LET’S PLANT ep.1 Iza-style (cold hardy succulent rock garden - Northeastern US)

[@Kuttysinaustralia]

I absolutely love this rock garden you made! The chocolate sempervivums looks gorgeous! All the sedums looks beautiful with its various colours. Thank you my friend 👍

[@asun41966]

Love your rock garden im in Connecticut too !! I'm still clearing an area right now that is over grown with weeds its gonna be my sedum garden A good plant app is called 'Picture this" its so good for Gardners I have learned a lot using it !!

[@davidlouiswall7211]

Thank you for your video, I am from Toronto, Canada, and just started using succulents.

[@susangates5216]

Amazing rock garden. I love it. You have inspired me to see what I can do with my sempervivum and sedum. Thank you

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

@Susan Gates thank you! I actually just re-did it. I haven't made a video in a few years tho. Good luck!

[@penelope8980]

Nice rock garden! Beautiful arrangement and colors. Thanks for all the tips.

[@mayarada2059]

Wow , what a fantastic garden you had , you've done such a great job .

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Thank you so much Maya!!!

[@allthingsoutside]

Awesome video. I love all the sedums. They are great little plants. Your setup looks great. Thanks for sharing

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Thank you so much!!!

[@LikodsaPayag]

Hello madam Iza...you have so many beautiful plants collections especially the succulents' thankz a lot for inspiring us : )

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

thank you sooo much!!!!!

[@LikodsaPayag]

@@izabelaszydlowska3940 you're always welcome madam Iza & thankz a lot for your kindness...

[@Cerriscapades]

Wooo you did it! I am actually filming right now and went on a quick break while thinking of how to shoot the next scene. Really happy to see this notification haha! I only watched the first few minutes so far but will continue once I am done. Am rushing to finish filming before it starts raining in the afternoon... haha!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Chuck sorry I keep making fun of the Australian winter hahaha! You have inspired our little community here on youtube to produce! I dedicate this first episode to you because you have truly motivated me to do this (I swear I'm not crying or anything!)

[@Cerriscapades]

Iza Szydlowska haha all good! It's true anyway, our winters are mild where I am. Maybe if I lived further down in Tasmania where it is closer to the south pole, I would have tried to defend the winter down under haha!

[@Cerriscapades]

So about your raised bed. There's nothing wrong with your approach. Besides, if you think you could do better, that's a great excuse to work on it again in the future haha! I have reworked my gardens several times. No videos of those but I have photos stored somewhere. I like that you have all of those pots ready and staged where you plan to plant them. Very nice preview!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hai Chuck! Yes, practice makes perfect. If I were to make another raised bed I think it would already go smoother. I love to be out there planting so it's all good. Today I'm gonna try to finish and plant in the rest of the plants and rocks. It's going to be a good day :)

[@jtidema]

Just found this... Beautiful! I'm in New Jersey and we just had a pretty mellow winter but lots of rain. Last summer I lost a lot of plants because of the humidity and I got mealies and white fungus on a lot of my plants. I was starting to think I can't do it but maybe I just need to make sure they are in sunnier and more well drained areas.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Thank you! Yes rain is horrible for succulents. My best advice is to build raised rockeries and fill them with cactus soil and pearlite, but they will still underperform in rainy times

[@Olgasgreenland]

I was wondering where have you been although i read your comments in some videos here and there. Now i understand that you had a lot of work to do and a lot of thinking. I felt happy that i saw that you upload a video. Totally worth it all this waiting. You have done an amazing job. All this colors mixed together make your raised bed looking fantastic. I love what you have done with your garden. Because even the other plants are different colors and this is an element i love to see in gardens. Thanks for sharing Iza.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Oh Olga thank you so much! Yes, ever since mid-May I've been outside digging in the dirt. I think I'm just now coming up for breath since the temperatures will be getting too hot for planting. The rock garden is just a fraction of what I've been up to, as I'm establishing a garden on a property that's pretty much empty - planting trees, shrubs, perennials - lots and lots and lots of work and I love it :)

[@Olgasgreenland]

You are doing an amazing job. Keep going and wear a hat. :)

[@agatasgarden6097]

Izunia! You are doing an awesome job. It's coming along nicely and I can't wait to see the end results. And to make everyone jealous.........I get to see it in person! The video doesn't do it justice, all the colors and textures are lush. I planted all the little specimens you gave me and they're doing great! Yeay to you! 💜

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Agatka thank you!!! Thank you for calming me down every time I freak out and say 'I can't do this!'

[@dv2033]

My sedum Himalayan sky (the greenish silver one you couldnt remember the name) grows like crazy, doubled in thickness and height in a month. I bought a sedum Clavatum on a whim and it might be the most beautiful thing ive seen.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

I am so glad that the Himalayan sky is working out for you! Mine died that winter in zone 6B - due to too much wetness I believe. Sedum Clavatum is a pretty plant - I currently do not have one. Cheers and thanks for watching my old videos - I need make some new ones!

[@playingwithplants21]

I’m I love with this omg

[@redredwine1277]

SOoooo beautiful🌸🌼🌺 I enjoyed watching, very entertaining, thanks for sharing❤️

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

thank you so very much! I should film this years update...

[@raydenzidane6]

Awesome Iza! Thanks for telling me about a new plant I picked up a few weeks back,I had know idea what it was! Sempervivum Oddity! Very cool name! Love your garden! Keep us updated!😁

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Thanks Ray! I am getting complimented by some big names here!

[@raydenzidane6]

Big names! Lol, Chuck ya! Me,Lol, hahahaha 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣🤣😂, I'm just a guy!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

well I guess I'm feeding your ego, huh? I watched Denise's video about the plants you gave her. I coined the term 'Retro-Ray-Grown-Original' - now everybody wants one!!

[@raydenzidane6]

I thought Denise was going to repot those (maybe not the pink moonstones) I have a few more I forgot to give her.This time I'll make sure they are potted better.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Ray stop spoiling your fellow Canadians!

[@zanyzana66]

I laughed at you teasing Chuck about his winter. I’m an Aussie also, and I am frightened of the winters you guys experience in the Northern hemisphere. Your Polish plant reminds me of my favourite Aussie flower - the flannel flower. I wonder if they are relatives? I love your raised garden and the sedums and sempervivums.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hello Zanyzana :) Thank you so much for watching this video and for subscribing to my channel! I definitely need to make new content... The succulent bed has gone through a very brutal summer actually. Temperatures in the upper 90s, high humidity, and frequent prolonged rain. You'd think this was the tropics not Connecticut :) Alas, the Polish plant did not make it :( I knew this would be a learning experience, but it's still very sad. We shall see who survives the winter. Then next spring I will plant more successfully. The plant that has done the best is the little native opuntia. It has exploded with new paddles.

[@Uneedmoremeds]

I love your garden. The colors, textures are on point. It will grow in really nicely too. I love the Sedum that you couldn't name it reminds me of a sea coral. I have liked and subscribed.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Ruthie thank you so much! This was a test run - some things did not do so well when it rained heavily this summer... Live and learn. I have to make an update video to both indoor and outdoor. I went to check out your channel and subscribed as well - looks like you have some cool videos that I will have to check out! Welcome to the youtube succulent community :)

[@Uneedmoremeds]

@@izabelaszydlowska3940 thank you so much❤️😊👍. I am loving the succulent community and comraderie between everyone. I will be checking back on you as well.b

[@chunlingkwan3574]

Very nice rock garden!

[@kathleensecules5591]

Love your sedums especially! I live in Central pa, could I plant my succulents outside?

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Kathleen thank you!! Yes absolutely - but make sure you buy cold hardy varieties!

[@anetaes3015]

Hahaha😂... Chuck and his harsh austarialian winter🤣😎😂... - I thought the same watching his struggle 😉😁🤘😂! Iza, Great garden scenery you have! Compliments! 🙌🏻 Btw, hugs from Poland!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Bardzo dziekuje i pozdrawiam!!!

[@DanielaZieniuk]

Hi just saw your video! Loved it and subscribed! Hello from Poland!👌🏻

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Bardzo dziekuje i pozdrawiam :)

[@xXLunatikxXlul]

Do you have a list of what sucuclents and are they hardy in zones 4 and 5? Sorry for all the questions in advance

[@TheSucculentGreenhouse]

Thanks for sharing!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

My pleasure :) I never thought I'd enjoy sharing my own gardening but I guess once you start you can't stop :)

[@TheSucculentGreenhouse]

Iza Szydlowska I know the feeling!

[@punanamousme8486]

I wonder how they'd do in Maryland snow?

[@canaldamarlilopes765]

Suas plantas.São lindas abraços

[@redredwine1277]

Thanks!

[@Crystal-be9ze]

What do you do with your plants in the winter and when do you bring them inside?

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Crystal. All of these are hardy to my zone (6b). The one in the thumbnail actually rotted from too much rain. But other than that, they stay planted in ground all year long!

[@zoienoname7854]

Anyone know what the blue/green small one in the middle is?

[@Blancochicano]

Try aloe aristata! It’s hardy to the negatives and is super easy to find, I got mine at Trader Joe’s 🌵

[@Blancochicano]

And definitely Chinese dunce caps , they are so cute , like lil baby Echeverias

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Oskar, I am so sorry I didn't see your comments until now! I actually got some dunce caps this summer at a plant swap! I will have to look up aloe aristata :)

[@alcurtis93]

Iza... I didn't know you had a channel... Maybe you told me but I don't remember ha. New subscriber!

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Ha ha Alex yes I do! I'm the best kept secret on youtube!

[@Aye_Yay_La]

OMG I feel like Beyonce just commented lol THE Alex! I have watched your windowsill arrangement video a thousand times.

[@lettyrodrz9940]

What is your garden zone?

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hello! I am in zone 6b

[@shee09acs]

Hi, can sedum dasyphyllum (that unusual silvery look) survive weather here in new england? Can it come back every spring?

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Sheena, it cannot. It died that summer from too much rain. I think many of these sedums characterized as 'hardy' are cold hardy but will rot from our rains here :( I purchased another one though and I keep it inside under my grow lights, where it is doing very well. All the other sedums and hens & chicks can take our weather though

[@shee09acs]

@@izabelaszydlowska3940 oh that's sad, i ordered one online cos it was labeled zone 3-9. Maybe ill just put it in the hanging planter instead of putting it on the ground. Thank you so much. Btw what kind of grow light do you use?

[@kommercialwurkz5942]

Do you have problems with rabbits with your sedum or plants? I have wild rabbits around my area. Let me knoly stay awy from sedum and succulents? Hope to hear your experience.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi! There are rabbits and chipmunks in my garden but so far they have left the rockery intact. I wonder if it has something to do with the opuntia. It is brutal - it has invisible spines that will embed in the sking when you barely brush by it. I wonder if it turned away several small critters... Now the rest of my garden gets pruned by rabbits throughout the year :(

[@Mommo42]

I know this is a older video, but where did you get your Sedum Carpet.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi No Name! I got it at Lowes. They have some this year too!

[@liliyakamara8792]

Hi, Iza! Where are you in Connecticut? I'm in northwest corner, thinking of trying to grow some succulents outside...

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Liliya, sorry for the late reply - I'm in the Hartford area. I say go for it if you haven't yet. My recommendation is build a raised bed (like some big rocks) and fill with succulent soil and pearlite. This works really well for my semperviums and the cactus. Also, sedums will grow very well just in native soil

[@chunlingkwan3574]

I am trying to expand my rock garden, you have quite some varieties. I am in zone 6a.

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Chunling! We are in the same zone, so if you look in your local garden center you should find a lot of these! I have to tell you that the sedum himalayan skies - the really pretty one in the thumbnail on this video, did not survive the rain - rotted :(

[@chunlingkwan3574]

Iza Szydlowska thank you for sharing this. Such a challenge in our zone to grow succulents.

[@chrishammer4749]

There is also a very large variety of cold hardy cacti, agave and aloe that good for the zone 6 garden. Many have beautiful early Spring and Summer flowers and they'll some survive even down to negative 30° if you provide good drainage with course sand. Hens and chicks are usually ok with an average native soil but others require you to let that moisture drain away as the plants are mostly dormant anyway mountaincrestgardens.com/

[@chrishammer4749]

This is a great link, as well as a source for wonderful hardy succulents www.highcountrygardens.com/gardening/planting-cold-hardy-cacti

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Chris - so I have found that my main problem here in the Northeastern US is moisture/rain/snow. Even if I plant something like a cold-hardy agave in a very well draining mix, that is not good enough outside. This comes from experience as well as talking to fellow locals (like in my cactus and succulent society). I have learned so far that hardy sedums do great in my native soil, and hens and chicks and hardy opuntia do great in the rockery bed, which has cactus soil with pearlite. I use pumice for my indoor succulents, but it's too expensive for me to use outside. Thank you for the suggestions though! I have purchased stuff from mountain crest gardens before :)

[@CCCC-tq8yo]

Nice

[@roseleaopaixaopelasorquideas]

Like 14! Beautful!!! 😘🌷

[@Mad-i134]

Are sedums full sun?

[@izabelaszydlowska3940]

Hi Andres! Yes. Overall succulents enjoy eastern light exposure (my outdoor rock garden is on the eastern side of the house), but def bright light plants. Good news about sedums - they are very tough!

[@emmalouie1663]

Blue Fescue becomes a spreading invasive mess.