Repotting Topiary and Herbs // At the Potting Bench 🌷 YouTubeGardenDaily 🌷

Let’s do some repotting today! Lots of my herbs and Topiary have become root bound and need to be repotted into larger containers. Join me as I share tips for potting and upsizing container plants and things to take into consideration when doing so.
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[@kirstenmordacz3596]

Hi Linda! For drainage when using a Ceramic pot without a hole in the bottom , I too use a 2nd plastic pot, however ,I put gravel at the bottom of the Ceramic pot without the holes, therefore the top pot is not sitting in constant water,but receives the moisture until it’s dissipated. 😉💕🇦🇺

[@LindaVater]

👍👍🙏

[@mitchhobock683]

Thank you. I appreciate your topiaries skills

[@GeoffsSousChef]

i love that you're so elegant and thrifty at the same time ☺️

[@wendypalmer7798]

Love this video! My obsession with boxwoods and rosemary has grown into my new love of making them into topiary! Thank you for all the inspiration! ❤

[@LindaVater]

You are so welcome!

[@judepicton6252]

Hello I'm just about to 're pot my box topiary ,its a lovely sunny day perfect for gardening . A neighbour cut down a large unsafe tree this morning, I rescued a large slice of trunk , placed it at back border ready for the box topiary to stand on ,instant height & trunk hidden in the border .thankyou for encouraging thinking outside the " Box" ,

[@LindaVater]

I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!

[@tammymcleod9860]

Can I just mention that Stewart is a great part of these videos!

[@sreereng]

With a little time and patience we can make a beautiful Topiary Garden at home. Everyone is welcome to the channel to see the Topiary arts we have prepared in front of the house🙂

[@penelopehammerton2907]

Greetings from England. Although I have a small garden of a different style to yours, I still enjoy your videos. Love your enthusiasm. I used to top dress with gravel but when I redesigned my my small garden during lock down, I had some smallish round pebbles (2cm ish) to hand and used those instead. They look especially nice when they are wet showing their different colours. Also had some small shards of slate from another project and used those instead to top dress. Using up spare material (hate wasting anything) and looks good as well. Must have a cup of tea and watch another of your videos : )

[@MrJasonchung]

Thanks for your sharing. I love how much detailed instructions you provided. Really helpful and practical tips:)

[@laurietrombley6239]

I just love watching you! I’ve become obsessed with topiary!😊

[@LindaVater]

Uh oh😂

[@nancyvance2772]

So have I! Mine need to fill out a lot, but I'm rather pleased with myself!

[@laura2842]

Hi Linda!!! I so love listening to your experience in the garden, I've filled my deck with potted plants and of course the watering is a daily deal, albeit therapeutic!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!! Cann't wait to start collecting bigger pots to do the domino potting (next year) Cheers

[@LindaVater]

👏👏👏👏

[@nataly3492]

Your videos have been a real blessing to me. Thank you for what you do, Linda. ❤️

[@PleasantPrickles]

Nice job re potting your babies. I just made a boxwood topiary this week inspired by you! I’m hooked now! Thanks for the inspiration! 🌿🌿🌿

[@glendagai]

Hi Linda, I am a new subscriber..but an experienced Gardner of the Midwest flower hosta world 😂. I hope you know what a big deal this is for me to see such a different approach to the garden. I am 73 and have been a little lost as to how to change things up in my zone 5world. Thank you for a new lease on gardening!!!

[@ASH-kj9xt]

Thanks so much for doing this video! Great content and instruction! When you started this video with the explanation of what you were doing, I had to laugh. I spent all morning yesterday doing the same thing, and have been working again on more this morning. 😂. “Larger pots...less watering”- a southern gardener’s mantra in July! 🙌💚🌿🌳

[@LindaVater]

True that!

[@whatsblooming]

😊 I totally use my Folgers Coffee container for watering or a garden scoop

[@sharronboxenbaum7392]

Excellent ideas!

[@denisewalker6922]

I just watched a video where you talk about growing up in Knoxville! I was born and live just outside of Knoxville in a small rural town! Neat to know! Love watching your channel! Thanks for sharing your expertise. I have always felt more comfortable with interior design! With your channel and a couple of others, I have become more courageous!! Have a great day!

[@LindaVater]

Wonderful! You too!

[@cafefay]

Love your videos! I have used Osmocote since I was told that it provides minerals that liquid fertilizers don't provide, which is why you need both. I'm definitely going to get a topiary 💚

[@Li-Anderson]

O my gosh! I'm like a kid going to the candy store watching your videos!🤭 Thanks for my Saturday treat!💃😉

[@LindaVater]

You bet!

[@angaeltartarrose6484]

Love the tiny pot as a scooper! Great idea!

[@carole-f8x]

Hi Linda, thank you for sharing your great idea of domino repotting...It makes a lot of sense. Thanks for telling us the name of that plant, the angel wire. I was thinking what is that plant and you read my mind. We appreciate you taking the time to make us this video. Have a Happy Saturday ❤️

[@LindaVater]

Thank you Carol!

[@razvanmihai3805]

I looooove to see more topiary 🥰😍

[@LindaVater]

Of course!

[@nanburger1427]

What a great video, Linda!!! Thank you!

[@laurend.tamayo2186]

Great tips Linda, I am going to start a few topiaries and top them with gravel. They look so nicely potted. Thank you for another nice video.

[@yvettesummers1339]

hi Linda. aI bought two bags of gravel yesterday to get mulching my pots. love you garden. just. beautiful

[@oh_boy_oh_boy22]

Love your videos @lindavater! Getting so much good info. I noticed your gorgeous geraniums in the background! How do you get them so big and lush?

[@yiselburns5013]

Very true about rain water, I do that as well...all of my plants love it, especially my indoor plants.

[@LindaVater]

True that👍

[@nicholasnoll-lamantia6098]

Love this video! So excited for LVTV! I am already signed up!!!

[@LindaVater]

Great Nicholas! Thank you!

[@FARADISTUBE]

I love your channel Start it as soon as the computer opens

[@LindaVater]

What a nice compliment!

[@FARADISTUBE]

@@LindaVater Thank you this is my love of nature.

[@vinetiamcgreevy9609]

Loved this domino planting video!😊

[@michaliareeton3247]

Hi Linda great video today. l just reported my bay tree a little while ago and it was needing it so bad and now it's growing so much better in its new pot. l love the rosemary you were reporting so thank you for a helpful video today

[@LindaVater]

You bet!

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

What an inspiration you are Have. I missed the video where you tell us what base you use, and or built , to support your marble slab table? I have several small crummy leftover bathroom and yard sale tables made of schlocky stuff that hold my nursery collection I cover them with oil cloth - helps them last - looks crummy - eventually they dissolve in rain Would love to support with one or two wide heavy duty display areas Like your marble slab But what sort of heavy duty frame/support will hold up over time?

[@debbiemann1265]

I love that wire vine plant on the ring form.. that’s next on my list to find

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

I take long clippings from our wisteria and regularly wrap them round and round, tying with jute to a bamboo garden arch hoop thing I happen to have - could use some other circle shape I just add regularly till I have it Make sure to strip leaves

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

The form I use to create the wisteria hoop is a bamboo arch made to use in garden They come in packages of three And we’re cheap Bought at Store now out of business But would guess standard thing

[@elmaelmar2761]

I loved this video!! I am going to get some gravel to top dress my pots!!

[@joywhitley3141]

I just rooted some cuttings of ivy and bought a small wreath form to train it on. Today’s wire vine pot gave me incentive to pot it today!

[@LindaVater]

Woohoo!!

[@amybedrosian4106]

Fabulous video! ❤️

[@jamiecurley8425]

Thanks Linda I learned a alot from this video!! ♥️♥️

[@bevsonnone1535]

Thank you! This was great!

[@LindaVater]

Thanks!

[@lizettenoguera9809]

Wonderful, Thank you!

[@LindaVater]

You bet🙏

[@jennifers6435]

Look for bonsai tools for repotting..nice small rakes..also you can cop off 30% of roots off many plants..that will stimulate new roots which uptake better

[@melodydaly8046]

A very helpful video Thank you so much for sharing

[@LindaVater]

You bet!

[@mindfulmaximalist9962]

Love your smile.

[@yiselburns5013]

I’m always switching plants to accommodate their size.

[@LindaVater]

Yup!

[@todaystechtalk]

Awesome

[@noemigaetano2535]

She have exprience about plants I like

[@josieanselmo9072]

Love you videos. What is the name of your gravel that you use for topping your pots and were is it sold ?

[@marialinares7809]

Good night 😴🌙 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@DoloresJRush]

Do you not wash the bigger pots before repotting into them? When I began gardening I was told to do that at some nursery, esp. used pots that one gets thrifting because the porous pots may contain ickies that you don't want transferred to your plants. To drill through pottery or concrete planters, you have to have a special drill bit (ceramic bit for pottery; masonry bit for concrete) made just for that purpose and then go slow. If you try to RUSH the process, the pot will crack.

[@jgwood10]

I have Folgers gardening tools also 😂😂

[@bettyjohnson7762]

Mine are Maxwell house. I put fertilizer in them

[@kirstenmordacz3596]

I would never have thought of using a maidenhair plant as a topiary around a wire loop !!! Thank you,you have inspired me,once again! What is the title of you video, on the “deep dive “ of starting with cuttings into topiarys ,please can you lets us know ,as you have so many videos, it is hard to find? Warm regards from Australia 🇦🇺 🙏💜🕯

[@cynthiabriceno6758]

What are the cone shaped topiary plants? Love watching your videos!

[@ИринаГончар-э5н]

Линда,я очень люблю смотреть ваши топиарий. Я тоже делаю из самшита и хвойных.

[@sassafras7870]

I purchased an Eugenia Topiary with 3 spheres, today at Walmart for $23.98, $15 mark down. Wish me luck. 🤞🏻😊

[@eduvijes1388]

A Great starter video for repotting topiaries for people like me. I'd like to know, what is the tall pyramidal topiary at the forefront of your potting table? I'm now obsessing over it. Also, every now & then I hear you mention your Greenhouse. Is there any chance of doing a video showcasing it? I'm sure it's a Jewelbox! I Love Your Videos!!! Thank You!

[@LindaVater]

I believe it was a rosemary:). I personally don’t have a greenhouse… But I have a friend with one :-)

[@eduvijes1388]

@@LindaVater Thank you! I now know how much I NEED a Rosemary plant and thanks to You for a great lesson on how to care for it!

[@peggyfleming656]

I am doing this right now!

[@LindaVater]

Excellent!!

[@saraw8503]

I find hosing root ball with a forceful stream helps free bound roots.

[@LindaVater]

Great tip!

[@cherylschumacher1832]

Linda, I’m very interested in using gravel to mulch my Terra cotta pots but am wondering about heat. Most of my potted plants are in full sun, would the gravel become too hot? I’m in zone 7b SW TN it gets very HOT but not as much wind like you have.

[@LindaVater]

Actually it helps keep the root zones cooler! Works great. Heat not a prob.

[@cherylschumacher1832]

Linda Vater oh thank you that’s great news! Now off to buy gravel 😂

[@jeane561]

I just love all your different size topiaries and you have converted me to using pea gravel 😊❤️😊

[@etilford]

Hi Linda Where did you get that galvanized tub that you have your mulch in and the little scooper?

[@beverlyasleson3321]

Beautiful pots to transplant are you keeping them outside?

[@LindaVater]

For the summer they will all stay outside!

[@bettyjohnson7762]

White flower farm is closed to visitors and most things are unavailable online. I can't wait to do my Sunday drive again.

[@LindaVater]

👏👏👏

[@clc1302]

Thumbs up before I even watch!

[@LindaVater]

Awwwww

[@lynbuerkett8537]

My boxwood topiary roots are at the surface.... is that naturally what they want to do in a pot?

[@LindaVater]

Yes:). Just put a bit more soil to cover.

[@ludmilaishansade4018]

Hello, Linda. It is such a please to watch you and learn from you. After watching you, topiary is me passion now. I want to start with something small for now. As you said a lot of people is asking about the soil. I want to do the same. What I bought from Lowe's or Home depot I did not like and it's not look like you's in the video. I am looking for the soil with the fine pine barks exactly what you have in the soil box. Can you give the name of that soil please. I just want my plants to be happy. With respect. Thanks in advance. P.S. I am from Russia, live in Brooklyn, NY.

[@LindaVater]

Welcome! Try Espoma pitting soil. It’s great!

[@LindaVater]

Oops. Potting soil.

[@tiny0665]

I love you hair style.

[@tomokitty2153]

Lovely and useful information here and thank you. I have stopped using slow release fertilizer due to the polymer coating. There's loads of info out there on the cancer causing effects of plastic and it's so prevalent now that it's in wildlife dna. I have found fish and seaweed emulsion to be truly outstanding in my potted plants and garden. Sorry for the mini lecture!

[@LindaVater]

Good to know!

[@hasumatichandra6387]

Is chipped stones same as gravel

[@barbaracole4314]

I wonder if you have heat like we do in the far nor-Cal, over 100 everyday.

[@LindaVater]

Not quite but almost. Typically above 95 from here until fall. I feel your pain🥵

[@lincasteel-butler531]

Linda, I looked everywhere on LVTV for the topiaries from cuttings and found nothing. A link please.

[@LindaVater]

It’s not up yet:)

[@candiesmith4329]

Can Texas Sage be transformed into a topiary form?

[@LindaVater]

Oh yes!!

[@rosieblankenship]

I can’t seem to find the gravel blog post anywhere. Could you direct me to a link? (And hello from Indiana!)

[@LindaVater]

Hello! Go to Instagram and follow me on @potagerblog. It was yesterday’s video :)

[@laly6980]

I have a small lavender as a gift but it has 4 branches, has anyone please give me an idea how can make it as a topiary?

[@valeriekelly9775]

😢Linda do you have snails and slugs hounding your pots we are fed up with them its just i never hear you talking about them if you dont have them you are very lucky.Good Luck.

[@Edu_Kate]

Obviously, you don't subscribe to the rule that pots must be disinfected (10% bleach water) before reusing. Is that just a bunch of hooie? I've also heard it's not so necessary to add broken shards in pots. I will typically place a piece of newspaper to cover the pot's drainage hole so soil doesn't escape.

[@LindaVater]

Honestly. I think most of the time it’s a bunch of hooie (And thank you for that expression! I haven’t heard it in years and it was the perfect way to use it😂). If any of the plants that had come out of those pots had some kind of past, or fungal issue or other concern, I would have taken action. But I have seldom ever had a problem with that, and I also want my pots aged so I don’t want to bleach off any of that good mossy stuff! No, you don’t have to add a pot shard… Really anything even a leaf or a coffee filter works.

[@suzetteccc]

I wish Lowe's here 🇨🇦 carried gravel that colour. They only have grey here. Doesn't go with terracotta...🙄Any ideas anyone?

[@Finnswife3]

I’m having a heckuva time finding pots this year. I want two to try boxwood topiary in and I can’t find anything in stock.

[@LindaVater]

Oh no!

[@putin3792]

I want a free garden

[@sc00badive]

why do ads keep interrupting the video? very annoying!

[@LindaVater]

Someone else said the same thing! I’m not sure but will check on it!

[@LindaVater]

Just checked. Apparently KZbin automatically turns it on when it’s a long video. We went in and turned it off because we think it’s annoying too!

[@jerry3691]

I am from Pakistan I sub you