John's shady garden in April

The plants mentioned in today’s video:
Japanese Maple 'Garnet',
Lamium galeobdolon 'Herman's Pride',
Hellebore 'Double Mixed',
Polystichum setiferum,
Phyllostachys vivax,
Geranium macrorrhizum,
Dicentra 'Spring Magic',
Helleborus 'Penny's Pink',
Acer palmatum dissectum,
London pride plant,
Ajuga bronze form,
Pulmonaria longifolia,
Pulmonaria 'Blue Ensign',
Bergenia 'Ballawley',
Bronze Astelia,
Polypody fern,
Geranium phaeum 'Samobor',
Geranium sylvaticum,
Brunnera 'Looking Glass'
Visit John's garden at Ratoath Garden Centre in Co. Meath, Ireland.
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[@neverlostforwords]

It was difficult to tear my eyes away from John's fabulous new haircut and look at the many beautiful plants, but I somehow managed. :)

[@nspector]

+neverlostforwords Hahaha

[@lauriebosworth5325]

Great video John! The haircut is nice and you look ten years younger..God bless

[@alanbrooksby4381]

John, in November you talked about growing roses from cuttings. You inspired me to give it a try. I took 5 cuttings from from 3 different roses and just stuck them in the ground. The all survived the winter and are putting on growth. Thanks.

[@nspector]

+Alan Brooksby Ahh, I was too late in the fall (too cold, I thought maybe? I'm in Connecticut). But I did it earlier this spring, maybe three weeks ago and they are already leafing out a bit. Thrilling, because it's a very old rose bush from when the house was built in 1919; had gotten almost shaded out of existence. But now it may have new life if these cutting really take. So, I say "thank you" too.

[@Hairyhort]

Fair play for the videos, there's not many people with specific information about certain cultivars in Ireland, KZbin is mostly UK and US focused! Thanks lads, le meas.

[@finflwr]

Lovely informative video. Thank you! : D

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Thanks! Love the new intro! Also loved that Teddy is there.😊 I have a spot of dry shade down at the bottom of my yard. I have large (well, they should be large when they reach full size) rhodies, a Japanese maple, and a few native trees as a back, so am wondering what to do as a mid height layer. The other considerations for me are, first and foremost the plantings have to be very deer resistant and second, because I mostly view the area from a distance, it would need to show up so massing just one or two things i think. I love your grove of white birches. The Ballawley bergenias are a beautiful color, the nicest bergenias I have seen. I am not normally a fan of them, but those are nice. I doubt I could find them here, though. The thalictrum is gorgeous, love the bright color and the texture. Thank you for showing so many options for such a difficult situation. And, thank you for doing a longer video, these are my favorites.

[@dellohaynes3543]

Great video ,so nice to be able to see larger plants in the ground and in combinations,the care tips are greatly appreciated .Inspiration!

[@anitaptabone9801]

Hi there , really like watching, it's the only gardening my son can stand to listen to. I've learned so much as I'm new gardener I planted a lot of things in the wrong place, so I got brutal and jut ripped them out cut them back and stuck them in the right place, neighbors thought I was mad ,but guess what there all growing back, who's got time for pealing grapes lol,so I've been watching the rose planting and I planted them to high out of the ground,? What to do raise the ground level or pull them out dig them in deeper, I have about 50 roses. What would you do John. Anita happy New gardener.

[@nanamarie9945]

I have been waiting for this topic, thanks for all the info, my London Pride is in full bloom here in Wales. Love your haircut really suits you!

[@carmenbailey8209]

Thanks for sharing, you folks are way ahead of us here in Ontario. Spring bulbs are just starting to show up here.

[@vonifernandes4688]

Adoro ver seus vídeos Eu gosto muito de planta gosto muito da natureza bom dia

[@carolrose4784]

Great information! Thanks so much....

[@tammiettt]

I really love your passion!

[@wingingitsemiretiredlife2981]

John love your gardening tips and I have to say your thumbnail pic for your flowers has the prettiest brown eyes. Happy gardening to you from NY state US.

[@convinth]

Most informative video. More like this, please.

[@danthomas6587]

Beautiful. Thx for sharing. I kept hoping to see a moss garden. I love mosses and lychens.

[@francescurran9650]

Thank you for sharing your vast knowledge

[@beebee5807]

Great, full of inspiration for my different projects

[@daiseegray9110]

Great information, I have a shade garden I struggle with thanks for all the great suggestions.

[@hilshils3426]

Such a great video John....as a relatively new owner of a garden with quite a lot of shade, woodland etc, it is so helpful to hear someone talk through the various plants, which work best (& why), which are worth a try, and which are definitely good ‘goers’. I guess you have slightly acid soil? (Fir trees!)

[@mywalledgarden]

Great woodland garden video

[@barbarawall6349]

Thank you!

[@kiwichch4583]

John is so gorgeous! Love his accent ;-)

[@nancybennett9265]

Like the new opening!

[@dogblessamerica]

Looking shaaaaaarp!

[@greatgardensforall]

Hellebores are my favorite! thank you so much for this video, I have the hardest time growing plants under trees. love the furry companion :)

[@NatalieGamerz]

Ha! Way to see my other fav garden video maker commenting on one of my other favs.

[@glenpeteroak]

Thank you for this delightful video. My garden is northwest of Chicago where we can have instense cold and high heat and humidity. I can grow some of the plants that you have. May I suggest that you try some native north American woodland perennials like Stylophorum-Celadine Poppy and Spigelia marilandica- Indian Pink.

[@mathafok3r]

great work on the editing. really enjoy the intro, just wish you would record on 60 fps. great video as usual

[@Foley4]

I liked the bushy hair ;) I hope the slower pace is just you getting use to the camera, I love to see the channel growing!!. I have learned a ton from you, I got my mom hooked on your channel as well, but she is just here to hear your brogue :) hahaha

[@jillfernie746]

Brilliant video John. Can you do one on east facing borders?

[@MarianneBickerton]

Great video John, I have some bamboos but not sure what they are. We've inherited them with our new house so ill need to check and see if any have Japonica in their names!!

[@conradclarke6062]

I love John’s Videos, particularly when you turn on the captions haha. They are way off.

[@tulipgb5328]

That is a serious haircut John xx very smart......wedding??

[@Dubhain82]

Credit to the cameraperson. Doing a great job.

[@laurenb6451]

Lavatera Barnsley...it looks like something I would love to grow but it is totally unavailable in the USA. So disappointing. I can’t understand why so many really lovely plants you showcase cannot be obtained here. ☹️☹️☹️But anyway, I am enjoying this video, as I do ALL your videos. 🙂🙂🙂 PS in my last house deer completely gobbled all my Bergenia. (They did not read the instruction manual.)

[@laurenb6451]

Ha ha positive attributes of Thalictrum minus

[@KidMillions]

Which particular variety of Geranium macrorrhizum do you recommend?

[@gentlemanjack25]

John got a haircut😀

[@pansepot1490]

Gardeners call it a hairprune. 😂

[@franconianable]

He had them all cut.

[@tawanajeffries3610]

What is the corkscrew tree or bush above the geranium at the very end? Thanks

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

Do more bamboo videos. Love them ..great video John

[@lauriecolvin3620]

I'm always looking for dry shade plants here in Connecticut with lots of pines and hemlocks shading the edges of my property. I use many that you have mentioned. The voles will eat hosta roots and even iris tubers so I have a challenge. I have discovered Leucothoe is a very useful plant that is evergreen and very shade tolerant and makes a nice attractive filler. I love Siberian Cypress as a filler also. I have a nice patch of Tiarella Cordifolia that is thriving. I have to say I don't share your love of bamboo. It seems out of place.

[@laurenb6451]

I have had success by using a mix of castor oil and dish detergent vs voles in z5 NYS. Look at the video on repelling voles at New Hampshire Hostas. Good luck.

[@lauriecolvin3620]

@@laurenb6451 Thanks for that. I use that too. I have to keep applying it and I have a lot of ground to cover but it does work! I had around 50 Hostas but now have about 8 after one bad episode with voles. They have apparently moved on. If it's not moles and voles it's chipmunks and rabbits and deer!

[@laurenb6451]

Hmm, I thought the guy said to just do it in the fall. I did so last year and t seemed to work. Just also when it snowed I would walk around each bed to smush the tunnels every day.

[@baljeet50]

Hi John could you please give us the name of the tree behind without any leaves with spiral branches at 15:03? /i need to know what condition it needs to grow. Thank you.

[@tinglejove6925]

Hej John, Love your videos! I have a shady north facing, sometimes windy, balcony in Stockholm, Sweden (but I try to protect my plants from strong winds.) I have 3 hellebores (double-petal sort). They did very well through March and April, but now that the flowers have faded - the fronds/the stalks/stems coming from the soil are falling off and I can easily pull them out on one of the plants. I suspect root rot? Do they need less water - I watered only when they looked droopy - it’s been very dry in March/April, but they don’t get much direct sunlight. Do you think this condition will spread to the other two? They are in their original media which I mixed with a well draining pot soil + perlite in a roomy but not huge clay pot + with a little mulch on top. The other two are growing new stems/leaves so I’d rather not repot if not necessary, but I enjoyed these very much. (Doesn’t seem to be plight (above the soil) or insects.)

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

If the plants are droopy it is usually due to lack of water. But you have to check the soil before watering because if the soil is already wet it is a more serious problem. It could be root rot or stem rot. Another thing to note is that you shouldn’t plant hellebores too deep in the pots because if the soil touches the stems it can cause stem rot. Best of luck with it and thanks for watching the videos!

[@pamelapearce8702]

I recommend removing hellebore leaves (hybrid varieties not Corsican) in December before flowers are fully up then flowers come up “naked” and you remove possible disease and pests overwintering on old leaves, then in April/May remove spent flower heads and fresh new leaves have already come up and you won’t get millions of seedlings or aphids collecting on spent flowers

[@sleddy01]

Where in Ireland are you that it is not raining in any of your videos?

[@jeanineadele]

Could you name the beds for us? Maybe some nice Irish folklore names.

[@lynnkiefer8373]

John got a nice haircut!

[@audreysweeney5338]

Bamboo is invasive.

[@anitaptabone9801]

I love watching, I'm a new gardener and I'm learning so much, so please help ,ive planted to many things in the wrong place e.g I put 6 different colour buddleia together in one small spot and a standard rose in the middle, they all small and look healthy then when I seen yours and how big they are I don't know what to do can you help.

[@johnlordssecretgarden]

The buddlejas will grow much bigger than the standard rose and swamp it. Standard roses need to be well above surrounding plants to stand out. The buddlejas could be cut back very hard every year and that might work.

[@portiaholliday8741]

Libertia Grandiflora gets beautiful white flowers BUT it is for zones 8a-11:-(

[@GranRey-0]

You neglect to mention the gross gumboot type smell the G. macrorrhizum.

[@kaval1er]

It is bamboo that I would advise anyone to avoid like the plague. Awful, horrible, invasive and next to impossible to get rid of. I've been battling it for years.

[@audreysweeney5338]

Bamboo is invasive in the united States.

[@TheGeorgiaMediaGroup]

Do more bamboo videos. Love them ..great video John