I use mulberry branches early in the year, a tall wild grass we have here in Va. In June and catnip and bee balm foliage. Thanks for the tour and info.
I picked many seed pods early in the summer. There are no pods on the vine currently at the end of July and I’m wondering if it will produce another set of seed pods near the end of its growing season?
Pods come after the flowers. If the vines are still green and budding up again, you should have more. Mine are just setting flowers now. With our growing season, I just get flowers in August.
I use raspberry greens. I'm in zone 3 so I rely heavily on raspberry greens early in the season when there isn't much else. It holds up really well. Longer than the flowers.
Sedum, when its still green and before the heads get too large. I have a huge clump in my garden and never thought about it until I saw someone else using it.
Mahogany hibiscus is the same as cranberry hibiscus. It makes a great drink. Use the young leaves in salads. Yes anise Hyssop is a mint and a perennial. Good to add to herbal tea.
The stars of the show for me this year in SoCal 9b are Arabian Night, Kelvin Floodlight, and Linda’s Baby. My Wizard of Oz is starting to bloom too. I’ve been battling 100+ temps with shade cloth. It’s a challenge.
Where did you buy Wizard of Oz? I love it so much! I haven't grown dahlias successful (yet) 😢. I have trouble with them. I grew Lisianthus for the 1st time successfully but I think Dahlias are supposed to be easier?? IdK 😅 Golden Hour perfectly describes your backdrop. Your dahlias are Gorgeous.
I bought dahlia tubers from a local farmer and have been storing and keeping them since. I think dahlias are easier if you don’t count diggers tubers at the end of the season!
I water weekly or twice weekly through October/Nov and then it doesn’t get anything once it gets cold or, ie when I cover with frost cloth inside the tunnel. Zone 5.
Both beds and paths are 18in this year. I’ve never done my paths that narrow but I am trying to cut down on weeding. Past years I had 4 foot grass paths between. I will probably do 24in paths with straw again next year as it’s tight this year.
The new space is looking wonderful! It has been fun to see the transition to the new garden design. If you’re interested in seeing what cut flowers are looking like in NE Washington, I invite you to virtually visit my garden via my channel - I posted a garden update last weekend. We’re growing much of the same flowers, and it’s interesting to see the slight difference in our season. My location is 6a/6b - we’re right at a transition line and in a small microclimate. Thanks for taking time to share an update!
That seems like you’ve created a really beautiful relaxing you pick experience. The landscape timbers make the beds really look nice. #farmgoals. My garden style is more chaos!😂
For rabbits I use wire dollar tree trash cans upside down for single plants. For a large row, like my tulips, I use liquid fence. Usually one spray lasts a week+!
Yes, cut out the sod, till that first time and add amendment/compost. After planting in it, mulch heavily with wood chips, straw or lawn clippings. I don’t use mademade weed barrier except for tunnel pathways.
Oh ya, that is a problem. I would say interplant those little seedlings and give them some shade this summer but not if you’ll keep the older plants more than through this fall. I’d tell my husband I need to dig up more grass 😂😁
LOVE your channel! Just found. Planning to open a flower farm this year at 63 years old! Will love it i know. Looking forward to seeing your videos and thank you for sharing your knowledge with me!
I really want to grow Cobaea scandens, but the seeds are SO persnickity. I've tried for 4 years, and have failed to get ant germination. I've knocked the seed coat, soaked, planted them on their edge, planted partly exposed, different soil mixes, etc. I hope this will be the year at least 1 sprouts!
I grew these two years ago for a trellis. I nicked and soaked the seed and I had 5 or so starts. My problem was they bloomed so late in the season I only saw about 5 blooms. Good luck!!
I started gardening for my landscape. And never wanted to cut any of my flowers 😛 so this year I started a cut flower garden and I’m totally smitten 😊 I have yet to cut a bouquet because things are short or wonky or someotherthing 😂 but I did grow everything from seed.. strawflowers(thick thick stems, yarrow(will it flower this year 🤷♀️) ammi (seems short, bit filling out.. no flowers yet) seed dahlias (25 mixed.. so far they are red or white) gomphrena (plants are about 6” tall with a single flower in the center.. can’t really even see it unless your looking down at it) celosia (6-8 inches tall pampas plume mix.. that are mostly fushia) scabiosa (getting ready to open) feverfew(short.. but sweet flowers 😌) and snapdragons (not even sure what went on with them.. they are like spaghetti noodle thick with bitty blossoms) I also grew a bunch of winter sown perennials and cool flowers (that mostly failed 😣) I have seeds ordered for sowing this month.. lots of perennials.. yarrow, hollyhocks, scabiosa, rudbeckia, echinacea, gaillardia, honeywort, viola, phlox, mint. Love your list!
I think a lot of times when perennials plants are said to only come back for a few years it really means that they like being divided. I divided my 3rd year delphiniums this year and got about a dozen plants from each. I think feverfew, yarrow and dianthus also benefit from this but haven’t tried with scabiosa. Rather than being ‘shortlived’ they just don’t like being crowded. Just my observations of course. And of course this does set the plant back a year. Just love your planting list and looking forward to trying Sea Holly after watching Jesse’s (bare) videos
For a commercial cut flower row, you can do 12 inches for both easily. Sweet William can go closer but you may get smaller bloom heads. In landscape, I’d give them 12-18 inches.
I think people use Sevin (or there’s an Eight) now too. I used that years ago and it would kill on contact but you’d probably need to spray every other day or so if they keep coming in.
Of course! I grow mostly ProCuts. I start with Gold Lite, Orange and then Plum and Red later in the season. I also have a few teddy bears and I like the Double Quicks for “fluffy” blooms.
