5 Great Landscape Plants - Variegated and Gold!

[@galtghost6402]

Jim, I had dozens of variegated Pittosporum in Central Texas zone 8 b for 18 years. They had all gotten over 15 feet tall and were quite hardy and beautiful. The 15 months ago we had a 100 year type ice and cold storm that lasted more than a week with zero to 5 degree temperatures. Killed every single Pittosporum with no chance to recover the plants. So zero to 10 degrees is the limit on Pittosporum. Any extended time at those levels complete destruction.

[@junesmart7352]

YES! I like this type of video. I want to follow your advice about visiting garden centers this time of year to educate myself about winter interest plants. BUT... illness is surging in my area and visiting a garden center is something I won't be doing. So having you show us winter interest plants is wonderful. Thanks for the many ways you brighten our days.

[@annamariamalveaux8867]

I love this type of video. We’re in Charlotte and greatly benefit from seeing what you’re planting in your yard. We’ve selected many of your plants. Keep the videos coming😃

[@creative227]

Thanks for the info on winter interest plants. I inherited my parents home on 5 acres south of Atlanta. I’ve spent a lot of time clearing out brambles and over growth and I’m ready to start planting both sun and shade areas creating various ‘rooms’ so this is really helpful for me. Thank you Jim, you are a wealth of information!

[@JimPutnam]

Good luck with your projects! Thanks for following along!

[@helenperalta3555]

Love these videos Jim. Learned so much today particularly about the ‘x’ in crossing genera. Very interesting as always. Living in zone 8a, I’m always curious as to what plants weather the winter so these videos are informative. Thank you.

[@greenrockgarden2851]

I love these videos! My shopping list is growing!!

[@joycecostello3632]

Love your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@JLee-pc2vc]

I have Brigadoon St. John's Wort. It has such a pretty color range throughout the plant! Mine just got nailed by a snow plow that took a chunk out of it. I was kinda upset, but after watching this I now know it was almost time to cut it back anyway, so I guess my plant got it's rejuvination prune a little early.

[@ya-ya1766]

You have made me very conscious of gold and variegated plants. I am adding the. All over my garden. I love them.

[@mikej70]

Always the best information on plants trying most of these plants zone 7 s NJ warmer here than it used to be have eucalyptus trees they say zone 8

[@johnmorris7302]

Please keep the plant reviews coming. Would appreciate video on shade plants that like wet feet. I know your yard does not have those conditions. Thanks for your expertise.

[@Kylie4Queen]

Thank you Jim. I’m hoping to see what the Touch of Gold Holly looks like in the winter. Maybe in an upcoming video?

[@susanbaker2796]

You've sold me on the Spider's Web Fatsia! I went back and watched several of your older videos on it as well. This spring I'm going to plant one fatsia centered between six Otto Luyken Laurel along my back foundation. Thanks, Jim!

[@stephaniestock8145]

My pittosporum is looking really unhappy after getting snow over here in Tennessee, 7a. It’s all spotted and losing color. Plus a deer came through and pruned it. I did just plant it this fall and it’s slightly protected under larger trees but gets about half a days sunlight.

[@GardeningWithMaples]

Great video Jim. I love video live this, especially this time of year. Seeing plants that look great through the winter months is always helpful.

[@donnacrawford3667]

Jim, Thank you for the detailed information, and sharing your knowledge and experience about individual plants on both of your channels. I especially appreciate your organic and pollinator friendly approach.

[@kriskasson9795]

Thanks so much for having such fantastic content! I really appreciate the suggestions for the lower zones! Looking forward to see what you have in mind for your landscape.

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for watching!

[@susanbaker2796]

Wow! You are really churning out the videos this week. Thanks‼️

[@JimPutnam]

After a nine day dry spell!! Thanks for watching them!

[@susanbaker2796]

@@JimPutnam We ALL appreciate your effort!

[@npsinboro]

I bought some Brigadoon this year, was so excited to find it (and cheap!); had no idea I should cut it back hard and will take note. Thanks Jim! My gardening is turning out a lot like my fishing - "if it ain't chartreuse it ain't of no use!" :)

[@JimPutnam]

That's super funny!!

[@sammysworld5485]

Love these type of videos. Please show some evergreen screening plants or evergreen shrubs that grow quickly & tall. Thanks!

[@williamo.1874]

Jim thank you man for all your video's I've learned so much since watching your channel

[@bethchaffee5591]

I DO like these types of vids! I live in San Antonio TX and most of these plants work in my area. I’m making a list for my spring plant shopping. TY!

[@marionallen2222]

💚💚💚💚💚💚💚 omg the “Angyo Star “ has the most gorgeous leaf color !!! I NEED that!!! To add to my shade garden with some Fatsia and some white Camellias … lol of course

[@ceupinto4331]

Thank you, for your wonderful videos, so informative

[@bethheerten1132]

Would love to see what's growing around your neighborhood.

[@Rougebasque]

I watch both of your channels with great interest. Merci beaucoup!

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

That contorted maple is super contorted. I think you showed it in a prior video. Looking forward to seeing it in spring.

[@jeffreydortch799]

I love this type of video. I have two Illiciums and “Marvel” Mahonia in my yard after seeing your videos where you showed them. I’m excited about the XFatshedera and can’t wait to shop for one. I am unable to grow Japanese maples in my big yard because they all get Verticillium Wilt. I have lost ten of them! And I know it’s not me that’s killing them because I have eight gorgeous smaller maples in containers. The XFatshedera has a maple like leaf and variegation. I think I will try growing it on a pillar in a shaded part of the yard. Thanks Jim! You’re the Guru of Gardening!

[@cathybrown8334]

My Umbrella plant is still doing great. Supposed to Maybe get 1/4 inch snow in Sweet Home Alabama on Sunday. As for most of us we are still in morning after the National Championship game.

[@mavisjones4750]

I have 3 mojos that I planted earlier this season (Nov / Dec). So far they are doing great. Probably due to our unseasonably warm winter (in Charlotte) they have already grown a little. I love them! I also have a question. We are supposed to get that wintry mix on Sunday. I was thinking about trying to get a few more plants into the ground on Saturday. Should I wait or go ahead and put them in the ground a day ahead of the storm. Plants that I still need to get into the ground are butterfly bushes, jazz hands bold loropetalum, sweetspire, hydrangea, and crape myrtle.

[@joyhamilton4248]

Love the creeping sedum!! What a great pop of chartreuse in the winter. And the deer leave them alone!

[@GardenKath]

I like these videos, because the dominant color in my winter landscape is white. ⛄️ I can’t grow a lot of it, but I like looking at it!

[@judymiddleswart9350]

We would all love any videos of winter plants you put out there!!!!

[@anitahadley2871]

I trimmed my sedum last summer and left some pieces on the ground. Did nothing and they all rooted nicely. They’re under my loropetalum that’s limbed up so the contrast is nice. One thing I noticed is my ajuga is looking funky. I’m thinking it might be getting eaten. Is that usually a problem?

[@terryweller1233]

Jim It might be helpful to include deer resistance (or lack thereof) along with climate zone limits for plants described. Example, while we live in zone 8b things like fatsia, pitosporum, sedum are non-starters because they become deer food. In my history, any time you try to fight the deer with otherwise desirable plants in the garden it is a losing propsition. A cautionary note may save a lot of future anxiety and frustration from what the deer can do for your gardner viewers.

[@frederickburrell1554]

Wow I have a ivy that looks exactly like the x ivy you have but mine is called pia tree ivy and it was bought as a house plant. I am in zone 7 and wondered if I could grow mine outside as well..

[@amywright2243]

Always love seeing Holly and her fox tail. 😊.

[@joycecostello3632]

I love variegated plants. They pop in the garden.🌞

[@huytruong2542]

Love you videos as always. Can you please do a video about Encore Azaleas? I know you have lots of them, but it would be awesome if you can do a video to compare the quality of each varieties pf Encore (Size, bloom quality, ect. ) Thank you very much

[@bethheerten1132]

I would be interested in knowing which Encores bloom the most and for the longest period.

[@juliabinford6500]

I enjoyed learning more about these plants 🌱

[@peggydove8756]

Love these video's and the lower zone plants. I'm 6b Last year we were warm this year not so much.

[@ytubechannel997]

Conifers that change color in winter would be a neat topic to see a video on.

[@urchinsushi2041]

Thanks Jim - I love your winter interest videos, yes please do more! Would appreciate some additional ideas and inspiration for the under plantings of deciduous trees and shrubs. I have some beautiful mature red sprites that look bare in the winter, I think the St. John’s wort you highlighted or the mojo pittosporum would look fantastic! :)

[@melaniestallings2621]

Yes, definitely more, please.

[@olsonlr]

When does that pittosporum have fragrant flowers? Really nice smelling?

[@JimPutnam]

Late spring. Orange blossom scent. Minor flowers really

[@laurelsayer7557]

The Fatshedera looks fascinating so I looked it up. Has been awarded an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society. Unfortunately they advise it is grown in a cool conservatory so my roughly equivalent to Zone 8a climate is evidently still too harsh for it, yet it thrives in your 7b. Shame.

[@JimPutnam]

They are all over the place in zone 8. Everything would grow better in a conservatory including me🤣.

[@matthewbusch_staff-enloehs2639]

When you say cut Brigadoon back after the winter, do you mean to the ground, or how far back?

[@JimPutnam]

Pretty close to the ground. Mowing is perfect. I see you work at Enloe. Go Eagles

[@nicolegreenough961]

Does your lemon ball serum have any issues with the amount of water you get naturally?

[@JimPutnam]

No, and there is a little slope onto the lawn in that spot

[@pbandjayable]

Excellent information, as always. These types of videos are very helpful for those looking to have interest in the garden during all four seasons. Good stuff✨

[@braybray4573]

thanks

[@jenniferhooks2454]

I really appreciate the information that you share about the plants in your garden. I learn so much!

[@gaiachild3950]

Hey Jim, I love these videos as they have given me the impetus to do some redecorating. But, do you get all or most of the plants from Plants By Mail or elsewhere. Thanks and keep them coming.

[@dylan8285]

Defiantly wise doing this before that big storm. Hope yall dont get all the ice there saying that will be a disaster and wreck hvac on everything, including plants especially the evergreens

[@JimPutnam]

I actually just shot a video for tomorrow morning cutting a bunch of things down before the ice can break them.

[@dylan8285]

@@JimPutnam well yeah that’s a good thing for the things you can cut down some. But for some plants it just is what it is.

[@jessecoats4034]

Downer Dylan

[@dorindajenkins7825]

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