What a beautiful garden! All your plants are so well cared for, and they are in sparkling condition. I hope you continue your interest and love of gardening for many years to come. Thanks for sharing. :)
So much variety! I love all your beautiful hydrangeas. I live in Newfoundland, Canada (Zone 5) and my garden is also a shade garden. My garden is three years old, and coming along beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
I can't tell you how helpful this was! I have an area that is bright shade with lots of ambient light and would love to grow a mountain hydrangea, but was worried because the retail sites and lots of people say they need some direct sunlight. I'm not sure if it will work in my space, but seeing yours inspired me to give it a try. Thank you for this super informative tour of your beautiful garden!
Absolutely beautiful. So glad you know the names of your plants. I moved last weekend onto a very shady 2 acres so looking for lots of shade plant ideas. Wonderful! Thank you!
Very beautiful garden! I have a similar yard it gets lots of shade due to huge Oak trees, so thanks for showing what I can grow!! Also love your collection of hydrangeas!!
Love the varieties and colours of the Hostas and Heucheras, and they way you've mixed them in with the grasses, groundcovers, and hydrangeas: the results are very cool, soothing and visually relaxing
My shady, earthy, mossy section of my garden brought me here. What a delightful and insightful tour. Thank you lady! 2013? It’s 2020 now, I would love to see an update of your shady garden. You have given me so many ideas!!
Hi - I did a few updates but am due for another one. Many changes have taken place since I love to move things around or replace with a new plant. I'll try to do one in June or July.
I love your video without making us dizzy. lol. Your plants are lovely. I think some people assume shade gardening is 100% shade, but most plants enjoy a good bit of sun. Continue the good videos. Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing all the names of your shade plants. I, too, am blessed with the big oak trees. 36 trees on 3/4 of an acre. I have decided to use the leave mold also . I just love to watch shade garden videos. Yours has been very informative. Thanks
You're welcome Patricia! I'll make another video next season since things have been moved around, new plants added, some just needed to be removed, etc. But I'm most happy with my row of Limelight hydrangeas - they really have done well in spite of the shade.
Well, I am extremely impressed! What a beautiful yard! I am going to try my hand at landscaping and planting shade gardens this year at my house for the very first time. At the moment I don't even have grass so I have a lot to do! Lol. Your video has certainly inspired me. Thank you very much! :)
I am familiar with all the plants mentioned. All will be fine to zone 4, except Japanese forest grass (hakanakoe) might struggle a bit until established. Begonias, coleus, elephant ear, are annuals this far north. This garden is sure an investment in planning, labor, patience, and money. The gardener seems pleased and proud. Good rewards for a job well done.
Beautiful garden :) Watch out with the ligularia's.... I planted these and they have become invasive throughout the garden, popping up from seed EVERYWHERE!
Thanks Mylynn - I have since replaced the heucheras with dwarf goatsbeard and moved a few things around. Like everyone else, I still have a few areas where plants seem to struggle for some reason. But on the whole, it's a pretty low maintenance garden. Some of my ground covers - like creeping jenny - need to be pulled frequently so it doesn't take over.
great! Can't remember if I said in the video since it's been a few years, but we attached bamboo to the cyclone fence and it's been 4 years. Still looks great. If you get snow, be sure to raise the bamboo high enough so the bottom few inches aren't sitting in wet snow for months.
That is absolutely beautiful. All those different plants surrounding the walkway like that 😍 It feels like a little fairy could come flying out at any minute haha :)
@@marygarlough1589 I compost all my oak leaves. I add in a big bag of alfalfa cubes to it every year to get more nitrogen into my compost. I have some hostas under my oak tree now, I might add in hydrangeas in-between the hostas.
Great garden...very inspiring. I would like to know more about your privacy fence that you said could come down. I am giving my lawn love but live next door to a neighbor that has a no hands approach and like the idea of your fence
the fence is panels of bamboo that we tied to the neighbors cyclone fence. Just be sure to have the bottom edge at least 3" above the soil line so it doesn't rot.
I'm taking notes. Have a large shaded area in front of my house (east face) and haveing difficulty knowing what to plant (beside hosta). Your garden is beautiful.
@@marygarlough1589 Thanks. I'm in zone 5, north coast of Ohio so I get temperature extremes. The garden area I need help is under the canopy of a large paperbark birch I planted over 20 years ago. At the time I was told it wouldn't get much more than 20 /25 feet so I planted it about 15 ft from the house. Turns out it got about twice that height and eventually everything underneath it died. Right now the only thing growing in that area are a few hosta, some pathetic ground cover and alot of mulch. What I want to do is layer some plants. I can use my existing hostas for lower growth but have no idea what to use for height. Any ideas? My number one priority is texture, followed by various shades of green. Color is tertiary. My color palette on the sunny side is limited to a grouping of yuccas large clump of day lilies and a couple perennials with spiked flowers (purchased more for their foliage than flowers) mixed with my favorite (hostas) and a couple blue junipers. I have one blue juniper on "the dark side" that managed to survive but its in an area that still gets decent sun and a spirea I put in last season and is doing well. Any suggestions for shrubs or bushes? (no hydrangea or rhododendron please, as I tried growing them a few years ago with no sucess). Any help will be greatly appreciated.... Thom.
@@tommyd.743 So is the area basically sunny/shady/ or dappled sun? To me, that makes a huge difference. And I'm thinking that birch is a big feeder so you'd be watering quite a bit.
Oh sorry - just saw this post that said your area is shaded. Have you tried Japanese painted ferns, big root geraniums, Jack Frost brunnera and Lenten Roses? Those are my "work horses" that I can always count on. This year I invested in several different epimediums and so far I love them. They give me a smaller leaf foliage that look lovely with the hostas. Keep me posted!
@@jimgarlough9405 Coincidence, just picked up the painted fern for the shaded area today. Will put in a large container to give me some height above the hosta's. I think the contrast in foliage will look good. Any suggestions for a shrub that will give me some height? (3 or 4 feet as mature would be pefect). That area gets some dappeled light from morning till noon. Thanks for the reply.
Soil and rain/irrigation play apart on what you can grow. Try what you like and don't expect to do all in one year change over time. Some places growth better moved plants many times for plants benefit. Loved this video would love to see as it grows and change.🏝🏜🌱🌳🌲🌴🌵🌿🍀🌺🌷🌹🌻🐞🕷 Don't forget some animals are good for your plants.
Stunning garden! I just love Hostas, I'm trying very hard to keep the slugs and fly's away, uphill struggle?' anyway watched your video ended up ordering a shed load more Hostas. Thank you for sharing.xx
Same here - Sluggo bait works well and sometimes I put out a small dish of beer to catch loads of them. My problem is rabbits - they love to eat the new little hosta leaves as they first come out of the ground in Spring.
Hi Sam - I'm in SE Michigan. With the exception of the hydrangeas, which I never prune, I whack everything to the ground and cover it all with about 3" of mulched oak leaves. The fall season is a lot of work for about a 3 week period.
yes, that is a tricky problem. I tried to choose plants that didn't require deep digging and then just kept moving my shovel around until I found a place where I could actually dig. The farther out from the tree trunk, the easier it is.
It is one of the loveliest shade gardens I have seen. How are you able to dig the earth with the oak tree roots that must be everywhere? I have a terrible problem with my dry shade areas due to maple and mulberry tree roots.
Hi Jeri - sorry for the late reply. There surely were areas that were hard to dig - so that's where I planted either ground cover or shallow rooted perennials. Closest to the trees I just managed to get in hostas and ferns. Wasn't easy .
Mary , Is there a functional reason you guys put landscape stones over the splash pan for the down spout ? (7:51of video ) Or is it just because it looks prettier than a naked splash pan ? It looks like a nice idea - I'm going to copy this for a couple of my naked splash pans , thank you....
Not really - when we moved here there were tons of river rocks everywhere. So I gave most of them away and still have a few here and there. My problem though is that leaves and debris get caught up in the rocks on the pan, so I'm always cleaning it out!!
@@marygarlough1589 - Thanks so much ! I understand - we have lots of river rocks too - but it was our mistake , having grown up in the desert Southwest I never thought about a leaf problem in our MN home....but still so much better than the horrible yard we started with ....I'm going to borrow that stone look you have there and put more stones by our water barrel. Thanks again
Hi Mary, your garden is so beautiful, can you tell me your zone? and how much hour of sun the hydrangea have? I am in Zone 5 and my mop head hydrangea bud dosen;t make it to bloom
Hi - I am southeast Michigan - between zone 5 and 6. The hydrangea gets dappled sun in the afternoon but never for long direct periods of time. It's not a mop head though - it's a flat lace cap. I think mop heads are very unreliable in our zones and depending upon late freezes in the Spring, they don't bloom. I've replaced all my Endless Summer and mop head varieties with Annabelles, Quick Fires,Limelight , Oakleaf, and my new favorite - Bobos. But if you want that hot pink and purple color, then I guess you need to stick with the mop head variety. I just got frustrated with how much space they took up and how unreliable they were in blooming.
@@marygarlough1589 thanks Mary, I like to see some color at least some flowers 😂. I think I should plant lace cap and Annabelle or something that willl performs and reliable.
Hi love your tutorial on your Beautiful garden. I was wondering how much of top soil you use ?? As I have a shaded area and I haven't had any luck growing much because of the tree roots ?? Any suggestion would be Great Thanks. Zone 3 Ontario Thanks for sharing 💐💐🌸🌸🌻🌻
When I started, my soil was extremely depleted of all nutrients. It was a total disaster and "unplantable." I brought in 35 yards of compost. It was not cheap but considered it a long term investment. I now continue to add nutrients to the soil by adding my mulched oak leaves every fall.
Hello, just came across your video. Nice shade garden! How's the garden doing now after 6 years? Was wondering what zone you're in? I'm trying to get ideas on what to plant in my shade garden in zone 9a.
I'm in Southeast Michigan - zone 5/6. Garden is ever changing but doing very well. I would have absolutely no ideas about zone 9 - possibly google your zone and type in shade perennials - that's how I started. Good luck!
Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous shade garden! I've gotten alot of ideas from your garden that I can't wait to try myself. I see you have irrigation sprinklers installed. Did you install them yourself and how often do you turn them on? Also, do you fertilize this bed and if so, how often and with what kind of fertilizer?
Hi - So sorry for the late reply. The irrigation system was here when we moved into the house. I really don't love it - a drip system would be so much better. I only use it when we're out of town, otherwise I deep water with a hose. I never fertilize other than my layer of deep mulched oak leaves in the fall. Makes great compost!
I'll do an update soon - my Limelights would be much happier if they received more sun but I'm still happy with them - they are at least 8' tall but not as dense since they lack hours of sun.
What a beautiful garden...this is actually the first video that I have seen that has almost all of the same plants I have. I have never seen anyone talk about meadow rue and bugbane before. Thankyou for going through all your plants with us. How do you like you Japanese Anemone? Do you find that it is difficult to control...I had taken mine out and potted it because I was worried that it would take over my garden...
You are so right - since that video, I have removed all my Japanese Anemone . It was coming up everywhere. I had great difficulty removing it even though I dug deeply. I ended up having to paint leaves with RoundUp to kill it. I don't think all varieties of anemone are so aggressive but this one was a real problem. I have also removed my bugbane! It just seemed to get tired over the past couple years and wasn't performing well. So next Spring I need to replace it which will be a challenge. Thanks for watching!
@@marygarlough1589 Thanks for getting back to me....I was debating about the anemone but I think u made up my mind. And thats too bad about the bugbane...looks like an interesting plant!
How far from the neighbour's fence should one plant a hydrangea so as not to be so close as to force the neighbour to cut it back unnaturally hard to prevent it from encroaching on their path?
really depends on the variety of hydrangea - and I would also talk to the neighbor and see if they would actually like the blooms on their path or would feel the need to prune it. Some grow a lot larger than others - the fence would also help keep the branches and blooms on your property rather than theirs. Might be an issue if it's on their walking path - if not a walking path, they might not mind at all.
Thank you for mentioning the names of all the shrubs, and I mean all! So many u tubers just don’t do that! So grateful to you , and so helpful.
What a beautiful garden! All your plants are so well cared for, and they are in sparkling condition. I hope you continue your interest and love of gardening for many years to come. Thanks for sharing. :)
I am in love with all the green textures and colors and shapes... lovely! Thank you 🙏 for the walk through
So much variety! I love all your beautiful hydrangeas. I live in Newfoundland, Canada (Zone 5) and my garden is also a shade garden. My garden is three years old, and coming along beautifully. Thank you for sharing.
good luck with your garden Danielle - I just posted an updated video.
I am so excited to find your gorgeous garden video. Thank you for naming them as you go, too. Blessings. 🌹🌷🌸🌺
thanks Karen!
Super Garden Karen!!!!!!!
I can't tell you how helpful this was! I have an area that is bright shade with lots of ambient light and would love to grow a mountain hydrangea, but was worried because the retail sites and lots of people say they need some direct sunlight. I'm not sure if it will work in my space, but seeing yours inspired me to give it a try. Thank you for this super informative tour of your beautiful garden!
This is a Beautiful Garden ... I hit the replay button and watched it twice!
Absolutely beautiful. So glad you know the names of your plants. I moved last weekend onto a very shady 2 acres so looking for lots of shade plant ideas. Wonderful! Thank you!
Very beautiful garden! I have a similar yard it gets lots of shade due to huge Oak trees, so thanks for showing what I can grow!! Also love your collection of hydrangeas!!
thanks very much for your kind words.
Absolutely stunning garden. It flows so nicely and everything blends so well. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks Cathy - you know how much gardeners appreciate compliments.
Love the varieties and colours of the Hostas and Heucheras, and they way you've mixed them in with the grasses, groundcovers, and hydrangeas: the results are very cool, soothing and visually relaxing
thank you so much!
My shady, earthy, mossy section of my garden brought me here. What a delightful and insightful tour. Thank you lady! 2013? It’s 2020 now, I would love to see an update of your shady garden. You have given me so many ideas!!
Hi - I did a few updates but am due for another one. Many changes have taken place since I love to move things around or replace with a new plant. I'll try to do one in June or July.
I love your video without making us dizzy. lol. Your plants are lovely. I think some people assume shade gardening is 100% shade, but most plants enjoy a good bit of sun. Continue the good videos. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Deb!!
Hello from New Zealand. Well done on your garden tour. You have done well, and plants all look so healthy. Have subscribed.
I love all your textures and colors. Beautiful!
Gorgeous! My absolute favorite type of garden.
I loved to see your shade garden.
Thanks for sharing all the names of your shade plants. I, too, am blessed with the big oak trees. 36 trees on 3/4 of an acre. I have decided to use the leave mold also . I just love to watch shade garden videos. Yours has been very informative. Thanks
You're welcome Patricia! I'll make another video next season since things have been moved around, new plants added, some just needed to be removed, etc. But I'm most happy with my row of Limelight hydrangeas - they really have done well in spite of the shade.
Great video of your nice garden arrangements. Many thanks for sharing.
What a stunning garden!
thanks - just made another video!
A dream of a garden , what an inspiration ! Thank you dear lady greetings from venice italy
Well, I am extremely impressed! What a beautiful yard! I am going to try my hand at landscaping and planting shade gardens this year at my house for the very first time. At the moment I don't even have grass so I have a lot to do! Lol. Your video has certainly inspired me. Thank you very much! :)
Thanks for the kind words Agnes!
Wow! Your garden is so inspiring!
Quick to the point video. Very well done. Thank you.
Ur garden is absolutely beautiful and my gosh... so well thought out. thanks for sharing ur hard work with awesome results....
thanks so much Kathleen!
Do an updated garden tour please :) so beautiful
Wow. So many wonderful ideas for my new garden under my oaks! Thank you!
I am familiar with all the plants mentioned. All will be fine to zone 4, except Japanese forest grass (hakanakoe) might struggle a bit until established. Begonias, coleus, elephant ear, are annuals this far north. This garden is sure an investment in planning, labor, patience, and money. The gardener seems pleased and proud. Good rewards for a job well done.
Thanks Krisitine! Yes, money and labor are involved, for sure! But I'm retired so I do have the time. And you're right - patience!!
Bueatiful shade garden! Love the fens ,grasses! subscribed!
Beautiful garden :) Watch out with the ligularia's.... I planted these and they have become invasive throughout the garden, popping up from seed
EVERYWHERE!
Absolutely gorgeous garden!
thanks so much for the compliment - it's always a work in progress.
Great garden. I am in New Zealand but I can use your plantings and I am looking forward to doing so. Thanks.
Absolutely love this shade garden. So many gems to discover.
Thanks Mylynn - I have since replaced the heucheras with dwarf goatsbeard and moved a few things around. Like everyone else, I still have a few areas where plants seem to struggle for some reason. But on the whole, it's a pretty low maintenance garden. Some of my ground covers - like creeping jenny - need to be pulled frequently so it doesn't take over.
Love your selections 👍
I'm trying to hind a chain link fence on a part shade /shade area of my new home. This really helped!! Love the Japanese forest grass!!
great! Can't remember if I said in the video since it's been a few years, but we attached bamboo to the cyclone fence and it's been 4 years. Still looks great. If you get snow, be sure to raise the bamboo high enough so the bottom few inches aren't sitting in wet snow for months.
I love your garden!
That is absolutely beautiful. All those different plants surrounding the walkway like that 😍 It feels like a little fairy could come flying out at any minute haha :)
thank you so much - such a sweet compliment!
Wonderful garden tour!
Beautiful! If you're still there please update.
Beautiful garden! Thank you for sharing. I enjoyed the tour. 😀
thanks Ivan!
Beautiful shade garden.
What a terrific garden! Congratulations, that's a lot of hard work. You use a lot of Bug Bane, don't see that a lot with other gardeners.
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Thanks Nancy - I love Bug Bane too. I have quite a few, but believe it or not, 3 of mine have never produced a bloom - maybe they are sterile!!
Waah. Heaven on earth
# Dr.Kanchans desk
Beautiful garden! !! thanks for sharing! !
beautiful. I am planning on making a shade garden in my front yard under big oak trees.
there are so many plants that will do well - and the oak leaves, when shredded, make a great mulch.
@@marygarlough1589 I compost all my oak leaves. I add in a big bag of alfalfa cubes to it every year to get more nitrogen into my compost.
I have some hostas under my oak tree now, I might add in hydrangeas in-between the hostas.
You give me so much hope!
Great garden...very inspiring. I would like to know more about your privacy fence that you said could come down. I am giving my lawn love but live next door to a neighbor that has a no hands approach and like the idea of your fence
the fence is panels of bamboo that we tied to the neighbors cyclone fence. Just be sure to have the bottom edge at least 3" above the soil line so it doesn't rot.
You have done a ton of work! It looks awesome!
Thanks Sherry - the limelight hydrangeas are continuing to grow which makes me happy-- even though they could surely use more sun.
Thanks Sherry!
Would love to see updated garden tour.
I just posted an updated video !
Absolutely beautiful!
So lovely, thanks for sharing. Really giving us some ideas.
Oh, do another tour! It’s been 3 years. It’s lovely. I’d love to see it now too.
You are so kind - It has changed due to a fair amount of transplanting. I'll try to do another video in June!
How was your patio done? It looks very pretty!
Oh my this is GORGEOUS. So inspiring! Thank you for this video!
thanks very much!
I'm taking notes. Have a large shaded area in front of my house (east face) and haveing difficulty knowing what to plant (beside hosta). Your garden is beautiful.
that's great - I'd be happy to answer any questions if I can. Lots depends on your zone.
@@marygarlough1589 Thanks. I'm in zone 5, north coast of Ohio so I get temperature extremes. The garden area I need help is under the canopy of a large paperbark birch I planted over 20 years ago. At the time I was told it wouldn't get much more than 20 /25 feet so I planted it about 15 ft from the house. Turns out it got about twice that height and eventually everything underneath it died. Right now the only thing growing in that area are a few hosta, some pathetic ground cover and alot of mulch.
What I want to do is layer some plants. I can use my existing hostas for lower growth but have no idea what to use for height. Any ideas? My number one priority is texture, followed by various shades of green. Color is tertiary. My color palette on the sunny side is limited to a grouping of yuccas large clump of day lilies and a couple perennials with spiked flowers (purchased more for their foliage than flowers) mixed with my favorite (hostas) and a couple blue junipers.
I have one blue juniper on "the dark side" that managed to survive but its in an area that still gets decent sun and a spirea I put in last season and is doing well.
Any suggestions for shrubs or bushes? (no hydrangea or rhododendron please, as I tried growing them a few years ago with no sucess).
Any help will be greatly appreciated....
Thom.
@@tommyd.743 So is the area basically sunny/shady/ or dappled sun? To me, that makes a huge difference. And I'm thinking that birch is a big feeder so you'd be watering quite a bit.
Oh sorry - just saw this post that said your area is shaded. Have you tried Japanese painted ferns, big root geraniums, Jack Frost brunnera and Lenten Roses? Those are my "work horses" that I can always count on. This year I invested in several different epimediums and so far I love them. They give me a smaller leaf foliage that look lovely with the hostas. Keep me posted!
@@jimgarlough9405
Coincidence, just picked up the painted fern for the shaded area today. Will put in a large container to give me some height above the hosta's. I think the contrast in foliage will look good. Any suggestions for a shrub that will give me some height? (3 or 4 feet as mature would be pefect). That area gets some dappeled light from morning till noon.
Thanks for the reply.
Mary,, I would have built a 6 foot block wall fence between my house and theirs. lol
yes! Fortunately they are rarely in their yard and my viburnums completely block the view, so it has worked out.
Soil and rain/irrigation play apart on what you can grow. Try what you like and don't expect to do all in one year change over time. Some places growth better moved plants many times for plants benefit. Loved this video would love to see as it grows and change.🏝🏜🌱🌳🌲🌴🌵🌿🍀🌺🌷🌹🌻🐞🕷
Don't forget some animals are good for your plants.
Pretty knowledgeable and thank you. It is very helpful.
Thanks - I make a lot of mistakes but that's how we learn. I google a lot and talk to other experienced gardeners.
Stunning!
thank you!
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Really pretty! I like it a LOT
Stunning garden! I just love Hostas, I'm trying very hard to keep the slugs and fly's away, uphill struggle?' anyway watched your video ended up ordering a shed load more Hostas. Thank you for sharing.xx
Same here - Sluggo bait works well and sometimes I put out a small dish of beer to catch loads of them. My problem is rabbits - they love to eat the new little hosta leaves as they first come out of the ground in Spring.
Hmmm, I might have gone a bit overboards... Lol. Nah you can never have enough beautiful plants!? Thank you again for an easy to watch video.
This is awesome!!! I'm a dad just looking to do somethign like this!
thanks Andrew - good luck with your gardening.
What zone are you? Beautiful garden/landscape. Please make a video of how you prune them when in dormancy. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Sam - I'm in SE Michigan. With the exception of the hydrangeas, which I never prune, I whack everything to the ground and cover it all with about 3" of mulched oak leaves. The fall season is a lot of work for about a 3 week period.
@@marygarlough1589 would love a video on what you do in the fall
I'm Southeast Michigan - between zone 5&6
Stunning!🌿💕🌿 thanks for sharing!
thanks Erica!
Such a lovely area. How did you manage the tree roots when planting
yes, that is a tricky problem. I tried to choose plants that didn't require deep digging and then just kept moving my shovel around until I found a place where I could actually dig. The farther out from the tree trunk, the easier it is.
It is one of the loveliest shade gardens I have seen. How are you able to dig the earth with the oak tree roots that must be everywhere? I have a terrible problem with my dry shade areas due to maple and mulberry tree roots.
Hi Jeri - sorry for the late reply. There surely were areas that were hard to dig - so that's where I planted either ground cover or shallow rooted perennials. Closest to the trees I just managed to get in hostas and ferns. Wasn't easy .
Thanks so much. I had to dig wherever I could. Most things weren't terribly deep but at times I would have to choose another spot.
What zone are you in? You have my dream garden ? Thank you for sharing .
southeast Michigan - zone 5B/6A
Nice, I like to see a nice shrub garden
FCreeping jenny comes back every year? Thanks for the idea for the shade garden
yes - comes back every year. Rather invasive but easy to pull out.
Beautiful great job.
Thanks Chim!
So beautiful! I love it...thank you!
nice garden 👌
Very, very pretty.
Mary , Is there a functional reason you guys put landscape stones over the splash pan for the down spout ? (7:51of video ) Or is it just because it looks prettier than a naked splash pan ? It looks like a nice idea - I'm going to copy this for a couple of my naked splash pans , thank you....
Not really - when we moved here there were tons of river rocks everywhere. So I gave most of them away and still have a few here and there. My problem though is that leaves and debris get caught up in the rocks on the pan, so I'm always cleaning it out!!
@@marygarlough1589 - Thanks so much ! I understand - we have lots of river rocks too - but it was our mistake , having grown up in the desert Southwest I never thought about a leaf problem in our MN home....but still so much better than the horrible yard we started with ....I'm going to borrow that stone look you have there and put more stones by our water barrel. Thanks again
Gorgeous shade garden! 😍 Thanks for sharing Mary! 🤗
So beautiful❤️
thanks!
Very nice. Most of what you call hellibores are actually huekera. Still, a very calm and serene space with nice variety and interest!
thank you!
Wonderful.
Very Nice!
Hi Mary, your garden is so beautiful, can you tell me your zone? and how much hour of sun the hydrangea have? I am in Zone 5 and my mop head hydrangea bud dosen;t make it to bloom
Hi - I am southeast Michigan - between zone 5 and 6. The hydrangea gets dappled sun in the afternoon but never for long direct periods of time. It's not a mop head though - it's a flat lace cap. I think mop heads are very unreliable in our zones and depending upon late freezes in the Spring, they don't bloom. I've replaced all my Endless Summer and mop head varieties with Annabelles, Quick Fires,Limelight , Oakleaf, and my new favorite - Bobos. But if you want that hot pink and purple color, then I guess you need to stick with the mop head variety. I just got frustrated with how much space they took up and how unreliable they were in blooming.
@@marygarlough1589 thanks Mary, I like to see some color at least some flowers 😂. I think I should plant lace cap and Annabelle or something that willl performs and reliable.
Your garden is so lovely! What's the wispy plant at 4:33 in the video? I tried spelling out the name you mention but can't find it.
I think you might be referring to the "Meadow Rue"
Beautiful.
I wonder how your garden looks like now?
just made another video - Chapter Two - hahaha
Hi love your tutorial on your Beautiful garden. I was wondering how much of top soil you use ?? As I have a shaded area and I haven't had any luck growing much because of the tree roots ?? Any suggestion would be Great Thanks. Zone 3 Ontario Thanks for sharing 💐💐🌸🌸🌻🌻
When I started, my soil was extremely depleted of all nutrients. It was a total disaster and "unplantable." I brought in 35 yards of compost. It was not cheap but considered it a long term investment. I now continue to add nutrients to the soil by adding my mulched oak leaves every fall.
Use Garden soil instead, I used top soil and the water was rolling off and wasn't reaching the plants, so I ended up scraping most of it off
Hello, just came across your video. Nice shade garden! How's the garden doing now after 6 years? Was wondering what zone you're in? I'm trying to get ideas on what to plant in my shade garden in zone 9a.
I'm in Southeast Michigan - zone 5/6. Garden is ever changing but doing very well. I would have absolutely no ideas about zone 9 - possibly google your zone and type in shade perennials - that's how I started. Good luck!
Gorgeous!!! Does the tough stuff hydrangea flower in dappled sun? or do you have those in full sun?
I do not have any tough stuff hydrangea. I have a row of limelights which are now more mature and doing ok in just a bit of sun.
Mary Garlough thank you 🌷
So nice! Love it!
very nice
Thank you so much for sharing your fabulous shade garden! I've gotten alot of ideas from your garden that I can't wait to try myself. I see you have irrigation sprinklers installed. Did you install them yourself and how often do you turn them on? Also, do you fertilize this bed and if so, how often and with what kind of fertilizer?
Hi - So sorry for the late reply. The irrigation system was here when we moved into the house. I really don't love it - a drip system would be so much better. I only use it when we're out of town, otherwise I deep water with a hose. I never fertilize other than my layer of deep mulched oak leaves in the fall. Makes great compost!
Beautiful!
Ridiculously beautiful can you update if you have not already I will check
I would love to see how the Limelight Hydrangeas look now.
I'll do an update soon - my Limelights would be much happier if they received more sun but I'm still happy with them - they are at least 8' tall but not as dense since they lack hours of sun.
Beautiful! What growing zone are you in?
I'm sorry I forgot to add that - I'm in zone 6 Southeast Michigan.
Wonderful...
What a beautiful garden...this is actually the first video that I have seen that has almost all of the same plants I have. I have never seen anyone talk about meadow rue and bugbane before. Thankyou for going through all your plants with us. How do you like you Japanese Anemone? Do you find that it is difficult to control...I had taken mine out and potted it because I was worried that it would take over my garden...
You are so right - since that video, I have removed all my Japanese Anemone . It was coming up everywhere. I had great difficulty removing it even though I dug deeply. I ended up having to paint leaves with RoundUp to kill it. I don't think all varieties of anemone are so aggressive but this one was a real problem. I have also removed my bugbane! It just seemed to get tired over the past couple years and wasn't performing well. So next Spring I need to replace it which will be a challenge. Thanks for watching!
@@marygarlough1589 Thanks for getting back to me....I was debating about the anemone but I think u made up my mind. And thats too bad about the bugbane...looks like an interesting plant!
How far from the neighbour's fence should one plant a hydrangea so as not to be so close as to force the neighbour to cut it back unnaturally hard to prevent it from encroaching on their path?
really depends on the variety of hydrangea - and I would also talk to the neighbor and see if they would actually like the blooms on their path or would feel the need to prune it. Some grow a lot larger than others - the fence would also help keep the branches and blooms on your property rather than theirs. Might be an issue if it's on their walking path - if not a walking path, they might not mind at all.
you've done a wonderful job to your property beautiful. ..
Thanks Jason!
You're very kind - thank you!
Lovely
Looks great! What zone do you live in?
zone 5/6 - I'm in SE Michigan.
Very interesting in 2020 too thank you!