Kudos Paul on a terrific video! Loved your dialogue and it was very informative. Great battle with the fern :).....and looking forward to seeing an update in Spring with your amendment of this garden. Do you pick the Honesty plant , we call Money Plant here and create dried arrangement indoors....one of early memories from my Mother was to peel off the dried petals....
That's a nice idea creating indoor arrangements with the honesty - I can see why you call them money plants and so special with your early memories Nadine.
Dear Paul , Thank you for cheering me up a little bit on this miserable day. I am quite depressed due to unemployment since march due to the corona Situation. You are always in a good mood and therefore a little ray of sun for me. Be blessed, Meggi
Dear Meggi, I am so sorry to hear of your situation and I do hope things improve for you and that you can find a silver lining in the near future. I am so pleased you enjoy my videos, thinking of you, best wishes, Paul
Oh NO Paul... do not kill the ferns... one of the plants i love in my garden eh.😊, anyway.... nice videos and very good idea of making new garden plots!!!!👍❤️
@@paultsworld I've recently started remodeling a 140 year old home in upstate NY. Unfortunately, the garden I inherited is fairly minimal. I'll be remedying that next spring with the help of your channel.
That would be great if my channels helps. I hope your garden and house is coming along as I know your renovation is a big project - but will be fabulous before you know it.
I adore foxgloves! I planted some in our late autumn of this year (southern hemisphere) for the first time... I’ve never had a cooler climate garden to be able to in the past. Can’t wait to see how yours progress! Thank you- from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi Woodland Faerie, great to hear you love foxgloves - are yours going to flower this Summer for you - when will it be; December? Mine will be out in June -- I'm looking forward to making a video of them.
Paul T's World I think a couple are producing flower buds now... so they may flower by late November or early December I hope 🤞 Ps- will look forward to your video in June of yours 😊🌸
Yes I did enjoy watching you transplant your foxgloves, so much easier than doing it myself. 😊 Your gardens are always beautiful, look forward to seeing them in the spring. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
I look forward to seeing the foxgloves in flower next year, one of my favourites along with lupins and poppies. Love your videos Paul, looking forward to the next one 🌺🌼🌱🥀
Thank you Jennifer - I'm hoping for a nice display, luckily they are quite reliable. I love lupins as well, they look gorgeous in June - I used to have some but not at the moment - but poppies are self-seeding in a few of the beds - Welsh poppies and oriental.
Paul I did not realize grass was growing in your border until you pointed it out! LOL Lovely assortment of shade leaning plants in that amazing garden. Great transplanting....I love that little hellebore you got tucked in that tree trunk.
@@paultsworld Well .. I guess I wont be digging yours up. Haha. I really do enjoy your channel.. I have a few new ones coming soon. All the best my friend
Hi Paul, it’s so refreshing to makeover a flower garden. It is important to clean them up every few years. A fresh garden is always pleasing to admire. That large fern decided it didn’t want to leave but it was no match for you. 😂 Happy gardening! 🍂🍁
Hi Jane, that was a great workout removing those two ferns - I didn't show the first fight as it went a full 10 rounds 😆. Yes, it does feel good to redo a flower bed - and exciting waiting to see the results next year.
I have to relocate some plants, too. Good workout for windy day. It will come out nicely in the spring. I wanted to add some hellabores for my woodland bed.
@@paultsworld I take a walk to Birmingham Botanical Garden nearby often with my husband there I see a lot of flowers have few different colors.Thank you Paul
i love these varity plant.. i love to see plants going to the shed also.. the flowers looking great.. i love the red one. i like to see butterfly going to the flowers.. its nice surroundings
Hi Paul, Lily of the valley is the flower of my home town ,Helston in Cornwall. You are lucky that it's not invasive in your garden as it is taking over in mine so I'm always pulling bits out. I love all the woodland plants as they're always the first to flower and herald the start of a new gardening year. Take care.
Digging out your ferns - I have just done the same to make room for foxgloves, lupin & hollyhocks. Big job when you're 75 - the roots sure take up some space!
Yay, Paul so good to see another video! I envy you having fox gloves. I would like to plant some, but am afraid that my cats would get poisoned. They always brush up against my garden and hide/play with each other in them. I haven't tried to plant any ferns yet, but would love to. I always learn so much from your videos! Thank you, for all your great information! Take care, my far away gardening friend!♡ Sincerely, Joy
Hello Joy, lovely to hear from you. Ferns can make for a great addition to a garden - they thrive where other plants can't i.e. drought and shade. So if you have a difficult area that's where you could put some ferns. All the best, Paul
What a coincidence! I was out in my garden digging up self-seeding foxgloves from one spot in the garden, and transplanting them into another, today too! 🌞
@@paultsworld I had one 'surprise' White one and the rest were deep Pink, however, I'll have to wait and see what the next year will bring; 'natural mauve' sounds lovely!
Hi Paul, I had severe fern envy when I saw your ferns. It's exciting rejuvenating areas in the garden and then you wonder why you didn't do it years ago! We hang on to plants too long because we don't want to kill them, I think. My new foxgloves are dying because I think they are in poorly draining soil, we've had SO much Spring rain. I have a new experiment I have planted hollyhocks, not a plant you see in Australian gardens. I am glad you are enjoying a beautiful Autumn. We had a glorious Autumn this year and a mild Winter. I hope you can potter a lot in Winter, too (and post Winter videos ! hahaha ; )
Hi Margaret, hollyhocks - a classic for us, very much a cottage garden plant. Sorry to hear about your foxgloves - I wonder if they’ll recover? I’ll certainly record what’s happening in the garden over the Winter. All the best, Paul
Hello Paul.Another wonderful visit with you in your garden.Isnt it amazing how much room you can free up by just removing one unwanted plant.Those foxgloves will be beautiful there.Like cathedral spires .Did you get any takers for the fern haha.Loved your wee stone wall too.Did you do that.?i adore all your quirky and interesting things in your garden.I could feel that warm wind too.Love those sort of days.That whole corner is going to be magic in the spring.The wizard gardener will be happy.
Hi Yvonne, yes, I'm glad I removed the two ferns - I like ferns, but as you say, they freed up a lot of room and light - two people wanted them but they are on different continents 😅. I bought a load of sandstone for the wall in the front garden and had a fair number of large stones left over; so I made this wall. It's double thickness so is hollow inside with little caves and some soil for wayward plants to colonise. I trust your garden is looking good with all sorts of things happening.
Its been a very windy spring so far.I have to say though ,we are eating bok choi,lettuce,spinach and many herbd.All my potatoes are well up and the seeds I planted (very early I might add)are all up and needing dividing .The apples have set although there dont seem to be many bees.The magpies,sparrows and waxeyes are going back and forth feeding their young.Im constantly outside filling up bowls of food before they start knocking on the frenchdoors for our attention.The maggies start with a song and if i dont move fast enough they bang hell out the glass with their beaks.The roses are just starting to break along with the clematis.Cant wait.Hope you are keeping happy and well
Beautiful! I had to take out most of my ferns because they were taking overI have an enormous patch of Lilly of the Valley in the woods, some did jump a path into my woodland garden and I am pulling them out🇺🇸
Hi Paul, loved your video again! In my woodland garden other than the Spiderwart and another plant with radiant pink flowers (in German, it's Samtnelke) and silvery leaves are the only invasive plants. I would love to have this many Foxgloves, as i always shakes the seed pods onto my flowerbed. .
Hi purpledame, it's fun shaking the seed pods of the foxgloves - I didn't this last year and they spread anyway! I've looked up Samtnelke and it is coming out at velvet carnation.
What a great name - I’ve never heard of it but have just googled it....it’s got plenty of names: Bloody William, Crown pink, Bridget-in-her-bravery, Corn rose, Crown of the field, Dusty miller, Garland flower, Mullein pink, Pink mullein, Red bird's eye
Hi Paul great vid as always I look forward to seeing all your hard work coming into fruition next spring. Hellebore seedlings are always interesting as you never know what colour they're gonna turn out. Have you been lucky enough to see any waxwings or red wings on your rowan yet?
Hi Stephen, thanks for your support. That's interesting about the hellebores - in that bed some are very dark and some very light cream - I read that dividing is the only way to make sure of the colour - I'm going to give it a go. So far the only migrants are some really dark blackbirds with black beaks. I don't think the waxwings and redwings will be here till it gets cold - I want them to arrive before the blackbirds finish off all the berries!
Thanks for the hellebore tip Paul I will give it a go myself. Hope those elusive wax & redwings turn up before the blackbirds (black beaks!) gobble them all up. Stay safe mate keep up the great work
Hello and Good morning from North Borneo....Sir. I enjoy watching you gardening....i love those plants...Sir!! How is your Roses and Hydranges at the moment? I miss these flowers... Have a wonderful Autumn season to you and yours.
I would love to pass you some foxgloves - I think I under-estimated how many I have! I think my garden is like yours - bit dry for lily of the valley - having said that; it hasn't stopped raining here this week.
Wish I had good soil. Mine is mostly clay and not much of it to work with. The rest is a barrier layer with river rock. Came with the house. I do use alot of co trainer hostas and geraniums and annual containers.. There is alot of watering here in the summer though on my good days. I need to fertilize more. I do have a love for foxglove and Lily of the Valley.
I used to have a garden with clay soil Peter - I found it hard going. My sandy soil is absolutely bone dry in high Summer and the birds have dust baths in it - so I'm constantly adding compost and leaf mould to improve it so it retains some goodness and moisture. My other problem is that it's not very deep - the sandstone is not far down so I can't dig big enough holes!
Nice work, Paul. Not sure if you know this, but your superhuman power is speed! ;) The roots might not have given you such a hard time if you had started with the pitchfork...just to let them know who's boss. :P
It struck me that you removed the one important woodland plant from there Paul; Many ferns, but not all, thrive under trees and in places where they are not invading other species. There are evergreen varieties too which mix well between Foxgloves and Lilies. A beautiful Dryopteri erythrosora s aurea' is a brilliant glow of gold and there are many others.
Thanks for letting me know about the Dryopteri erythrosora - I'll look it up. I wanted a change in that area and I do have ferns in other places - all self-sown, so I thought I'd ring the changes. I have another place that could lend itself to the foxglove, fern, lily theme so thank you Wendy for suggestion.
I loved the sound of the wind in the trees in this video, a lovely autumn day! I see you have your volunteer plants well taught...the self seeded helleborus landed dead centre in the hollowed out log! Is your primrose a cultivar or is it an old fashioned wild one???? Shame you couldn't send me your ferns 😂😂😂 I have just started a fern patch at the end of my garden. Great video Paul
Hi Una - I think it's an old fashioned primrose - I hope so anyway, they're the ones I prefer. I've lots more ferns for you 😊 in fact one used to be in that log - till the hellebore turned up.
Yes, it looked like an old fashioned primrose. Impossible to get hold of here in my area. The cultivars just aren't the same. Bluebells, primroses and cowslips form part of my Irish youth.
Ivy isn't much good in the shade as its wildlife activity is in autumn and winter mostly and wildlife using it at that time like the newts you mention need all the warmth they can get. You have it in a sunny area so that's brilliant, as well as the newts being happy, the flowers will attract bees, butterflies and other insects and the berries are good for birds. Some developing flowers and berries of ivy can be eaten by holly blue butterfly caterpillars too. About the wild grasses you found growing as weeds, I weed them out of course if they are near my plants, but I also just leave some in places I don't mind them growing, such as around the base of the hedge in my garden, originally left them there because there were some gaps under it where potentially my dog could dig at and try and escape! I was rewarded when a female speckled wood butterfly laid eggs on the grass (the caterpillars use wild grasses as their food plant as do other brown butterflies such as the ringlet and meadow brown). I didn't see the eggs but she curled up her abdomen when she landed on various points on the grasses which is apparently egg laying behaviour. With the meadow brown and ringlet butterflies also visiting my garden in the summer, I hope the self seeded wild grasses will be of use to butterfly caterpillars. I don't have ivy leafed toadflax but I have a few self seeded ground ivy seedlings I think, and it has similar flowers to the ivy leafed toadflax. You said the fern you took out arrived through self seeding, but was it a native or a cultivar fern I wonder? Anyway, in my opinion, ferns are good for shady areas but aren't great for sunny places in the garden, they take up too much space that can be used for flowering plants which need the sunshine more than ferns do. Yes that weed that fires the seeds is annoying. Himalayan balsam, which is an invasive problem plant in forests and along rivers has explosive seedpods too. As for the main subject of the video, foxgloves, yes they are brilliant and there is a big area of them in my local woodland which was great to see when they were flowering. I have some in the front garden in my house as of course foxgloves are poisonous and the dog uses the back garden and not the front garden. Foxgloves also remind me a lot of another plant - great mullein - also a biennial, similar leaves and also forms flower spikes. I would like to have a mixed area of both foxgloves and great mullein in my front garden.
You do well with butterflies- I am always pleased to see the speckled wood - unfortunately I didn’t see a ringling this year. I am assuming it was a wild ‘natural’ fern but I’m not really good on fern ID - I must learn more about them. Thank you for letting me know what’s happening with the wildlife in your garden - nice to hear.
@@paultsworld There must be wild self seeded grasses in or near your garden for you to get speckled wood butterflies there. Speckled Wood is my favourite type of butterfly that we get in the British Isles, I like the fact it is less showy and harder to spot than some of the other ones especially because it doesn't visit flowers much compared to the other ones because it prefers feeding on honeydew. The ringlet is a lovely butterfly too, a very nice shade of brown, saw a few about in overgrown waste ground areas and one briefly visited my garden. Apparently Speckled Wood and Ringlet didn't have a good year this year according to the Butterfly Conservation count possibly because of the drought back in spring affecting the grasses that the caterpillars feed on but I saw quite a few where I am in May and June and then again in August and September. I also had one day in early summer when a small copper butterfly was in the garden much of the day, took a liking for some ox eye daisies I have.
Thank you for the information on the speckled wood - I must say I wasn't familiar with the food plant and I don't think I've had a copper butterfly - I'll look them up and learn a bit more about them. Really interesting!
Foxgloves are a woodland plant and so like some shade - but I find they like some sun as well. The good thing is that foxgloves are quite tough and easy to come by and grow from seed - they like a slightly acidic soil so I would say they may well flower under pine trees. If it's too shady they will just be a bit smaller, but definitely try and let me know how it goes.
Your woodland area is lovely. I thought I once heard that foxgloves only bloom every other year. Had this been your experience. So will I need to plant for two years in a row so that I get blooms every year?
That’s a really good point. They are indeed biennial ie they grow from seed to smallish plants one year then flower the next Summer, then die. The previous year’s seedlings then flower the following year. You can leave some seed heads to self seed, either where they are or you can collect the seeds in your hand and scatter them wherever you want. Certainly to start with it would be best to plant two years in a row - once you’ve done that the foxgloves will take over so you’ll get plants with flowers every year. If you buy a plant in the Spring it will probably flower by Summer so you’ll see results quite quickly and get seeds from that plant in mid to late Summer.
Could I ask your advice about the time of year and about replanting the foxgloves please? Can this only be done in autumn as in September or October or can it be done now in April? And I also wonder if shrunk can only be moved in autumn... 😊 thank you, have a beautiful day
Hi Sue. I transplant foxgloves at any time of year - in fact I saw some the other day that have self-seeded in another part of the garden - I have no hesitation in moving them - in fact thanks for reminding me! Get as much of the soil and roots as you can and give them a good water and keep them watered if no rain. April is a great month for moving anything - except perhaps shrubs that are about to flower as the stress might upset them. But if it gets dry you'll have to keep everything watered through Spring and Summer. Good luck.
Hi Rachel, that’s an important consideration - avoiding wind noise on the mic. I use a number of different microphones, in this video I used the ‘rode wireless go’. I have it attached under my fleece so the wind can’t get at it - you can just see the black clip on my right lapel. This is the transmitter and it sends a signal to the receiver which is attached to the camera. It also comes with a wind muff. However i usually use a cheap lavalier mic with a wind muff plugged into the sender in my pocket. (See my leaf mold video showing the lavalier and wind muff.) Any other questions just ask. 👍
@@paultsworld I dug up 10 of them. Put in a hedge for the neighbor. Then dug up and divided all the lillies and peonies for the other neighbor. I have too many!!
You could grow them in containers - make sure they are large though - I find foxgloves like a lot of water. One thing to bear in mind is that they are biennial. If you have bought large plants they will probably flower this Summer - if they are very small then next year. Most people leave the foxgloves go to seed in the border so they have a succession every year. If you have them in a pot then leave the flower stalk after they have flowered until it's dry and then shake some seeds onto your hand and scatter them somewhere so you have foxgloves every year.
Hi Janna, I think it is a little late now to plant the seeds. How about planting those seeds in the Spring - they will then flower in 2022. And maybe buy one or two plants of the size I transplanted and they will flower next Summer.
@@5262janna You're welcome. Yes, sow direct in the soil once the frosts have finished and the soil has warmed a little - no rush because they have all Summer and autumn to grow a few leaves then they will overwinter and flower the following Summer. Alternatively you could sow them in a seed tray and transplant in the Autumn to where you want them.
Basically yes. If you have no foxgloves, then the quickest would be to buy a couple of plants. They will flower. Then let the flower stem produce seeds, the seeds will fall (or you can collect them and scatter them in a different place) the following year young plants will grow, then the year after they will flower. They are called biennial as it is a two year cycle. But once you have the plants flowering you will have a succession of plants that will flower every year. Or if you know someone with foxgloves just ask for some seeds - each flower produces hundreds of seeds!
Precious man, great video but this was not about planting foxglove. It should be titled TRANSplanting foxglove which every gardener can figure out. I need help knowing how to plant seeds in the garden
Thank you for your fair comment. Sometimes I do get things wrong doing these videos - I’m just an enthusiastic amateur gardener. Planting foxglove from seed is pretty straight forward - lightly rough up the soil and scatter the seed in Summer where you want the foxgloves to appear- give them a water and two years later, in June, there will be more foxgloves flowering than you can imagine. Then let one or two go to seed and they will do the rest for the following years.. They will appear all round the garden. Just transplant them where you want them. Once you’ve had a foxglove go to seed it’s all about transplanting as you’ll find them everywhere. Although you can gather the seed from the spent flower (when it’s dry and rattles, shake the seeds out into your hand) and scatter where you want. Good luck and just know they settle-in in their first year and flower the year after as they are biennials. I hope that helps, they are beautiful plants, the bumblebees love them.
Kudos Paul on a terrific video! Loved your dialogue and it was very informative. Great battle with the fern :).....and looking forward to seeing an update in Spring with your amendment of this garden.
Do you pick the Honesty plant , we call Money Plant here and create dried arrangement indoors....one of early memories from my Mother was to peel off the dried petals....
That's a nice idea creating indoor arrangements with the honesty - I can see why you call them money plants and so special with your early memories Nadine.
Dear Paul , Thank you for cheering me up a little bit on this miserable day. I am quite depressed due to unemployment since march due to the corona Situation. You are always in a good mood and therefore a little ray of sun for me.
Be blessed, Meggi
Dear Meggi, I am so sorry to hear of your situation and I do hope things improve for you and that you can find a silver lining in the near future. I am so pleased you enjoy my videos, thinking of you, best wishes, Paul
You seem to be a very kind and empathic man. Maybe i will visit you for counselling 😁
Many greetings from Germany, Meggi
Thank you for your kind words. Tschüss.
It’s a good day if you avoided the jab
Oh NO Paul... do not kill the ferns... one of the plants i love in my garden eh.😊, anyway.... nice videos and very good idea of making new garden plots!!!!👍❤️
Hello, the ferns were OK, I gave them away so they are enjoying their new home - I also like them and have more; but smaller ones 😊.
I love a woodland garden. This is one of my favorite videos. Thank you for sharing.
I am so pleased Colleen - what woodland flowers do you have that I've not mentioned?
@@paultsworld I've recently started remodeling a 140 year old home in upstate NY. Unfortunately, the garden I inherited is fairly minimal. I'll be remedying that next spring with the help of your channel.
That would be great if my channels helps. I hope your garden and house is coming along as I know your renovation is a big project - but will be fabulous before you know it.
@@paultsworld Thank you so much
I adore foxgloves! I planted some in our late autumn of this year (southern hemisphere) for the first time... I’ve never had a cooler climate garden to be able to in the past. Can’t wait to see how yours progress! Thank you- from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi Woodland Faerie, great to hear you love foxgloves - are yours going to flower this Summer for you - when will it be; December? Mine will be out in June -- I'm looking forward to making a video of them.
Paul T's World I think a couple are producing flower buds now... so they may flower by late November or early December I hope 🤞 Ps- will look forward to your video in June of yours 😊🌸
That's great!
Yes I did enjoy watching you transplant your foxgloves, so much easier than doing it myself. 😊 Your gardens are always beautiful, look forward to seeing them in the spring. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊
Thank you Carmen, I appreciate your nice comment. 😊
I look forward to seeing the foxgloves in flower next year, one of my favourites along with lupins and poppies. Love your videos Paul, looking forward to the next one 🌺🌼🌱🥀
Thank you Jennifer - I'm hoping for a nice display, luckily they are quite reliable. I love lupins as well, they look gorgeous in June - I used to have some but not at the moment - but poppies are self-seeding in a few of the beds - Welsh poppies and oriental.
Paul I did not realize grass was growing in your border until you pointed it out! LOL Lovely assortment of shade leaning plants in that amazing garden. Great transplanting....I love that little hellebore you got tucked in that tree trunk.
Hi AJ, I am starting to really like hellebores - which is just as well as they grow so well in my garden.
@@paultsworld i am really liking them lately as well💚
Lovely video Paul. You will have a wonderful display next year. God bless.
Thank you Catherine, best wishes.
I do like editing a garden border. Looking forward to seeing those foxgloves in flower...
Thanks Dan - I wonder if there'll be any white ones? I prefer the natural colour but an odd white one is a nice contrast.
Always love watching you and foxgloves are one of my very favorite plants. You have a lovely sense of humor.
Thank you Jeanne, that is so nice. I hope to show the foxgloves in full flower next June.
Beautiful perennials with great flowers.. Great choice
Thank you Chris - all the best.
Another great video my friend. That is a much better way than blindly digging. Great tips. Love ferns..
Cheers Chris. I quite like ferns too - I've plenty more, but think I'll keep a closer eye on them!
@@paultsworld
Well .. I guess I wont be digging yours up. Haha.
I really do enjoy your channel..
I have a few new ones coming soon.
All the best my friend
Really enjoyed watching you work & seeing your enthusiasm - thank-you!!!
Thank you for your nice comment Robyn!
I love how you plant for nature and it’s creatures. ❤️❤️
Thank you Vicki - I think I love flora and fauna in equal measures.
Just lovely. I love foxglove. Just planted some to bloom this spring. Can't wait!
fabulous Audrey - I'll bet the bees are looking forward to them as well.
Hi Paul, it’s so refreshing to makeover a flower garden. It is important to clean them up every few years. A fresh garden is always pleasing to admire. That large fern decided it didn’t want to leave but it was no match for you. 😂 Happy gardening! 🍂🍁
Hi Jane, that was a great workout removing those two ferns - I didn't show the first fight as it went a full 10 rounds 😆.
Yes, it does feel good to redo a flower bed - and exciting waiting to see the results next year.
Can’t wait to see this bed in the spring, I do love fern but it can take over. TFS
Hi Marti, what I like about ferns is they tolerate dry, shady conditions - not many plants can achieve that.
Excellent channel. I can't believe you have hellebores self-seeking. You do a great job with the camera work.
Those hellebores self seed everywhere! 😀
Would be nice to have over 1900 foxgloves in the garden. Thank you for sharing your great video :)
You’re welcome!
I have to relocate some plants, too.
Good workout for windy day.
It will come out nicely in the spring.
I wanted to add some hellabores for my woodland bed.
Hellebores are so expensive in the shops for some reason - I have plenty to give away; hope you get some.
@@paultsworld Thankyou for your kindness. Yes, they are..I wish I could have some but, too far from USA
Good luck getting your hellebores - they seed well and can be divided - colours vary from quite dark to bright cream.
@@paultsworld I take a walk to Birmingham Botanical Garden nearby often with my husband there I see a lot of flowers have few different colors.Thank you Paul
That's perfect having a botanical garden nearby for walks. 🌼
Your soil s gorgeous!
Thanks Karin.
You've got quite the sense of humor 😊 i love the helibore in the log its so cute 🥰 nice video im glad i found you 😊💚
And indeed thank you for finding me - I appreciate your comment 🌻
i love these varity plant.. i love to see plants going to the shed also.. the flowers looking great.. i love the red one. i like to see butterfly going to the flowers.. its nice surroundings
That's nice you enjoyed various aspects of my garden. Thank you for your comment Jaime.
Hi Paul, Lily of the valley is the flower of my home town ,Helston in Cornwall. You are lucky that it's not invasive in your garden as it is taking over in mine so I'm always pulling bits out. I love all the woodland plants as they're always the first to flower and herald the start of a new gardening year. Take care.
What a lovely home town flower you have Wendy. They are early aren't they - I'm always amazed and delighted at the snowdrops in the snow.
Well now I’m going to be on the hunt for Fox glove in Oklahoma City thank you so much
Brilliant. Part shady would be good for your Summer sun - maybe morning sun.
Ivy leaved toadflax! Thank you, I've admired that little plant for years not knowing what it's called.
I also like it Stan - it looks pretty covering my little wall.
Lilly of the valley is one of my favorites
Lovely plant isn’t it - I replanted a few and have high hopes for next year.
Digging out your ferns - I have just done the same to make room for foxgloves, lupin & hollyhocks. Big job when you're 75 - the roots sure take up some space!
You’re right - those ferns are tough going!
Your garden work will payoff when it looks great next year. 👍
wow lots of foxgloves there...i have 4 together in a big self seeded clump..cant wait till it grows and flowers....
Self seeded clumps are the best - they’ll look fabulous in June!
@@paultsworld and they did just..wonderfull 2 meters tall purple bells full of bees..i scattered the seeds everywhere so should get 1st yr plants
@@ThePegasus101 Very good - you'll get foxgloves every year now!
@@paultsworld just found a little one under a rhodedendrum...potted it up..going to buy seeds for the white variety..they look amazing
Yay, Paul so good to see another video! I envy you having fox gloves. I would like to plant some, but am afraid that my cats would get poisoned. They always brush up against my garden and hide/play with each other in them. I haven't tried to plant any ferns yet, but would love to. I always learn so much from your videos! Thank you, for all your great information! Take care, my far away gardening friend!♡
Sincerely,
Joy
Hello Joy, lovely to hear from you. Ferns can make for a great addition to a garden - they thrive where other plants can't i.e. drought and shade. So if you have a difficult area that's where you could put some ferns. All the best, Paul
Looks great Paul, I love stransplanting things, plants for free 😊🍂🍃🍁👍
Thanks Helen, you're right - I seem to specialise in the self-seeded plants! 😊
What a coincidence! I was out in my garden digging up self-seeding foxgloves from one spot in the garden, and transplanting them into another, today too! 🌞
Good fun isn't it? Do you know what colours you have? Mine will be mostly the 'natural' mauve, purple tints but some will, hopefully, be white.
@@paultsworld I had one 'surprise' White one and the rest were deep Pink, however, I'll have to wait and see what the next year will bring; 'natural mauve' sounds lovely!
@@elizabeths4371 Let's hope there are some white ones in the mix.
Learned a new name for the Italian Arum, Lords and Ladies.
And I've learned something from you - I didn't know the name 'Italian Arum'
I love lily of the valley, their scent is so delicate and feminine. It’s unmatched in my humble opinion. 🤍💚🤍💚
Me too, I’m hoping to get a good display next Spring.
Hi Paul, I had severe fern envy when I saw your ferns. It's exciting rejuvenating areas in the garden and then you wonder why you didn't do it years ago! We hang on to plants too long because we don't want to kill them, I think. My new foxgloves are dying because I think they are in poorly draining soil, we've had SO much Spring rain. I have a new experiment I have planted hollyhocks, not a plant you see in Australian gardens. I am glad you are enjoying a beautiful Autumn. We had a glorious Autumn this year and a mild Winter. I hope you can potter a lot in Winter, too (and post Winter videos ! hahaha ; )
Hi Margaret, hollyhocks - a classic for us, very much a cottage garden plant. Sorry to hear about your foxgloves - I wonder if they’ll recover? I’ll certainly record what’s happening in the garden over the Winter.
All the best, Paul
Hello Paul.Another wonderful visit with you in your garden.Isnt it amazing how much room you can free up by just removing one unwanted plant.Those foxgloves will be beautiful there.Like cathedral spires .Did you get any takers for the fern haha.Loved your wee stone wall too.Did you do that.?i adore all your quirky and interesting things in your garden.I could feel that warm wind too.Love those sort of days.That whole corner is going to be magic in the spring.The wizard gardener will be happy.
Hi Yvonne, yes, I'm glad I removed the two ferns - I like ferns, but as you say, they freed up a lot of room and light - two people wanted them but they are on different continents 😅.
I bought a load of sandstone for the wall in the front garden and had a fair number of large stones left over; so I made this wall. It's double thickness so is hollow inside with little caves and some soil for wayward plants to colonise. I trust your garden is looking good with all sorts of things happening.
Its been a very windy spring so far.I have to say though ,we are eating bok choi,lettuce,spinach and many herbd.All my potatoes are well up and the seeds I planted (very early I might add)are all up and needing dividing .The apples have set although there dont seem to be many bees.The magpies,sparrows and waxeyes are going back and forth feeding their young.Im constantly outside filling up bowls of food before they start knocking on the frenchdoors for our attention.The maggies start with a song and if i dont move fast enough they bang hell out the glass with their beaks.The roses are just starting to break along with the clematis.Cant wait.Hope you are keeping happy and well
How nice Yvonne - you paint an action packed garden of plants, produce and wildlife - I love that.
Looking forward to our next visit to your beautiful garden Paul.X
Beautiful! I had to take out most of my ferns because they were taking overI have an enormous patch of Lilly of the Valley in the woods, some did jump a path into my woodland garden and I am pulling them out🇺🇸
I envie your large patch of lily of the valley - I'd like a large swath of them.
Hi Paul, loved your video again! In my woodland garden other than the Spiderwart and another plant with radiant pink flowers (in German, it's Samtnelke) and silvery leaves are the only invasive plants.
I would love to have this many Foxgloves, as i always shakes the seed pods onto my flowerbed.
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Hi purpledame, it's fun shaking the seed pods of the foxgloves - I didn't this last year and they spread anyway! I've looked up Samtnelke and it is coming out at velvet carnation.
@@paultsworld yes that's the direct translation. Does " Bridget in her Bravery" ring a bell😀
What a great name - I’ve never heard of it but have just googled it....it’s got plenty of names: Bloody William, Crown pink, Bridget-in-her-bravery, Corn rose, Crown of the field, Dusty miller, Garland flower, Mullein pink, Pink mullein, Red bird's eye
Hi Paul great vid as always I look forward to seeing all your hard work coming into fruition next spring. Hellebore seedlings are always interesting as you never know what colour they're gonna turn out. Have you been lucky enough to see any waxwings or red wings on your rowan yet?
Hi Stephen, thanks for your support. That's interesting about the hellebores - in that bed some are very dark and some very light cream - I read that dividing is the only way to make sure of the colour - I'm going to give it a go.
So far the only migrants are some really dark blackbirds with black beaks. I don't think the waxwings and redwings will be here till it gets cold - I want them to arrive before the blackbirds finish off all the berries!
Thanks for the hellebore tip Paul I will give it a go myself. Hope those elusive wax & redwings turn up before the blackbirds (black beaks!) gobble them all up. Stay safe mate keep up the great work
Thanks Stephen.
Your fern leaf cuttings could be dipped in painted and laid on a canvas for a beautiful painting. Yes they do take over.
Yes, they do have a magical shape - particularly as they unfold in Spring.
Good dear friend👌
Hi Vaani!
Very nice!
I would love to plant some foxgloves
Hope you get some - they really brighten things up in June - and the bumble bees love them!
Hello and Good morning from North Borneo....Sir.
I enjoy watching you gardening....i love those plants...Sir!!
How is your Roses and Hydranges at the moment? I miss these flowers...
Have a wonderful Autumn season to you and yours.
Good morning Zaleha, I am so pleased you enjoy the videos.
The roses & hydrangeas are doing well and getting into their Autumn colours.
All the best.
@@paultsworld Good morning from North Borneo. I am now on Monday.
Say HELLO to all the flowers in your garden.
Have a wonderful evening to you...Sir.
Thank you and the same to you. I'm still on Sunday!
Always beautiful garden
So nice of you - thank you.
@@paultsworld You're welcome
You love the Lillys of the Valley so they behave themselves for you ( :
Yes they do - I appreciate they can be invasive but for some reason they aren’t in my soil.
Witam serdecznie masz piękny ogród i dużo pracy
Thank you for your lovely comment Malgorzata - To dużo pracy, ale lubię to - pozdrowienia z Anglii
You can always send me one of those 1,948 foxglove. I don't have a problem with lily of the valley either because my garden is drier than they prefer.
I would love to pass you some foxgloves - I think I under-estimated how many I have! I think my garden is like yours - bit dry for lily of the valley - having said that; it hasn't stopped raining here this week.
@@paultsworld you can send some of that rain, too. We haven't had moisture since September 8 and that was in the form of snow. 😫😫
Hope it rains for you soon - our Autumn has been unusually wet.
Wish I had good soil. Mine is mostly clay and not much of it to work with. The rest is a barrier layer with river rock. Came with the house. I do use alot of co trainer hostas and geraniums and annual containers.. There is alot of watering here in the summer though on my good days. I need to fertilize more. I do have a love for foxglove and Lily of the Valley.
I used to have a garden with clay soil Peter - I found it hard going. My sandy soil is absolutely bone dry in high Summer and the birds have dust baths in it - so I'm constantly adding compost and leaf mould to improve it so it retains some goodness and moisture. My other problem is that it's not very deep - the sandstone is not far down so I can't dig big enough holes!
Nice work, Paul. Not sure if you know this, but your superhuman power is speed! ;) The roots might not have given you such a hard time if you had started with the pitchfork...just to let them know who's boss.
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Cheers Nate! For some reason I don't use garden forks very much and prefer a small spade - I'll try both next time.
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Hilarious! 🥂
It struck me that you removed the one important woodland plant from there Paul; Many ferns, but not all, thrive under trees and in places where they are not invading other species. There are evergreen varieties too which mix well between Foxgloves and Lilies. A beautiful Dryopteri erythrosora s aurea' is a brilliant glow of gold and there are many others.
Thanks for letting me know about the Dryopteri erythrosora - I'll look it up.
I wanted a change in that area and I do have ferns in other places - all self-sown, so I thought I'd ring the changes. I have another place that could lend itself to the foxglove, fern, lily theme so thank you Wendy for suggestion.
I loved the sound of the wind in the trees in this video, a lovely autumn day! I see you have your volunteer plants well taught...the self seeded helleborus landed dead centre in the hollowed out log!
Is your primrose a cultivar or is it an old fashioned wild one????
Shame you couldn't send me your ferns 😂😂😂 I have just started a fern patch at the end of my garden.
Great video Paul
Hi Una - I think it's an old fashioned primrose - I hope so anyway, they're the ones I prefer. I've lots more ferns for you 😊 in fact one used to be in that log - till the hellebore turned up.
Yes, it looked like an old fashioned primrose. Impossible to get hold of here in my area. The cultivars just aren't the same. Bluebells, primroses and cowslips form part of my Irish youth.
All super plants!
Ivy isn't much good in the shade as its wildlife activity is in autumn and winter mostly and wildlife using it at that time like the newts you mention need all the warmth they can get. You have it in a sunny area so that's brilliant, as well as the newts being happy, the flowers will attract bees, butterflies and other insects and the berries are good for birds. Some developing flowers and berries of ivy can be eaten by holly blue butterfly caterpillars too.
About the wild grasses you found growing as weeds, I weed them out of course if they are near my plants, but I also just leave some in places I don't mind them growing, such as around the base of the hedge in my garden, originally left them there because there were some gaps under it where potentially my dog could dig at and try and escape! I was rewarded when a female speckled wood butterfly laid eggs on the grass (the caterpillars use wild grasses as their food plant as do other brown butterflies such as the ringlet and meadow brown). I didn't see the eggs but she curled up her abdomen when she landed on various points on the grasses which is apparently egg laying behaviour. With the meadow brown and ringlet butterflies also visiting my garden in the summer, I hope the self seeded wild grasses will be of use to butterfly caterpillars.
I don't have ivy leafed toadflax but I have a few self seeded ground ivy seedlings I think, and it has similar flowers to the ivy leafed toadflax. You said the fern you took out arrived through self seeding, but was it a native or a cultivar fern I wonder? Anyway, in my opinion, ferns are good for shady areas but aren't great for sunny places in the garden, they take up too much space that can be used for flowering plants which need the sunshine more than ferns do. Yes that weed that fires the seeds is annoying. Himalayan balsam, which is an invasive problem plant in forests and along rivers has explosive seedpods too.
As for the main subject of the video, foxgloves, yes they are brilliant and there is a big area of them in my local woodland which was great to see when they were flowering. I have some in the front garden in my house as of course foxgloves are poisonous and the dog uses the back garden and not the front garden. Foxgloves also remind me a lot of another plant - great mullein - also a biennial, similar leaves and also forms flower spikes. I would like to have a mixed area of both foxgloves and great mullein in my front garden.
You do well with butterflies- I am always pleased to see the speckled wood - unfortunately I didn’t see a ringling this year.
I am assuming it was a wild ‘natural’ fern but I’m not really good on fern ID - I must learn more about them.
Thank you for letting me know what’s happening with the wildlife in your garden - nice to hear.
@@paultsworld There must be wild self seeded grasses in or near your garden for you to get speckled wood butterflies there. Speckled Wood is my favourite type of butterfly that we get in the British Isles, I like the fact it is less showy and harder to spot than some of the other ones especially because it doesn't visit flowers much compared to the other ones because it prefers feeding on honeydew. The ringlet is a lovely butterfly too, a very nice shade of brown, saw a few about in overgrown waste ground areas and one briefly visited my garden. Apparently Speckled Wood and Ringlet didn't have a good year this year according to the Butterfly Conservation count possibly because of the drought back in spring affecting the grasses that the caterpillars feed on but I saw quite a few where I am in May and June and then again in August and September.
I also had one day in early summer when a small copper butterfly was in the garden much of the day, took a liking for some ox eye daisies I have.
Thank you for the information on the speckled wood - I must say I wasn't familiar with the food plant and I don't think I've had a copper butterfly - I'll look them up and learn a bit more about them. Really interesting!
What zone are you. I wish all gardening videos would say. It would be so helpful.
You are quite right Pam. Although we don't talk zones in England I have checked and I am in zone 9a.
Thanks for the video Paul T. Did u say the foxgloves were planted in shade? I noted it was under a tree. Would they grow under pines?
Foxgloves are a woodland plant and so like some shade - but I find they like some sun as well. The good thing is that foxgloves are quite tough and easy to come by and grow from seed - they like a slightly acidic soil so I would say they may well flower under pine trees. If it's too shady they will just be a bit smaller, but definitely try and let me know how it goes.
@@paultsworld Thank you, Off to B&Q then for some seeds. Please sharing tips and updates.
You’re welcome.
Your woodland area is lovely. I thought I once heard that foxgloves only bloom every other year. Had this been your experience. So will I need to plant for two years in a row so that I get blooms every year?
That’s a really good point. They are indeed biennial ie they grow from seed to smallish plants one year then flower the next Summer, then die.
The previous year’s seedlings then flower the following year.
You can leave some seed heads to self seed, either where they are or you can collect the seeds in your hand and scatter them wherever you want.
Certainly to start with it would be best to plant two years in a row - once you’ve done that the foxgloves will take over so you’ll get plants with flowers every year.
If you buy a plant in the Spring it will probably flower by Summer so you’ll see results quite quickly and get seeds from that plant in mid to late Summer.
I AM actually looking for shade-loving ferns. LOL I don't suppose you could send it over my way?? Oregon, USA? Probably not... LOL
I could send them along the Oregon trail to you Christine, they are tough plants 😅
Could I ask your advice about the time of year and about replanting the foxgloves please? Can this only be done in autumn as in September or October or can it be done now in April? And I also wonder if shrunk can only be moved in autumn... 😊 thank you, have a beautiful day
Hi Sue. I transplant foxgloves at any time of year - in fact I saw some the other day that have self-seeded in another part of the garden - I have no hesitation in moving them - in fact thanks for reminding me! Get as much of the soil and roots as you can and give them a good water and keep them watered if no rain. April is a great month for moving anything - except perhaps shrubs that are about to flower as the stress might upset them. But if it gets dry you'll have to keep everything watered through Spring and Summer. Good luck.
Thank you Paul this is so helpful. I’ll keep you posted on my progress!
You're welcome Sue - let me know what happens!
May I ask what microphone you use when you film? Your voice came across beautifully even in the wind! (Something I’m struggling with)
Hi Rachel, that’s an important consideration - avoiding wind noise on the mic.
I use a number of different microphones, in this video I used the ‘rode wireless go’.
I have it attached under my fleece so the wind can’t get at it - you can just see the black clip on my right lapel. This is the transmitter and it sends a signal to the receiver which is attached to the camera. It also comes with a wind muff. However i usually use a cheap lavalier mic with a wind muff plugged into the sender in my pocket. (See my leaf mold video showing the lavalier and wind muff.)
Any other questions just ask. 👍
I dig up rose of sharon today. Talk about a pain in the bum.
I don't envy you - they've got long roots!
@@paultsworld I dug up 10 of them. Put in a hedge for the neighbor. Then dug up and divided all the lillies and peonies for the other neighbor. I have too many!!
That's nice of you to do that for your neighbours.
I just got 2 foxgloves and plan to do them in a container. Are they good in containers?
You could grow them in containers - make sure they are large though - I find foxgloves like a lot of water.
One thing to bear in mind is that they are biennial. If you have bought large plants they will probably flower this Summer - if they are very small then next year.
Most people leave the foxgloves go to seed in the border so they have a succession every year.
If you have them in a pot then leave the flower stalk after they have flowered until it's dry and then shake some seeds onto your hand and scatter them somewhere so you have foxgloves every year.
@@paultsworld Thank you Paul. Have a great day.
You too!
Can I plant foxglove seed now in zone 6 us.
Hi Janna, I think it is a little late now to plant the seeds. How about planting those seeds in the Spring - they will then flower in 2022. And maybe buy one or two plants of the size I transplanted and they will flower next Summer.
@@paultsworld thank you for responding. One more question, can I direct sow next spring?
@@5262janna You're welcome. Yes, sow direct in the soil once the frosts have finished and the soil has warmed a little - no rush because they have all Summer and autumn to grow a few leaves then they will overwinter and flower the following Summer. Alternatively you could sow them in a seed tray and transplant in the Autumn to where you want them.
Lovely
I brought some foxgloves seed to plant
Will do later or tomorrow
Beautiful
I was told lord and lady is poisonous, is that true?
Good luck with the foxglove seeds. Yes, I believe Lords and Ladies are poisonous - I think most woodlands plants are.
@@paultsworld thanks, so much for reply
Yes, I am looking forward to Spring when the foxgloves will bloom
Do you just throw down fox glove seeds and they grow?
Basically yes.
If you have no foxgloves, then the quickest would be to buy a couple of plants. They will flower. Then let the flower stem produce seeds, the seeds will fall (or you can collect them and scatter them in a different place) the following year young plants will grow, then the year after they will flower. They are called biennial as it is a two year cycle. But once you have the plants flowering you will have a succession of plants that will flower every year. Or if you know someone with foxgloves just ask for some seeds - each flower produces hundreds of seeds!
Can you figure which US zone you might be?
Hi, I’m in zone 9a
@@paultsworld thx! In central Washington State we are just about done moving and planting. Enjoy! I'm jealous! Spring is a long way off!
Hope you have a mild Winter - let's hope Spring arrives early!
Precious man, great video but this was not about planting foxglove. It should be titled TRANSplanting foxglove which every gardener can figure out. I need help knowing how to plant seeds in the garden
Thank you for your fair comment. Sometimes I do get things wrong doing these videos - I’m just an enthusiastic amateur gardener.
Planting foxglove from seed is pretty straight forward - lightly rough up the soil and scatter the seed in Summer where you want the foxgloves to appear- give them a water and two years later, in June, there will be more foxgloves flowering than you can imagine.
Then let one or two go to seed and they will do the rest for the following years.. They will appear all round the garden. Just transplant them where you want them.
Once you’ve had a foxglove go to seed it’s all about transplanting as you’ll find them everywhere. Although you can gather the seed from the spent flower (when it’s dry and rattles, shake the seeds out into your hand) and scatter where you want.
Good luck and just know they settle-in in their first year and flower the year after as they are biennials.
I hope that helps, they are beautiful plants, the bumblebees love them.
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