How to Plant Hardier Foundation Plantings | Ask This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Ask This Old House landscape designer Jenn Nawada helps a homeowner replace and improve foundation plantings that have been crushed from snow piles.
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Time: 3-4 hours
Cost: $200
Skill Level: Beginner
Tools List for Foundation Plantings:
Bypass pruners [amzn.to/2Webc1m]
Shovel [amzn.to/2w3KUzU]
Tarp [amzn.to/2w3QCSo]
Shopping List:
Grasses [amzn.to/2VKpmYz]
Perennials [amzn.to/2Q8XdnL]
Mulch [amzn.to/2LN0ESL]
Steps:
1. Start by identifying plants that have died or could use some pruning. Remove the dead plants and clean up the plants to make it easier to see what kind of palette you’re working with. Place the dead plants and cutoffs on the tarp to be easily dragged away later.
2. Choose and stage plants that will be able to tolerate snow piles in the winter. In this case, Jenn chose a dwarf fountain grass for its height and to anchor the rest of the foundation plantings. Underneath, she chose a variety of perennials with varying seasons, colors, and heights for visual impact. The grass can be cut back in the winter and shouldn’t be damaged in the snow, and the perennials will go dormant underground during the winter until next Spring.
3. Dig holes for the plants using the shovel that are twice as wide as their containers and almost as deep.
4. Pull the plants out of their containers and gently tease the roots.
5. Place the plants into the holes and backfill. Let the plants sit a little higher than the hole to allow for mulch.
6. Add a thin layer of mulch over all the plants.
7. Give all the plants a good watering and keep them watered as they get established.
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Jenn noticed that a lot of the foundation plantings the homeowner had around her walkway could easily be smothered by the snow when she shovels in the winter, which probably explains why they weren’t faring well. To alleviate this issue, Jenn picked plants that go dormant in the winter for the areas most vulnerable to snow piles.
Jenn planted a variety of plants, including dwarf fountain grass, lady’s mantle, stonecrop, coneflower (echinacea), Blue Hill Salvia, Rose Marvel Salvia, and windflower. These can all be found at nurseries and home centers.
The other tools and materials Jenn used to plant the foundation plantings, including the wheelbarrow [amzn.to/2HlIx1Y], shovels, and mulch, can all be found at home centers.
Expert assistance with this project was provided by Nawada Landscape Design (www.nawadalands....
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I love how she called her out on shoveling snow on the plants 😂
@@jakesimpson4619 i am being annoying by commenting a year later
Looks amazing!
Do my house next, it's a blank slate👍
Thank you for sharing✌💛☺
Good vid. I like those tall grasses.
Jenn is cool
That incarnate (sp) red flower is a bold choice!
Looks nice! Good job Jenn!
It looks easier then done. I always have problems planting
Hope Roger is doing well, but sure love having Jenn as a regular.
Echinacea helps repel deer and attract butterflies, and you can dry leaves and flowers for a tea that strengthens your immune system. Plus it's one of my fave flowers:)
Sound is good.
Thanks you
My concern are the Roots underground from that pine in few years
It will degrade away
Please come to my house next ..😄..pleasssseeeee!
Looks✔great!
Looks great!!!
Beautiful
The sound quality is off.
Nice video .. love watching them .. i wonder what is a good insect or bug repellent plant?
Is it just me or is the audio quality really low on newer videos?
That home owner went from zero hours maintenance a year to well... a lot. When all they need was to trim an hour a year. But flowers! You go girls
👍🏻🌱👊🏻
“Well, keep ‘em alive.”
Wow!
Jen sure loves to hear herself talk.
Julio F
Yeah, God forbid she’d explain what she’s thinking and doing in a video posted to educate people.
Yeah, it would be much better if the TV host stayed silent and gave us no clue what she was doing. Your first TOH video I take it lol
@@Uncle-Bull No other host talks like mouth diarrhea. They explain perfectly. So up yours since I'm not allowed to have an opinion.
I think they meant heartier. Or probably more hearty...
I mean, I'm no English major but I'm almost positive it's heartier... if not more hearty
Do yourself a favor and make sure you know what you're talking about before you post...
adjective
comparative adjective: hardier
robust; capable of enduring difficult conditions.
@@justinl.3587 good for you. Did you not see where I wrote "I think" or did you just ignore that because you wanted to feel superior? Guess what. You're not
@@danielwindecker3937 Well actually, you did say you think, which you clearly didn't. Let's make sure that next time you think, simply type the word into Google followed by the word "definition " (that word is real too).
It might help you and prevent you from being foolish next time. 😉
@@justinl.3587 sure, asshat
Over a year later and I guarantee you it’s overgrown and neglected! Get back in the AC girl.
Yeah, that woman was not able to cut back the shrubs, but now she gets a garden to take care of with some plants that could overgrow others etc.. not sure about that..
It's possible she just bought the house and wanted advice on what to do.
I can identify with her. I don't know how to do but now I see how, and so did she, so I'm guessing she'll feel confident enough to continue doing it.
She will be Ok, Sometimes you just have to let the pro, in ,I did the Same thing this spring ,I Couldn't neglect my garden anymore
She got explained how to do it. Sometimes that's all it's needed.
Knowledge is power lol
Bug havens & water + root damage down the road?... Yes please!...
Laurels are hardier.
FINALLY WOMEN. Yassss. Love it
Dam that chick voice deep. I bet she's a muff diver
She does it to keep machonazis like you at bay.
@@MeanOldLady she kept me at bay with her broad shoulders
Those plants died for sure
Is Jen married?
Im pretty sure Jen is a Scissor sister and took amy out to dinner later that evening
@@tonyg41 lol I doubt it she’s wearing old school earrings that make her look cute she’s definitely attractive
Cute seems classy +old school+ natural physique = attractive
She probably works out but she can dominate me whenever she wants as long as she grasps the situation 😅😅
They aren't wearing the proper clothing
They're fine. They're not wading through poison ivy, stinging nettles or anything else.