Love your border Lee! It's going to have such full, lush and gorgeous flowers. I am working at populating all my borders; it will take a while. But this video brings such inspiration. Thank you!
Thanks AJ. Glad it’s been helpful! Gardening at home takes time. Enjoy the process and remember the longer it takes the more experience of plants you’ll have to play with!! 😉🥷🌿🤘 Every cloud! Happy gardening. Lee
Your video is very helpful in creating a cottage garden. I have fenced and completed my front yard last Fall. My dream was to create a cottage garden that faces the south. Didn't know what I was doing in a space that consists of 7 ft x 300 ft long. I have started with fall plants like Peony's, Irises, alliums, Day Lilies and scattered seeds (delphiniums, fox gloves, lupines, etc). Now this coming Spring will be making 6 obelisk's to plant Clematises and adding perennial plants in between. Main focus will be 12 hydrangea shrubs for privacy from neighbor's driving by the house. I can see my vision but will it turn out what is pictured in my mind. First time creating a cottage garden. Remolded a 100 year old house on 3 acres (clean slate). I have planted every tree on my property for the last 28 years. Live in Wisconsin, USA Zone 4. I was all be watching all of your videos in the next few days. Thanks for your tips!
You know, over the past 30 odd years I’ve wasted so much time and valuable resources trying to create an attractive but economic planting scheme at home. Lee, you suddenly surface! And now I look forward to transforming a hitherto dull site into an interesting garden with your valuable advice. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Stephen! It means so much to get such great feedback from viewers and new Ninjas! Make sure you checkout my blog www.gardenninja.co.uk for hundreds of gardening guides. See you there! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I like a lot of self seeding things in my old style cottage garden. It gets a bit chaotic but you can pull out excess ones. Lavenders are definitely essential and they do take some cutting back at the end of summer but they look good all winter and never let me down. English Lavender tho not French. Not forgetting Foxgloves and Antirrhinums. Cost you nothing once they self seed. xx
@@Gardenninja I've had some very tall yellowy/white foxgloves of the very old variety if you want any seeds I can save you some. I've had them in my garden the past 38 years. Also the pink/mauve ones.x
Thanks Donald. It will look so much fuller this time next year. I’m fast, I reckon by September it will have filled out a lot too! I’ll post an update when it does! 🥷🌿🤘
Thanks so much!! One more string to the garden design bow! I’ll be dead heading for days this time next year. Hehe. Have a fab weekend RM! (I really need to ask your actual first name!) 🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja its another blustery wet cornish weekend with thunder to boot! I'll be diving in&out the garden,hope yours is dryer than mine,the names Roy.
Just saw your video, I’m excited to see how this bed progresses! It looks great at planting! I’m planning on starting a cottage garden section too. But with more emphasis on food production. I want to call it a cottage garden orchard but these days it might be considered a good forest 😋.
Thanks for the comment. You’re in luck! I’ve got a cottage garden update coming soon. Your idea of adding productive plants is definitely a key part of a true cottage garden. Where gardeners in small urban plots who would be working close by used their gardens to help support their incomes. Many of these gardeners were working class who even lived on the site of their employers hence using their small gardens. You can find out a bit more here! www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden-beginner-plant-guide/ 🥷🌿🤘
I love your new borders. Those trees definitely look a lot more at home in your new border than in the pots. Those dark roses are gorgeous. It will certainly all look amazing. I wish I had had this knowledge about planting borders years ago. Still I am forever improving our garden and mostly with your help and advice. Looking forward to walking round your garden soon to admire all your fabulous plants. Mum 🥰
Thanks Mum! Yes the roses are gorgeous and unusual. My favourite kind of plants. The more unusual the better. Hehe looking forward to giving you a guided tour soon! 🥷🌿🐝🥰🤘 xxx
Great and inspiring video Lee!..I’m going to attempt something similar in my boarders, you’re a credit to your craft keep those educational videos coming mate 👍
Glad it was helpful! It's so easy to overcrowd as we get giddy in the garden and carried away! Checkout my online gardening forum if you need more guidance Karen. www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ 🥷🌿
Thanks Kristine. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it should look fab this year now it’s established too! Make sure you checkout my site where there are hundreds of free gardening guides and a lovely forum for questions. www.gardenninja.co.uk/ 🥷🤘🌿
Beautiful 🦋. Just adore informal and romantic cottage gardens ❤❤❤. Mine is coming along pretty well and totally in love with my cornflowers which have filled a whole border. Great tip, Lee about spacing. I'm very guilty of creating overcrowding 😟 and currently have lavender and fuchsias competing for space but trying to curb my bad habits. Happy gardening everyone 🌷🌷🌷.
It’s one of those fun bad habits though. Least you can move most plants which in turn creates more borders hahaha. So glad you’re enjoying my gardening guides. Happy gardening! 🥷🌿🤘 Lee & Barry.
Hey Lee, I love your way if styling a garden. I love a cottage garden , there is such a wonderland feeling to it 😊. Unfortunately my predicament is that I have a balcony garden. Would you be so kind to share a few ideas on how to do up a balcony garden? Please 😩
can't wait to see how it turns out! May I know the name of the dark persian rose? I am looking for a scented repeat flowering deep red/purple one - was going for Munstead Wood and William Shakespeare 2000 but I see they have been 'retired' by David Austin...
Hey Shzr it’s called Night owl from Trevor white roses. It’s beautiful. That’s a great site for old roses. Tell them I sent you! You can also checkout the updated video here! ruclips.net/video/MnnkvOOHU4o/видео.html 🥷🌿🤘
Thanks Lee, excited to see how this looks in time. We have a little dilemma in that my wife loves uniform, formal planting, whereas I love cottage style borders. Wonder if formal cottage is the next step for us!
Hi Nettle Warrior. Formality is fine. In actually like it. But it’s hard work and looks messy fast. Maybe you could have a bet with your wife that you could convince her with ‘a modern cottage garden’ hehe 🥷🌿😉 Happy gardening! Lee
I agree with you, Nettle Warrior informal, cottage gardens are the best 😄 although neatly planted flowers and shrubs can look very pretty too. Maybe your wife wouldn't mind if you took a section of the garden, through an arch or pergola maybe, if you have space, where you could plant away to your cottage heart's desire? A little secret space would add to the charm ☺🦋🌷🦋.
@@Gardenninja 😄. Hey, yes, it's probably no surprise that my favourite childhood book is The Secret Garden. Just love the idea of secret paths and hidden parts of a garden filled with climbing scented roses and masses of tall, frothy cottage style flowers. Heaven! 🥰🌹🦋
Love the modern cottage style. I have roses, hydrangeas, verbena , lavender, geraniums, salvia amongst other things too . I am fairly new to gardening and am now suffering from packing the shrubs too close together at the beginning ! No space now for the perennials - how to stop it all looking a mess ?
Hi Clarus. The key is to spacing the plants correctly in the first place. If I were you I’d remove one or two shrubs and relocate them. Then use the gaps to fill with herbaceous perennials. Happy gardening! 🥷🤘🌿 You can find out more with this guide here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-plant-a-flower-bed-3-top-design-tips/
I found this video really useful. I see why in this space you chose for the height in the middle of the bed, but my borders are against a fence - surely I should keep the height at the back? Or should it vary? Thanks
Hi, Lobstah! Yea you would. Always graduate from the front to the back with a double sided bed the middle is usually considered the back! They key is layered and some tall airy plants too! Happy planting!! 🥷🌿🤘 Lee
I love this style and want to try it out. Sorry if silly question but should/could you put anything around the plants whilst they’re smaller to stop weeds etc until they’ve spread out? 😊
Hi Sarah. Not a silly question. Weed prevention is key. I wouldn’t use plants mid use mulch. You don’t want anything to compete with your new plants it’s also much easier to weed when things are young on newly cultivated ground! So just keep your eyes on it and mulch after planting. 🥷🌿🤘 Happy gardening! Lee
What did you use as a mulch, and how often will you water the border in June? I've created something similar this year using ornamental bark as a mulch which enables me to water well just once a week, but sometimes twice such as now in this very dry June.
Hi Barrios. I used home made leaf mould just as a light dressing to help retain some moisture. Especially with this heat wave. I’ve watered it every evening I’m the heat wave. Once the weather calms I’ll water it twice a week for the first month then once a week after that. Hope that helps! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Loved this video Lee. Im about to embark on a new phase in my garden. Alot of the shrubs have become woody and require replacing, Ive been advised to put plants that require similar fertilising so itd be easier to look after (Im getting on a bit) eg. my Camilla, rhodedendrons in one bed; roses, delphiniums, etc. in another and hydrangeas in another. There are alot of things in the garden that can be moved around and I hate to see things just thrown away! Whats your thoughts?
Hi Hallasmam, you can renovate most shrubs you know with some hard pruning before spring. Maybe worth while giving that a go rather than just replacing them. Obviously it depends on the species. As for grouping plants. It makes sense that all the ericaceous plants live together but I wouldn’t overly panic about grouping for other plants. Acid or alkaline loving plants yes but the rest will cohabit quite happily. I’d defo try and salvage things and move some stuff I’d need be! Hope that helps. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
Hi Samsun. It’s Everedge from here in the UK. A fantastic company and product. Tell them I sent you! Make sure you checkout my blog www.gardenninja.co.uk for hundreds more free gardening guides! Lee 🤘🥷🌿
Hi, can you please explain what's the difference between a cottage garden, a mixed border, and a naturalistic garden ? It's a bit confusing. It feels like cottage gardens and mixed borders are the same, they're a mix of perennials and shrubs with vibrant colors, few annuals, few grasses, and a lot of cutting/clipping/maintenance in general while naturalistic gardens have way more grasses and vertical structure, tough long lasting perennials and less showy colors, a bit less maintenance, and emphasis on the winter look. Did I understand correctly ?
Hi Nicolas. That’s a fantastic question and we’ll worth asking for other gardens. So the main tenant is that a traditional cottage garden is a broader mix of perennials, annuals edibles and herbs. Cottage gardens use certain plants such as roses, edible hedges, fruit trees, scented plants that provide full on summer colours. Whereas naturalistic is much more drift based with multiples of the same plant. Cottage sometimes uses one of two of a plant and jumps between different species. More pack it in if it’s of value. Hope that helps but there’s some more eloquent detail here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden-beginner-plant-guide/ 🥷🤘🌿
Dear Lee, how amazing i have stumbled upon your channel!! im a passionate gardener so be sure ill be binging your videos! I have a question and a dire problem..our neighbour has a bamboo growing that is spreading wll into our garden...it grows underneath our Pinus Mugo and it is seriously putting our garden in danger. it is also growing freely under the full length of the thuja hedging and i just dont know what to do anymore. so afraid our 25 year old Pinus has to come out and/or dies of it..do you happen to hav any tips or ways to tackle the bamboo? :( Thanks in advance and keep up! Love from the Netherlands
Hi Wistful. Welcome to the Garden Ninja community! Oh no. The dreaded spreading rhizome bamboo. I wish I had an easy answer but the only alternative is to dig out the rhizomes and then place in a barrier such as concrete or thick matting. Sounds like it may have already spread to far. The pinus should be tough enough if 25 years old. My advice would be to focus on digging it out around this. Keep your efforts on the bits that matter and obviously speak to your neighbour about the situation. Responsibility lies with them to try and address is too. All the best. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
@@GardenninjaThank you kindly for your reply..yeah i have talked to the neighbour..luckily we get along alright abd he just feels bad about the bamboo destroying our native bee heaven. The one sold the bamboo told hin it wasnt rampant..but alas. Yeah i am already doing that, im just afraid i can never dig underneath the pinus because its one big root system. Been thinking of putting matting along the hedge and around the pinus but both of them roots spread far aswell. Thanks again Lee, i keep it monitored
Hi Terry! With all gardening it’s about nipping things in the bud before they get to that chaos stage. Wild is fine but chaos is not!! I know you can easily get your wild cottage garden into some order though! 🥷🌿🤘 Good luck! Lee
Love your border Lee! It's going to have such full, lush and gorgeous flowers. I am working at populating all my borders; it will take a while. But this video brings such inspiration. Thank you!
Thanks AJ. Glad it’s been helpful! Gardening at home takes time. Enjoy the process and remember the longer it takes the more experience of plants you’ll have to play with!! 😉🥷🌿🤘 Every cloud! Happy gardening. Lee
@@Gardenninja excellent point. Gonna search for the latest Garden Rescue episode!
Your video is very helpful in creating a cottage garden. I have fenced and completed my front yard last Fall. My dream was to create a cottage garden that faces the south. Didn't know what I was doing in a space that consists of 7 ft x 300 ft long. I have started with fall plants like Peony's, Irises, alliums, Day Lilies and scattered seeds (delphiniums, fox gloves, lupines, etc). Now this coming Spring will be making 6 obelisk's to plant Clematises and adding perennial plants in between. Main focus will be 12 hydrangea shrubs for privacy from neighbor's driving by the house. I can see my vision but will it turn out what is pictured in my mind. First time creating a cottage garden. Remolded a 100 year old house on 3 acres (clean slate). I have planted every tree on my property for the last 28 years. Live in Wisconsin, USA Zone 4. I was all be watching all of your videos in the next few days. Thanks for your tips!
You know, over the past 30 odd years I’ve wasted so much time and valuable resources trying to create an attractive but economic planting scheme at home. Lee, you suddenly surface! And now I look forward to transforming a hitherto dull site into an interesting garden with your valuable advice. Thank you so much.
Thanks so much Stephen! It means so much to get such great feedback from viewers and new Ninjas! Make sure you checkout my blog www.gardenninja.co.uk for hundreds of gardening guides. See you there! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I like a lot of self seeding things in my old style cottage garden. It gets a bit chaotic but you can pull out excess ones. Lavenders are definitely essential and they do take some cutting back at the end of summer but they look good all winter and never let me down. English Lavender tho not French. Not forgetting Foxgloves and Antirrhinums. Cost you nothing once they self seed. xx
I love self seeders too Lynn. Like you say it’s plants for free! I’ve not introduced any foxgloves yet but may well do! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja I've had some very tall yellowy/white foxgloves of the very old variety if you want any seeds I can save you some. I've had them in my garden the past 38 years. Also the pink/mauve ones.x
Thank you Lee, always so informative. I’m in my second year of developing my cottage garden on a budget.
You’re welcome. I’m glad it’s useful. With all gardens taking your time and enjoying the process is key! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
Lee, I love what you've done in this cottage garden. I look forward to seeing the results next spring/summer. Have a good weekend, DA
Thanks Donald. It will look so much fuller this time next year. I’m fast, I reckon by September it will have filled out a lot too! I’ll post an update when it does! 🥷🌿🤘
I think I prefer a bit more informality. But I like all what you have chosen except the grasses.
Thats going to be amazing Lee,some beautiful colour&plant combinations,another winner👌🥷🐝🌻
Thanks so much!! One more string to the garden design bow! I’ll be dead heading for days this time next year. Hehe. Have a fab weekend RM! (I really need to ask your actual first name!) 🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja its another blustery wet cornish weekend with thunder to boot! I'll be diving in&out the garden,hope yours is dryer than mine,the names Roy.
Enjoy the thunder Roy! 🥷🌿🤘
Yay! Thanks for doing more in the cottage style, it's my favorite!
You’re welcome! I’ve had so many people ask so thought what better place than at home! 🥷🌿🤘
Just saw your video, I’m excited to see how this bed progresses! It looks great at planting!
I’m planning on starting a cottage garden section too. But with more emphasis on food production. I want to call it a cottage garden orchard but these days it might be considered a good forest 😋.
Thanks for the comment. You’re in luck! I’ve got a cottage garden update coming soon. Your idea of adding productive plants is definitely a key part of a true cottage garden. Where gardeners in small urban plots who would be working close by used their gardens to help support their incomes. Many of these gardeners were working class who even lived on the site of their employers hence using their small gardens. You can find out a bit more here! www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden-beginner-plant-guide/ 🥷🌿🤘
I love your new borders. Those trees definitely look a lot more at home in your new border than in the pots. Those dark roses are gorgeous. It will certainly all look amazing. I wish I had had this knowledge about planting borders years ago. Still I am forever improving our garden and mostly with your help and advice. Looking forward to walking round your garden soon to admire all your fabulous plants. Mum 🥰
Thanks Mum! Yes the roses are gorgeous and unusual. My favourite kind of plants. The more unusual the better. Hehe looking forward to giving you a guided tour soon! 🥷🌿🐝🥰🤘 xxx
Great and inspiring video Lee!..I’m going to attempt something similar in my boarders, you’re a credit to your craft keep those educational videos coming mate 👍
Aww thanks Larry. What a fab comment to receive. Go forth and bring that cottage vibe man!! 🥷🌿🤘
Love this border may have to use this as a guide I made the mistake of overcrowding as I can never decide on what I like lol.
Glad it was helpful! It's so easy to overcrowd as we get giddy in the garden and carried away! Checkout my online gardening forum if you need more guidance Karen. www.gardenninja.co.uk/forum/ 🥷🌿
Just MAGICAL ❤
Thanks Kristine. I’m glad you’ve enjoyed it should look fab this year now it’s established too! Make sure you checkout my site where there are hundreds of free gardening guides and a lovely forum for questions. www.gardenninja.co.uk/ 🥷🤘🌿
Beautiful 🦋. Just adore informal and romantic cottage gardens ❤❤❤. Mine is coming along pretty well and totally in love with my cornflowers which have filled a whole border. Great tip, Lee about spacing. I'm very guilty of creating overcrowding 😟 and currently have lavender and fuchsias competing for space but trying to curb my bad habits. Happy gardening everyone 🌷🌷🌷.
It’s one of those fun bad habits though. Least you can move most plants which in turn creates more borders hahaha. So glad you’re enjoying my gardening guides. Happy gardening! 🥷🌿🤘 Lee & Barry.
@@Gardenninja very true 😄. Have a lovely weekend 🌹🦋🌹
P.s Barry is adorable 🥰🥰🥰.
Hey Lee, I love your way if styling a garden. I love a cottage garden , there is such a wonderland feeling to it 😊. Unfortunately my predicament is that I have a balcony garden. Would you be so kind to share a few ideas on how to do up a balcony garden? Please 😩
If the chance arises of course I will! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
Gorgeous !
Do the cottage gardens have hedges ?
Some do, mainly made of rose or fuchsia! Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
can't wait to see how it turns out! May I know the name of the dark persian rose? I am looking for a scented repeat flowering deep red/purple one - was going for Munstead Wood and William Shakespeare 2000 but I see they have been 'retired' by David Austin...
Hey Shzr it’s called Night owl from Trevor white roses. It’s beautiful. That’s a great site for old roses. Tell them I sent you! You can also checkout the updated video here! ruclips.net/video/MnnkvOOHU4o/видео.html 🥷🌿🤘
Thanks Lee, excited to see how this looks in time. We have a little dilemma in that my wife loves uniform, formal planting, whereas I love cottage style borders. Wonder if formal cottage is the next step for us!
Hi Nettle Warrior. Formality is fine. In actually like it. But it’s hard work and looks messy fast. Maybe you could have a bet with your wife that you could convince her with ‘a modern cottage garden’ hehe 🥷🌿😉 Happy gardening! Lee
I agree with you, Nettle Warrior informal, cottage gardens are the best 😄 although neatly planted flowers and shrubs can look very pretty too. Maybe your wife wouldn't mind if you took a section of the garden, through an arch or pergola maybe, if you have space, where you could plant away to your cottage heart's desire? A little secret space would add to the charm ☺🦋🌷🦋.
Oooh I’m loving the idea of this!!! Persuasion via seclusion!! 😉🥷🌿🤘
@@Gardenninja 😄. Hey, yes, it's probably no surprise that my favourite childhood book is The Secret Garden. Just love the idea of secret paths and hidden parts of a garden filled with climbing scented roses and masses of tall, frothy cottage style flowers. Heaven! 🥰🌹🦋
Love the modern cottage style. I have roses, hydrangeas, verbena , lavender, geraniums, salvia amongst other things too . I am fairly new to gardening and am now suffering from packing the shrubs too close together at the beginning ! No space now for the perennials - how to stop it all looking a mess ?
Hi Clarus. The key is to spacing the plants correctly in the first place. If I were you I’d remove one or two shrubs and relocate them. Then use the gaps to fill with herbaceous perennials. Happy gardening! 🥷🤘🌿 You can find out more with this guide here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-plant-a-flower-bed-3-top-design-tips/
Love it. Love your choice of colours.
Have you used metal strip for edging? 💚
Hi Wendy. Yes a neat metal strip so I can mow straight over it and it’s low fuss. I’m glad you like it! Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
I found this video really useful. I see why in this space you chose for the height in the middle of the bed, but my borders are against a fence - surely I should keep the height at the back? Or should it vary? Thanks
Hi, Lobstah! Yea you would. Always graduate from the front to the back with a double sided bed the middle is usually considered the back! They key is layered and some tall airy plants too! Happy planting!! 🥷🌿🤘 Lee
@@Gardenninja 👍👍🦞
I love this style and want to try it out. Sorry if silly question but should/could you put anything around the plants whilst they’re smaller to stop weeds etc until they’ve spread out? 😊
Hi Sarah. Not a silly question. Weed prevention is key. I wouldn’t use plants mid use mulch. You don’t want anything to compete with your new plants it’s also much easier to weed when things are young on newly cultivated ground! So just keep your eyes on it and mulch after planting. 🥷🌿🤘 Happy gardening! Lee
What did you use as a mulch, and how often will you water the border in June?
I've created something similar this year using ornamental bark as a mulch which enables me to water well just once a week, but sometimes twice such as now in this very dry June.
Hi Barrios. I used home made leaf mould just as a light dressing to help retain some moisture. Especially with this heat wave. I’ve watered it every evening I’m the heat wave. Once the weather calms I’ll water it twice a week for the first month then once a week after that. Hope that helps! Lee 🥷🌿🤘
Loved this video Lee. Im about to embark on a new phase in my garden. Alot of the shrubs have become woody and require replacing, Ive been advised to put plants that require similar fertilising so itd be easier to look after (Im getting on a bit) eg. my Camilla, rhodedendrons in one bed; roses, delphiniums, etc. in another and hydrangeas in another. There are alot of things in the garden that can be moved around and I hate to see things just thrown away! Whats your thoughts?
Hi Hallasmam, you can renovate most shrubs you know with some hard pruning before spring. Maybe worth while giving that a go rather than just replacing them. Obviously it depends on the species. As for grouping plants. It makes sense that all the ericaceous plants live together but I wouldn’t overly panic about grouping for other plants. Acid or alkaline loving plants yes but the rest will cohabit quite happily. I’d defo try and salvage things and move some stuff I’d need be! Hope that helps. Lee 🥷🤘🌿
@@Gardenninja thank you so much. That’s really helped. Some will definitely have to go but I could move some too. Very kind of you cheers x
Can I please ask what edging you have used?? If you can recommend. Thank you.
Hi Samsun. It’s Everedge from here in the UK. A fantastic company and product. Tell them I sent you! Make sure you checkout my blog www.gardenninja.co.uk for hundreds more free gardening guides! Lee 🤘🥷🌿
Hi, can you please explain what's the difference between a cottage garden, a mixed border, and a naturalistic garden ? It's a bit confusing. It feels like cottage gardens and mixed borders are the same, they're a mix of perennials and shrubs with vibrant colors, few annuals, few grasses, and a lot of cutting/clipping/maintenance in general while naturalistic gardens have way more grasses and vertical structure, tough long lasting perennials and less showy colors, a bit less maintenance, and emphasis on the winter look. Did I understand correctly ?
Hi Nicolas. That’s a fantastic question and we’ll worth asking for other gardens. So the main tenant is that a traditional cottage garden is a broader mix of perennials, annuals edibles and herbs. Cottage gardens use certain plants such as roses, edible hedges, fruit trees, scented plants that provide full on summer colours. Whereas naturalistic is much more drift based with multiples of the same plant. Cottage sometimes uses one of two of a plant and jumps between different species. More pack it in if it’s of value. Hope that helps but there’s some more eloquent detail here. www.gardenninja.co.uk/how-to-design-a-cottage-garden-beginner-plant-guide/ 🥷🤘🌿
Dear Lee, how amazing i have stumbled upon your channel!! im a passionate gardener so be sure ill be binging your videos! I have a question and a dire problem..our neighbour has a bamboo growing that is spreading wll into our garden...it grows underneath our Pinus Mugo and it is seriously putting our garden in danger. it is also growing freely under the full length of the thuja hedging and i just dont know what to do anymore. so afraid our 25 year old Pinus has to come out and/or dies of it..do you happen to hav any tips or ways to tackle the bamboo? :( Thanks in advance and keep up! Love from the Netherlands
Hi Wistful. Welcome to the Garden Ninja community! Oh no. The dreaded spreading rhizome bamboo. I wish I had an easy answer but the only alternative is to dig out the rhizomes and then place in a barrier such as concrete or thick matting. Sounds like it may have already spread to far. The pinus should be tough enough if 25 years old. My advice would be to focus on digging it out around this. Keep your efforts on the bits that matter and obviously speak to your neighbour about the situation. Responsibility lies with them to try and address is too. All the best. Lee 🥷🌿🤘
@@GardenninjaThank you kindly for your reply..yeah i have talked to the neighbour..luckily we get along alright abd he just feels bad about the bamboo destroying our native bee heaven. The one sold the bamboo told hin it wasnt rampant..but alas. Yeah i am already doing that, im just afraid i can never dig underneath the pinus because its one big root system. Been thinking of putting matting along the hedge and around the pinus but both of them roots spread far aswell. Thanks again Lee, i keep it monitored
What trees did u use please
I used Oleaster standards! 🥷🤘🌿
got to say, having to control a "neglected and let grow wild cottage garden" I prefer Lee's modern cottage garden
Hi Terry! With all gardening it’s about nipping things in the bud before they get to that chaos stage. Wild is fine but chaos is not!! I know you can easily get your wild cottage garden into some order though! 🥷🌿🤘 Good luck! Lee
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Thanks Tiffcat! 🥷🌿🤘
Wild and loose cottage schemes