Planting a Shrub Border for Flower Arranging Foliage

[@flowerpixel]

Everyone subscribe! She's very close to 100k!!!!

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you lovely! ❤

[@beverley1539]

@@homegrowngarden yes I just noticed also YAY🍻

[@georgemartin9618]

Comments and watching the video all the way to the end keeps the algorithm happy too, thus pushing it up the ratings and into the suggestions department.

[@beverley1539]

@@georgemartin9618 Thankyou for info

[@gardentours]

Long time subscriber already 👍🏼 Such a great channel 👏🏼

[@TheSpottedBoot]

Little Robin made this video like a fairy tale. I can't believe how bold that little cutie was being. 🥰

[@iartistdotme]

I planted a whole bunch of 'stuff' before my daughter's wedding but just before the day, a herd of deer went through at night and mowed it ALL down. Fun. Your plan and planting look wonderful and I just know you will have a gorgeous wedding day. Maybe the robin will agree to sit on your bouquet as you walk down the aisle if you agree to supply him with worms.

[@evelynsoha7178]

Oh no! Did you have a backup plan? I am planning a new flower garden for my wedding this year and my fiance insisted on fencing it in because he's afraid of anything like that happening 😨

[@iartistdotme]

@@evelynsoha7178 We visited the florist, LOL - sunflowers are an easy to find flower and lucky she had planned on all the brides-maids having slightly different bouquets and it turned out just beautiful. I know yours will also. But prepare for a few steps backward - such is life. Enjoy your day regardless and it will be a beautiful memory.

[@aaron1143]

It'll be great to see the progress of your new shrub border. 🙂 Always fun to plant new things. It's a happiness investment 😁

[@ashmahembrom]

I really love and appreciate the little tips and facts that you share while doing your chore. Those are really helpful. Love from India 🇮🇳

[@artistlovepeace]

I'm so excited for spring in Zone 5 Minnesota USA. Your month ago will look like my month in a month. I love your channel and garden. You do a wonderful channel full of great information and cinema. You are influencing my garden very much.

[@jennyjohnson9012]

I love the robin keeping you company. Cant wait to see all the shrubs growing.

[@homegrowngarden]

Thanks for watching ❤

[@flowerpixel]

I loooove dark purple/red foliage 🤤. Also the robin is precious

[@homegrowngarden]

The robin wouldn’t leave me along 😂

[@carmenbailey1560]

Love, love, love seeing you planting your shrubs, I’m so excited for the coming of spring. Your choices are going to look fantastic and you guys have the cutest little robins. We in Ontario,Canada still have snow, but I did see three robins last week, so spring is getting closer for us as well. Love your videos and anxiously await the next one. Thank you for sharing. 👍❤️😊

[@johnkelly6594]

Watching from County Tipperary, Ireland

[@lauraherman112]

It’s created an irresistible itch in me to do planting- any planting- first thing in the morning. Also, the relationship you have with robins is utterly heart-warming. That vlog of yours where a robin came to the shed and made itself at home there is undoubtedly one of my favourite.

[@homegrowngarden]

Oh I’m so pleased it’s had that affect on you! 👏 Hope you manage to scratch that itch soon 💚 That robin in the shed has to be one of my favourite ever moments. It was November 2021 ❤

[@adamhendrick9423]

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[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hello Katrina, What a fun video. I always love the plot tours but these working videos are also so good as well. You are always so informative I think you would be a great teacher. I enjoy watching you work. You have such a beautiful spirit and move about the garden as comfortable as a stroll through the park. You have a exuberant playful side which is just further evidence of the joy of the journey. The labour of love is the selfless service given to the garden in hopes it will realize its full potential. I think your channel appeals to so many people and is so appreciated by so many. You are approaching 100,000 subscribers because of you and your passion to dream and plant your garden. I am so very happy for you! I hope the magical spirit inside you stays there until it it is time to pass it to another. Peace and blessings

[@homegrowngarden]

You always leave me such lovely comments 🥲 Thank you 🙏 💕

[@Ferrybobbins]

Your digging up of brambles involves far less swearing than my endeavours 😂

[@ogribiker8535]

LOL, I feel your pain !!

[@homegrowngarden]

Hahaha 🤣 i have to keep it family friendly for the videos. I actually swear quite a lot off camera!😅

[@FortviewFarm]

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[@jayneeburks8482]

I adore my Nine Bark/Diablo for my bouquets in the summer its gorgeous with Double Delight Rose. A truly beautiful bush😁

[@michaeldavidson2073]

Super episode many thanks. Huge congratulations on breaking 100k subscribers. Nice to see you are channeling your inner Aussie, planting eucalypts and pittosporums. Interesting to hear how you pronounce pittosporum (pitto-sporum) people here (at least in SA) generally pronounce the name PITtos-PORum. Etymology suggests your pronunciation is most correct 👍🏻. Given the weather they endure here I don’t think you’ll have any problems with them in summer. They both can grow like billy-oh (especially in soil like that) so they’ll fill that space up quicksmart. The pittosporum will put out three new shoots for every stem you clip - so they will get bushy when you take cuttings. If you want them to grow with a more of a tree like habit you could just trim a whole branch off the main stem at the base. Eucalyptus can rot from the inside out in boggy conditions - but they can suck up vast amounts of water and dry out the ground around them for quite a distance. Because they are so vigorous and water loving, I had a problem with them throwing out roots into a new three-bay compost heap I made. We have to water our compost here and the tree found the moisture in no time - after 4 months I basically had a metre cube of gum tree roots and dust in each compost bay. I had to dig them out and put a concrete floor in each bay - which is not ideal. Totally jealous of your black soil. I wish mine looked like that rather than red brick dust ☺️. You’ve inspired me to look into ferns for a strip of ground along-side my house that gets very little sun - thanks !

[@Dawn_Grows_Veg]

Lovely shrub choices Kat, I have been thinking where I can add some Pittosporum as a structure shrub in my garden and those varieties are beautiful. I love Eucalyptus and planted one along the edge of our small garden in our maisonette when I was first married (30 blah blah years ago 😮). We kept on top of it while we lived there as I did a bit of flower arranging and it is a beautiful choice for foliage. We moved away eventually but used to drive past the old place on a regularly basis and the new owner let it get away from him and I could always see the full grown tree towering above the roof line of the block 😱. Weirdly I planted it in a scrappy bed on the edge of the garden that was full of builders rubble and not much soil, as I read that they can cope with poor dry conditions as they would in their native Australia. It clearly thrived there over the years. It was huge! I think a subsequent owner had it removed, as one day we drove past and could no longer see its silvery foliage above the roof. Probably a good thing to do to be honest. I learned my lesson with right place, right shrub though 😂😂

[@homegrowngarden]

Ah haha what a great story, thanks for sharing. I promise not to let mine get out of control 🙈

[@ThatBritishHomestead]

Hello, I was just thinking about this topic today. I a, thinking of growing a border of climbing flowers to get some privacy for myself from my plot mate. It will be lovely to have so many flowers around the allotment for bees, 🐝 and have them for cut flowers for work. im so excited for summer.

[@SimplyJeannie]

The scene with that pretty bird was something straight out of a Story book 📖 Hello from the 🇺🇸

[@homegrowngarden]

He loves being in front of the camera 😊

[@ninirossau2304]

@@homegrowngarden he is a robin. they are just like cats because they know how gorgeous they are.

[@robinmiller1783]

You’ll love the Ninebark Diablo. I have one at my front entrance and it is a show stopper. It changes colors throughout the season. It loves regular haircuts!

[@itsmewende]

I don't know how I missed you yesterday.? The foliage from these shrubs will be lovely for your wedding. I so love that robin hanging out with you. Lastly, the matic was my mom's favorite tool.

[@homegrowngarden]

Hey Wende, we’ll I’m glad you didn’t miss it all together and caught up today 🙂 Thank you so much for the contribution 🎁 That will certainly get me my Physocarpus Diablo 💜 I’ll keep you posted on its arrival! Hope you’re having a lovely weekend.

[@itsmewende]

@@homegrowngarden Oh great, I look forward to seeing that Diablo go in the ground. My winter has been really mild, mostly ugly but mild. I'm halfway between Maine & Florida, this year it's been the sweet spot.

[@myrrhidian3166]

I used a variegated ivy in my wedding bouquet and it was lovely. Afterward I took the cuttings out of the bouquet and rooted them in a jar of water and replanted them in my garden :)

[@homegrowngarden]

That's a great idea!

[@azfarsyed7082]

Good jobs,good example for all. People.where you are? Wales, Scotland, England.good wishes

[@ellie_5276]

What a brilliant video - love how you explained everything you were doing! ❤️🙏

[@homegrowngarden]

Glad you enjoyed it! ❤

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Beautiful selection 🍃🌺🍃

[@Peg06]

You are such a good teacher!

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you! 😃

[@beverley1539]

Hiya Katrina Thankyou for sharing. Oh I do love the smoke bush a neighbour has a few and they are huge. Blessings luv Southern Ontario Canada 🇨🇦🐝

[@JamesBrown-mt5ru]

100,000 Subscribers would be a lovely wedding present for Katrina. Come on viewers - get clicking.

[@fareebug8439]

Those dark stems with the variegated leaves - stunning! 🥰 Really beautiful, can't wait to see it all in summer (and the bouquets for the wedding 💍🥰 exciting)!

[@homegrowngarden]

Me too!!

[@gardentours]

The border looks great already 👍🏼 I had this idea as well and I was getting many shrubs on sale and tried them out. One of my favorites is "Ceanothus impressus Victoria" (also called californian lilac) an evergreen with blue flowers it blooming here from May until November and is really beautiful. In your area it should grow even better. Another shrub I planted was amber jubilee with interesting flowers and foliage. The shrubs with dark red foliage you have already. I bet it will look nice with the eucalyptus and the variegated leaves from the other shrubs you've planted.

[@patsyspatch4342]

I was at Ashwood Nurseries yesterday and got that fern Brilliance, viburnum Charles Lamont and 3 helebores

[@homegrowngarden]

What a fantastic selection! Hope you enjoyed your trip. Can’t wait to go there again one day.

[@mikegoodhew1543]

You are lucky to still have a living Hebe, where I live in Wiltshire many were killed by the frost in December

[@homegrowngarden]

Yes those few weeks in December where we had prolonged -6°C really took its toll on our hebes. The nursery where I work has lost hundreds. This one, Hebe sutherlandii is one of the hardiest!

[@ramirosabatini]

Love your channel. Thank you.

[@cherylbeswick7327]

I just love your videos ❤️ keep them coming ☺️

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you! Will do!

[@GeorgesBits]

Totally agree with you on the Diabolo. Stunning shrub, I planted one in my garden about 20 years ago and it's still going strong. Although it's considerably taller than 6 ft, in fact I guess its closer to 12. When you leave it to do its own thing the stems form fabulous bark on top of the flowers and leave colour. If you manage to find a supplier I'd love to know please as I've been trying to source one for my sister.

[@emptynestgardens9057]

Always so nice to see your videos pop up. That Bridal Wreath Spirea makes a lovely filler in bouquets with its arching branches and foliage shape even when not in bloom.

[@homegrowngarden]

Aww thanks for your comment! I can’t wait to see the Spirea bloom. You’ve made me think I could maybe hold back on the pruning until the wedding to have plenty of the foliage!

[@emptynestgardens9057]

@@homegrowngarden I was referring to your existing Spirea you said had white flowers. You could definately prune that establish one for its branches. I've got 2 shrubs, 20yrs old that I adore and make kitchen table vases using the thinner branches as arching filler. So happy if this has given you an idea ☺️

[@homegrowngarden]

@@emptynestgardens9057 ahh sorry if I confused you. I was going to prune my big white one after it flowered but it might not put on as much growth between then and the wedding so I might just prune it hard for the wedding!

[@emptynestgardens9057]

@@homegrowngarden Yes I prune the spent branches immediately after flowering and grows like crazy you should have lots of new growth no problem.

[@homegrowngarden]

@@emptynestgardens9057 thanks for the reassurance!

[@marykappesser5145]

Katrina, this is a very useful and enjoyable video. I learn so much from you. I was suprised when you said you had clay soil, because it looks amazing. I was getting soil envy, LOL. I am sure your wedding is going to be beautiful as you will also.

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you for your lovely comment! I’m glad it came in useful for you. Oh, when I talked about clay soil I’m just giving general advice because I know a lot of people have it. I don’t, I’m lucky my soil is very hummus rich. It’s been well looked after for over a hundred years as an allotment.

[@marykappesser5145]

Haha! My eyes didn't deceive me. How fortunate you are. You should see my clay soil, uck. But I am working on it.

[@rambukah76]

yay. end of the month!!!

[@homegrowngarden]

Filming the February tour tomorrow! This short month always catches me by surprise 😅

[@rambukah76]

@@homegrowngarden I hear you. Time goes by sooo fast and this is getting into the busy time of the garden year. Lovey your videos, Katrina. Have a wonderful 2023 growing season 🥰

[@melstill]

Your selections are quite attractive. I also like the Spirea, there's such a variety of them to choose from and I like their fall colors especially when backlit by the sun. Maybe most importantly the deer don't seem to abuse them so much as most of my other plants.

[@homegrowngarden]

Thankfully I don’t have to attend with deer on the allotment however there are reports of muntjac roaming the city and getting to the plots!

[@melstill]

@@homegrowngarden I had to look that up, I'd never heard of muntjac before! I guess we all have our pests to deal with. 😕🙂

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

Fair play to you for doing the flowers at your wedding. People asking me to make them up hanging baskets gets me stressed out enough. There are some really beautiful flowers that you'll never see in florists. Or if you do, then they are going to rack up a hefty price tag.

[@josephscudlark9476]

Thanks for another educational and inspirational video. I'm envious of your soil. I hope you can locate a "Diablo" to plant.

[@homegrowngarden]

It won't be long until I do. Working at a plant nursery has its perks!

[@ninad5692]

You're going to have a lovely green wedding☺ Love those Pittosporum, so pretty! Also, what brand are your trousers? I need some new workwear and don't know where to look🤔

[@homegrowngarden]

Thank you! My trousers are walking trousers from Decathlon. I find the fleece lined ones so cosy for winter. This is their own brand I believe called Quechua that I bought a few years ago. www.decathlon.co.uk/p/women-s-warm-water-repellent-stretch-hiking-trousers-sh500-x-warm/_/R-p-193593?mc=8502387&c=BLACK

[@seanH1768]

Will you be putting some fruit & veg in your bouquet ? It might seem a daft question but I remember seeing some in autumn & winter wreaths. I hope you wonderful wedding . This year in July I’ll be celebrating 20yrs of marriage of which I put that down to gardening as it keeps you sane 😂

[@homegrowngarden]

I would like to but I’m not sure what will work best, don’t want any raspberries staining my dress! Wishing you a wonderful 20th Anniversary later this year 💕

[@pattiokeefe4305]

How big is your allotment? Not familiar with allotments as where I live we don't have them. Really enjoy your channel and look forward to seeing your summer garden

[@homegrowngarden]

My plot is 25m long by 15m wide. Thanks for watching!

[@PlantNative]

Shrubs native to the uk would help birds more.

[@mowafaqalsawai414]

Hello Post your wedding video

[@Crocs4cats]

What brand are your waterproof trousers? I really need some and they look really nice and comfy!🤔

[@homegrowngarden]

They’re walking trousers from Decathlon. I love their winter thermal ones which are fleece lined 🔥

[@Crocs4cats]

@@homegrowngarden Thank you! ☺ Im going to have a look at them this evening.

[@christopherjones9826]

Physocarpus for sale on burncooose nurseries

[@tracymantovani9659]

99k … so close 🫶🏼

[@jme_a]

Would be a shame if that big hedge were to have a little "accident" 😂

[@homegrowngarden]

I can't cut it much lower due to a metal fence the other side. I don't mind really, it gives extra security, privacy and the birds love to nest in it.

[@The_man_himself_67]

1st. Yay! Fame at last.

[@emptynestgardens9057]

😜 refresh the page. Sorry bout that 😁

[@Flower_hoarder]

🪴🌳🪴NICE🪴🌳🪴

[@kirkhurry4237]

Were your rubberboots

[@theressomelovelyfilthdownh4329]

Mattocks are the job. I'm 6.2", so I only wish they had a slightly longer haft. But for shifting brambles, shrubs, or small trees. They are definitely a go to. A lot of people go a bit ott with tools like that. By that I mean men trying to be all manly or some nonsense 99% of the time. But you really should just take your time and let the weight of the mattock do the work. There's little point in doing the job a few minutes faster, if you're laid up with a bad back for a few days after it.