Thank you for all of this evergreen information, Steph. All of your evergreen specimens are looking spectacular. Autumn and winter are when I really start to appreciate their beauty since there is not much else to gaze at. I especially adore all things blue spruce.
Hi Jolie! I agree. Its when I appreciate them the most. Blue evergreens are just gorgeous, as are the yellow ones. I think its because everything else is so green, those colors really pop 💙💛
Hi. Yesterday, for my birthday, we purchased an Amber Glow Dawn Redwood. We’re in southwestern CT. Zone 6b. I cannot wait to get this tree installed. I think you might love the color and texture. I’ve been assured it’s deer resistant. A new tree for me! Yay!
I have a blue spruce lollipop. Rabbits did a number on it last winter. I guess they’ll eat anything if their starving! It was on the small side so i guess ill have to wrap it in chicken wire this winter.
So so beautiful! I live in the West and some of these evergreens don't grow well here, but I love how many evergreens you have and am trying to imitate you by having a beautiful variety of evergreens both in color and form.
I love them all♥♥ I think the structure of the Old Gold is my favorite but the Hemlock is beautiful as well. The Lollipop Blue Spruce is a kick 🙃I can't pick a favorite - they are all fun!!
Beautiful GG Arborvitae fence. I will mention that although deer don’t eat them, when they’re small bucks will rut on them in the fall and break off the leader.
Thank you for this informative video, Steph. We had old large euonymus bushes removed from a front garden bed this year and now I am looking to replace them with smaller evergreens. All of your foundation evergreens are beautiful.
I watched this more than once. I love evergreens and am adding them to my garden. This year added an umbrella pine and a white pine. Also have gin fizz junipers, fluffy gold, and blue point false cypress. I love your weeping blue spruce.
Beautiful evergreens! Just yesterday, I bought at HD and planted an Old Gold Juniper, a very small pot size still but so cute, and now I can see how beautifull it gets!!!! I want to say that I also love your grass that is shown when you talk about the Grey Owl Juniper, it looks fantastic, is it Fine Fescue? I love Fine Fescue grass and I'm trying to improve mine but not much success, mine is creeping red fescue. Wow love your grass!
This video was just perfect, we are in the process of filling our front yard with winter interest conifers. I love finding the different textures and colors to add to the yard. Our goal is to make a sound/view barrier. (Along a major road) Thank you we’ve added same of these to our list to find and add🌻🌻
I just found a globe blue spruce standard, today! I also saw another RU-vid Gardener has a mugo pine standard purchased at Horrocks market. Thanks for sharing your garden and ideas! I always look forward to your videos, Steph!
Beautiful choices I have been slowing adding more evergreens to my gardens your videos have inspired me to step out a bit and try new things. Thanks Steph!
Wonderful suggestions! I've been thinking about the mungo pine, so was glad to see you include it. Question about the hemlock: is it subject to the wooly adelgid infestation? They have killed off most of the hemlocks in my area.
Steph, I mentioned using crepe myrtles at your front stone beds BUT I had another idea. Since you said you liked white flowering trees how about a Kousa Dogwood. They have the beautiful white flowers in spring followed by a really eye catching berry. I love these trees and they would stay a very manageable size for that area. Just putting my two cents in😁. Loved your video as always.
Thanks so much for your videos. Can you make a tour of your Japanese maples? I would like to have a small one for zone 5 but I am not sure it would survive. Thanks
I enjoyed your concise and educational video. I have some questions, but I understand if you are unable to respond.🙂 What is your soil like? Do you add certain amendments to it? Do you fertilize your landscape plants? Just asking because few things thrive in my clay, alkaline soil.
Hi there! All of them like well draining soil but will need consistent moisture while establishing. Once established, most of them are pretty drought tolerant, in fact all of them I listed are with the exception of the green giant arbs which would need regular water to stay happy and growing.
I have 2 old gold juniper, 2 sky bound arbs, & a Colorado blue spruce. All of which I’m hoping to get in the ground here as soon as possible but trying to decide where to make the garden bed and plant them.
All the evergreens are so beautiful. Thank you for this wonderful video. I have alot of deer. In fact I was walking around my yard today, and sure enough I saw where they have been beding down way in a corner of my yard, there is a bunch of little tree's over in our fence line they bedded down in one of my iris flower beds, they were just flatted. They are a pain in my butt. My husband loves to watch them, so their you go. I saw 10 yesterday evening in my field. Great video.😊
Thank you for very helpful videos! How much do you water your evergreens after planting them? Do they need moister all the time or do they need to dry out?
We have 8 golden cypress shrubs that were here when we bought our house on the Cape. One day when putting down mulch I realized they were planted in the ground in their black plastic pots! Do you know why anyone would do that? Love their yellow color but was so surprised how they were planted.
Full of beauty! Thank you for the kind explanation. I ve one question on Golden mob: ive one planted last spring, 6 ft height. Now its getting brown and falling leaves from inside. Is it natuaral? Do I have to remove all brown leaves?
Hi there, Most evergreens do have some shedding and browing inside heading into winter. You can either leave it and it will fall on its own over time, or you could wear long sleeves and gloves and go in and shake some off. Leaving it wont bother the shrub, and it will push out new growth in spring.
That is 1 blue star juniper. I have 4 throughout my gardens all growing separately. Each one has grown to 3x4 in diameter in 10 years and about 18" in height.
Thanks for all the helpful info! I live in southern NH zone 5B and I bought a lollipop blue spruce a few years ago on sale in the fall at Home Depot. I was so proud of myself for getting such a great deal. However, my excitement was short-lived, because the following spring it started to lose some of its needles, so I kept an eye on it, and made sure to give it plenty of space for good airflow. Unfortunately it eventually lost most of its needles and I finally had to pull it out. I could never figure out what went wrong. I did some research online. I thought it might have been a fungal disease but I’m not sure. Have you experienced anything like this with any of your blue spruces?
Yes, and it was a needle cast disease that caused it. In fact in Ohio zone 6, most of the nurseries wouldn't see certain species like the weeping ones that Steph has because I couldn't get one here and lost a couple of blue spruces. They say once the tree gets it it's a goner. I got the weeping norwegian spruce instead and they are thriving well here.
Hi there! I have only had the standard/lolipop for 2 years now, and so far I haven't noticed that happening. However, it does sound like it got something like what @jackiewhitney5031 references below. Its frustrating and sad when that happens. I'm sorry you lost yours. Hopefully you will find another beautiful blue evergreen to take its place.
I have some large blue spruce on my property (Zone 6b Hudson Valley) and they all have needle cast and have lost all the needles on the bottom branches. However, there is also a smaller shrubby cultivar (don't know exactly what) that seems to be doing ok. Environmental stress may be a factor as the large trees are in a drier more exposed area. I'm glad to see yours are healthy.
do you have any experience keeping evergreens in pots on the porch over winter? I've read conflicting advice online. I have a zone 3 arborvitae emerald green and I'm in 5B. It's just a cheapo from Costco that I picked up and then couldn't find a home for in the garden, so if it doesn't make it, wont' be a big loss. Trying to come up with a use for it...decorate it for christmas? hehehee.
That is true, they will sample anything at least once if hungry enough. The deer resistance rating is based on plants they are less likely to eat based on their frangrance and texture. I get lots of deer, but these they haven't touched yet in my garden.
I really want to use gold mop in the back as a foundation shrub. However, I have read that it is a fast grower and can get 6x6. But yours is perfect size for what I want. Any advice?
Hi, you can prune on them to size maintain them. I made a video on how I shaped mine into a topiary because it was also getting large for its space. Here it is if you want to check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wHvsmtci1Tc.htmlsi=Z0t1YxLTcoHaPMal
Hi there! I have 2 in that area, one is a 'forever goldy' arborvitae, and the other to the right is the gold mop false cypress. Hope this helps. Thank you so much!
@sawalmer yes, that is a hinoki cypress. However i don't know the actual variety as it was planted a really long time ago and I couldn't find the tag. My best guess is that it's a "slender hinoki false cypress" size online reads as 8-12ft tall and 4-5ft wide.
@@HookedandRooted very pretty tree, I just wanted to make sure. I am always looking to see what a tree will look like in the future. I have been looking at planting a Golden Hinoki for a while, but I think your tree is prettier. The shape of the branches is very unique.
