Late July Backyard Garden Tour | Gardening with Creekside

[@GrowingSouth]

Jenny, I just wanted to say I am so glad you share the "successes & messes" as you put it. This is real life gardening! Everyone gets caught up in social media posts of perfect landscapes, plants, and blooms when the reality is, sometimes you get what mother nature decides she wants to give. There are good years for things, and bad years for things - usually coming in balance. Years with more rain and plants that love water do better than ones that prefer it dry. Warmer years and the summer subtropical or tropical plants love it, while the traditional or temperate plants succumb. Thats REAL LIFE gardening for you! :) The beds look wonderful either way!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thanks for the feedback

[@jlment100]

I live in Sherrills Ford, NC. I bought a fairy trail bride from you in late winter. I have found that even though they say it can do full sun, it cannot take it i my garden. I have it in a large pot and moved it to a spot that gets morning sun and afternoon shade. It is doing very well and has bloomed beautifully.

[@NuriaMunozSiscart-qw3yt]

Spanish being my native language, I found it particularly funny when you said that your hydrangeas were ‘on the struggle bus for sure!’ 😂 Always watching you from Madrid!

[@susandevinney5867]

Sevin works real well. Traps traps traps. Bag them up

[@judyrhine234]

It also kills butterfly’s bees and any pollinator it comes in contact with

[@debbierodriguez5343]

Can you please go more in depth about what you’re using to treat Japanese beetles?

[@owlmee1535]

Almi here from zone8/9 Texas, love your channel just a little tip about magnolia: keep any trimmings like limbs, leaves or spent blooms but most definitely any fallen branches let them dry out a bit and burn them in your fire pit on there own for a magnificent magnolia scented evening on your patio! Trust me you'll love it, from one southerner to another. Sorry Jerry one more thing added to your honey do list, Enjoy.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Cool, thanks! I can’t wait to try that once the weather is a bit more accommodating 😉🥵

[@suzettebergeron484]

Brenna always make me smile😊

[@Gareebm-yvlogs]

बहुत 'अच्छी वीडियो बना रहे हो भिया बस रुकना मत और थकना मत यूट्यूब में आपका दिल तहे दिल से स्वागत है तो ऐसे ही बने रहो आप वीडियो बनाने में लोगों की चिंता मत करो कि देख रहे हैं या नहीं देख रहे हैं आपका काम करते रहो बेस्ट ऑफ लक❤❤❤

[@kathykaufman1244]

Here in TN it rained so much this Spring and Summer I rarely got out the hose, when most years my water bill would be as scarey as the air conditioning bill! I lost my entire privet hedge for some unknown reasoning and have a couple new garden mysteries to solve. The guy across the street has a professional landscaping crew with the same results, so I don’t feel so bad!

[@kaylac3367]

Your flowerbeds are filling in nicely. I think part of the fun in creating new beds is seeing how they develop and all the fine tuning. It keeps the creative juices flowing! Thank you for sharing both success and not so successful with us. It really does help. We all have them and learn together. I like the tree choices for these beds. Hinoki is beautiful and has done very well. The ginkgo is as well. You told me to use the tree and shrub solution for the Japanese beetles back in March and it has really worked! So thankful!

[@pennylivingston148]

Yes! I love my Holy Grail hibiscus, but if Jenny had not told us about the tree and shrub solution I would have gotten rid of mine by now. Instead, their foliage is beautiful and they are the stars of my garden. Thank you Jenny! I learn so much on this show.

[@ariamason7406]

​@@pennylivingston148can you tell me the name of the product. Those beetles are tearing up my garden😢

[@connieragle5612]

I love those hibiscus. So gorgeous…I don’t have enough sun to plant them but sure wish I did. Your gardens, messes and successes and all are so beautiful.

[@MichelleLending]

Your flower beds look great!! 😊I love your patio area and all the different flower beds!! Thanks 😊 for always sharing tips and good and bad too!! I appreciate that so much😊!!!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You are so welcome!

[@zeniazenia2787]

Next year I would use a pink or blue toned red Surefire begonia so as not to clash with the Valentine’s Crush deep Hot Pink.

[@dmbalsam]

I have a different kind of hibiscus. My husband picked it out from the high school horticultural class greenhouse. The leaves are long and thin and the plant is very tall, as tall as my fig tree. The horticultural teacher assured him it was a hibiscus, but a different kind. It does have red hibiscus flowers.

[@fromseedtobloommedia9340]

Your, Elizabeth is just fine, my DA just sat there forever; I was so concerned but one day they started to grow and haven’t stopped blooming even through the heat. I literally have canes 6+ ft tall. DA simply the best!

[@margaretpervier8357]

Jenny, could you talk about when and how to prune blueberry bushes? Thank you.😊❤

[@lisag6796]

Gardening memories from my childhood are hydrangeas (father liked these) and sweet peas (mother loved these). Oh and roses - both parents loved them!

[@sharoncoon5439]

Good Morning Jenny! Have a wonderful day!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You too!!

[@cece_marie]

The Queen Nectarine with the red/orange/blush echinacea tones!! 🤩 The beds look great - and add me to the list of of people with similar looking muhly grass. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@amandagoodrich1035]

Now that you have chickens you can feed the Japanese beetles to them. We get them bad on our grape Vines and we go around with a bucket of water right before sunset and knock the Japanese beetles into the bucket (they don't fly away like they do if you try that during the day). I take them to our chickens and turkeys, scoop them out of the bucket and throw them on the ground in front of the chickens and turkeys. They go nuts over them and never leave any behind. Though it took the chickens a few minutes to realize they were food. The turkeys had no reservations.

[@freethinkish]

Have y'all considered attracting a colony of purple martins to your property? Along with the bluebirds, they seem to be keeping the Japanese beetles under control in my garden. Also they are a pleasure to watch and listen to.

[@jgg7377]

They also kill hummingbirds! 😢

[@pjmans]

This year & last year, because of the Heat (drought) we have - grasshoppers are eating our leaves on most of my vegie & herb garden 🪴 in Zone 4b, southern Minnesota.

[@lauriebartkowiak8849]

I had a hardy hibiscus but it outgrew where I had it. I unfortunately had to take it out. I loved it and miss it. It was a deep red. Gorgeous!

[@ejohnson3131]

What’s the South without Magnolia trees??? I love them and wouldn’t mind cleaning up after these fragrant beauties if it weren’t so cold where I live!

[@gillianmuspic2337]

earlier this year I discovered a rare tree - a yellow magnolia. Unfortunately too expensive for me but absolutely stunnning

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

Another problem I experienced this summer is bunnies. If they weren’t SO cute I don’t think I would be able to accept it when they ate my beautiful huchera! So I put down Critter Ridder, flakes of red pepper and sprayed them against Japanese beetles. Seems to have helped a little. With feeding and watering it seems to be recovering!

[@toogie6267]

I love your honesty 💕

[@melaniewhittington7857]

Thank you for your ok and oops. Helps me!

[@bertildatolentino27]

Thank you for being real. It just makes you human.How r the Dahlias doing?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

They have done wonderful! They seem to be slowing done a bit with the summer heat.

[@donnagent6046]

I added a beautiful Fairy Trail Bride hydrangea to my garden this year and it’s really struggling. Looking forward to seeing where you move yours.

[@terresiagregg9326]

Thanks for the video tour today it looks beautiful

[@rachelsgarden]

We experienced the same with our muhly grass this year. We’re gradually swapping them out with switchgrass, shrubs, & lomandra.

[@tahoeblue2491]

Love to hear your struggle bus plant situations. LOL. The heat has done quite a number on my plants too. Your garden still looks nice.

[@susandevinney5867]

Japanies beatle traps works wonders and is easy

[@kathy5216]

Especially if your neighbor puts one in and attracts your beetles!

[@wpvines6092]

Notice you dont deadhead the buddleia. Is that normal? Guess it could add some winter interest to the landscape. Love your videos!!

[@Jenny-bc5kz]

Im in northern BC Canada Zone 3 B and we dont have Japanese beetles or lily beetles here. The trade the fridgid temperatures for not having those awful pests are worth it! At least in the USA you can use systemics on plants. Here in Canada that is not an option!

[@vintagegarden93]

Beautiful magnolia

[@viralprimenetwork]

Love it, such an inspiring gardener! Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@jessieslay7422]

J Beetles ate my beautiful sweet smelling rose bush. Used soap water and seven spray and powder. Still they ate.

[@karenross3457]

You have inspired me to add another flower bed. Only, it will be next year!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Always an excellent idea 🥰

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Jenny.🌸💚🙃

[@deannahaworth7666]

Wow I have ordered many times from David Austin some of healthiest roses

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Me too; it was just these 2 new intros

[@rickimoler7158]

Appreciate that you show successes AND messes! And...I thought your Elizabeth rose looked a little dry...just saying.

[@shirleynall9048]

I have pink and white mule grass and they all are doing well. Several of my friends live in same area are having difficulty growing them. Not sure why some do well and others won’t.

[@shirleynall9048]

I live in Alabama zone 7b

[@PattyWarren-v8d]

Love your videos and learn so much; there are times when i can't understand you due to static or something.

[@katemoore3787]

I want a Waikiki colacasia. Beautiful!

[@jenniferschmidt4596]

Jenny! Any chance you'll be at Pleasant View tomorrow? It will be first year there and im hoping to meet some of my fave gardeners while there 😊

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

No, I’m sorry we aren’t going to PVG this year

[@huytruong2542]

Can you please do a video to show some instruction on how to use fertalon tree and shrubs liqud? when to use them, and how much we should use per shrubs, cause shrubs and perennials come in so many different sizes. Thank you very much

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

We can do it this fall!

[@huytruong2542]

@@GardeningwithCreekside wonderful. Looking forward to watch and learn from you

[@annaa.7554]

Despite the few "hiccups" in your garden, everything else looks good. How are the dahlias doing?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

They are doing fabulous!!!

[@anitahadley2871]

My Cheyenne spirit coneflowers seemed to bloom early too so they’re looking sad right now. The finches do love them! My dahlias are not blooming, not sure why. My cosmos are going downhill fast. So, I, looking for something to replace the cosmos to give me some fresh color that will last til frost. Too many months to not look at something pretty. I am thinking maybe angelonia or pentas if I can find some. Have you grown blanket flower? Wondering how long they bloom in the south.

[@MrsTitina]

Lovely ❤

[@karenbarnes5517]

Hi 👋 Jenny

[@debbietaylor5891]

Hey Jenny, love your channel and I wanted to ask a bit of a personal question. What foundation do you use as I think it looks great and blends so well. Thank you!

[@loribethartist6353]

My hydrangeas took a hit in the blast here in East Tennessee… mine must flower on old growth because I have no blooms this year 😢

[@janicebrowningaquino792]

I hate those Japanese beetles, they are still with me I CANNOT WAIT until they leave the PREMISES!!!

[@THoang13]

Jenny, my 3 yarrows also recently turned black and are struggling. Wonder if we had too much rain in June. Also in NC

[@juliafiore120]

Hi, Jenny 👋 18:54 can you prune off the spent blooms from the Pugsters?

[@bettenotap4791]

My favourite in these beds is the Hinoki Cypress but I’d want to see the bottom of it from your patio, maybe you can with the height difference. As lovely as the echinaceas are, I’d want something low growing in front. Does the autumn blaze maple have a shorter life because they are fast growers?

[@darlas4019]

How do you have daylilies boarding that forest line?

[@LULC0759]

So can I apply a slow release fertilizer on my hydrangeas this time of summer? Zone 6 Ohio

[@SharonYount138]

why dont you spray with SEVEN to get rid of beetles

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

Will you deadhead the Echinacea?

[@vickiehogan6387]

My yarrow and euryopsis are also struggling here in southeast Alabama. I wonder if it’s because we were so wet for a while in June, then have been so dry and extremely hot?? I’m going to cut back hard and hope for the best 😅

[@shirleyc7175]

Seems like you don’t have to water very often, is that because of the clay or the humidity ?

[@georgiamargaritis8344]

Where did you get your Sun dial?

[@echomountain3370]

Was that a coyote in the bushes at 4:00?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

No, that’s my German Shepherd 😊

[@eileencook4912]

Jenny have you ever used Milky Spores to control you Japanese Beetles? What are the pro and cons of that?

[@LULC0759]

I used it at my last house. I applied it only once in Spring of 2020, the year before was horrible with those J Beetles. I didn’t see any more beetles before we moved in summer of 2022.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes we applied it last fall it’s takes a year or two to get established

[@marleneegan-hm7lr]

Does Miss Wanda have a website place to order daylilies? I am desperate from some that are a bit different from what one might find commercially grown. Thanks!

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

No, she is a home gardener

[@annakasikkink7489]

I've used Smokey's Garden and liked their selection. They were small bare roots to start with but really filled in this year in their second season. I have three varieties and almost two months of blooms.

[@marleneegan-hm7lr]

@@annakasikkink7489 thank you!

[@karencompton522]

Any thoughts on why a PW Veronica wouldn’t bloom? Third year in the ground and not a single bloom all summer.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Does it get at least 6 hours of sun?

[@karencompton522]

@@GardeningwithCreekside it does. And bloomed beautifully for 2 years. It is shaded in the morning and get afternoon and evening sun. The foliage looks green and healthy too.

[@sharolynknapp1096]

Where is Frannie?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

She is by the pond at the nursery 😊