hot! As a first year gardener, I'm surprised my plants are taking the heat so well.
Hi!! I’m about 10 min from the bridge. Our weather the same. Isn’t it brutal out! I’m so happy your plants are holding up! Stay cool! 🥵💜
@@HowsItGrowing you too 😅 what a summer
My deer dead head my phlox... LOL! You are such a great resource! I have subscribed. 🌺🌺🌺
Oh noooo 🤣 I’m sorry! That did make me laugh though. Thank you for subscribing! Have a beautiful week!
I don't get as anxious and worked up over the heat since I stopped watching the news and listening to the weather guys/gals, who always try to whip us up into a lather about the weather. It's been beastly here in CT also, lots of 90 plus temps and very humid. My "I am just waiting for Fall at this point" attitude kicked in early this year! Wow, that "shrinkflation" with the fence trellis is such a bummer! It ticks me off when companies try to pull a fast one like that. But at least you don't notice it with the newer smaller panels on the other side of the yard.
Love your videos!
I have 6 Purple Pillar Roses of Sharon...definitely not sterile 😡!! Just as bad in SE Pennsylvania as the non sterile varieties. Your sage is looking amazing!
Oh no! This is so irritating. 😭 thank you for letting me know! Do you like them otherwise, or are they driving you nuts with seedlings?
@@HowsItGrowingYou guys are so funny!
I just returned a hibiscus that was not supposed to be sterile because I wanted the pollinators and it was - not one bee!
I had the old fashioned hibiscus at my first home, yes, there were seedlings but I have photos of them literally covered with all kinds of pollinators unlike the hybrids of today. The older varieties live much longer too. Seedlings only popped up where there was mulch which I soon got rid of and planted ground cover instead (no offense, I hate mulch!) which attracted pollinators in the spring!
@HowsItGrowing They serve their purpose for a narrow quick growing privacy screen, but they don't flower as prolifically as a regular rose of sharon and still seed a lot.
Lovely! I agree with bagged mulch, still fighting horsetail that came with bulk mulch 11 years ago! Hate horsetail!!!
Your garden looks beautiful. You crack me up. Your laugh is adorable and infectious
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Everything looks lovely Laura, even with all the heat we’ve all been having. Deers have gotten me twice this season😩. We have had so much new construction in our area, I was hopeful that they had been pushed from the area; but boy was I wrong. Well, there’s always next year! I will live vicariously through your beautiful garden.
Oh no Donna! That is upsetting! Why do they have to be so cute, but so hungry. They need to read the memo. 🤣 I was wondering how your adorable she shed is? Do you spend lots of time in there? It’s been so hot here, I’m wondering if we will have to run AC in the shed once it’s ready. 🤣 (kidding)
Love your garden💕💕💕
Thank you for another wonderful tour of your garden oasis! I'm in the same camp regarding mulch and for the same reasons. The Rozanne geranium is hard to find here for some reason and so of course I want it even more! haha
Laura, we have this purple rose of Sharon and it IS 15 feet tall…. You gotta swing by and see it ;)
Oh my gosh! YES!! 💜💜 Do you have your morning glories on the fence? I love them!!!
@@HowsItGrowing We do :)
Your zinnias look great. The bunnies ate mine.
Oh gosh! I’m so sorry! 💜
Looks beautiful..
I'm hooked on your videos. Great advice and inspiration! I heard you mentioned the trellis that you're using for your vines and can't seem to find where you posted the brand name.
Thank you so much!!! I appreciate it!! I got it from Home Depot. The brand is Achla. 💜
on Mother Day my son gave me a Amethyst Falls Wisteria plant, i was scared to plant it my along my 6" fence thinking it would be get to heavy and eventually braking it.. maybe in a large pot could work. like your's
Hi! I think you’ll be totally fine with it sling your fence. This one doesn’t get crazy like that. As long as you have good support holding it up. A pot works great! I have one planted in ground right next to the greenhouse, so I wouldn’t worry if you do want to plant in the ground. 💜 what a great gift!!
Funny you mention the admiral..I just saw one yesterday. Ocean county NJ
Oh so nice!! How’s the weather there? It must be a bit cooler down the shore! Wish I were there! 😃
Hi what happened to your sugar tip rose of Sharon that you had before? I like the variegated foliage and the delicate pink blooms on those.
Hi! I removed them a couple years ago and gave to my parents when I planted the crape myrtle trees along the fence. I’d like to add some back again in another area. They are very pretty.
Deb here. The monarchs have arrived in Mullica Hill. They came earlier than prior tears.
Oh!! This is so good to hear! I’ll be looking out for them. Enjoy your week Deb!!
One of my outside cats laid in my yarrow when it started to bloom! Time to cut it back!
Oh my goodness. Haha! 🤣💜
The garden is lookin’ good! I really, really want some white or pink chiffon Rose of Sharon, but I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to mentally handle the Japanese Beetles 🤬😭!! I believe they like Rose of Sharon?I already spend too much time picking them off of my dwarf Crepe Myrtle. Love the Agastache you picked up. Pretty color! I tried the Poquito Butter Yellow this year and they’ve done well. Thanks for sharing your garden!
Thank you! 💜💜 I have a pink chiffon out front! I don’t have issues with them on it at all. I had a bunch of the sugar tip rose of Sharon and they never got beetles either. I did have them on my hibiscus quite a bit. I struggle with hardy hibiscus getting attacked. Really don’t know why they don’t mess with the rose of a Sharon since all Rose of Sharons are Hibiscus, but not all Hibiscus are Rose of Sharons. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Laura, Love watching you, your garden is an inspiration. Since seeing your obelisk I’ve been searching. Does your husband have plans he can share.
Thank you so much! The taller one by the greenhouse we used a guide we found online. The shorter flat tops, he just winged it. He has been putting together files so we can eventually share instructions.
@@HowsItGrowing thank you.
L🌸VELY‼️
My yarrow thinks it's a ground cover too!😄 (Firefly Diamond in full sun.)
🤣🤣🤣 this is too funny!
What is the name of the Zinnia from Floret? Just subscribed to your channel. Love today's !!!!!
Thanks so much for subscribing! They had a few for sale in spring. I ordered the Precious Metals variety. Whey makes them worth the price tag is that you can collect the seeds and plant year after year. Many zinnia seeds purchased are sterile these days and require you to buy yearly. And they will apparently bloom true to the parent plant and not create a crazy looking hybrid.
Be careful with the mulch - the city replanted a tree they killed on my tree lawn (ugh! A beautiful tree I took good care of too) and the mulch they used has the most obnoxious weeds growing that I can barely dig out without damaging the roots of the new tree - honestly, that's how bad it is and I have never seen anything like it!
Oh my goodness! That is a nightmare! I’m so sorry to hear it!! 😭
Great video. The diamo d trellises could you cut one in half and put it adjacent or tie the 2 together to male a bigger one or is that impossible?
Thank you!! Probably not possible. They are expandable so they fold up. Putting 2 together would be good, but expensive! 😂
Everything looks so beautiful, I have followed you from the beginning, I fell in love with your wisteria when it was on your shed, searched on line and bought one this year. It is beautiful, has bloomed twice for me, but now it's leaves are starting to yellow. I have treated it with fungal treatment and fertilized it. Here in central Ky we are having such a heat wave so have been watering daily, maybe I have over watered? Its in a deep pot by my potting shed, I want to train it like you have in this video, more slim and columnar. It's kind of bushy at the moment. Any tips or advise would be so appreciated.
Hi!! This is just the nicest message. It made me happy to read it. I think the water might be causing the yellowing. I let my pot dry out a little before watering. It’s so brutal hot it’s just hard to know what to do these days. This one was really bushy too. I just cut all of the longer tendrils and new foliage off all along the main thick stems last year. This year, I did the same. Anything growing where I didn’t like, just snipped it off. I follow a lady on Instagram who made a wisteria into a topiary tree, I thought that was very cool and it gave me the confidence to just start clipping away. 😃💜
@@HowsItGrowing Thank you for your response, I will cut back on the water and trim some. I absolutely love how your wisteria looks, and the rest of your garden too!
My bobos are burnt to a crisp but they looked like yours for a moment there.
Oh no! Sorry to hear! Are they fairly new? Mine burnt up quite a bit 2 years ago when I first planted them. Now they seem pretty good. I water them at the end of the day making sure to give a good soak right at the base of the plant.
@@HowsItGrowing oh that’s encouraging! it’s been less than a year in the ground 😊
i bought a lot of rose of sharon from proven winners over the last 4 years. I did not buy any other brand. this year they are springing up like crazy at the base of the plant. I thought they were sterile also
Oh no! Ugh. Good to know. Now are they coming up from the roots? Because they might be suckers if so. Shoot! I hope these don’t go crazy here.
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The audio messed up when you started talking about the purple flowers with all the bees.
Oh no! Sorry about that. I watched the whole video and didn’t notice that.
I didn’t notice anything amiss with the sound. Sorry you did. 🇨🇦
How do you called that stuff in your fence? and where did you bought it.?
I don’t know what you’re asking. I’m sorry.
@@HowsItGrowing hahaha I think what I mean that black trellis that you attached to your fence. Where did you bought it.?