Hello, my name is Josh and I am a passionate horticulturist. I love sharing my gardening ideas with others and trying new plants especially perennials.
On this channel, you will find information about growing, preparing and sowing plants. I am passionate about being creative with plants and trying new perennials every year. I want you to come along on my journey and become a better gardener.
This is a good way to protect your tea roses and tree peony from desiccating winter winds. Make the cages a little bigger and fill with fallen tree leaves. Seal tightly.
I’m curious if anyone else has had this grass return in zone 7 or 8. I’ve tried a couple dark foliage Pennisetum grasses that claimed to be hardy in zone 8, but none have returned. I’ve got ‘Black Stockings’ in the ground this year. It is labeled as zone 8 hardy. But I have no expectation that it will survive winter. We have very wet winters here but my drainage is excellent. So standing water is not an issue. I’d love to try this grass. It’s the darkest I’ve seen and being labeled as zone 7 hardy, it may have a little extra cushion to make it through the winter
All Kordes behave great in my humid 7b climate, we get lots of Black spot, and Kordes like Poseidon, Plum Perfect, Quick silver and my favorite South Africa, they don't get it, they are blooming machines, and I just can't get enough of them!
Thanks so much - great video. I have a question I hope you'll know the answer to... I have taken out a large and very old cluster of papyrus and want to plant something entirely different in that place. How aggressive do I have to be in 'purifying' the dirt that was there? I've gotten out the rhizomes and all the roots I can see, and given the dirt an initial sifting - but if there are little bitty pieces of root left in that soil - like 1/2" long even - are they going to grow back into new papyrus plants in a few years? Do I need to dump all that dirt (??!!) and start totally afresh? Thanks for shedding any light on this that you can.
What's a "pap-rus" plant? Never heard of it. 😁 Didn't know they could be propagated though, so thank you, maybe I'll see if one of my friends has one and is willing to give me some. 😁
A much easier way to do this is to cut your edges and then cover the remaining grass with cardboard. Then top coat the cardboard with mulch and compost. This is a lot more work than it needs to be, but you have a very nice finished product.
try the Rezha Hot peppers from Bakers seeds . . they are from east Macedonia .. by far the best hot pepper .. and it not crazy hot.. just enough and there is nothing like it once ripe regarding the depth of flavour and smokiness .. there is a bean soup dish that requires ripe Rezha to be slightly grilled and choped and put in the soup.. just makes it incredible tasty
Dear Colorful Josh, Thanks for the cute yoot-yoob channel you're presenting. Before all, it's worth mentioning that there is a great deal of confusion in naming Larkspur or Delphiniums. In the gardening sense, it's to distinguish the *Annual* larkspur from the *perennial* Delphiniums . I LOVE them both and have grown them for many years. Botanical names also include Delphinium consolida or just Consolida ajacis. All to add to the confusion. They are closely related species that grow in the wild in the Mediterranean region and in Central Eurasia. Also worth mentioning is the fact that they are related to anemones , buttercup, Nigella Columbine- aquilegia and Clematis. All are glorious gardening favorites ❤ In my experience the Larkspur just scatter their seeds and sprout every year in the cold season and bloom from late spring for a couple of months ❤🌷🌷 It's best to sow them directly in a well raked corner where they wouldn't be disturbed. I sow them AFTER we had some rain so the ground is moist and chill. I don't get frost. The WORST enemy of the young seedlings of both annual and perennial Delphiniums are SLUGS and Snails 🐌. Protect your seedlings 🌱 use any slug bait that's suitable. I recommend the non toxic iron phosphate bait !! Plan your sowing and remember Larkspur may reach 120 to 150 centimeters (4-5 feet) if happy. You CAN choose tall or much shorter varieties (60-80 centimeters only ) . You did mention cutting the seed stalks however you wand to deadhead them regularly to prolong the flowering season. I get a beautiful show for a good 2 months. If you want to enjoy an even more glorious show plants the taller pacific giant perennial Delphiniums behind the annual. But those need a different sowing method. Companion plants to sow for MAY bloom are annual Shirley poppies ❤ and Centaurea/ bachelor's button/cornflower. The latter can be selected for matching colors to Larkspur and bloom even longer if regularly deadheaded. My cornflower bloomed for over 3 months! Last but not least , 😊 I ❤ May born people as my birthday is some 10 days earlier than yours . Happy colorful rainbow 🌈 gardening for many years!! M.m
I’ve tried this so many times with my king tut papyrus but don’t get roots. I remember doing this with my mother’s Queen tut many years ago with great success. 🤷🏻♀️ what could I be doing wrong this time ?
Unfortunately I haven’t tried yet to start from seed. But if the flower does get pollinated you will see orange seeds appear on the end of the spathe where the flower was.
I found them (murasaki) bitter and seedy. Whered did you get your seeds? I got mine from baker. Grew 8 plants and they just aren't worth space in the garden
im letting the pads I ordered scab out but i think tomorrow's the day for planting. Raining today, but going to do 50 25 25 of Vermiculite, yard sandy topsoil, and potting mix. Gonna be a fun winter Project but i need to find my rooting powder
Thank you for your video. This is my first year to grow zinia from a neighbour. I love my 2 plants and will grow more in future. Initially I wasn't a fun of zinia but now I am..
