Great selection. I live in Toronto, Canada and one of my favourite fall shrub, is the Burning Bush. Throughout the summer it doesn’t really shine, but in the fall is when it puts on a show. It turns blood red, which just lights up your garden/landscape. It’s very popular up here in Canada. I have two in my backyard garden and one in my front garden, and it’s always my favourite thing to look forward to in the fall garden.
I love them too! They are considered invasive in alot of the US. Although, I put two of them right in front of my condo in Virginia Beach and never had a problem with them spreading.
There's a native Euonymus in Georgia commonly called Hearts a Bursting. It's seed pods open with bright red seeds & often, the foliage turns white. A much less "in your face" look but beautiful nonetheless. Maybe Proven Winners could work on a sterile Euonymus that gave great color but didn't seed all over. Mostly birds spread the seeds so, like the horrid Privet, you may not see where it's spreading to.
I’m in zone 9 and wish that I could find someone to watch that lived here. I love watching your videos and am so envious of some of the things you can plant that I can’t!
I think Aaron could start a whole new channel called ‘The Gingers.’ Once a week videos of the dramas in the cat world. Those dudes are stars. I loved the content of the video because I focus way too much on spring summer interest. This was perfect.
I planted a Temple of Bloom this year. Very excited about this shrub. I also have 3 Fineline Buckthorns. I planted 1 in my landscape; the other 2 have been in pots, moved around and reported and even neglected with water-they are amazing. Still doing great!
Terrific timing so I can hit my favorite garden centers soon and incorporate some of these especially colorful shrubs into our lands cape.! You and your family are true treasures to me! So thrilled you will soon have both a boy and a girl!! 🌻🌾😊
Bug nerd here. 8:39 the bee in the film reel is actually a carpenter bee! They are super friendly and very important pollinators. Just like a bumble bee there is a very slim chance they'll bother you.
speaking of screening plants - can you do a video on narrow screening plants that do not need to be pruned in shape constantly? i think some of us would be interested in narrow evergreens to create gardenspaces even in the winter months.... you’re amazing btw! keep up the good work! ❤️
I have planted so many shrubs this year and am appreciating the layering effect in the garden and especially the ability to see them from my elevated deck.
Thank you for this video! The buckthorn is exactly what I needed, but I had no idea. Thanks to you I recognized it at my local garden store today and was able to get it under the end of season sale! I learn so much from you!
Hello how are you Laura, I am worried about the fires in Oregon I hope you and your family are well and that there are no fires nearby, a strong hug. God take care of you ... greetings from Venezuela
Hey Laura! Thank you for finally featuring Seven Son Flower Temple of Bloom! I have been a huge fan of this plant for a long time. Oddly enough I watched the past two years videos for fall/ winter interest from you and am back to sketching my garden beds out for next year!
If you do decide to trim the temple of bloom, to be tree like form, PLEASE do a video so we know how to encourage upwards growth... 😉❤️ Thank you beautiful in advance
I purchased the Temple of Bloom this morning at my local Lowe’s and its about the size of the one you’re showing which I loved. The leaves are really thick which is unique. Thanks for the reminder that I had it on my list.
I bought a Temple of Bloom in the quart size last spring and liked to joke about my new tree, as it was only about six inches tall. At the end of this, it's second, season it now over 4 feet and growing nicely into a tree shape. Deer did "sample" it this year which set it back a little, but it still has a few buds that are starting to open. Love this plant, happy to see it get some attention!
I want them ALLL.. My old house I had those Korean spice bushes ,let me just say how wonderful the smell is . Oh my word ,so yummy ! I could do 3 or more of those NOW and not be enough ! Thanks Laura !
Great timing on the video...just planted up 12 arborvitaes, got 1 golden arborvitae for fall interest, the tips are golden yellow like the color of the Buckhorn you showed..going to try and find that one to plant in that corner of my yard. I also purchased 2 photinias red tips AKA: Red Robin’s to use as a privacy screen...they also have beautiful glossy green leave and get bright red in the fall...I’m zone 9 The Great Pacific NW. can hardly wait to go to the nursery tomorrow and find some of these plants because they will intermixe beautifully with what I already have going. Also got a couple flowers that I would like to throw out there...Proven Winners Firelight Hydrangea it has huge cone shaped panicles that are bright white, starting to turn flush pink and then it goes to a scarlet red. This baby was $114. And worth every cent!!! The other plants I got from my grandmas garden and it’s called StoneCrop sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and I planted those along my cedar fence at my old house....dug them back up and planted them in an old Radio Flyer red wagon to plant at my new house....well they’ve looked so good in that wagon, I decided to divide those and put them in other areas of the yard...the flowers are extremely long lasting and they go from light green to dusty pink to a rich burgundy color. I love your channel ...my parents live close to you, so when I visit them, we always stop in at your parent’s nursery. A true delight.
Ah! I saw a Fine Line Buckthorn in front of an office building last year and loved it! I took a cutting but never made it in for an ID. Thank you for the ID!
Great video! I'm in Central Iowa and have a group of 3 Fineline Buckthorns that have been established for about 3 years now. This past summer was the first summer that I noticed all three were COVERED in rust spores/patches. I reached out to another person in town that had them and their's were covered, as well. I was able to treat them and all pulled through perfectly. About a month later I noticed all 3 were COVERED in mating Japanese Beetles..I was able to treat all 3 and they all survived. 2 weeks later all 3 were covered again with determined mating Japanese Beetles. Immediate treatment worked once again. So, long story short - very resilient plant but keep an eye on them!
Love the Korean Spice Viburnum! I planted it up wind of a regularly travelled path so prevailing winds will always find me. Others were new to me (except for the dogwood). Oh the choices!
Love these highlight videos of specific plants and shrubs!!! So helpful!!! And yes, it gets the inspiration going to what I can add to my gardens! I have the perfect spot for the Heptacodium!!! 😁Thank you so much!!! Greetings from Michigan! 😊
@@ritasicari7518 ... you're right... I went back to the beginning, and when Laura gets a "hug", I do see that it is Russell. Thanks bunches for setting me straight! =^..^=
I have a viburnum that smells amazing in the spring and I always wait patiently for it to bloom - I don’t know what it is but it’s scent is kinda heady like a gardenia maybe?!? Absolutely LOVE it!!! We have sold our house and will be moving away, it it possible to get starts from them??? I don’t have another around and that would explain no berries. So wonderful even without berries!🥰
The Fineline can be cut back to keep it a “little” smaller or to rejuvenate. I also purchased the Temple of Bloom a couple of years ago and it is now blooming, I need to work on shaping it into the tree form yet. I’m eyeing the viburnum....... Thanks for sharing.
The only one of those shrubs I'd be interested in growing or able to is the Korean spice viburnum. I'm sure that buckthorn isn't the invasive variety that's prohibited in my area, but I hope you'll address that when you do Q&A.
I was able to snag a fine line buckthorn from Lowes clearance a few weeks ago. No fall color yet in z7, but excited to see it! I am also considering it for a hedge.
great plants - each one. giving me all kinds of ideas for my new garden. always looking for things with year-round interest, but especially those that shine in the fall !!!
I literally gasped when I saw the dogwoods and my husband wanted to know what I was looking at! This was stunning and fascinating!! A couple of questions - will you be planting these in your garden this year? Also, how does fall colour work? Does it turn colour if you are in that zone? For example you mentioned one plant was zone 5-9; does that mean zone 4 or zone 10 may not see the colour? Or just that it may not survive at all in those climates? (Hope this question makes sense!) Thank you for all you share!
If your zone isn't listed then it won't grow in your area. Garden centers don't carry plants not conducive for your zone. I'm in 4b so most of these won't be for me.
@@Edu_Kate I highly recommend royal azaleas! They like the cold weather, and their foliage is amazing - three seasons out of the year... And, for a good solid evergreen, there are the Finnish rhodies! BTW I am pretty sure that a cultivar of fothergilla was developed in conjunction with the Chicago Botanical Garden which is cold tolerant - zone 4...
@@emmalavenham Thanks. I have a rhododendron that is very confused. I think it sunk too low. I've had azaleas before but they didn't last. I thought what she called "bottle brush" looked like Fothergilla. I'll look into that. I'm sure I considered it, just haven't seen it in garden centers.
@@Edu_Kate Did you try "Northern Lights" azaleas? They were bred by scientists at the University of Minnesota - to withstand MN winters - like -30 to -35! There are a lot of colors to choose from. There are also rhododendrons introduced by the University of Helsinki - like Pojhola's daughter - to withstand winters in Finland. The key is to plant these plants in the spring, so they have time to root in before the snow comes (and because Im overprotective, "root and grow" and mulch)... BTW The FG is called Windy City... I have never seen one but it is reported to be very cold hardy.
Ramibu 2 you want to trim Forsythia after they bloom as they bloom on old growth so I would shape them up just after blooming in spring or you won't have any blooms the following year
Mine was out of control too. I ended up digging it out and replacing it with another shrub after three years of wrestling with it. Too much effort for not much interest in my opinion.
I have a Japanese Sand Cherry shrub in my front yard which is amazing all year round. In the spring the leaves come in burgundy red and then it gets the prettiest little pink blooms which turn into berries that the birds love. Then in the summer the leaves turn a bronze green. In the fall they turn back to burgundy red to bright red before they fall off for the winter. They are susceptible to Japanese beetles though but thankfully I don’t deal with those in my area.
I love the Temple of Bloom Heptacodium. It reminds me of a Crepe Myrtle. Are they similar to grow? I moved from SC to Iowa 20 years ago and I so miss growing things like Crape Myrtles, gardenias and azaleas. I also wanted to thank you guys for producing your channel as often as you do. You have been incorporated into my morning routine and your positivity gives me so much joy.
Thank you for sharing information. Happy to see zone 3 plants, I will have to find. Started a new planting bed this fall even though it is so late. Had a few frost nights already in Manitoba with beautiful fall colours starting..
Laura this was so helpful! Thank you! Have you ever done something similar for winter interest and/or evergreen plants? I'm planning a fairly large bed with some utility boxes in the center. I'd like to plant some things around them that still hide the boxes in the winter (I'm in 6a).
I love that dogwood. Mine has gotten really large and I think I will do what you suggested- trim 1/3 of it because I am too scared to take it all the way! Should I trim now in the fall or wait until spring?
Hi Laura love watching you every morning with my coffee makes the start of my day more brighter. I need to replace some bushes that were taken out by a driver that went off the road through our yard and I love the Fall Bottlebrush my question is I live in Northern Indiana zone 5 our average frost date is October 15th is there time to plant these without damaging them or should I wait and order them in the spring?
Love my spice viburnums...the scent is amazing! I've been considering adding the Temple of Bloom for a few years, glad Proven Winners is offering it! I really want it to be the tree form. How do you prune it to attain the tree form? And ohhhh, that photo of the intermingled red and yellow twigged dogwood looks like a painting!
These are all so beautiful, Im very curious, living in a zone 9 with plants that are rated zone 7 or 8 is that an indication that our summers may be too hot for that particular plant?
Tandi Crowder Zones are rated for winter hardiness. It often means our winters are not cold enough (eg some blueberries need so many hours of coldness to produce fruit). Microclimates in your yard may make it cool enough for a zone 8 plant to do fine in our zone 9 garden. Our lower backyard faces north and is surrounded by woods/green belt and only gets sun from mid April to early Sept. so the winter temp there is 5-10’ cooler than our upstairs south facing yard.
Tandi Crowder I’m considering a move to Las Vegas from Oregon. I’m west of the mountains from Laura in zone 8b. Being closer to ocean makes us warmer. I’m thinking you are right. Summers too hot in Las Vegas for those zones. But... Laura gets hydrangeas to grow with lots of water. Something desert doesn’t have!😆
@@portlandval55 Im thinking that heat would be the issue, it seems the most obvious but then again there in eastern Oregon they have just as high heat as we do here so Im just not 100% so it would be great to hear her thoughts..
Hi Laura, I'm new to gardening and currently planning a new garden. Can you suggest some really small anchor trees that would work next to a foundation? Something that has a really small root ball. Also, I'm hoping to plant something that I can use to hide our yard from the neighbors. The Fern Leaf Buckhorn sound perfect. Can you suggest any others? Thank you for all of the wonderful videos. I've learned so much.
The buckthorn would be perfect for my sons condo backyard, it’s about 20x30. He needs some privacy and fall color is great! Do they need to be pruned? The lower the maintenance for him the better 😁
Laura these are the most beautiful fall shrubs! Do you always have to have a second viburnum for pollination or just certain ones? Also if you do, how close do you need to plant to get proper pollination? Thank you!
Fine line Buckthorn, how tolerant are they to wind? Some of my plants get wind burned and I’m trying to find a solution to some sort of windbreak which is natural instead of having a fence. Love all the plants and your kitties 🐱 under the conifers x
Spice Girl Viburnum! There is no Denying it is a beautiful tree! Or does it really Wannabe a shrub? Either way it is Something Kinda Funny about it. It isn't Too Much and it isn't too little! I'm never Wasting My Time with any other Viburnum, they can all Move Over! It is such a Treasure and it really does Spice Up Your Life. It is never going to Stop. Even in winter when it is Naked and the leaves have said Goodbye they still Feed Your Love ❤️ (I'm sorry 😂)
For the buckthorn, can you use those as a kind of wind break? We get intense wind storms like you guys and I'm trying to find creative/pretty ways to protect my raised garden beds...
Russell and Cheddar give the fall color all year long😉
You are so delightful. You make my day every time I hear you talk about gardens with so much passion and good humor. Thank you
I'm in the southern hemisphere and I still watch these fall videos because they're so uplifting, thank you ^^
Me too! I watch the current ones and then go back 6 months to see what I should be doing now.
The same.I could watch gardening no matter what the season
True. I'd watch every single Garden Answer video eventho I live in the tropics
Me too! I love to learn and Laura is so inspirational!
Me too! From Argentina!
The cats are so loving and they steal the show
This is my morning routine, cup of coffee and garden answer!
I actually like seeing the plants without their fall interest. It lets me see what they will look like for the rest of the year.
Great selection. I live in Toronto, Canada and one of my favourite fall shrub, is the Burning Bush. Throughout the summer it doesn’t really shine, but in the fall is when it puts on a show. It turns blood red, which just lights up your garden/landscape. It’s very popular up here in Canada. I have two in my backyard garden and one in my front garden, and it’s always my favourite thing to look forward to in the fall garden.
Burning Bush is so beautiful in the fall-especially en masse, but I think they are considered invasive in some areas.
I love them too!
They are considered invasive in alot of the US.
Although, I put two of them right in front of my condo in Virginia Beach and never had a problem with them spreading.
There's a native Euonymus in Georgia commonly called Hearts a Bursting. It's seed pods open with bright red seeds & often, the foliage turns white. A much less "in your face" look but beautiful nonetheless. Maybe Proven Winners could work on a sterile Euonymus that gave great color but didn't seed all over. Mostly birds spread the seeds so, like the horrid Privet, you may not see where it's spreading to.
Rita Sicari I had know idea that it’s invasive. Never had that issue in my garden. I was wondering if there might be different varieties.
Original Alicat I think we might have a different variety up here in Canada, because the ones I have in my gardens are not invasive at all.
Love how Russell always manages to steal the spotlight
I’m in zone 9 and wish that I could find someone to watch that lived here. I love watching your videos and am so envious of some of the things you can plant that I can’t!
I think Aaron could start a whole new channel called ‘The Gingers.’ Once a week videos of the dramas in the cat world. Those dudes are stars. I loved the content of the video because I focus way too much on spring summer interest. This was perfect.
The Gingers have so much personality! Love them! I have a ginger kitty, he keeps me entertained! Lol
portlandval55 Agreed! My sister has two that are true characters! LOL
I planted a Temple of Bloom this year. Very excited about this shrub. I also have 3 Fineline Buckthorns. I planted 1 in my landscape; the other 2 have been in pots, moved around and reported and even neglected with water-they are amazing. Still doing great!
Terrific timing so I can hit my favorite garden centers soon and incorporate some of these especially colorful shrubs into our lands cape.! You and your family are true treasures to me! So thrilled you will soon have both a boy and a girl!! 🌻🌾😊
Bug nerd here. 8:39 the bee in the film reel is actually a carpenter bee! They are super friendly and very important pollinators. Just like a bumble bee there is a very slim chance they'll bother you.
But they will F-up your cedar trim on your house big time. Speaking from experience.
Russell and Cheddar are so protective & affectionate of Laura! They love knowing baby no.2 is on the way!🐈🐱♥️🤰👶
The Canadian that I am loves the words "very winter hardy". I'll keep an eye out for the buckthorn.
speaking of screening plants - can you do a video on narrow screening plants that do not need to be pruned in shape constantly? i think some of us would be interested in narrow evergreens to create gardenspaces even in the winter months....
you’re amazing btw! keep up the good work! ❤️
This video came at the perfect time.. Seeing all of the fall colors was super calming for some odd reason. Thank you for sharing!!
Your videos of fall shrubs are beautiful! The colors are awesome!
I have planted so many shrubs this year and am appreciating the layering effect in the garden and especially the ability to see them from my elevated deck.
Thank you for this video! The buckthorn is exactly what I needed, but I had no idea. Thanks to you I recognized it at my local garden store today and was able to get it under the end of season sale! I learn so much from you!
We had one of these viburnums by our back door whenI was growing up. Loved the blooms and aroma it gave off.
Hello how are you Laura, I am worried about the fires in Oregon I hope you and your family are well and that there are no fires nearby, a strong hug. God take care of you ... greetings from Venezuela
I can't stop watching this video!! I now want one of each!! I need to start a video file with these tutorials. Thank you Laura and Aaron
Hey Laura!
Thank you for finally featuring Seven Son Flower Temple of Bloom! I have been a huge fan of this plant for a long time. Oddly enough I watched the past two years videos for fall/ winter interest from you and am back to sketching my garden beds out for next year!
I can't wait to see where you and arron plant them they are so beautiful and good morning or afternoon.
If you do decide to trim the temple of bloom, to be tree like form, PLEASE do a video so we know how to encourage upwards growth... 😉❤️ Thank you beautiful in advance
I purchased the Temple of Bloom this morning at my local Lowe’s and its about the size of the one you’re showing which I loved. The leaves are really thick which is unique. Thanks for the reminder that I had it on my list.
I bought a Temple of Bloom in the quart size last spring and liked to joke about my new tree, as it was only about six inches tall. At the end of this, it's second, season it now over 4 feet and growing nicely into a tree shape. Deer did "sample" it this year which set it back a little, but it still has a few buds that are starting to open. Love this plant, happy to see it get some attention!
I want them ALLL.. My old house I had those Korean spice bushes ,let me just say how wonderful the smell is . Oh my word ,so yummy ! I could do 3 or more of those NOW and not be enough ! Thanks Laura !
I think Cheddar is trying to break into movies! Such a cute touch to the vids . . Love it!
Great timing on the video...just planted up 12 arborvitaes, got 1 golden arborvitae for fall interest, the tips are golden yellow like the color of the Buckhorn you showed..going to try and find that one to plant in that corner of my yard. I also purchased 2 photinias red tips AKA: Red Robin’s to use as a privacy screen...they also have beautiful glossy green leave and get bright red in the fall...I’m zone 9 The Great Pacific NW. can hardly wait to go to the nursery tomorrow and find some of these plants because they will intermixe beautifully with what I already have going. Also got a couple flowers that I would like to throw out there...Proven Winners Firelight Hydrangea it has huge cone shaped panicles that are bright white, starting to turn flush pink and then it goes to a scarlet red. This baby was $114. And worth every cent!!! The other plants I got from my grandmas garden and it’s called StoneCrop sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and I planted those along my cedar fence at my old house....dug them back up and planted them in an old Radio Flyer red wagon to plant at my new house....well they’ve looked so good in that wagon, I decided to divide those and put them in other areas of the yard...the flowers are extremely long lasting and they go from light green to dusty pink to a rich burgundy color. I love your channel ...my parents live close to you, so when I visit them, we always stop in at your parent’s nursery. A true delight.
Thanks Laura for sharing these, and early enough to plant some this season. I'm on the hunt!
Ah! I saw a Fine Line Buckthorn in front of an office building last year and loved it!
I took a cutting but never made it in for an ID.
Thank you for the ID!
Great video!
I'm in Central Iowa and have a group of 3 Fineline Buckthorns that have been established for about 3 years now. This past summer was the first summer that I noticed all three were COVERED in rust spores/patches. I reached out to another person in town that had them and their's were covered, as well. I was able to treat them and all pulled through perfectly. About a month later I noticed all 3 were COVERED in mating Japanese Beetles..I was able to treat all 3 and they all survived. 2 weeks later all 3 were covered again with determined mating Japanese Beetles. Immediate treatment worked once again.
So, long story short - very resilient plant but keep an eye on them!
Love the Korean Spice Viburnum! I planted it up wind of a regularly travelled path so prevailing winds will always find me. Others were new to me (except for the dogwood). Oh the choices!
There all beautiful but I love the buckthorn.Wonderful video as always Laura.Russel🥰 is so cute,he just loves being with his mama 🐈
The majority of these won’t survive my zone, but wow I loved all! I really need fall color in my garden. Really good info. Thank you! 👏🏻💕👏🏻
The flowers look amazing!
Aw, sweet Russell. GREAT video, too. You help me so much. Love and hugs.
Loved this video. It was fun watching one of the cats play behind you. Over by the Arborvitaes.
Great ideas for my backyard. Thanks for another great video!
Love these highlight videos of specific plants and shrubs!!! So helpful!!! And yes, it gets the inspiration going to what I can add to my gardens! I have the perfect spot for the Heptacodium!!! 😁Thank you so much!!! Greetings from Michigan! 😊
The shrubs is so pretty
i didn't know i needed this video! thank you🥰
LOL Russell just hanging out in the camera shoot.
Love all the plants you featured, always lookihg for winter intrest will be on the lookout for them, thanks. 🍀🍁🍀
Another excellent presentation. Laura, you are incredibly inspiring and I thank you!
I really needed this video this morning. Thank you for providing information and beauty for us in the morning. Love the Bottle Brush!
I'm so glad you had the Temple of Bloom in your picks. I have had this in mind to get for next year!
Oh my word, I would love any of these for my garden! Thanks for sharing! Love seeing Russel!
Thanks for posting this! I am working on adding fall and winter interest to my garden and this will help!
Another one that is beautiful for fall color is fothergilla! They are stunning shrubs! Thanks for this list, all of these are on my list to get!
I just bought the Spice Girl® Korean Spice Viburnum! This is going in as a center of my front garden!
Be. Still. My. Heart! Did everyone see that beautiful Cheddar at the beginning?!! He is sooo dear! What a precious boy! 😺
Cindy in Maryland
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That's Russell, not Cheddar.
@@ritasicari7518 ... you're right... I went back to the beginning, and when Laura gets a "hug", I do see that it is Russell. Thanks bunches for setting me straight!
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❤ temple of bloom!
Yes great love them. Thank you so very much for sharing.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Now thats a fall intrest!
I have a viburnum that smells amazing in the spring and I always wait patiently for it to bloom - I don’t know what it is but it’s scent is kinda heady like a gardenia maybe?!? Absolutely LOVE it!!! We have sold our house and will be moving away, it it possible to get starts from them??? I don’t have another around and that would explain no berries. So wonderful even without berries!🥰
Oh the Russell love!
The Fineline can be cut back to keep it a “little” smaller or to rejuvenate. I also purchased the Temple of Bloom a couple of years ago and it is now blooming, I need to work on shaping it into the tree form yet. I’m eyeing the viburnum....... Thanks for sharing.
The only one of those shrubs I'd be interested in growing or able to is the Korean spice viburnum.
I'm sure that buckthorn isn't the invasive variety that's prohibited in my area, but I hope you'll address that when you do Q&A.
I was able to snag a fine line buckthorn from Lowes clearance a few weeks ago. No fall color yet in z7, but excited to see it! I am also considering it for a hedge.
Wow, love all of the shrubs you shared! Thank you!
You guys are amazing in this world of green hoise🏡
great plants - each one. giving me all kinds of ideas for my new garden. always looking for things with year-round interest, but especially those that shine in the fall !!!
I literally gasped when I saw the dogwoods and my husband wanted to know what I was looking at! This was stunning and fascinating!!
A couple of questions - will you be planting these in your garden this year?
Also, how does fall colour work? Does it turn colour if you are in that zone? For example you mentioned one plant was zone 5-9; does that mean zone 4 or zone 10 may not see the colour? Or just that it may not survive at all in those climates? (Hope this question makes sense!)
Thank you for all you share!
If your zone isn't listed then it won't grow in your area. Garden centers don't carry plants not conducive for your zone.
I'm in 4b so most of these won't be for me.
@@Edu_Kate I highly recommend royal azaleas! They like the cold weather, and their foliage is amazing - three seasons out of the year... And, for a good solid evergreen, there are the Finnish rhodies! BTW I am pretty sure that a cultivar of fothergilla was developed in conjunction with the Chicago Botanical Garden which is cold tolerant - zone 4...
@@emmalavenham
Thanks. I have a rhododendron that is very confused. I think it sunk too low. I've had azaleas before but they didn't last. I thought what she called "bottle brush" looked like Fothergilla.
I'll look into that. I'm sure I considered it, just haven't seen it in garden centers.
@@Edu_Kate Did you try "Northern Lights" azaleas? They were bred by scientists at the University of Minnesota - to withstand MN winters - like -30 to -35! There are a lot of colors to choose from. There are also rhododendrons introduced by the University of Helsinki - like Pojhola's daughter - to withstand winters in Finland. The key is to plant these plants in the spring, so they have time to root in before the snow comes (and because Im overprotective, "root and grow" and mulch)... BTW The FG is called Windy City... I have never seen one but it is reported to be very cold hardy.
You should do a pollinator garden
I bought a Fine Line and I love it!! I plan on getting a few more.
The method you mentioned for pruning & trimming your Dogwood, would this be the same way you would tackle an out of control Forsythia?
Ramibu 2 you want to trim Forsythia after they bloom as they bloom on old growth so I would shape them up just after blooming in spring or you won't have any blooms the following year
@@nancyverburg315 thats what we do do, but this one has gotten so huge I was wanting to know if I could copice it.
Ramibu 2 I would just cut it to the size you want it to be and see what happens I don't think it will kill it but would still do it after blooming
Mine was out of control too. I ended up digging it out and replacing it with another shrub after three years of wrestling with it. Too much effort for not much interest in my opinion.
I have a Japanese Sand Cherry shrub in my front yard which is amazing all year round. In the spring the leaves come in burgundy red and then it gets the prettiest little pink blooms which turn into berries that the birds love. Then in the summer the leaves turn a bronze green. In the fall they turn back to burgundy red to bright red before they fall off for the winter. They are susceptible to Japanese beetles though but thankfully I don’t deal with those in my area.
I love the Temple of Bloom Heptacodium. It reminds me of a Crepe Myrtle. Are they similar to grow? I moved from SC to Iowa 20 years ago and I so miss growing things like Crape Myrtles, gardenias and azaleas. I also wanted to thank you guys for producing your channel as often as you do. You have been incorporated into my morning routine and your positivity gives me so much joy.
they all look great
Beautiful 👍😍💗 thanks for sharing 🌻
Thank you for sharing information. Happy to see zone 3 plants, I will have to find. Started a new planting bed this fall even though it is so late. Had a few frost nights already in Manitoba with beautiful fall colours starting..
Laura this was so helpful! Thank you! Have you ever done something similar for winter interest and/or evergreen plants? I'm planning a fairly large bed with some utility boxes in the center. I'd like to plant some things around them that still hide the boxes in the winter (I'm in 6a).
Lol at the kitties fighting in the background. They have been such comedy lately.
I love the content, but wish I could relate. What a blessed life!
Love all those!!!😀
Seven Son and vibernum are my favorites. I need to find them. Thanks 😊
The cats seem to be giving you lots of extra love lately. Do you think they sense you’re pregnant? ❤️
I love that dogwood. Mine has gotten really large and I think I will do what you suggested- trim 1/3 of it because I am too scared to take it all the way! Should I trim now in the fall or wait until spring?
I planted a Korean Spice viburnum this summer and I’m so excited to see it bloom next spring! Thinking I might add a second to get the berries...
Hi Laura love watching you every morning with my coffee makes the start of my day more brighter. I need to replace some bushes that were taken out by a driver that went off the road through our yard and I love the Fall Bottlebrush my question is I live in Northern Indiana zone 5 our average frost date is October 15th is there time to plant these without damaging them or should I wait and order them in the spring?
Great video as always! I think the timing is great, tjat way we can look for these plants!
Laura: excuse us, we're about to start recording
Russell: I came here first
I love the choices. Heading to nursery with your list. Thank you.
Love my spice viburnums...the scent is amazing! I've been considering adding the Temple of Bloom for a few years, glad Proven Winners is offering it! I really want it to be the tree form. How do you prune it to attain the tree form? And ohhhh, that photo of the intermingled red and yellow twigged dogwood looks like a painting!
😍 kitty!!
These are all so beautiful, Im very curious, living in a zone 9 with plants that are rated zone 7 or 8 is that an indication that our summers may be too hot for that particular plant?
Tandi Crowder Zones are rated for winter hardiness. It often means our winters are not cold enough (eg some blueberries need so many hours of coldness to produce fruit). Microclimates in your yard may make it cool enough for a zone 8 plant to do fine in our zone 9 garden. Our lower backyard faces north and is surrounded by woods/green belt and only gets sun from mid April to early Sept. so the winter temp there is 5-10’ cooler than our upstairs south facing yard.
Tandi Crowder I’m considering a move to Las Vegas from Oregon. I’m west of the mountains from Laura in zone 8b. Being closer to ocean makes us warmer. I’m thinking you are right. Summers too hot in Las Vegas for those zones. But... Laura gets hydrangeas to grow with lots of water. Something desert doesn’t have!😆
@@portlandval55 Im thinking that heat would be the issue, it seems the most obvious but then again there in eastern Oregon they have just as high heat as we do here so Im just not 100% so it would be great to hear her thoughts..
Hello Laura ❤️
Hi Laura, I'm new to gardening and currently planning a new garden. Can you suggest some really small anchor trees that would work next to a foundation? Something that has a really small root ball. Also, I'm hoping to plant something that I can use to hide our yard from the neighbors. The Fern Leaf Buckhorn sound perfect. Can you suggest any others? Thank you for all of the wonderful videos. I've learned so much.
The buckthorn would be perfect for my sons condo backyard, it’s about 20x30. He needs some privacy and fall color is great! Do they need to be pruned? The lower the maintenance for him the better 😁
Nice shrubs!
Such gorgeous plants! You mentioned pruning the dogwood. Would you do that in fall or spring?
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Aww we Russell
Laura these are the most beautiful fall shrubs! Do you always have to have a second viburnum for pollination or just certain ones? Also if you do, how close do you need to plant to get proper pollination? Thank you!
Fine line Buckthorn, how tolerant are they to wind? Some of my plants get wind burned and I’m trying to find a solution to some sort of windbreak which is natural instead of having a fence.
Love all the plants and your kitties 🐱 under the conifers x
Spice Girl Viburnum! There is no Denying it is a beautiful tree! Or does it really Wannabe a shrub? Either way it is Something Kinda Funny about it. It isn't Too Much and it isn't too little! I'm never Wasting My Time with any other Viburnum, they can all Move Over! It is such a Treasure and it really does Spice Up Your Life. It is never going to Stop. Even in winter when it is Naked and the leaves have said Goodbye they still Feed Your Love ❤️ (I'm sorry 😂)
For the buckthorn, can you use those as a kind of wind break? We get intense wind storms like you guys and I'm trying to find creative/pretty ways to protect my raised garden beds...
Love! Will you be showing us these in your garden?🧡🍂