Love this topic!! I like to use taller ornamental grasses as the “exclamation point” in the middle of beds…I tend to rely on the grasses that have a lot of their height by mid June for these spots like switch grass and feather reed grasses!
I absolutely LOVE Cesky Gold Dwarf Birches. I have several in my yard in SW Ohio. My eyes drink in their structure and color--they are so pleasing to the eye! and they certainly are versatile.
I was bumped up to zone 9a on the USDA map from zone 8b. We have, for the past three consecutive years, had cold snaps with very low teens and one-time down into the single digit temps. This past week, we were below 32 degrees beginning before sunrise on Sunday morning and did not reach 32 degrees again until Wednesday afternoon. Our temps hovered in the 20’s during the day and the low teens overnight on Sunday night, Monday night, and Tuesday night. These temps are not reflective at all of a zone 9 garden. 😢
Ugh! That is certainly the most frustrating part of the USDA zone map, hoping that there will be more forward movement on factoring in weather and low-temperature swings like the ones you mentioned!
Same for me. My Northern California (Sierra Nevada mountains) town used to be 8b, but got changed to 9a. Our summers are hot and dry, yes, but we get feet and feet of snow in the winter. In fact, it’s May 6th right now and it snowed here two days ago, killing several plants I’d gotten at the nursery last week. The temperature was up around 80° when I bought them. I’m very upset. 😠
I stick tall bold color planters and place it in the middle of the garden beds to create height and different interest every year with different annuals. I’m a runner year round also so yes dress in layers esp wool layers!! Esp in zone 5b - can’t have too much bulk or else I won’t be able to move
Such a great idea and it allows you to be creative and try out new plants ☺ Layering clothing is a must for us here in West Michigan, it could feel like winter in the morning and summer by the afternoon depending on the day, haha
I want a bumper sticker that says I'm a Biophiliac! Am I there 100%? No, but I am striving and learning. Found Milky Spores all over my ferns, first thought was that they were bug eggs. Took a sample into a class and found out these are great to have in your garden. I am at war with grasshoppers however. I try to catch them with a net as they decimate my Angel Trumpets. 🎺 6 inches of snow and sub freezing temps for a week here in MS of all places. Hopefully my Perfecto Mundo azaelas planted last spring made it under the snow as I hope to get a bunch more.
46:00 - Yes, I will call you crazy! I DETEST Cedar Rust! It just takes over our orchard and fruit, and we spend so much money trying to resist it. We go for over a mile to look for the trees to cut them before they release their spores!
Thank you for asking for clarification! Stacey is talking about "coppicing" ☺ Here is an article on the subject - cals.cornell.edu/coppicing-its-history-and-practice
Are there landscaping design courses online? Would love to learn all plants, how they thrive and how to arrange them around a garden for different "moods"...
Yes, there are a ton of online garden and landscape design courses! Which one you pick will really be dependent on what you want out of the course but there's certainly no shortage of them out there ☺
I like British Herbaceous Borders and watch many British gardener's videos. Does anyone know any North American RU-vidrs in Zones 3-5 or higher that plant this way?
Am I the only one that kept hearing Rick say "gardening lairs" 😅 ...sorry. I've been listening to your podcast and have listened to them all, just now finally got around to finding the RU-vid channel.
No worries, friend! Both the Proven Winners site and the Proven Winners ColorChoice site do still indicate deer resistance☺ - on the Proven Winners ColorChoice website, it is under the additional information menu under features; on the Proven Winners website, it's under "resists." If the plant does not specifically say it is deer resistant or deer is listed under "resists," then it would be safe to assume the plant is not deer resistant. As for Cesky Gold, it isn't considered to be deer-resistant.
I heard this same thing recently, don't call it dirt, call it soil. Unbelievable how people, mostly in the US, will always put themselves on a higher moral ground for no real reason. It's ok to say dirt. Do you really want to argue that? Biophilia is not a real condition, just a moniker. People love nature. That's pretty much it. As far as E.O. Wilson's studies, many are considered sketchy according to scientists in the last 50 to 70 years
Biophilia is not a real condition? Well, I beg to differ. I cannot help myself. I keep seeding, and propagating, and won't let things just die. I have to find a home, give it a chance...
It is a proven winners podcast. But they give a lot of information about the care of plants in general and new ones pw releases to improve performance of plants. You do not have to buy the pw plant unless you want the performance of PW.
