I just love your channel so much! I live in a part of inland Southern California that has a very similar climate to where you live (summers over 100 degrees for about 4-5 months, mild winters, low rainfall), and it has been so hard to find accurate gardening information...until I found you. :-)
Foxgloves are not difficult to start from seed. They self seed a lot. I have 10 that self seeded with zero care on my part. However my soil is continuously moist as the UK climate is temperate rainforest type. They do not do well in very dry and sandy soils. I have started them from seed when it comes to cultivars like Pam's split. They did well in yogurt pot with fertile soil and a plastic lid. They seem to like higher humidity as seedlings. Once established they can cope with drier soil and air. I handle the leaf and the seeds without any issue. Unless you have a cut and the white milky sap of older leaves get in the wound you won't get poisoned. Of course you cannot eat it same for the pets. Foxgloves should never be eaten. Handling them is safe if no one wound.
Thank you for this! I’m in Tempe and I am SO much more excited for fall gardening than I was this time last year - it was so hard to watch my garden suffering in that heat! Anyway, one of my absolute faves from last year that was super easy to grow wereCalifornia bluebells. The blue was even more vibrant than my larkspur and bachelor buttons and they lasted for a decent amount of time even as the heat came. I saved a bunch of seed but I’m going to plant in a different area as I am curious to see if they return in the original location on their own. 💙🌱
I just found your channel while looking for worm composting info, so glad I did! This is so helpful, I’m in zone 8a, nice to learn from someone who has similar weather. Thanks!
Would love a video on hollyhocks specifically. Your content keeps getting better and better, cant tell you how any people I send to your instagram when they ask about my garden!
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UsyUZJlvfOs.html there is also a blogpost growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-hollyhocks-hollyhock-growing-guide/. So glad it’s been helpful. Thanks for your support!
So so glad to have found this information- I’m in zone 9a South Louisiana and would love to plant cool flowers - yours is the closest I’ve found to my zone, so I’m hoping some of these could work for me? Love all the details you provide for each too!
Mild winters but pretty different conditions on the northern Gulf Coast (primarily in that winter is our wet season, and it's … well, it gets wet!), but I have had good luck with cyclamen here - though it does need excellent drainage. I imagine mild desert winter conditions might have even better success. Also, in the way of edibles, I find that parsley prefers cool season conditions but just melts away in the summer heat. Great and useful content!
What about Columbine? I don't have much knowledge but my Mother gave me two seed packets. They prefer cool weather and says it takes 365 days to bloom. But let me tell you they look so beautiful 😍 I will be sowing these this Fall and hopefully make my Mama proud! (In a year) 🤣
Hi Angela! 👋 I desperately needed this info as I'm wanting to grow calendula from seed. I'm in zone 8a and will have to research more on planting time etc. Thanks so much once again! 😊
I’m growing calendula right now in my semi shade garden. So easy to grow from seed. They haven’t bloomed yet but I can see multiple flower heads on each plant. No wonder it requires each seed to be 6 inches apart...it’s going to be a show stopper. @Angela - try growing buckwheat. I am growing buckwheat....so beautiful the small cluster of white flowers on each stalk is gorgeous. And multiple stalks form on 1 plant. The heart shaped leaves are just lovely as a background.
Hi Angela. Love this content. Question: Ranunculus- corms, are they perennial or annual? If perennial, do I leave them in the garden or remove? Thank you & I love the calendar.👍🥰🧑🌾
You can do both. I pull mine because I often plant other things in their place and will plant them again later this fall. If you live in a mild climate you can also leave them in place to bloom again.
Thanks for ideas on flowers to grow, we have mild winters here in Northern California, so I am hoping you recommendations will work for me as well. Just subscribed to your channel... What great content, am going to binge watch some more videos now. Thanks !!
As always I love your videos! I watch them even though our zones are different and I can’t plant when you do. Arkansas. Our winters are fairly mild until February then very cold. The heat has took its toll on so many of my plants this year. I’ll definitely keep watching though!!
Thank you, thank you for this video! I live in zone 9b too and it has always been confusing to me when and where to plant seeds because information online and on seed packets are inconsistent sometimes. I can trust your video because we live in the same zone!
lovely ideas!!! My son and I are excited for oct and to plant them! Our whole yard is all rocks. I have been dying to push over some rocks on the edges of the yard and add some good soil to plant them. Any suggestions?
Wildflowers are a good choice for a rocky yard - this post shares some ideas about how to plant: growinginthegarden.com/how-to-grow-wildflowers/. Some of the other plants require better soil, but wildflowers do well in poor soil.
Thanks so much for your excellent videos!!! Can you please add information about a flower’s resistance to rabbits? I would love a flower garden, but the bunnies are voracious in 7b. Thanks!
I really enjoy your channel and reference your website weekly. A ton of good info! One question… do you plant warm season varieties in the same beds? It seems if you let cool season varieties go to seed, you won’t have room for planting warm season seeds in spring?
Awesome!! Such good information. Thank you. Quick question: In the section of the video where you describe poppies, you show gorgeous feathery pom-pom like poppies in purple and pink. Would you mind sharing where you got the seeds for those and what they are called?
The last two videos are Made for Me!!!! But Sadly, I can't grow or just barely grow most of the flowers here as my Winters are still "Too Mild", I mean 🔥 for them..... My coldest winter temps (January and December) are 30C(86F)-31C(88F) days with 65%+ Humidity with the lowest night temps being 17C(63F) with 100% Humidity. And it's 30-33C (86-91F) days with 60%+ Humidity with 20-23C (68-73.4F) Nights with 85%+ Humidity in October, November and February...... I wish I can grow Foxgloves, Ranunculus, Poppies and SnapDragons......
Angela I’m new to low desert gardening. I am going to grow flowers in pots in my small front yard. I’m wanting to have starts so I can have color and interest sooner. I love pansies. When can I expect to find them here in Yuma? Thank you.
I live in the NE Baja desert on the Sea of Cortez, and your climate is similar to mine. Do u think it would be ok to start sweet peas, nasturtiums and poppies in pots that are shaded right now, or should I wait?
Angela help! I planted miniature yellow chrysanthemum in large pots with a ring of petunias around them. They were planted in new potting soil two weeks ago ( mid October) and the mums are turning brown and several of the petunias are dying. I water well every morning. We have had a bit of a warmer week this week. Can you advise? Also can I get a refund on dead plants?
I’m interested for your academy but it’s hard for me to attend because I’m working during the day. As you mentioned on the patreon that we can still watch the video, what about questions ?
People are already beginning to submit their questions for the class in the Academy. I'll build the class around those questions. If you have questions after watching the video, I will answer those in the comments.
