5 Winter Gardening Care Tips for MYRTLE TOPIARY

[@mitchhobock683]

Thank you so much. I had a collection of topiary’s many years ago. I lost them all when I was at work. A freak cold front came in. They all froze. Well here I go again. Thank you for your knowledge

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Your garden is looking so much tidier already, your new leaf mulcher is obviously doing a great job for you. I’m tempted 😊 The little espalier is gorgeous, I love the plant theatre stand.

[@barbarawalker8044]

I love your videos. Im so sorry about your ice damage but appreciate your REALNESS in sharing your experience. Look forward to watching and hearing your design process as you reconstruct your front yard. Am thinking of trying a topiary...first one died...user error, of course, so I’m enjoying watching all your tutorials on topiaries during this winter. Please keep up the good work, and maybe some day we will get to SEE Stewart! He does a great job for you. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

[@Li-Anderson]

Thank you, Linda, for keeping the show 🎥🎬rolling.🤗 You are truly a garden🍃 entertainer. You go girl! 💃😊 Have a great day and be safe🤗

[@ruthwuebbeling5376]

Thank you for this informative video. I purchased a double ball topiary from Passiflora Kalamazoo that you suggested and I love it! I've had it for a couple months now and was wondering how I was going to overwinter it. I was so excited to see this timely information. Love your videos, Linda. Thank you and have a lovely day.

[@elmaelmar2761]

What a BEAUTIFUL collection!!!!

[@FlowerPatchFarmhouse]

Thank you for this. I started working on some Dwarf Myrtle topiaries last year and was curious about this. They overwintered last year in my greenhouse (glorified cold frame) but looked rather sad by Spring. So I am glad that is rather normal and they did perk up this summer. I love the multiples you have, I need to try that too. This topiary stuff is addicting.

[@beverlyasleson3321]

Thank you for sharing it makes your yard look bare with most of the plants indoors. 👍

[@donabellahardeneravlogs790]

Very nice! I love topiaries too!

[@joywhitley3141]

I just love looking at all your topiaries! Thank goodness they weren’t damaged. The multiple trunked yews and boxwoods are my favorites. Thanks for the info and I will try leaving mine out all winter since I only have boxwoods and hollies. ❤️ Blessings!

[@suzetteccc]

Thanks, Linda. Great info. I didn't realize they could stay outside until it gets close to zero. I brought mine inside in Sept. Too soon, I know, but I kept them well watered, in a south window. Next year I will leave them outside - so much easier with our rain....💚🌳

[@aletoaleto727]

Great info!!! Thanks so much for sharing!! 🤗

[@northeasthardytropicals541]

Great honest info here, nice work 👍🏼

[@debel829]

THANK YOU so much!!! I really needed this since (thanks to you, Mrs Vater), I now have the topiary fever and never had these ladies in the winter. I live north of Houston so we will have warm weather off and on for quite a while so now I know what to do. Was really weighing on my mind. Hopefully the adorable boxwood honeysuckle I brought back from Ohio will be ok. It had a major drop in the inner leaves but is still green and alive. Maybe it will bounce back in the spring if I can keep her alive that long. Thanks again, SO Much!

[@barbaragorman930]

Great video, can you do a video on winter care for scented geraniums? Thank you!

[@NewMindGarden]

Wow.. Beautiful

[@laurenwellman2516]

Your topiaries are beautiful and I will keep admiring from afar, because they are too high maintenance for me. 🥰

[@myracamilo7826]

Thank you again Linda as always, I love your videos!

[@vivaciousgal8708]

When I travel I often put them in about an inch or two of water in the bathtub, and in the summer sometimes in a small baby pool of water!

[@LindaVater]

Yup! And on a wet towel!!

[@iraliolis518]

Thanks for the video Linda! I meant to message you about exactly this topic. I brought my myrtles in before the first frost about 2 weeks ago. I live in NY zone 7b. I did not take them out after that and I started seeing the little leaves dropping significantly. Im afraid if I take them out now that they are used to the temperatures indoors will be shocked and drop even more leaves. I’m so nervous they will not survive the winter inside. I’ve been spraying them with water daily in addition to regular watering.Should I take them back out you think? And is spraying them with water is a good practice?

[@LindaVater]

It is! Just give them as much light and humidity as possible. If you have a stretch of really warm days, take them out for a bit in dappled shade:)

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Great info

[@marywhitfield7553]

Thank you. Forgot to ask. In your video where you use the shredder, what brand? Thanks

[@LindaVater]

Worx!

[@ritasinger4208]

What about the big pot, tall topiary? Bring them in? Cover them?

[@beckywarren6994]

Have you ever hooked up the topiaries to a drip system? Then you could take your vacations and not worry!

[@rodneyfreeman4478]

Linda - Do you know of any places to buy myrtle in Oklahoma?

[@Carniolan]

very cool stuff. Do you grow your own plants?

[@rubywong1897]

My myrtle leaves all curl but the soil is moist, what can I do ?

[@jeanieh9386]

Love the myrts but I am officially done with the darn lemon cypress. They are too finicky.

[@glendagai]

Me too Jeanie done with lemon cypress, although I just killed my one myrtle topiary when I had to being it in... I am in zone five.

[@elizabethhorak1155]

Do you think these tips would work on a gardenia? I am trying to keep a potted gardenia alive over the winter outside of its favorite growing zone. I found out the hard way that it couldn't survive my gardening zone last year--I let it stay out all winter and it dropped its leaves and was very stressed. This year, though, I am struggling with keeping it happy inside. Any ideas would be appreciated!

[@jeanieh9386]

Elizabeth Horak you need a good sunny window and humidity.

[@mrchlorophyll4950]

I can't say that I have a fool-proof solution, but one thing I have done in the past with a potted gardenia topiary I have is to leave it outside until it loses its leaves (I know that it's evergreen and not supposed to lose its leaves, but in this case, cold weather will force it to act deciduous). Once it has lost its leaves, I put it in my unheated garage (not really much light in the garage at all, just a bit of indirect light) over winter, just like one would do with a potted deciduous plant. I'd give it a little bit of water each month (i.e. don't let it dry out all winter long) and then bring it back outside during the spring; it'll leaf out again. I've tried to keep it indoors over the winter but it tended to get spider mites (could be user error on my part). Perhaps if your gardenia is not too precious to you, you could experiment with this technique? Hope this helped. By the way, I'm in zone 7 on the East Coast if that gives any perspective.

[@elizabethhorak1155]

@@mrchlorophyll4950 I am in zone 7 too! So this helps a LOT. Thanks!

[@mrchlorophyll4950]

@@elizabethhorak1155 I was just recently thinking back to what I've done in previous years, and I think you don't even need to leave it outdoors until it loses all of its leaves. Once your cool temperatures set in, move the plant into a cool, dark location (like an unheated garage - obviously keep it somewhere where the plant won't be exposed to extreme temperature, so don't put it right next to the garage door but rather somewhere more sheltered) and then stop watering it except for like a gallon a month (depending on the plant size). The cold, the dark, and the lack of frequent watering will trigger dormancy.