3 Pruning Chores: Hellebores, Shrub Roses & Panicle Hydrangeas!
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Date: 2022-07-16
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CHRIS
Good morning Laura! I smiled when I saw the plant labels tucked into the soil by the hellebore plants. I dont remember you leaving perennial tags in the ground before. You usually seem to know your plant names off the top of your head. :) I use metal garden markers at the base of my plants along with a plastic tag buried close to the crown of the plant. I locate the markers to the right of the plants to make them easy to find when the plant leafs out. I grow too many varieties of plants to remember all the names. I also use photographic files of images for the plants in the different beds. For things that I have a lot of, like Lilium, hostas, and daylilies, I have spread sheets with names and locations of the plants.
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Good morning Laura! I smiled when I saw the plant labels tucked into the soil by the hellebore plants. I dont remember you leaving perennial tags in the ground before. You usually seem to know your plant names off the top of your head. :) I use metal garden markers at the base of my plants along with a plastic tag buried close to the crown of the plant. I locate the markers to the right of the plants to make them easy to find when the plant leafs out. I grow too many varieties of plants to remember all the names. I also use photographic files of images for the plants in the different beds. For things that I have a lot of, like Lilium, hostas, and daylilies, I have spread sheets with names and locations of the plants.
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Togidubnus
Crikey. You must experience helluva winters where you are. Those Hellebores have been absolutely hammered. Here in the UK they stay green and lush right through the winter, but nevertheless many growers take off the previous year's leaves. Often, the job is left till late and they end up removing many new leaves. It's all become a muddle for many. But with yours II can see it's necessary.
Nice rose pruning! Swift and decisive. I'm a professional gardener, and I wish some of my colleagues would get rose pruning. I don't know what takes them so long. Seems to me that removing dead wood would be a good starting point, but they don't seem to see it that way.
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Crikey. You must experience helluva winters where you are. Those Hellebores have been absolutely hammered. Here in the UK they stay green and lush right through the winter, but nevertheless many growers take off the previous year's leaves. Often, the job is left till late and they end up removing many new leaves. It's all become a muddle for many. But with yours II can see it's necessary.
Nice rose pruning! Swift and decisive. I'm a professional gardener, and I wish some of my colleagues would get rose pruning. I don't know what takes them so long. Seems to me that removing dead wood would be a good starting point, but they don't seem to see it that way.
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CLC979
We started buying Espoma Fertilizer last year, but unfortunately our dogs ate a ton of it from the backyard. Someone at our local nursery said bone meal is like candy for dogs! Seems fine in the planting hole but we can't do a topical application. We will continue to use it in the front of our property, which the dogs only have access to on leashes, but we need some other fertilizer alternatives for the backyard, where most of our beds are located. Any suggestions? Which check with the nursery too, but I wondered if you'd consider doing a trial of a few different fertilizers to see what works well for those of us that have to limit our use of espoma.
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We started buying Espoma Fertilizer last year, but unfortunately our dogs ate a ton of it from the backyard. Someone at our local nursery said bone meal is like candy for dogs! Seems fine in the planting hole but we can't do a topical application. We will continue to use it in the front of our property, which the dogs only have access to on leashes, but we need some other fertilizer alternatives for the backyard, where most of our beds are located. Any suggestions? Which check with the nursery too, but I wondered if you'd consider doing a trial of a few different fertilizers to see what works well for those of us that have to limit our use of espoma.
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Trudy
I think we spend a lot of money putting rocks down. Got rid of the mulch because it was molding. We didnt realize the ground was too wet. I cant weed anymore. We have a 18 month old home, north Dallas 8B is our zone. Weve had two cold winters with snow that this area hasnt seen in 29 yrs before that. I have two questions.
1. I believe the rocks that cost 5 grand was huge mistake I should move them, correct?
2. Please tell me the best schedule and time for watering grass and platers areas that everything is either on drip and grass on automatic sprinklers. Keeping in mind I am mostly in all sun and have very hot late afternoon sun.
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I think we spend a lot of money putting rocks down. Got rid of the mulch because it was molding. We didnt realize the ground was too wet. I cant weed anymore. We have a 18 month old home, north Dallas 8B is our zone. Weve had two cold winters with snow that this area hasnt seen in 29 yrs before that. I have two questions.
1. I believe the rocks that cost 5 grand was huge mistake I should move them, correct?
2. Please tell me the best schedule and time for watering grass and platers areas that everything is either on drip and grass on automatic sprinklers. Keeping in mind I am mostly in all sun and have very hot late afternoon sun.
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Globetrotting
I've always wondered what you did with all that yard waste. I can't imagine how much you must have! My husband and I have a huge compost bin that's picked up by the city every two weeks, and we actually get into arguments sometimes about who gets to fill it after it's freshly emptied. LOL. There is always far more we need to get rid of than we can reasonably dispose of, and that's just on a half acre plot. :)
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I've always wondered what you did with all that yard waste. I can't imagine how much you must have! My husband and I have a huge compost bin that's picked up by the city every two weeks, and we actually get into arguments sometimes about who gets to fill it after it's freshly emptied. LOL. There is always far more we need to get rid of than we can reasonably dispose of, and that's just on a half acre plot. :)
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Whitney
Laura, or anyone, does anyone have suggestions on keeping hydrangeas from drooping and flopping due to their weight? After the first rain we get in June, my beautiful hydrangeas start drooping to the ground and they never recover. I have tomato cages I can try or stakes and twine. Has anyone figured out a good solution to this problem that isn't a major eyesore?
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Laura, or anyone, does anyone have suggestions on keeping hydrangeas from drooping and flopping due to their weight? After the first rain we get in June, my beautiful hydrangeas start drooping to the ground and they never recover. I have tomato cages I can try or stakes and twine. Has anyone figured out a good solution to this problem that isn't a major eyesore?
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Anne
Love, love the before and afters of your clean up! It is so encouraging to see how you make things go from messy to lovely, makes me want to do that same! Also, I wondered as you were dumping things, if you used a shovel and dug in the pile, would you find things breaking down? No point in having a compost pile, if you are basically got a twig and leaf museum.
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Love, love the before and afters of your clean up! It is so encouraging to see how you make things go from messy to lovely, makes me want to do that same! Also, I wondered as you were dumping things, if you used a shovel and dug in the pile, would you find things breaking down? No point in having a compost pile, if you are basically got a twig and leaf museum.
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Angela
Laura, does your home ever get greenish from all the plants and trees around it? I live in zone 7 and every year my house gets this greenish film on the siding. I have flower beds all around the house and the back yard does have trees and other flower beds as well. You mentioned that you are swing a variation of some color on your home by the hydrangeas.
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Laura, does your home ever get greenish from all the plants and trees around it? I live in zone 7 and every year my house gets this greenish film on the siding. I have flower beds all around the house and the back yard does have trees and other flower beds as well. You mentioned that you are swing a variation of some color on your home by the hydrangeas.
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Linda
Love ALL of your videos! Just purchased my first hellebore this weekend from our local garden center. I never heard of them until watching your videos. The lady at the garden center they are one of the most underrated plants in our area of NE PA. Thanks for all of the tips you give on the different plants.
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Love ALL of your videos! Just purchased my first hellebore this weekend from our local garden center. I never heard of them until watching your videos. The lady at the garden center they are one of the most underrated plants in our area of NE PA. Thanks for all of the tips you give on the different plants.
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