I have several different Bletilla cultivar in my garden, Buffalo, New York zone 6b. I have found that growing them in full sun, but with a cool root system like clematis, shaded by evergreen ground cover. Fixes a lot of the problems that you mentioned.. I just posted a video on my channel about my Hardy orchids.
Thank you for this video. I would like to see more videos going to more details about watering and potting media needed to maintain the survival of orchids at home. I have a various orchid types at home. Overwatering seems to be the major issue for most orchid growers. Orchid disease is next.
Thanks for another informative and inspiring program. Love the enthusiasm and varied knowledge you share. After over a month with only one superficial rainfall in 8b Georgia, I'm wondering if opting for less lush and more simple, meditative style garden might be more conducive to feeling a connectness to my garden, rather than the slightly frantic "gotta keep them alive" relationship I experience now.
I love the J C Raulston garden and Japanese garden. I was there in February 2024. Enjoy all your videos and walks in the garden. I hope to create my own Japanese garden area and crevice garden eventually.
I was fortunate enough to have my own personal zen moment here at this beautiful Japanese garden this past weekend! Truly majestic! Kudos to you guys and everyone that helps maintain this very special place(past and present)!
I planted 16 of them last fall out front and now im scared the size is daunting. I think ill move them to the back where they can grow freely no need to ever prune. Thanks so much for this infomative video!
I want to buy Peppermint Stick Giant Reed Grass - Variegated White - Live Plant - Arundo donax from jcra. But you don't seem to be selling it. If you are, please let me know. Thank you
There is a quercus glauca at the GA state botanical gardens in Athens GA that will knock your sox off..it is so impressive.. I planted acorns and got seedlings going...I like another evergreen oak called rysophylla or loquat oak that Dave Creech shared with me...I like it a lot...
I don't see why distylium is so popular...boring to me...even the varieties are just shrubs with leaves...ho hum... I killed one of my acer fabrii from being too exposed that first winter...the one that survived the winter is under an oak which I guess gave it enough protection...hope it keeps going...m
Avoid the Dogwood cornus kousa, as it is likely to become infected with a common fungus or virus that causes the leaves to curl, and that disease can never be eliminated from the tree.
I do research for the Landscape Committee in my extremely large (1,967 homes), mostly shaded, heavily deer-browsed neighborhood in Roswell, GA. HOA rules prevent us from fencing our front yards. Are any of the recommendations in this video deer resistant? Thank you🌸🐝
Great video. You guys are a trip!!! 😝 Really enjoying these midweek programs. I’m going to try to tune in live for these going forward. Cheers 🍻 from Florida
I have two of these beautiful plants in pea gravel and every spring i find they love a cut back and produce better for the summer and produce more flowers, mine give of suckers/shoots all the time and i pass quite a few onto neigbours besides from my other plants.
I live in slug heaven, Willamette Valley Oregon, sharp items surrounding plant don't work, diatomaceous earth limited as the often crawl over it. Beer limited as they crawl in and most leave, yeast mixed with flour to make them stick and the yeast eat get more. Some leave a board down and pick them off at night needs constant watch Salt will sometimes slowly kill them but one by one and salt in the soil not the best. Perhaps easier is to use resistant plants with thick leaves, lower water needs. Pest safe baits are usually iron phosphate, be careful, my dog got ahold of a box that the wind blew on to the deck, ate some. She ended up in emergency vet care for 5 days. Vet said she was showing typical slug poisoning systems , she called poison control center and then they could not find any listed chemical that would do this. I'm sure the dog did not get into anything else. Bought at online garden supply co. not the common brand Sluggo, but identical listed ingredients.
nice talk I have a 60x120 ft mowed lawn that is currentnly covered in about 8" of leaves that were purposely dumped there in the fall. Plan on letting that sit and kill the grass until the Fall and then plant about half of ti with native seeds. leaving the other half as mulch and then slowly convert more of the mulch to planted areas over time.
I’m in PA and it’s been getting increasingly hot and dry during summer. We’re on a well so I don’t care to use excessive amounts of tap water on my garden. Last year I dug a small dry well in my ornamental flower beds and directed one of my 4 downspouts into it, and it seems to really be helping the plants there. I’d highly recommend a small dry well. I used a fabric grow bag to line it and filled it in with gravel. It’s topped with large flat rocks and a grate, and a large flower pot I use for annuals.
I'm highly impressed with the two flamethrower redbuds that I finally got this spring. I've wanted one of these since I saw it. That said the leaves are so much more colorful than the information you'll find on them. They keep changing color with some of the strangest colors so far! Good job guys
I used to visit your arboretum twice a year, even though it was a 3 1/2 hr drive and made a weekend of it. Loved it and well worth it. Anyone in the world who loves plants needs to visit.
One of my biggest frustrations has been my total inability to Find and purchase many of the fine plants I learn about on your show! Anything we can do about this?
1. Talk to you local garden center and see if they can order for you. 2. Sign up for the advanced propagation workshops we host periodically at the JCRA to be able to take cuttings directly from our collection. 3. Make friends with people who have these plants, and see if they'll let you propagate from them!
I have a hydrangea quercifolia called "Alice" that has longer very full flower panicles...also,,, calycanthus "aphrodite" for me, is a beast...hard to control....
Some horticulturists argue that you never need to prune a shrub if you've planted it in the right place. Our Calycanthus 'Aphrodite' on the southwest corner of our great lawn has plenty of space and we can just let it do its thing without having to reign it in. We don't disagree that it's a beast, but when you surrender the need to control it, and give it the space it needs to be free, you find what a majestic beast it truly can be.
It does sucker from the roots, but it makes a nice tight clump. It is easy to root from cuttings, but if you pull up the right sucker it might already have roots on it.
I remember a story of a reporter interviewing the leader of an American Indian Tribe, about what they would do about the Emerald Ash borer, during the early years when it was ravaging the trees on their land. He said, nothing. Rather than spraying toxic chemicals, and sawing down and killing infected trees, that might do more harm than good, they would just let nature take its course. Would never stop it anyway. Maybe something to consider?
