Midsummer in Flower Tour - My English Garden - July 2024
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Come with me as I tour my English Garden in Midsummer. I show many varieties of different hydrangeas - Summer blooms are everywhere, recent rains mean everything is looking green and healthy.
My English Garden is near the coast in North-West England, 1/3 of an acre (including the house) Zone 9a with sandy soil.
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So pleased you are putting the names of the varieties on screen. Hope you continue to do that in future videos with your other shrubs and perennials.
So pleased it's useful to you. It does take me a lot of work at the editing stage but I think it's worth it. Yes, I'll keep doing it.
Paul, your garden is beautiful when it's in full bloom! 🤩Despite the lack of sun this year, your dedication and hard work have paid off, and the results are stunning. Your passion for gardening is infectious, and I can't thank you enough for sharing your wisdom and expertise with us. Your videos are informative and inspiring, reminding us of the beauty that can be cultivated with patience and love. Keep up the fantastic work, and I look forward to seeing more of your gorgeous garden in the future! 🌼
Wow, thank you so much. I appreciate you taking the time to leave such an encouraging message.
@@paultsworld You're very welcome, Paul! 🤗 Your dedication and hard work in creating such beautiful content deserve recognition and appreciation. I have learnt so much from you, I even learnt from this video that I have an oak leaf hydrangea. I recently discovered it in my garden, and I didn't plant it so I wasn't sure where it came from or what it was. It hasn't started flowering yet, but it looks exactly like the one in this video. I have been wondering what it is for several weeks and as soon as I saw it in your video, I figured it out. 😃
That's brilliant! I actually also discovered the name of a plant in the garden when I was researching a Latin name.
@@paultsworld That's what I love about gardening, you never stop learning.
Totally agree!
Loved the hedgehog footage at the end!
She is a cutie and visits every night, glad you enjoyed seeing her.
Piękny ,a hortensje koronkowe urocze ,delikatne nadają lekkości ogrodowi,a jeszcze ta lilia afrykańska ,bogato ukwiecona, gratuluję, dzięki za tlumaczenia pozdrawiam 💚💚💚☘️🌲
Zgadzam się, że hortensje koronkowe są tak delikatne. To przyjemność dokonywać tłumaczeń, abyś mógł zrozumieć mój film. Dziękuję bardzo za oglądanie
Рада вас снова увидеть. Почаще так улыбайтесь. 🌞🍀🥰
Спасибо.
Хорошо, я постараюсь изо всех сил! 😊👍
@@paultsworld🤗🌴
Pathway is stunning! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you - those hydrangeas do make for a nice walk up the path to the front door.
Garden looking lovely as always. Thank you for sharing, Paul!
You’re welcome Nthenya.
Naughty foot! In your bed, foot…with no supper!! 😂
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Hello, Paul. Your garden is just amasing! It looks fantastic this year! Congratulations!
Thank you - I appreciate your nice message.
what a beautiful season for your garden. All plants got bloom. Grass get greener and your lily plant get his flower and trees full of apple's , which kind of garden can be better than this! Really beautiful..🍃💮
Thank you - the garden is certainly looking good at this time of year. 👍
Thank you Paul, I really enjoyed the tour of your beautiful garden. Could not see any weeds. Loved the little visitor at the end. 👏👏👏
Very nice words - thank you Michelle 🌻
I have just done a video on my other channel of my hedgehogs in case you would like another view of ‘Henrietta’
Hedgehogs in my Garden filmed in colour with Wildlife Cameras
ruclips.net/video/JVMN10UUkhc/видео.html
Always enjoy your beautiful garden. Thanks for sharing and greetings from Puerto Rico.
You’re welcome - regards from 🏴
Extraordinary. Beautiful.
Thank you!
That was a lovely colourful garden tour. Front area is so manicured. So many beautiful Hydrangeas. We are always surprised at where our Verbenas pop up. Such a dainty plant and the birds love the seedheads.
Thank you Doreen. I was attracted to the verbena as soon as I saw two goldfinches eating the seeds and swinging on the tall stems!
Your garden is looking beautiful Paul and the Hydrangeas look amazing especially the blue Zorro. The little hedgehog is so sweet. I was led to believe that if you saw them in the day then they weren't well but that little chappie looks really healthy and appears to be enjoying exploring his surroundings. I'm so excited as I'm going to David Austin's in Shropshire when we're on holiday next week. Just hope there's some blooms to see as we're a bit late in the season and the roses are probably past their best. My list of "wants" is getting bigger by the minute!
I didn’t think I particularly liked blue plants but I do now!
I’m sure there will be plenty of interest for you at David Austin - have a nice holiday Wendy
You are correct - the only time hedgehogs are out in daytime is when a mother is needing extra food for hoglets - otherwise something could be wrong with them.
The video is a little misleading in that it is sunset and Henrietta always appears just before it gets totally dark. The camera makes it look lighter than it is. Henrietta likes to arrive before Billy so she gets the kitten biscuits first.
I then put more out later so there’s some for him as he’s a late riser.
Always absolutely gorgeous ❤
Thank you Dawn 🌻
great to see so many flowering plants there...the slugs have really battered our gardens this year but things are warming up
You're correct - it's been a great year for slugs!!
Great selection of hydrangeas!
Thank you - I am surprised how many I have.
@@paultsworld Plants are funny that way - I've no idea how I've ended up with so many! I just pretend I'm not plant shopping all the time!
That’s the problem - the plants just jump into the basket all by themselves! 😀
@@paultsworld I know, right?! 🤣
A beautiful path with hydrangeas 🤩👍💪
Thank you for watching and making a nice comment. 🌻
Lovely tour, Paul! I think the botanists get bored in the wintertime so they think of all the botanical names they can change for us! I said that to a botanist; he was not amused! ❤
It’s true! I once caught out one of our celebrity botanists when she talked about her datura. She was a bit defensive when I politely pointed out that her particular one was now a brugmanasia and the daturas were the other branch of the family.
Your gardens are absolutely gorgeous, as usual. All hail Zorro!
Thank you! 😊
Hi Paul, your garden looks great and so much colour. Always enjoy your videos. Michael in the West of Ireland 🇮🇪
Thanks Michael - it's appreciated. Regards to Ireland.
Good to see you and your garden!
Thank you Suzie.
Delightful 😊
Thank you 👍
The hydrangeas are so beautiful! My paniculatas are still holding on. The macrophyllas have been done for months here in South Carolina. I love the lace caps!❤
It’s great how the mopheads and lacecaps are first and bloom beautifully then the paniculatas take over later in the Summer.
Gorgeous garden Paul!😍💚💚💚💚🌵🪴
Thank you Saya 🌻
Take care of that foot. Enjoyed the tour.
Thank you - it’s doing well.
Good afternoon, Paul! Oh my goodness, fantastic display of your
Hydrengas!
Your garden is beautiful! I'm glad you rested your foot for those two months. Gardens are never finished. Your hedgehog is adorable! Yes, funny weather all over the world. Still, your garden is packed with color and beauty!
Have a great day!😊
Hello Maria, glad you enjoyed the hydrangeas and of course my spiny friend who visits every night. All the best!
Always a pleasure to watch your videos, Paul. They're so refreshing and educative. I just hope my garden may look a little as yours in two or three years. I live in the North of France, and although the climate and soil quality are different, I can manage to get hydrangeas of various types to grow here.
Thank you. You’ll be surprised how quickly your plants will grow and look great - especially with your warmer climate.
Your garden is beautiful! 😍♥
So nice of you - thank you.
Good Morning Paul, The garden looks so good. I am amazed that everything looks so good, simply because with all that rain many things grow too fast and flop really badly, perhaps the colder weather has slowed the growth and everything is at it's best. What a year for hydrangeas, they all look magnificent. I hope we have a wet summer, too. What native animals in Britain eat slugs? I hope the foot has resolved.... but no excuses, on your hands and knees with the weeding!! CRAWL! where's your dedication? 😜🤣 We are in for a stunning day here, sunny and 16 deg C and rain later, so I'm off to find things to do in the garden.
Howdy Margaret, glad you've enjoyed the garden. Many people think hedgehogs eat loads of slugs but in fact it's a last resort for them and anyway they much prefer the kitten biscuits I put out for them - I've seen blackbirds eat the odd small one but the ones I see mostly are massive and I don't know any creature that would tackle them.
I'm keeping the 'foot' as a great excuse - any time I feel overwhelmed with garden work - it's the foot! 😁 I'd like to say my dedication shows no bounds but alas...
Enjoy your sunny Winter's day in the garden.
Hola Paul, qué jardín tan maravilloso!!! Me enamoré de Hydrangea Lacecap Zorro 💙💙💙😊😊😊 Saludos desde Argentina
Hola Lorena, gracias - me alegro. saludos desde Inglaterra.
Just beautiful Paul🌸
Thank you Eddree.
Hi Paul . Wonderful tour at your garden it is full of pretty flowers . The hydrangeas in your garden are gorgeous and they look amazing . I wish I get more tybes of the hydrangeas like yours because our nurseries have two tybes from them . Have a fantastic day .🌿
Hi Lina, glad you like the hydrangeas - I wonder if you can get some mail order? That’s how I bought the row of paniculatas along the pathway.
@@paultsworld Thanks Paul I tried some mail order but they don'ts ship to my area , I will keep trying .🌿
Ah, that's a shame Lina. I have noticed my local garden centres starting to sell an ever greater variety of hydrangeas as the years pass and the paniculatas become more popular. Good luck.
@@paultsworld Hi Paul . I don't know why we don't have all the tybes of hydrangeas also clematis in our nursery here in Israel .We have alot of plants and shrubs and trees . I have one clematis five years ago it was the only one in the nusery , since then there have been none of them . Have a great week.🌿
That does make it difficult. Do any of your neighbours have plants you could take a cutting perhaps. Hydrangeas take so well from cuttings - clematis too.
Have a lovely weekend Lina
What a fantastic garden, Paul! And your hydrangeas, wow, you should be renamed Mr Hydrangeamaster! My penstemons disappeared a long time ago and I have given up on them entirely. I have recently found out that from the insect's point of view the only hydrangeas really worth paying a visit (good food value for the flying time) are H. serrata, H.quercifolia nad H.arborescens. It might give both of us food for thought :-) PS. I used to fancy the Zorro (Guy Williams) I watched on TV as a child.
Thank you Jolanta - so pleased you love hydrangeas 😊. That’s interesting - I don’t have an arborescens (I think they droop?) luckily I have lots of serrata which I take to be the lacecaps (?)
I’ll keep an eye on my three varieties of oakleaf and see if they are more visited than the paniculatas. I love that kind of study.
In 2005 I seem to remember paying a bit more attention to Catherine Zeta Jones than Zorro - even though he was a legend.
@@paultsworld Who wouldn't have paid attention to the multi-talented Catherine, especially in "Chicago", from the same decade, I believe. H.arborescens droops terribly, especially after rain, and requires sturdy supports. Mine has produced huge flower clusters this year, some of the stems are already broken.
@@paultsworld H.arborescens droops terribly and requires sturdy supports. Mine has produced huge flower clusters this year, some of the stems are already broken. I believe the lacecaps (serrata) are called Japanese mountain hydrangeas in some far-flung corners of this world. PS. Catherine and her legs, especially in "Chicago" :-) Apparently, she started her career as a dancer in musicals and it still shows.
She did indeed and it was at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, London when she got her big break in 42nd St. I was there as a photographer backstage to photograph the cast. I remember telling her how good she was but she seemed to know that already.
@@paultsworld Goodness me, you've been everywhere and met everyone! I love 42nd Street, I've tried to watch the version with Clare Halse as Peggy (there're bits of it on YT) online but it's impossible if you're not a Brit registered in the UK. It's a pity, really, I wanted to pay for it.
Hi Paul, I love all Hydrangeas. I had a Zorro, which I planted on a previous garden. I so wish I had taken cuttings. At some point, I will get another. Love this tour, always enjoy your garden. We have not had drone shots for a while. 😊😊😊
Hi Pauline, I love the way those Zorro change colour round the garden - I have four of them now and cuttings are so easy.
Thanks for the reminder of the drone - I'll see what I can do.
I've got that pink mop head hydrena.its my pride and joy.its much bigger than yours.your garden is like heaven
I’ll bet your hydrangea is looking fabulous right now - I like the fact they look great right the way through the Summer.
beautiful garden
Thank you joy 🌻
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Thank you 👍
I always enjoy seeing your garden, you have so many beautiful hydrangeas! I also love all your other plants !
Thank you Judy - I think this is my best year for hydrangeas as they are all starting to mature.
Ooh, that was a lovely garden tour 😍 it all seems so wonderfully balanced and harmonious. Beautiful 😊
Thank you Kim 👍
Paul. Your garden looks spectacular ❤ what a great collection of hydrangeas. I love the front entrance. I have found a lot of inspiration over the last few years from your garden. Thank you ❤❤
I am really pleased you’ve enjoyed my garden videos 👍. Must say - I’m pleased with the entrance!
Your garden is absolutely beautiful .!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
So nice of you - thank you.
Beautiful video❤️🙏👍
Thank you! 👍
Lovely tour Paul ,missing the robin Take carex
Thank you Pam. I’m missing the robin as well. He’s gone to another territory but his son or daughter is taking an interest in the garden - so fingers crossed.
It would be good to add irises in the water area, they look very pretty when they bloom
You’re right! I have yellow flag irises and iris versicolor in the water.
Beautiful
Thank you 👍
Hi Paul, always a pleasure to see your beautiful garden. I love the Zorro hydrangeas, must put one on my wish list. I split my Agapanthus two years ago and it’s only just bloomed this year. So you are very wise to do them one at a time :)
Hi Lil, thank you for confirming the agapanthus situation - they can be fickle! Definitely get a Zorro - one of their characteristics is to grow nice and upright.
Amazing hydrangeas!!! Thanks for sharing! I grow all of mine macrophylla hydrangeas in pots, it's not easy to be honest, but so beautiful!
I'll bet they look lovely in the pots. I enjoy moving pots around so things look different at various times of the year.
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I always 'like' Paul, your garden should have Stars *****! How beautifully everything has grown since your first videos. I'd replace that conifer for a more attractive one. My cedar can ne cut back occasionally; a lovely tree. The shed bed is great; what next, I wonder?
Thank you Wendy! I agree but can you imagine removing that tree!! The whole of that terrace would have to be destroyed 😀. It does give a nice height to the garden and balances the other trees - previous owner put it in but I think it’s grown a bit since then….unnoticed like most things.
@@paultsworld It probably takes a great amount of water too. It could be lowered like topiary - there's a sideline for another series! Any tree work can be done in careful stages - or you could grow clematis around it.
All good ideas! I’d really like a clematis to grow up it but ground too dry.
Hi Paul 😊 lovely video. Taking cuttings seems to be your forte. I wish I could learn to be better at it. Thanks for sharing as always 😊❤️
Hello Vicki, thank you. I have had success with the ‘easy’ plants. I’ll do a video on what I do. 🌻
@@paultsworld , oh that would be wonderful! I’ll be waiting for it 🌸🌺
Your garden is exceptional. Love the variety How do you keep your property so well manicured? I look forward to all your videos.
I am very pleased you enjoy my videos. I only film the good bits ;-) reminds me I must mow the lawn, always something to do.
New subscriber here, love your garden, it's absolutely beautiful ! Stunning ! I love hydrangeas too (I have 8) so far. My new passion is for roses. Watching your earlier videos, and looking forward to more. Tfs, Michelle.
Welcome to my channel Michelle. Glad you enjoy the hydrangeas...I seem to have gathered quite a collection.
@@paultsworld They are stunning, a beautiful collection, makes me want more 🙂
Your hydrangea collection is looking lovely. They’ve enjoyed all the rain we’ve had.
Dying to see what you do with the bed that used to be tropical.
Do you think it was the cold and wet that killed those plants.
I’m in ne England ( Durham) and it’s been raining since Christmas with only 2 short warm spells.
I’m taking a leaf out of your book and planting more Hydrangers .
Great video thank you 🌻
I’m amazed at how many hydrangeas I’ve got - they’re so easy to propagate as well. Low maintenance as well.
I do think it was more the wet than the cold as this last Winter wasn’t a bad one. The cannas have all come up and are looking good but the palm tree is only just hanging on!
Hi paul. Your garden is divine. My hydrangea s are very good this year. But your zorra one is beautiful. Do you feed the ones in pots. Thank you for a wonderful look at your garden. I really enjoy it. Just as you said someone coming in to land i smiled as we hope to land tomorrow night into Stanstead. Visiting my daughter in essex. And good weather i hope. God bless x
Hi Catherine, bet your hydrangeas are also loving this rain. I feed every now and then - usually just add in a little azalea food when filling the watering can.
Have a nice time in Essex. All the best. x
As always Paul, your hydrangeas are an absolute triumph!! I love them combined with hostas or phlox. Can I ask, do you feed them, or just let them get on with it, as long as they get lots of water? Thanks for another lovely tour of your summer garden, it really lifts the spirits after what has been a pretty dreary season 😊
Thank you Lindsay - sounds nice; hydrangeas. phlox & hostas. I don't have a regular program on the feeding; I just occasionally add some azalea (ericaceous) liquid feed to a watering can as I'm filling it. Hydrangeas do really 'lift' the Summer months and keep going - just what I like.
Beautiful garden . Hello from Alberta Canada.
Thank you - greetings from England.
Love all the hydrangeas and the tour. Have you looked into Bobo hydrangea? I love this one grows on the smaller side. A proven winners one.
Yes, Bobo! I think I have one but because I didn’t make a note of the name when I bought it I am not sure if it is a Bobo or not - would love to know for sure.
After finding a verbena 'bonariensis' seedling, I think that's what yours is. Tall, jagged leaves on wide stems, with round flowers: mine died (at 750 ft. things do!) but you'll probably get seedlings. Have you tried splitting plants now, and keep half in buried pot?
Yes, mine are ‘bonariensis’. I have had some seedlings in various places.
I never thought of splitting them - sounds a good idea, thanks for the tip.
Glorious!!!
Thank you
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Paul any idea which month you tried to kill. LOL your lovely white Hydrangea , I would like to watch it again. Lovely garden tour Thankyou Paul
Hi Pam, here is a link to the video where I pruned it back....big-time!
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Love your garden its perfect and so tidy. i have lost dahlias and salvia amistad this year the slugs and snails keep nibbling off the shoots as they come through the ground. I cant get a good slug killer. L😊ots of my plants are damaged and tatty including my my brunnera the silver leaf one.
I’ve had the same with all those plants - yes, even the brunnera leaves!
Most will be OK for next year but I don’t expect my amistad to recover - Shame as it was great a year ago.
hola señor Paul💚bello Jardín, tu Ortencias muy bonitas, son unas de mis favoritas, pero en mi jardín he plantado muchas, y se mueren, por el calor, bendiciones 🙌😃
Gracias Tomasa. Que lastima tus ortencias se mueren! Hay talvez un sitio mas a la sombra de la casa?
Ah, the perils of the Winter Plant Slaughter! I always seem to lose something, it’s often so random. I had a perfect section of garden that was ruined by a bad winter and I’ve never quite achieved the same perfection in that area to date! I feel your pain😞
What a beautiful collection of hydrangeas you have, Paul! Wow😮 I love that pink and blue one! Does that happen coz the soil is neutral there? I’m confused🫤
I’m having fun with my trail cam. It’s set up at my pond at present, I might move it soon coz I’m not getting much nocturnal action - only neighbours’ cats!!😂 But I am getting some nice squirrel selfies during the day (he loves to look right into the lens) and a wide variety of birds drinking and bathing in the shallow end!😊
Random is the word! A couple of plants died and they gave me absolutely no good reason. Those pink/blue hydrangeas confuse me as well - I suppose some of the roots have found a more acidic soil and transfer that up the some of the blooms. My soil must waver about the neutral.
Glad you're enjoying the trail cam. The hedgehogs don't walk round the camera tripod; just barge into it and the robin stands on top and does a delicate little poo on the solar panel as it flies off.
The pond is usually a good place for a camera as I find most animals find their way there at some stage.
@@paultsworld I’ll keep it there a little longer. Your Robin pooping delicately!! 😳😆
As you do experiment with placement you'll soon be getting the picture of what wildlife is doing what, where...and how! Sometimes it can be fun to leave a little 'bait' in front of the camera to see what happens.
@@paultsworld yes I think I’m going to have to do that. Top tip👍🏻
Good luck - you never know what might turn up - bit of a waiting game.
I'm afraid one day you're going to regret planting Verbena bonariensis, Sir. It self-seeds profusely everywhere, I mean really everywhere, even in the pots with suposedly seed-free compost straight from a bag. I'm experimenting with Verbena hastata now. Cheers!
For a number of years I couldn’t get it to survive and seed! But I have noticed it’s starting to get going - I’ll keep an eye on it but have wanted some ever since I saw a couple of goldfinches swinging on them and eating the seeds.
Just off to google Verbena hastata! Cheers Jolki.
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Loving the garden, as always! Alas, some of those fabulous varieties are not available in the US :( What was that furry friend at the end of the video?? It looked like a hedgehog, but I'm guessing it was something else....
Glad you enjoyed my garden. You are correct - it’s a hedgehog - she visits my garden every evening just after sunset and then through the night. I leave kitten biscuits out for her. 🦔
@@paultsworld Awwww that's so sweet!!!!!
Also, I don't know if you can divide paniculata hydrangeas like you can the macrophylla. They have a different structure.
That’s a good point, thank you - however that particular plant split itself under its own weight (with the help of a downpour) a few years ago and I have a cable tie holding the base together. I’ll cut the tie and see what happens! Maybe I should take some cuttings first 😀
Hey, recently discovered your channel and I can’t help but to be impressed! I’m attempting to make my garden more wildlife friendly, especially for our insects etc. forgive me for asking but may you do a video or even reply if you have the time giving myself and other viewers your top ten native plants and shrubs that encourage bees and butterflies into the garden? Would be much appreciated, many thanks !
Welcome to my channel and thank you for finding me! The best plants are those with long flower spikes with a multitude of small flowers such as the purple loosestrife I featured. Buddleia is the number one and all the butterflies gravitate to it. In the August video I'll show more of that type of plant as they're just coming out - liatris is a good example. Just make sure all your shrubs are good flowering shrubs - actually even rhododendrons that flower early is much loved by bees.
@@paultsworld thank you so much for replying, really appreciate you taking the time! Your advice is duly noticed 🫡
You're very welcome.
I have seen you use blood, fish and bone fertilizer in one of your videos. How do you stop foxes digging up your flower bed after you have used blood, fish and bone fertilizer?
I haven’t had a problem with foxes and the blood & fish fertiliser - I didn’t even know they were attracted to it. I always hoe it into the soil.
@@paultsworld Thank you for your reply and I will try this fertilizer on my Peruvian lilies.
You’re welcome👍
Hi Paul good to see you again! Your garden is looking beautiful as always. Thats definitely helianthus lemon queen your sister gave to you, i chelsea chopped mine this year as it always flopped! Hows your brugmansias? My charles grimaldi has its first flower forming so very exciting! Cant waite to smell it when it blooms as
I remember you saying its the most fragrant. Im also trying cestrum nocturnum or night blooming jasmine which also has flower buds! I will let you know about its fragrance as it is meant to be very strong but gorgeous🌻🌼🪻
Cheers Steve, thank you for confirming the 'Lemon Queen' and the Chelsea Chop for it! My brugmansias are very late - so far only got one flower out on my pink one. The Charles Grimaldi has flowers starting but not near opening yet - we could do with some consistent warm weather. I've never had a jasmine - must get one.
Gorgeous garden and so colourful yet not a bedding plant in sight. Thank you for the tour.
@vivienarnold7950 That's a good point - I don't tend to buy bedding plants, but they can look very nice.