Nice meeting you also Doreen, and thank you so much! Glad to hear it! I know i've met some really nice viewers of my channel while in the store. Really fun!
I live in very western Kentucky and our freeze at Christmas did a number on our area with Holly trees, boxwoods and many other things. Our neighbor hood here will have plenty of spring digging up and replacing.
As always I find your videos so enjoyable and relaxing. You have such a easy going way to your garden approach that takes away the stressful feelings I sometimes get when my plants die or I don’t know what I’m doing. You just go w the flow and you have great positivity, thank you!
Oh jeez. I lost 6 lace cap hydrangeas. Hoping no more than that. Not for nothing but HOLY shovel and your mom has the tidiest garden/property I have ever seen.
lol this shovel is a boss for digging things up! I think its due to its long handle, makes it a breeze. Love it! Yes, my parents have a very tidy yard. They are retired, and have someone come to help them with the yard work, cutting the lawn, and weeding. I'm so sorry about your lace cap hydrangeas, its always sad to lose plants.
Thoughtful Mother's Day gift she'll enjoy those hydrangeas for a long time. Sedums are new to my garden really enjoying the texture can't wait to split in a year.
Thank you Kim! Oh you'll enjoy the sedum. The texture is gorgeous, as is the late summer, early fall blooms. And the blooms even go through 2-3 different shades of color as they mature. A really beautiful perennial. 🌱🥰
I just laughed, Im waiting somewhat impatiently to see them bloom so I can begin digging them up and passing them along. I'm going to a plant swap mid to late june, and I plan on bringing them to share. I'll only be keeping about 5-6 of my favorites. I probably have about 20 varities at this point. I collected them a few years back ekk how our garden tastes change.
It's so realistic that you have to film over multiple days! Filming everything you do adds so much time to planting. Thanks for your videos Steph! I'm in MA too and love seeing what works in your garden!
Hi Emily! Yes absolutely, sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. We do what we can when we can. Your so welcome, and welcome to the channel "neighbor" ☺
This winter was a tough one. I lost one of my dwarf butterfly bushes too. Other plants suffered a bit, but did manage to survive. I watch a lot of gardening videos and I was just saying yesterday that it seems none of those gardeners ever have dirty fingernails or dirty clothes. But when I spend the day in the garden, I end up looking like someone who's been living under a bridge for six months! LOL! Gardening is a lot of hard work and I thank you for showing that!!
Sorry for your plant loses. Your positive outlook " making room for something else" wonderful. It's been an eradic winter and spring. Lovely gift for your Mom🌱
Hi Steph, Absolutely love your Gardening Videos. They are always enjoyable and very relaxing. Sorry for your loses during the Winter months. I had some as well. Love me some Sedum and you did a great job separating and relocating yours! They should fill out nicely in their new area. Planting anything really is an act of planting hope. I feel it every Spring. Happy growing! 👌🪴🥰.
Steph! It's great to see you! So sorry for your plant loss. It was a rough winter for many of us. I see it as an opportunity to plant something new/different.
Hi Ruth, oh I'm so glad to hear it! I find so many uses for it in the garden. I can hardly believe I went nearly 10 years of gardening before getting one! Glad your enjoying it.
I’m in Boston, my roses had a terrible winter. Knockouts and David Austin look the worst I’ve seen in the 4 years I’ve had them, apparently some warmth in January that was followed by a very cold period had really wreaked havoc in our area ☹️
I’m 6b south central PA, our gardens are in year 5. I was shocked at what we lost, 2)Blacklace Elderberry, butterfly bushes, dogwood and a David Austin rose. Gives us a chance to try something new. We do enjoy watching you at breakfast time! Thanks for giving us inspiration 🌻🌻
So sad for your plants that didn’t make it Steph. I lost a David Austin rose and two knock out roses as well 😢 ughh. Thanks for bringing us to your garden, always enjoy watching you! Happy gardening ❤️
I am there with you. We had the craziest winter here in Utah zone 7a, too long, too cold and the accumulation of snow was for the records. I lost 14 roses, still have over 70+ roses in the garden, lost 8 perennials. Glad temperatures are going up in my area and I can focus of getting more roses, perennials and shrubs. All the roses that I lost were own root, it takes longer time than the grafted roses to create a stronger root system. Go plant shopping and enjoy new plants, we need to look the positive side of Mother Nature.
I lost several of my knock outs as well. Zone 6b. They were planted as new in the fall. Couldn't survive that cold snap around Christmas. Love seeing your garden waking up!
Hi Blake, I'm sorry about your roses. Yes, the cold snap did alot of plants in unfortunately. The gardens are looking so beautiful with all the fresh green, Thank you so much 💚
I saw the first humming bird in my yard yesterday and I hurried up and cooked up the nectar and this morning filled up the feeders and hoping there will be many more visiting my backyard
@@amyhoff1501 I have a humming bird feeder that attaches to my window so I can be working at my desk and enjoy little visitors to glace over and watch! Very cool.
I’m sorry you lost so many plants over the winter… But I want to thank you for sharing your losses. you’re gardens are always absolute perfection so it’s promising for me to hear that I am not the only one that loses plants during the winter. Thank you for your wealth of knowledge that you share with all of us!❤ Good luck on your new flowers! Happy planting!!
I am in 6a Ohio and lost so much also. I have had many plants in urns for years that didn't make it including 2 weigela, 2 roses, 2 Japanese maples still waiting on my butterfly bushes.
Hi Stef 🌺 the sedum that you planted they will be amazing in your garden . you can plant roses in containers or plant them in another place in your garden . I hope they will grow will for you .The hydrangeas for your mother looks amazing . Have awonderful day. 🌻🌺🌻
I swore off butterfly bush last year, as they have hard time in my zone 5 yard. But of course I bought a Proven Winner Purple Buddleia this year and trying again. I lost a few things this year, unfortunately when we had that hot spell things started to bud out and then we had a hard freeze, overall I’m glad I didn’t lose more. Hummingbird feeder went out Saturday and later that day he came for a drink. I just adore the antics of the hummingbirds it can get wild when territorial battles ensure 😊.
Your garden is looking lovely! I too lost a pugster blue butterfly bush, one rose, the same scabiosa and also mu bantam pink guara. I have a few hydrangeas that are also struggling. But some people lost so many more so I'm considering myself lucky. Love the hydrangeas you planted at your mom's. I have two and they did fine over winter. Thanks for sharing:)
Hi Carol! Oh I'm so sorry for your losses. Always a bummer. But you're right, it could always be worst. The little limes are rockstars! Hope all is well, and thanks for watching. Take care!
So sweet of you Steph to plant the Little lime hydrangeas for your Mom ❤ I do love mine! I feel you on your plant losses, I lost my Redbud Forest Pansy but was able to get them to send me a replacement fingers crossed this one makes it! I lost a lilac tree and thought my Pugster Blue was a goner as well but it is slowly making a come back but definitely will be even smaller so, may have to purchase another replacement for that space. My allium is in full bloom looking lovely! Great video as always happy gardening 😊
Thank you for sharing how you divide your sedum, very helpful! We have many day lilies as well that can look tattered in the summer. I discovered quite by accident, to trim them down to just a couple inches from the ground and they will flush new green growth that looks lovely until our fall frost. I live in the PNW. Love your channel!!
I also had a rose that did not come back this year (drift rose), and delphinium. Fig tree I thought was dead, but it has a little bit of growth at the bottom so I hope it will be fine. I am in zone 6B too, but Missouri. Your parents' landscape is looking good, I especially like the japanese maple trees shape 😀
Hi there! Roses seem to be one of the hardest hit this year from what I'm reading. Fingers crossed for your fig! Those tree's are soooooo old, and mature. Just beautitful specimens. I tell them all the time they would cost thousands at a nursery, and they laugh that they planted them as little twigs, over 20+ years ago!
Just love your videos, fails & many successes dividing & replanting. You're so honest & just a lovely person. Love from Australia, I don't have snow, but often too much tropical rain !
Thank you so much Marie for you kind words. Its important to share it all good and bad. That way we know we're not alone in any fails we have in our gardens. We all experience good and bad right? Tropical rain huh? I can imagine that being lovely, and warm. Thanks so much again, and have a wonderful weekend.
I was digging up my dead David Austin roses that had no signs of life. Once I dug it up I noticed a pink color coming from the roots as if maybe it was sending a new shoot hi from its roots! I put it back in the ground. Also.. I thought all 5 of my butterfly bushes were dead and suddenly 2 of them are sprouting from the base. But my pugsters all appear dead.
Steph. Gosh I too lost rose bushes and butterfly bush in your same zone and only 15 miles east of your location. My rose bushes were new climbers and they were pricey!!!. I will not try growing them again. Guess we must just forget roses forever .
Hi Alice, Roses are tough, at least I find them very tough in our area, or maybe i'm just not a rosarian. Our gardens tell us what we should grow or not, if we pay attention. Roses are also on the out for me. I may try one here and there, but lets just say I wont be dedicating a specific area as a "rose garden" anytime soon lol
Love the hummingbirds! Lucky you captured it on camera. Every winter brings some loses. I was surprised to lose three azaleas this winter even though they were hardy to zone 5.
Hi Jacquie! it was SO lucky! I couldn't beleive it. Its almost like they were waiting for it to go out! That is true, each winter we are bound to lose something. Some years are worst than others. Sorry for the loss of your azaleas.
I always find that plants that are bought and planted in late summer and fall are more likely to die over the winter, I think it’s because they’ve been sitting in pots at the garden centre for too long in the heat. I now try to do the vast majority of my plant shopping in spring.
Hi Erin, I have heard others say that Spring Planting is best, but it could also vary on weather and what's being planted. Your observation certainly makes sense. Thank you for sharing, and for watching.
Also pulled my pugster butterfly bush today and replaced it with the new this year proven winners Hydrangea Let’s dance Sky view and it arrives to me beautifully with tons and tons of flower buds.😊
Just a thought 💭 have you ever tried roses in containers then put them in your shed for winter 😃 they do amazingly in containers 🥰 I have lost a few of my coneflowers 😮
Hi jasmine, I did overwinter my Bathsheba against my southside of the house near the foundation. She was doing well, but just this week started to lose its new foliage, it shriveled up and died. i hope the shrub is still alive. Just last night I removed it from the pot to inspect, perhaps too much moisture? I repotted it and will just observe it and see how it goes. It was such a beauty, so it makes me sad. Fingers crossed. Thanks for sharing, and I'm so sorry about your coneflowers.
Hi Steph, thank you for being realistic about the time it took you to complete this project. So sad your roses didn’t make it but maybe a little change is good. Have a nice week.
Of course! Your most welcome. The reality is that most of us don't have the ability to spend endless hours in the garden. We do what we can with the time and energy we have. Have a great week!
Funny, I thought I was the only one that didn't have any luck with my 3 At Last Rose's! I did have great luck with the Oso easy 'Red' rose. I've given up on Roses from now on because I would rather spend my time and money on something more reliable like cranesbill geraniums or PJMs ...(notice I didn't say pGm's😂) I'm a nearby neighbor living on the south shore who loves your channel and would like to thank you for the shout out about Briggs Nursery. It's a bit of a ride but well worth the trip. I can't wait to see where you put your new fountain. I noticed one like it at Briggs and its beautiful! Keep up the great work!
When one plant door closes - another one opens~ I lost two plants today that were riddled with spider mites. I don't play around with that kind of thing - I just toss them. If they are stressed enough to get attacked - then it's time to put them down. I'm so sad. I'll wait for my grief to pass before I move on to something else 😞 On the flip side - the one Knock Out Rose I bought on clearance in the fall has leafed out and is blooming beautifully!!! Glass half full!!!
Hi Robyn! Oh man spider mites are rough! I agree with your thought process. Yay for the knock out rose doing well! Even though I lost 2, I still have 5 others that are doing well. They are my hardiest and best performing rose. While they aren't fragrant, they make up for it in blooms. Thanks for watching, and I hope you have a great weekend!
I'm so sorry you lost some plants. I don't seem to have good luck with butterfly bushes. I want to give them one more try, but I'm hesitant because plants are not cheap! 😮
Glad it was helpful. Sedum is a great plant to divide. You might find that its much easier to divide the clump in Spring just as its emerging from the soil. While you can certainly do it now, it might be a bit harder unless trimmed low so you don't have to deal with the top growth/blooms flopping around while transplanting. Happy Gardening!
Hi Lisa, I'm sorry for the loss of your rosemary, such a fragrant herb. I have tried to insulate mine well with mulch in the garden before winter, but I've never been able to overwinter them. I hope you find another rosemary to love! Thanks for watching.
Thanks Jenni! Glad to help. Sedum is so easy to split, and to propogate. Just stick broken peices into the soil, and they begin to root creating new plants 🌱
I love Butterfly Blue scabiosa so much but it’s my “roses”; never seems to make it through the winter for me (zone 6a so should be fine but I clearly don’t have the touch!). Look fwd to seeing them thrive in your garden! 🌱
Good day. One thing I have learned over the years is Putting water in a hole before you plant is not really good for the plant as well you do that to see if the area that you are planting in is to see how well does the water drain. You do water after you refill or back fill the soil back into the hole, so you really are damaging the roots. It could possibly go to root rot. You garden is going to look beautiful. Enjoy the garden.
Thank you so much for the tip! I did want to see how fast it drained. After that one, I just watered once done planting. Thank you for sharing that with me, It certainly makes sense. Have a great week, and happy gardening!
Pugsters are very nice butterfly bushes, but they are among the least tough in my experience. Try the Butterfly Candy line. Very similar to pugster as far as blooms go, but the plant seems a bit more tough. All of my Pugsters survived winter, but they all died back to the ground. So, it will be awhile before I see those blooms. :)
Hi there, I'm noticing that. The top things people have lost so far reading my comments are butterfly bushes, and roses. Yes, last year my pugsters also died to the ground, then sent up some foliage at the base, but took all summer to recover. This year they decided no more. Oh well. Hope yours do well this year!!
Your sedum looks so healthy. I have never grown sedum. I recently bought four Autumn Joy sedum plants at my local nursery as I was very excited to grow them after watching gardening videos on RU-vid. They were small plants in a 6 inch tall pot. I planted them in my front yard area around the lamp post in mid-April (I garden in zone 7a). They were looking great for a couple of weeks. I looked at them one morning, and all the leaves on all four plants were completely stripped as if something had chewed on them! I don't have deer in my neighborhood and rabbits don't start showing up until end of May. I frantically searched online but could not find much information on what could be eating the sedum. One discussion thread mentioned that birds especially finches will peck and pull the sedum leaves for the water content. it said that the plants will eventually recover. I waited for about two weeks to see if the plants will grow any further and put out new growth. I could see that the tips of the plants were starting to grow. But within a couple of days, they were stripped bare again! I am at a total loss at this point as to what needs to be done to save these plants. I do not wish to spend the money again to replace the plants without knowing the cause of the damage. if you or anyone in this group has had a similar experience with sedum, please post a comment. I would really appreciate any advise. Thank you.
I have a large sedum but nothing has ever pecked at it and I have had problems with deer but they never touched it. The only thing I could suggest for you is to maybe try a different location. Whatever it is that bothered your plants knows where to find them. Perhaps in the backyard they would be safe, good luck. I know they like full sun.
I'm sorry to hear of all your losses. I have decided over the last few years not to buy anymore roses. I am done with the Japanese beetles and having to replace them every few years. Your garden looks amazing. Thank you for sharing your garden and being positive!
Hi Tina, Its funny you should say that, I also go back and forth and have a love/hate relationship with roses. Only my knockouts do the best, and even the newer ones I planted struggled (2 died) this last winter. This year I've decided to pull most of my daylilies, roses better watch it, they might be next 😉 thank you so much!, and thanks for watching 💚
Hi Steph, so sorry for the loss of your plants, Your gardens are always beautiful. Love the little humming bird. I have 2 that fight over which one eats first , they don’t like to share Lol
Hi Margie, Thank you so much! Yes, they do fight!! I laughed last year when they were dancing around each other to see who go to the feeder first! I've heard they don't like to share also. They're so cute!
Here's a garden tour and in the later part of the video, I show the bed of where the daylilies used to be: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tlEyuZBGCw0.htmlsi=01S43rZ-LYh0LjMH
I lost a few 1st year pugster's as well, but a few I thought were dead for sure, just needed a little more time and they are fully sprouted now! They're so woody it's hard to tell sometimes :)
So sad you lost them but glad you get to try new plants now 😊. I divided my anyway small sedums i got last year into many plants. They will be small plants this year but are thriving!
I'm in zone 6a and lost a butterfly bush, scabiosa, and rose as well. Thank you for sharing, your true experiences. I was holding out hope for them but realized there is a positive to it.
Luckily I didn’t experience the cold blast as so many did! Sorry you lost some good ones! Last week I dug up the remaining daylilies from my garden and gifted them. I was tired of half dead looking foliage most of the season.
Hi Cristi! Yes, I agree. The daylily foliage can become unsightly be the end of the season. I'm moving many out this year. Just waiting for them to start blooming so that I know which I will keep. Not many, lol.
I lost quite a bit this winter also because of unusually low temperatures in the south. One of my loses was a pugster but the others came back and are doing well.
Hi Claudia! I know so many losses this year, some years are harder than others on our plants. Sorry for the loss of your pugster. I loved how long blooming they were and how the flowers smelled like lilacs. Oh well, room for some new things right?
Strange enough my pugsters died totally back and sprouted from the base, they were just planted 2022. A buzz velvet budleia that was 3 years old and 5 ft. tall totally bit the dust. I'm same zone as you in Ohio. That arctic blast took out a few things but not as much as I was expecting.
Hello! From what I'm hearing, lots of butterfly bushes, and roses were lost. Last year I had a similar thing happen to my pugsters, they had died all the way back, but had some new foliage emerge at the base. It took quite some time last season for them to recover. This year, they just didn't return. I agree, the artic blast didn't help. Thanks for watching, and for your comment.
So,so jealous of your gorgeous soil. Living and trying to grow now in north Georgia clay and rock "soil" after having grown up with rich black Iowa soil is quite a challenge
Hi Michelle! Thank you!! They soil has gotten quite nice from all the years of planting and amending. In general, it was pretty nice with some sand in it, which helps with drainage. I'm sorry your soil isn't what you'd hoped. Hopefully, after working with it for a bit, it continues to improve for you 💚
I love candy tuff but I really struggle growing it. Any tips? I’m sorry for your losses but like you said, it makes room for new plants and new enjoyment. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Hi Beth! I don't have much experience with candytuft. I purchased it last year to use in my porch containers in Spring, I then overwintered it in my shed, watering every couple of weeks, and just this week, decided to plant it in the landscape. We'll see how it goes. Fingers crossed it returns 🤞 Thanks for watching, and have a great week.
Hi Steph, I always love and watch your RU-vid channel. I’m glad you also have autumn joy Sedum. Do you have to prune or stake them? I always have a problem with autumn joy sedum that they flopped. Any trick to prevent the flop? Thank you very much/Jin
Hi there! Look up a method called the "Chelsea Chop", done in mid to late spring you would cut back/prune the plant by 1/3 and its said this will promote a bushier plant, with more blooms.
I planted 3 pugster plants last year and they looked dead, so I contacted the nursery to see if I needed to return them. She said that that the buddlia plant is like a teenager. They don’t wake up when everyone does. 😊 Two of them have leaves coming up from the bottom, the third, nothing. We shall see what happens!🤷♀️
Budlia doesnt leaf out until June. You may see a little growth around the dead wood from last year now but it wont fully leaf out until June and I think it starts flowering the end of June. Some flowering shrubs/trees are summer plants so they wake up late. The good thing is they are still vibrant while other plants start going dormant in early fall. My budlias looks good until November. Hope this helps.
Love all your information! Thank you! Will you be doing the chelsea chop on the sedum you transplanted. I am new to growing sedum so not sure when to trim and they are already getting tall. Thanks!
Hi Pam, Yes I actually did!! and here's a video I just uploaded about it if your interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RXrILzTcPIc.html
Happy Mothers Day Steph, I thought I was becoming a poor gardener with my plant loss this year, considering the easy winter we had, although I believe drought season had a big impact as well.
Hi Jackie, No no, it was just a difficult winter weather wise for lots of plants. I'm certain you are a fantastic gardener. Thank y ou so much, and same to you! ☺💚
I tried to plan my move around spring so my plants could acclimate, but of course it happened in October, from NC to Ohio... Boy it was rough with over two hundred garden and house plants. Moved again a few weeks ago and I have much more space, and I can replace what was lost eventually! 👍👍☺️
Thanks for this video, Steph. So sorry you lost some of your roses. Did the David Austin Bathsheba make it? Thankfully, mine made it through it's first year. Love how your sedum transplants look beside the nepeta. And thank you or sharing your mom's garden with us. It is so pretty and I'm sure she so appreciates her new Little Lime Hydrangeas.
As always - great video! I may have missed this but I’m wondering how your winter sowing turned out? Some of mine are looking great, but we had another cold snap this spring that got some, and some didn’t come up at all. Hope you have an amazing day!
We have the same hori hori, Gorilla Cart, and shovel. 🤣 That 'Candy Corn' spirea is out of this world!! Makes my mouth do that thing when you eat something sour.
Happy Mothers Day Steph! and what a wonderful gift to your mom 💚 she has a beautiful garden , Do you have a hand in designing her garden or was she your inspiration in creating your beautiful garden 😀 If she is ok with it can you please give us a tour of her garden. The Geum plant in your garden is my fav plant in this video . Quick questions regarding sedum cuttings-Do they need to been allowed to callus like succulents before planting in soil or do they need root hormone dipping before planting ? Anu @Toronto
Zone 6a and we had -45 for a weekend during then the Arctic Blast. I lost 2 roses this winter and a 3rd is iffy. Plus, when they delivered my mulch the driver ran over my knock out rose. I think it might live. Three butterfly bushes are not showing signs of life yet 🤷🏻♀️I feel your pain.
I think many roses were lost in our area. I don't know how old my mom's was that she lost but it was well established. I lost a couple of pretty old ones. They were healthy last season. I'm sad about my beautiful heirloom that I used to collect rose hips from😢
My butterfly bush always die right down. They regrow LATE LATE spring from the base, if u leave them. I'm a zone 5. I literally lose all old branches, and it grows right from the ground each year. Similar to hardy hibiscus.
Hi Brandie, I was hopeful, but I 99.9% certain these were dead. There was not a scratch of green anywhere, the root ball was very soggy, and they pulled up easy meaning they were root rotting. That bed is very wet. I knew that, and Im' working on improving the drainage in it. I used to panic about my hibiscus, I know better now lol. Thank you for watching, and for your comment.
I bought four butterfly bushes and none of them returned either. i just dug them up as well. I bought some a few years ago and those died and then thought I will try again last year and the second set did not come back either. I really want some in my garden but they are not lasting for reason. I bought several Knockout roses as well a few years ago and those did not come back either. What's really going on with these flowering plants?
A lot of my roses died as well here in NH. Must have been those few very cold days. Between winter dieback and Japanese beetles, I am starting to think roses aren’t worth it.
Hi Joseph! I agree, roses are my most difficult and finicky plant! I'm slowly losing some, and have no intentions on replacing them at least for now as I don't have the time to dedicate to babying them in order for them to thrive. If they are going to make it in my garden, the plant has to be tough. I do have a earth angel coming that I won in an instagram giveaway I was tagged in. We'll see how that one fares lol. Thanks for watching, and I agree it was a very strange weather winter her in the northeast.
I love my Autumn Joy sedum too….but mine get so long and spiky!! Then they end up flopping on all my other plants…..Do you also have this issue and if not, then how do you keep them from doing that? Thanx in advance for any advice!! Love your videos!!
Hi there, thank you so much! I just uploaded a video to help with this. Its on a method called the Chelsea Chop. Here's the link if you would like to check it out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RXrILzTcPIc.html
Steph, question for you. I have several seedlings in 1" trays. My phlox and candytuft are two plants that are blooming in these little trays. I'm in Zone 6B, New England. I'm wondering if I should pot them up into a larger pot first to get more growth before I try to put them in the ground. Your suggestions are much appreciated!! Thanks!
Hi there, I would pot them up first, give them another 3-4 weeks...maybe even fertilize them a couple of times. The reason I think this is a good step, is because larger seedlings/plant starts have more of a chance of taking a little abuse once planted. There have been times I've planted tiny/small starts, only to have slugs devour them overnight. There goes the seedling. So yes, I would try to pot them up and grow them a bit bigger before moving to the garden.
