Mid July Backyard Cottage Garden Tour

[@diannedolha2318]

Always enjoy your talking tours. Sorry you've had so much rain; we need some badly. I think, right at the end, that your honeysuckle might be Dropmore Scarlet. I garden in zone 4a in western Canada, north of Montana.

[@floralnhardy7332]

I think you are right. I am looking for Major Wheeler honeysuckle to plant by my rose arch. I think that one has a scent to it. Thanks for watching and the name of the honeysuckle

[@deannahaworth7666]

I love love love that apricot lemonade cosmos

[@floralnhardy7332]

I do too. They are so delicate looking. Thanks for watching

[@DouglasDrake-o8e]

In the old days they use to roll up wet newspapers to catch earwigs. I'm in zone 4 WI and we've had all that rain and, for the first time ever, millions of mosquitoes. You've done a good job keeping the gardens going.

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thanks for watching

[@richbishop7896]

Everything is looking wonderful Susie. Those geraniums are gorgeous! The darn rabbits ate all my veronica. I want those rudbeckia. Bonny

[@Jola290983]

I have never grown Cosmos in a container. I'm going to try that next year. And I adore the color combo of your cosmos. 🌸

[@floralnhardy7332]

I love the colors of the cosmos too. They are so delicate and airy. Thanks for watching

[@carolyngaumer9093]

Yea ,Susie posted a video! Love your gardens,very very pretty.❤❤❤❤❤

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thanks for watching

[@jgg7377]

Hi Susie, I think your garden looks beautiful despite all the rain. Some of the flowers you showed with problems like the tall white spike one I also have the same problem with mine. Don’t ever get milkweed because ever since I got them I have had problems with aphids and spider mites! Never ever had these problems before! Love the rudbeckia and straw flowers cosmo’s and dahlias are gorgeous! Always look forward to your garden tours so Tyfs! 🌺🌼🌺🌻🌸

[@floralnhardy7332]

Good to know. I was thinking about buying some milkweed, but think I will hold off for now. Thanks for watching

[@gl3875]

Your yard looks amazing! Its hard to believe a couple of weeks ago it was under water!! Thanks Susie for posting

[@floralnhardy7332]

I was thinking the same thing. Happy to have a dry spell now. Thanks for watching

[@deliapeter4517]

Your flowers are absolutely gorgeous!

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you so much!

[@dustyflats3832]

It’s been a year! Z5a, WI-too much rain, wildlife pressures AND mosquitoes! So hot and humid that I can’t enjoy or work in the garden with a head net and long sleeves. We didn’t have so much wildlife problems in the drought. Nocturnal ps are pushed up from flood and rabbits first time ever are digging under the fence 😡. Very nice garden tour! I was just thinking if there was any flowers I didn’t have to stake-no. The wind from the storms were strong. We are finally getting a break from heat and rain and yes, I think it will be an early fall. The mock orange bloomed 2 weeks earlier and the tomato blight is 3 weeks earlier. I’ve never had problems growing tomatoes and this year they are stunted. Today I’m starting fall veg garden where I have space and hopefully that goes well. It’s getting tricky to garden anymore.

[@floralnhardy7332]

Being in a drought for 3 years wasn't fun, but after this year, I would gladly be in a drought again. The mosquitoes are horrible. I am always in a long sleeve shirt, doused with mosquito spray and a head net also. The weather has been cooler than normal. Not sure if my tomatoes are even going to ripen. They were amazing last year. Oh well, hopefully my cucumbers start to put on some size. Thanks for watching and good luck with your fall veg garden

[@brendahayes3365]

Whoa! The Color of the first Dahlia you showed is beyond gorgeous, and the Cosmos! I just love those colors ❤️ What variety of Astrantia is that? I just looked up Astrantia and I can grow it in my zone and I love the color of yours, so would like to try to find it. I remember the first time I saw your Hydrangea Fire Light? - the one you said you were going to get rid of if it doesn’t bloom, you did an evening tour and it just stood out and looked like it was on fire, it was the way the sun was hitting it. I loved it so much I bought 2, very small ones though and am now waiting for them to bloom also. I’m sure that was the one I saw and can’t believe you are not having luck with it. I had to take a stem of leaves off one of one of my other hydrangeas to the garden Center to get help with what was wrong as the some leaves are black around the edges and I guess it’s too much water, we have had more rain this year than the last three together! Also the year for Aphids and everything is covered in sticky s***! Been a strange year for lots of us! Anyway, your gardens are beautiful! Take care Brenda🇨🇦

[@floralnhardy7332]

The Astrantia is Sparkling Stars Pink. I got them from Great Garden Plants online last year. They were a little spendy, but they bloomed for me, I think in August last year and looked amazing. Money well spent. Little Hottie Hydrangea barely bloomed last year, but looks great this year. I am hoping Firelight Tidbit blooms this year. The rain has made a huge difference this year. The Hydrangeas look great. Some are yellowing and dropping their leaves. It has been a very weird season for sure. Thanks for watching

[@Flora-Interior]

Those cosmos are a dream 🌺

[@floralnhardy7332]

I am really enjoying the cosmos this year. Thanks for watching

[@travsgardenstravshauntedya1998]

Absolutely beautiful! I wish i could visit your garden in person! You have quite the green thumb! Those Rudibekia are gorgeous! i need to start some next year love those colors! Where did you buy the seeds for those?! I love your videos, always a treat, thanks for sharing it with us take care friend! 💚💜

[@floralnhardy7332]

I got the seeds from swallowtailgardenseeds.com Thanks so much for watching my videos

[@gardensglory1229]

Susie I always get excited when you post! Looking beautiful. Glad everything made it through the flooding. What was the blue Veronica you said you grew from seed? Did I miss the variety name? Deanna

[@floralnhardy7332]

It is called Sight Seeing Mixture. I got the seeds from swallowtailgardenseeds.com. That one did bloom the first year I had started it from seed. It is a mix, so I did get a pink and a white one too, which is right next to the purple one, but the purple one is taller and more vigorous. Thanks for watching

[@gardensglory1229]

@@floralnhardy7332 thank you for the info!! Deanna

[@dustyflats3832]

@@floralnhardy7332I grew the same last year and thought it was a goner, but it surprised me with a purple only. Yes it’s very tall and liking speedwells better than salvias because they don’t splay out. My newest favorite is penstemon.

[@julieallende7898]

I do the same thing when I weed. ❤

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thanks for watching

[@rosielee6390]

So Beautiful 😍🌸🪷🏵️🌼🌻🪻

[@floralnhardy7332]

Thank you so much 😊

[@deliapeter4517]

How do you care for your geraniums? How often do you water them?

[@floralnhardy7332]

I add a slow release fertilizer when I first plant them and so far I haven't had to fertilize them, but they had an abundance of rain water this year. In a normal year, I would fertilize once every 2 weeks with a water soluble fertilizer and I let them dry out between waterings. They don't like being overly wet and I dead head all the time. Thanks for watching and hope this helps

[@getc1234]

So you are having good luck with growing dahlias in pots?

[@floralnhardy7332]

I prefer growing Dahlias in the ground, but I couldn't get them in the ground due to my gardens being flooded. I have issues with them rotting in containers, so I have to be careful with watering. Thanks for watching

[@getc1234]

@@floralnhardy7332 I love seeing what grows in the same (well 4a for me) zone as me! Gives me ideas and your gardens are ah-mazing!

[@dustyflats3832]

@@floralnhardy7332I’m not too thrilled with dahlia upkeep. I’m thinking if I found one that I truly loved then maybe. I might not dig the ones I started from seed this year. See how I feel about it this fall. I don’t have a great storage area. Our winters have been too warm maybe they will winter over😂.

[@MartinHouseFlowers]

Hi Susie, thank you for this video! I'm not too far away in Northern Illinois zone 5B. Sorry about the mosquitoes! Ours haven't been that bad yet, but I'll probably jinx it since we've started getting all the rain that you've been getting. We got a big storm yesterday with tornado warnings so we spent much of the evening in the basement. I loved seeing your cut flowers from seed. I started cut flowers this year in our new raised beds, and I just started a new KZbin channel to document everything. Yours are further ahead, this was my test year! Hope you can check my channel out Anne @MartinHouseFlowers 💚👩🏻‍🌾🦋

[@floralnhardy7332]

Sure. I will check out your channel. Good luck with your cut flowers and thanks for watching

[@MartinHouseFlowers]

@@floralnhardy7332 Thanks so much for subscribing! 💚 I'm just uploading a video with a mid-summer report of how each of my cut flowers did from seed.