My husband was disabled and we got this glaring metal ramp the va installed for him,i created a sensory garden all around it one to camaflouge the glare and 2 so when he wanted to go out side he could experience the smells of the lilacs and the butterflies n bees on the beauty bushes and clematis i also planted a white,red,azeals,blue hydrangea with red hot pokers around the front beds, dinner plate hibiscus too.❤❤❤❤❤❤
May you and your husband have a glorious life, full of ease + contentment. Thank you for your and your brave husband's service & intense sacrifice. Love, hugs, prayers + working, laughing angels to help you EVERY day.🍃🪻☔🌈🦠🥢🍻🎖️📷🔫🥁⛑️💜🇸🇽🇹🇭🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I’m zone 6a southern Ontario and I’m always jealous of the beautiful loropetalum (and the nandinas, too) that my friends to the south can grow in 7 & up. I know there are a few now that are said to be zone 6 hardy but I question how true that is because I never see them for sale anywhere in my neck of the woods (I imagine they’d be popular so it makes me wonder how reliable they’ve been here…). Now this is no loropetalum substitute BUT if you, like me, like the idea of multi-coloured foliage of some loropetalum varieties, have a look at Rainbow drooping leucothoe. Mine has been low maintenance and has stayed very compact in full sun. Blooms remind me of a Pieris. It’s a pretty backdrop shrub for my border. I can also attest to the beauty & carefree nature of the My Monet Sunset Weigela featured in the video. Another great multi-coloured foliage shrub for our zone. 👍🏻 I just wish it came as a larger Weigela too for singular impact because at this tiny size, it’s best planted en mass IMO (or dotted in multiples around the front of a border as I have done). And they are quite expensive per shrub, at least here.
Michelle- love your suggestions and how you provide us with the important characteristics so that we can make decisions that bring gardening success. ❤
Low-scape mound is loved by either rabbits or deer during the winter. They have eaten mine within 3 inches from the ground two years in a row. Zone 5b.
I have 2 Mr bowling balls, and even though they are still baby plants I love them and want more to tuck in my flower beds. The foliage is so pretty and as you said soft. It's a must have for sure.
the flash cards r great. i do flash cards for myself @🏡 so i can remember what chores i have to do. welcome to the flash card club. i dont hear things plainly, so i get what ur talking about when i read it.
Nice video with lots of choices. I am in Ohio and look specifically for natives like Saint johns wort. I will say that we have been pulling out butterfly bushes because they are invasive and spread by pollinators. They are damaging the environment because they are crowding out natives, which we need to improve our soil/Eco system.
Really enjoyed this video. These are all great! I planted some pugster this year along with some others you had on your list. I am a hydrangea addict and added 5 more to my collection this year. My 4 tidbits are 3rd year and are planted between 3 dappled willows. They look fabulous! You have given great info on so many smaller shrubs. The weigela is now on my wanted list. TY
I'm in zone 5 WI. I'm having a patio installed in a few weeks, and I've been trying to think of ideas for small shrubs for around it. This was the perfect video with so many great ideas. Thank you!
Hi Mi hello, First time I heard not to plant Pugsters in the fall. That totally makes sense with the plant characteristics and why in the past years my shrubs did not survive.! I was fortunate to see three of them survive this year! 🌸❤️🇨🇦
Pugsters are like the fairytrail bride hydrangeas they have one more shot in my garden; those things die because it’s Monday! Finally, I figured out the fairytrail bride; it wants protection from everything; pugster I’m still figuring out; all I know is it loves sun!
