Other gardening shows pot up beautiful containers with very expensive store-bought plants, I like trying to do as you do, I have dug up allysum that went to seed last year and planted a dogwood seedling in the middle of a container. Great Video
Ya----------ya!.hi Jim and Stephany, I 'm grand the red seeding maple find home. All beautiful gardening in the pots. (The garden that can be more around. It 's great) love ❤️. Thank you. Jim putnam.
Hi Jim…I love this video so much. Being retired, having repurposed containers on a budget is a wonderful thing. Thanks for the great ideas and demos. I look forward to your videos every day because you have taught me so much.
Yay, Stephany. I like how all of the containers are ready to go in an assembly line fashion on the driveway. Makes for quick work rather than dragging all of your supplies (via wheelbarrow) to each container throughout the garden. That's what I typically do. Not anymore.
I needed this wonderful video info today! Of course, you’ve taught this late bloomer everything I know about gardening! I couldn’t grow anything being on the road as a musician for most of my life! Thanks for everything! 🌸🌲🌸
I love your videos. I'm getting ready to do some pots here in N. Idaho zone 6 and this has inspired me to use other options at an affordable price. I follow another gardner and her pots are beautiful but I tried to mimic one and it was going to cost me $250! That included a concrete pot. Not all of us can do that so I appreciate you bringing it down to reality. Great job!
If you are talking about GA that never works for anyone else. They seem to have endless funds and it’s not appropriate for most people. They are flaunting it now!
Great video!! Thanks for all the interesting combinations that you have used, I may have to start using more pots/containers since my flower beds are quite full.
Super video with great information. What I love about planting my own pots and making my arrangements unique - is that they don't look like everyone else who purchased them from a nursery or followed the same 'recipe'. We are all different, let our gardens and containers be different too. Shine!
Jim, I also stopped using peat moss and coco fiber several years ago because of their impact on our environment. I used up the remaining part bags that I still had, but haven't purchased either of those for over 5 years now. Your planters look great! I love the look of carex in those planters, but they won't over-winter in containers in my zone 5a. I hope you and Stephany have a great week! ~Margie
My Dusty Miller over-wintered successfully here in northern Utah, zone 6B, and are about 18 inches tall with a bunch of new growth. I have several little sedum "starts" that have sprung up in a container that I thought I had pulled out back in October. So fun to have free plants to start the season!
This was really full of good ideas! I received 12 saplings for a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation and plan to keep them in containers or give them away. Using them as the thriller part of a large pot for awhile would work great.
Great idea -- my daughter also received trees from ADF but she has a postage stamp size yard so I am going to be those trees' grandma. I was trying to figure out a place to put them temporarily and also thought maybe I should pot them up until they were a bit bigger. Using them as a decorative element will be great!
My carex in my containers have gotten huge. I plan on pulling them out and dividing them. They’re with a pieris that took a hit from winter. I need to refresh the soil and see if that helps it turn around.
My fav budget container plants: sedums. Mix growth habit (thrillers & spillers), colors, textures & blooms. Zone 6b-7a they wake up and start filling the pots earlier than any other perennial in late winter and last through late fall. Plant once and have color most of the year for many years to come!
A few years ago you said a container needs a thriller, a filler and a spiller. That advice, along with "Plant it low...it won't grow. Plant it high...it won't die.", I've probably said to myself 100's of times.
I think the foliage containers are much more striking than one of just flowers. Yours are stunning! I wish obsession was hardy in zone 5 Nebraska. I especially enjoy your channel as my in-laws live in Raleigh! Thank you for your great content (as always!)
I love your planters. It’s difficult to find pieces similar without breaking the bank too. Thanks for all the ideas. I bought a few light purple vinca last year and can’t find any this year so I guess I need to add it to my list of things I grow from seed each year.
Heucheras in containers are great for my full shade porch and, as a bonus, they’re evergreen here in western WA. I just have to keep an eye out for vine weevils. Saved one last year with nothing left but a flat crown. Learned something new!
Great video! In North Carolina you are able to winter things in pots that other zones cannot. I wish there was a 'pot hardiness' zone map :) For instance, a Musa Basjoo will winter in the ground in zone 6, but it will not winter in a pot in zone 6 (I've tried and tried).... Hosta will winter in pots no matter what your zone I think, they are tough! I have a kinda-sorta theory.... take the ground zone hardiness and subtract 2 zones for pot hardiness in your area.
I am happy to hear that you're trying not to use peat moss, as I've been following that movement on the UK channels I watch and have heard of the perils to climate change due to the destruction of the Peat bogs. That said, I cannot find any Peat free potting soils in the garden centers here in the US, so I too just make my own potting mix. Is this a new awareness in this country? Do you think we'll start to see more peat free products in the future?
Excellent! I use containers on my deck. I was hoping to fill with marigolds, but the space doesn’t get enough full sun, so coleus it is! I have a ton grown from seed.
Todays' CC funny, "koofia" 😂 The issue I seem to have in all my containers is ants. Big, little, brown & black, I grow them all! Short of poison granuals in the bottom of each, suggestions? Heliotrope is one I plant for my daughter every year, she loves the scent. I'm pairing with the yellow/purple Torenia this year. I had Cuphea persist in a big pot & started more from cuttings. Several Angel Earrings Fuschia as always, one in the ground & more gifted to friends. It roots readily in water! Always on the same page Jim, you're more patient than I though! Looking good!
I really appreciate the focus on budget considerations. I can't spend a hundred or more per container and while there are many who can, there are far more who also can't. 2 questions. One, I am finding that the cost of containers themselves has really gone up. You can't even buy cheap plastic nursery pots anymore, not that I want to except as an option for growing a lot of container tomatoes. This year for my tomatoes I have bought more grow bags, which I have previously only used for potatoes, because they are inexpensive. I hope that works, but I would rather have nice pots. Two, many years ago, maybe 8 or 10, I bought a Persian parrotia online and when it arrived it was only a few inches high, lol. So, I put it in a container where it has lived ever since. I love this tree. It's beautiful. But, I had no idea how to train a tree from a tiny slip and so it never developed a central leader and instead has 2 . It's been stunted, of course, from being in a planter, but it's now about 5 feet tall . Is it to late? If not, what do I do to train it?
I agree with Brady Farlow - I find so many pots and crocks also at estate sales and especially moving sales. People that are moving from a home into a condo usually don't take their gardening supplies, etc. Great finds on the cheap!
Jim, I have an off topic question… I am a yankee moving to Louisiana (I’m in the Army, zone 8b) and the home I just bought is in desperate need of evergreen screens. The front yard is FULL sun, all day. And the back yard is shaded from large pines, that create shade and increases water retention after it rains, but desperately needs a screen to block the view of VERY messy neighbors. What do I grow, and where? I would prefer a fast growing tree or shrub, but I also want the plant to be hurricane/high wind tolerant, and I know faster growing trees are weaker. I was thinking Wax Myrtles and/or Nellie Stevens Holly, but although they’re both good for hurricanes, the holly can struggle in full sun, and I’m unsure how they’d both do in full to moderate shade with a day or two of wet feet a week. Help! What are your thoughts on these plants… or others?
Hi, Amy. Of course, I am not Jim, but I think wax myrtles are a good choice as they are native, resilient, fast growing and inexpensive where I live (SE coastal NC). How about arborvitae? Laura on Garden Answers used them in a very long border and her area experiences high winds frequently.
Lovely containers, you sure do have an eye for combining plants. I'll be working some Carex in soon thanks to you. I wasn't overly aware of it until this video, but love the way it pops against the other plants, and it's whimsical touch in the container. I wanted to offer a use for used potting soil. When I refresh a pot with some new soil, I take the old soil and dump it under my Knockout rose, and also under the native Beauty Berry that comes up in my yard and they love it! I think the used soil helps to enrich the "native soil" under the plants and they seem to really like it. Thank you and Stephany for another exceptional video.
This video reminds me how expensive buying new plants can be! I appreciate your attention to not having all new plants. I have a question about “new” plants-particularly annuals. Many of the newly developed varieties are great but they are also very expensive (in my area, often $6 for a single 4” pot). I would not argue that the price is not justified, but can you tell us some old varieties of plants that are still good to grow, easy to acquire and maybe less expensive? Sometimes I think I just get all googly eyed over the new stuff, pay a lot of money and end up with a mature planting bed or container that’s not really a lot better than if I just stuck to the old stuff! Am I crazy?
You are very correct. A single annual for those prices is not good. If you go back and look at any of my seeding videos from February I go over lots of non patented annuals. Also my weekly tours will list lots of them as they start flowering
Love this ☺ I have a question...I do tulips in pots and they have finished, now I want to plant my dahlias in same pots...would you remove all the tulip roots? Or just refresh the top part of the soil? Many thanks 😊
Beautiful containers Jim. Lots of interesting plant choices. Is pine bark better than others types of mulch for containers? I usually use peat moss and compost. Is it not as good?
Peat moss and compost are great for containers. I'm trying to use less of it. Not particularly environmentally friendly. I use the pine bark to lower the weight as much as anything
Some information online states the Orange Rocket Barberry's are evergreen, some say not. I'm in 7b - is it a zone issue that makes it evergreen? Thanks!
Is there ever a concern with plants in containers rooting together and becoming inseparable or would you sacrifice some to save the main plant when re-potting? For example, the magnolia you showed.
Canadian peat moss is a wonderful & sustainable resource. Checkout ‘Gardening in Canada’s’ latest video on it. The Canadian government does an excellent job of managing their peat industry. Look for peat with the CSPMA logo
I realize that the peat moss industry and the Canadian government want to spin this to keep the money flowing, but what we are actually talking about is stored carbon that is now entering the atmosphere. Those peat bogs need to grow and store carbon like they have since the last age. Cigarettes didn't cause cancer according to industry experts.
The pine bark is more for drainage where peat moss holds moisture. Also when the pine bark is mixed into the soil it will take away nitrogen as it decomposes. Use coco fiber if your not using peat moss.
The bark doesn't use nitrogen. Literally every nursery shrub or tree you purchase is grown in pine bark or some similar bark. It is very different than wood fiber. I'm not using peat moss because it is not sustainable. Coco fiber is even worse. Packed in plastic in the tropics and shipped across the globe.
You need some white bricks for the patio there. It would let the plants really pop better. The Japanese maple disappears with those red bricks 😅 i have a japanese maple from a seed as well. Ive had it in a container for a while. It probably could use going up a size.
🎉Party time: fixing our containers and re-using plants in novel ways! Thanks for the inspiration.
Your containers show so much more interest than those expensive flower balls you buy at the box stores. Thanks for the inspiration
Other gardening shows pot up beautiful containers with very expensive store-bought plants, I like trying to do as you do, I have dug up allysum that went to seed last year and planted a dogwood seedling in the middle of a container. Great Video
Ya----------ya!.hi Jim and Stephany, I 'm grand the red seeding maple find home. All beautiful gardening in the pots. (The garden that can be more around. It 's great) love ❤️. Thank you. Jim putnam.
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Hi Jim…I love this video so much. Being retired, having repurposed containers on a budget is a wonderful thing. Thanks for the great ideas and demos. I look forward to your videos every day because you have taught me so much.
Yay, Stephany. I like how all of the containers are ready to go in an assembly line fashion on the driveway. Makes for quick work rather than dragging all of your supplies (via wheelbarrow) to each container throughout the garden. That's what I typically do. Not anymore.
"Spill, fill & thrill." Words to live by when container planting. 🙂
I needed this wonderful video info today! Of course, you’ve taught this late bloomer everything I know about gardening! I couldn’t grow anything being on the road as a musician for most of my life! Thanks for everything! 🌸🌲🌸
I love your videos. I'm getting ready to do some pots here in N. Idaho zone 6 and this has inspired me to use other options at an affordable price. I follow another gardner and her pots are beautiful but I tried to mimic one and it was going to cost me $250! That included a concrete pot. Not all of us can do that so I appreciate you bringing it down to reality. Great job!
If you are talking about GA that never works for anyone else. They seem to have endless funds and it’s not appropriate for most people. They are flaunting it now!
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I have the orange rocket barberry in my landscape and it is absolutely beautiful!
Great video!! Thanks for all the interesting combinations that you have used, I may have to start using more pots/containers since my flower beds are quite full.
Love this Jim! I like to use seedlings that just show up also. Can’t wait to see the updates 🌳🌳🌳🐕
Super video with great information. What I love about planting my own pots and making my arrangements unique - is that they don't look like everyone else who purchased them from a nursery or followed the same 'recipe'. We are all different, let our gardens and containers be different too. Shine!
Jim, I also stopped using peat moss and coco fiber several years ago because of their impact on our environment. I used up the remaining part bags that I still had, but haven't purchased either of those for over 5 years now.
Your planters look great! I love the look of carex in those planters, but they won't over-winter in containers in my zone 5a. I hope you and Stephany have a great week! ~Margie
Man…your channel rocks. I have learned so much! Thanks, Jim.
Love the barberry in a container in particular.. Thinking about where I can try a few!
such sophisticated beauty
Sensational I do this all the time. As always very helpful info.
Love the use of small shrubs and cuttings in containers for a few years. Awesome video. Thanks!
My Dusty Miller over-wintered successfully here in northern Utah, zone 6B, and are about 18 inches tall with a bunch of new growth. I have several little sedum "starts" that have sprung up in a container that I thought I had pulled out back in October. So fun to have free plants to start the season!
This was really full of good ideas! I received 12 saplings for a donation to the Arbor Day Foundation and plan to keep them in containers or give them away. Using them as the thriller part of a large pot for awhile would work great.
Great idea -- my daughter also received trees from ADF but she has a postage stamp size yard so I am going to be those trees' grandma. I was trying to figure out a place to put them temporarily and also thought maybe I should pot them up until they were a bit bigger. Using them as a decorative element will be great!
My carex in my containers have gotten huge. I plan on pulling them out and dividing them. They’re with a pieris that took a hit from winter. I need to refresh the soil and see if that helps it turn around.
My fav budget container plants: sedums. Mix growth habit (thrillers & spillers), colors, textures & blooms. Zone 6b-7a they wake up and start filling the pots earlier than any other perennial in late winter and last through late fall. Plant once and have color most of the year for many years to come!
The containers are such a nice idea! I like reusing what you have and just tucking in a few new things!
Great ideas! Thank you.
Great container ideas that are so varied and diverse! Thanks for demonstrating!
I absolutely love all those containers and how you shared the planting process! Thank you 💚Z8a NC
A few years ago you said a container needs a thriller, a filler and a spiller. That advice, along with "Plant it low...it won't grow. Plant it high...it won't die.", I've probably said to myself 100's of times.
Thanks for following along. I should remember some of these things🤣
I think the foliage containers are much more striking than one of just flowers. Yours are stunning! I wish obsession was hardy in zone 5 Nebraska. I especially enjoy your channel as my in-laws live in Raleigh! Thank you for your great content (as always!)
I love your planters. It’s difficult to find pieces similar without breaking the bank too. Thanks for all the ideas. I bought a few light purple vinca last year and can’t find any this year so I guess I need to add it to my list of things I grow from seed each year.
Beautiful!
Great ideas. Love the shrub suggestions! It’s fun thinking outside of the box!! Thank you Stephanie and Jim!
Heucheras in containers are great for my full shade porch and, as a bonus, they’re evergreen here in western WA. I just have to keep an eye out for vine weevils. Saved one last year with nothing left but a flat crown. Learned something new!
Great containers!!
Excellent video! My frugal self thanks you for the tips 😊
Great video! In North Carolina you are able to winter things in pots that other zones cannot. I wish there was a 'pot hardiness' zone map :) For instance, a Musa Basjoo
will winter in the ground in zone 6, but it will not winter in a pot in zone 6 (I've tried and tried).... Hosta will winter in pots no matter what your zone I think, they are tough!
I have a kinda-sorta theory.... take the ground zone hardiness and subtract 2 zones for pot hardiness in your area.
They have been amazing Jim 💕 I have been working on my own containers I absolutely love them 😀
Great use of foliage color and texture, to help expand colors and bridge gaps between seasons!
I am happy to hear that you're trying not to use peat moss, as I've been following that movement on the UK channels I watch and have heard of the perils to climate change due to the destruction of the Peat bogs. That said, I cannot find any Peat free potting soils in the garden centers here in the US, so I too just make my own potting mix. Is this a new awareness in this country? Do you think we'll start to see more peat free products in the future?
Excellent! I use containers on my deck. I was hoping to fill with marigolds, but the space doesn’t get enough full sun, so coleus it is! I have a ton grown from seed.
Love your videos, you do an amazing job. We live in Kenly and I have worked my beds for years now.
Love the containers. Good ideas and explanation Thanks for showing
Beautiful!!! Thank you for some inspiration!
I saw one of those Persian Shield at the Elizabethan Gardens on the OBX last year. Really cool! Good to know they’ll make it thru winter inside.
I think I need to step up my container game. Most of my pots have just one plant.
Timely video! Thank you I am just getting ready to do pots
Good luck with everything!
Todays' CC funny, "koofia" 😂
The issue I seem to have in all my containers is ants. Big, little, brown & black, I grow them all! Short of poison granuals in the bottom of each, suggestions?
Heliotrope is one I plant for my daughter every year, she loves the scent. I'm pairing with the yellow/purple Torenia this year. I had Cuphea persist in a big pot & started more from cuttings. Several Angel Earrings Fuschia as always, one in the ground & more gifted to friends. It roots readily in water!
Always on the same page Jim, you're more patient than I though! Looking good!
Thanks great video🤓
You shared a very useful information...liked it 👌👌😊😊
Wow your containers look great 👍
Thank you!
Inspiring!
Love your channel and teaching. One suggestion: Look at the camera more.
Great job, we need to do a better job of potting and using containers to highlight areas.
I really appreciate the focus on budget considerations. I can't spend a hundred or more per container and while there are many who can, there are far more who also can't. 2 questions. One, I am finding that the cost of containers themselves has really gone up. You can't even buy cheap plastic nursery pots anymore, not that I want to except as an option for growing a lot of container tomatoes. This year for my tomatoes I have bought more grow bags, which I have previously only used for potatoes, because they are inexpensive. I hope that works, but I would rather have nice pots. Two, many years ago, maybe 8 or 10, I bought a Persian parrotia online and when it arrived it was only a few inches high, lol. So, I put it in a container where it has lived ever since. I love this tree. It's beautiful. But, I had no idea how to train a tree from a tiny slip and so it never developed a central leader and instead has 2 . It's been stunted, of course, from being in a planter, but it's now about 5 feet tall . Is it to late? If not, what do I do to train it?
Look for estate/yard sales for cheap flower pots! You can find some cheap nice ones sometimes
I agree with Brady Farlow - I find so many pots and crocks also at estate sales and especially moving sales. People that are moving from a home into a condo usually don't take their gardening supplies, etc. Great finds on the cheap!
Marketplace on Facebook has some good deals on pots or check your neighborhood news if you have one.
Thanks for a great video😁
Jim, I have an off topic question… I am a yankee moving to Louisiana (I’m in the Army, zone 8b) and the home I just bought is in desperate need of evergreen screens. The front yard is FULL sun, all day. And the back yard is shaded from large pines, that create shade and increases water retention after it rains, but desperately needs a screen to block the view of VERY messy neighbors.
What do I grow, and where? I would prefer a fast growing tree or shrub, but I also want the plant to be hurricane/high wind tolerant, and I know faster growing trees are weaker. I was thinking Wax Myrtles and/or Nellie Stevens Holly, but although they’re both good for hurricanes, the holly can struggle in full sun, and I’m unsure how they’d both do in full to moderate shade with a day or two of wet feet a week. Help! What are your thoughts on these plants… or others?
Hi, Amy. Of course, I am not Jim, but I think wax myrtles are a good choice as they are native, resilient, fast growing and inexpensive where I live (SE coastal NC). How about arborvitae? Laura on Garden Answers used them in a very long border and her area experiences high winds frequently.
What do u do with the plants that u take out or replace? Do u compost them or give them away?
Lovely containers, you sure do have an eye for combining plants. I'll be working some Carex in soon thanks to you. I wasn't overly aware of it until this video, but love the way it pops against the other plants, and it's whimsical touch in the container. I wanted to offer a use for used potting soil. When I refresh a pot with some new soil, I take the old soil and dump it under my Knockout rose, and also under the native Beauty Berry that comes up in my yard and they love it! I think the used soil helps to enrich the "native soil" under the plants and they seem to really like it. Thank you and Stephany for another exceptional video.
This video reminds me how expensive buying new plants can be! I appreciate your attention to not having all new plants. I have a question about “new” plants-particularly annuals. Many of the newly developed varieties are great but they are also very expensive (in my area, often $6 for a single 4” pot). I would not argue that the price is not justified, but can you tell us some old varieties of plants that are still good to grow, easy to acquire and maybe less expensive? Sometimes I think I just get all googly eyed over the new stuff, pay a lot of money and end up with a mature planting bed or container that’s not really a lot better than if I just stuck to the old stuff! Am I crazy?
You are very correct. A single annual for those prices is not good. If you go back and look at any of my seeding videos from February I go over lots of non patented annuals. Also my weekly tours will list lots of them as they start flowering
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Love this ☺ I have a question...I do tulips in pots and they have finished, now I want to plant my dahlias in same pots...would you remove all the tulip roots? Or just refresh the top part of the soil? Many thanks 😊
I have the same question!
I always remove tulips that have bloomed in pots. They never seem to be as nice after the first year. I plant new ones in the fall.
@@jgwood10 yes i do too, but there are alot of roots left at bottom of the pot
Beautiful containers Jim. Lots of interesting plant choices. Is pine bark better than others types of mulch for containers? I usually use peat moss and compost. Is it not as good?
Peat moss and compost are great for containers. I'm trying to use less of it. Not particularly environmentally friendly. I use the pine bark to lower the weight as much as anything
@@JimPutnam Thank you Jim. I didn’t realize that. Next year! 😃
Beautiful! Was the first planter you refreshed made of wood? If so how long has it been used?
It's actually concrete fiber made to look like wood
Some information online states the Orange Rocket Barberry's are evergreen, some say not. I'm in 7b - is it a zone issue that makes it evergreen? Thanks!
Thank you Jim, your containers are beautiful. I’m sure you’ve mentioned this before but are your containers on a drip system? Thanks again🌷💚🙃
They have pipes in the containers, but not all are hooked in yet. Things still finding homes
Can I use mushroom compost with pine bark mix? Mushroom compost is more readily available in my area. Don’t have access to soil cube.
Perfect. I'm sure that works great. Thanks for watching
Is there ever a concern with plants in containers rooting together and becoming inseparable or would you sacrifice some to save the main plant when re-potting? For example, the magnolia you showed.
No, they can be cut apart easily in this kind of mix!
Can I mix compost with regular mulch? I can't find pine barks in my area
Do you add fertilizer to your containers before adding plants?
Canadian peat moss is a wonderful & sustainable resource. Checkout ‘Gardening in Canada’s’ latest video on it. The Canadian government does an excellent job of managing their peat industry. Look for peat with the CSPMA logo
I realize that the peat moss industry and the Canadian government want to spin this to keep the money flowing, but what we are actually talking about is stored carbon that is now entering the atmosphere. Those peat bogs need to grow and store carbon like they have since the last age.
Cigarettes didn't cause cancer according to industry experts.
Is that Obsession nandina that looks so good near the Orange Rocket barberry? Im always afraid the colors of plants will clash.
It is obsession planted with everillo carac
The pine bark is more for drainage where peat moss holds moisture. Also when the pine bark is mixed into the soil it will take away nitrogen as it decomposes. Use coco fiber if your not using peat moss.
The bark doesn't use nitrogen. Literally every nursery shrub or tree you purchase is grown in pine bark or some similar bark. It is very different than wood fiber. I'm not using peat moss because it is not sustainable. Coco fiber is even worse. Packed in plastic in the tropics and shipped across the globe.
You need some white bricks for the patio there. It would let the plants really pop better. The Japanese maple disappears with those red bricks 😅 i have a japanese maple from a seed as well. Ive had it in a container for a while. It probably could use going up a size.
The pots will be moved so no problem with the bricks!
Interesting mix of plants :) are all of the planters in irrigation?
I have drip run into them, but I haven't finished my while system yet
@@JimPutnam thanks!
Why don’t you use peat moss?
It probably doesn't matter to most people, but it is stored carbon that should be left where it is.
Places like the UK have banned it’s use due to the decline of peat bogs.
Sometimes I watch just to learn how to pronounce plant names...dracaena, tradescantia...