Northern Climate Mid-August Garden Tour

[@darlas4019]

😍😍😍 omg this opening scene! Soooo stunning! Filling my coffee cup now so I can enjoy your lovely garden with no interruption. 😊😂❤

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you so much! I too love settling in for long garden tours while I drink my tea. Thanks for watching! 😊

[@LL-cv4ru]

I live in Canada so welcome for cool breezes LoL. Your garden is inspiring. Love it!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! And keep sending the cool breezes down, I love it! ❤️

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

Very beautiful Aug garden!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you!! 😊

[@LalnunpuiaRalte-t9n]

Flower Garden beautiful.. 🌺🌹💐🌷🥀😭😁🥰😘😘👍

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! 😊

[@lumary.official]

Love the lush greenery.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you so much! Me too! 😊

[@gardeningmindfully6531]

You have a stunning garden. Thanks for sharing with us!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you!!

[@sharonpoe675]

Beautiful gardens! Thanks for sharing!!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you!

[@waitingpatientlyforsummer]

Lovely job🌻

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! 😊

[@annespun]

Your garden looks fantastic!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you!

[@monicarodas6610]

I also live in Minnesota. Beautiful garden.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! ❤️ Are you in or around the Twin Cities?

[@monicarodas6610]

@laurelrosegardens6454 yes, Eagan

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

@@monicarodas6610 Nice! Not too far from me in St. Paul, and very close to Gerten's!

[@manfredbismark6688]

Garden, looking beautiful! Rudi.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! 😊

[@kizianneallan5780]

Your garden is beautiful

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you so much! 💓

[@chadleybradley5268]

Has been such great weather for gardeners this year, besides the past couple weeks almost no watering, except for new plants. I have VERY well draining sandy soil so I'll take all the rain mother wants to give us lol.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

@@chadleybradley5268 I wouldn't mind getting rain like this every year. It has been very nice, minus the boom in mosquitos!

[@mypreciousgarden]

Hello, your garden is beautiful ! I really like the fact you know all your plants and varieties, it's helpful when I see a plant that inspires me to look it up :) I'm amazed by your hellebore, it's huge ! Also your elephant ears, doing so well in zone 5 ! How big are their pots please ? I'm in zone 9, I keep them in pots that look smaller and I don't get so big leaves...perhaps you feed them with something special too ?

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! I don't know the exact measurements of the pots but they are pretty big. All 3 probably at least 20 inches or more. One is terracotta, one is glazed ceramic, and the other is plastic. The terracotta and ceramic are easier to keep watered. The bulbs are a few years old now so maybe that helps with size. I dig them out and store in the basement in a cardboard box over winter. We've also had lots of rain this year so that has helped too.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Forgot to mention I also give them all purpose water soluble fertilizer about once per week when I fertilize all the annuals.

[@mypreciousgarden]

@@laurelrosegardens6454 Thanks a lot for your answers ! Oh that's a lot bigger than my pots, I will have to think about upgrading 😅

[@gardensglory1229]

Great info! I didn’t know balsam is the original impatien! I wish I could have cabbage in the landscape! Bunnies would have a heyday! Deanna

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

@@gardensglory1229 I think the feral cat colony keeps the bunny population down in my neighborhood, thankfully. 🙂

[@carolgoergens9275]

Just curious about kittens in your garden ? If you call your local shelter they should help guide you with the mom cat and kittens . you can’t just leave them . I found a kitten in the middle of a road and I really didn’t want to stop and help but I did and I was rewarded for my good deed . Your garden is gorgeous

[@GardenDesign6688]

very nice😄🥰

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! 😊

[@glendaestrada9304]

Garden looks great

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! It's so colorful right now!

[@mihaelabradbury759]

Beautiful gardens! Love it! Thank you for sharing! Do you overwinter your caladiums? And if so, please share the method. Thank you kindly!

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thank you! I have tried many times to overwinter caladiums but they almost always rot. I think I had one single corm survive last year. I dig them up, let them dry on a tray and then put them in paper lunch bags in the basement over winter but that method has not been successful for me. Perhaps you would need to store them in a medium that will keep them very dry in storage. Otherwise, I highly recommend Florida Boys Calladiums if you want to order new corms. Theirs are very good size and quality!

[@mihaelabradbury759]

@@laurelrosegardens6454 Thank you kindly! :)

[@annespun]

Also, I bum out about flowers on my hostas, but they don’t look like yours. If they did as beautifully as yours, I would let them grow.

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Yeah some varieties don't have the best flowers. I have a couple that I let bloom for a bit for the bees but I cut them pretty quick.

[@lolaorr7840]

We call those flowers touch me. Not, wwhan the seeds pods get ripe you can touch them Nd they pop, can you tells us where you got the seeds thank you I’ll look in the coments

[@laurelrosegardens6454]

Thanks for watching! I ordered the original sseds from Burpee and they were just called Balsam Mix. I started them in seed trays the first year and every year since then they prolifically seed themselves. The seed pods are fun to pop!