How to Plant a Flower Bed: 3 Secret Design Tips!

[@suzispringfield7376]

Brilliant, Lee… thank you so much for this…uniformity rather than a higgledy piggledy splodge! 🤗

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome Suzi! Glad it’s helpful. 🥷🌿🤘

[@foxhound123456789]

These videos are amazing! As a complete novice it’s given me a lot of help and inspiration in starting to transform my garden from the typical new build grass and paving to something a little more interesting! Keep up the fantastic work! 🤙🏽

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks so much Foxhound! I’m glad you’re loving my content so much. I put a lot of effort into trying my best to help other gardeners. So I’m super happy it’s appreciated! Have a fab weekend. Lee 🥷🌿🤘

[@MyFocusVaries]

Thanks for laying the information out in such a straightforward manner. Much appreciated!

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome Candace. Make sure you subscribe for even more garden design hints and tips. Happy gardening. Lee

[@MyFocusVaries]

@@Gardenninja Subscribed! And I'll be applying these principles as I replant my recently revamped front garden (even though it's SO cold out).

[@Gardenninja]

Glad to help Candace. Welcome to the Ninja community!

[@bobobobo3142]

i like the plant which is on your head.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks! 😂🥷🙌

[@ivy19958]

Great tips to improve my garden. Thank You, Ninja!

[@Gardenninja]

Hi Ivana. Great to hear I’m helping inspire you to garden! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿🌳🌲🍏🍎🙌

[@kathrynburkhill7028]

What great advice. I am afraid I have never realised that. It has certainly made me think more. All these years gardening and only now realising this knowhow. 🤗 Mum 🥰

[@Gardenninja]

Better later than never eh Mum! Was looking great the other day. Socially distanced obviously! X

[@dianeleininger704]

Excellent presentation.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Diane! Glad you enjoyed it. Make sure you check out the rest of my channel for more garden design hints tips and hacks! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🤘🌿

[@TCFour200]

Weed tea. Brilliant. I have two large compost bins but I am going to use this method to feed them, rather than putting weed plants in raw and ready.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Trevor! Well it wouldn’t be a Garden Ninja guide with out top notch tips would it??! 😉🥷🌿 Happy gardening! Lee

[@ingridkift8167]

Thank you garden ninja

[@mattkirk8404]

Really good tips. I tend to cram too many plants into a small space and create overcrowding. I’m learning👍

[@Gardenninja]

That’s what gardening is all about learning and progressing. You really get to know your plants once you’ve seen them grow for a year or two! Happy Gardening. Lee

[@Yeshuawater]

Thank you love your video. Great info. Blessings!

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Sarah! Happy gardening! Lee 🥷🤘🌿

[@totallydomestic433]

Thanks for those much needed tips. I am planting a cottage garden in zone 9. Full sun, ugg. I am following all of your tips. I try to stick to perennials & grow most from seed. Hoping it will fill in as it takes time. I realize i really need to read & pay careful attention to how high the plant gets. Subscribing today.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Totally Domestic. Glad you’re enjoying my work. There’s plenty more content in my channel so make sure you subscribe for more! Happy gardening. Lee 🥷🌿

[@TMBgarden]

I'm planting a cottage garden in zone 9, full sun too. Actually my zone is 9b. I also grow everything from seed, from cosmos to ornamental grasses. Last year I start to add more perennials, such coneflowers and shrub salvia, more gaura and verbena bonairensis. The first gaura ans verbena was from a plug plant, but I got some gaura Al's salvia cuttings and directly sowed verbena here and there. My go now is to get that repetition connecting the different flower beds to make them all work as one, because I start with a pallet at first and all the colour was from my annuals like cosmos zinnias and perennials like snapdragons and mathiola incana. But my garden perspective changed, because now I haven't that time to gardening like years before due to work. So I relying on perennials for colour like salvias, coneflowers, statice sinuata and some borage, bachelors button's, nigella and alyssum to fill the gaps, this ones I already directly sowed last autumn and everything are almost 20cm in height and cornflower are starting to give me flowers. One species that performs great in my cat garden and fill gaps in Nepeta cataria, they get tall and big by their second to third year. Also they can grow everywhere if you let them self-seed, but is very easy to pull or pot up to transplant somewhere else.

[@AnnMarieKing]

As always, great tips! I am no expert but share your passion for gardening. I am working on a 60 foot long flower border in a sunny, windy tropical seaside garden with relatively shallow, stony limestone soil. After having my planting struggle in dry conditions with the existing soil (just removing the coralstone rocks and stones), I amended the bed with organic matter and fully decomposed chicken and sheep manure and added soaker hose irrigation, a first for me. How the plants have come on! For my garden bed design, at back I have spaced out blush pink oleander, yellow pride of india and golden palms that I hope will be focal points once they grow to their full height. Once they get large enough I hope to be able to grow more tender shrubs and flowers in their shade. For my next level, I planted more formal rows of striped dracaena and yucca, spiky dark purple phormiums (which look like a thick bladed grass and flower for only a few days a year), then informally dotted in repeating clumps of purple texas sage. At front for my lowest level plantings, minty blue plumbago with yellow and scarlet lantana for contrast. So you could say, I've gone for a purple/blue monochromatic palette with shots of golden yellow and scarlet for zing. Btw, absolutely love your garden bed (came here from the video of it almost newly planted) and your hedge beyond ... life goals!

[@TMBgarden]

Sounds great! I can feel how passionate you are about it!

[@j.m.7056]

Thanks, Lee. I am a new subscriber from Tennessee in the USA. Can't wait to catch up on your previous videos!

[@Gardenninja]

Welcome to Garden Ninja JM! Looking forward to hearing from you on my other video guides. Happy Gardening! Lee

[@levkriscoins9115]

Great video 👍 really enjoyed watching 😊 my friend despite these corona times.

[@susanleezer182]

Wonderful !

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Susan! 🥷🤘🌿

[@angiemc8593]

Thanks for all the great advice 😊

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome Angie! Happy Gardening. Lee

[@lookingfordiscovery]

Great tips, especially with the colour wheel, not thought of that before.

[@Gardenninja]

Take a spin with the colour wheel! Just not too fast or you may feel dizzy!! 😂 thanks for the comment. Happy Gardening. Lee

[@terrycoles461]

Hi Lee, Excellent video.. Thank you very much. Terry

[@Gardenninja]

Cheers Terry. Glad you’ve enjoyed it. Happy Gardening! Lee

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Great guide, loved it. I think I prefer the monochromatic border colours, and I must try repeating plants in borders too. Thanks for a great video. Love Barry too 😁

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks for the comment Enthusiastic Gardener! Monochromatic is probably the easiest to achieve and it does have a really solid look! Barry says hello 🐕 👋 Happy Gardening! Lee

[@sengahackett]

Excellent advice 🌺👌

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Agnes. Happy Gardening! Lee

[@shineisland7447]

This is exactly what I was looking for ❤️🎉

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks so much! Happy gardening! Lee

[@chrisroberts7900]

Cheers.

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome! 🥷🌿

[@ParkersGardens]

Great tips, thanks champ 👍

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome! Glad it’s helpful. Happy gardening! Lee

[@pineconedefense1280]

Thanks for the great tips! Loved the video.

[@Gardenninja]

Cheers Pinecone. Happy Gardening! Lee

[@maryxsimon4832]

Thanks

[@Gardenninja]

You’re welcome Mary! Do visit my site where there are hundreds of additional gardening guides too. All free! www.gardenninja.co.uk Happy gardening Lee 🥷🌿🤘

[@divineempress5466]

What’s that purple plant called at 1.58? Thanks for the video, looking for ideas 😊

[@Gardenninja]

That’s Salvia ‘Caradonna’. A bullet proof plant that flowers endlessly from May to October! 🥷🌿🤘

[@Zinnia82]

Looking very nice Lee. I remember you planting that hedge, look how well its done! Hopefully you`ll have birds nesting in no time.

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Nathan. Yes it’s proper flown up. I’ve been hand cutting it with sheets. A good work our but it’s meant it’s got a really lovely shape now! I’m almost certain there’s birds in there listening to the noise!!! Hope you’re well. Happy Gardening. Lee

[@vivienarnold7950]

Help! I followed yourinstructionsfor taking cuttings but the fuchsias cuttings havejust grown little leaves instead of roots. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks.

[@jackiemuir4160]

Hi Lee, what sort of Salvia (i think) is the deep purple one please?

[@srikantamahapatra436]

Hello brother love from INDIA..

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks! 🥷🌿🤘

[@nadiah3664]

Hi, what is that blueish purple plant as seen at 4:36 minute mark? Thank you

[@kaarenjukes8308]

Hi Lee does that mean you have to go from the short border to the high plants at the back or can it go up and down in height?

[@Gardenninja]

It could go up and down if it’s big enough. Bare in mind that unless they like a bit of shade those behind larger specimens may suffer. If you think of staggering the planting that’s sometimes helpful for people. No hard and fast rules though. Have a go and you can always move plants! Happy gardening. Lee

[@maireadharkin5124]

could you please do a video on your grasses please, many thanks

[@Gardenninja]

Mairead Harkin here you go!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZatknadiMt1qKc

[@maireadharkin5124]

@@Gardenninja thats lovely just what i needed, many thanks

[@donnageorge-henderson5419]

Fantastic 😍 love seeing your videos and tips

[@Gardenninja]

Thanks Donna. Happy Gardening! Lee

[@michaeldowning1533]

Hello Lee, My name in Michael Downing and I am a complete moron when it comes to plants, grass, trees virtually anything horticultural but I love Colour in plants/ flowers etc. I have atthe front and side of the house of our house a thin planting border approximately two feet wide where we orginally planted small green scrubs trees which we have cut down now... this has left the front and side of the house very bare and I would love some lovely colourful plants that are easy to plant and maintain. I would really appreciate if you could help me achieve this and I will of course pay for your advice. I could send you photographs of the area concerned and it would be great if specify the plants needed...you could supply them or simply indicate where I can purchase them from. Is this something that you would do Lee. Any guidance would be great. Thank you so much for your help in this matter Lee and I look forward to hearing from you.. Yours sincerely, Michael Downing

[@Gardenninja]

Hi Michael. Thanks for getting in touch. I certainly can help with my one hour online garden video consultation. You can find out more here! www.gardenninja.co.uk/garden-advice/ I look forward to hearing from you! Lee 🥷🌿🤘

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