Good morning Alexandra, thank you for your wonderful channel.This is a wonderful garden! I realize this is an older garden,but their clever designs, and subtle contrasting shades of green colors is beautiful. This garden feels like one is walking through the a large park. There are so many wonderful ideas. This garden would make a great book on using evergreens.
Your channel is my favorite gardening channel! You come across so professional and articulate and our videos are always well researched, edited and interesting. I really think it is the most well-produced gardening channel on youtube. Kudos to you! :)
I absolutely love that garden. A garden really is a 4-season event, especially here in New England, where it's so important to have evergreens mixed in with our deciduous plants.
Firstly may I saw what a comprehensive view of the garden, very descriptive and you can clearly see the expertise and passion from the narration. I do like the interesting way they have used the combination of yellow Cypress and Irish Yew. In terms of flowering plants many overlook the flowering evergreens and some of the new varieties such as Choisya 'White Dazzler' and Viburnum Tinus ‘Gwenllian’ are absolute stars.
Very good point, and of course, I now realise that there were a couple of choisyas there and some other flowering shrubs, which I should have mentioned - as they weren't in flower when I was there, I overlooked that point. Thank you.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden You did actually mention Choisya in your narration, my comment was more a note for others who may seek a touch of colour. I have to say in all honesty that I really love your narration style, the highly informative content and the clear passion you have for gardening, you are a credit to youtube. This video I found most entertaining as in Scotland our summers are so short and winters bleak so providing year round colour is a great way to better enjoy the outside space. Many thanks
Wow! for a relatively small garden, it looks much larger and really quite grand. Such a lovely view, so clever in design. Thank you so much for sharing.
What a splendid garden, they have designed a park with so much elegance in the design. I feel with a large evergreen garden like this, you could hire someone to do periodic major pruning, and still enjoy doing quite a bit of pruning yourself to give it the personal touch. Anyway that's what I do ☺️💚 with my oversized Rhodie's. A really enjoyable video and great camera views of the details.
Green is my favorite color and this proves all shades of green, well with one sweet cosmos makes a beautiful garden. I'm in the Mid-Atlantic area of the east coast in Maryland. Some yrs ago ivy started up my pecan, people said to stop it asap, but seeing 40 foot trees in the woods with ivy to the top, I'm not all that concerned. People also say to never let Wisteria grow up your house, I say to them houses in the UK are covered with it, they've been gardening there longer than Americas been America so I'm thinking that's OK.
I agree with you, although the problem with both wisteria and ivy is when they wrap themselves around the guttering and pull it down in a wind. As with all things, it's just a question of keeping an eye on it and trimming climbers back before they become a problem.
The garden is such a beautiful garden, I can feel the calm and tranquility that it probably provides to the owners. Very creative and clever use of space to provide interesting corners. Thanks for sharing👏🏾
Thx for the interesting video, dear Alexandra. The two gentlemen created a very inspiring evergreen garden (OMG, the view is stunning), and parts of it look like parts of my front garden which has shady areas. I use ivy, too, but here in Northern Germany I never heard about any restrictions related to ivy. I'll have a look at the plants list. A nice weekend to all of you!
Thats because ivy is a west european native plant and you have robins, blackbirds and more birds eating its berrys, bees eating the nectar and pollen in late autumn when few things bloom and me using it as a washing detergent - it is actually recommended for a wildlife friendly garden in germany. Wikipedia has a nice list with pictures of european invasive species: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasive_species_in_Europe you've probabyl seen the japanese knotweed- japanischer Knöterich, oft in Hecken zu finden.
I have to share my new favorite evergreen with my new favorite garden channel ;) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard" such a lovely blue and fluffy texture, I watched this one twice to catch all the great ideas in this video!
Thank you for that suggestion, I've looked it up and it does look beautiful, especially in some of the shapes people have pruned it into. I'll look out for it.
I was looking forward to watching this video when I heard the garden was on a slope Our garden is on a slope but sloping down, it is quite open and we are looking for ideas of plants to use The view from our bungalow is a small housing estate and we are constantly trying to find the right trees and plants to give us privacy as well as focal points I really enjoyed this video, it has given me some ideas but if there is a video on a downward sloping garden like ours that would be good to watch
Have you seen some of the privacy posts or videos? Although they're not specific to slopes, the principles would be the same. This post on how to increase your garden privacy has links to other posts in it: www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/how-increase-garden-privacy/ I do agree that it is a tricky problem, though - I'd suggest creating private areas near the house, as the nearer a tree or screen is to you, the smaller it can be to create privacy. I hope that helps and I will bear downward slopes in mind for the future.
What a beautiful garden. A veritable feast for tired eyes. Such clever and imaginative ideas with a view to die for. My Saturday treats are both yours, and Lady C’s videos.Both an education in themselves.
All the tricks of the 18th century landscape painters packed into one medium-sized garden; no mean feat to accomplish seamlessly on rising ground. Thanks so much for ferreting out this clever garden to enjoy and learn from! Always love your presentations.
Hello Alexandra, another inspiring video from you. Thank you. There are many ideas here to draw on. I like the idea of hiding a working area behind an inward curving hedge. It is always hard to hide these areas in middle or small-size gardens. The garden with the view is just stunning. I have mixed garden beds with combinations of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, perennials and occasional annuals such as cosmos. Evergreens not on your list that work well for clipping, that I have in my garden and recommend, are Pittosporum Tobira, Myrtus Communis, Eleagnus 'Limelight', Luma Apiculata, Viburnum Awabuki (however can be a weed in warmer climates), Osmanthus Fragrans, Osmanthus Burkwoodi. I am always on the lookout for more so your video and list are very helpful. Best wishes...
I live in the Northeast U.S. and I love ivy. I have neighbors that have yards filled with weeds. Those weeds would be all over my yard if not for the ivy which keeps everything out. Do I have to pull it up and prune on a regular basis? Yes absolutely. A few minutes here and there, and it's very well controlled. Also it's roots are pretty shallow so it's very easy to pull up and I would never allow it to grow up buildings or important fixtures. I just want to add that camellias are evergreen and bring some gorgeous blooms to the garden when nothing else is blooming. I absolutely love them but they're only good in zone 7 and higher.
I'm certainly thinking of using more ivy in the difficult spots - after all, it takes time to weed them so a quick ivy trim from time to time should be less work, if anything.
Congrats on a marvelous vid: it has lots of gorgeous, inspirational images which combine hand-in-glove with the very welcomed stream of gardening facts, news and your own studied opinions. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing this garden. It is so beautifully subtle and sophisticated in the most humble way. As much as I love flowers, I truly appreciate the discipline and beauty of this approach. The gentle enticement through the garden to such a splendid view is genius.
What clever ways of making a garden look good! I love the idea of snaking the main path and using the empty spaces created for utility spaces, like they do with their compost heap. Very nice ideas!
I'm glad to have found this channel. I have a small "backyard" as we call it here in the U.S., but I much more love to call it "garden" as you all do! I have a lot of work to do to get my garden looking like those in your videos so I will be watching more and getting inspiration. Thank you!
Good morning Alexandra, what a beautiful neat garden. I am sure it took quite a bit of patience waiting for the hedges and conifers to grow to this stage! It was so worth the wait and just keep shaping and maintaining. One day I suddenly noticed all the different greens in a normal garden. You see it more in the summer season, where is spring the shades are very fresh and tender green yet at the season settles in suddenly you notice the colours. Green is one of my favourite colours, like flowers definitely more than one favourite!. Not too many ornaments in their garden, just sufficient to make it interesting. The trees I had such a desire to move, I have left for the time being. We decided, they took so many years to grow, it is better to just leave them, enjoy their summer shade and let them be. I am glad now we did not removed. Sometimes it is better to remove some branches than to removed the tree completely! Oh, I had a very pleasant surprise, I noticed some extra dahlia plants coming up, I did not plant tubers in the area, but you know what, they self-seeded and the plants are strong and healthy and the one in bloom now has the most delightful dark pink flower. It looks absolutely stunning. So there, we never realise what your garden can produce. What a treat..... Thank you for the lovely informative and encouraging talk, it is always a pleasure to listen to your videos. Do enjoy your Festive preparations, are you planning for a busy day, or just keep it all lovely, warm and good company. I mean just you and your husband? :) take care
Thank you for sharing this lovely video. I personally love ivy. Ivy flowers are excellent for pollinators and of course attract the ivy bee. I also "harvest" lots of mine every year on December 21st and use it to decorate my home for Christmas 🙂
Another great video! You always have such interesting points and gardens to share. Thank you for pointing out the invasive nature of ivy; I've used pachysandra in some areas but once again like you point out always best to check how a plant will impact your area.
I've focused on evergreens in our little garden. Our garden started out as a Rose garden so in the Winter it became a pile of sticks. Is it difficult to pull off. You don't want to end up with just bushes. Varying textures are the key and versatility. Camellia is my favourite evergreen. Herald of spring. Provide a great backdrop in Summer. Still around in Winter. Eunonymous is essential to add some colour. I've got an Emerald and Gold and a lovely one that has white new growth that goes green. Spotted Laurel is similar to them. California Lilac is also very nice. I've got a Rhodedendron about to go through its first winter. As is a Viburnum Tinus which is just showing some flower. I've also planted a Myrtle and a Pyrocantha just today The aim is for a year round garden where different plants show their interest at different times. Not necessarily a garden that wows in June and is gone by August but a gentle joy throughout the year.
Wowee! The green garden with distant valley view is fantastic! Thanks for sharing. I have similar light and wind exposure with a view. This video is food for thought. I’ll have to adapt the plant selection to more succulent varieties to resist brush 🔥.
Gardens come in all sorts and this type of garden would come into its own in winter but, to me, the major downside of such a garden would be the lack of variety during the course of the year. No doubt one could plant up pots with colourful displays to brighten up things. A interesting garden made even more so by the wonderful & cleverly framed view of the city.
That cat is beautiful! Yeah, ivy is generally not good to grow here in the pacific NW. In particular, english ivy, which is invasive here. Though I think some grow ivy as an indoor plant, or in pots. Periwinkle is more common as a vine-groundcover here, but it can still spread at times. There are a few nice evergreen native groundcovers too, that can sort of be used in a similar way on the ground, like kinnikinnick, which is an evergreen woody and dark glossy leaved low growing and matting groundcover. It looks great. Many different native and selected cultivars of strawberry also make a great groundcover in the PNW. Some are deciduous, and others are evergreen.
Thank you Alexandra, wonderful video, such great advice. Beautiful corner of Senecio "Angel Wings", love how it added to the foliage texture of the garden. I'm experimenting with my Senecio this year. In my zone 6 it's considered an annual, however I'm going to try and winter it over, planting it next to the house and cloche it. Fingers crossed!🤞
hello Alexandra! how timely this video is for me! i am a mostly evergreen garden too. so peaceful, i love all the green. PS- my nan used to live in Norfolk!
In West Australia I am using Pittisporum Miss Muffet together with several varieties of Nandina which are easy to maintain, and the Nandina provide colour with their leaf variations . The Miss Muffet plants are easy to clip and maintain and they are extremely hardy in our climate.
I love this garden. I'm beginning to plant more flowering shrubs, especially 3' and 4' sizes. Only a few perennials do well for me as I have limited sun. We are surrounded by huge cedars and firs. We are just above the US Pacific Northwest ie. Southwest Canada. We have ivy growing on the steep slope at the edge of our property but I don't know what kind. It is very slow growing, thank goodness. I'm going to watch this again and save it. I particularly like the shot of the border with the Elephant Ears (?) Thanks Alexandra!
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Ivy is very underrated. So interesting how resiliant it is, all of its pros for biodiversity, and the various stages in its life - a lot of times happening in the same plant. A haven for wildlife, including nesting and feeding birds. Does well in literally every soil and spot, and thrives on loving neglect. Ergo: the perfect plant. Apart from all that, when the wind wooshes through its leafs, or the rain drips down from them, it brings me utter joy. "The Wind in the Willows" could just as well be "The Wind in the Ivy". The main characters then of course had to be Mouse, Spider and Hedgehog. 😉 Poetry in motion.
Love this idea as you knew I would .The light green against the Irish dark yew is an Idea ill borrow tell them as it is radically just right for my garden too.
I can no longer properly comment on your videos because I've run out of adjectives. From now on, I'll just be fumbling along. Fair warning. Such a great garden to see. Wonderful ideas. (See? Weak!) The Senecio 'Angel Wings' are amazing, but I figured not for zone 7a since I don't see them here. And, yes, zone 8 or higher. I do have dusty miller (also normally can't take lower than zone 8) that I wintered over outside with a lot of mulch. About half of them survived. Maybe could try that with the angel wings.
Thank you! And I agree, I'm sure Senecio 'Angel Wings' is a bit tender, but I think some people grow it as an annual or take it into the greenhouse. Although that is a bit of a fuss, and if it's not sold where you are, that's probably the reason.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I do do that with one very tender perennial that is incredibly useful to me -- a baby's breath-like Euphorbia by Proven Winners. I keep it under grow lights, as it doesn't seem to need a dormancy period. But don't really want to start doing that with more plants. I don't have a green house either, where there would be a sort of "milder winter." I mulched up the dusty miller, which I'd actually grown from seed because I'd read about other people in my zone having success with the heavy mulching. (Oh, and then, about a month ago, I found some downtown here in New Haven that a restaurant was about to throw out! So I grabbed those and got them in the ground.) But, yes, I feel like I would have heard about angels wings before now if they could be carefully wintered over outside. But maybe they are sold as annuals here and I've just missed them?? I don't know. They are so striking.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you. And it even grows in Pennsylvania! Managed to find some. Received and planted today. Not only is the color interesting but the foliage texture is quite nice.
Can you tell me where I can find cat whiskers lavender ,orthosiphon plant Java tea live , perennial plant pale purple???I’m here in the US and would really like to find this plant if you could help me, I really would like to buy the seeds!!!
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Good morning Alexandra, thank you for your wonderful channel.This is a wonderful garden!
I realize this is an older garden,but their clever designs, and subtle contrasting shades of green colors is beautiful. This garden feels like one is walking through the a large park.
There are so many wonderful ideas. This garden would make a great book on using evergreens.
Thank you!
Your channel is my favorite gardening channel! You come across so professional and articulate and our videos are always well researched, edited and interesting. I really think it is the most well-produced gardening channel on youtube. Kudos to you! :)
Thank you so much 😊
What a peaceful looking garden. And what a view! I didn’t even notice it being on a slope.
What a beautiful garden, I love the shed and using the space behind curved hedges. A lot of thought and work has obviously gone into it!
It really is an inspiring garden, I agree.
I absolutely love that garden. A garden really is a 4-season event, especially here in New England, where it's so important to have evergreens mixed in with our deciduous plants.
Firstly may I saw what a comprehensive view of the garden, very descriptive and you can
clearly see the expertise and passion from the narration. I do like the interesting way they
have used the combination of yellow Cypress and Irish Yew. In terms of flowering
plants many overlook the flowering evergreens and some of the new varieties such
as Choisya 'White Dazzler' and Viburnum Tinus ‘Gwenllian’ are absolute stars.
Very good point, and of course, I now realise that there were a couple of choisyas there and some other flowering shrubs, which I should have mentioned - as they weren't in flower when I was there, I overlooked that point. Thank you.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden You did actually mention Choisya in your narration,
my comment was more a note for others who may seek a touch of colour.
I have to say in all honesty that I really love your narration style, the highly
informative content and the clear passion you have for gardening, you are
a credit to youtube. This video I found most entertaining as in Scotland our
summers are so short and winters bleak so providing year round colour is a
great way to better enjoy the outside space. Many thanks
Wow! for a relatively small garden, it looks much larger and really quite grand. Such a lovely view, so clever in design. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you very much!
Garden of my dreams!!!!
Thank you for showing. Roger and Stephen credit to you both. Love love love.
What a splendid garden, they have designed a park with so much elegance in the design. I feel with a large evergreen garden like this, you could hire someone to do periodic major pruning, and still enjoy doing quite a bit of pruning yourself to give it the personal touch. Anyway that's what I do ☺️💚 with my oversized Rhodie's. A really enjoyable video and great camera views of the details.
Thank you and you're right, it is almost like a miniature parkland
Green is my favorite color and this proves all shades of green, well with one sweet cosmos makes a beautiful garden. I'm in the Mid-Atlantic area of the east coast in Maryland. Some yrs ago ivy started up my pecan, people said to stop it asap, but seeing 40 foot trees in the woods with ivy to the top, I'm not all that concerned. People also say to never let Wisteria grow up your house, I say to them houses in the UK are covered with it, they've been gardening there longer than Americas been America so I'm thinking that's OK.
I agree with you, although the problem with both wisteria and ivy is when they wrap themselves around the guttering and pull it down in a wind. As with all things, it's just a question of keeping an eye on it and trimming climbers back before they become a problem.
Folly is a great idea to cover an ordinary shed
Isn't it? I loved it.
Beautiful garden, very peaceful a lot of rest for the eyes.
I had to break off halfway through to make a note of that Senecio! Spectacular!
What a lovely garden. The contrast of colours and textures is so attractive that you don't really notice the lack of flowers. And what a view!
The view is extra-ordinary!
Thank you for the advice for gardens. Ivy is my friend and I have it growing up trellis’, trees and in pots. 😊
What an amazing garden with so many clever design ideas!
Thank you! I agree!
This garden is so inspiring and your videos are always food for the soul. Thank you for taking the time to do them!
Thank you!
The garden is such a beautiful garden, I can feel the calm and tranquility that it probably provides to the owners. Very creative and clever use of space to provide interesting corners. Thanks for sharing👏🏾
Thank you!
Thx for the interesting video, dear Alexandra. The two gentlemen created a very inspiring evergreen garden (OMG, the view is stunning), and parts of it look like parts of my front garden which has shady areas. I use ivy, too, but here in Northern Germany I never heard about any restrictions related to ivy. I'll have a look at the plants list. A nice weekend to all of you!
Thank you! I think it may only be the US with ivy, but it's always worth checking.
Thats because ivy is a west european native plant and you have robins, blackbirds and more birds eating its berrys, bees eating the nectar and pollen in late autumn when few things bloom and me using it as a washing detergent - it is actually recommended for a wildlife friendly garden in germany. Wikipedia has a nice list with pictures of european invasive species: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_invasive_species_in_Europe you've probabyl seen the japanese knotweed- japanischer Knöterich, oft in Hecken zu finden.
I have to share my new favorite evergreen with my new favorite garden channel ;) Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Boulevard" such a lovely blue and fluffy texture, I watched this one twice to catch all the great ideas in this video!
Thank you for that suggestion, I've looked it up and it does look beautiful, especially in some of the shapes people have pruned it into. I'll look out for it.
Alexandra, your videos are so refreshingly concise and informative. My favorite of several gardeners I follow.
Thank you so much!
How spectacular! A very restful place. I’m inspired to add more evergreen to my landscape 😊
I learn so much from you, thank you 💚
Thank you!
Beautiful display of evergreens. Thank you for sharing.
I was looking forward to watching this video when I heard the garden was on a slope
Our garden is on a slope but sloping down, it is quite open and we are looking for ideas of plants to use
The view from our bungalow is a small housing estate and we are constantly trying to find the right trees and plants to give us privacy as well as focal points
I really enjoyed this video, it has given me some ideas but if there is a video on a downward sloping garden like ours that would be good to watch
Have you seen some of the privacy posts or videos? Although they're not specific to slopes, the principles would be the same. This post on how to increase your garden privacy has links to other posts in it: www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/how-increase-garden-privacy/ I do agree that it is a tricky problem, though - I'd suggest creating private areas near the house, as the nearer a tree or screen is to you, the smaller it can be to create privacy. I hope that helps and I will bear downward slopes in mind for the future.
What a beautiful garden. A veritable feast for tired eyes. Such clever and imaginative ideas with a view to die for.
My Saturday treats are both yours, and Lady C’s videos.Both an education in themselves.
Oh my goodness, I love this garden.
All the tricks of the 18th century landscape painters packed into one medium-sized garden; no mean feat to accomplish seamlessly on rising ground. Thanks so much for ferreting out this clever garden to enjoy and learn from! Always love your presentations.
Thank you!
Your videos are always so helpful. Thank you for the informative content.
You are so welcome!
Your garden is very beautiful, I am an Indonesian farmer, I will continue to learn from you
Thanks and welcome
Thank you Alexandra. You are such a joy to listen. Cheers and love this garden!!!
Thank you!
Hello Alexandra, another inspiring video from you. Thank you. There are many ideas here to draw on. I like the idea of hiding a working area behind an inward curving hedge. It is always hard to hide these areas in middle or small-size gardens. The garden with the view is just stunning. I have mixed garden beds with combinations of evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs, perennials and occasional annuals such as cosmos. Evergreens not on your list that work well for clipping, that I have in my garden and recommend, are Pittosporum Tobira, Myrtus Communis, Eleagnus 'Limelight', Luma Apiculata, Viburnum Awabuki (however can be a weed in warmer climates), Osmanthus Fragrans, Osmanthus Burkwoodi. I am always on the lookout for more so your video and list are very helpful. Best wishes...
Great plant list! Thank you.
I live in the Northeast U.S. and I love ivy. I have neighbors that have yards filled with weeds. Those weeds would be all over my yard if not for the ivy which keeps everything out. Do I have to pull it up and prune on a regular basis? Yes absolutely. A few minutes here and there, and it's very well controlled. Also it's roots are pretty shallow so it's very easy to pull up and I would never allow it to grow up buildings or important fixtures.
I just want to add that camellias are evergreen and bring some gorgeous blooms to the garden when nothing else is blooming. I absolutely love them but they're only good in zone 7 and higher.
I'm certainly thinking of using more ivy in the difficult spots - after all, it takes time to weed them so a quick ivy trim from time to time should be less work, if anything.
This is definitely my favorite channel for garden design, so much inspiration and useful information. Thank you SO MUCH!
Thank you!
Congrats on a marvelous vid: it has lots of gorgeous, inspirational images which combine hand-in-glove with the very welcomed stream of gardening facts, news and your own studied opinions.
Thank you!
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you for sharing this garden. It is so beautifully subtle and sophisticated in the most humble way. As much as I love flowers, I truly appreciate the discipline and beauty of this approach. The gentle enticement through the garden to such a splendid view is genius.
Thank you!
What clever ways of making a garden look good! I love the idea of snaking the main path and using the empty spaces created for utility spaces, like they do with their compost heap. Very nice ideas!
Thanks so much! 😊
Amazing garden, absolutely beautiful. Gives me some ideas! Thank you Alexandra
You are so welcome!
I'm glad to have found this channel. I have a small "backyard" as we call it here in the U.S., but I much more love to call it "garden" as you all do! I have a lot of work to do to get my garden looking like those in your videos so I will be watching more and getting inspiration. Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank you for the design principles explanation that this mature garden exemplifies! I’m thrilled as ever with your content on this channel.
Thank you! I thought this garden was so interesting, too.
Thank you !!! Super inspired and a visual delight!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What a lovely garden. Lots of inspiration.
Thank you!
Good morning Alexandra, what a beautiful neat garden. I am sure it took quite a bit of patience waiting for the hedges and conifers to grow to this stage! It was so worth the wait and just keep shaping and maintaining. One day I suddenly noticed all the different greens in a normal garden. You see it more in the summer season, where is spring the shades are very fresh and tender green yet at the season settles in suddenly you notice the colours. Green is one of my favourite colours, like flowers definitely more than one favourite!. Not too many ornaments in their garden, just sufficient to make it interesting. The trees I had such a desire to move, I have left for the time being. We decided, they took so many years to grow, it is better to just leave them, enjoy their summer shade and let them be. I am glad now we did not removed. Sometimes it is better to remove some branches than to removed the tree completely! Oh, I had a very pleasant surprise, I noticed some extra dahlia plants coming up, I did not plant tubers in the area, but you know what, they self-seeded and the plants are strong and healthy and the one in bloom now has the most delightful dark pink flower. It looks absolutely stunning. So there, we never realise what your garden can produce. What a treat..... Thank you for the lovely informative and encouraging talk, it is always a pleasure to listen to your videos. Do enjoy your Festive preparations, are you planning for a busy day, or just keep it all lovely, warm and good company. I mean just you and your husband? :) take care
Thank you! Self seeded dahlias sounds interesting. I hope you enjoy your festive season too, and Happy New Year
Their garden is stunning. Such a nice and smart use of textures and layering. Thanks for sharing it with us!
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you for sharing this lovely video. I personally love ivy. Ivy flowers are excellent for pollinators and of course attract the ivy bee. I also "harvest" lots of mine every year on December 21st and use it to decorate my home for Christmas 🙂
It's brilliant at Christmas, I agree, thank you.
Woow, this is one of the most happily situated gardens I have ever seen in my life!!
Thank you Alexandra for sharing this beauty with us every week 💚
I'm glad you like it
What a wonderful garden - and what a wonderful view!
Thank you!
Beautiful and inspirational. Thank you.
You are so welcome!
On point as per usual, thank you
You are so welcome
Please consider a pointer to indicate which plants you are speaking about as you describe various features. Possibly this would be helpful to many.
Good idea, I'll bear that in mind.
Thank you for sharing such interesting tips, you help us a lot!
Thank you!
Another great video! You always have such interesting points and gardens to share. Thank you for pointing out the invasive nature of ivy; I've used pachysandra in some areas but once again like you point out always best to check how a plant will impact your area.
Thank you!
I've focused on evergreens in our little garden. Our garden started out as a Rose garden so in the Winter it became a pile of sticks. Is it difficult to pull off. You don't want to end up with just bushes. Varying textures are the key and versatility.
Camellia is my favourite evergreen. Herald of spring. Provide a great backdrop in Summer. Still around in Winter.
Eunonymous is essential to add some colour. I've got an Emerald and Gold and a lovely one that has white new growth that goes green.
Spotted Laurel is similar to them.
California Lilac is also very nice.
I've got a Rhodedendron about to go through its first winter.
As is a Viburnum Tinus which is just showing some flower.
I've also planted a Myrtle and a Pyrocantha just today
The aim is for a year round garden where different plants show their interest at different times. Not necessarily a garden that wows in June and is gone by August but a gentle joy throughout the year.
That's a great list of plants
The gentlemen have some very good ideas I love there garden
Beautiful 💜
Wowee! The green garden with distant valley view is fantastic!
Thanks for sharing. I have similar light and wind exposure with a view. This video is food for thought.
I’ll have to adapt the plant selection to more succulent varieties to resist brush 🔥.
Good point - hope it goes well.
Gardens come in all sorts and this type of garden would come into its own in winter but, to me, the major downside of such a garden would be the lack of variety during the course of the year. No doubt one could plant up pots with colourful displays to brighten up things. A interesting garden made even more so by the wonderful & cleverly framed view of the city.
The pots with begonias certainly pop with colour. And the view is extraordinary.
That cat is beautiful!
Yeah, ivy is generally not good to grow here in the pacific NW. In particular, english ivy, which is invasive here. Though I think some grow ivy as an indoor plant, or in pots.
Periwinkle is more common as a vine-groundcover here, but it can still spread at times.
There are a few nice evergreen native groundcovers too, that can sort of be used in a similar way on the ground, like kinnikinnick, which is an evergreen woody and dark glossy leaved low growing and matting groundcover. It looks great.
Many different native and selected cultivars of strawberry also make a great groundcover in the PNW. Some are deciduous, and others are evergreen.
Good suggestions, thank you!
great point especially time it takes to care for
Thank you Alexandra, wonderful video, such great advice. Beautiful corner of Senecio "Angel Wings", love how it added to the foliage texture of the garden. I'm experimenting with my Senecio this year. In my zone 6 it's considered an annual, however I'm going to try and winter it over, planting it next to the house and cloche it. Fingers crossed!🤞
I had one but I think a very bad winter got it, so I think it is a little variable.
Fantastic video. Got me new ideas and thinking about the evergreens In my garden.
Thank you!
hello Alexandra! how timely this video is for me! i am a mostly evergreen garden too. so peaceful, i love all the green. PS- my nan used to live in Norfolk!
A lovely place to live!
In West Australia I am using Pittisporum Miss Muffet together with several varieties of Nandina which are easy to maintain, and the Nandina provide colour with their leaf variations . The Miss Muffet plants are easy to clip and maintain and they are extremely hardy in our climate.
Sounds good, Nandina is often most attractive.
I love this garden. I'm beginning to plant more flowering shrubs, especially 3' and 4' sizes. Only a few perennials do well for me as I have limited sun. We are surrounded by huge cedars and firs. We are just above the US Pacific Northwest ie. Southwest Canada. We have ivy growing on the steep slope at the edge of our property but I don't know what kind. It is very slow growing, thank goodness. I'm going to watch this again and save it. I particularly like the shot of the border with the Elephant Ears (?) Thanks Alexandra!
Thank you. The large leafed plant with silver foliage is Senecio 'Angel Wings' - I don't think there were any Elephant Ears here.
I just love Ivy.
me too.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Ivy is very underrated. So interesting how resiliant it is, all of its pros for biodiversity, and the various stages in its life - a lot of times happening in the same plant. A haven for wildlife, including nesting and feeding birds. Does well in literally every soil and spot, and thrives on loving neglect. Ergo: the perfect plant. Apart from all that, when the wind wooshes through its leafs, or the rain drips down from them, it brings me utter joy. "The Wind in the Willows" could just as well be "The Wind in the Ivy". The main characters then of course had to be Mouse, Spider and Hedgehog. 😉 Poetry in motion.
Love this idea as you knew I would .The light green against the Irish dark yew is an Idea ill borrow tell them as it is radically just right for my garden too.
It is lovely, I agree
I do like ivy in one area of my garden but it does need keeping after. Pachysandra works well for me in larger areas also.
How wonderful.
I love your channel! 💝
Thank you
very clever, I like it.
Glad you like it!
I can no longer properly comment on your videos because I've run out of adjectives. From now on, I'll just be fumbling along. Fair warning.
Such a great garden to see. Wonderful ideas. (See? Weak!)
The Senecio 'Angel Wings' are amazing, but I figured not for zone 7a since I don't see them here. And, yes, zone 8 or higher. I do have dusty miller (also normally can't take lower than zone 8) that I wintered over outside with a lot of mulch. About half of them survived. Maybe could try that with the angel wings.
Thank you! And I agree, I'm sure Senecio 'Angel Wings' is a bit tender, but I think some people grow it as an annual or take it into the greenhouse. Although that is a bit of a fuss, and if it's not sold where you are, that's probably the reason.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden I do do that with one very tender perennial that is incredibly useful to me -- a baby's breath-like Euphorbia by Proven Winners. I keep it under grow lights, as it doesn't seem to need a dormancy period. But don't really want to start doing that with more plants. I don't have a green house either, where there would be a sort of "milder winter." I mulched up the dusty miller, which I'd actually grown from seed because I'd read about other people in my zone having success with the heavy mulching. (Oh, and then, about a month ago, I found some downtown here in New Haven that a restaurant was about to throw out! So I grabbed those and got them in the ground.) But, yes, I feel like I would have heard about angels wings before now if they could be carefully wintered over outside. But maybe they are sold as annuals here and I've just missed them?? I don't know. They are so striking.
Hi Alexandra thanks for a great video 🙂 just wondering what that plant is behind you on the wall?
Chinese virginia creeper - Parthenocissus henryana.
European ginger might make a nice evergreen substitute to ivy in some warmer regions.
I love this garden! What is the name of the plant with the peach flowers ? Time stamp 0.28. What a lovely pop of color!
It's a begonia, I'm not sure which one, but it's the kind sold for pots but doesn't withstand a UK winter.
What is that low blue plant in the curved border? There's a good shot of it at 4:46.
It's Rue 'Jackman's Blue'
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you. And it even grows in Pennsylvania! Managed to find some. Received and planted today. Not only is the color interesting but the foliage texture is quite nice.
Can you tell me where I can find cat whiskers lavender ,orthosiphon plant Java tea live , perennial plant pale purple???I’m here in the US and would really like to find this plant if you could help me, I really would like to buy the seeds!!!
Does anyone know what kind of tree / shrub is shown at 2:47? I love its shape 🤗
Thank you!
I'm sorry - I'm not sure what that one is.
Does star jasmine grow in a similar manner to ivy?
They're both climbers, but star jasmine clings less and will drape and hang more than jasmine
The sound has been really bad on the last few videos, it keeps popping like the mic is too close
Sorry to hear that, Michael, we've done a technical check at MSG, and remotely, and cannot find what you describe. It may be a problem at your end.
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ivy hedera will destroy and invade your house. we had it going through the power points.
Oh dear...