About this video: Showing the my best plant performers from my garden throughout the 2023 growing season. Maybe you will find inspiration and grow these in your garden in 2024. Comment below if you have or are planning on growing any of these plants in your garden. Featured plants in this video: 'Perfect Storm' Hibiscus: www.provenwinners.com/plants/hibiscus/summerific-perfect-storm-rose-mallow-hibiscus-hybrid Quick Fire® Panicle Hydrangea: www.provenwinners.com/plants/hydrangea/quick-fire-panicle-hydrangea-hydrangea-paniculata Little Lime® Panicle Hydrangea: www.provenwinners.com/plants/hydrangea/little-lime-panicle-hydrangea-hydrangea-paniculata Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea: www.provenwinners.com/plants/spiraea/double-play-candy-corn-spirea-spiraea-japonica Helen Von Stein Lamb's Ear: www.highcountrygardens.com/product/perennial-plants/stachys-byzantina-helen-von-stein Gomphrena Globosa: Atomic Purple: www.rareseeds.com/gomphrena-atomic-purple Snow White: www.rareseeds.com/gomphrena-snow-white Thanks for watching - Steph (Gardening in Massachusetts zone 6b) #gardentour
90 days til spring doesn't sound so bad when you say it. GOSH I'm ready! Yes I watch tons of garden vids threw the winter. I would love to live some place where the flowers never need to sleep but I know that place doesn't exists on Earth...yet 🙂
Love, love, love your videos. I just planted a Little Quick Fire Hydrangea and am looking forward to seeing it develop. Candy Corn is on my wish list for sure. You're very inspiring and I'm actually looking forward to winter in my zone 5 when I can start some seeds. Thank you.
Everything in your garden looks beautiful and is thriving so well. Soon I will be able to garden in zone 6b-Indiana. I definately will plant a hibiscus & ivory halo dogwoods in the front of the house and area has been cleared out already. Ready to go! Gardening is a wonderful hobby! Enjoy! and thanks for your video!
Love your videos,Steph! Your garden is SO beautiful! It's great that George helps you with the hardscaping,etc. He seems to be pretty helpful at picking out Japanese maples. Looking forward to spring and more videos.
This is my favorite video you have ever posted. Thank you so much for showing us the transition from spring to fall!! This is almost like a class for free!!! I’m so appreciative of seeing all of the progression and grow!! I will be referring to this video frequently! And I am very much in the market for a spirea. I have many photos on my phone of different varieties throughout the year so this year will be a year I decide on a spirea.I love this channel so much and I love you and George sharing with us! Happy New Year!
Thank you for your garden knowledge and tour of your beautiful thriving garden that was helpful to me. Landscapers have been here clearing out our land as previous owners were not gardeners. So, all was removed except a Japanese Maple on the side of the house and I will plant underneath the beautiful specimen. A pond was removed and in it's place I will plant a hibiscus and seeing yours I am inspired.
Thanks for a great video! I have a little lime, and a bunch of other panicles. Planted around 20 new ones this fall, as well as 8 roses, 100 perennials some trees, 20 peonies and other exciting things. Looking forward to seeing what they´ll look like next year. I´ll try to document it all on my RU-vid channel 🙂
really enjoyed this video. It showed me the different stages and what to expect. Gleaned some new ideas for this coming planting season. thank you 👩🌾👍
I had previously seen the video when you showed us your beautiful vibrant purple gomphrenas. I decided to grow them this year. They were amazing! I will continue to grow them. Thank you for sharing!
I have not been on RU-vid for months……so busy…..but this is the first garden show I’ve watched to try and “catch up”…..sista I love this video so far….1/2 way into it and I absolutely love the progression video….so awesome!!!!!!! 👩🌾👩🌾👩🌾🏡🏡🏡❤️❤️❤️
I had 3 little limes and I absolutely hated them. They were 6ft (which was way too big for the spot I had them). And it rains here quite a bit so they always looked messy and droopy. After 3 years, I couldn’t take it anymore so I got rid of them. I would love to try the lamb’s ear. I love spirea but I think the candy corn is too bright for my manicured modern flower bed.
Nice video Steph! I planted two quick Fire hydrangeas last year that I got on clearance at Lowe’s. Can’t wait to see what they do in the coming seasons! 😊♥️
I’ve been a follower since the beginning. So happy to see the number of followers you have now. Glad to see George getting involved. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for gomphrena tip last year. I grew the Atomic Purple this year and loved them too! I already have seeds to grow them again this coming year! And I agree about the soaking. The first batch of seeds I planted without soaking never even sprouted, but the soaked grew perfectly. They are a winner for sure!
Hi Lisa! So glad you enjoyed them, and I agree about the soaking. That was my experience as well. The only ones I don't soak are the batch I do with winter sowing. Since the soil stays more moist in my winter sowing containers, I find that its enough to help break down the outer shell/casing on the seed for it germinate. 🌱
My Candy Corn Spirea was planted this past Summer so I’m thrilled to see the color changes next Spring. I’m in Texas and tried hard to find a spot that allows enough sun but won’t cause burn. It hasn’t dropped a leaf yet. Things are looking fantastic. Great video, great plant choices 🍃 🌱
I love how you plan things out and look ahead. Great descriptions of each plant and how it looks all year. Fun idea and you did a great job! Happy New Years Steph! Cheers to a great 2024!
This was great Steph! Definitely adding a couple of these suggestions to my growing plant wish list. I really enjoyed this, and now I'm going to make sure to watch your garden tour playlist to get me through to Spring. Merry Christmas!!
Hello! This is my first time on your channel and you have certainly inspired me. I love ALL the varieties you have shown and I will finally have to make a new bed 😅 Thanks for putting out these wonderful videos.
Hi Monique! Welcome to the channel, I hope you'll subscribe and stick around. If your looking to make a new bed, check out this video I recently made about a process called sheet mulching. I've done this several times in my garden, and its a much easier method for creating new garden beds: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-avqzmRbgXvE.htmlsi=x0oygAF-2OEmtpof Thank you for watching! 🌱
Love the thorough reviews on the growth and habit of the plants and shrubs. Its so much easier to see where theyd go in my garden...which is really important before investing in something for the landscape!!!❤
What a great video! I loved the succession pictures. It gives you a better perspective on how the plants grow. I love my candy corn spirea and annual gomphrena! I have several hydrangeas including Quick Fire. I love them but i don't get anywhere close to your beautiful colors. Living in middle Georgia, our hydrangeas go from white to goldy to brown and they do it fast. So they aren't pretty for a really long time as they are for you. You are so blessed to get those colors and length of beauty!
I loved seeing the transitions throughout the seasons. I just planted my first 2 hydrangea this year. I don't have the candy corn spirea but I do have three Proven Winners double play artisan dwarf spirea. I love mine! I considered the double play doozie too! I actually started a bunch of pink gomphrena this spring inspired by your mini hedge of Atomic purple last year! Unfortunately, I never got them into the ground 😂.
Thank you so much! I know what you mean sometimes we start seedlings that we have good intentions for, and then other things take our time. A new year is upon us. That is also a really pretty spirea!
Love this video Steph where you show the transitions in one video! I love my Quick Fire and I'm growing more Gomphrena this year as well. Have a wonderful Holiday♥
Loved this video!! I knew I had 2 hydrangeas, but they were planted before I started actually paying attention to what I was doing, so I never knew what they were called 🤔 Thanks for making me a better plant mom😁🥰🤣
I do exactly the same. The good news is that we've passed the solstice, so it's back to the light we go 😊. I wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Loved seeing this video! I have all of these in my garden and perfect storm was a new addition last year.. I’m looking forward to how that will fill in my garden.. Thank you for bringing my gardening joy by sharing this beautiful video! Your plants are sooo gorgeous! I have to try gomphrena in 2024! Best wishes ❤
Hello there! Thank you so much for watching. The perfect storm sure is a beauty. It will look lovely in your garden. Wishing you a happy new year, and beautiful gardening season in 2024! 🌱💮
I love your choices. For me it's my Kordes roses that are still blooming in zone 7A (only those in full sun locations are still blooming), my beautiful penstemon that is still showing it's purple foliage, heuchera that's still gorgeous in many different colors, Proven Winners begonias, and a beautiful smoke tree/smokebush. They all have multi season interest and really are the most important plants in the garden.
Hi there! Oh I hear wonderful things about the Kordes roses. That's wonderful that they are still blooming for you. My knockout roses bloom for a really long time as well. So fun that you still have things blooming and looking beautiful this late in the season. Multi season interest is very important. Thanks for watching.
This is a great concept for content! So nice to see how each of these have grown and matured over the years, as well as how they look in different seasons. Even though I am in SC zone 8a, and may not have the same growing conditions as your area, I still enjoy and find great information from your videos!
Thank you so much, loved to see them in the different seasons in your garden. Hope you and George have a very Merry Christmas. Look forward to all your videos. Take care
Always love your videos. So much information. I am in zone 8b In central Alabama. You gardens are very beautiful. Wishing you a Happy New Year in garding and family 🎊💐🌹🌺
Loved this video and all the great info! Trying Qui😢Fire and Little Limes in 2024! Also, considering the Candy Corn spirea. I am extremely excited for Spring and you helped boost my enthusiasm to off the charts! Love your gentle spirit. Blessings in 2024!
I do grow several of these; Perfect Storm Hibiscus, QuickFire Hydrangea and Candy Corn Spirea! I love them all and yours look fab!! I am so looking forward to getting back outside!!
Same to you Jasmine, thank you so much for being such a lovely commenter on my channel, and for watching my videos. You were among one of my first subscribers, and regular commenters. I'm so thankful for you! I hope you also have a wonderful Christmas, and healthy and prosperous new year!
Hi Steph, love your channel and all the information you share with us! I ran across your video about Gomphrena for the first time this past summer. They are absolutely beautiful! I have never heard of these before seeing your video. I am planning on trying them this next season in my gardens. Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas!
Great info! George is really doing a good job filming. Have all but gomphrena. So appreciate and anticipate your vlogs. Will start some gomphrinas this year. Also have Limelights, bobos, pinky winkies. Blessed and Happy New Year!
Love this video! Just what I needed to make me hopeful for next years garden. I have Little Limes and love them. I also have a Summerific Hibiscus which looks similar but I have Cherry Choco Latte. I also grew gomphrena the last two years but the bunnies got it this year :(. Love that spirea might have to put one or seven of those in this year LOL! I loved seeing how the plants looked month by month. Great job!
Great video - thank you for showing early spring, summer and fall for these plants! My Quick Fire isn't growing huge although I've had it for 3+ years but nice seeing what yours are doing!
Thank you so much Sandra! Glad you enjoyed it. I'm sure your quick fire will catch up eventually. Its not always a bad thing when they grow a bit slower, unless you want quick privacy. Gives us more time before we have to prune things back to size control them. Thanks for watching, and Happy New Year!
Thank you very much for your informative videos over the last year, including this one. You and George have both done a wonderful job on your garden beds. Any recent deer issues in your area?
Steph, all these plants are so very beautiful. I was looking so forward to planting my first hibiscus and you decided for me which one. The Perfect Storm. I absolutely love this one. I kinda had already picked this one cause my youngest daughter name is Stormy. And to me she is perfect in every way also I'm going to plant me some of that variety of lambs ear. Deer resistant and rabbit also. We had 2 mama deers this early spring that 1 had twins the other 1 had triplets. O boy, then I read on Google that they cam get pregnant at 6 months old. So there you go. All 7 of them could have babies this spring. My husband and little mini miniature dashound loves them. My husband watches them every morning and every evening. My baby dog loves to bark at them, they are not scared of her. They just stand there and look at her, I think she wants them to play with her. It is so funny, until they start eating my flowers, I don't know what's going to happen this spring and summer. I'm Praying they will get scared of baby dog aka Pedgeeroo. She looks like a little kangaroo jumping out through the field after them deer.
Last year's sudden -7°winter day caused hydrangeas to hardly bloom here on the Cape this summer but the 5 or 6 blooms I did get, I cut and let dry and my husband spray painted them gold to use in future outdoor arrangements in urns.
Hi Debbie, I know that polar vortex hurt lots of plants in our area. Fingers crossed for a better show next season. That sounds so pretty and creative!
Beautiful video of your garden, it gives me idea of what to buy for next gardening season, thank you so much! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family!❤
Great list Steph! I currently grow the hydrangeas and trying my hand at the hibiscus which I planted late in the year. I’m placing CandyCorn Spirea on my 2024 list looking to replace Stella de Oro and thought this would add year round interest. Thanks
Also in MA my #1 is Serviceberry (Amalanchier spp). An excellent 3 season interest native shrub or small tree. One of the earliest spring blooming natives that later gets nice fall color especially the "Autumn Brilliance" variety. AND produces edible blueberry like fruit in the summer thats also a favorite food among Cedar Waxwings.
Hello Steph, so did you wintersow the gomphrena & did you soak the seeds when you wintersow too? I bought the purple & red ones , can't wait to see them! Yours are gorgeous!!!!
Hi Sandy, Thank you so much! I grew gomphrena by sowing it into soil in small pots, by direct sowing it into the soil after my last frost, and I also grew some with winter sowing. The ones grown with winter sowing do not need to be soaked ahead of time because the containers stay more moist. So that additional moisture will help break down the coating on the seed. However, if you will be sowing them direct, or into small pots with soil, yes, go ahead and soak them anywhere from 12-24 hours before planting/sowing them. Hope this helps. 🌱
Hi Steph. Love your garden and your videos. Your hydrangeas are amazing!! How do they flourish with your deer pressure? Had to take my little quickfire out because it always looked so choppy. Do love my spireas. I have a different color variety, but they are a reliable pop of color through the season. I always like to use gomphrena in my containers, but haven't tried them in the landscape yet. I planted a large container on my patio with the light pink variety and they were beautiful. Would love to try the helen von steins. On my (never ending) list for next year!!Merry Christmas to you and thanks for all your hard work and great photography--George too
Hi Cyndi, I spray my hydrangeas regularly through the growing season with Invisible Fence deer and rabbit. I have too if I want to enjoy their blooms since we do have lots of deer. If I miss a spraying after a heavy rain, they know it and will definitely snack on my plants. I am mostly disciplined with the spraying in the growing season, but I do fall behind at times and they know when! lol Thank you so much, and Merry Christmas and Happy & Healthy New Year to you as well!! 💚🎆
This was fantastic Steph! Really helpful to see growth progress and changes during the season. Did you have to deadhead or shear the gomphrena for a second round of blooms? I love hydrangeas so if love to try them both!🌱
Hi there, I never had to do anything to the gomphrena. No deadheading, nothing, they just kept going. Great annual! Hydrangeas are so beautiful, and these varieties are great. Happy New Year! ✨🎆 🥰
Hi Stef🌺 .These plants are so beautiful and they look amazing in your garden . I want to plant spirea and Quick fire hydrangea if I find them in nurseries . I have nandina domestica its leaves change color like spirea . Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you and your family .🎄✨️
Loved the video and the plants are beautiful! I have a question, I am trying to start a new gardening youtube channel and I was wondering if you had any important tips that helped you when you started making videos?
