How I Prepare My Shade Garden For Winter

Today I am showing you how I prepare my shade garden for winter. A few easy steps in the fall will give us beautiful healthy plants next season, and spending time in the garden on a cool day is always a fun time!
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[@kathy8832]

Always love the flower beds cleaned up in the Fall. Everything looks so fresh and cleaned.

[@callison2138]

Better than a gym, tricep, bicep, hamstrings and a general all over stretch workout. Feels good, looks good and your plants love you. Thanks, for reminding us how good it feels/satisfied when flowerbeds are completed for the winter.

[@jaleinegreen7411]

Good morning, Jenny! The shade garden looks SOOO much better! Like I’ve said before, the garden can finally take a nice deep breath of fresh air! Ahhh 🤗

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes!!!!

[@suzettebergeron484]

Miss brynna is the perfect accent for the flower bed, pretty girl. Amazing difference a clean up can make!! 😊

[@betsymaltby6788]

There are no "Garden Police"...truth! I have some areas I can leave alone for the pollinators, but my main beds I now clean up with a fresh dressing of compost combined with chopped up leaf debris. Spring will be so much easier next year!

[@lindamiller394]

Looks great Jenny and you are right . When you get a project done it makes you feel good. Take care.😊

[@maryquinn1706]

Your shade garden looks great all cleaned up!

[@jeanettepretorius589]

Lol, I like a daily, weekly clean-up of our garden. I like neat and tidy. No leaves or debris lying around. Maybe I am too much, but I hate a mess! 😂😂😂

[@dmbalsam]

I use to have 2 turtles in my townhouse garden (fenced in). They took care of all my slugs and snails around my hostas.

[@lindathompson8100]

Good morning Jenny, you're right I knew you were going to clean out that hay rack cuz it was going to bother you and we all love fall cleanup and that nice clean look.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes! Thank you!

[@Ca2Nfl]

My favorite garden job. Clean up

[@geaizee9204]

Wow Jenny that looks amazing! I love the pop off those bright mums!

[@linakhoury6623]

Hi Jenny 🌺. Well done your work is excellent and I love how this shade garden turned out . Have alovely day. 🌺🎄🌺

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Thank you! You too!

[@paulacatoe6716]

Love the clean up. My beds look so naked. We have a lot of redbud babies coming up everywhere and grow so fast. I wish I never had a redbud tree which is gone now.

[@sandistolle4874]

Isn’t amazing how lovely things look with some compost?!

[@dmbalsam]

In Tidewater area of Virginia we have yet to get down to the 20s. My marigolds are going strong, along with some petunias. Annuals seeds have sprouted along with winter weeds. It is suppose to be colder this week.

[@SunshineGarden-9B]

Looks so nice and clean Jenny!

[@marilynbaldwin2934]

Looks beautiful!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Jenny. 🌲💚🙃

[@loribethartist6353]

Hostas just “melt” when the frost hits!

[@chrislittebrant5235]

Hi Jenny, Dig to China cracked me up!!! Everything looks great for the winter. ❤❤❤ I hope you had a good Thanksgiving with your family. 👍❤️👍 Chris

[@julielaroche8378]

Beautiful

[@shirleyc7175]

Looks so nice

[@TonyaA7]

Thank you for that tip on fertilizer for camelia plants. I just planted 2 in my yard last week and some drift rose bushes as well.

[@Edu_Kate]

I didn't think to just yank out my hosta debris. I have always meticulously pruned them back. Game changer. At this time last year, the Twin Cities had 13" of snow. Dec. 1st forecast has us at low 40⁰ F. Go figure. The bed looks all snuggly w/ its top dressing. 😊

[@rebeccakidder1397]

Love the touches of yellow by your house.

[@juliafiore120]

Good morning, Jenny ☕️ I chopped up my fallen leaves🍁🍃🍂and top dressed my Hosta garden with it and am hoping it doesn’t harbor slugs! I didn’t evn think of that but, I am just south of Boston so we do get snow for sure. Your bed looks so pretty. I loved seeing Jackson sit on your new bench. I wondered if it got used. Have a Blessed Day 😊🐶

[@jeanettepretorius589]

What about primulas or primrose for the shade side of the garden and hay rack? Lots of love from South Africa. God bless! ❤

[@ellalandrum2095]

Hello Jenny, I hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving. I have a question about top dressing soil. In my area, I have a difficult time getting Land and Sea. I know you used some Black Gold earlier in some of your spring videos. Would you say this would be good to use to top dress my beds for winter. I love your videos you and Jerry have help me a lot.

[@TonyaA7]

I been adding fresh mulch to all my flower beds,but the cats keep digging using them as poop area's ugh... Im trying to stop them from pooping all over,but also preparingvfor colder temps as well..

[@sharoncoon5439]

It looks good Jenny. I wish I could do this too. But with my BP I can’t stand for long.

[@debrahickman731]

I just noticed those large evergreen trees just down from your driveway. What is the name of those trees and their general height and width size? Thanks for the info. 🤗

[@sheilagillingham1088]

Looks great but may I ask why you did not rake up all the leaves on the lawn? Won't they blow into garden?

[@JL-hw5hu]

Love it all & thanks for video. Wanted you to see Robbie with Visit Our Garden channel he made a gorgeous dusty Miller wreath reminds me of something you would make. ❤

[@alcg3981]

Jenny, now I have a question about those bugs, snails, slugs hanging out ... could they just burrow under the mulch? Or is it the dead leaves & foliage that they prefer? Thx, because I was thinking they just burrowed into the dirt ... under whatever mulch or bark I have. Alysen

[@JasonObrien-ul1wf]

Thanks Jenny!! Question - Can I cut back my coral bells if they are leggy? I had them in summer containers and they weren’t thriving, and conveniently was able to put them in my new shade garden. Just want them to do well next season! I’m in Zone 8. ☺

[@LeanneD4]

Mornin’, Jenny. ☕️ The shade garden looks great! Noticed your Hoselink is still out. For us southerners (I’m in GA, old 7b/new 8a), is it ok to leave them out year round? Or do you bring yours in when we get colder in Jan-Feb?

[@stitcher54]

Hi, Jenny! Your shade garden looks so nice. How satisfying to have one more thing done. I was wondering if you made your own compost? Land and sea is wonderful, but also pretty pricey. I use it around my plants, and in my containers, but I don’t have a large area. Just wondering. Also, love your shoes, brand?

[@user-ye9oc1dy4o]

Do you cover or wrap your camellia during a hard freeze? I have a camellia japonica that I planted this fall- it is full of buds just like yours. But I am wondering if the buds will be damaged in temps below 32. Our forecast is showing a few nights in the mid 20s this week so I want to make sure it is protected. Thanks!

[@Arelii_Small_World]

Hi Jenny I want to ask u I just purchased some tulips bulbs, I live in zone 9b my question is should I water them once I plant them.My zone can be quite hard to understand because we hardly never have cold temp. I'm probably even sure that if I were to plant them now they would probably even grow😊 anyway great day🌷🌷

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

You will need to pre-chill them for a minimum of 6 weeks before planting. I would consult the store from which you bought them from.

[@OpusAbstract62]

Do you sell those garden mushrooms you have there? Love those.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

No, I found those from a local potter

[@debrahickman731]

Would you recommend Land and Sea over mulch? 🤗

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

Yes we use it all the time as mulch.

[@opalrichardson5674]

Is there a reason for the trellis behind your White By the Gate Camellia? Do you have it attached to the trellis, or is it just for the look?

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

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[@virginiasquier9248]

Do you know how I can get rid of all my palm trees they keep on coming up we pull them out with the roots and we end up with more palm trees so sick of them.

[@rhondaboyd5679]

I thought you usually cut back panicle hydrangeas in February. What did I miss?

[@Edu_Kate]

As growers, I'm sure it helps them to have some projects completed in the fall. If one lives in a snowy area, cutting off just the blooms protects the stems from breaking under the weight of heavy, wet snow. I know from experience. 😊 Then in spring, do the shaping prune of stems.

[@rhondaboyd5679]

Thanks! I thought maybe she did it because it is young, like my bobo is. I guess I can wait in Atlanta and do my bobos and Little Limes in February.

[@GardeningwithCreekside]

It just needs to be done by February

[@dorindajenkins7825]

🙋

[@lynnelovett8999]

Looking nice Ms Jenny. I pray that you and yours had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

Looks so nice

[@DanielleAltringer]

Thanks Jenny!! Question - Can I cut back my coral bells if they are leggy? I had them in summer containers and they weren’t thriving, and conveniently was able to put them in my new shade garden. Just want them to do well next season! I’m in Zone 8. ☺️