June 2022 Cottage Garden Tour ~ 🌹Magical Roses

Hello everyone! Please excuse my absence of late, we have had two birthdays to celebrate this past week, and the whole family has been down with a cold for quite some time. Truly the larger the family, the longer it takes for everyone to both get sick and recover. Not the best way to kick off summer, thats for sure. The roses are really coming into their own this year, particularly my roses that are in their third and especially fourth year. They fill me with joy and wonder, and I think I can finally bravely pick a large bouquet this year, and not feel too guilty. As a side note, I realized I said "glorious!" about 1,200 times in this video which gave me a good laugh at myself because I'm obviously still a bit tired from this cold and lacking in imaginative adjectives. Thank you so much for joining me in the garden! Until next time. x Samantha
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[@jilliand.2184]

I follow quite a few gardening accounts and when I say you’re not just my favorite gardening channel, but favorite in general, I mean it! You and your garden is so inspiring. Thank you for all you do! ♥️

[@HoneyHill]

Jillian, I am truly humbled by this. I am so glad you are enjoying my videos and my garden. It makes it all worthwhile! Thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@SharedThreads]

An absolute DREAM of a garden!!!! Hoping for a late Summer update video!

[@JRussellArtistry]

Your garden is so LUXURIOUS!! I absolutely love your videos and hope you make more this spring (time allowing) You do so much and I would love to draw more inspiration from you! Bravo!!

[@carolh4261]

I can see how much you love gardening and the passion you have …providing us the names of almost every plants you have on your tour, thank you for sharing and looking forward for more and the progress as time and season pass by👏🦋👩🏻‍🌾♥️💯🔜

[@HoneyHill]

Carol, thank you so much for your encouragement! I am so happy that my passion is evident. I hope to keep sharing more and more as this garden grows and matures. 🦋💐

[@karentandy3331]

What variety is the Blue Nepada?

[@pamd1861]

Absolutely adore your entire garden! Just amazing I could see how happy it must make you being able to look out at it seeing the foxgloves especially. Looking forward to more tours😊

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Pam! I do enjoy it very much. 💕

[@odemonet]

I believe this is the prettiest garden I have ever seen!! It is STUNNING! I adore foxglove and have never had them self seed! I have planted many of them! I have some David Austin roses and some Eden and New Dawn and I LOVE THEM! I planted a Queen of Sweden this year but it isn’t doing much, I hope it eventually looks like yours because that looks amazing! I am in upstate NY zone 5b and also have very long cold snowy winters and so look forward to spring to see things come back to life! Thank you for sharing your gorgeous gardens! ❤️

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you for the encouragement, Pat! It means a lot to me. I have heard from several gardeners that they find foxgloves don’t reseed for them so you are certainly not alone. I do let some of the seed stalks ripen before cutting them back, and shake the seed around the borders in late summer. I am certain your Queen of Sweden will be beautiful! The first year with her was fairly slow, although I planted her from a container and not bare root, but the deer munched her to a nub that first season as there was nothing else in my garden yet. She really comes into herself in years three and four! 💐🦋🌻

[@Linda-gi8pr]

I follow a lot of garden accounts on you tube and Instagram. I must say you have them all beat. Your garden is stunning !!!!! Absolutely gorgeous !!!! Thank you for sharing !

[@HoneyHill]

Wow, thank you so much for the encouragement Linda! I love being able to share my little garden with all of you. I am so happy and humbled you are enjoying it. 💐🦋💕

[@tanimasingh941]

Beautiful garden.. your dress is beautiful.. where you bought it from?

[@adalineblythe9653]

My goodness! This video is a work of ART! Can’t wait to see your prairie border come together in the next years.

[@KamiakCreek]

Love your plant collection and creativity. So fun to see your garden as I garden just south of you on the Palouse and can attest to the cold spring/summer. Plants have been really slow to get started🤞🏻☀️

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Erica, thank you so much! The Palouse is just gorgeous! It really was such a cold slow spring, but thankful for all this beautiful weather lately.

[@rebeccaolson4819]

Gorgeous! Where did you get the arbor that you start out under??

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

It’s looking amazing Samantha 💕 I’m so glad your roses have behaved themselves this year 🌸💕🌸

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you, Jasmine! I am so thankful they are looking happy this year. 💕

[@irenebarns462]

Everything is in the shade? Can’t see the plants.

[@jeannesmith1761]

Yeah this is Gene from Pennsylvania I do 30 gardens at memorial Park and I've been doing it for 18 years and I use egg yolk and water to keep the deer off things I don't need to have to do it one time to begin part of the year and then that's it I don't have to use that liquid fence or any of that stuff and I have 30 gardens out there so try it it really works

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Gene, I will give it a try once I run out of Liquid Fence. I’ve been using up a big bottle of concentrate I bought last year. In my area I do have to reapply particularly in the early spring and late summer when the deer pressure is at its worst.

[@LIFLORATION]

Absolutely love your garden. Whatching you from Belarus. Probably missed, where is your garden? Is it UK?

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Liliya! I garden in the Pacific Northwest USA. 🌻

[@cashyclay5193]

I just recently stumbled upon your KZbin channel and I'm hoooked! You truly have an Garden Eden. I am currently redesigning the garden that I inherited from my grandmother and you have inspired me so much. Thank you for explaining and giving us the names of all your beautiful plants. I just ordered the queen of sweden rose for a flower bed. And I'm so excited. Did you plant yours in a group or is it just one single plant? It looks stunning. Thank you for your videos. I can't wait for another tour!💕

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much! I’m wishing you all the best on your redesign of your grandmother’s garden. I have just the one Queen of Sweden right now, it took her about 4 years to reach that size, but she is lovely.

[@paolaarletty6525]

What a gorgeous cottage garden in an equally beautiful setting amongst the mature trees 😍 Thank you for sharing, I specially love the combination of plants throughout as they all coordinate beautifully together.

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Paola!

[@roxananunez4238]

New subscriber.what a beautiful garden 🌺🌸🌷💐

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you, Roxana! 🌻

[@trexspur5252]

Excellent charming video. Im aware of your love of David Austin Roses so please check out Paul Ts World short video of David Austin Rose Garden, as he tours the garden in late June 2022 looking at the different varieties whilst giving personal and David Austins information about the Roses included Published 27th of June, enjoy Best wishes from a very sunny Sussex 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🌹

[@PakHajiAmuntai]

Beautiful garden friend 👍❤️

[@Joy-zp5lv]

I enjoyed it so much! Thank you - your garden is so beautiful. I was out of town a few days and need to get into my garden tomorrow - it´s looking wild. 🤭 Love from Germany 💛🌼🐝🌼💛

[@kareharpies]

Thank you for taking me on a wonderful tour of your garden, it was a lovely way to pass the evening dinner so I cant say I minded the length at all. When the delphiniums bloom its going to be majestic if the foxgloves are still in bloom!

[@juliechristensen1231]

Just rewatched this! I hope to see videos from you and your garden this season! It’s so so beautiful.

[@katherinehager7044]

I love how you interplant everything and it looks so full. Question: How do you keep leaves on roses from getting fungus in close proximity to other plants? I live in Virginia and humidity causes a lot of black spot, etc. Even though I give them room for air flow.

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Katherine, I think the best answer is what you've hinted to which is climate. I don't really deal with black spot because we are very dry and windy here on the east side of Washington state. However, we can suffer from powdery mildew, and that typically worsens with dry hot weather. I've recently learned that planting salvias under roses is a great way to help with black spot, as the salvias release a type of sulphur which inhibits the growth of fungus. I plan to add lots more salvias to my garden in the future!

[@katherinehager7044]

@@HoneyHill , thanks! I will try planting salvia near roses.

[@margaretross8486]

Awesome!

[@courtneysediblegarden518]

Where did you find the tall nepeta? Is it perennial?

[@HoneyHill]

I found it at a local garden center. Yes, it is very hardy and perennial.

[@hollywood7702]

How did you prep your beds when they were new, in terms of soil/compost/mulch etc. I have many new empty beds on our new property and its such a task to get them filled and fertile (super sandy soil)

[@HoneyHill]

The first year I added a lot of organic compost and soil conditioner from G&B. I have clay soil so I was trying to loosen it up. You would want to add as much organic material to your beds particularly if they are sandy.

[@hollywood7702]

@@HoneyHill Thank you

[@hannahadlergontard7057]

Hi Samantha!🥰

[@lindachapman9765]

Wow packed full of beauty gorgeous garden xx

[@KasunKapuwatta]

💐💐💐

[@Campanula.rapunculus]

Such a lovely video touring your garden! You've helped me learn some new Perennials for my zone that I'm excited to find and to plant too. Thank you for sharing. 💕🌿✨️

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you, I am so glad!! 🌻

[@OmendsFavor]

Love your garden. Thank you for sharing.

[@bangkoklifebynuningpratiwi6557]

Hi Samantha.. your property is very beautiful!! İ love watching everything you have there. May i help? İ love your style.. am watching from Bangkok.

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much! 🌻🦋🌿

[@alit3246]

I can't believe I'm just now finding your channel! Beautiful gardens and impeccable taste! Love, love, love!

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Ali!

[@jkom601]

Just viewed your charming garden. Skagit Valley gardening can be a real adventure! My foxgloves are so lovely and bachelor buttons are all self sowed. But with all of the rain this Spring, all of our radishes looked great but we’re rotting underneath! Hostas are growing like mad too! Thank you for sharing your wonderful plantings. Oh and Lowes have all of their discounted flowers and so many of our plantings have come from there❣️❣️🌹🌹💐💐🐓🍓

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Mary Anne, thank you so much! I live in Spokane County, but Skagit Valley is beautiful! I used to live in north Seattle and loved to visit Mt Vernon when I could. We had a lot of rain this month which is atypical for dry Spokane, but the garden has loved it! So nice to have a break from using our irrigation system too.

[@adelacozlac366]

I love to come back to this video a lot!!! It is so whimsical, magical and your presence really soothing.

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much! That means so much to me. 💕

[@barbaraghose8226]

You look like an Angel with your beautiful long dress walking in your gorgeous garden vibrant with colors…love all the stunning roses, foxgloves and blue delphinium!!!!

[@HoneyHill]

Barbara, thank you that is so kind of you to say. 💕🙏🏻 Cannot wait to see all the delphinium bloom hopefully in the next few days!!

[@Apollonia222]

Absolutely stunning garden! Thank you so much for sharing - it was a pleasure watching this glorious garden tour!

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much! 🌻

[@katherinehager7044]

Everything is gorgeous! I love the large rock garden terrace. Your dress is beautiful too. 😊

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Katherine!

[@adalineblythe9653]

I’ve been WAITING to watch this video! The cover was sooo beautiful!! Did you know you can prune your roses back to one third after the first flush because they will continue to get taller. I guess you Mill on the Floss is on a hill so that probably won’t be a problem but if you have any other giant roses. Aah this is all coming together so well for you! 🤍🤍 The roses are amazing. I will definitely have to try smelling irises next spring too 😂

[@HoneyHill]

Adaline, thank you so much! Yes, I may do a little size management on Lichfield Angel in the front border. Honestly though, it makes me so excited to see them get big because in years past the deer always ate them down constantly. Fragrant Iris really do smell amazing, definitely give them a sniff! 😂

[@anikamshuja978]

Can you tell us where your garden patio and chairs are from that was outside? I love the detailing. Thank you.

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Anika! I actually got those off of Craigslist. The lady who I bought them from said they were antique from Spain. They were very rusty when I got them, and so I had to sand and paint them.

[@lizbrennan8421]

Your garden is beautiful i love all your roses

[@malinmars2396]

I absolutely love your garden! I learn so much from your video's and it is so lovely to see how you love the plants and garden so much! I would have watched the video even when it would have been 2 hours long, I just love it so much! Thank you for sharing you beautiful garden with us.

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much!! I am so glad it wasn’t too long. 💕🦋🌻

[@leniesgarden9501]

Your garden is so beautiful!!! I love all the plants you have!! Would you please tell us what kind fertilizer you use? I love David Austin roses!!

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you so much, Lenie! I have a video all about the fertilizer I use with links.💐

[@leniesgarden9501]

@@HoneyHill thank you I’ll check that out! You inspire to work on my garden today and to take care of my roses again because I’ve been neglecting them .

[@anikamshuja978]

Stunning!! I have been following along this season with you. For a future video could you show us how you prune your roses at the end of the season? I would love to see how you do it. Also, can you share where you purchase your dresses in each of your videos? Thank you love watching your garden videos.

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Anika, Thank you so much! The majority of my roses I will dead head during the season and remove any broken stems from wind storms, but don’t do any major pruning until the early spring. FYI I try to link all of my dresses in the description box of the videos. 💕🦋

[@pamlambky4719]

I couldn't get your links to work. They sent me to facebook!

[@HoneyHill]

So sorry, Pam! I think they should be fixed now.

[@adelacozlac366]

Amazing person and garden!

[@theproperty541]

Loved every minute

[@staceya419]

Hi Samantha, I am a new subscriber and I am happy I found your site. Love your beautiful garden and your roses are so lovely. What I am taken with are the nepeta Souvenir d Andre, which you have doted throughout your garden. Could you let me know where you source the plant? I have a small garden that I try to fill with easy care plants. Thank you for sharing your lovely garden.

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Stacey, thank you so much! I found mine at local nurseries. I would suggest asking for a special order from one of your local garden centers, if you have some nice ones around you. You could also potentially find it online.

[@staceya419]

@@HoneyHill Thank you Samantha no luck looking online. I will try asking two of my local nurseries and probably an online nursery. I will cross my fingers. Have you tried the white nepeta in your garden. The one that I am currently growing is called calamintha nepeta ssp. Nepeta. A lovely nepeta for a meadow garden. Only have cut back in late fall.

[@elliesgarden1243]

Absolutely gorgeous!!

[@mycottagegarden6696]

Just beautiful ❤️❤️

[@shilohmorris5527]

Is all of this on drip irrigation or do you hand water?

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Shiloh, I have the garden all on a drip system except for some of my pots.

[@nailaisaboss]

everything looks absolutely stunning!

[@HoneyHill]

Thank you, Naila!

[@crystalmassuda]

Such a beautiful garden, I love the combinations you have! Do you know where you got the souvenier de andre nepeta? I can't seem to find any available online...

[@HoneyHill]

Hi Crystal, thank you so much. I found the nepeta at local nurseries to me. You may have better luck finding it online in the spring or if you have any local nurseries around you, I often have luck making a special order request. If I find a link online I’ll circle back here and let you know.

[@crystalmassuda]

@@HoneyHill Thanks so much, seeing if they will do a special order is a great idea! Do you do garden design/consultation?

[@HoneyHill]

@@crystalmassuda garden design and consultation is definitely something I may start to offer in the future.

[@crystalmassuda]

@@HoneyHill Oh that's great, if you do feel free to DM me here or IG, I may (likely) still be needing some help 😅. In the meantime thank you for the inspiration and best wishes for your garden's continued growth and success.

[@HoneyHill]

@@crystalmassuda thank you! Feel free to send me a dm if you need help, or shoot me an email at [e-mail] Happy gardening!