Mid-September Garden Tour Part 2, Container Garden, Minnesota Zona 5a

[@rozannamroz3240]

I am blown away by how tropical your 5a garden looks! I thought this was Florida (clearly I missed your intro). I love everything about your videos, including tempo and sound of your voice.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thanks so much! I love the lush and full look of tropical gardens. And I love that I can save the tubers and roots of many of the tropical plants and re-plant them from year-to-year! My garden is incredibly calming to me, so I try to make that come across in my videos. 😊

[@ThePlate]

Beautiful garden. Nice sharing 👌

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! 😊

[@JulianaLima-gb6nc]

Beautiful!!! beautiful!!!! Container flowers...!🎉🎉🎉❤

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you so much 😊

[@hillbrowgarden]

I love flowers 💐 and I have so many flowers grown in my back garden. 🌹🥀♥️

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! I agree, flowers are so enjoyable!

[@lumary.official]

Love the lush greenery. The plants look amazing.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@ToadsRosesGarden]

I like the colorful coleus and other annual flowers. They look stunning with all bright saturate colors. I love it ❤

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you so much! Coleus is definitely in my top 3 favorite plants of all time. 😊

[@annespun]

I can’t get over how much your garden has exploded. We finally had our daughter’s wedding, and we had a ton of the Floret zinnias we grew from seed. It was slow going in the beginning. I love seeing what you are going to winter over, because I’m so new at this, but I’d love to try wintering stuff this year. We were gone for 5 days and a bunch of stuff just went crazy. Like finally the begonias started growing after being so slow all summer. What a weird year!! Thanks for your video! (Oh, and that tip you gave us in June about the clearance at Frattallones in Arden Hills! I bought 80 little plants for her wedding venue table decor, and they did great!)

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Good! I'm so glad everything did great for the wedding! This year was a strange one. The lack of tall cut flowers for me has been a bit disappointing but other things thrived with all the rain. And I'm always happy when I get to garden no matter what mother nature brings us. 😊

[@msdee2905]

Lovely tour

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@daleyrick4121]

Amazingly beautiful My dream

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! ❤️

[@natural657]

Good afternoon Laurel! My name is Karen from Louisiana, zone 9a. In the spring, can you plant your containers and share with us? I want to see your recipe, they are amazing and absolutely gorgeous. Thanks

[@bfifty3]

Laurel has a couple of videos talking about her containers and recipes. Just be aware that she is in Minnesota, so many of the plants that do well for her may not do well for you - just pay attention to recommend zones. I'm in Texas and the easiest container plants that do well for me (mostly shaded by my porch) are coleus, creeping Jenny, plumbago, and mandevilla. When laurel was visiting, she helped me find dichondra, which has done well both in my container in the shade as well as the little one that is near 100% texas sun. 😊

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

@@natural657 Hi Karen! I have a video from mid-June called Container Garden Recipes where I show the majority of my combinations just after I planted them this year. I have made some tweaks since then, as I usually do, but in several of my container garden tours from earlier this summer you can get an idea of how I lay everything out. It's much easier to see before things have filled in! 😊

[@beverlymerrell6976]

If you pinch the Mandeville it will grow longer

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you for the tip! If I grow it next year I'll definitely try that!

[@BotanicAlley]

Not sure if I missed it, but how many containers do you think are here?

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

I haven't counted this year but in previous years I've had around 30 or 40 on the patio from large containers to small pots. It is a lot to clean up in the fall every year, but I just can't stop myself from planting in the spring!

[@BotanicAlley]

@@laurelrosegardens6454 I don't blame you. The effect is stunning! Definitely inspiring me to do more.