End of October Garden Tour!
End of October Garden Tour!
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00:00:00 And then the night after that it goes down into the low 20s
00:00:02 So we're just gonna like abruptly go into the cold temperatures
00:00:06 We still have coleus and begonias and supertunias and things looking beautiful, but a lot of the garden is looking tired
00:00:12 So we just want to show you where we're at
00:00:14 So we wanted to start right back here behind the Hartley because Pedro and his crew have been working on the brick
00:00:20 Outlining of this area and they're on their lunch
00:00:23 So I didn't want to be in their way or make them feel uncomfortable, but they're doing a beautiful job
00:00:27 so
00:00:29 right here is where the bricks ended and what they've done is they kind of cut out or dug out this area here and
00:00:37 Finished or are carrying on the brick outline
00:00:40 So what will happen when this is all done the gravel instead of mulch will come down this way
00:00:44 So it'll be a gravel walkway that walks right in front of where this bench will be
00:00:48 So you've got a little inset for the bench with the two pots and then we can do something really fun right in here either
00:00:55 I thought initially about doing three real tight skinny evergreens or maybe an espalier tree of some kind
00:01:02 I don't know something fun
00:01:03 So it'll look like a little set apart from the rest of the design, but it's mirrored on the other side over here
00:01:08 Let's walk out this way
00:01:10 They've made it this far with the bricks, but they will come around
00:01:14 Well, you can see the outline here. They'll come around all the way to the front of the chicken coop
00:01:19 So this whole area will be tidied up and kind of buttoned up for the season
00:01:23 We might have to take a break here in a minute because it is supposed to rain
00:01:27 It's looking a little ominous that direction, isn't it?
00:01:30 I can I can feel it already and then over here the bricks line the driveway
00:01:36 and
00:01:38 I've been waiting for this to be buttoned up to start planting this area because I wasn't exactly sure
00:01:43 Where the bricks were gonna be like precisely and I didn't want to come in and plant things and have it be
00:01:49 Odd if that makes sense. So anyway, I'm just super thrilled with this. They're doing a great job
00:01:54 They just started this a couple days ago, and I don't think they were even here yesterday
00:01:59 So they just they bust out projects so so fast. So I'm very happy with that. Let's cruise over to the pond area
00:02:05 We're gonna try to do this in one fell swoop guys. No two tours
00:02:08 So we're not gonna stay in any area for any length of time, but I'm just so happy with this whole space back here
00:02:16 We just planted this yesterday
00:02:19 another little evergreen
00:02:21 But you can see the fall tone that this is taking on. I need to bring a net out here
00:02:26 Get some leaves off the water, but everything in this whole area is doing great
00:02:31 And we've just so enjoyed this space. Oh
00:02:35 Oh, we've had some wind that poor plant has been knocked over
00:02:39 And there's the fish in there
00:02:42 They're getting a lot closer
00:02:44 Before they would not come eat remotely close to the edge
00:02:47 They stayed away over there kind of in the middle and now when they see us come and I think they think we've got food
00:02:53 So they come and visit it's quite fun. We are planning. I don't know
00:02:59 I think we've talked about it haven't we talked about the the dream stream a
00:03:03 little bit, but we're already kind of in the works planning a stream that
00:03:09 Carries on with maybe another little pond connected to it in this area kind of continuing this feel right here
00:03:15 Further into this space and kind of brimming up the sides
00:03:18 so that this whole back area has the same kind of wooded feel and
00:03:24 It feels like a connected space like there's some cohesion in the design
00:03:28 But when we get after that, I'm excited about creating a vista from the Hartley doors straight back this way
00:03:36 I'm not sure how it's not all come together, but it's just something fun to dream about throughout the winter months
00:03:41 I'm just looking forward to that because this
00:03:43 Space I mean we've done some really amazing and fun and beautiful projects. I feel like in our garden
00:03:50 This is the one we probably use the most
00:03:52 Already we're out here all the time and it's just the fire rock that we have out there where they call it foestone
00:03:59 Fire pit it's just nice that you can push a button and the fire comes on
00:04:03 It just makes it easy and the kids love to play around the rocks. It's just been a really fun
00:04:08 Area. Anyway, let's head this way. Oh
00:04:11 That breeze is fresh. I probably should have wore actual shoes maybe for this Aaron actually wants to block off the view of the barn. I
00:04:20 Like our barn. I think it's really sweet
00:04:23 And I don't I don't know the the fact that there's windows there
00:04:27 I always thought it'd be cute to do window baskets or something
00:04:29 but he would like to do like evergreens kind of like this blue spruce and maybe even some larger ones and create some kind of a
00:04:36 Screen right here, which we may end up doing. It kind of depends on how the space evolves
00:04:41 I mean we've started in that corner and we'll work our way this way and see how it comes together
00:04:46 We just did a little bit of maintenance around the chicken coop and I've been enjoying looking at it a heck of a lot more
00:04:53 now that it's tidied up I
00:04:56 Think I'm gonna move the bubbly a though you guys we've got this miss Ruby right in here and it clearly loves its location
00:05:03 And it blooms and does beautifully and it does shade the interior of the coop, but this whole section
00:05:08 It kind of looks like the same texture
00:05:10 It's like just a big mass of the same texture and color and I feel like there needs to be some variation
00:05:15 So that might be I think that would be easier to move the one butterfly bush than to move the three roses
00:05:21 It's just one plant we have to dig and move
00:05:23 So that may be something we think about doing next season
00:05:26 but again
00:05:27 all of these things and I might watch this tour back at some point and remember all the things that maybe I can plan for
00:05:33 this next season
00:05:35 We have loved
00:05:37 This area being done as well and you can see I mean the kids we sit here in the evenings
00:05:43 Sometimes and they just run like not run roll around on their bikes around and around and around
00:05:49 It's so much fun and just to see this area
00:05:52 Looking so nice and connected with the other space
00:05:55 We've got a little bit yet to do with boxwood planting on one side, but a lot of it is done
00:06:00 The pots that we ordered for the corner should be here
00:06:03 This well, are we in November? We're almost in November. They'll be here in November at some point
00:06:08 So even if we don't have anything in them
00:06:10 We can see the structure of what they look like in each one of these kind of corner cutouts
00:06:15 You can see our coleus is still I mean, that's usually the first thing to go coleus and sweet potato vine
00:06:21 We just haven't been cold enough
00:06:23 some of its looking
00:06:24 Tired like it wants to be done for the season, but I've just been so thankful this fall has been an
00:06:30 Absolute gift it really has we've had more time to get fall chores done
00:06:35 I'm gonna feel a little bit of urgency though to get the dahlias digged because digged did I say digged?
00:06:41 To get them dug because we'll have that one night. That's 31 and then the next night is 22
00:06:46 So I'm gonna feel pretty
00:06:50 Pressured to get those up before the frost reaches the depth of those tubers
00:06:55 What are your thoughts on these boxwoods over here right here?
00:06:58 the mature ones oh
00:07:01 we're trying to figure out what we want to do in this space in terms of
00:07:05 Boxwood hedging because you know, we've got the boxwoods all the way around and the intention is to kind of box this whole thing in
00:07:12 So it's kind of like a living fence, but a short one. This is the only area
00:07:16 Where it doesn't really
00:07:19 I like it doesn't meet up quite and I couldn't decide if we box it in to here or if we
00:07:26 Because that would match the other side or we do we make it more like a rectangle and box it to here
00:07:32 Which is kind of what I wanted to do because I want to be able to see the benches from that angle
00:07:36 But this may kind of makes it weird. I liked having access to the fireplace, but we do have access right there
00:07:42 So do we need all those access points? Can we tear out some of these boxwoods so that we make it more even?
00:07:49 I
00:07:51 Don't know we'll see Aaron wants to take it out. He wants to take it out and box to right here
00:07:57 But I just want to make sure I think it'll help once the pots are here to see the pots in these spaces and to
00:08:02 See how like maybe we don't have benches here because that's a lot having benches and pots and furniture and stuff all in the same space
00:08:09 Maybe we move the benches somewhere else. So he's going yeah
00:08:13 You've never liked those benches. I think they're so pretty. I love those benches
00:08:19 so perched
00:08:21 well, it makes them like
00:08:23 Come sit on me. No, it doesn't it makes them look like stick out like a sore thumb. No, they're they're really pretty
00:08:28 It's looking so autumn. I love it when there's leaves on the ground like this
00:08:33 But Paul and Bethany had been they keep up on the leaves like crazy today
00:08:37 They haven't done a ton because we've had quite a bit of wind
00:08:39 In fact, I thought we might not even be able to film this this afternoon because it was so windy
00:08:44 But usually every day they're out here kind of collecting leaves so it never becomes like this massive chore
00:08:50 They just do it in small increments, but I do like a little leaf floor. It looks so cozy back in their
00:08:55 fireplace area
00:08:58 Looking very much the same
00:09:00 But I love it
00:09:02 Okay
00:09:04 Let's go this way
00:09:09 So we've got lemon zest roses right here which are putting on a little bit of color right now last season like oomph
00:09:15 I think we may move these at this point during the season. I just don't think they get enough Sun anymore
00:09:21 We've got a red point maple right above them, which has grown like crazy
00:09:24 How many feet do you think that's grown? Oh, yeah a lot of feet
00:09:30 And I just feel like these would be happier
00:09:33 I mean they look healthy
00:09:34 But I feel like they'd be more productive if we put them somewhere where they got a ton of Sun
00:09:37 But you can see what color they are
00:09:39 I really do love that color and I do like a simple looking flower like that two in a row sometimes
00:09:44 Having all the different structures now. This one is probably the most fragrant one we have on our property. I
00:09:49 Don't even know what it is some type of climber
00:09:52 Hey, he just swiped at me
00:09:56 Anyway, it was here when we moved in and I just adore it
00:10:01 We do have some slug damage this year you guys I'm guessing that's what it is, right?
00:10:07 Or could that be earwig I
00:10:09 Have seen a tremendous amount of slugs this year just because we've been cooler
00:10:14 We've been more mild and we've had more moisture this year. I mean my ferns are still going for it
00:10:19 And they're not even burned
00:10:20 They're usually burned by this point and we've groomed so much of them off that you can hardly see them
00:10:25 So that kind of tells you but I didn't even know lambs here would get nailed like that
00:10:29 And I haven't baited or anything like like that
00:10:31 So it's something that I may have to do going forward if our weather stays similar
00:10:36 incredible
00:10:38 Hydrangea hedge still looking amazing best year for this one as well
00:10:42 Just have enjoyed these so much. They all look robust
00:10:46 Do you leave these all winter
00:10:50 But usually but we haven't had this good of a year with them
00:10:56 Yeah, so I'm guessing we'll leave them if we get sick of it
00:10:59 I just can't remember the balls being around all winter long. That's cuz we never really had them
00:11:04 I think I think this is more than we've ever
00:11:07 experienced on these plants for sure
00:11:10 This area is getting to be a little bit wild
00:11:13 I think we'll come in and cut back these anemones because they're just kind of whoo
00:11:17 They look very windswept at this point the leaf canopy if you look down lower, it's very pretty
00:11:21 But our new look dusty Miller again. This is a variety
00:11:25 We started from seed and I will do that again every single seed sprouted
00:11:29 and they were incredibly easy to take care of and they just
00:11:33 Exploded in this area and the hella chrism icicles that are backing them. It was funny for a while
00:11:39 I thought oh boy
00:11:40 I should have put those in front because these got real tall and those stayed short for a long time
00:11:44 But they've caught up with one another
00:11:46 this
00:11:49 Has been such a beautiful hydrangea. We've got a few of them around this area
00:11:52 But this one in particular looks the very best. This is the enchantress blue
00:11:57 When I first planted it the blooms were very blue
00:12:00 But now you can see they're starting to turn lavender and pink because of our pH but the aged flowers here. Oh
00:12:07 Such a pretty plant I'm going to be taking these into our high tunnel because though they're rated down to our zone
00:12:16 They should thrive through our winter
00:12:17 I feel like since they're in containers and they tend to be a little bit struggling because of our pH
00:12:22 I want to protect them a little bit more
00:12:24 So we'll put them in the high tunnel for the winter keep them moist on the moist side
00:12:27 And then we'll bring them back out in the spring and hope for the best
00:12:30 Which way do you want to go this way? Let's check out the new pathway. Oh, yeah
00:12:34 Benjamin set up a flower store right here
00:12:37 He had two cents marked on one and I can't move 25 cents on another my mom bought them both
00:12:43 And then she forgot to take them last night. That's pretty cute
00:12:48 Okay, and then this is the pathway to the Hartley that Pedro and his crew just finished not that long ago
00:12:54 Oh, it's been nice. I mean being able to come out of the kitchen
00:12:58 You're walking on concrete and then you walk on stones
00:13:00 Gravel and then another stone path to get to the pond like you're never not on a like intentional
00:13:06 Area to be walked on it's so nice
00:13:10 and
00:13:12 You know, honestly with those roses being gone. I thought I was gonna really really miss that
00:13:17 These were full of the white roses, but most of them were climbers except for the ones we dug out and we moved
00:13:22 Those Pope John Paul the second beautiful hybrid tea white rose
00:13:26 there were three or four of those the rest were those climbing icebergs and they just
00:13:31 They didn't perform enough to make it worth trying to keep them here
00:13:36 They went all to Bethany's house and they all were planted out there even though some of them
00:13:40 I'm in the trunks were huge. They were really established roses, but that just opens it up in here
00:13:46 I think I'd like to put like some kind of great big beautiful
00:13:49 Evergreen in here, maybe a few in here this area. I want to look very
00:13:54 much more free and
00:13:57 Cottagey than this because we have so much formality
00:14:00 Going on right here that as you go further and further away from the structure. I want to film a little bit more relaxed
00:14:06 So the same thing will kind of happen on this side. We just did a rough cut of the grass
00:14:12 To get rid of it. So we'll come in and figure out what shape we want the grass. We have to redo the sprinklers
00:14:17 I'm guessing we're gonna probably take out
00:14:19 Quite a bit more right here, but it made it easy to mow and to take care of until we're ready for that
00:14:26 But we'll do the same kind of thing some more relaxed plantings in here
00:14:30 We'll have a pathway that leads into the Versailles garden, which I think is where we should go next
00:14:34 Because the surefire begonia is just are phenomenal
00:14:40 Phenomenal and the Denim and Lace Russian sage. It's still going for it
00:14:44 Also the Sprinter Boxwoods. Can you believe that? Boy, we've been on a journey with these plants
00:14:51 I mean starting off I looked back at pictures the other day you guys when we very first moved in
00:14:57 I have a picture from I'll try to find it from up on the balcony and it looks down at this area and it shows
00:15:02 This like the area around Persephone and they had a Juga planted in there. So it looked very like
00:15:08 full but just kind of like
00:15:10 Not like brilliant pop of color and then right here
00:15:14 There was a grass lawn around the urn and it was always kind of patchy and dry on one side
00:15:19 Because the sprinkler was deflected. Is that the right word?
00:15:23 Deflected by this so like it never reached the water didn't reach one side of it
00:15:27 so we pulled that up put these tiny little baby boxwoods in these right here and
00:15:32 Watched them grow through the years and then they got mites and then they got all splayed out from the rain
00:15:37 We took them back hard this spring and they've really
00:15:41 Like given back for all those years that we put into them
00:15:44 I feel like they're trying their hardest to do a good job and they look really pretty
00:15:49 And then of course the denim lace right behind it was just a kind of a fuss-free area. That's
00:15:54 Really pretty all season
00:15:56 Surefire rose begonias have just been a stellar performer. They had a moment where these front ones right here
00:16:03 They get more Sun struggle just a little bit when it was hundred-plus
00:16:07 These get more shade back here
00:16:09 But in the end, they all kind of like caught up with one another they all look amazing
00:16:14 No deadheading don't have to fertilize don't have to spray
00:16:17 They just look like this all season. It's just crazy and
00:16:20 Something definitely to repeat
00:16:23 It's hard to find those things that can handle shade and Sun a mixture of both and still look about the same
00:16:29 That's pretty rare. I've just been loving these I will miss this
00:16:33 In a few days when they're all done. I will miss them
00:16:36 I
00:16:38 This way we've got some pretty color on our oak leaf hydrangeas
00:16:42 So these are the Gatsby are these the Gatsby gal might be Gatsby gal
00:16:47 We've got a few in here. These were planted a couple years ago
00:16:50 We planted more this direction this year and they're just amazing
00:16:56 See that fall color kind of starts in the interior and works its way out. We've got some opalescence
00:17:03 Flocks here still with a tiny bit of color. This whole area is just kind of it's a fun spot
00:17:07 There is a hybrid tea pink rose. I was here when we moved in
00:17:11 I think it's the only original plant from when we moved in maybe
00:17:14 But I love how tall it gets because it's a perfect backdrop back there and it is starting to pick up the rain
00:17:20 Yes, we're gonna take a little break and then we'll come back out. Maybe once it's stopped. All right
00:17:24 Well, we did get a little bit of rain and it got a lot colder
00:17:27 So both of us are bundled up more than we were earlier. And I think this is right about
00:17:32 What is he doing? I think it's landscape fabric. Oh
00:17:34 Funny, I think this is where we ended right before we head this way
00:17:39 I do want to show you the albrito coleus up here because it's just such a phenomenal plant. I love it so much
00:17:46 This is about all we did for like fall slash Halloween. I just wasn't in the mood to do anything real big out here
00:17:53 So we gave away most of our pumpkins and squash. We did quite a bit inside
00:17:57 In fact the kids we've been doing like one tub there for a while
00:18:01 We're doing one one tub of decorating stuff per day. So the inside of our house looks
00:18:06 Like I can't bear like taking something apart after they've decorated it. So it's kind of like except for the mantle
00:18:13 I did do the mantle myself, but the rest is just it's very fun
00:18:17 Anyway right up here
00:18:20 El Brito coleus
00:18:22 Honestly
00:18:24 One of the best and I love the color now these in the color boy series
00:18:29 They usually either don't bloom at all because that's normally not why we want coleus or they bloom
00:18:35 Really late in the season and very minimally anyway
00:18:38 So this one has not been in bloom for very long and they honestly look really pretty so there's El Brito coleus
00:18:44 There were some begonias in there. They might still be in there
00:18:46 You just can't see him. But the Dichondra Silver Falls is
00:18:50 Absolutely beautiful as well. In fact, this whole thing ended up just being foliage plants. So the El Brito Dichondra
00:18:56 Pegasus begonia, and then I think that was the Medusa sweet potato vine right there
00:19:02 And while I did have some other things in there those really pretty kind of rosy apricot begonias
00:19:06 They just kind of got smothered out by everything else and this ended up being just a beautiful display of what can be done with foliage
00:19:13 Okay now this way
00:19:16 Some of our trees. This is a crabapple still have a few leaves on them
00:19:20 Ash tree is always the first one to color and drop its leaves
00:19:24 But this whole area right here has been so nice
00:19:28 Because this stone pathway right here. It just it helps tie the garden together. It helps, you know facilitate
00:19:36 Traffic, I mean not that this part of the garden gets a lot of traffic, but you know, which way to go
00:19:41 It's a very clear direction and it's so nice that you know
00:19:44 You can go out this way and it connects us with an area that we use every single day the high tunnel area
00:19:50 You know and it may not always be there. That's not the intention to keep it out there
00:19:55 But it sure has been nice and you know up here
00:19:58 Annuals are looking a little bit tired, but this has been fun. The stormburst supervena
00:20:04 Pink seniorita zinnias, there's Russian sage and then the Maximilian sunflowers was just started to bloom
00:20:10 early October
00:20:12 What is he doing? He just jumped about four feet up in the air
00:20:16 He's totally distracting me right now I can see him moving around and like from the corner of my eye
00:20:26 supertunia mini vista
00:20:29 Yellow still looking really nice
00:20:31 Just completely a yellow carpet all season long, but it's really fun
00:20:37 if you kind of look through here and if you come out here and kind of look over the stones and the supertunias and
00:20:43 The flowers through the Versailles garden to the Hartley back in there. It's just a really pretty view
00:20:48 I think all the different layers and the different colors and textures now over here not much going on
00:20:55 There's just a little bit of marigold interest and then the cosmos are about ready to be pulled. So
00:21:00 Most all of that has been cleared out
00:21:03 So let's go over to the west side before we head to the South Garden
00:21:05 Erin said we should go in the high tunnel. I'll show you what's in there. Not a whole lot
00:21:09 marigolds weeds
00:21:12 cosmos
00:21:14 And a few plants
00:21:18 We've got some roses these are new ones for 2024. I haven't had a chance to put in the ground yet
00:21:24 There are some Pegasus begonias. We'll be moving to the greenhouse here shortly
00:21:28 These are the Invincible sublime hydrangeas. I need to get those in the ground
00:21:34 Euchemis pineapple lilies and then there's some hookahs hookah Ella's see them down in there and over here
00:21:40 just a few a
00:21:43 Few last-minute things and these boxwood are for the brick patio area
00:21:47 So I snagged those when I could because not always we can't always find five gallon boxwoods
00:21:53 And I kind of want them to all match size wise
00:21:55 Okay, now the west side. All right guys
00:21:58 So we're gonna start right here by the raised bed garden and then just work our way
00:22:01 Down the west side as we approach the South Garden
00:22:04 Do you want to tell everybody what you just told me about the lavender? No, why not?
00:22:08 You know what? Okay my defense that lavender right there is
00:22:13 It's held back it is held back but it already was
00:22:17 Prior to the melon plant smothering it a little bit, but it didn't die. So I'm thankful for that
00:22:24 This is a sweet romance lavender. We planted years ago
00:22:27 We did not shear it back midseason. So we will come in probably this winter and cut it back
00:22:32 We cut our lavender pretty much all the way back. I've done a video about it before which is
00:22:36 Kind of against all professional advice you see about cutting back lavender
00:22:41 But I don't like lavender when it gets a big woody base on it
00:22:44 I think they start to look scraggly and dry and kind of unkept looking a little bit
00:22:49 So I prefer not that ours doesn't right now
00:22:52 But I mean it didn't a little while ago
00:22:55 It's been through it the last a little bit. But
00:22:57 Anyway, I just feel like it stays tidier and a little bit more fresh if you cut it all the way back
00:23:01 but I
00:23:03 Can't believe here we are
00:23:05 So close to November and we've got Supertunia Vista Jasperi
00:23:10 Carolee Petite Pink Gaura. There is a Supertunia
00:23:15 Why can't I ever remember it is it the Mini Vista Pink Star? That's not a Mini Vista though, right?
00:23:21 Raspberry Rush
00:23:23 That's not pink enough, right? I don't know. It's a stripy petunia. It looks really pretty
00:23:28 We've got the sparkling amethyst super beena in there and they're just amazing
00:23:33 I have a dill that a dill plant that self-seeded in here and I thought it was real pretty
00:23:37 The pollinators have really liked it. So I left it in here in the raised bed garden
00:23:42 We recently planted garlic. You can see how it's doing. Most of it has emerged. We have it in four beds in here
00:23:49 Other beds that have been cleared out like this one does not have anything in it right now
00:23:53 I'm gonna probably come in just with some mulch and
00:23:56 Kind of tidy up everything in here after we come in and clean out these cosmos. We've got more garlic here
00:24:02 I noticed one of the cats
00:24:04 Kind of messed up my soil right there. So hopefully that doesn't
00:24:07 Don't really want to dig around in there. So hopefully that doesn't hurt the garlic. I do really enjoy this right here
00:24:15 This is the Cedar Rapids False Cypress a new one from Proving Winters next year
00:24:19 They get huge but I thought it would be real fun to use I have five of them in containers right now
00:24:24 But to use them in containers and then plant them out next year
00:24:27 But I think it just looks so crisp and fresh with the white pansies. So simple. I love that
00:24:32 Bachelors buttons still rocking looking really good. These are a cool season flower and they are beautiful. We sell we seeded these
00:24:40 By seed midsummer and then we've got some monster carrots
00:24:45 You he's the kids come out here and they have a big time pulling them. I've been looking at one on the edge here. I
00:24:51 Don't know if I'm gonna be able to get it out. But like okay
00:24:55 There's one in here that's bigger than that I
00:25:05 Planted these in the spring, but I still use them
00:25:08 I come out here and get these big carrots and then I just cube them up like dice them up chop them up real small
00:25:13 And we roast them and they're delicious. They're awesome
00:25:16 I'm gonna give some to Bethany probably to give to her horses. I really want this one to come out right here. Oh
00:25:24 That one's all short I thought that was gonna be much bigger
00:25:36 dang
00:25:38 Always. Oh
00:25:40 Did you get Russell?
00:25:42 always an exciting
00:25:44 thing to do
00:25:46 There's more garlic in this bed here and then we've got some didiscus which is about ready to bloom
00:25:52 Right there. I had a hard time with it germinating. It's a it's a cut flower
00:25:57 Now we've got some organ sugar pod peas just looking very fresh
00:26:00 Okay moving this direction
00:26:04 Hey Russell
00:26:07 Everything's just looking very fallish over here. This is surefire white begonias still looking amazing
00:26:14 I mean they're covered with leaves from the redpoint maples, but you can still see I'm peeking above all the boxwoods looking so beautiful
00:26:21 And there's still blooms on a lot of the roses. These are the royal jubilees right here
00:26:27 And we'll do some perennial cut back in this area
00:26:31 These are the anik rose. Oh
00:26:34 Oh
00:26:36 Look at that
00:26:40 Look how beautiful that is. Oh my gosh
00:26:44 But see I can already tell by looking right here I need to get some purple asters I've got some
00:26:52 Some stokesia. That's a type of aster, right? They bloom earlier in the season. I need some later blooming stuff in here
00:27:02 We've got Mary Rose David Austen's right in here Brandywine viburnum with the pretty blueberries
00:27:08 Look at that the one out in the South Garden, I'll show you that one looks even better than this one. Oh
00:27:16 This is the
00:27:23 sugar shack
00:27:25 Button bush. Isn't that amazing? I
00:27:28 Love the foliage. I mean, it's the foliage is downturn now, but you know in the season
00:27:32 It's much more like strong and it doesn't like look like it's kind of wilting down
00:27:36 But the leaves are broad and they're bright glossy green and then all of these little
00:27:41 Balls right here. Those are the white blooms and then all the leaves are starting to turn red
00:27:46 So it's just turned out to be such a wonderful little shrub to have right there
00:27:49 You can look across and see the fountain still going for it
00:27:52 My goodness, look at the sky over there. That's what just went over us
00:27:57 And gave us just a tiny bit of rain. What did tempest say?
00:27:59 1/20 of an inch. I will take it
00:28:03 This is looking pretty we have a limelight hydrangea with some sedum salvia with a little color yarrow with a little color
00:28:12 There's a few little daisies. These are the daisy maize
00:28:16 right here and
00:28:18 Then the Royal Jubilees
00:28:24 That one's not as pretty looking as these look a little more fresh down in there
00:28:28 love the color of those so much and
00:28:31 Then Aaron and I just came in yesterday and planted these boxwoods and either one of these containers. So we have a little
00:28:38 You know the amount of sass that comes from you Aaron about the pathways
00:28:44 It's like a car wash
00:28:49 I'm just clean you up
00:28:51 Really nice
00:28:52 Okay, look at this. Oh
00:28:54 My goodness. Well first off we've got the poets wife rose in here, but you can see that buttery yellow
00:29:00 So pretty and then supertunia vista jaspery
00:29:04 play in the blue salvia backed by the instant karma elderberry that has all the
00:29:09 berries back in there and that's a black cat pussy willow which is just an
00:29:14 Absolutely phenomenal shrub for the winter time like January February are the peak months for that one
00:29:20 Truffula pink gonfrina. I could smell I could smell it just standing here. It's such a stinky plant you guys
00:29:26 But it is pretty it performs really well
00:29:29 We have a little patch right in here. I
00:29:32 Remember it struggled a little bit early in the season and now it's struggling again
00:29:36 And I wonder if maybe we have a water issue right there because everywhere else it just well
00:29:40 I've had the water off for a little while. So maybe it's actually a dry area. It could be. Yeah, it's either too much or too little
00:29:48 I'm yeah, yeah, but the diamond frost euphorbia in there actually held its own when I planted in there
00:29:53 I thought oh boy, that's kind of maybe a waste of a plant putting it in with a vista super
00:29:57 Supertunia, but it has just popped through and look great. I love the steel blue angelonia. That's that lavender flower
00:30:05 We can see it a little closer right over here
00:30:07 I'm gonna be using more of that
00:30:10 There's just such a softness to it and it's just performed all season long and I like the height of it
00:30:17 There are some hollyhocks back in there looking nice
00:30:20 Douglas is just all over Aaron like this whole time you guys he's just
00:30:24 Rubbing all over Aaron's legs
00:30:27 Douglas
00:30:31 And then it ends off here with some stormburst supervena and black-eyed Susans and then that I
00:30:38 Don't know if you guys remember when I planted that Alaskan cedar. That is a green arrow
00:30:43 It gets like 40 feet tall, but only three to four feet wide
00:30:47 Which I had to be very careful with what I put back here because obviously it's nearby a bunch of infrastructure
00:30:53 So I wanted something evergreen
00:30:55 But something that didn't you know, take up too much space and that one was perfect. The hay racks are gone probably noticed that
00:31:01 Paul and Bethany got those down like lickety split and clean the fence and everything
00:31:07 So everything's stored and we will be bringing everything out again next year
00:31:11 I will probably do something similar to what we did this year
00:31:14 It was really fun to test out the 24 2024 annuals just to see how they did and have them isolated
00:31:20 You know what? I mean like have only one variety and a hair act. That was Aaron's idea at first
00:31:25 I was like
00:31:26 That fence line is just gonna look like a riot of color and it was there was a lot of color going on
00:31:30 But it was a really fun area
00:31:32 Okay, which way shall we go in Aaron?
00:31:36 There's a lot of opportunities around here now with these pathways
00:31:40 Spartan junipers right here. I think that that will really be nice for this entry area
00:31:46 I didn't really want an arbor here because that to me it's like I'm drawn to arbors. I don't know about you guys
00:31:52 I see an arbor. I'm like, okay, let's go to the arbor
00:31:54 That's where we go in but we had the big grass opening over on this other side
00:31:57 And that's kind of like the true opening to this area. So I wanted something that was
00:32:01 Like structural but not an arbor and I think that will do it nicely
00:32:06 We just planted all these iris like 93 of them in this area
00:32:10 And this is the day I said they were gonna get rain sure enough. They got
00:32:14 1/20 of an inch. I'll probably have to come out later today and give them a little bit more water
00:32:18 Just to settle them in but this whole space is just starting to fill up. I
00:32:22 Do have one
00:32:25 This is the saguaro cypress
00:32:27 And it's it's got a little bit of green in it
00:32:30 But I think I think it's done my other one that I popped in the ground looks great
00:32:35 I've got two others and pots that look great and that just happens sometimes so
00:32:39 Address that later
00:32:42 One thing that I love love in this area well, there's several first off the reminiscent pink roses
00:32:49 Look at this on one stem
00:32:52 Absolute perfection in color. I love the shape of the blooms
00:32:58 They looked so puny when we planted them so to see them looking this is a great one right here to see them looking like
00:33:05 This now is
00:33:07 So wonderful. Oh my
00:33:10 It's getting a little breezy out here I
00:33:14 Have my microphone on kind of the inside of my jacket, but I apologize if it's a little bit rough today
00:33:19 This is one of my favorite things ever
00:33:22 Benjamin picked these out. He helped me plant them. He picked out the spot and he has been
00:33:30 Like tending them all season and he every time he says mama. I remembered the name. They're lantana
00:33:34 He's so proud of himself for remembering about him. He comes out and cuts the flowers. It's just the sweetest thing
00:33:40 Okay
00:33:42 Shall we continue on
00:33:45 My word hold on
00:33:51 Why don't you put your hair up
00:33:57 Are you laughing about it don't you laugh about that?
00:33:59 Okay, this is another thing that I really love in this space and this is the El Nino Chitalpa which is new for next year
00:34:07 I think they've probably doubled in size, but they get these like frilly orchid slash snapdragon looking blooms that smell
00:34:14 So sweet like perfumey sweet and it's something that when I first saw it, I thought that's not gonna live here
00:34:21 It just doesn't look like something that's gonna live here and I planted them when it was like 101 out and they just
00:34:27 They haven't even looked stressed not even for a second. We've got three of them in this area
00:34:31 I think they're supposed to get four to six feet tall and wide. So I'm really I'm hoping they do that because
00:34:35 That would be just so pretty especially given the fact that they were in bloom all season long their first season in the ground
00:34:41 So awesome before we get too far. I do want to pop out here because the view into this area is pretty nice
00:34:47 Aaron's Shawnee brave bald cypress getting its fall color on here Russets
00:34:55 I
00:34:57 You know and this is such a little thing but I popped like some little ground cover e times around
00:35:02 This is an orange time and it just makes me happy to see it
00:35:06 I just want to start popping those things in I can see this one's already starting to spread and it just looks nice and soft
00:35:12 We've got ruby chip
00:35:15 Buddleia's here, but I love this like standing right in here
00:35:19 And looking in that way. There's so many different things to see
00:35:25 So many different colors and textures
00:35:27 And this is kind of our pink purple corner
00:35:30 I started planting it last year because I just did not want this to become the forgotten corner
00:35:36 In fact this whole side I kind of focused on it more than other things that are more focal
00:35:41 Just because you know, we tend to do that
00:35:43 We tend to like forget about the stuff that's in the background because you don't see it as often
00:35:48 But we do you know, even though people driving around or in may not drive this way
00:35:53 We drive by it every single day multiple times a day. So to have it be pretty I just enjoy it a lot
00:35:58 So we've got lots of pinks and purples the new dawn salvia here sage advice Russian sage. There's a purple Veronica
00:36:06 That's chamomile
00:36:08 Ground cover chamomile right here. These have really spread out
00:36:12 I think I planted these in a video
00:36:13 So we might even be able to look back and see how small they were when we put them in
00:36:17 The super bells pink improved for 2024. I recommend super bells has been this isn't the best time to show it
00:36:24 But I do think we have footage from not too long ago
00:36:27 These are usually not one that you people recommend planting in the ground because they need such excellent drainage
00:36:33 But these have rocked the whole season up up until maybe about a week or so ago
00:36:37 They just I like that. They stay a little bit tidy. They were like little boops of pink and
00:36:42 All of them except for one
00:36:45 Let's let's pull this out and see what what they've done if I can I planted them in their cans
00:36:50 the eco pots I
00:36:52 Think they're rooted in beyond the can
00:36:54 Kind of interested
00:36:59 So there's the there's a plant root ball it did root out the sides a little bit it was kind of hard to tug out
00:37:14 But yeah these eco pots
00:37:16 They're compost ready. Like you can toss this on your compost pile in a wetter climate where you're getting more rain
00:37:22 They definitely break down a lot quicker than they do here. But I do think that that helped I know proven winner says about two years
00:37:29 Yeah, which is I think probably right because that definitely more
00:37:33 Flimsy now like I could crack that really easily and I probably couldn't earlier on this season
00:37:39 But I do think that that helped in the health of the plants because it kept a little bit of water out of their root
00:37:43 Balls. Anyway, I was really impressed by that. Let's head to the other entrance since we're out here
00:37:49 This is the actual opening to the area. The grass looks so good
00:37:52 It looks so good. I just remember when we were like
00:37:57 Marking it out and getting it planted. You remember that Aaron? Oh
00:38:01 It was so rough out here and there are spots where I'm like dang
00:38:06 We still have a lot to do but we I think we've accomplished a tremendous amount in the last couple of seasons and the grass
00:38:12 Really does help anchor the area. It helps cool the area visually and it just it gives it a lushness that
00:38:19 No mulch or gravel could give a space and it's nice and wide
00:38:23 We can bring two gators through here and pass each other and there's no problem with that here and smiling
00:38:28 Are you proud of yourself Aaron? Good. You should be they look really nice and
00:38:33 All the stuff in here. There's a few adjustments. I want to make but there are a lot of things that I love about this space
00:38:38 So you can see that some perennials like this is a heliopsis
00:38:42 Tuscan Sun it looks so good for so much of the season
00:38:46 It's looking rough now, which is you know, kind of expected this time of year
00:38:51 But there's a lot of other perennials like the Denman lace that still look amazing this time of year
00:38:56 so something to note and to figure out like a good balance and every one of your flower beds because you know
00:39:02 The what this gives I want here
00:39:04 I want the weeks and weeks and weeks of bright yellow blooms
00:39:06 But I also need something in here that can pick up when this is starting to look crummy and still look good
00:39:11 So it's fun to learn about those new plants that can really give you something different for every season of the year
00:39:18 One thing I am gonna take out is the echinacea
00:39:20 This is the price is white and it just has not performed very well
00:39:25 A couple of these have the yellow aster's disease that could be it one of the factors
00:39:31 But it always like it looks great the first bloom beautiful
00:39:35 But after we share it back, it just never really does much and then it kind of takes on this sickly
00:39:40 look, so I think I'm gonna take that out and
00:39:42 Put in something different but the cats meow nepeta on the other hand. We've got it on both sides here
00:39:48 We did not share this back midseason
00:39:50 You know, they recommend a share back and then it blooms back. It comes back fresh
00:39:54 You can kind of see like right here
00:39:57 This is the first bloom and then the new bloom right here pushes the old bloom down
00:40:01 But there's still color on it and the pollinators are just feeding on it like crazy
00:40:04 And this year I've been so focused on the pollinators and enjoying them so much that I didn't really want to share it back
00:40:11 I just wanted to let them keep going
00:40:12 Let's see what the plant does and you kind of come to find out it's not super necessary
00:40:17 They still look great the rest of the season the whole season
00:40:19 We've got the yellow twig dogwood back in here. There's the cream veranda rose
00:40:25 This is one of the ones my mom and dad got in down at the garden center
00:40:30 It's so beautiful. This one's supposed to be like one and a half feet by one and a half feet
00:40:34 It's a little bit bigger than that at this point. There's not two in here sir
00:40:38 No, there's just one right here. It's probably three three feet wide a couple feet tall
00:40:44 Absolutely, beautiful. I love having that just popped right in here. And then this is a
00:40:49 It's like a blue chip junior or blue chip
00:40:52 Buddleia and it's doing really really well every single garden tour. I think you struggle with remembering
00:40:59 It's because I can't remember what it is for real. Did I plant it in a video?
00:41:03 Yeah, I think so. I need to look that up
00:41:06 Like try to remember it when we talking about that yesterday like the wish the things we wish we could recall
00:41:11 What was the thing that you wished you could recall? Oh
00:41:14 the size of gas tank in the Ford trucks
00:41:17 That's right, see we all have our things we struggle with I love the layering in this flowerbed in particular
00:41:25 Especially if you look down this way Aaron you should come this way
00:41:29 And look down. Oh
00:41:31 It's so pretty. We've got the smitten pink super bells, which just like the pink improved
00:41:36 I recommend for containers or in ground. They were beautiful all season, but we've got the rise up amber nests rose
00:41:43 Which you can treat as a small climber or a large shrub, but you can see here. We're treating it as a large shrub
00:41:48 I love the color so much
00:41:51 especially
00:41:52 Paired with what it's paired with we've got a procumbent blue spruce which this will eventually be like eight to ten feet wide
00:41:58 So you can kind of train it to go, you know between things
00:42:01 That's when it's nice to put in annuals because you know as these things are growing and filling in
00:42:06 You can have something to fill the gap, but this eventually will be out
00:42:10 We've also got the back in black sedum Arctic fire dogwoods, which I can see those red stems
00:42:16 I don't know if you can see them in the camera very well
00:42:17 But they are gonna be so gorgeous right there when all those leaves fall and we've got a little blanket of snow
00:42:23 Oh, it's gonna be good and we leave the sedum up here and the Niagara Falls panicum, which is a new grass
00:42:29 I think this year it's been such a stellar performer
00:42:32 We've got a firefly peach sky yarrow the cats meow nepeta. There's ginger wine nine barks in there
00:42:38 and our
00:42:41 Shade master honey locust, which has also put on a lot of growth. It's been amazing
00:42:45 Yeah, but you know when they had leaves on them, they look like they were like
00:42:49 Like bulking out
00:42:51 Yeah, they're really nice. This is another area. I need to make adjustments to
00:42:56 I
00:42:58 Need to move the serendipity alliums
00:43:00 I love this plant
00:43:01 But I don't know if I love it right up next to the edge of a border
00:43:04 In my mind when I read something gets 18 or so inches tall
00:43:08 I think oh that's real short, but it's really a lot taller than I think and I really feel like that needs to be the
00:43:13 Background plant and have one other thing in front of it. I I think that would look a little better
00:43:19 So if we even popped up one two, three four these plants have left a little bit
00:43:22 We can move for somewhere else deeper into a flowerbed
00:43:25 But we've got a prairie fire crabapple in here full of crabapples and it has put on a quite a bit of growth
00:43:33 But I do need to limb that up. There's a hibiscus. I want to remove from this area
00:43:38 This is the string theory. I'm so me and Sonia right here and I
00:43:43 Don't know. I mean it's starting to get its fall color
00:43:46 I don't know what your opinion on this plant is, but we'll wait to see what it does in the spring
00:43:51 If it doesn't perform like big-time flowers, I don't know that I love it right here. I think we'll move that
00:43:56 There's just areas where you need to move some things and shift some things around to really like the blend of plants
00:44:01 Sometimes I nail it. Sometimes I don't this is kind of the way it goes just started filling in this area this year
00:44:07 There's some really neat plants in here
00:44:09 this one is a miscanthus and
00:44:14 The seed heads were not on this when we planted it look at these
00:44:17 They are so cool. They look like fireworks and this gets quite large
00:44:23 We've also got the Kodiak fresh dervilla when I planted these they were just starting to show the tiniest bit of fall color
00:44:31 And now you can see a little bit more what they're gonna do
00:44:33 But they're just like this nice tidy compact shrub that throws out yellow flowers all season long
00:44:38 And I just I like the growth habit and I love that they give so much when they come out in the spring
00:44:44 They also have a really pretty color on their leaves
00:44:46 We've got the Artemisia. Is it silver bullet?
00:44:49 Remembering that right?
00:44:52 Does that sound right?
00:44:54 This is a perennial for us in zone six
00:44:57 But they like full Sun they can take crummy soil and they don't want a lot of water
00:45:02 So that's great
00:45:04 Speaking of a lot of water. I did a bunch of coral jade sedum in here
00:45:08 And I think that the drip was doing a little bit too much water in here so that they're all fine
00:45:13 But they look pretty crummy right now
00:45:15 So we need to pull up drip and adjust that for this next year
00:45:19 I don't think they really get that much grass over
00:45:21 I mean our grass sprinklers are very efficient and they don't really over spray all that much
00:45:26 So I don't think that's really a factor. I think there's just a little too many drip tubes in here
00:45:30 But we do have the four lady gardener roses that we dug up from around the brick patio here
00:45:36 They all are doing fine
00:45:38 Another Kodiak fresh some Veronica and this beautiful pine right here
00:45:43 And we'll just keep working on it next season the berries still we still have berries
00:45:49 See what we got
00:45:51 Yeah
00:45:56 fall golds I
00:45:58 Posted a reel of Samantha and I we were out here the other day
00:46:02 And I filled up my hand with like half red berries and half golds and I just said hey Samantha here you go
00:46:08 And she ate every single gold berry and then just turned around like left my hand just full of the red berries
00:46:13 I've like the semi considering getting rid of all the red berries and just putting in all gold
00:46:17 There's so much better. Mmm. What do you think Aaron? Yeah, I like that way more sugar
00:46:24 So good. Mmm
00:46:27 Blackberries need some training
00:46:29 There's a few blackberries in there. I
00:46:32 Might have to think of something different to do in terms of
00:46:37 Staking I think I might need to put a center wire in here
00:46:39 To help them a little bit because boy, I mean you could see these are semi trailing varieties
00:46:46 Or you know, I can do a better job of getting them all trained up on these right there
00:46:52 We have a couple of sunflowers that seeded themselves in here
00:46:55 Still need to do some work on the grapes
00:47:03 But we've been enjoying these are the hoops red suffolk grapes and they're really sweet and tasty. Mm-hmm
00:47:10 Let's head this way
00:47:17 So the cut flower garden were kind of winding down in some ways and after the frost we will be winding down big-time
00:47:22 But you can see we still have a bunch of color in here. It's been such a long beautiful season
00:47:27 this area
00:47:29 Is mostly annual well, I think it all is annual flowers in here
00:47:33 There's some that self seed and come back every year like some of the Nicosiana the bells of Ireland a lot of the pincushion flowers
00:47:39 What else comes up?
00:47:42 There's larkspur bachelors buttons things that just we leave out here and then and snapdragons
00:47:48 We get a lot of volunteer snapdragons, but this is kind of a fun a fun area
00:47:52 I think we're gonna retool some of it and
00:47:53 Get rid of one or two rows in each section so we can widen out the walking rows because it just gets to where
00:47:59 like in here
00:48:01 It's great for a lot of the season, but it gets to a point where you cannot traverse the rows anymore without breaking plants
00:48:07 The rose garden has been just such a fun project
00:48:11 You should show this one
00:48:14 The cold nights bring out some really cool colors, that's the distant distant drums right there
00:48:22 Scepter to aisle
00:48:27 This
00:48:29 One is gorgeous, where's a big open one? What is this called? This one is the sweet man as well mademoiselle
00:48:35 Right here they open up huge like twice or three times this size
00:48:44 And then you know we added the four benches this season which have been so nice because you know the kids and Aaron and I
00:48:51 We come out here and walk around
00:48:53 Almost every single evening and we end up using the benches sitting here and just enjoying it
00:48:59 And it's fun to have them here before we decide to
00:49:01 What to put in the center, and I think I've in my mind. I can see what I want here
00:49:05 It's gonna be what a water feature of some kind
00:49:08 But I need to make sure it stays low
00:49:10 And it can't be too fancy out here because this isn't a like super fancy space
00:49:14 And it's got a match the flower shed the flower shed is what I want to be kind of the focal
00:49:20 So this needs to kind of complement it and not take away from it
00:49:23 I think I know what I want, but it's gonna have to probably be a custom thing. I don't know that I can get like a
00:49:29 bowl
00:49:31 How I need it to be so we'll see what happens there this we're working toward being a perennial section
00:49:37 So you know we've got foxglove which are just amazing started all of these from seed this year. Oh my
00:49:48 Seascape strawberries, they're still rocking Samantha, and I came out here the other night and picked a whole bunch
00:49:53 But strawberry plants usually last they kind of peak at two years two and three which is the second year for these
00:50:01 I want them to peak and then we'll remove them and I want to build a raised bed
00:50:06 Maybe along the length over there
00:50:08 That's like this high so that we can work on our strawberries harvest our strawberries
00:50:13 Standing up instead of having to be bent down the whole time
00:50:16 I think that will make it so much more pleasant in the long run and then everything else in this space
00:50:20 I want to have rows of foxglove and rows of echinacea started this from seed as well
00:50:25 It's super easy to do and they've been so nice, but we've got yarrow and a sea holly red becky a delphinium
00:50:35 There's perennial companion was in here
00:50:37 So we're just working toward that on that way we can have like we know this is a solid
00:50:42 Everything in here comes back every single season everything in the rose garden comes back every season
00:50:46 This side will remain dahlias, but we are gonna retool that area as well
00:50:51 Excuse me Douglas
00:50:53 because right now it's just a it's a
00:50:56 Too thick we've got seven rows. There are six that are 60 feet long. And then this one here is a 47 foot row
00:51:03 but as you get through
00:51:06 well, let me show you let's see like right here I
00:51:10 Was tagging dahlias and by the end I was just plowing through and just breaking
00:51:14 Just to get the job done before it froze
00:51:16 But it starts looking like this and it gets really hard to come down here and start walking through without breaking things
00:51:24 I don't want to have that happen. I want to have more room to work around these I would like to put in more permanent
00:51:29 Staking not T posts. So that's something we'll maybe think about meant I happen next year
00:51:34 But I think going from seven rows down to five will eliminate a hundred and seven plants
00:51:39 Which is good. We're not growing these to sell the blooms
00:51:42 We're growing them for the enjoyment of it and to show you guys the process and to give away blooms when we don't have thrips
00:51:48 in them
00:51:49 So I would like to just hone it and get it to a point where we like the spacing
00:51:53 Maybe we try it next year with T posts one more time
00:51:55 Determine if we like the spacing and then we put in the permanent
00:51:58 the permanent
00:52:00 Posts of some kind. I don't know what kind we put in but something different. I think that'll be good though
00:52:05 I'm looking forward to that and I am going to store all these and I think in the spring
00:52:10 We might just do a big tour giveaway for you guys
00:52:13 Because there are a lot of repeats have a ton of certain varieties out here
00:52:17 And I kind of want to get it down to like two plants per variety unless it's something I really love like sweet Natalie
00:52:24 A la mode peaches and cream. There's a few that I would like to have a little bit more of
00:52:28 Paul and Bethany came out just this morning cleaned up all those zinnias that were along this grass pathway
00:52:35 This is another thing. I will adjust I need to move rows in maybe instead of two rows here. We have just one
00:52:40 So that we can get this grass line
00:52:43 This is where it's supposed to come to so that we can get this growing and looking like the other grass pathways
00:52:48 It has a hard time when there's plants, you know kind of going over the edges there
00:52:52 But it looks nice and tidy right now. We've got some rhubarb in here
00:52:58 honeyberries and these pots still
00:53:01 And a clary sage that seeded itself
00:53:04 We did a little bit of fall out here. I forgot about that. So I did do a little fall deck decorating outside and
00:53:09 This is really a sweet spot. I love being out here and I just love the
00:53:15 Informality is that the right word the relaxed nature of this whole space? It just it feels good. It feels kind of like home
00:53:22 I don't know. I love that and the orchard has just been amazing orchard has been mowed
00:53:27 Are you gonna mow it all anymore this fall? I might know one more time probably just more for leaves than anything else
00:53:33 Sure, because we do have a whole bunch of bulbs in here that bloom early in the spring that are short
00:53:38 So that was always the plan was to come in and make sure that it was mowed pretty short in the fall so that those
00:53:44 Blooms the you know, the grass doesn't grow through the winter
00:53:46 It'll stay short
00:53:47 The blooms will have a chance to grow and bloom
00:53:49 Then as the grass grows the taller bulbs that we have in here will come up and they can still be seen
00:53:54 We ended up mowing more than like what did you do every other time or so?
00:54:00 Yeah, it's about every other week. I would know at the tallest setting on the mower
00:54:04 Yeah, the idea of having a meadow and having it. I mean, I love the look they're so pretty but they are so impractical
00:54:11 If you're wanting to get in here and like harvest things and have it be clean and and for us to this year with having
00:54:18 A thrip issue out here. I've kind of wanted to keep everything like all fruit material picked up
00:54:22 Everything kind of tidy. We're gonna tidy a lot up this fall
00:54:26 So we don't have a lot of debris on the ground just so that we can that extra level of getting rid of
00:54:31 Anything that might overwinter and then we'll starting with predatories early on in the season instead of later like we did this year
00:54:38 Anyway, I don't know. It just is nice to navigate out here. It's still very cooling and
00:54:43 I noticed toward the end of the season you were letting it stay like maybe twice the height of the grass in the pathway
00:54:50 And it that was really pretty
00:54:52 Anyway, I just love it
00:54:55 Some mushrooms we were supposed to find some of these in our nature walk the other day the kids and I
00:55:00 We searched forever for mushrooms. I have to remember they're there. All we have left is the loop out here
00:55:08 it's funny how like last year I feel like I
00:55:12 Really focused on perennial interest out here. I really planted a lot of perennials and this year
00:55:18 I don't really think I planted a whole lot of perennials out here
00:55:21 It's weird how from one year to the next you have just different things that you're focusing on
00:55:25 but we have some beautiful stuff in here. These are the bare root ones that we planted they're the
00:55:30 It's another one I can never remember
00:55:35 They are a ringo double pink rose and they grow two to three feet tall and wide
00:55:39 So I put them about two feet maybe a tiny bit over two feet
00:55:43 Apart from each other because I thought well if they stay on the two foot side of things wide
00:55:47 I want them to be a kind of a mass in here and I think they will be it's gonna be
00:55:52 Absolutely beautiful because these just bloom all season long. You don't have to deadhead them
00:55:56 They just are beautiful and I love the color if you get in here like here's a great one
00:56:00 Look at that throat that deep kind of like purpley pink throat
00:56:06 That's just so gorgeous
00:56:09 and the petals right here are actually showing a little bit more saturation pink saturation than they do in the
00:56:14 Earlier season because the cold nights bring out the pink. They're just really beautiful
00:56:20 okay, I'm gonna kind of ping back and forth because I don't want to miss anything, but we've got the
00:56:24 Hoopla orchid viva hoopla orchid or hoopla vivid vivid orchid
00:56:30 Yeah, super tuna. We planted these in the hay rack and then we of course planted these out here and they've just been so wonderful
00:56:37 Out here, of course, you know, they're looking a little tired now and I can actually see where did I just see some budworm damage?
00:56:43 We stopped fertilizing and spraying about mid-september
00:56:47 So it you know when you last until like basically November
00:56:51 The bugs still have a chance to kind of do some damage, but they have just been really really nice
00:56:57 We've got some twizzle coral penstemon. I started these from seed and I only had a few of them make it
00:57:02 But I love the color. I think they're so so pretty the mist ruby buddleia
00:57:07 Like this is one of your favorites out here, isn't it? There's three on the other side
00:57:10 We'll take a look at but they are really nice. They fill in the space beautifully have a lot of color throughout the season
00:57:16 We've got the coral berries proud berries in here. There are four we planted these this year
00:57:21 And I think that's did that same day
00:57:23 I must have come in and I cut back these stand by me clematis and they're looking a lot better than they did
00:57:27 Anyway right behind me here the sumac and these are the Cheyenne sky I think
00:57:36 Panicum
00:57:38 They kind of mirror the same fall color sumacs are kind of on their way out
00:57:42 But boy, they were brilliant brilliant as soon as they drop all their leaves. So I'm going in I'm going in
00:57:48 I'm gonna rip a bunch of them out because they spread a little bit too much this year
00:57:52 so it's gonna be something I need to be a little bit more mindful of
00:57:55 Right over here. We kind of went a little far. We did want to show this right here
00:57:59 There's some nice color in this bed
00:58:03 You know, if you look back in there, we've got that Norway spruce in the back and then the red chokecherry
00:58:08 we've got the flame willow just kind of that yellow tone and then this is the
00:58:13 Think it's like a Korean blue Korean cedar right here
00:58:16 Just really pretty and then these are the double play dolly spirea, which are a new one for next year showing some really pretty fall color
00:58:23 We have super bells. It was the double twilight
00:58:27 Performed really well you guys I know it doesn't look like it now
00:58:30 but boy the color on them were so pretty and I really enjoyed it because they were that same kind of lavender mirroring the
00:58:37 Denim and lace right here and I liked the purple on purple. I thought that that was really nice
00:58:41 There's a Vanessa Bell
00:58:43 Rose right above those have that real pale yellow
00:58:47 Isn't that a beautiful pairing though that lavender with that pale yellow
00:58:52 That's so pretty oh
00:58:56 And then the fallen love sweetly anemone is just looking so great
00:59:00 even still
00:59:02 they've been in color for like
00:59:04 for months now like maybe August August September and then
00:59:11 almost all of October
00:59:13 We've got some miss of violet bud lea which will get bigger
00:59:16 But almost I think all of those actually died all the way back down to the ground this last year
00:59:21 And so I cut him back and that's all new growth this season. So we'll see what they do this next this next year
00:59:27 We've got the state of grace rose right here
00:59:30 Get that color. Oh
00:59:33 So pretty I
00:59:37 Like this whole section. I like the layering and the color. We've got a totem pole panicum here
00:59:41 There's the black lace elderberry in the back nice backdrop and then the Aphrodite sweet shrub right here
00:59:49 Which put on a tremendous amount of growths. I can't even believe it. It's backed by some hollyhocks, which actually have
00:59:56 Stems on them with buds. I don't think they'll have time to bloom
01:00:00 But I think that'll be a really pretty backdrop next year when they're blooming
01:00:03 We've got the sesquicentennial dwarf gold birch right here coral berry, which honestly like they're producing so many berries
01:00:10 They're so heavy that they're weighing down
01:00:12 It's just like that's phenomenal right there. I need to put it like a peony cage around them though
01:00:18 So it keeps them up right a little bit better
01:00:20 Skullcap again a great performer here
01:00:23 Looking amazing. We've got a Wichita blue juniper
01:00:27 Which is a beautiful color. Look at that. It's really thickened up
01:00:31 I don't know that it's put on a lot of maybe like a couple feet of growth vertically, but I think it's really gotten wider
01:00:38 Looks really nice. These are the Cala. McGrath's avalanche
01:00:44 Nice perennial grass with the Apollo maple that put on four new branches this year
01:00:50 It's going for it put on four new branches on this side. It's got real nice fall color though
01:00:57 You see that? Yeah, it's interesting. It's got fall color on the side that didn't grow
01:01:01 That's still a bunch of green growth on the side that did and the leader is intense. Yeah
01:01:07 That's so weird. You can see exactly how much it grew. Yeah, the fall foliage up to the height. That's so funny
01:01:15 This is the the reminiscent or no no a rise up maybe lilac days
01:01:21 So I need to put an obelisk around this one. I think it's a climber
01:01:26 Really sweet kind of smaller lavender roses. They're really really cute
01:01:31 We've got the lemon squeeze penstemon right here, which I love. I
01:01:36 Think it's such a pretty grass
01:01:39 It's a little bit lighter in color during the season the lemon squeeze part of it makes this
01:01:43 You know chartreuse yellowy leaves the seed heads are just oh, they're so amazing
01:01:48 There's our poor basket of gold alyssum it kind of shocked a little bit and wilted
01:01:55 I think it'll be alright though. Just need to let it root in and come back next year
01:01:58 Before we go too far Aaron, can we just sneak back here?
01:02:01 I just got to show if there is a bloom on this chestnut brown hollyhock. Yes, there is
01:02:07 Look at that bloom
01:02:16 It's like is it Chater's
01:02:18 Chestnut brown I think is the variety started these from seed this year this one bloomed these have not yet
01:02:24 I'm hoping they didn't get confused and I have like maybe a different variety right next to him, but I think that this is just
01:02:31 So pretty I know it's red but it's kind of burgundy
01:02:35 I'm a big fan of plants where you have to go hunt for the blooms on the ground
01:02:39 You know what? It makes it interest on the backside
01:02:42 Oh my goodness, okay, you know the sumac really does have a neat structure
01:02:51 But all of the under like the lower growth out here. That's just a little bit more straight
01:02:55 I'm gonna take all of that out and leave more of that. You can see the more original part of the tree
01:03:00 I'm gonna leave that so we've got more individual things going on here. And so it's not like a ground cover sumac
01:03:07 Yeah
01:03:09 So that'll probably be a project for next week
01:03:12 I'm guessing we'll come out here and do that the blonde ambition blue gramma grass right here is
01:03:18 Amazing. That's the same grass. We put up above the pond and that was the favorite of everybody that was here installing the pond
01:03:25 Everyone loved that grass and it's a beauty it really is see we've got some esters out here
01:03:31 This is what we need on the west side
01:03:32 We need a little bit more fall color that can kind of fill in this time of year
01:03:36 Blue muffin by Burnham is looking really nice. It's thickening up. It was looking really sad there for a little while
01:03:42 So I'm thankful to see that. Oh
01:03:45 We've got the two but they don't know it
01:03:47 Over here super beena
01:03:51 Sparkling amethyst still looking really good. We've got our hedge of limelight primes minus one. We'll add one more in next year
01:03:58 You know, we came in and I added four more not long ago just to thicken up the hedge and I do think that that
01:04:04 Will be very nice come next year to have it be a little bit more and the hibiscus will be gone
01:04:10 I will probably put two or maybe two more in place of where that is
01:04:15 But it just the hibiscus well, you know, it has pretty flowers and such it's just it's a little bit of a
01:04:22 Hibiscus to me or a little scraggly looking so I probably place this a little bit too far forward
01:04:28 I should have bumped it back a little bit so I could put something in front of it to kind of mask some of that
01:04:32 I mean but for a hibiscus the older varieties looked used to look kind of like weeds
01:04:37 These are much thicker and like from top to bottom you can see like it's pretty thick
01:04:42 But it's just not the structure that I want for this space
01:04:45 We got to get it moved out of here and then we can continue on with our hydrangeas
01:04:49 I think that will be really nice, but there's some really nice things back in here, too
01:04:53 We've got the blue skies Serbian spruce looking amazing. I wouldn't mind having a few more of those around. I mean, it's so pretty
01:04:59 There are some perennial geraniums looking beautiful with some color on them the sun your Rita roses right here. Look at those
01:05:06 That's some amazing color right there
01:05:08 and
01:05:10 the glossy green leaves
01:05:12 And they're not bothered by anything, which is so great
01:05:15 So so great. There is one right here though
01:05:19 I think that's being kind of taken over by the geranium so little adjustments to be made miss Ruby, but Leah right here
01:05:25 So these are the ones that you really like and see the pink of this is very cool and the pink of that
01:05:29 Hibiscus is very warm and you see those at the same time and oh
01:05:33 Since we like this one a little bit better. That one is the one that's going to
01:05:38 Going to go and there's three of them in here and I think they look really pretty really nice
01:05:42 But yeah last year I came in and planted a bunch of perennials geraniums
01:05:46 And then this year I just I just really been focusing on a lot of shrubs this year
01:05:51 I feel like a lot of shrubs a lot of evergreens
01:05:53 There are some real pretty coreopsis right here
01:05:57 Actually planted way more than this last year and just like three of them came back
01:06:02 But they've got really pretty pinky rosy shade right there
01:06:06 Here's my birch I
01:06:08 Know Aaron is itching to get in here and limit up
01:06:11 But I wanted this to be more of like a hedge birch and be just let it do its thing
01:06:17 You know unless it gets in the way in any capacity
01:06:20 But it will turn yellow yellow fall color here shortly and the bark is so bright white
01:06:26 It's just so pretty right here along our driveway
01:06:28 Isn't this evergreen supposed to get quite large this one?
01:06:31 Yeah, I think it's supposed to get like 18. So get 9 by 9 from center
01:06:37 I don't know that it will here. We planted another one that did not thrive
01:06:41 What is this one called? Hey wire. Hey wire cypress. Yeah good memory Aaron
01:06:46 This one looks good though. We'll see what what it does
01:06:49 This is one of the roses that came from behind our fireplace right there
01:06:54 Totem pole panna comes and then here's one of our favorite roses
01:06:58 Ever these are the all dressed up rose. I always have to come and point these out that look at this one. Oh
01:07:05 Such a pretty color and really a pretty growth habit
01:07:18 The leaves look so healthy and they're just nice and thick and I really wouldn't mind like you could continue to grow them
01:07:26 I really wouldn't mind like you could continue on like if I got
01:07:29 Another one for here here here and just kind of like did a river of those roses
01:07:35 They're always looking like this all season long. They're just so beautiful. I
01:07:40 Love those these are desert plains pen penicillin right here
01:07:44 They're huge oh
01:07:49 Huge I
01:07:52 Really like them. I think they're really beautiful. They're kind of like a disc a disc of grass
01:07:57 and
01:07:59 Then we have a space watch yourself here there. There's a rose here that you can hardly see and then there's a
01:08:03 Strap, so watch yourself
01:08:06 We have a little drift of
01:08:10 Carioceras that we actually did a highlight a little highlight video of these because oh my word
01:08:14 If you want some color during the dog days and into the first part of fall
01:08:19 Carioceras are amazing right behind you Aaron and show this little border looking really pretty. This is a saffron finch supertunia
01:08:27 Can't believe we're still looking at all this stuff. Yeah, like almost November
01:08:31 We've got more of the Ringo double pink roses in here just kind of peeking through
01:08:36 Another coral berry you can tell which plants are my favorite kind of pop them here and there throughout the whole garden more
01:08:45 Desert Plains, this is a platinum blonde lavender just one popped in there. It's a pretty good sized plant though
01:08:51 And then you know, we've got like the Vanderwolf does have the leaf or needle cast going on which for us
01:08:57 It's a normal thing here in this area. They do cast for other reasons though
01:09:00 So if you have that happening
01:09:02 Look into it a little bit and make sure you don't have a fungal thing going on or you know that sort of business
01:09:07 But that's not what ours are doing and then I guess we'll end it right here with the autumn joy seed them
01:09:13 We really enjoy that actually this whole bed Aaron you and I should switch spots
01:09:17 Isn't this bed pretty need to get out of its way look at that I
01:09:24 Think it's just really come along beautifully. I'm really happy with it
01:09:29 So anyway guys, that's probably a super long tour
01:09:33 Appreciate you hanging out with me today to check out the garden see what it looks like toward the end of October for at least
01:09:38 The year 2023 you never know what it's gonna be like, but the weather has been a gift
01:09:43 And we really have enjoyed it
01:09:45 But I am excited for things to kind of go to sleep for a minute so that we can start planning for next year
01:09:49 Too. I always look forward to that in a way
01:09:52 Anyway, thank you guys so much for watching this video and we will see you in the next one. Bye