May Garden Tour || Jobs & Tips & Flowers

This is the May Garden Tour of Douentza and includes lots of info on recent gardening jobs - cleaning birch tree trunks, hellebore after-flowering care, rotating of spring pot displays. It also focuses on planting in a difficult border which backs onto the adjacent farmer's field, with all of the problems that involves. See you there.
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[@helenazzopardi1713]

Thanks Rachel for the tour of your fabulous garden. Rhododendrons are stunning.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you so much.

[@bewoodford2807]

Absolutely gorgeous garden. You have worked so hard. I love the variety of special plants you grow.The pink display by your door entrance is gorgeous. I wish I had a larger garden- my dream has always been to have a magical mini woodland planted with Jacquemontii and carpeted with bluebells and a meandering pathway. Maybe highlighted with the odd white rhododendron. I love Sappho. Happy gardening. 🙂 x

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you so much for such a positive comment. I hope your wodland dream comes true some day. White rhodos illuminating the shade would be fabulous.

[@bewoodford2807]

@@GardeningatDouentza thank you 🙂

[@michaelmccann4706]

Wonderful video as usual.

[@debwatts2035]

Thank you so much for showing your Homebush again. I saw this for the first time ever in your video last May and asked you about it recently. I couldnt believe when only yesterday i went to my local garden centre and saw one (just one - i felt so lucky) for sale which i snapped up. Thank you Rachel

[@GardeningatDouentza]

How wonderful that you managed to source your own 'Homebush' but I think it is often the way. When we have a list in our minds, we are so much more likely to spot those things. And it was your recent request that prompted me to include the Homebush in this video so I'm glad you saw it. Have a great day and happy planting.

[@wandashaw3551]

Hello Rachel, your garden is so lovely and just shouts SPRING ❤️ 😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@daphneduggan5635]

Hello, Rachel. Ive just started viewing your channel again. I took a hiatus because my dear husband, Graham Bernard Thomas Duggan, who used to watch with me, has passed on to the other side. He enjoyed your show. His father was Irish and we always planned to ctoss the pond and tour your beautiful country but it was not to be. I hope to fo so one day. For now, i will continue to watch your videos and enjoy seeing your lovely garden!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I am so sorry to hear about your husband Graham. It can be hard to do the things you did together after a loved one passes on. But then, everything reminds us always anyway. I am sure Graham wants you to do the things that make you happy even when he is no longer here with you. Hugs.

[@daphneduggan5635]

Graham bought me the Master Gardener's program for my last birthday gift. I've just done a three month course, all the assignments, and the exam. It was hard because my Graham had just passed but I knew he would want me to continue. I did it for him as well as myself. I've passed the course and will join our Master Gardeners Association! His gift to me is saving my life! ❤

[@GardeningatDouentza]

​@@daphneduggan5635​@daphneduggan5635 He knew you so well and what you would love. That is so lovely.

[@kurthartle5473]

Beautiful!

[@kathrineporter7845]

Wonderful garden .. really enjoyed your spring tour Rachel. 😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you so much. Happy growing.

[@joyscott374]

Looks beautiful. Thanks for the tour

[@GardeningatDouentza]

You are very welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@cweefy]

What a lovely woman. Great video.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you!

[@markfeliu2206]

Hi Rachel, your garden is gorgeous as usual. Thanks for information about Hellabores. I never thought they could choke the original plants. I always allow my to self sow. I wonder now if I should thin them out. Thank you again for your wonderful channel. I learn so much!

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Thank you so much and, yes, I would thin out or transplant hellebore seedlings if you want more. If you do pot them up, make sure to include some of the original earth. They don't appreciate compost on its own. Hope this helps.

[@margaretwalsh1456]

Thanks Rachel from a limerick lady.....always enjoy your videos..take care😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

So great to get support from within Ireland. Thank you and take care.

[@marygorchidsmore2058]

Hi Rachel, great update on your garden, thanks for sharing. I love the fragrant rhododendrons such as Lady Alice! I've heard r.King George is fragrant too but don't have it yet. Thanks for sharing and happy growing. 😊

[@GardeningatDouentza]

King George has been on my wish list for a long time. As you're in the UK, you might consider a spring order from Glendoick, which is not an option for me since Brexit. Thanks for watching and great to hear from you, Mary.

[@LAllan-ls5er]

An Irish paradise . Thank you ?

[@LAllan-ls5er]

PS The ? …. Not intended .

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Haha. Okay, thank you

[@hrm266]

Wonderful everything! I am so jealous of your Betulas...Here in Toscany it is too warm in the summer.... Maybe I can try to plant one in the shadow? What do you think?

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Ah listen, I have no idea how a birch would behave in sunny Italy! They do root quite shallowly so I imagine drought would affect them badly. Sorry to not be of more help.

[@richbishop7896]

Rachel you have some beautiful rhodos. I wish I could grow them but they're not hardy in my zone 5b Canada garden. Bonny

[@GardeningatDouentza]

What bad luck. But there are always so many more fabulous plants that we can grow 😊

[@ChloeButcher-du4bb]

Hi Rachel, thank you for the tour- what a beautiful garden you have! I planted my Rhododendron ‘Etoile de Sleidinger’ last year & although it’s now covered in leaf buds, it only has one flower bud so far. I didn’t give it any feed so do you think that could be the reason? Will be sure to buy some specific food for it & my Camellia next year if so. Thanks xx

[@GardeningatDouentza]

I wouldn't worry. Plants often skip a flowering or have a shoddy first flowering when newly planted. It should be back on track by next spring if it is healthy, although I'm sure it is disappointing for you all the same.

[@ChloeButcher-du4bb]

Many thanks for your reply & reassurance, looking forward to your next video ☀️ xx

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@ChloeButcher-du4bb No problem.

[@Fabdanc]

I don't get where rhododendrons get off blooming ONCE per year. I'm glad I live in an area where azaleas will give a spring and fall show -- but fall is never as good as spring.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Wow, lucky you. Most trees and bushes flower just once a year so you are lucky indeed.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

how very strange YT is sometimes. If you hadn't posted to IG that you put out this video, I wouldn't have seen it. It didn't show as a new video on my subs list, it wasn't on my recommended, I had to click the videos tab from your homepage to get to it. So my apologies for the late view. April and May are a special time in the temperate garden. Things wake up, you're ready for new plantings and there's the anticipation of what is to come.

[@GardeningatDouentza]

Unfortunately I think I've messed with the KZbin algorithm this time round. I published the video early by mistake and then unpublished it and republished it yesterday (at the right time). Views are right down as it seems subscribers haven't been notified. I won't do that again, that's for sure.🤔 Thanks for letting me know, Michael.

[@grannyplants1764]

Ooh those Rhodies are stunning…and I love the little double primroses. When you were walking to the 2 Viburnums you passed a clump of tall blackish plants, were they Millet? Really showy. Your garden is just lovely, thank you for sharing it with us! 🤗🌷🌼

[@grannyplants1764]

Sorry, I posted this under replies…my bad 😱

[@GardeningatDouentza]

@@grannyplants1764 Found your comment at last. I remembered reading it but it wasn't coming up in 'unanswered'. Anyway, that plant you are asking about is a Phormium. Sorry to say, I don't know which variety but you gotta love the purple ones 😊

[@grannyplants1764]

@@GardeningatDouentza oh thank you , it is quite showy! I never heard of that, will have to look it up..be well 🤗Judi Oh I have a cartoon on my refrigerator that shows a happy lady coming into her home, carrying gardening stuff and all smudged up-with the caption “In Spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt!” By Margaret Atwood Yes indeed! 🤗🌿