Our Contemporary Cottage Garden - Designing, Planning, and Must Have Plants

[@mebackwards]

This explanation is exactly why I love your garden. You’ve made fantastic choices. Can’t wait to keep watching and seeing your garden to continue to grow.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much! Lots of fun stuff brewing!

[@peggy-ann1961]

Your garden is an absolute favourite of mine and I think it’s due to the tension between the two aesthetics. What a great explanation of the formal/informal beauty you are creating! 🇨🇦❄️🇨🇦

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much!

[@katharine5606]

Both of you have such a talent for design, a knowledge of plants, and a great ability to communicate your thoughts. It’s impressive as well as interesting!

[@growformegardening]

Wow, thank you!

[@kristineobrien8878]

You both are darling ❤…I wish you both lived Nextdoor to me! I would like to add one flower I think you both will treasure, the forget me not that comes up every year. These magical tiny plants will slightly reseed in the most perfect places. Mother Nature is the best. Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardens❤

[@growformegardening]

Well now I have to have them

[@tonyahatch1400]

Loved this video! Such great info! I too am a great fan of catmint! I don’t have cats, but I often find Coco, the neighborhood cat, snuggled up in mine! 😳🤪🤣 It’s a good thing that he’s sweet and cute! 💚

[@growformegardening]

That’s so funny. We have never had it happen…although after I cut ours back in the fall our cat Fredrik was glued to me!!

[@alw5101]

I love the eclectic touches tossed around all throughout your garden and the magical way you guys make it work so beautifully! Your both incredibly amazing 💚🪴🥰

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much!

[@MugusWumpus-nu7dg]

I am into contemporary design but your garden is at another level. It is so beautiful and well designed that I even enjoy all the contemporary aspects /areas. Thank you for sharing 😊.

[@growformegardening]

Too kind! We really love the mix

[@ADawnAubrey]

Love your videos!❤ Thank you! The Alliums are lovely and bloom in clusters later in the season...and the coral bells...makes me look forward to spring! 😊 Apologies for any spelling errors.

[@growformegardening]

Ii love the many colors of the coral bells. They are very well behaved too. No spreading or being a garden bully

[@sherrymclaggan9097]

I just subscribed!! Your garden has all the things i love! Now i know what to call it. Thank you 😊

[@growformegardening]

I’m so glad you’ve joined us

[@cct2513]

Great job guys. I think some white oriental poppies would be fun mix.

[@growformegardening]

That is for next year. I have failed miserably on poppies. I tried direct sowing, sprinkling them on snow, etc.

[@lindathompson8100]

Can't wait to see all the new plantings from proven winners this year and all your bew annuals. I am also a 5a in northern Illinois and love my walkers low.

[@growformegardening]

There are a lot of wonderful things on the way!

[@poppyjohal8017]

Thank you so much for this detailed explanation of how to setup a modern cottage garden! I have been dragging my feet to tackle this daunting task but I am so ready now❤️ 😘😘😘 Love you guys and your garden 🪴

[@growformegardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@azyEmpero]

Amazing Amazing teaching on design garden❤ THANK YOU GUYS❤ That is why I love you guys to watch your videos ❤

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@majaber1]

Greetings from Ireland boys...can I ask which clematis you twinned with the generous gardener on your arch? Many thanks in advance for answering...❤

[@growformegardening]

That is a Betty Corning clematis

[@glenpeteroak]

Try Penstemon 'Midnight Masquerade'.

[@growformegardening]

We have some!! It’s wonderful!

[@Redbarngardens]

I'm not only excited for my gardening season this year (6a), but super excited for yours as well!! Great video!!

[@growformegardening]

Yay! Thank you!

[@lisajelle714]

My Ancient Mariner rose is always fabulous- agree that it gets overlooked in the David Austin collection!

[@growformegardening]

Such a stunner

[@peony2263]

I've just discovered your garden and am obsessed. The juxtaposition of contemporary in harmony with cottage is unique and balanced. The diversity of trees and plants provides so much interest. I especially love the variety of evergreens and your garden decor (ellipses, lattices, arches, raised beds, and planters). Thank you for always including your zone and for explaining so well the contemporary and cottage elements of your garden!

[@growformegardening]

I’m so glad that our point of view comes across clearly. We really love sharing our space.

[@adz5bneweng589]

Amazing video gents! Love the way you've combined the sharper edges of your patio area with the curved beds. And your plant selections are fantastic as are your black structural accents! Re Echinacea: You may have better luck with straight echinacea purpurea. It's better for the pollinators than many of the newer, shorter-lived "fancy" varieties too. Consider trying heuchera villosa 'autumn bride'. Blooms later in the season and has big, white bloom stalks...more floriferous than others. I have mine in part shade and adore it. Will spread and easily divided. Z5b Massachusetts.

[@growformegardening]

I think the species plant might be an easier choice. We shall see what I get my hands on. I love a coral bell, I’ll check out autumn bride.

[@sereneandgreen]

Hi guys, love your channel! I prefer to support local businesses, and I also live close to Faddegon's Nursery; would you happen to know if they do special orders? The new garden beds I am designing are going pretty heavy on conifers, Japanese maples and redbuds (I'm hooked on those too, thanks in large part to the two of you),and have only been able to find some of the specialty trees I want online. Also' I'd love to come to your next garden walk through; more info on that, please! P.S... I don't have good luck with echinacea either.

[@growformegardening]

You know I'm not sure about special orders. They are so nice there, I'd give them a call to ask. My only thought is that most orders are probably done by now for the season. We will definitely be sharing info about the Open Days as it approaches!

[@shannonrogers9117]

This is great! Such good inspiration here in Zone 6b KY! I will definitely be adding more Catmint! Have you ever started it from seed? or propogated it from cuttings? Also do you have Nandina? It is a great evergreen for us in the south....beautiful fall color, zero maintenance, and deer resistant.

[@growformegardening]

We haven’t done seeds or cutting…because you can divide it so easily. I don’t believe Nandina is hardy for us!

[@changinlooks1]

UGH! I so relate to the echinacea struggle! I’m in NE Iowa and I can’t get them to perform hardly at all in my full sun south facing garden. I just ripped them out and am putting something else. I’m also going to try the coral belles after seeing yours! I have a coralberry bush that is stunning all the way in to fall with those bright pink berries I bet you guys would love!

[@growformegardening]

We should try one of those. The berries are so cute

[@mwillis7791]

I love this!! I’ve been discouraged for wanting to mix the modern and contemporary with cottage style. I get that is can look really disjointed until it all comes together in many many years . But now I have this beautiful example! Thank you.

[@growformegardening]

Jump right in and create the garden the way that makes you happy!

[@mwillis7791]

@@growformegardening Problem is I have a husband with opinions. 😅he is very visual so maybe with the right pictures.

[@growformegardening]

"Husbands with opinions" should be on a teeshirt.

[@derekmorrison4191]

Your knowledge of plants and what you want in your beautiful garden is scary to a novice gardener like me. Lol 😳

[@growformegardening]

Oh it should be scary! Neither of us gardened before we built our house. We learned by watching KZbin and British garden TV.

[@SamBysma]

Just found your channel and love your garden style! How deep are most of your beds? Looking to create more in my garden with back, middle and front plants

[@growformegardening]

I’d say they range from 5 to 12 feet around the house

[@debrablodgett6172]

Outstanding video! Just when I think - “ that’s my favorite episode”, you do one even better! 👏 I learn so much and now I know I have a modern cottage garden style as well. ..

[@growformegardening]

That's wonderful!

[@krisleonard1428]

Your property is just beautiful! I really enjoy watching your space continue to change. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@growformegardening]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@patboyle267]

Thanks for all the information you shared. You guys are adorable ❤ have you considered a willow tree to add to your cottage garden? 🤷‍♀️

[@growformegardening]

We are making our own willow “tree”. Check out our last video on pollarding.

[@jenniferhooks2454]

I really enjoy your videos! You guys have a gorgeous garden! Your spring color scheme sounds beautiful!

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much. I can’t wait to plant

[@barbarawall9473]

Which Captain Jack's spray do you prefer for Japanese Beetles? Last year was the first year I had to deal with them and it was very challenging.

[@growformegardening]

The Dead Bug Brew.

[@SoapandSecrets]

I really love your garden design and wished we had a same size garden at our house here in the Netherlands! But living in a small country comes with smaller sized gardens for most of us 🙂 Lavender would also look soooo good in you garden, but maybe you have them already?

[@growformegardening]

We are adding some thing year!

[@misstrcarter]

I cannot remember which video but you asked about ideas for the container in your shady front porch area. I just watched a video and a woman with that same issue uses grow lights in her front porch lights. I think it was Plaids and Poppies garden and someone was touring it.

[@growformegardening]

That’s not a bad idea. There are recessed light in there

[@sarahperryman4499]

Knowing that you have a lot of drip, it is possible your Echinacea was overwatered. Prairie plants prefer drier soils.

[@growformegardening]

This may have been the culprit

[@RaymondandKerriHobbs]

YES, every Hydrangea guys!!! Need every one!!! I am getting even more this spring!!!!

[@growformegardening]

Go for it!!!

[@keithpritchard1029]

I have the plain echinacea variety that is native to NY. It does well and self seeds in new places. The other versions of echinacea I’ve planted do the same thing as yours and fizzle out.

[@growformegardening]

Good to know. I do love the native

[@alw5101]

Do you have any suggestions on what I should place on each side of my long skinny driveway?

[@growformegardening]

Oh gosh the possibilities are endless.

[@mfm1981]

Can you direct sow verbena bonariensis seeds in the garden in NJ zone 7a 7b

[@growformegardening]

I haven't tried that...but since it reseeds itself I feel like it worth a shot

[@bhazleton]

You guys have the best looking garden I have ever seen.

[@growformegardening]

wow thanks!

[@debrablodgett6172]

You should really consider writing a book!

[@growformegardening]

haha maybe one day

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

I love to sit down and watch your garden videos, it's so fun! I'm gardening in zone 5, my beautiful garden still quiet now, Ireally enjoyed your every video!

[@growformegardening]

Thank you! It was a chilly and windy down outside, no gardening to be done. We thought it was important to explain how we decided on a lot of our choices

[@DeniseGiordano-yh9mh]

The best love you two gardens are amazing

[@growformegardening]

Entered!

[@sammysworld5485]

Hey Guys! Well whatever the style of your garden is called… it’s beautiful & I just love it! I just tend to plant whatever that makes me happy & bring me joy when I look at it. I have a good size yard for a NY suburbs… I revamped my yard almost everything from scratch within the last 3 yrs when I got serious w gardening. I watch your channel for great tips & inspirations. Plz keep up the great work ❤

[@growformegardening]

We will do our best! This year we have lots of fun plans

[@barbarapareti7706]

I struggle with coneflowers as well. Love them, but like yours, mine just fizzled.

[@growformegardening]

We WILL make them work this year!

[@barbarapareti7706]

@@growformegardening I’m anxious to see what you do.

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Great video! I am so excited to grow my Floret seeds. I started my Dahlia seeds and they germinated well. I got Bee's Choice, also Zinnia Victorian Wedding, Alpenglow and Celosia Spun Sugar. If this is your first foray into Dahlias....be warned...they are so addicting. I ordered so many new tubers this year! My garden has a similar aesthetic to yours so I've been really enjoying your content. Thanks for sharing:)

[@growformegardening]

I was worried about starting them too early! I have the dahlias staring at me waiting to be started. How long are you starting them before your final frost? I also am trying Alpenglow! That I will definitely wait on

[@capecodcottagegarden]

I sowed them last Thursday and my last front is 4/18 so 6 weeks before my final frost. I've never grown Dahlias from seed before so I'm no expert. I will say this, they germinated in 3 days, very quick so I think you could wait a bit. @@growformegardening

[@growformegardening]

I will hold off. I was planning on somewhere between 6 and 8 weeks.

[@jackieback2133]

love this Question If you buy hellebores at Trader Joes and can't plant them cuz the ground is frozen how do you store them Coming from the warmth of the store do they have to stay inside

[@growformegardening]

We just leave them in the garage. Splash a little water on them now and then. Once we get closer to the final frost date we will pop them out. The first year they don't look great but by next year they are perfect

[@jackieback2133]

wow Thank you so much for answering I never thought I would get an answer@@growformegardening

[@growformegardening]

I try to answer every message we get!

[@theunretireddesigner6448]

I loved your very informative video but I just wish it included zone information.

[@growformegardening]

Oh gosh...we always mention our zone! We are in 5b/6a!

[@theunretireddesigner6448]

@@growformegardening I’m sorry I meant the zone of the plants you were talking about.

[@growformegardening]

oooh I see. That would be a lot of zones!

[@sharonwolin4937]

You guys are great @@

[@growformegardening]

Thanks Sharon!!!!

[@therestlessgardener9287]

Just ordered my first David Austin roses and I got Queen of Sweden!! I just love the pale pink of it, and it will look amazing with my Walkers Low Catmint!! They were sold out everywhere, so hopefully, you can grab them!! They would look great with Verbena Bonariensis, too 😊

[@growformegardening]

Lucky!!!! That combination will be stunning.

[@mirkalenarcik6889]

Amazing video. You explained everything so well. My garden style is very different but I get a lot of inspiration from your garden. I am in south Ontario so relatively close to your location but Walker's low is so short lived in my garden. Possibly due to soil type. I have problems with Echinacea as well, mostly because of rabbits. I have 1 plants and it grows great but when I try to move it or plant new plants rabbits always get it.

[@growformegardening]

Walkers low wants zero love…so maybe you have too rich of soil.

[@malindamiller845]

Everything is beautiful! I can see why the Ever after Veronica and Peachberry Ice combo is your favorite combo. How much sun is the coral bell getting? I think of it more as a shade plant and the Veronica as sun. I really want to try this combo!

[@growformegardening]

The Peachberry Ice gets almost full sun. The newer coral bells can handle quite a bit of sun

[@richbishop7896]

Do you have any Japanese maples or do you not like them. Bonny

[@growformegardening]

We have a Bloodgood which is wonderful. I'd like to add another this year. They are so beautiful and interesting

[@dawnredmond187]

I couldn’t understand who you are getting the dahlia seeds from? I love that combination. Please share.

[@growformegardening]

@@dawnredmond187 Oh! We are getting the seeds from Floret! I am so excited!!

[@kimbullett3293]

I just love your esthetic so much! I did not realize what your style was until this video. Very cool. What type of eastern redbud is shown in your video, 9minute mark?

[@growformegardening]

That is the native East Redbud. Nothing special

[@grisespino5342]

Yes, amazing thank you for the insight 🤩. David Austin roses + hydrangeas = 👌 I’d recommend Russian sage with its beautiful blue flowers and airy foliage for zone 9

[@growformegardening]

I do love Russian sage.

[@daiseegray9110]

Love 💕 you guys! Great info 🌼🐝

[@growformegardening]

Aww shucks!

[@anngarnett4390]

I'm jealous of ur verbena boneirienses spread. Mine have actually died off and none of the nurseries around here carry them. I tried growing from seed and have had absolutely no luck. ( Colorado zones 5-6)

[@growformegardening]

oh no! Ours would spread like wildfire if left to their own devices. The main plants die every year because they aren't hardy for us

[@Jdadkins6198]

Love this video! I have a contemporary cottage garden also. That might be why I love your garden so much. I have problems with echinacea also, rabbits eat the new ones. We have a totally different type of climate here in zone 6a NE KS. Super dry but when it rains it pours and my echinacea just rots in that clay soil. I found it does pretty good in a berm with looser soil and drains really good. I think it depends on the type as well. Found better luck picking a kind sold at local nurseries for our conditions. Guiding green thumbs YT channel, Shelly lives up there by you guys. She has tons of different echinacea that might work good you guys garden. My favs are conifers, specimen trees and love nepita. Another is lisianthus no bugs eat them and they bloom till frost. 😊❤

[@growformegardening]

Good to know! I am making it work this year!!!!!

[@annadavis6361]

Hi Guys, enjoy watching you! Beautiful garden. Wish I lived beside you guys! 🙏🏽👍🏽👏🏽 New Sub

[@growformegardening]

Thanks and welcome

[@allthingstravel443]

Another fantastic video! Can’t wait to see your garden this Spring!! Highly recommend QOS rose:)

[@growformegardening]

I'm going to behave and cool it on adding anymore pink roses for awhile. We just ordered Malvern Hills

[@anneanderson3952]

Beautiful explanation of your gardens. I am intrigued by your gardens and their design. You have made such good choices! I can’t get echinacea to thrive in my garden either. Zone 5b-6a, New Hampshire

[@growformegardening]

This year we are going to figure it out!

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

What type of Arb do you have in the back? I was told they were not deer resistant in our area. After I watch Laura from Garden Answers and Jenny & Jerry from Creekside I keep refreshing KZbin to see if you guys uploaded a video. I look forward to seeing what you guys are doing. Fantastic video as always.

[@growformegardening]

Haha thanks! We are publishing videos on Tuesday right now. Once the season gets going, will be publishing twice a week on Tuesday and on Friday.

[@adz5bneweng589]

Highly recommend the American Fringe tree! Chionanthus virginicus. Beautiful open habit with clusters of white hanging flowers. Males have larger flowers. Females have slightly smaller, but greater quantity of blooms followed by olive like fruits that attract birds. Grows about 20 ft tall and 15 ft wide. Often multi-trunked. I'm in z5b Massachusetts.

[@growformegardening]

I will do a deep dive! Thanks!

[@JoyfulJerseyGardening]

Always enjoy your videos. I’m a huge fan of the mini vista indigo. I plant it every year! Love to pair it with lemon coral sedum. Looking forward to watching your garden this upcoming season!

[@growformegardening]

ooh I love the idea of pairing it the lemon coral. Perfect combination

[@bcfran3g844]

I gave up on big leaf. I have mostly panicle, some Oakleaf and one smooth. Panicles go shades of pink to red. I dry them, and have them in vases inside. Pacific Northwest Canada 🇨🇦

[@growformegardening]

Big leaf can be really frustrating. We are very hopeful that the new varieties have better bud hardiness...especially for the weird late winter when the temperature goes up and down

[@lisacarson6968]

This is very informative and helpful! I love the 12 or 24 question… 12?! No way plant 24!

[@growformegardening]

...and I will!!

[@heatherk2693]

Coral bell pusher! Coral bells generally seem to whither away for most people- me included. You just need to did the ones that do well for you.

[@growformegardening]

Absolutely! Some are really just an annual.

[@margeh6285]

Another fantastic video! This is my first year trying hydrangeas so fingers crossed. From seed I’m growing Guara which will add a bit of whimsy to my rose garden. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!

[@growformegardening]

Guara is wonderful!!! It’s something we have tried in containers and in the ground. Both ways are great

[@tracytracyWM]

I just wanted to say I love this video so much! Your garden coordinates so nicely with my esthetic. Great inspiration!! Thanks for sharing 🥰

[@growformegardening]

Thank you for watching!!!

[@kathytoner7776]

💚Great listing of plants, lovely garden! Always an informative enjoyable watch!One that I don’t think I heard mentioned that is a must for my cottage garden; cosmos! 🌸

[@growformegardening]

We have added some off and on. They are so pretty!

[@SHARONRENEA15]

I've said this before and I'm saying it again, I get so much inspiration from y'all! This year I am doing a pale yellow and purple color scheme. I'll have a pale yellow daylily in several areas of my garden. I'm planting purple petunias, iris, veronica and catmint to compliment. I'm in Louisiana, zone 8b, hot and humid!

[@growformegardening]

I think it is going to beautiful

[@barbaragrogan1112]

Super video, very inspiring. Hoping to get verbena bonariensis growing in NWArkansas zone 6b/7a.

[@growformegardening]

You can do it! Such a happy plant.

[@ursulabisconti4380]

Loved this video - it was so informative! Could you please share what you weekly spray on your roses…I also battle Japanese beetles 😔.

[@growformegardening]

I mix a little horticulture oil with captain jacks. I feel like the oil helps it stick. I could be making this up

[@MilkweedsNRosesGardener]

Love you style! My garden is also a combination of contemporary (which my hubby likes) and cottage (my jam). I like to add plants that ‘soften’ the hard scraping, such as Mrs. Robert Brydon clematis, which grows over the wall and adds color. Got any favorite flowers that tolerate root competition from trees? Looks like you get more sun than my garden (sigh).

[@growformegardening]

Honestly I’m not sure because our trees are all so young!!!

[@JRP58]

Great video! I just love your contemporary cottage style. I’m resetting some of my garden and that’s the look I’m after.

[@growformegardening]

That's great! I'm excited to get in the dirt again

[@debbyfletcher2941]

I love Quince(a great old fashioned shrub) my Aunt had them growing around her 1800’s farmhouse. I had to hunt for one orange/red and then found a peach. A good number of flowers and shrubs in our garden are inspired by what family members grew. A way I can remember their gardens and then. Another favorite in our cottage garden is Bridal Wreath Spirea.🌻🌻 Thank for sharing your ideas, I always seem to find something new to grow🌻🌻

[@growformegardening]

Would you believe we have a bridal wreath spirea…it’s at the top of the berm! When we first started gardening we bought a tiny one. It grew so fast and so big that we moved it and it has done beautifully

[@susanbusching8165]

I’m so excited this year, I’m going to install drip irrigation to my flower garden and raised beds. So I can’t wait to watch for that. I love watching you guys, your style of gardening and adding a few things at a time is more affordable to the rest of us who can’t afford 12 plant of the same kind and then add some other plants..Thank you for the inspiration ❤

[@growformegardening]

Installing drip is the most frustrating and annoying thing...for about 10 minutes. Once you have all your emitters and couplers organized the way you like it you will have lots of fun! Once it warms up we will film part two of adding drip to the new garden spaces.

[@mfm1981]

It is an excellent video and an excellent topic you discussed . The way you guys explained your garden was so much joy to hear. Thank you again for sharing your beautiful garden with us.

[@growformegardening]

Our pleasure!

[@sarahchristine546]

Loved this video. Some of my favorites in zone 5a are: penstamon, Lady’s Mantle, lilacs, lavender and irises.

[@growformegardening]

We have a little of all of those! Well not lavender yet...it's coming!

[@glenpeteroak]

Also try Calamentha nepeta nepeta. lovely fragrance and tiny white flowers.

[@growformegardening]

That is a stunning plant

[@juliemitton86]

I will support your wish for a Queen of Sweden Rose. We have two in our garden and they are fabulous. Just know they grow very upright in a vase shape. Ours get very tall and we do not support them. I have heard inviting wrens into your garden will help with the Japanese beetle population.

[@growformegardening]

I really do love them. We just decided on Malvern Hills for our pergola!!!

[@ElaineWill131]

Good morning! ☀️ I’m just discovering the beauty of coral bells. I love the variety of colors they offer plus the added winter interest. I’m excited to see all you have planned for this garden season!

[@growformegardening]

Right now I think we have 5 varieties in total. The peach is beautiful but we also have chartreuse and deep purple

[@AlysiaArreola-lm7ir]

I’m so excited for this years gardening season after watching all of y’all’s videos! So good 😍♥️🌿

[@growformegardening]

There are some reallly awesome plants coming!

[@staceymoore3469]

Thank you so much for all the inspiration. I have so many ideas now!

[@growformegardening]

I'm so glad!

[@DuongGarden]

I really like your garden. Listening to you explain, I'm even more excited to see your garden right away. Will continue to follow to enjoy your garden more.

[@growformegardening]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@jennetteojeda5792]

💙👍🏻💙

[@growformegardening]

🌸🌸🌸

[@kasdmb]

What color of stain did you put on your raised beds? Is it a gardeners product or other?

[@growformegardening]

You can get it at Gardners. It’s an all natural food safe stain. To try this color we did three coats of the charcoal color

[@casandradickinson8518]

Hello😃my favorite gardening couple! This is a great informative video, you are both creating a most beautiful garden, the layout, plant choices, combinations, garden accents, are fantastic. I wish for your channel to grow and grow, it is so relatable to many due to the size of your property. I seldom show my husband any videos of gardens but I showed him yours, being in the Nursery business we have seen thousands of gardens through the years, yours is truly charming and has wonderful lines, great personal design. Always looking forward to the relaxing moments I have with your channel, take care.

[@growformegardening]

Coming from someone in the business that is such a wonderful thing to hear. We have truly fallen in love with our space

[@casandradickinson8518]

@@growformegardening 😃I have fallen in love with your space also.

[@Plants.and.cats5]

Love looking at pictures of your garden. I only hope mine is as beautiful one day. I have a question about winter gem boxwoods. Do you think I would be able to prune them and keep them at about the 2x2 size? Or even with frequent pruning, will they grow bigger than that? Thanks.

[@growformegardening]

Personally I would want to try a smaller variety if I needed a 2x2 place. You can definitely cut the Winter Gems back hard, but they will always be trying to get big!

[@Plants.and.cats5]

@@growformegardening Thank you for the advice! I have a small garden and want to do a little formal entry to my sidewalk, but I need something that will stay small and preferably evergreen.

[@growformegardening]

There is a new boxwood coming out from Proven Winners called Neatball. It's really cute!

[@Mindy-s-channel]

Do the Delphiniums return on their own or do you plant them each spring?

[@growformegardening]

They are a very short lived perennial. They come back for three years or so.

[@stefmcclure9386]

I absolutely love the design of your garden!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@barbarapareti7706]

Love this info, you guys are great!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@erikaj9841]

i'm definitely in full agreement of hydrangeas and catmint. verbena bonariensis is a new love for me as well. while watching your channel, you both have inspired me to try roses in the garden. i've always shied away but i'm going to embrace it with 3 new roses this spring (all PW). zone 6 mid-michigan garden

[@growformegardening]

Which ones?!! I adore the color of Reminiscent Coral

[@erikaj9841]

Yes!! Reminiscent coral!! Rise up lilac days, and Italian ice

[@growformegardening]

Awesome!! Italian ice is really cool....the colors blend together like watercolors

[@karenschrantz2307]

funny, how different gardens do in the same zone. Hydrangeas just do not do well in my garden, but echinacea is everywhere. I think the key for that is keeping it super dry and not fertilizing.

[@growformegardening]

That could be a big part of it. The most recent attempt was in an area that might have been too damp

[@tonyastrohecker-burke5119]

Yes. I agree. Echinacea are native to prairies. They like it sunny and dry.

[@growformegardening]

We are going to make this work. Thank you!

[@michellefrance1165]

Absolutely love your gardens!! I am really trying to incorporate this look this season and moving forward. I still haven't found verbena bonariensis or thalictrum seeds 😮still on the hunt!

[@growformegardening]

Verbena bonariensis will be much easier to find. Thalictrum I have only ever seen on European sites. I just collect seeds from my existing plants.

[@michellefrance1165]

@@growformegardening do you have a website that you would recommend? A lot of them are sold out in the smaller amounts.

[@growformegardening]

I know Renee’s Garden sells them. Select Seeds also has them

[@rhondaschenk5727]

Great video guys! Thank you!

[@growformegardening]

Thank you!

[@juanramos.jr.7948]

Love these type of videos😊😊😊😊❤

[@growformegardening]

Glad you like them!

[@jessicacook8186]

Walker's Low is my favorite too. My honey bees love it! Try sunflowers! Specifically 'Vanilla Ice'. It has light yellow petals, dark centers and whispy branched stems. It has almost chartreuse leaves and does well in the middle of catmint, kinda peeking up and through. In my zone 6 in Ohio, these sunflowers bloom around the same time as my second nepata flush.

[@growformegardening]

good to know!! I do think they are pretty.

[@cacticollector6542]

Hello , Your gardens are beautiful. I also think all the black raised beds, obolus, and other hardware is beautiful and looks “clean “ love your brick patio too. You guys have done a great job! Love curved beds and I love using the 4 main colors like dark Green, blue, purple/ burgundy chartreuse with the evergreen s and then adding the other colors like with roses, flowers. Thank you for your content love you channel.

[@growformegardening]

Having the four main colors really makes a garden feel complete!

[@gardeningwithjason]

Great video guys! It makes my day when I see a new video from you all cause I know it’s gonna be great! The whole basis of my gardening is based on photography! I love to plant stuff that will make for some awesome Macro photography and attract birds and other critters to my garden to photograph! Over time, I have developed a love for almost all plants regardless of photography. I am in zone 6 Ohio and I love the plants that attract hummingbirds the most! My most successful hummingbird plants so far have been lobelia (Cardinal flower), Maltese Cross, Agastache, Spigelia marilandica (My absolute favorite!!), monarda and Silene regia (royal catchfly). I’ve recently added this past fall a temple of bloom seven son flower which I’ve heard that hummers love and I am super excited about that one!

[@growformegardening]

The seven son tree is incredible. We saw a big one that wasn’t even in full bloom and I loved it. That’s an awesome idea, planting for photography. Sort of like art directing your own photo shoot as you plant

[@gardeningwithjason]

@@growformegardening exactly!

[@gardeningwithjason]

@@growformegardening I have so much fun envisioning a goldfinch landing here and a hummingbird hovering there, monarch’s over here, bluebirds in this tree and so on! We also have an albino squirrel that visits once in a while so I’m trying to come up with scenarios that will get him to come into the yard to hang out more often but he’s pretty shy it seems.

[@growformegardening]

I need to spend some time learning how to catch the birds. We have quite a variety but I never catch them on camera

[@gardeningwithjason]

@@growformegardening it’s so much fun! Early morning is the best time for them here but of course that’s my busiest time of the day with kids so I can never get out there to spend time photographing them then so I get out there when I can.

[@joanieclyde8812]

Thank you so much for sharing your combinations and showing the pictures to go with! Gives us great ideas! I loved the peach berry ice with the ever after! and the wine craft black to showcase them .

[@growformegardening]

It's the best combo in the garden. Next to the Winecraft black is a trellis with a Kintzley's Ghost honeysuckle. That is another great combo

[@joanieclyde8812]

I haven't had luck with kinzleys ghost. Tried twice. However we are moving from LI to orange county ny so I'll try it again once we get some garden set up. I'm taking a lot of notes😅

[@growformegardening]

Ours is about to have it's third season in the ground. It did ok last year but this year I expect it to blow up

[@maryrogers5269]

sunflowers!

[@growformegardening]

You know we have never grown them. For so long we haven’t had yellow, but it is a color we are adding more of. Who knows!

[@anngarnett4390]

I find them very weedy looking.

[@growformegardening]

@@anngarnett4390 I like the shorter multi branched kinds