What an excellent video that shows how the right placement and combination of plants and trees can really make a huge difference in the final product. It also shows how you were willing to work with a lot of what they had, even though after watching all of your other videos, many of the plants are not what you would normally choose, your professional eye worked it all out, and made a huge difference in the before & after ! Your explanation of why you put this with that, etc. is a wonderful resource for we DIY landscapers. Sometimes, we can look at something and know, "it's not quite right", but aren't really sure what needs to be done to fix it. Your narrative goes a long way in understanding some of the issues that need fixing. Great sales tool for your company ! Always look forward to your posts, always a feast for our eyes ! ! ! Thanks for another great teaching tool !!!
Hey Mike, thank you so so much for your wonderful comment! I’m so glad the video and explanations helped, it’s great to know that they’re making a difference for fellow DIY landscapers 😄. I really appreciate your support and loved hearing your thoughts! 😊
Execellent video. We're zone 10. Due to storms (not even hurricanes) we're removing all trees that could crush house. Also ants/bugs crawl onto roof from fronds when they palms are too close to building 😢. The gutters attached to walls would look better painted wall color. Currently the home is highlighted by gutters on walls. Mulch should never be next to buildings; think termites. Mulch comes from who knows where with who know what creepy crawlees!😂.
This is a valuable lesson. Thanks for the video! I can certainly understand your client’s initial disappointment (with the other vendor’s results), and applaud him for not “living with it.” I love the new landscape, too!
I might be different from your normal viewer but I watch for your general landscaping tips, not necessarily the plants. I'm in 9b and the more tropical plants don't always work in my area. So I love the explanations of why you plant things where you do and when you explain your overall vision so I can use that information with more appropriate plants for my area. I wonder how often those Eugenia topiaries get trimmed to stay neat looking. They are super cool!
love the explanations for placement! I totally get it now. I would love to see a video on how to amend the soil after plantings have gone in and how to before new plantings. I just had a bunch of palms planted and I know the soil is garbage. They are doing ok and I plan to fertilize them but when considering future plantings I'd like to amend the soil before they go in. Thank you true gardner!
Love love love what you did with what they had! The designers I’ve spoken with are only interested in ripping out everything and replacing with their plants - even if they’re suggesting the same ones. I’d love to get your guidance on a corner I’m working on. I ordered a triple foxtail palm but it think they gave me a triple fishtail instead. Close, but I’m still disappointed.
Hello Becky thank you and yes it can be a bit of a challenge working in existing material so I get it. However we all know how expensive landscaping can be so if it’s good I try to use it. If you’d like to send me an email with a pic I can offer a suggestion. Constructionlandscape640@gmail.com
I so agree. I plant too much, too close together. While they look great way young, they’ll probably look like a hot mess as they grow together within the next few years. Need to consider less how they’ll look together within in the next year or two versus when my plants and trees begin to grown and mature within the next five to ten years.
Love your videos! :) You and Bryce make a great team. Questions: What's the best spacing from a structure (house or fence) for a foxtail palm or triple Christmas palms? Also, any suggestions for creating privacy when the area you want to landscape has a septic drain field running the entire length of where you want to create privacy? True gardener! :)
I have a question I know the plants are all new so they are not their full size right now, so there’s a lot of openness and space but once they are full size will they way you planted fill in a lot of that space? I am looking to keep a low maintenance look and not having to pull weeds every week. Can you or do you have a video where we can see an after of a front yard space that’s more established but low in height like 3ft max height? Thank you
Great job with this landscape. Tropicals are my favorite and my yard is full of them….my friend wants to landscape front of her house. It’s really a clear pallet. She favors flowering plants and bushes. Her house is cottage looking so it would be cute…..do you have a video with something like this? - from central Florida ( Polk County)
Great video Jennifer ! I have a question if you have any advice: I have a house in SW Florida but can’t move there permanently for two years, so I had landscape rocks put in instead of mulch because it seemed low maintenance. Any advice for plants that will do okay in rocks? My agave is doing well and a coleus, but other things are struggling. Love you channel!
Well, hello ghost Rider absolutely so you wanna stick with things that can handle that bounce back heat so a lot of what you saw in that first bed will do well in a stone Landscape. agaves, Foxtail ferns, succulents, dwarf, Clusia,Orange Bird Paradise, Pygmy date palms, European Fan Palms,dwarf Bougainvillea All of those type of plantings can handle the furnace conditions lol of rock in the summer. Good luck, Gardner.
I just looked those up! They are really nice, and I like that they have a longer pole. Unfortunately, my son Bryce got me these as a gift so i definitely want to utilize them. I wonder if i can get that attachment to make it longer
So we have a professional blend for our projects. However a really good mixture is half black cow quarter Peat Moss quarter pine mulch. If you need a good deal of soil then you can add some top soil to the mix. The pine mulch really helps to aerate the soil and keep it light and fluffy as it breaks down. I’m thinking of doing an upcoming video on soil conditioning do you think that would help ?
Hey Jennifer! How would you compare the performance of Petra crotons compared to the Mangos? (aesthetics aside - Do these both grow well and do well over the cooler months?)
What a great informative video! What stone do you recommend for a cottage style 50's ranch walkway up to the doorway? I have a sandstone type stones - but, they are hard to keep clean. They are about 2"-21/2 " thick...I love your channel and watch everyone!
Hello Heidi, well you probably have brown pea gravel? I believe that was commonly used for homes in that era. I know they tend to roll a bit and not as easy to walk on. That’s why i commonly used Tahitian Gray granite the half inch variety for any kind of walking path, but I’m not sure how that would work With your homestyle. I’m sorry to say I’m probably not going to be helpful with that, but have you checked into some of the tan granite? They make a nice walking path. Best of luck to you on that wish I was more help.
Oh Becky how I wish that was doable. No unfortunately they just naturally become bald at the base and keep that beautiful color at the top. That’s a common thing for the taller variety Croton that are going to reach that 5 to 7 foot. That’s why I normally plant them with a skirt below that’s easily maintained at the 2-3ft range.
Oh yes, you can top it. That way you can maintain the size you want, and it will get bushier, but it will always lose its lower leaves at the bottom at least in my experience with them that seems to be what happens.
Funny enough he had some heather within the front yard and we transplanted them to an open area in the backyard. I’ve had little luck with those long term so I didn’t want to put it into the new landscape.
@@TrueGardener good idea. I pulled out some of mine last year when they all looked so bad, but the root system on the ones I finally got out was a beast. I gave up and just cut the remaining ones to the ground. They came out lush and green this year, but very few blooms. Now they are looking bad again. I’m ready to move on to something else.
❤️❤️❤️ Oh how we wish you were on the west coast, Nature Coast, here in Citrus County!!!! ❓❓Any suggestions for landscapers in our area, Homosassa / Citrus County❓??? 👍❤️
I am not a friend of putting a dense evergreen right in front of a window, because burglars can brake in without being seen. Otherwise great planting!!!
Those crotons wouldn't last 2 weeks down here in South Texas unless they are in shaded areas. How they manage to take heat down there and live is beyond my understanding. I'm along the gulf of Mexico coast in south Texas. It's humid, hot, and always wet. The sun down here eats them up still. Foxtails are also really risky down here. The safest bet would be Royal, Queen, Bottles, and King palms. We are actually in the same zone Miami is but the sun hits different. Not sure why. I've got elephant ears, red banana trees, dwarf banana plants, giant pathos attached to my palm trunks and home walls, travelers' palms, birds of paradise, etc. A really tropical approach but Crotons, cordylines, etc...get torn up. I see this home has crotons exposed. Must not be a problem.
That is interesting, the sun must be far more aggressive over your way even Miami Florida is so Crotons happy. Well as long as the shade croton variety has some protection they do well in our heat, the sun lovers like the Mammy’s love sun bathing in the heat of the day.
You warmed up the house. Great choices.
What an excellent video that shows how the right placement and combination of plants and trees can really make a huge difference in the final product. It also shows how you were willing to work with a lot of what they had, even though after
watching all of your other videos, many of the plants are not what you would normally choose, your professional eye worked
it all out, and made a huge difference in the before & after ! Your explanation of why you put this with that, etc. is a wonderful resource for we DIY landscapers. Sometimes, we can look at something and know, "it's not quite right", but aren't really sure what needs to be done to fix it. Your narrative goes a long way in understanding some of the issues that need fixing. Great sales tool for your company ! Always look forward to your posts, always a feast for our eyes ! ! ! Thanks for another great
teaching tool !!!
Hey Mike, thank you so so much for your wonderful comment! I’m so glad the video and explanations helped, it’s great to know that they’re making a difference for fellow DIY landscapers 😄. I really appreciate your support and loved hearing your thoughts! 😊
Execellent video. We're zone 10. Due to storms (not even hurricanes)
we're removing all trees that could crush house. Also ants/bugs crawl onto roof from fronds when they
palms are too close to building 😢.
The gutters attached to walls would look better painted wall color. Currently the home is highlighted by gutters on walls. Mulch should never be next to buildings; think termites. Mulch comes from who knows where with who know what creepy crawlees!😂.
Beautiful design. Lots of color and I really like the palm selection too. Thank you for taking the time to give this much detail, I learned alot!
Thank you so much!😊
This is absolutely beautiful. I love every inch of it. Well done, Team ❤
Thank you so much Allison 😊always look forward to seeing your comments!!
This is a valuable lesson. Thanks for the video! I can certainly understand your client’s initial disappointment (with the other vendor’s results), and applaud him for not “living with it.” I love the new landscape, too!
Thank you and yes I’m so glad he reached out to us it was a great experience.
I might be different from your normal viewer but I watch for your general landscaping tips, not necessarily the plants. I'm in 9b and the more tropical plants don't always work in my area. So I love the explanations of why you plant things where you do and when you explain your overall vision so I can use that information with more appropriate plants for my area. I wonder how often those Eugenia topiaries get trimmed to stay neat looking. They are super cool!
Gorgeous
Thank you so much 😊
Beautiful garden🧡💛❤️💙💜💚
Thank you so so much 😊
I’d love to tag along with you and watch you select trees and plants! ❤
Actually, Bryce and I are working on making a video like that soon!
I'd love to see plant of the week with the orange bird of paradise :) I just planted one in memory of my Dad and I want it to thrive
Stunning as always! 😍🥰
Thank you!! 😊
love the explanations for placement! I totally get it now. I would love to see a video on how to amend the soil after plantings have gone in and how to before new plantings. I just had a bunch of palms planted and I know the soil is garbage. They are doing ok and I plan to fertilize them but when considering future plantings I'd like to amend the soil before they go in. Thank you true gardner!
Yes, I would love that!
That would be great. I have a compost and add it to my plants. It would be great to know what else I could add for amendments. Love the videos.
Super helpful!
So glad I could help :)
Beautiful!
Thank you!😊
Lovely as always 😊
I love your work! My yard needs you so bad in Brevard. ❤ 😃
Beautiful
Thank you so much 😊
Love love love what you did with what they had! The designers I’ve spoken with are only interested in ripping out everything and replacing with their plants - even if they’re suggesting the same ones. I’d love to get your guidance on a corner I’m working on. I ordered a triple foxtail palm but it think they gave me a triple fishtail instead. Close, but I’m still disappointed.
Hello Becky thank you and yes it can be a bit of a challenge working in existing material so I get it. However we all know how expensive landscaping can be so if it’s good I try to use it. If you’d like to send me an email with a pic I can offer a suggestion. Constructionlandscape640@gmail.com
I so agree. I plant too much, too close together. While they look great way young, they’ll probably look like a hot mess as they grow together within the next few years. Need to consider less how they’ll look together within in the next year or two versus when my plants and trees begin to grown and mature within the next five to ten years.
Bingo!! 😃
Thank you Jennifer!❤❤❤
Thanks for watching 😊
Love your videos! :) You and Bryce make a great team. Questions: What's the best spacing from a structure (house or fence) for a foxtail palm or triple Christmas palms? Also, any suggestions for creating privacy when the area you want to landscape has a septic drain field running the entire length of where you want to create privacy? True gardener! :)
Beautiful! Great tips!
How do you keep the rocks without weeds? That’s my biggest struggle
The river rock in place of mulch is beautiful, but how long does that weed barrier last?
I have a question I know the plants are all new so they are not their full size right now, so there’s a lot of openness and space but once they are full size will they way you planted fill in a lot of that space? I am looking to keep a low maintenance look and not having to pull weeds every week. Can you or do you have a video where we can see an after of a front yard space that’s more established but low in height like 3ft max height? Thank you
❤️❤️❤️True Gardener
Right back at ya, John 😊
What do you suggest for a colorful planting around a house that faces west on one side and north on the other side in zone 9?
Great job with this landscape. Tropicals are my favorite and my yard is full of them….my friend wants to landscape front of her house. It’s really a clear pallet. She favors flowering plants and bushes. Her house is cottage looking so it would be cute…..do you have a video with something like this? - from central Florida ( Polk County)
Its perfect! Im terrible at plant placing
Thanks so much, glad I could help 🥰
Great video Jennifer ! I have a question if you have any advice: I have a house in SW Florida but can’t move there permanently for two years, so I had landscape rocks put in instead of mulch because it seemed low maintenance. Any advice for plants that will do okay in rocks? My agave is doing well and a coleus, but other things are struggling. Love you channel!
Well, hello ghost Rider absolutely so you wanna stick with things that can handle that bounce back heat so a lot of what you saw in that first bed will do well in a stone Landscape. agaves, Foxtail ferns, succulents, dwarf, Clusia,Orange Bird Paradise, Pygmy date palms, European Fan Palms,dwarf Bougainvillea All of those type of plantings can handle the furnace conditions lol of rock in the summer. Good luck, Gardner.
@@TrueGardener thank you!!! Super helpful!
You should get a Bob Barker type mic
I just looked those up! They are really nice, and I like that they have a longer pole. Unfortunately, my son Bryce got me these as a gift so i definitely want to utilize them. I wonder if i can get that attachment to make it longer
Wish you serviced Miami FL! :D Great work.
Aw thank you, Gray.
What is the difference between golden dew plant and gold mound plant?
Haha nothing! There are used interchangeably!
I wish you would service all the way down to Boca Raton. Love all your designs!
Thank you Denny appreciate that!❤
What do you do to amend the soil?
So we have a professional blend for our projects. However a really good mixture is half black cow quarter Peat Moss quarter pine mulch. If you need a good deal of soil then you can add some top soil to the mix. The pine mulch really helps to aerate the soil and keep it light and fluffy as it breaks down. I’m thinking of doing an upcoming video on soil conditioning do you think that would help ?
Hey Jennifer! How would you compare the performance of Petra crotons compared to the Mangos? (aesthetics aside - Do these both grow well and do well over the cooler months?)
Ive noticed that the Petras take the cooler weather slightly better and the Mangos take more sun exposure. 😊
What a great informative video! What stone do you recommend for a cottage style 50's ranch walkway up to the doorway? I have a sandstone type stones - but, they are hard to keep clean. They are about 2"-21/2 " thick...I love your channel and watch everyone!
Hello Heidi, well you probably have brown pea gravel? I believe that was commonly used for homes in that era. I know they tend to roll a bit and not as easy to walk on. That’s why i commonly used Tahitian Gray granite the half inch variety for any kind of walking path, but I’m not sure how that would work With your homestyle. I’m sorry to say I’m probably not going to be helpful with that, but have you checked into some of the tan granite? They make a nice walking path. Best of luck to you on that wish I was more help.
Can you treat the mango croton as you would cordylines where you can snip iff the taller ones and replant?
Oh Becky how I wish that was doable. No unfortunately they just naturally become bald at the base and keep that beautiful color at the top. That’s a common thing for the taller variety Croton that are going to reach that 5 to 7 foot. That’s why I normally plant them with a skirt below that’s easily maintained at the 2-3ft range.
@@TrueGardener so if you top it, it doesn’t bush out either?
Oh yes, you can top it. That way you can maintain the size you want, and it will get bushier, but it will always lose its lower leaves at the bottom at least in my experience with them that seems to be what happens.
@@TrueGardener oh I see. Good to know.
Hi there. I’m not sure if you named the topiaries in Section 1. Please let me know. Thank you
For sure, they are called Eugenia multi trunk topiaries
Jennifer- do you do much with heather? I haven’t had much luck with them the past couple years.
Funny enough he had some heather within the front yard and we transplanted them to an open area in the backyard. I’ve had little luck with those long term so I didn’t want to put it into the new landscape.
@@TrueGardener good idea. I pulled out some of mine last year when they all looked so bad, but the root system on the ones I finally got out was a beast. I gave up and just cut the remaining ones to the ground. They came out lush and green this year, but very few blooms. Now they are looking bad again. I’m ready to move on to something else.
❤️❤️❤️ Oh how we wish you were on the west coast, Nature Coast, here in Citrus County!!!! ❓❓Any suggestions for landscapers in our area, Homosassa / Citrus County❓??? 👍❤️
Oh Rita, I wish I had a good source I could share with you. Unfortunately I don’t, sorry.
I am not a friend of putting a dense evergreen right in front of a window, because burglars can brake in without being seen. Otherwise great planting!!!
Fair enough!! I’ve never thought of that! Thanks 😊
Those crotons wouldn't last 2 weeks down here in South Texas unless they are in shaded areas. How they manage to take heat down there and live is beyond my understanding. I'm along the gulf of Mexico coast in south Texas. It's humid, hot, and always wet. The sun down here eats them up still. Foxtails are also really risky down here. The safest bet would be Royal, Queen, Bottles, and King palms. We are actually in the same zone Miami is but the sun hits different. Not sure why. I've got elephant ears, red banana trees, dwarf banana plants, giant pathos attached to my palm trunks and home walls, travelers' palms, birds of paradise, etc. A really tropical approach but Crotons, cordylines, etc...get torn up. I see this home has crotons exposed. Must not be a problem.
That is interesting, the sun must be far more aggressive over your way even Miami Florida is so Crotons happy. Well as long as the shade croton variety has some protection they do well in our heat, the sun lovers like the Mammy’s love sun bathing in the heat of the day.
Jennifer, you look very beautiful in that outfit.
Thank you so much that means a lot 😊😊