Spring Sowing Poppies & Garden Cleanup. Lets Check On Perrenials Breaking Dormancy & Pruning
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2023
- The Perrenials are waking up! My pots of overwintered Scabiosa & Candy Tuft are probably going to bloom early, & New variety of Poppies. Spring is here! - Steph (I garden in Massachusetts, zone 6) #gardening #plants #seeds #barerootplants
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Great idea with the cloche baskets. I'm going to try putting them over where I spread my poppy seeds bc my cats love to go digging around where I've sown seeds at times. I had about 75+ huge Orental poppy that showed up last year, and I literally collected thousands of seeds from them. I also ordered varieties from BC this year. I bought 4 scabiosa plants last year, and they actually did better and grew over winter. I absolutely love them. They are just huge, so I bought Fama deep blue and Fama white seeds from Johnny's so I can make many more. I live in PNW 8b, and many things can over winter here. I'm also growing lots of Echinacea from seed. They say they don't usually bloom first year, so I'm sure after watching your video on them, I'll end up buying a few if I find the right varieties. You can never have too many.😊Thanks for sharing❤
So fun Mary!! That will be beautiful! Great idea to use the cloches to protect the poppy seeds from being kicked around for now.
LOL! 😄 I hit the subscribe button when I saw you holding the black mesh trashcans. It's my first time watching one of your videos, but we are clearly simpatico!
I have a bunch of those from the Dollar Store and I pin them down to keep the darn squirrels and raccoons from digging up newly planted perennials. I have too many plants to purchase the cute chicken wire cloches, so Dollar Store to the rescue!
What a coincidence...right now all my cheapo cloches are covering heucheras too. Over the larger newly planted areas I spread bird netting and use the mesh baskets to help prop up the netting somewhat.
Those mesh trash cans come in clutch more times than not. Great use for them lol Thank you!
I also have problem with heucheras. Recently I learned that they pop out of the ground and need to be deepened back into the ground now and then, sometimes divided and deepened 👍
Hi Marina, Ah yes, sounds like they "heaved" out of the ground. Happens with cycles of freeze and thaw. I had that happen to a few perrenials. The comments I've received indicate they like moist shade. I have mine in part sun/sun in a dry area. If they come back, I'll have to move them.
Huchera love shade and moist conditions. Mine did very well next to my astilbe and VERY well in containers next to my ladies mantel.
Thanks so much! Yes they do prefer those conditions. I was pushing it with this spot hoping the japanese maple near them would shade them enough, but its isn't quite big enough yet. I will see if they come back, and if they do, I'll move them to a moist spot thats more shaded.
@@HookedandRooted another idea: anywhere your hosta or daylillies do well, heuchera will also like it there too. OH! On your recommendation I picked up bone meal for my first year planting Diva Dahlias. I have Spartacus and Cantarino delivering @the end of the month. 6b also.
Your property is so beautiful! I use the black trash containers over my plants as well. I added some drawer knobs that I had to the top so they look like cloches. I think I will try poppies again, as they are so pretty. A few years ago, I had no luck with them. I just hope I can find the seeds locally. They were hard to find.
Thank you so much! Oh that is genius! what a great idea to add knobs. They really do look like cloches that way. I'm sure you can find poppy seeds locally. I commonly see burpee hungarian blue at the home depot and lowes. They do benefit from cold stratification though. So you'll need to throw the pack in the freezer for a couple weeks to increase chances of germination. Otherwise, you can always try next season. Thanks for watching!
I missed our window for poppy sowing this year and then it was way too warm. Can’t wait to see those lovely pompoms in your garden
There's always Late Fall/ Early winter sowing for you my friend! Put a reminder on your phone. I have to do alot of that these days.
Love the idea of using the dollar tree baskets as cloches! 🎉😊
They work so well Mary, and so affordable! 🥰
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I would love to find a smaller Japanese maple for my area zone 9b.
Hi Tonya, a great site to do some research regarding japanese maples is Mr. Maple.com. Most JM's can be pruned to size control them. Also most are small trees staying in the 8-10ft tall and 5-8ft wide range. However, the bloodgood variety gets a bit larger. Hope this helps. Thanks.
@@HookedandRooted thanks so much.
Steph, I see you placed poppies in the freezing before direct sowing. First year planting poppies curious if, this step is beneficial or a great way to store. Thanks for the help!
Hi Kim, Poppies like a period of cold stratification. Part of the reason its most often suggested to sow them in snow. One reason is for the cold, which they benefit from. The other reason is due to the moisture, which helps them germinate. Since we weren't getting any significant snow this winter, I popped the seeds in the freezer for about a month to help with the cold stratification part, and hopefully now with the Spring rains we get germination 🤞 Hope this helps clarify.
Hi Stef 🌺 well done . I love to see you working inyour beautiful garden and planting beautiful plants . Have awonderful day .🌻🌺🌻
Thank you so much Lina for your kind words. Thanks for watching, and have a wonderful week!
Fellow 6b gardener - thank you for this video! We had some freezing temps in my neck of the woods this past weekend, but my sedum and lambs ear are also starting to peek through
Hi Alexa, Yes, we also had a couple low 30's nights recently. Hoping its only up from here for us! Yay for returing perrenials!
Hi! I watched this video with pleasure, now it's time to work :) I want to ask: usually poppies sow their seeds themselves and then many seedlings germinate. This kind of poppy doesn't reproduce like that? Thank you in advance.
Hi Alexa! yes Poppies do readily self seed. If you leave the pods to dry on the plant, the eventually crack open and drop their own seed. I collected seed pods and they hold hundreds of seeds. So to ensure I'll get them again, I sprinkle my collected seeds. Hopefully after a few years, I can let go of having control, and let them seed themselves lol
@@HookedandRooted Thank you, I hope you make a great flower bed with poppies!
So glad I found your channel. Loving your content! ❤
Thank you so much!! and welcome!
Thank you for all the tips! 🐞🐞🐞
You are so welcome!
I use same wire baskets! To keep squirrels out and protect strawberries from birds in my container balcony garden. They dig up plants to store nuts! Chicken wire works great too. Not expensive and customizable for larger needs. Your garden is going to be as beautiful as ever. Happy Spring 🌱
Those pesky squirrels! They do work Great Gris! Thank you so much 🥰
Excellent filming with lots of close ups 👍🏽 thanks 💜
Thank you so much Frances!
Would love if you could do an update once the poppies begin to come up, I scattered some this winter and hoping I can recognize them and differentiate them from weeds 🤞🏻
I sure will, they will be included in my garden tours this season. Fingers crossed they work out as well as last year. If you google poppy seedlings, you'll get some images to help you identify them. They have a very distinct appearance. Almost a bit fern like as they begin to sprout. Plus if you remember where you sow them, that will help as well.
I love my Dollar Tree baskets also!! It’s those “waskely wabbits” that munch on my heucheras so these baskets do help!! Love all your posts👍💕
They are so great Jeanette. Thank you so much! 🥰
Beautiful! Your Poppies looked like Dahlias!Wow! 🥰
Hi Joellen, thank you so much. The lilac pom was such a beautiful variety.
Great tip about the alcohol. Your vids are always so informative. Well done! Blessings…daisy
Thank you so much Daisy! Glad to help. Have a great week!
I have been so excited for these kinds of videos!!! I'm going to go sow my poppies right now!
Hi Michelle! Thank you so much. I'm glad to have you here. I'm so excited to start getting some time outdoors. The winters seem to drag on around here. By Spring we're all itching to get outside. I can't wait to do more outdoor videos now that Spring is upon us! 🥰
How has the wireless deer fence been working for you? I have a lot of deer pressure I my yard.
The real test will be Spring and Summer when things are blooming. So I can't say for sure just yet. Once my tulips get blooming that will be test #1. I'll feel best to report back once I've had a whole Spring & Summer with them, we also have a ton of deer pressure. However, I'm hopeful they will do a good job as I've had someone let me know they seem to be working for them. I'll keep you posted!
Another great video, Steph! So excited to see your garden this season!
Thanks so much!
I am so excited to get out there!
Me too Amanda, felt good!! More days like this in our future!
Everything looks beautiful Steph 🍃🌺🍃
Thank you! 🤗
Spring is right around the corner, Steph!! Unfortunately, we had a deer get into the garden and ate more than I wanna list. We need another dog !!
Good idea using the baskets !!
Good luck with the poppies, they're beautiful!!
Cheers J&C 🌱😊
Oh no! Those darn deer!! They are the most destructive....well except for groundhogs. Yes dogs do seem to help. The baskets are a decent help for smaller plants. Thanks for watching, fingers crossed for beautiful poppies. Hope you are both well, take care!
Funny, my Susan Tulip Magnolia's leader is curved over at about 2 meters up! So I wonder how that came about? It happened while I was away for 3 years caring for my Mom in the States! I came home 3 years ago, it blooms okay and so I don't think I'll try your stick method, tho it's a good idea to catch it at the beginning! My tree just looks a little quirky like me and makes me smile❤😊😂.
I do think its the wind that made our magnolia leader take a turn. My husband was keen on trying to train it back as the top of the leader is still a bit pliable. We'll see how it goes. I agree, sometimes when tree's have a little quirk, its fun. They have a story! Thanks for watching 😊
I have Jane Magnolia, and I too, had some wonky branches. I staked them up and eventually they straightened up and grew right. Also thanks for the tip about the wire baskets from Dollar Tree. I bought a couple, but now I'll go back and get some more.
Loved the video. I have the Angelona stonecrop sedum but didn’t know the name of it. It had no tag when I purchased it. I also use the dollar tree wire baskets. I had to go go several dollar tree this year to purchase as many as I needed. Can’t wait to see how the wireless deer fence works. Till next time thanks again 😊
Hi Margie, Oh how fun, now you know what its called! Its a great sedum. The baskets are great!! I'll report back on the wireless deer fences after Spring & Summer blooms. Those are the real test. Have a great week!
How timely!!!! I was just in from the garden for a break and l watched your video. I was going to tackle my hydrangeas next. I am a relatively novice gardener and wasn’t quite sure what to do (my game plan was to hack away!). I am all set now. Also excited…. Based on your earlier video i bought the lavender pop Pom poppies.. so excited to sow those is afternoon as well. Great advice and video. Thank you!
Hi Erin! How yay, so glad to help. Hope you were able to prune your hydrangeas, and sow your poppies.
Everything is looking awesome. Great video. I'd love to know if that deer stick works. I've never heard of such a thing. Thanks for the tip.
Hi Sue! I'm hopeful about the invisible deer sticks (zappers). They are supposed to train the deer that they don't like your garden. They have these little scent pellets on them, that smell floral. If they sniff them, it gives them a zap (like a static electricity zap), and scares them off. And because they mostly travel in packs, if one scares, the others scare and follow as well. So far so good, but were heading into Spring/Summer, where I'll have lots of tempting things blooming. That will be the real test. I'll keep you posted!
@@HookedandRooted I am so excited about these. If they work, they can be a game changer. I hate spraying repellent all the time. Thanks for sharing this Steph.
Can't wait to see the poppies grow 🙂
Me too Robyn!! I'm hooked on poppies now! They are so beautiful 🥰
Love the baskets.Rabbits eat my heuchera too.
I'm sorry they're eating your heucheras too Nicole. Its so frustrating. Its us against nature in our gardens. Sometimes we win, most often they win ;) The baskets help.
I'm looking to add a Japanese maple 🍁 to my garden this year but I don't want a big tree? What kind of maple do you have?
Hi Mireille, we have a few in that area. But the one in the corner with red branches is a katsura JM
@@HookedandRooted Thank you!!
Hey Steph, I need help. I bought a apricot tree in Maryland. When we got home to VA, I noticed the main leader had a bend in it. In this video you spoke briefly about staking trees. I'm new to gardening and was wondering if you could do an in depth video. What tools to buy, how tight the rope should be and so on. I'm struggling to find good information on this. There is a lot on leaning trees but not a bend in the leader of a tree. Some videos showed people cutting into the tree. I'm so confused.
Hi Mireille, great idea. Gimme about a week. Its been really rainy, but I'll try to put something together over the weekend, and have it out by mid week next week.
@@HookedandRooted Thank you!! ❤️
I love the Angelina sedum, it does great in ground and in containers. Next year I will have to try overwintering my hens and chick in shed, maybe they will do better as after snow melts they are so wet some will die leave bare area in pots. Heuchera get eaten by me too not sure if it’s the deer or ground hog haven’t caught anyone in the act, have to see about the wire baskets thanks for that tip. 😊
Hi Terri, The Angelina sedum is great! The hens and chicks do well in the shed and don't need water that often. I only periodically watered them all winter. Yes my heuchera haven't done the best for me. Between them getting more sun in that spot than i had anticipated, and something eating on them, they are always on the verge of death. If I can get them to come back by having them protected, I'll have to try moving them to a different spot. I hope you can find the wire waste baskets, they work wonderful as a garden cloche!
How long does it take for seeds to germinate that you sewed in your milk jugs back in January and February?
Not until outdoor temps are right for those seeds.
My huechera's are looking sad so far too this year, fingers crossed 🤞 they start to bounce back. I need to do the same with my poppy seeds, how long should I keep them in the freezer?
Same here in sw Pa concerning my huercheras !
Hi Michelle, Heuchera always do poorly for me. I just haven't figured out where to grow them. I do think I need to give them more shade and moisture, and another commenter also mentioned their heucheras do well in those conditions. Also, figuring out how to keep something from eating them. If they come back, i'll try moving them. Fingers crossed for all of our heucheras!
@@HookedandRooted yes, mine are mostly in shade. I think this year between a few arctic blasts and critters are my problem 😕 good luck to everyone!
Can’t wait for the poppies to grow , I can’t remember them from last year, the fuzzy ones look so different from what a poppy usually looks like
My too Amy! Last year in my July Garden tour the lilac pom ones were blooming. This year I've also added a new white variety which I sowed in a different bed. I also sowed ones a friend sent me that are a salmon fluffy one in a front bed. I hope they all do well. Fingers crossed! I just love poppies 🥰
Can do landscape staples if you don’t want to put rocks on top of the baskets. I have used those as well 🗑️ 🦌
Hi Courtney, Yes you can. I mentioned that in the video as well. They pin right through the mesh really easily. Thanks for watching!
Where did you get the wireless deer stick? Thanks!
Hi Catherine, While I'm still in the early phases of using this product, I will give you the link below. I'm waiting on Spring and Summer blooms to really put these to the test. I did have a subscriber send me a message letting me know she bought some and tried them and even shared a video with me of deer getting scared off. So that is very promising! Here's the site: wirelessdeerfence.com/
@@HookedandRooted that would be awesome if they work. I have a lot of deer pressure! Thanks much for link and testing them out 😄
How long do you recommend I keep the poppy seeds in the freezer? I won't be able to get my seeds in the ground until early April. I'm in zone 6b too.
Hello, I had mine in there for about a month. So if you have the time, pop them in there now before sowing. If you give them at least 2 weeks, should help some.
I just need to get mine to grow. Maybe if I just cut off all the blooms this year that will help them get stronger. ( the hydrangeas ) ❄️💚🙃
Hi Judy, What kind of light conditions are yours in? Perhaps some fertilizer? But also, a pruning might help stimulate them to push out more growth. Good luck, I hope they grow better for you this year.
@@HookedandRooted they’re in a sunny location. I’m going to get my soil tested this spring. The hydrangeas are not the only thing that doesn’t grow well. Thank you. ❄️💚🙃
Great idea of wire baskets from Dollar Tree store. I saw poppy in winter sowing, we will see. Do you think if I can just sow poppyseeds in pot with soil?
Hi Anna, The baskets work great! Because Poppies are pretty tall 24-48 inches on average, if you have a shorter variety it may work well in a pot. Otherwise when you sow them closely in ground, they sort of hold each other up (lean against each other). I hope this makes sense. Shorter varieties could work in a container, for example the california poppy apple blossom. I have winter sowed poppies before. That method also works great for them as they benefit from cold stratification, and love the cold winter weather to help get them going. With winter sowing, I didn't like teasing apart all the seedlings, and felt that they flopped a bit when transplanted. I figured I would go with direct sowing them going forward. Thanks for watching!
@@HookedandRooted I did winter sowing for the first time. I watched your three instructional videos. My first year just to try, because I don’t have plant room at home or green house. Thank you for your videos.
Hi Steph! Excellent, informative video. That's what makes you stand out! I also noticed my new growth lamb's ear underneath all the dead growth. It seems to be coming up in separate plants, not all together. Is yours like that too? I really love this plant. It does so well for me, spread a lot in two seasons and I'm hoping I can transplant some of the separate plants if that's what I'm seeing.. When would be the ideal time to do that? I'm also in zone 6, Massachusetts. 6A for me. I guess we're just a little bit colder here. Thanks!
Thank you so much for your kind words Lauren. Yes, that is exactly how my lambs ear is coming in. My guess is that as the foliage grows and the leaves get larger, it will look like one layered plant. I'm going to wait a few weeks to divide & transplant mine. While i do think it can be done now, I will be waiting a couple more weeks until night time temps are staying more consistently closer to 40 vs the low 30's we've been getting this week. Should you decide to divide them, and we get a freaky frost predication, you could always use empty plant containers / nursery pots, flipped over the plant with a rock to weight it down, until the frost passes. Shoud insulate the transplants enough for them to make it as they are pretty hardy perrenials. Hope this helps.
@@HookedandRooted thank you so much for replying. I'll definitely wait. Our spring weather can be so unpredictable.
After your video I look through my seed packets and found pom pom poppies! I immediately put them in the freezer! I'll wait a few more weeks on those too. I'm so excited!
Hi Steph!
Thanks so much for this video. Quick questions regarding poppies - have you ever seed started indoors for poppies and are they invasive ?
I am planning on growing them this year!
love Anu @Toronto
Hi Anu! I have never started them indoor. I have only started poppies using the winter sowing method and the direct sow method. While I don't think the varities I've grown are invasive, they do readily self seed. So if you let them dry out and they seeds slip out, they could germinate and continue on in your garden. The seedlings are easily enough to weed out. Try them out, they are beautiful and worth it in my humble opinion 🥰
I have those same baskets for covering tender plants that get eaten! I love them! Thanks for the reminder! Gotta start pruning my hydrangeas! Take care!
Your very welcome, and these baskets are great. So useful!
I meant to ask, do you cover the poppy seeds back up with mulch or leave it off?
Hi Michelle, They need light to germinate. So you just scatter them and leave them.