John, in November you talked about growing roses from cuttings. You inspired me to give it a try. I took 5 cuttings from from 3 different roses and just stuck them in the ground. The all survived the winter and are putting on growth. Thanks.
+Alan Brooksby Ahh, I was too late in the fall (too cold, I thought maybe? I'm in Connecticut). But I did it earlier this spring, maybe three weeks ago and they are already leafing out a bit. Thrilling, because it's a very old rose bush from when the house was built in 1919; had gotten almost shaded out of existence. But now it may have new life if these cutting really take. So, I say "thank you" too.
Fair play for the videos, there's not many people with specific information about certain cultivars in Ireland, RU-vid is mostly UK and US focused! Thanks lads, le meas.
Thanks! Love the new intro! Also loved that Teddy is there.😊 I have a spot of dry shade down at the bottom of my yard. I have large (well, they should be large when they reach full size) rhodies, a Japanese maple, and a few native trees as a back, so am wondering what to do as a mid height layer. The other considerations for me are, first and foremost the plantings have to be very deer resistant and second, because I mostly view the area from a distance, it would need to show up so massing just one or two things i think. I love your grove of white birches. The Ballawley bergenias are a beautiful color, the nicest bergenias I have seen. I am not normally a fan of them, but those are nice. I doubt I could find them here, though. The thalictrum is gorgeous, love the bright color and the texture. Thank you for showing so many options for such a difficult situation. And, thank you for doing a longer video, these are my favorites.
Such a great video John....as a relatively new owner of a garden with quite a lot of shade, woodland etc, it is so helpful to hear someone talk through the various plants, which work best (& why), which are worth a try, and which are definitely good ‘goers’. I guess you have slightly acid soil? (Fir trees!)
Hi there , really like watching, it's the only gardening my son can stand to listen to. I've learned so much as I'm new gardener I planted a lot of things in the wrong place, so I got brutal and jut ripped them out cut them back and stuck them in the right place, neighbors thought I was mad ,but guess what there all growing back, who's got time for pealing grapes lol,so I've been watching the rose planting and I planted them to high out of the ground,? What to do raise the ground level or pull them out dig them in deeper, I have about 50 roses. What would you do John. Anita happy New gardener.
Thank you for this delightful video. My garden is northwest of Chicago where we can have instense cold and high heat and humidity. I can grow some of the plants that you have. May I suggest that you try some native north American woodland perennials like Stylophorum-Celadine Poppy and Spigelia marilandica- Indian Pink.
John love your gardening tips and I have to say your thumbnail pic for your flowers has the prettiest brown eyes. Happy gardening to you from NY state US.
Lavatera Barnsley...it looks like something I would love to grow but it is totally unavailable in the USA. So disappointing. I can’t understand why so many really lovely plants you showcase cannot be obtained here. ☹️☹️☹️But anyway, I am enjoying this video, as I do ALL your videos. 🙂🙂🙂 PS in my last house deer completely gobbled all my Bergenia. (They did not read the instruction manual.)
I liked the bushy hair ;) I hope the slower pace is just you getting use to the camera, I love to see the channel growing!!. I have learned a ton from you, I got my mom hooked on your channel as well, but she is just here to hear your brogue :) hahaha
Great video John, I have some bamboos but not sure what they are. We've inherited them with our new house so ill need to check and see if any have Japonica in their names!!
I'm always looking for dry shade plants here in Connecticut with lots of pines and hemlocks shading the edges of my property. I use many that you have mentioned. The voles will eat hosta roots and even iris tubers so I have a challenge. I have discovered Leucothoe is a very useful plant that is evergreen and very shade tolerant and makes a nice attractive filler. I love Siberian Cypress as a filler also. I have a nice patch of Tiarella Cordifolia that is thriving. I have to say I don't share your love of bamboo. It seems out of place.
I have had success by using a mix of castor oil and dish detergent vs voles in z5 NYS. Look at the video on repelling voles at New Hampshire Hostas. Good luck.
@@laurenb6451 Thanks for that. I use that too. I have to keep applying it and I have a lot of ground to cover but it does work! I had around 50 Hostas but now have about 8 after one bad episode with voles. They have apparently moved on. If it's not moles and voles it's chipmunks and rabbits and deer!
Hmm, I thought the guy said to just do it in the fall. I did so last year and t seemed to work. Just also when it snowed I would walk around each bed to smush the tunnels every day.
I recommend removing hellebore leaves (hybrid varieties not Corsican) in December before flowers are fully up then flowers come up “naked” and you remove possible disease and pests overwintering on old leaves, then in April/May remove spent flower heads and fresh new leaves have already come up and you won’t get millions of seedlings or aphids collecting on spent flowers
I love watching, I'm a new gardener and I'm learning so much, so please help ,ive planted to many things in the wrong place e.g I put 6 different colour buddleia together in one small spot and a standard rose in the middle, they all small and look healthy then when I seen yours and how big they are I don't know what to do can you help.
The buddlejas will grow much bigger than the standard rose and swamp it. Standard roses need to be well above surrounding plants to stand out. The buddlejas could be cut back very hard every year and that might work.
Hej John, Love your videos! I have a shady north facing, sometimes windy, balcony in Stockholm, Sweden (but I try to protect my plants from strong winds.) I have 3 hellebores (double-petal sort). They did very well through March and April, but now that the flowers have faded - the fronds/the stalks/stems coming from the soil are falling off and I can easily pull them out on one of the plants. I suspect root rot? Do they need less water - I watered only when they looked droopy - it’s been very dry in March/April, but they don’t get much direct sunlight. Do you think this condition will spread to the other two? They are in their original media which I mixed with a well draining pot soil + perlite in a roomy but not huge clay pot + with a little mulch on top. The other two are growing new stems/leaves so I’d rather not repot if not necessary, but I enjoyed these very much. (Doesn’t seem to be plight (above the soil) or insects.)
If the plants are droopy it is usually due to lack of water. But you have to check the soil before watering because if the soil is already wet it is a more serious problem. It could be root rot or stem rot. Another thing to note is that you shouldn’t plant hellebores too deep in the pots because if the soil touches the stems it can cause stem rot. Best of luck with it and thanks for watching the videos!
Hi John could you please give us the name of the tree behind without any leaves with spiral branches at 15:03? /i need to know what condition it needs to grow. Thank you.
It is bamboo that I would advise anyone to avoid like the plague. Awful, horrible, invasive and next to impossible to get rid of. I've been battling it for years.
