Super informative and helpful. Thank you. Would you consider doing a few more simple topiary tutorials? Not many on RUclips and you're probably the best one for this👍
Excellent idea to find a clearance plant and try to topiary. I have wanted to for several years but didn’t want to waste the money! Now I can! Awesome. Thank so much for tips and inspiration. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
I have trouble finding Single trunk plants to do topiary. This was a great video! Thanks Jim! Never thought of using these plants. Gonna give it a try!
Nice topiary form - 10. Facial expressions -10 Necessary force - 10. Fun to watch 100% filled with information, you in shorts wrestling a holly in middle of November, with entertaining clips & all we missed were the dogs! ☺️😁🙂😊
What a great idea, Jim. I always visit the clearance section in Home Depot and Lowes, but I'm never brave enough to purchase anything. Never thought to check the roots!
Jim, loved watching you turn the little ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. And I like that you chose leaving the angled trunk. I like wind swept looking plants. I love shopping "death row" clearance plants and nurturing them back to life. So much satisfaction in rescuing these orphans. Thank you for discussing examining the roots. It was very helpful. I bought 5 mugo pines on deep discount. But when I got them home, I discovered the roots were all entirely black. In spite of all my efforts they were to far gone.
I love it! It turned out great. You took something that was on its way to the garbage and turned it into a lovely little topiary. Thx for the inspiration. I too love shopping the clearance rack at Lowe’s. Between you and Linda Vater, I think I can do it too 😊
LOVE LOVE LOVE this video, Jim. I shop Lowe's clearance perpetually and am so thrilled always to find a shrub like this that will look good all year. Showing your viewers how to take a clearance plant and create a plant that will be a centerpiece specimen for years is so helpful and so appreciated! Loved the way you pruned it. I would have planted it as you did as the centerpiece in your container... but it might have looked good planted to one side of your rectangular container and left it to look windswept--perhaps for a more Asian or more contemporary/modernist look.
Totally agree, the stem growing at an angle is great and adds some interest. Good to see you pruning it, very informative. Look forward to seeing your garden come together, walls and all - all very useful.
Loved this video! Linda Vater has gotten me hooked on trying topiary, and I loved your process/presentation! I must live in the wrong place for clearance plants - my Lowe’s never marks below $10 even for plants that look half dead 😀
@@mahoganyblue2571 - better deals than me! I loaded up at 50% off, because I always think buying later means distressed plants. At 50%, $130 got me 6 Monrovia distyllium (3g), a 6g GG, and 2 Monrovia jasmine(2g). At 75% off, got a 1 ft GrnMtn Boxw and full Lorapetaleum (both 2g) for $15.
@@P_Belle they're ALL making room for Christmas trees, good profit margin on those. Especially since many will have to buy another BEFORE Christmas. Cut trees just don't look good after over a month! What annoys me is that many of us, especially in the south, are still actively planting. Home Depot had almost NO soil amendments, few containers & VERY few plants. Garden Center NOT tree lot, grrr
Another great video! Lowe's clearance plant section is my home away from home, especially now since they're clearancing plants to make room for Christmas trees.
Thank you, thank you for demystifying clearance plants! Right now our Lowes has 50% everything that is not Christmas plant related...none are distressed...but I didn't know if the normally clearanced plants are beyond hope.
A doyen of topiary once told me that, one day he would like to grow a maze. It seemed to me quite logical that this should be his wish, and with that, we both went our separate ways.
Wow this looks like a whole new plant! Definitely rejuvenated it. This is something I am going to be looking for when I go this week because I often walk on by them and think I can't save them
My goodness the intensity on your face while your working! I love how this turned out, especially with the different directions of the trunk...such character! Thanks for sharing because the last time I tried to make a topiary...I had to cut the poor thing to the ground :(
Great transformation. I will be looking for such a deal and start my own collections. I have bought a couple of green little trees and transformed them into beautiful bonsai. Can't wait to start my topiary collection. Thank you for sharing!
Cool outcome for something that looked scraggly- : “don’t judge beehive holly by its looks. “ I’m sure the original saying didn’t think on gardening only cover of books! Lol. Great inspiration. I have a new appreciation when looking at the garden center sales area! Love your videos learning so much !
Awesome! I picked up a zebra grass, an emerald arborvitae, and a crape myrtle yesterday for $13 total. Putting them all in the ground today as we are expecting our first frost tomorrow. Hope they make it!
The lean of the trunks gives it character ☺️
I think so as well!
Thank you for continuing to share how a garden can look great without breaking the bank.
Fun video. I love the tip about planting it on an angle to make it appear straight. i do that all the time.
Plants like many of us are not perfect. I love the way gardeners embrace the imperfections.
Love the idea of practicing topiary skills on a clearance plant!!! Brilliant! As always, so appreciate all the great gardening content you share!
I love the way you get right after the prune! I love clearance rack finds!! Thx Jim.
Love this. You only cut off 4 dead bits and already it was a topiary! I’m trying this 😊
It really isn't very hard. Sometimes it can take a season to work it out, but this one was fine immediately.
@@JimPutnam it was a great video and now I’m confident to try it. I do love topiaries 😍
You made a silk purse out of a sows ear Jim! It was destined for the dumpster & now, it's a showpiece. Great look for that container!
Would love to see more videos like this. Thank you
Super informative and helpful. Thank you. Would you consider doing a few more simple topiary tutorials? Not many on RUclips and you're probably the best one for this👍
Turned out beautifully! Love what you planted with it!!
Thanks you!!
Excellent idea to find a clearance plant and try to topiary. I have wanted to for several years but didn’t want to waste the money! Now I can! Awesome. Thank so much for tips and inspiration. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
I have trouble finding Single trunk plants to do topiary. This was a great video! Thanks Jim! Never thought of using these plants. Gonna give it a try!
You took something simple and struggling and made it into something unique and cute! Well done!
Nice topiary form - 10. Facial expressions -10 Necessary force - 10. Fun to watch 100% filled with information, you in shorts wrestling a holly in middle of November, with entertaining clips & all we missed were the dogs! ☺️😁🙂😊
Looks great! I love to make something special out of a low cost bush! And it looks like it's already a bonsai with the curved trunk! Perfect!
Thanks for such an informative video. You make it look doable- even for me!
What a great idea, Jim. I always visit the clearance section in Home Depot and Lowes, but I'm never brave enough to purchase anything. Never thought to check the roots!
You're a magician, Jim! I love watching you work and create such beautiful transformations! LInda in Houston
Love this video! Final result is awesome!
Jim, loved watching you turn the little ugly duckling into a beautiful swan. And I like that you chose leaving the angled trunk. I like wind swept looking plants. I love shopping "death row" clearance plants and nurturing them back to life. So much satisfaction in rescuing these orphans. Thank you for discussing examining the roots. It was very helpful. I bought 5 mugo pines on deep discount. But when I got them home, I discovered the roots were all entirely black. In spite of all my efforts they were to far gone.
You've just made the plant look totally different, in the most positive way. And in between those ornamental kales = It looks amazing! 👍
Thank you for showing us not to be afraid to tackle something like this. It looks great! :)
Nice video...I gotta try this one day! Thanks for sharing!
I’m so glad you showed us this project
I like it. I’ve become quite obsessed lately with topiary and bonsai. I’m always looking around wondering what I can transform next. 😂
I love it! It turned out great. You took something that was on its way to the garbage and turned it into a lovely little topiary. Thx for the inspiration. I too love shopping the clearance rack at Lowe’s. Between you and Linda Vater, I think I can do it too 😊
LOVE LOVE LOVE this video, Jim. I shop Lowe's clearance perpetually and am so thrilled always to find a shrub like this that will look good all year. Showing your viewers how to take a clearance plant and create a plant that will be a centerpiece specimen for years is so helpful and so appreciated! Loved the way you pruned it. I would have planted it as you did as the centerpiece in your container... but it might have looked good planted to one side of your rectangular container and left it to look windswept--perhaps for a more Asian or more contemporary/modernist look.
Jim, This video was great fun. I have my own little potters field full of rescued plants I try to nurse. Great satisfaction in that for me.
lovely form! Can’t wait to see an update.
I love the angle and the topiary... great job! You are encouraging me to be braver with topiary ! From a zone 5 watcher🙂🌿
Totally agree, the stem growing at an angle is great and adds some interest.
Good to see you pruning it, very informative.
Look forward to seeing your garden come together, walls and all - all very useful.
Great video, Jim. I think that “lean” is quite architectural and it makes it unique! Linda Vater would be so proud of you! 👍🤗
Loved this video! Linda Vater has gotten me hooked on trying topiary, and I loved your process/presentation! I must live in the wrong place for clearance plants - my Lowe’s never marks below $10 even for plants that look half dead 😀
Same here. 50% off is common, with some "rounding down" . This weekend, shrubs went to 75% off @ Lowes. Great quality.
@@P_Belle Sure did. I got a nice arborvitae in a 3 gallon pot for $7.
@@mahoganyblue2571 - better deals than me! I loaded up at 50% off, because I always think buying later means distressed plants. At 50%, $130 got me 6 Monrovia distyllium (3g), a 6g GG, and 2 Monrovia jasmine(2g). At 75% off, got a 1 ft GrnMtn Boxw and full Lorapetaleum (both 2g) for $15.
@@P_Belle those are good deals too.
@@P_Belle they're ALL making room for Christmas trees, good profit margin on those. Especially since many will have to buy another BEFORE Christmas. Cut trees just don't look good after over a month! What annoys me is that many of us, especially in the south, are still actively planting. Home Depot had almost NO soil amendments, few containers & VERY few plants. Garden Center NOT tree lot, grrr
Another great video! Lowe's clearance plant section is my home away from home, especially now since they're clearancing plants to make room for Christmas trees.
Best $3 topiary EVER!
Thank you, thank you for demystifying clearance plants! Right now our Lowes has 50% everything that is not Christmas plant related...none are distressed...but I didn't know if the normally clearanced plants are beyond hope.
This makes me want to check out the clearance section at Lowes. What a great idea!
That’s so cute wow what a difference a little cutting and pulling makes love the arrangement 💐🌱💐🌱
Turn out beautifully 😍
Thanks for share... Blessings
A wonderful makeover! Quite a treasure, indeed. I just made a topiary with a boxwood, it was fun. Will definitely try some more! 🌿🌿🌿
A doyen of topiary once told me that, one day he would like to grow a maze. It seemed to me quite logical that this should be his wish, and with that, we both went our separate ways.
have a jolly holly topiary
Love the faces you make when you’re aggressively pruning,love the video!
Just got into topiary this summer and I love it. Great job!
Love it will look at the clearance rack with different eyes now!
Love the topiary. Linda Vater would be impressed. Go Jim!
Very pretty!
Next week Hortbonsai with Peter Chan! Beautiful movement on that trunk! Ha
I’m going to the clearance section!! Thankyou!!!
Wow this looks like a whole new plant! Definitely rejuvenated it. This is something I am going to be looking for when I go this week because I often walk on by them and think I can't save them
We have similar gardening styles. I love quirky rather than always straight.
An instant topiary!
Yes!!
My goodness the intensity on your face while your working! I love how this turned out, especially with the different directions of the trunk...such character! Thanks for sharing because the last time I tried to make a topiary...I had to cut the poor thing to the ground :(
That turned out great!! Ho hum to quietly majestic! I love this kind of video..thank you!!!
Love this project!!!
That looks amazing. I love topiaries.
Looks amazing!
Very inspiring video, I think I will give this a go. Thank you from Melbourne Australia
Wow! Major change! Loved this video. I will never look at a clearance "dead" shrub the same. Thanks for showing us the potential.
Great transformation. I will be looking for such a deal and start my own collections. I have bought a couple of green little trees and transformed them into beautiful bonsai. Can't wait to start my topiary collection. Thank you for sharing!
I get clearance plants from both Lows and Home Depot. I enjoy nursing them to health. Usually, Thursday’s are when they get marked down!
Wow. So good. I'm new to all this. Fascinating. Creative. It almost like hairdressing.
Cool outcome for something that looked scraggly- : “don’t judge beehive holly by its looks. “ I’m sure the original saying didn’t think on gardening only cover of books! Lol. Great inspiration. I have a new appreciation when looking at the garden center sales area! Love your videos learning so much !
Awesome! I picked up a zebra grass, an emerald arborvitae, and a crape myrtle yesterday for $13 total. Putting them all in the ground today as we are expecting our first frost tomorrow. Hope they make it!
Thank you. it will help me when I see plants I think are gone!!!
Thanks so much. You are the first one I have watched that makes the process clear and I can actually see the cuts you are making. Thanks.
Love topiary! very therapeutic!
I love the way it looks afterwards! It’s very nice to my eyes. I guess it all depends on preference. Lovely!
Love what you did with this plant!😊
Beautiful! I like it leaning, Somewhat unique!
Enjoy your pruning skills! I am excited to try one
Good job, Jim!
This was super helpful. I love it already.thanks☺
Lowes clearance is the best
The Lowe’s near me never has decent clearance plants. Neither does Home Depot.
Home depot is the worst, seems like they prefer to throw them away
Great video, great channel. Thanks.
I like the lean, too.😃
That looks great. Thanks for sharing the process.
Looks very good. I like the lean too!
Looks good!
Looks great👍🏻❣️🤗
Great video. I always look atbthe on sale bushes. Now, I have a reason to purchase the sad fellows and give them a new purpose. Thanks
Looks lovely.
Ty for the great video! Ive never seen an instructional on topiary that made more sense
Great video! This was very helpful.
Really nice. You just gave me some ideas. I see you Mr. Ambidextrous :).
Love it. I’m on my way to Lowe’s
I hope we can see an update on this plant next year please 👍
Looks great! Thanks!
Looks great... love it! 😍
This was very helpful!
Great work thank you for sharing
This was very helpful, thank you!
I want to try this. Great video
Thank you, great information.
Nice tree and trunk movement!
More bonsai and niwaki pruning please! 👏✂️
lovely information
Love it!!!
Very nice!
Love it! I think the lean isnt so bad either