Great, informative videos! Can you believe I found a Blue Atlas Mountain fan palm here, in Tuscany, Italy, at one of our box stores, for €5, a few years ago. Bought it right away, brought it home, and it is now thriving in the garden. It has grown to form a clump about 6' tall, full of flowers and seeds...they do very well here without protection. I think we're a zone 8b perhaps, from the kinds of plants I see around the neighborhood...first frost this year was Dec. 4, and we haven't had another one since Feb. 11...keeping our fingers crossed, of course. The local trachycarpus palms seed themselves around if left alone, and in several areas have formed actual groves. We watch the Creekside Nursery videos also, for good tips on what we can plant here...will keep subscribed to yours as it is excellent...keep up the good work, and I'll be very anxious to see how your new landscaping grows in!
oh my ... those Michael Carr containers are lovely. So wish his showroom was open to the public as it's right down the road from my house !!! and what a lovely selection of plants to put in them - well done !!
Everything looks great. Very nice job on editing and music. Not too short or long, and good to know about the fertilizers that would be good. We’re in full swing on the Gulf coast in Alabama8b, so I’m excited to see your suggestions for this spring. I appreciate your knowledge and expertise.
A truly spectacular container is always a good investment. I've had 2 of a 3 container set (broken set, deep discount) of square blue glazed pots for 15 years. I've got orange & purple pansies in the smaller & a June hosta with seliginella fern in the other. I just hope I have them forever! Beautiful Palm!
It does my heart good to see you planting warm season containers. They turned out looking great! I have a Sunshine ligustrum waiting to be put in a container. I think I will go get a Purple Pixie loropetalum and a pot and some pansies and plant a spot of instant beauty! Thanks for the inspiration!
I’ve had one in a large tall ceramic container probably 15 gallon . It sends up new pups a lot and has grown a lot but seems to have slowed down last couple years . It needs to be put in ground . It stays outdoors year round in container here in 8b
I went to Lowe’s this weekend just to get some herbs and plants for my containers. I will baby them until mid April then plant them. I’m in 8. Wow sticker shock, a pack of Impatience was 3.88. I have never paid more than 2.00.
That is a gorgeous container from Michael Carr! Are some plants better suited for lower and wider containers than other? I have a really shallow, maybe 6 inches, but 14” wide, square container I picked up. I’m trying to decide what to put in it.
In an earlier video, he shared that he uses the Soil Cube compost he gets, mixed with bark/mulch/pine fines. Literally just a few videos ago. Maybe the potato one a few days ago?
Do you anticipate needing to size up the container for that fan palm? I just noticed that the pot curves in at the top, so getting the plant out once its roots have grown might be a challenge. Or is it something that will be happy in that size pot for quite a while? Looks gorgeous!
you have a video on north facing homes ....im looking for a couple foundation plants that will grow kinda big ...im in Roanoke Va , zone 7 or 8 i think , Thanks to anyones input !
Really nice decorative palm tree, great idea to keep it in a container for a while, will it do ok in the container if I decide to keep it for a few years?
Everything needs to be eight up potted or root pruned or soil refreshed occasionally. I can get a couple of years out of this with a soil refreshing next spring.
Those Mediterranean Fan palms are quite hardy once they are established I've seen them where they come back from hard freezes either from the trunk or the ground. Also they are quite aggressive clumpers so it may crack that pot if its in there too long.
Hey Jim, I am looking for a purple foliaged "evergreen" or perennial plant like purple pixie loropetalum or weigela midnight wine for the foundation planting on the north side of my zone 7a/b (northwest Raleigh) house. Any suggestions? Thanks! Your containers look great. Wish I had the budget for similar pots. Someday!
Two years ago we had a large fir that had fallen taken care of and haven’t touched the pile since, except for pulling some weeds. It’s now a dark, crumbly consistency more like compost than mulch. Would it work for mounding up beds a bit to improve drainage? Do I need to mix it with anything first?
@@JimPutnam your channel has been invaluable for renovating this new-to-us 40 year old suburban yard. Gardening in rainy 8b western WA, having come from 6b on the eastern side, has been fun but challenging. Thanks!
Love that palm! $200/ft?!! Guess I need to save my pennies. Thing is, tho...you need a lot of gardening confidence for that. I prefer accidentally killing $20 plants. Lol
Me too most of the time. I feel pretty lucky that I rarely pay the asking price. I'm usually at the nurseries trying to help them so I usually leave with something.
Use pumice rock instead of a bark. There are several different types of lava rock to use. Bark grows fungus. Sand silt and clay make up true soil. Mulch belongs on top of the soil. I do interior plants for hotels, it drives me nuts when they use bark. Bark is used as a filler! The plants I grow would last forever, if they would just use proper soil. Good job universities, they have taught everyone wrong. Yay let's rot my roots.
I'm not growing it inside. It has been grown in bark and sand for three years. Literally every nursery in the country grows their outdoor things in some sort of bark mix. That is not to say that I haven't used pumice and other expanded slate products to grow temperamental things, but the cost and the labor and the weight and not being able to stack the plants in the trucks would make it impossible in the nursery business.
Mulch belongs on top of the soil no matter indoors or out. My favorite nurseries in Southern California grow their own stuff. They grow in peat moss pumice rock, sand and vermiculite. I have no problem at work and at home with those plants. No getting around it bark is mulch and it does not belong inside the soil. The weight and expense is worth it. It makes me sad Universities add bark just to lighten the weight, the next thing you know he'll be having everyone water there plants with Gatorade.
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that palm is magnificent!
Great, informative videos! Can you believe I found a Blue Atlas Mountain fan palm here, in Tuscany, Italy, at one of our box stores, for €5, a few years ago. Bought it
right away, brought it home, and it is now thriving in the garden. It has grown to form a clump about 6' tall, full of flowers and seeds...they do very well here without
protection. I think we're a zone 8b perhaps, from the kinds of plants I see around the neighborhood...first frost this year was Dec. 4, and we haven't had another one
since Feb. 11...keeping our fingers crossed, of course. The local trachycarpus palms seed themselves around if left alone, and in several areas have formed actual
groves. We watch the Creekside Nursery videos also, for good tips on what we can plant here...will keep subscribed to yours as it is excellent...keep up the good work, and
I'll be very anxious to see how your new landscaping grows in!
oh my ... those Michael Carr containers are lovely. So wish his showroom was open to the public as it's right down the road from my house !!! and what a lovely selection of plants to put in them - well done !!
Beautiful palm! Love the Lemon Lime Nandina! 😍👍🏼
That container is a showstopper!!
Thanks!
Everything looks great. Very nice job on editing and music. Not too short or long, and good to know about the fertilizers that would be good. We’re in full swing on the Gulf coast in Alabama8b, so I’m excited to see your suggestions for this spring. I appreciate your knowledge and expertise.
Nice! I love small and containerized palms! 🌴
Nice palm Jim...great looking container as well! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching 😊.
I have a few palms in containers. But I never thought about adding other plants . Thanks for the color tip on containers.
Gorgeous Palm and container!!!
Love that container ❤
It is a good one!!
A truly spectacular container is always a good investment. I've had 2 of a 3 container set (broken set, deep discount) of square blue glazed pots for 15 years. I've got orange & purple pansies in the smaller & a June hosta with seliginella fern in the other. I just hope I have them forever! Beautiful Palm!
Sounds nice!!
Beautiful! I haven't thought much of doing palms, but I like the look in a container!
Super nice thanks Jim! I really like the second container
Beautiful, Jim!
Love the lemon lime nandina and, of course, the Michael Carr flower pot
You have a great eye for containers, too. I love all yours. Thanks for sharing. 👏🏻💕👏🏻
Thanks for watching!!
Gorgeous container, Jim! And thanks for sharing the cost.
It does my heart good to see you planting warm season containers. They turned out looking great! I have a Sunshine ligustrum waiting to be put in a container. I think I will go get a Purple Pixie loropetalum and a pot and some pansies and plant a spot of instant beauty! Thanks for the inspiration!
I have a parlor palm that is almost 4foot tall. I bring it in every winter.
I’ve had one in a large tall ceramic container probably 15 gallon . It sends up new pups a lot and has grown a lot but seems to have slowed down last couple years . It needs to be put in ground . It stays outdoors year round in container here in 8b
They flat out stop producing them when it gets older. I was with someone who grows thousands of them and he has some really old ones.
I went to Lowe’s this weekend just to get some herbs and plants for my containers. I will baby them until mid April then plant them. I’m in 8. Wow sticker shock, a pack of Impatience was 3.88. I have never paid more than 2.00.
It has definitely jumped some. The demand will do that.
Love container plantings!
That is a gorgeous container from Michael Carr! Are some plants better suited for lower and wider containers than other? I have a really shallow, maybe 6 inches, but 14” wide, square container I picked up. I’m trying to decide what to put in it.
Spring I here
I've always loved palm trees but I live in Michigan
Go for it You can bring it in and out! Thanks for watching.
Awesome container plabting!
can you please share make your own potting mix for vegetable and flower gardning? Thank you
In an earlier video, he shared that he uses the Soil Cube compost he gets, mixed with bark/mulch/pine fines. Literally just a few videos ago. Maybe the potato one a few days ago?
Hi Jim, do you ever have to expand the size of the container over time as the plants grow? Thanks. I am thinking in particular of Japanese maples.
Yes or at least refresh the soil and root prune a little
Do you anticipate needing to size up the container for that fan palm? I just noticed that the pot curves in at the top, so getting the plant out once its roots have grown might be a challenge. Or is it something that will be happy in that size pot for quite a while? Looks gorgeous!
Yes, I will have to repot it at some point and you are correct about it being a pain to remove. Maybe two years in this size
With the palm or your 2nd container is there drainage in those pots? Very nice color combo.
Awesome!
you have a video on north facing homes ....im looking for a couple foundation plants that will grow kinda big ...im in Roanoke Va , zone 7 or 8 i think , Thanks to anyones input !
Will you take it in for the winter?
Really nice decorative palm tree, great idea to keep it in a container for a while, will it do ok in the container if I decide to keep it for a few years?
Everything needs to be eight up potted or root pruned or soil refreshed occasionally. I can get a couple of years out of this with a soil refreshing next spring.
@@JimPutnam Thank You so much, God bless🌷🌿⚘
Those Mediterranean Fan palms are quite hardy once they are established I've seen them where they come back from hard freezes either from the trunk or the ground. Also they are quite aggressive clumpers so it may crack that pot if its in there too long.
Nothing can stay in the same container forever. It will get repotted next year or at least root pruned for sure.
Hey Jim, I am looking for a purple foliaged "evergreen" or perennial plant like purple pixie loropetalum or weigela midnight wine for the foundation planting on the north side of my zone 7a/b (northwest Raleigh) house. Any suggestions? Thanks! Your containers look great. Wish I had the budget for similar pots. Someday!
I am not a fan of palms, but that composition (container/pansies/palm) is just gorgeous!
Beautiful 😻
Two years ago we had a large fir that had fallen taken care of and haven’t touched the pile since, except for pulling some weeds. It’s now a dark, crumbly consistency more like compost than mulch. Would it work for mounding up beds a bit to improve drainage? Do I need to mix it with anything first?
If it has aged some, it will work perfect. I am planting in the front yard into a ground up stump that has aged some
@@JimPutnam your channel has been invaluable for renovating this new-to-us 40 year old suburban yard. Gardening in rainy 8b western WA, having come from 6b on the eastern side, has been fun but challenging. Thanks!
Would a fast draining cactus potting mix be good to use for shrubs and trees in containers?
Yes, but I would like some organic material added to it. If nothing else to make it lighter. Those mixes are super heavy.
@@JimPutnam good to know, thanks! I have a buddleia in a container that always looks miserable after it rains.
Love that palm! $200/ft?!! Guess I need to save my pennies.
Thing is, tho...you need a lot of gardening confidence for that. I prefer accidentally killing $20 plants. Lol
Me too most of the time. I feel pretty lucky that I rarely pay the asking price. I'm usually at the nurseries trying to help them so I usually leave with something.
@@JimPutnam Atleast they can give you a branch for propogating. Haha
Are they slow growing?
Yes they are!!
👍❤️😊
Use pumice rock instead of a bark. There are several different types of lava rock to use. Bark grows fungus. Sand silt and clay make up true soil. Mulch belongs on top of the soil. I do interior plants for hotels, it drives me nuts when they use bark. Bark is used as a filler! The plants I grow would last forever, if they would just use proper soil. Good job universities, they have taught everyone wrong. Yay let's rot my roots.
I'm not growing it inside. It has been grown in bark and sand for three years. Literally every nursery in the country grows their outdoor things in some sort of bark mix.
That is not to say that I haven't used pumice and other expanded slate products to grow temperamental things, but the cost and the labor and the weight and not being able to stack the plants in the trucks would make it impossible in the nursery business.
Mulch belongs on top of the soil no matter indoors or out. My favorite nurseries in Southern California grow their own stuff. They grow in peat moss pumice rock, sand and vermiculite. I have no problem at work and at home with those plants. No getting around it bark is mulch and it does not belong inside the soil. The weight and expense is worth it. It makes me sad Universities add bark just to lighten the weight, the next thing you know he'll be having everyone water there plants with Gatorade.
Actually Brawndo. "It has what plants crave"🤣. Thanks for watching.
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