The tips on planting native wildflowers were really helpful. I think I should plant more native plants in my garden. It's so inspiring to be able to experience Florida's nature so close!
@@jungsoopark1638 I’m so glad you enjoyed the video! I highly encourage you to add native plants to your landscape! Best of luck to you and your garden!
Taunting us with your beautiful flowers I see...😂 Actually we have many pink curcuma in our plantings. They are Florida's best kept secret. They tolerate our heat, they spread every year, and they put on a magnificent show all summer long.
These flowers aren’t actually from my landscape… I saw them while I was at the garden center last week. I definitely want to add some of the curcumas to my garden!!
Butterfly bushes don’t like a lot of humidity… they can develop fungus and drop their leaves this time of year. Are your plants loosing their leaves? I spray mine once a week during the humid summer months with a product called Ferti-lome Fungicide 5… it definitely helps.
Nice design, and it'll be nice to see it all grown up. Kinda surprised you didn't use any Frog Fruit in the mix. A little Phyla nodiflora goes a long way, and the pollinators love it.
Thanks, glad you like it too! Great suggestion! I thought about adding a ground cover plant like dune sunflower, sunshine mimosa, or frog fruit but decided not to because of all the pine needles that will be dropping from the pine tree above the garden bed in the next few months… I thought it would be harder to pull the pine needles off ground cover style plants vs the more upright wildflowers. Once the needles start dropping I’ll be able to gauge the difficulty of keeping the area tidy… if it’s not a complete pain, I’ll probably add some frog fruit later this year!
@@TheGardenersGarden Those needles really are an amazing mulch. You're right to not go for a groudcover as I think it'd soon be buried under the needles and you'd always have to be out there raking them free.
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking… maybe I can add the frog fruit in a terracotta pot placed somewhere in the garden bed. It’ll keep it confined from spreading but allow me to move it to a different area of my garden during the months when the pine needles drop.
@@TheGardenersGarden My pine is driving me crazy right now. I just raked under it a couple weeks back, and now I have to rake again! A ton of pine cones and bushels of needles.... but I can't complain too much about free mulch for the beds.
I didn’t know that about the scarlet passion flower. I’ve got a scarlet vine growing into my yard from a neighbor’s property at the back of my backyard. Periodically, I see its blooms in the thick vegetation.
Glad you liked the video! I’m always happy to add more plants for pollinators. I’m hoping this will help with the pollination of my fruit and vegetable garden area on the other side of the low wooden fence.
Love the stokes aster and black eyed susan! Glad you use the pine needles - free mulch. I see so many people throwing their pine needles away. Just silly.
The asters and black-eyed Susans are two of my favorites! I’m with you on the pine needles; I see so many people rake and throw them away too. Pine needles are one of the best mulch materials! I also think they add a little something extra to the native wildflower garden, making it look more authentic!
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@@lilashelton535 Yes, I see them as weeds… the majority of them are invasive sword ferns. I have them all over my property. I let some grow in some areas of my landscape, but they can quickly take over… it’s a constant battle keeping them in check. They’re in everyone’s yards in my area… we’re all fighting the same battle.
Florida has its own ferns, bit mostly what you will find in yards are decorative ferns from a big box store. They are invasive, aggressive and a royal pain to remove. Easy to dig up, hard to keep down. A number of transplants and snowbirds will grow those box store ferns because it's what they had up north, but here in Florida, they're just a bad idea to have in the yard. Mind you, I don't know enough about ferns to ID them on sight, so I couldn't say what type he has.
The majority of them were sword ferns, like the ones you can easily find at big box retailers. There was also another variety with bigger fronds and much deeper roots that I haven’t been able to identify, but I’ve noticed it can be more aggressive than the sword ferns!
Hi Matt . Well done . This side of the yard is going to be so pretty if you plant honey suckle near the fence or Stephanotis jasmine or plumbago or hardenbergia or star jasmine or mandevilla ... they all amazing also you can plant near the climbing plant or in any place in the garden vinca , dianthus , coneflower , oakleaf hydrangea , hibiscus ...the view of them will be amazing . Have agreat day .🌿
I love all your suggestions, thanks for sharing! I especially like the ideas of adding an oakleaf hydrangea! I hope you have a great rest of your weekend!
Do those ferns grow like weeds? I have been pulling out asparagus ferns from my yard for 13 years! I pull them out from the white bulbs underground but they still appear. Your ferns looked healthy. Would it be beneficial to gift them to someone if they wanted them in their yard? Just curious. Can’t wait to see what you plant there. I love the wooden fence. Even the old metal post will be a nice piece to grow a vine against it.
@@user-jm2ys7un8t I consider the ferns a weed… they are beautiful and I have some contained in other areas of my landscape but they can quickly take over! I don’t know if any of my neighbors would want to transplant the ferns from my yard to theirs since they probably already have them growing like crazy too! I was thinking about removing the metal post but I agree, I think I might leave it and let the new vining plant grow on it too!
@@omgbygollywow It’s really lightweight, I can tip it over to empty it and then wipe it out with a towel if needed. The glass isn’t porous so it can be cleaned really easily.
@@TheGardenersGarden I love the flowers an the vibe of this time of the year. Not really summer anymore, but not quite autumn yet. As if the world is holding its breath for a brief moment. And I love the name!
