Looser, lighter more natural garden tour

In this ongoing detailed garden tour series including plant names and insights, we're now moving away from the house, where the gardens get looser and a little more natural. This tour includes an update on the garden designed with Roy Diblik in 2022.
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[@frasersgirl4383]

I love the tours!!! Informative and super beautiful!!

[@gigizaino8805]

Yes!!! Cheers to not having to stick to 1 garden design! Those words really made an impact. Thank you Erin!

[@user-qf7qr1is6b]

I love love love that you called it a “crick” just like this native Iowan does!!

[@pamelarichards6482]

It’s always a crick not a creek!!

[@jennifermitchell2493]

Same, we call it that in Ontario Canada too, my dad always corrects me if I call it a “creeek” 😂

[@deborahpellerito6117]

I'm from Iowa and we always called it crick😊

[@ryanharvey1098]

Same in many parts of Utah, strangely enough!

[@kittyvine823]

"Creek" is foreign to me.

[@robertarohwer3861]

There's a place for formal gardens... and then there are others. I'm in the others category... that's why I love peeking around each corner in your garden! Amazing!

[@snu3877]

I just find formal gardens too stuffy and boring for my taste. Give me a cottage garden with plants packed in any day.

[@pspianoman86]

👏more 👏tours!

[@cece_marie]

Crispiness is fine, eventually will get a hose on it - this sums up my August in the South gardening mentality! Loved this informal garden tour, thank you! 💚

[@betsyschaffitzel1044]

Great advice! You don’t have to stick with one garden style! Thanks Erin for another great tour! Gorgeous!

[@kathylemke7854]

Great tour! It felt like I was walking along with a friend 😊. I appreciate your more natural and easy (not stuffy) way of gardening. I look forward to the next yours. Thanks again!

[@terrivance8750]

Erin, Silly me--I was trying to figure out why you would want to dye the top of your head blue, then I realized the blue was your sunglasses. 😆😆😆

[@carlas872]

I love these garden tours with more plant details and thank you so much for putting the names on the screen. Your garden is so beautiful! I have to get my hands on some of the Goldtau, Persicaria Fat Domino and Diane Clare Pulmonaria. Pulmonaria is my favorite plant. I have one that starts looking really sad in July and all I have to do is cut it back to the ground and beautiful, fresh foliage comes back.

[@pamelashipman1414]

I love how you garden. You truly enjoy gardening. Thank you

[@lisas3692]

I’m always inspired by your experimental attitude. Loving these mini tours. Thank you

[@agneslazarenko2653]

I love your less formally planted spots❤ its my idea of heaven

[@adoster2008]

Love your tours! I feel like I’m in the garden with you. And, you are inspiring!

[@jilladcock5648]

I just love the natural gardens farther from the house- just beautiful and nice that you have enough space to have so many different types of garden styles and they blend beautifully.

[@joannefuller]

The ostrich ferns are stunning! I am so jelly over them. I struggle with getting wood ferns to grow in this north texas hot and dry. If I could have ferns and only ferns I would be in heaven.

[@kathyszeremet7138]

I totally agree with you on garden styles. I love being able to do my own thing in my gardens. Love your videos! Thanks for sharing with us!

[@kristinepeterson6761]

I love these tours so much. I get so sad towards the end! Can’t wait to see the next 3!!! You are such a inspiration! I’ve learned so much from you! Thank you so much for taking the time to make, edit and share these videos with us. I appreciate it very much! 💜🌸

[@reginaneufeld1092]

Oh my goodness..what a beautiful spacious yard...jealous

[@BellaSC]

The whole property is stunning!

[@joandavis3586]

Yes I love your gardens. Not fussy but beautiful

[@betsymaltby6788]

Yes! Really enjoying. Love that you don't stick to one garden style, because all are beautiful. Thanks for the tour.

[@gracefulgrowing144]

Oh my gosh!! I love your gardens. You have given me so many plant ideas that I am now going to buy!! Your gardens speak to my soul. Your plant selections are what I love!! Thank you for doing these tours!!❤❤

[@FrediOlson]

I am really enjoying your tours and the different plants you have in different areas. I'm in Virginia, 7a, so I probably can't grow some of them, but I do get ideas of different textures, colors, etc. Thank you for doing this, and I look forward to the next one.

[@ceciliamarumo2841]

Breathtaking garden.

[@stevehyde645]

Thx so much for the tip on tidying up the blue globe thistle. I love those.

[@eleanormarcellus8676]

Im learning so many new and marvelous plants in these tours. Thx so much

[@cathrynkolkman1811]

Beautiful Erin💐🌲💐

[@lisaf4300]

I really enjoy your detailed garden tours. I also have different styles in different areas of my yard. Glad to know I am not the only one. To me, my yard is one big art project. I love designing with plants. I think you feel the same.

[@pamelap.123]

Praise for "Blue Globe Thistle"- My 3-year-old plant had 2 globes the first year, 20 the second year and 45 this year, It's grown to be huge and I grew 42 seedlings from last year's seeds. Love this pollinator magnet! (zone 6)

[@pamhouglan4710]

Your garden is amazing! Love the sunny & shady areas.

[@deborahpellerito6117]

Love th free flowing garden!

[@WoodlandT]

Hearing Erin talk about how hard it is to get things to grow under her Norway spruce in sandy soil was oddly validating. My property has at least 30 massive Douglas fir trees, 5 huge white oaks and my soil is about 90% sand because I live on a river. The tree canopy is really high so I get a lot of light. But yeah, the struggle is real lol

[@asilsreeb]

I'm loving the more detailed tours!! I enjoy seeing and learning about the different plants, trees, and shrubs. I also enjoy different styles of gardens as well. The way I look at it is, why not have different area style if you have the space to do it? Thanks for sharing ❤

[@sallyday8182]

Thanks Erin for the tours! I make lists of your plants just in case. We just moved from a house we lived in for 43 years to a condo. Yikes! Not one garden but I’m certainly planning🙂 I’m 74 yrs. old but still active and my love for gardening isn’t over so I’m excited for the next chapter. I have a much more patient husband too😂😂❤

[@peggydove8756]

I love the garden with the phlox in it. So pretty! The whole garden is very nice!

[@gardensglory1229]

Thanks Erin for sharing!

[@user-wi1zj3ry4i]

The way you pick your plants to compliment the others is incredible. Would you consider making a video in which subscribers send in their dream plants and you could suggest some companion plants?

[@TheImpatientGardener]

That is a very fun idea! My wheels are turning ....

[@beckyscheller9358]

Always love a tour.

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Erin. 🌺💚🙃

[@roslynholcomb]

Love the way the Diblik garden is turning out. It looks so natural but elegant. My backyard slopes like that (but, sadly, no crick) and I think that look would work for me.

[@LB-vl3qn]

Keep 'em comin', Erin. I learn more from these kinds of tours that just about anything else. And, yes, great reference material. Thanks for taking the trouble to make them. ~ Lisa

[@areebus4226]

Thank you so much for your insights and for also sharing the imperfections. Makes me feel assured that I'm getting somewhere on my own path.

[@mollycottontail]

Great tour as always. Thank you.

[@lisag6796]

Lovely Garden! I didn't realize how large your property is!! It's nice that it allows you to have to different styles of gardens.

[@karena840]

Love the garden tours Erin!! Gorgeous gardens, and love the variety of plant material.

[@albertmo1722]

Hi, You have amazing gardens. Thank you for sharing them with me! Best, Albert, SF, CA

[@upnorth21]

Yes, we really enjoy seeing your garden. It is to see more detail and names. Thanks for taking the time for us!

[@lindis2660]

Just beautiful.

[@kimbailey742]

I enjoy natural looking gardens. Thanks for sharing your beautiful yard with us.

[@Flowers4Everyone]

I love the diversity in plantings and lighting. Your garden evolution isreally nice and gives me great ideas as I pivot in my own areas. I'm zone 9b. I have to say the only plant I'd truly like, but cannot have, would be a hydrangea. Just can't take the 110-120 heat.

[@pixipatricia4304]

I love the "problem children" and the victims of beetles, deer etc. It makes it so relatable! I live in totally different conditions and yet there are so many parallels. Happy gardening Erin.

[@Peoniesandpinks]

Speaking of dogs, how’s Dorothy adjusting?

[@cindybohl9593]

Loved the tour! I am in Illinois zone 5. Love your garden! You have plants I have never seen at our garden centers. Thank you for the tour. Looking for forward to future tours.

[@jenmason40]

Beautiful garden. Always get great ideas from you & nice to see gardens from other countries. I'm from Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦zone 5.

[@Brendas.places]

I love the tours of your gardens

[@carolynbuckton6004]

Beautiful garden and property

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

I love seed heads too.

[@venusgarden959]

Wonderful video🌹🌹

[@bigtomatoplantslover6205]

Lovely Garden ^~^ My friend, thank you for good sharing 😊 Like it

[@kerricolwell5080]

This was great! I sit with a tab open to google garden zones as you go through.... adding to my list!

[@susankilpatrick2918]

Absolutely loving the garden tours! Always jotting down several ideas to follow up on for my garden. I’m realizing that I also have several different styles of garden over my outdoor space and I’m lovIng it too.

[@Singlelady1601]

Loving the more detailed tours!

[@barbb.9489]

These tours are great thanks! ❤

[@TheGardeningMe]

When I saw that bright pink phlox, I thought 'Finally I'll find out what that variety is!' as I have that one in my garden as well and it was here when we moved in - oh well! 🙃 While it's not a colour I would normally choose, it hasn't skipped a beat over 14 years with zero care so I love it.

[@irma_brenton]

You look great Erin! You & your family are still in my prayers 💙🐶🙏🏻

[@KarenShirey]

Hi Erin, I am age 75 in Athens, Tennessee Zone7 and have learned so much from you. I will be watching all of your tour videos over and over again and taking notes for sure! You are such a wonderful inspiration to me. I love how you create and maintain your gardens and the variety of plants that you have. P.S. Once you do the last 2-3 tours, you can just start over again please! 🤪 😃❤🦋😃

[@AleksandraDeegan]

Garden area designed by Roy really stands out

[@reenamancuso1255]

WOW!

[@michelegawrys7286]

Wonderful!

[@Goosesillyduckgardens]

I think the Gold hosta is a very mature World Cup.

[@querentstree]

Ooh your the Phlox from your mom I had one of those pop up in . a part of the yard that is been ignored.. I am hoping to move it

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

A nice tour! And I’m glad you don’t grab your plants/ flowers like some others do! I mean I don’t go around petting my plants ! Thx

[@tinah8065]

Your gardens are really looking great considering this “no rain” thing we got going on around here! I came up with a couple questions this time! 1) All our ash are falling now, do you do anything to your climbing hydrangea to keep it more stable and less rotting on the ash trunk? Can a climbing hydrangea be planted on a live tree? 2) out of the summer blooming shorter ish alliums, which has the darkest purple color? 3) Have you ever seen “Great Star” hydrangeas around here? I really really want some! I’ve contacted both Bayside and Nehms, they don’t carry it. Thank you for the great videos! They really help me see what grows well in our area and what they look like as they each grow up and fill in.

[@junoharpoon]

Thanks Erin, I enjoyed this tour a lot. Did I miss your wine & Weeds posts this summer? Anyways, Happy Gardening! (Vancouver Island in Canada)

[@judymckerrow6720]

I can’t get ostrich ferns to grow at my house.🌺💚🙃

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Oh wow, I didn’t know Klehm’s Song Sparrow nursery had closed. I received their catalogs for decades and ordered occasionally. But my health has declined over the past 6 or so years so gardening has been limited and I figured any catalogs I wasn’t getting were because I hadn’t ordered in a while. Very sad news. I will miss them. 😢

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Erin, I have a tri color beech that is just as thin as when I planted it. I didn’t site it ideally, it’s on a slight slope, and summer here is very dry. It does get plenty of rain the rest of the year and I do water it at least several times a week in the summer, but I didn’t the first few years due to health issues…it took me a while to figure out how to do as much as I am doing now, so it had some hard summers. I am not sure what to do for it now as it is getting watered. Maybe I should fertilize more, but I have never fertilized trees much, especially after the first year. Other than fertilizer and water, I don’t know what to do to make it grow. It gets plenty of sun, a bit more than I had intended since another tree fell, but it’s not burnt or crispy and the foliage looks fine, it’s just not growing in any direction.

[@newt52864]

I'm talking to my screen " Erin, that's called Spot On ." 😂😉 Great tour, love your garden ❤

[@TheImpatientGardener]

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[@esterklerfors7965]

Love to tour your beautiful garden!💚 If you like jurassic looking plants, you should check out Darmera peltata. When it comes in to size, it has chunky rhizomes that sends up pinkish flowers in spring. Then the leaves fold out to big platters, floating in the air. In my garden it grows under a Sorbus ’Dodong’ and when it shedes it’s leaves, the Darmera picks some of them upp. It looks just like candy in a bowl. Though it is not a sight that lasts for long, I look forward to it every fall.💚 (Maybe Darmera is considered to be a weed in the US - if so I apologize. Every climate and area is different, but at least here in Sweden it is known as a cool garden plant.)

[@anitahadley2871]

The Goldtau is like spun sugar! I see a few new to me plants that I’d love to try.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

What a perfect description!

[@anitahadley2871]

@@TheImpatientGardenerforgot to ask what the reddish grass is in the beginning , near the knockout.

[@louannshaffer3888]

I miss the mixed drinks

[@pamelafrydman4429]

Always inspired to try new plants by you! And feeling ready to divide overgrown established plants and maybe remove ones I’m less than wowed by. Advice?

[@Goosesillyduckgardens]

I think the large green mystery Hosta is T Rex. Just based off of leaf shape and the shine and the ribs on the leaves. I’m still working on the more Yellow one. It’s has some puckering which is great and it’s upright cupping nature…I’ll figure it out. Flipping thru the Hosta library now.

[@LaurelW_Rockford]

I inherited yellow Archangel Lamium, and it is very invasive (not a fan). I've notice, however, that the purple lamium seems a bit tamer.

[@jcbfree]

Such pretty gardens. I've been taking screen shots for ideas. I had a tricolor beech but it didn’t survive the move. I want another one. How do you get rid of your thistles?

[@SharkSandwich451]

It’s worth noting that you kinda have to let the space speak to you then respond with something that agrees with the space.

[@loismaudson6322]

Love your garden ( u k )

[@user-zl2qd3yu2t]

❤

[@Jpatmeadowbrook]

Watched a second time!

[@lisal2401]

Love the mini garden tours! Wine and weeds question - have a brand new weed this year. When i looked it up i think its japanese stilt grass? OMG is it invasive. I turn my head and it grows any inch. Any advice on controlling it?

[@gracefulgrowing144]

The hydrangea you didn't know the name of: I did a Google eye on it and it said Annabelle, Incrediball and then one result said Wee White.

[@rosemownow]

Do you cut back your echinacea in Spring to keep the shorter and to get so many flowers? Mine are tall gangly and only a few flowers that flopped over

[@milf72]

My newly planted tall phlox is Browning and dying. I have clay soil but amended with compost. Plants around it are fine. Any ideas?

[@user-vu5dp5pj8z]

No sun nothing will grow No humans will exists

[@martinlugus5499]

I am really enjoying the '23 summer garden tours. For some reason I missed last year's summer tours. Maybe I got "unsubscribed".

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I didn’t do many last year.

[@JeffSueBell195]

New here, whats the zone? Beautiful!

[@cyhomer]

Erin, did you start the thalictrum from seed? Mine wouldn’t germinate, but I would give just about anything to have it in my garden, and I never see it at garden centers/nurseries.

[@dylan8285]

Could you do an update on the trees you planted as well?

[@abannajmudin3510]

1:45 so... how tall is the fern?. I am 165cm living in Europe. I am tired being called "Little Man"..

[@yonokzeller5402]

👍🏼🥰🙏