Flowers no dig for summer, tips on planting and care

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I show how to look after some of the easier flowering plants, many perennials, and the time saved by growing no dig, with a thin mulch of organic matter. This could be wood chip and find some near you if in the USA getchipdrop.com/?ref=charlesd...
We filmed when many plants were in flower! June 12th 2018 at Homeacres in Somerset, SW UK zone 8 climate. Thumbnail is zinnias, an annual.
I write books, sell them and a calendar from my website, with information such as timings and best veg for second plantings in summer, charlesdowding.co.uk/product-...
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@craig1553 4 года назад

This should be on main stream TV, what a joy to watch

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Thanks. We are lucky to have YT at least 😀

@islagrace5053 3 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig no, no, no, THIS IS main stream. People don’t watches t.v like old times anymore. Whenever one needs answers they go to RU-vid /google. It’s more efficient, to the point and viewers are in charge. So, yes thanks for RU-vid.

@apdurn 2 года назад

😭😭😭🌸🌸🌸 I am IN LOVE with this channel. I am so grateful for your content and everything I am learning from you. It’s like spending time with your lovely Uncle from England (not that I have one 😂🥲) and learning all the great secrets and wisdom he has to bestow. Thank you from Gardeners everywhere

@mightyconker3903 2 года назад

It's worth uploading to other sites too, since RU-vid is corrupt as can be

@nunnagodforgivesodont7177 Год назад

Mighty Conker, your comment is 100% correct only wish more people would sober up. Good Vork mate

@dachsymom5232 3 года назад

Love this Charles! Please do more no dig flower videos. Please show us building from scratch a no dig flower bed.

@ELonaBrahimllari 4 года назад

Your videos are like a treasure I'm keeping forever.

@gratefulheart860 3 года назад

Golden hands and a good heart! Thank you Charles!

@HelenRullesteg 5 лет назад

I always love hearing the jackdaws chattering away in the background of your videos. So nice seeing flowers and sunshine on this rather cold and grey day.

@veradejong9437 3 года назад

They are stunning . The flower seed"s like to spread on your garden to tell " Charles, forget me not"

@julvwildcat190 5 лет назад

I never thought to underplant flowers under my trees. It looks so lovely.

@jude7321 3 года назад

That was just lovely Charles, thank you so much. I could have watched that for hours on end. God bless and keep you ✝️🥀🌿🌻

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it Jude, thanks

@matterment 5 лет назад

Dear Charles, Your garden is beautiful. I will note down some of them to get my first ever garden started. I'm in my 20s and I didn't know how amazing and addicting gardening is. I've picked up a lot of tips from your videos in my first almost a year of gardening. I've lots to put in practise as of now though. I love how suprise flowers pop up. I thought some were weeds but luckily my gardening-crazy family stopped me from pulling out gems. It is so amazing how Allah has created so many different varieties of flowers for us to feel tranquility from. I wish I knew more about it in my teens. I think it would have really helped me get through growing up.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

What a lovely comment and you are doing well, compared to many who discover gardening in their fifties & sixties! I wish more people could access gardens and understand them more, not a huge space, enough to feel the beauty.

@michaelthegardener4989 5 лет назад

Peonies and roses are my favourite plants

@adus123 5 лет назад

I have allways loved growing flowers. It all started when someone at scouts gave me a packet of seeds to grow to get a badge. Now i do gardening for a living run my own business. when i was at college i got to help out at chelsea flower show building a garden. The variety of plants there was amazing.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Adrian that sounds superb, and well done that scout!

@sarahrickman6609 3 года назад

What a dream. That's my dream. I'd like a high tunnel green house and I'd like to grow veggies and flowers and make cleaning solutions that smell beautiful and some perfume. That's my dream that I'm praying for. Thanks for sharing your inspiring story. It gives me hope. 🙏

@momcation9786 3 года назад

Hi Charles, your flower garden is so amazing! Thank you for guiding me through selecting what seeds to plant! Like you said, you’re “using flowers as a way of increasing the beauty and diversity of plants in your garden”. They’re so gorgeous! I’m having fun gardening with your help! Thank you Charles!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

You are so welcome

@paulreynolds9003 Год назад

Definitely more interesting than some gardening programs you see on tv . Keep up the good work Charlie’s

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

That's the plan Paul and thanks

@boomshine7 5 лет назад

Mr Dowding is the only one that can make me watch a video about flowers :D

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

How funny, I am honoured!

@terencemcclammy294 5 лет назад

What a treat to see in the dead of winter. Thank you

@BlackDogDesigns 3 года назад

I love mixing flowers in with my vegetables as well as edibles in with my perennial gardens🌞 Thank you for sharing, your gardens are stunning!

@ThatgirlinSeattle 5 лет назад

Thank you for posting this charming video. Seeing these beautiful flowers is just what is needed during the depths of winter. It give perspective and reminds us that winter will soon be over and soon the sun will shine and green will fill the landscape again.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Pamela, and I find it amazing to compare this with now!

@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow 5 лет назад

Ah flowers, now you're talking my language! Me, I'm okay with Foxgloves everywhere, I let them go to seed. Love this garden and I love your house. I've been using your no dig method for 2 years now and love it.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Jeri this is nice to hear!

@JeriLandersofHopalongHollow 4 года назад

@San Marino A lot of growing things do not provide nectar, that doesn't mean we can't plant them for pure enjoyment.

@SKOLAH 3 года назад

If you like the no dig method, you should look into Ruth Stout. She started doing it in the early 1900s. 🙂

@mightyconker3903 2 года назад

It was done before Ruth stout. When man was in tune with nature. Man began to plough the earth and sweat poured from his brow. - genesis

@jennygarcia294 5 лет назад

I really admire you sir! You have very nice veg. Garden also flowering plants...

@valeriegillespie8401 4 года назад

Wow your garden is truly beautiful Charles just love love it such inspirational as I have over 50 plus plants out side such an inspiration as I now see an easier way of doing things thank you thank you much love from Ireland xx

@amywilliams3690 5 лет назад

Thank you SO MUCH for the no dig flowers video! I love the veggie videos too, but flowers are my passion 💜🌷

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah that is wonderful

@icouldjustscream 3 года назад

I adore the Lambs Ear! How unique!

@galetimpone1712 4 года назад

I love planting flowers along with vegetables in my garden...its the best of both worlds. have just started gardening using the no dig method. Must say old gardening methods are hard to break, but what you have shown in your videos is proof that your method is the better choice. Can"t wait to start my vegetable garden this year. I am in zone 7A here in Fredericksburg Virginia, USA. and have a few more weeks before i can plant outside. Thank you for all the educational advice on "no dig" gardening method.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Great to see this Gale and I wish you a year of fine vegetables

@robmcnaughton1086 3 года назад

In an english country garden.How utterly beautiful Charles.Your gardening methods are being implimented as we speak into my own garden.The no dig is working so well for us and we are enjoying the atual stress free maintainence as well as the produce.Theankyou

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Wonderful to hear Yvonne, and that you are enjoying it so much

@katherandefy 4 года назад

Oh my gosh my fave flower ever is rose campion. I gasped when you pointed it out.

@DaisyDebs 5 лет назад

How lovely to walk around your flower garden ! :)

@TheMwales 5 лет назад

Wonderful, thanks again! This is an area i have been neglecting as of late as i am often only home on weekends. Came just in time as i am ordering flower seed now, before the grasses take over entirely.

@dragostoma8416 5 лет назад

Your videos are fantastik. It helps you have such a diverse and beautifull garden. I watched every one of your videos at least 10 times. Good fortune to you and your garden this year from Denmark

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

That is amazing Dragos and thanks

@marose9150 5 лет назад

thank you so much for a little bit of summer in the middle of winter!

@floriebrown2089 4 года назад

Very nice Charles I like planting flowers close to my vegetables for the purpose of pollination, this year we were lacking bee presence but I noticed they came late in summer. Thanks lovely video.

@harrym7930 5 лет назад

Well this brightens my train journey home. Thank you Charles.

@trishabrinkdesign 5 лет назад

Thank-you so much for pointing out that flowers are important to the veggie garden...as well as the fruit orchard. I am forever trying to convince people that flowers bring pollinators to the veggie and fruit garden. I am currently researching how you can use flowers to lure bad bugs away from your fruits & veggies...a sacrificial planting of sorts. Any suggestions? I think many people don’t realize the practical benefits of flowers in the fruit/veggie garden...I hope you expand to speak on these topics as well. Of course...I love flowers for the pure joy of growing flowers too! As always, I appreciate your videos SO MUCH!! 😊 Thank-you!!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Trisha. I don't think in terms of sacrificial plantings because that seems unnecessary, the flowers and all plants need to be healthy to support each other, in ways that we mostly do not understand, and science cannot yet measure. Such as the wood wide web of fungal communication between roots. So a no dig garden (undisturbed fungal networks) with varied and beautiful plantings has healthier plants. Beauty and health are linked, based on what I observe, and it works well here. And yes the joy of growing helps too!

@trishabrinkdesign 5 лет назад

Charles Dowding As always, your experience and wisdom on this topic speaks volumes. I just seem to hear from a lot of other gardeners that they plant...for example… nasturtiums to attract whatever bad bugs might be lurking looking for squash plants etc. However, I definitely like your theory better!! 😉It seems as though often times we are inundated with fear tactics on gardening. No dig gardening seems almost too good to be true... but judging by your garden the proof is in the pudding.👍 I look forward to putting your theories into practice. Keep up the great work!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Trisah and yes, people use that fear factor a lot. They claim to know more! Natural simplicity is best and easiest.

@rellimarual Год назад

It’s kind of remarkable how little of these rambling videos actually pertains to the subject in the title

@jerrywatts3016 3 года назад

What a lovely video, very informative and pretty.

@Imjetta7 2 года назад

Oh hallelujah! I'm looking to expand my flower beds, but the thought was daunting; now I have hope! Thank you!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

You can do it!

@attermire2109 5 лет назад

This video has cheered up an otherwise dull winter morning, I'm looking forward to spring and summer planting now

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks that is nice to hear

@karenkneebone4035 5 лет назад

Inspiring as always.. if we were not frazzling away in 40plus heat here in Australia I'd run out and plant a garden bed full..😀. Loved the garden tour.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah bother that is hot! Thanks anyway.

@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920 3 года назад

Hi Charles, Hello again from Peggy Helbling's Garden What You've Got in Windermere, Florida zone 9b. I've watched many, many, many of your videos and this is the 2nd video you have on flowers. I'm a retired florist so you were speaking to my passion and vocation. We are having a high of 80°F today February 22nd!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Your winters are warmer than our summers Peggy! Thanks for your comment

@treesagreen4191 5 лет назад

Your gardens are always so tidy yet beautiful! Thank you for sharing your flowers this time, it's what I need more of in my veggies.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Yes do mix in some flowers!

@samnathan2709 5 лет назад

Always enjoy your videos. Thanks Charles

@HarrietFitzgerald580 5 лет назад

Charles your videos are a delight!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@bernboncay7644 3 года назад

Beautiful ☺️ thank you so much 😊 inspiration, I have own allotment and this year I will do no dig, watch here from Devon England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@ayina114 5 лет назад

Wonderful video as always Sir. I plant some flowers just to bright my tiny garden. After some years of trial and error. Now I set to hibiscus, gardenia, fangipani, rain lily & mossrose. I live in tropics. Those flowers are easy to grow, easy to flower all year long. I actually plant the flower first, after stumbling at your videos 😁 now I'm starting to grow my own vegetables.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Lovely to hear Ayina

@lisabevans8107 2 года назад

What a joy to find this video. Ty as always.

@jeanneamato8278 4 года назад

Flowers bring insects which pollinate veggies and bring birds which eat insects. What a wonderful circle of life.

@willis8281 5 лет назад

I love your videos Charles!! I’d love to see some weekly vlogs of what’s going on in your garden. Thank you for teaching me.

@helenp81 5 лет назад

Thank you Charles, just what I needed on a cold winters evening 😃 can’t wait to see flowers in the garden again.

@MilkAndHoneyAcreage 5 лет назад

Helen Parry Me too! Hurry up spring!

@helenp81 5 лет назад

🐝🌸🌺🌻🌹🌼🌷🦋😃

@camicri4263 5 лет назад

My mom loved the garden, we both did. Thank you!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Fantastic thanks Camelia.

@camicri4263 5 лет назад

Sure, thank you! I saw you have videos in french as well. I wish I could understand. I do, here and there because is Latin but not much. Good job! Good way to practice your language.

@janetkrehbiel5799 5 лет назад

As usual, another great video! Thanks for the beautiful flowers, during this bleak, rainy/snowy winter time! How refreshing! I'm glad to see you got that walnut tree out! We have black walnuts in our area, and the squirrels enjoy planting them in our garden now and then. I try to stay on top of those, as their roots are poisonous to my apple and pear trees. We lost two pear trees before we realized the black walnuts are not compatible to pears. Thanks for sharing! Dane and I appreciate you! Blessings always! --Janet

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Nice to hear Janet, and it's a kind of shame about the walnut as I love the nuts!

@dianac2596 3 месяца назад

One of my favorite videos!❤

@jackie9530 3 года назад

Very beautiful!!! Thank you for share, Manu Blessings to you. From Texas 🙌🙏🤗🌻

@sallyhenry1716 4 года назад

Your flowers are gorgeous! Thanks Charles🌼🌸🌺🥀🤗

@stephkrunic3884 5 лет назад

Thank you for flowers!!! We are in summer here in Australia and flowers are so lovely.

@PauseCreative 5 лет назад

Merci de nous partager vos conseils ! Je suis émerveillée par la beauté de vos plantations, heureuse de voir les abeilles venir butiner les fleurs de votre jardin... ! Brigitte

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah merci Brigitte

@farmerjones5479 5 лет назад

Delightful! Thank you Charles.

@audreysweeney5338 3 года назад

Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden with us.

@luckychicav7981 5 лет назад

Beautiful, just Beautiful Mr Dowding!! ;)

@ArmindaHeart 5 лет назад

I did some flowers in my vegetable garden and a couple boarders last season and it was really fun! Loved seeing all your gorgeous flowers!

@camicri4263 3 года назад

Lovage is so good in soups and stews! Very good for you. You can also freeze the leaves, I usually chopp them up an freeze them, dill as well.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Great tip Cami thanks

@camicri4263 3 года назад

@@CharlesDowding1nodig you are very welcome!

@crowCRAWFORDCrow 5 лет назад

Such beautiful flowers and garden

@lenamccown5442 5 лет назад

Beautiful flowers. So nice to see while it is snowing, here.

@GardinersPlot 5 лет назад

Stunning collection! Certainly inspired me!

@offgridsweden 5 лет назад

Awesome video Charles. Have an amazing weekend, Andreas 🇸🇪

@keiheaherakiwi1611 5 лет назад

Grateful as always for your postings Mr Dowding

@jerryrose4851 5 лет назад

I was just watching one of your lovely videos with my wife, they are such a joy to watch , definitely on par with Gardeners world. Very professional and well put together. Thank you such informative and valuable videos.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thankyou for a lovely comment

@ElderandOakFarm 3 года назад

Charles I've never seen your flower beds- so beautiful! You encouraged me to start my new cutflower no dig! I am almost finished building it. I started doing no dig by accident honestly. I didn't have a tiller one year( mine broke) & didn't have thy money to rent one & it was so great! Having clay soil- it was so much better with the compost on top! So easy to dig in, not nasty & muddy... when I would till the compost a month later everything was compacted back down! I also turned my old veggie bed into a perennial cutflower garden & I'm building raised beds for the veggies closer to the house. I have peonies tulips & daffodils planted so far, I can't wait for my peonies to establish!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Lovely feedback and that sounds really exciting!

@MilkAndHoneyAcreage 5 лет назад

Gorgeous! I love the cottage garden feel! Also loved the mallow hope it grows well in zone 8a!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks, and yes it will, seeds freely too

@lynnrushton7458 3 года назад

On a mission to grow more flowers in my veg plot this year......been sorting my seed box & found 3 years worth of saved lupin seeds 😂🙈

@neilellis812 5 лет назад

so great , as always! love what you do

@stevendowden2579 5 лет назад

great video lovely flowers

@laurend.tamayo2186 4 года назад

Really enjoyed watching this video, lovely garden and informative.

@warangboonglom568 5 лет назад

Sawadee . Thank you so much for great video.

@mitche499 5 лет назад

Wonderful video Charles, thank you. I adore growing flowers and veggies together, it is so visually pleasing as well as helpful. God Bless. :-)

@scottykonovalov4518 5 лет назад

I love the gardens Charles please keep up the good work

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Scotty, check out my online course in March, lots more videos & tons of info

@rosanaalganaraz4111 3 года назад

Todo todo lo que hace lo hace con amor ...por eso es tan bendecido en su familia. Su huerto .sus manos ...Gracias por enseñarnos von tanta pasion y amor ...

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

😀💚

@b.f.f.3700 3 года назад

I hadn't seen this video. And I could see that not only your vegetable garden is wonderful, but your flower garden and orchard are also wonderful. your home and your land , Charles, are a dream for me.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Thanks Barbara

@Serendipity1160 4 года назад

Oh, how I loved this video! Diversity is a good thing.

@pacificnorthwestgardener3511 5 лет назад

Wonderful video on a cold wet winter friday night! Love rose campions they will grow in even the worst of soils. Beautiful garden of flowers you had last spring! 😀

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks

@chrisholbourn2793 5 лет назад

Stunning. Inspirational. Thanks Charles.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

cheers Chris

@patriciawilson5289 5 лет назад

Hi Charles , Just wanted to say so glad to discover your fabulous videos , they are really enjoyable to watch and so informative. Recently moved to a new place and the no dig approach is wonderful since back problems have left me unable to dig. Working my way through the videos need more help with starting seeds off. Thank you again and you have a stunning garden...…. best wishes Pat

@LaVictoria6751 4 года назад

Lovely video to add variety to the vegetable garden. Thanks so much!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it :)

@nunakinskywalker7096 5 лет назад

Awesome video as always! You have such a nice garden, Charles. Keep making these lovely and informative videos.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Glad you like them

@cliveinsley9608 Год назад

Utterly inspirational Thanks - lots more "How to get going" with no-dig please.

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

See FAQ's appearing soon!

@koosvanzyl2605 5 лет назад

As a pensioner here in Pretoria, South Africa, I decided to take up vegetable gardening last year. After watching a myriad of RU-vid clips, I started off with straw bales. That did not work out very well. After watching some more videos, I decided to choose Charles Dowding as my instructor of choice. I have limited space available so I constructed 6 raised beds from pallet planks, and filled it with compost. It is now approaching winter and my beds are ready for summer. We are in the Southern hemisphere so seasons are the opposite from yours. I do have, however, onions, carrots and beets doing quite well already. We have a frost free, sub tropical climate with temperatures never reaching freezing point. In summer it goes up to well in the mid thirties, which presents its own problems. Thanks for your instructional videos, Charles, Your no dig method is my way to go.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Hello Koos and thanks for your comment. Sounds a great climate in some ways although we were in Cape Town two Januarys' ago and noticed the intensity of sunlight. Enjoy your tasty vegetables!

@cynthiafisher9907 5 лет назад

Thank you, Charles. This was very enjoyable. I got a lot of ideas for this spring and summer.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah good!

@MrKostas6969 5 лет назад

Hello from Canada 😊 I’m enjoying your channel thanks for sharing with us . I’ve learned some interesting stuff from your channel thank you. Your gardens very beautiful and the bees are very lucky 😀

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks Renee :)

@flowergrowersmith449 5 лет назад

Hooray - flowers..!

@MrMixamitosis 5 лет назад

Great video charles, lovely flowers! keep up the posting!

@christinafleschner2344 3 года назад

I like your Garden so much because of so much different Plants,its like a Paradise of Life!

@CharlesDowding1nodig 3 года назад

Thank you Christina

@aysen8366 5 лет назад

Heart warming video. Such wonderful flowers with lovely colours. Thank you Charles.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Aysen, thanks

@suebob1000 5 лет назад

Thank you for walking me through your beautiful gardens. Its informative with the Latin names. Thank you. Also, it's very peaceful to watch. Thanks for sharing your time to do this for us.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Thanks for writing Susan

@ninapuder 4 года назад

really beautiful!

@khadijahmimi 5 лет назад

💞🌸Loved this lots of great inspiration for my veggie plot :)

@lissettemendoza2104 4 года назад

I love this garden it’s so beautiful

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Thanks Lissette

@purplephoenix4969 2 года назад

Fantastic to see this. I love no dig for vegetables, but am wanting to start a flower garden, especially roses and wanted to see some results. Logically no dig would work just as well for flowers, but most rose garden advice seems to be to dig until you reach the Earth's core.

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

I'm delighted to have helped you out and I'm sure that your roses will actually be better for not digging because they love the mycorrhizal fungi network, which is damaged by any kind of soil cultivation. People who write that have not tried no dig, so they know only to dig, and these are better ways!!

@Bennettfarm 5 лет назад

Your garden is beautiful. I am really enjoying your videos, thank you so much for sharing 🙂 🌺

@CharlesDowding1nodig 5 лет назад

Ah good and thanks

@angeliquehobbs1414 Год назад

Beautiful garden!

@CharlesDowding1nodig Год назад

Thank you 🌹

@victoriaoshea4865 4 года назад

I love flowers!!! Your flowers are very beautiful! If I lived there I might just have to sit in the garden all day looking at the flowers😁💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐💐

@CharlesDowding1nodig 4 года назад

Aren't they amazing

@salwa4ever818 2 года назад

I’m in love with this magnificent sanctuary of yours, such beautiful design and choice of flowers 🌸 Am sure I’ll be watching this video several times considering how beautiful and relaxing to look at

@CharlesDowding1nodig 2 года назад

💚 thanks