Perennials 3 | Plants for Shade | FAQ: Garden Home Vlog (2019) 4K

[@Seurnn]

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[@reeseb8520]

Agreed. Between this and Garden Answer's channel, it's such a treat. 💐

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[@mawi1172]

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[@intuitivediane]

Look at abc gardening australia also great

[@rpierson4770]

American girl from Michigan grew up watching your shows. I would watch you on the Saturday PBS shows in afternoon. Anyhoot, now I am older and just live your nice voice and all your knowledge. You are a household name in Michigan. We know who you are. We just keep to ourselves and work hard. Planting and watching you is a perfect day for me!

[@kellyk.3855]

Same here...grew up watching him on PBS, lol

[@elaineburnett5230]

I love the vision of the deer reading the menu cards and emaiing their friends....🥴😀😊

[@tigq1430]

2021 - I was outside going over plans for a shaded area. I am convinced the KZbin is listening. This video showed up😳

[@coro599]

They "are" listening and their reasoning is called ad revenue. Turn off your phone or set it in another room when you are thinking out loud or want a bit more privacy.

[@jessewright3296]

True. It picks up conversations and hrs later news items show up with the same topics that had recently been discussed!

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@@jessewright3296 ever wondered how your battery goes down 13% before an hour of the day is passed? your phone is literally busy uploading data on you

[@winnieo6837]

They do. Google - KZbin.

[@meganwalker27]

2023 here, umm yep, but I appreciate it at this time only 😆

[@williamflogel7891]

Hi Mr. Smith! My husband and I live in a stone house built in 1856, on a small heavily wooded farm in the geologically gorgeous “Driftless Area” of Southwest Wisconsin. We adore your videos on KZbin, and we’re so proud of our whimsical woodland garden that you inspired us to build behind our home. It’s creating an oasis that has a dramatic impact on our mood and general well-being, and we’re so thankful for your inspiration and education! We dream of coming to see your farm some day. Love from Wisconsin, Willie & Rodney

[@lifeinseason]

How lovingly you talk about plants. Warms my heart to see other likeminded souls. 💚🌱

[@DSherman50]

This man, P. Alan Smith has his garden, his entire empire in AR. This is definitely the place to visit and have lunch in Arkansas.

[@dormetheus]

I live just around the lake from him. Planning a visit this spring!!

[@vickiserre9457]

My Mother turned me on to you with all your talent and knowledge. I'm retired and limited to gardening now but love to still watch and learn from you👏🏼👏🏼😻

[@elaineteut6508]

Hi Alan, I have watched you for years on my local Iowa PBS channel. Nice to find you here. Your home and gardens are beautiful. Thank you for the garden tips.

[@dawn8080]

This could not have been posted at a more opportune moment! I plan on planting up a shaded area behind my house and need some inspiration. Greetings from Norway

[@morp3022]

Mr. Smith, thank you from Indianapolis, Indiana. We have gained so much from you, and our plants thank you.

[@leekilby9470]

Hello from the north GA mountains. I’ve always enjoyed watching you, always learn so much! I have lots of shade, at various levels and I use texture and layering for effect. I transplanted Cinnamon ferns from my daughter’s property in Charleston SC and they are doing great; they are so architectural. Thriller, filler, spiller... love that!

[@trinidad2450]

I’ve watched your program for years and years. I started watching your show on WTTW back when I lived in Chicago. Even though I lived in an appointment, I had dreams of having my own garden one day. Well now, I live in Southern California and I have a garden out back and in the front. So Allen, you now have your long-time fan who is both from Illinois and California!❤️❤️

[@amandakozlowski-ghettas9515]

I planted creeping Jenny in containers years ago and it crept right out of the pot and into my lawn. I actually like it as a ground cover but word of warning to others who would not want it on the lawn, trim it before it sets roots!

[@Tinyteacher1111]

Yipes!

[@elizabethbarberis9957]

I was going to mention creeping Jenny. Thought it was great it escaped a pot and survived my zone 5 winter. This year I'm taking out as much as I can and hope I didn't introduce a thug into the garden. 😮

[@lesliemiller6826]

Michigan here…just plant 30 various types of hostas, 3 Salomon Seal and a handful of begonias for a pop of color. Also handed a plant I don’t have any experience with - a Cimicifuga ramosa Hillside Black Beauty Snakeroot. Excited to see this mature and blossom.

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

Love the content in this VLOG! I recently moved to a larger property with a woodland out back and I am enamored and immersed into shade gardening possibilities and techniques. I love it! The possibilities are endless. Thank you

[@lynnpratt339]

My cure for deer here in Wa State is my little red cattle dog Stella. She runs everything off :)

[@maryiorio426]

The deer in my Michigan neighborhood feast on the hostas in the middle of the night when we and our dog are asleep! Otherwise our little Lhasa Apso tells them firmly to stay out!

[@mjinba07]

Oh, maybe you'd be willing to rent out Stella then?

[@nancywoods7841]

Just found this gentleman today. What a fount of information and he's entertaining as you go only. Very in depth but not overwhelming, just the right mix for me!

[@PunkSlap]

I’m starting to like hostas and ferns more and incorporating them into the garden. I hope astilbe around to enjoy them for many years. Thank you from Illinois Zone 5.

[@LaoSoftware]

I want a garden just like you. It's so relaxing and peaceful after a long day at work.

[@jeanlewis8760]

Michigan born and raised 70yrs. Love to watch you

[@ParteeDowne]

Here's a fun fact about Fiddle-heads, they are a local favourite dish, cooked in butter on the frying pan in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Who would have thought! - Toronto, Ontario

[@PAllenSmith]

+ParteeDowne 💚😋

[@nataliespencer1324]

I liked to pick them when I was a child but I will NOT eat them! My family boils them and some like to add vinegar. New Brunswick, Canada.

[@rhondapelletier2141]

Remember picking fiddleheads here in Connecticut USA, LOL with my parents as a young child. One time I went to pick up a fiddlehead and I picked up a garden snake! LOL

[@barbarafaulder9087]

Also in Alaska. Yummy😊

[@nm9330]

His love of the topic is infectious

[@lindaleesmithbryson6932]

I enjoyed this video. I am sorry about your loss. I am glad you have this video what a treasure.

[@marykernodle6690]

I live in Wisconsin, and have many Hostas planted all along our wooded area right behind our house. We often see deer feeding back there. I spray all my plants with the product Liquid Fence. I do spray often. Maybe every two weeks. But it doesn’t take long using an inexpensive pump pressure, continuous sprayer. Works well for me. For deer and rabbits.

[@fhewes7773]

I have watched you on TV and now watch you on videos❣️ You definitely know your plants👨‍🏫❣️ Thank you so much for all of the knowledge that I have collected from you that has helped me with all of my beautiful plants❣️🌹❣️

[@PAllenSmith]

You are so welcome! 💚

[@karenlehn2351]

Minnesota does warm up,and boy we have some beautiful gardens here!

[@onesunnyday5699]

Iowa here. Just got done planting a lot of sun lovers. But I LOVE hostas, ferns & lily of the valley

[@countrygalinthecity]

Ohio here! 🙋‍♀️. I've had herb and medicinal gardens, and I have become inspired over the winter to bring them all together as a huge cottage garden ...most my front yard is shade ( some morning light and dappled throughout). I've planted hostas, heuchera, foxglove, hydrangea, rodadendrum a lot of others.. I have been coming home from work straight in to planting and making paths...its turning out so beautiful! I am so encouraged by the you tubers I've been watching! Thank you so much for information!

[@janiewilliams5803]

A novice gardener from central Alabama....focusing on potted plants for the patio (which is part covered, part open, receiving morning sun.) Thank you for sharing....so much helpful info!

[@reginacorreira3805]

Hello from Cape Cod. Thank you for your garden teaching, my neighbors love my beautiful yard! Have yourself an WONDERFUL day!❤❤❤

[@lesleynicholls9930]

I am watching from the UK these plants will work for me in the shady part of the garden, thanks for all the information great video. Lovely to hear you mention the RHS !

[@songbirdnabors7400]

Thank you P. Allen Been watching you a very long time!💖

[@hikarichan5911]

Michigan here! Your videos are so wonderfully informative! We counted ten deer hanging out on the farm this Spring, about double our usual number. I don't know if it will work with so many deer, but what I usually do is grate up a couple of bars of Irish Spring soap and sprinkle it around the garden fence edges and hosta; once in Spring and once again in Summer. Apparently the deer dislike the scent because they stay away from it. I only have 4ft and 5ft fences, so the fence is not much of a deterrent for deer. I also like to use the lightweight foil holiday streamers/flag/pennants because they constantly move with any breeze and flash any light source, day or night and make a slight noise. I believe both help deter deer a great deal. Before I did these things they would decimate my vegetable gardens. I still see deer and tracks all around the farm but they avoid the gardens as do the rabbits. Thank you for the videos!

[@andrewwallace7959]

Hello from Asheville, NC. Zone 7a. Thank you for all the wonderful garden wisdom! I love foxglove but I do think it’s toxicity is always worth mentioning. In low doses it is a medicine - digoxin - but even a small amount of plant matter can be lethal to pets or others that ingest it. That’s why the deer leave it alone.

[@caroct134]

From California, lived in the South for 20 years and I fell in love with hydrangeas and hostas. Finally, created a shady spot in my garden to plant both!! I love your content. Thank you for sharing great informative how to’s for this budding gardener.

[@jesgreen]

Moved to Michigan a year ago from Florida and fell in love with hostas. I'm planning out my garden for spring. Thank you for a wonderful video.

[@laurieevery958]

I am from Wisconsin. I learn so much from your videos. You are helping me transform my gardens. Thank you!

[@franceslyman6790]

Allen, I have always loved listening to and watching you in the early Year and here you are still teaching us planting and landscaping. Yes! I’m from the “show me State” Missouri near Gilbert H wild. Thank you for everything you do and encouraging us along🙏🏼

[@theplantninja-texasgardener]

Just here to say how much I’ve enjoyed binging my favorite gardener on KZbin! Greetings from central Texas!

[@renaeboonstra54]

Don’t forget about Alaska ! It’s so beautiful up here and we are able to grow so many varieties! Love your gardens and your wonderful insightful knowledge! Cheers and blessings

[@giyah6038]

Oh how I wish you would have either put the names of the plants you mentioned in the description box, or adding them on the screen so we can take screenshots. Thank you for considering it. 😉

[@hdianeferebee4057]

Gita Yahyai I use the closed captions option

[@juliat8941]

You can see the names of the plants in the description of the video 🙂 look for a little down arrow symbol, next to the name of the video!!

[@sweetsista3161]

This was most helpful for a beginner gardener here in Montana, zone 4. I have a lot of shade and now, I have more ideas of what plants would do best for these areas. I’ll share my pictures once spring comes to show my results. This was extremely helpful. Thank you so much!

[@buffholtman]

I’m in Oregon. You were new to me two years ago. You have practical advice and beautiful designs! Thanks.

[@richoneplanet7561]

Cream edge colored hosta is gorgeous - favorites 👍

[@anya229]

Quebec Canada here! Great shows - beautiful and informative!

[@paulademichele1313]

I used to listen to you on PBS when I lived in Virginia. Just to add to your collection of states, I'm now in Vermont close to Lake Champlain, Zone 5/6. In my 50's I finally was able to have a real garden and ended up building shade rock gardens because I had to work with dry shade under large trees/semi-woodland area. Dry shade, especially clay soil, is really hard to deal with. Cinnamon fern worked for me, and heuchera and woolly thyme between stones, in ameliorated soil. And hosta of course. And native northeast woodland plants like arisaema, Solomon's Seal and Mayapple. Stone mulch (pea gravel) pulled it all together. For me the colors of perennials - like Johnson's Blue cranesbill - are more intense in the hours there are shade. Plus shade may allow you to grow mosses! Thank you for this program - I just found you on KZbin.

[@latinaalma1947]

British gardens esp the great houses, Kensington, Sissingnurst etc use color so strikingly...chartreuse again st purples, lots of contrast in shapes, textures but my admiration is for their bold use of color brightening shades areas.

[@pepperanne5927]

I'm from Eastern NC, I've been a fan for years, so has my friend from Charlotte

[@MsFranF]

Michigan here! Love, love, love you and your show!

[@PAllenSmith]

Thank you!

[@kosnich8032]

Thanks so much Mr. Smith, great video as all the ones you have done! Blessings from Elk Grove, California 🌞

[@mentabil8]

Connecticut here! Transplanted from the south, I have to re-adapt to zone 6. I love to experiment, and have been watching your broadcasts for years! I miss Virginia and South Carolina, where I could plant just about anything! My challenge has been the Japanese maple. I'm not giving-up, I'll just have to get a hardier larger tree; rather than tender young trees that can't take our winters. Other people have them, so will I... eventually!

[@ladynataliemarie7780]

Sunny spots, Shady spots, planters for balconies with Northeast exposure, episodes by zone, indoor plants with not much light, etc... like this show today would be fantastic, thank you.

[@bethmiller6827]

We have peace lily, need no sun water once every 3 weeks.

[@heathermacdonald6404]

You've got fans in Canada too! :)

[@cfoster7867]

I enjoy watching your show. I Perennials. I am living in MARYLAND and the front of my house has alot of shades in the morning so I don't have much plants outside except the lillies. I try to plant vegetables at thd back because I have a good amount of sun at the back. I await some ideas. Love 💘 your show.

[@dianepatrick5938]

Hi from Virginia, thanks for including wet and dry shade plants! I didn’t know why I wasn’t always successful with the plants, this video is very informative, thank you.

[@row1landr]

I'm also in Va. Love shade plants.....

[@Tinyteacher1111]

A woman from Michigan is just beginning to watch you, because I didn’t have a yard AND You Tube at the same time! Now I do, but I’d rather watch the videos and dream of what it would look like if I felt well enough to plant and tend them.

[@kellyhipkins5616]

Thanks for sharing from OHIO I watch you on tv as well your great !

[@tinaparsons3500]

Two more favorites for shade that have great flower and foliage are Helleborus and Lungwort. I have a wooded area that I would love to turn into a large shade garden. Its about an acre and I don't know where to begin. My biggest challenge is how to get rid of all the briars and keep them from coming back.

[@kimblossom7048]

A DEER repellant that really works and is organic is called Liquid Fence. I put it in a large sprayer and use it all over my otherwise deer-ridden gardens.

[@reglindiseckhardt9777]

I am not able to use most of the plants you do outside because I am in zone 3a technically (Edmonton Alberta, Canada). However, you present so many ideas ... the why you plant things a certain way ... that I always come away inspired. Thanks.

[@jimblair7724]

Thank you , i admire your knowledge and love for Plants and design , Thank You

[@ThomasInLondon]

At home here in London where I’m talking about my hostas and how to fill the shady areas of my garden. I can’t believe my luck to have your video pop up. You have a great video format here. As a beginning gardener, Gardener’s question time on Radio 4 (here in the UK) can be pitched a little towards the expert gardeners for me, but your style is very warm (charming to hear that quaint southern American accent), engaging and informative. Loved your ‘filler, spiller and thriller’ concept! I’ll be applying that method this afternoon. Thanks again for making this great video. I just subscribed as I’d like to I see and hear more from you. Good luck!

[@PAllenSmith]

thomas chapman thank you! 💚

[@hollyhocks7360]

thomas chapman Try Garden Answer it’s an American lady planting up her massive garden ...well worth checking out.

[@ThomasInLondon]

Holly Hocks thank you for your kind tip, I’ll give that a try! Wishing you a lovely day. Thomas

[@archerj47]

Hello, I am from Georgia, USA, so glad i found you , been wanting to learn about plants for shaded areas...my yard is mostly shaded....so excited.

[@anns8893]

We had ajudca that was a burgundy/brown with purple flowers. It was planted in full sun south facing and it multiplied horribly. We didn't plant but previous homeowners did. It smoothered out weeds but tried taking over the garden and lawn. Thank you for information on shade loving plants.

[@thelistener9196]

Have always enjoyed your educational blog. Must comment, you have increased in good looks as years have passed. Two lovely reasons to watch your presentations. Watching from New Jersey. Regards

[@craigchingren-hamann9700]

From Omaha, NE here - have always loved your shows. Glad to have found your KZbin channel!

[@marianamicsunescu8522]

Hello,from Arizona. So wonderful to have found your show!

[@marthaannaszczerba8169]

Hi. I’m from Wilmington Delaware and I learned of your horticulture expertise from my husband who has been your driver when you visit Winterthur. Love learning from you.

[@tremme5702]

Ajuga has jumped from my bed to my grass and is taking over. The good news is it is great in the shadier areas where the grass struggles. I definitely have a blended lawn now though.

[@alaskalandscape]

Tuning in from Alaska. We have no deer in the area from Anchorage to the north. We do have very aggressive moose and without fencing, I suggest Plant Skydd applied both spring and fall as well as during the summer as we try to identify their path. We dot the spruce and birch overgrowth or around ponds, beds and containers. We grow many ferns up here and I am interested in the vareities you discussed. Thank you for all you do and these inspiring videos.

[@peneloperoberts9584]

Thank you for steering me down the garden path with shade tolerant plants. I am in Zone 8a & 8b and have a front entry that is in constant shade. Oh boy heuchera hostas here I come!

[@catherinegooch4432]

I am from Michigan, and I like your program. I like flowering gardening, and your information was helpful.

[@eleanorwhelan1142]

Hi Allen I'm living in Ireland and love your posts Our weather is very different to yours but your tips and information apply to all Thank you Eleanor

[@juliaconnolly3595]

Gresham, OR here, Pacific Northwest with harsh east winds from the Columbia River. Love Hostas, ferns Hutcherson.

[@arunseigell7361]

My hat off to you &the RHS for your grounding.I always felt U had an almost English way of presenting your expert sdvice.cheers

[@5josullivan]

1st time viewer. I'm so impressed ! Thank you. Subscribed. 😁👍

[@marymorris2823]

Thanks for teaching us how to do so many things. - North Carolina

[@jodielang2846]

From hot, dry, windy or cold Santa Ynez, California! Than you for sharing your knowledge so graciously 🌿

[@debrabrown8901]

Atlanta, GA area is where I live. Hostas do well here in a mix of shade and sun. Ferns do grow here mainly in woodland areas. Ferns do not like direct sunlight. Creeping Jenny is very easy to grow and looks very pretty in a tall pot where it can grow trailing down the side. I prefer perennials over annuals. Some varieties of Daisy are also perennials and do well here.

[@liudmilakrylovetckaya7641]

Morning! Thank you for such helpful advice and beauty you share and inspire us with. I am from very far.Sevastopol, Crimea.

[@olsonlr]

The real challenge isn't the shade... it the DRY SHADE! Oh my goodness. Most of those perennials like constantly moist soil. What about dry shade?

[@elsagrace3893]

Ferns do great in dry shade. Columbine. Ajuga rep tans there are a lot. Even if a plant needs moist they don’t need as much as you may think. Mulched shaded soil stays moist underneath for a long time between watering. So what if you water once every 2 weeks? Experiment.

[@cutazabutton]

Epimedium and pachysandra are great in dry shade

[@tonibauer2405]

@@elsagrace3893 when you plant something, add a soil with a water retainer. Mulch well. When you water, soak thoroughly.

[@cyndisgreenoasis6571]

Ok Allen I am in North Idaho!!! Can have some very heavy winters for some reason my hydrangeas struggle! My favorite!

[@cyndisgreenoasis6571]

Love your videos you have educated me so much! Keep them coming!

[@raymergirlie]

Alabama Gulf Coast here, thanks for your videos and channel!

[@alyfloate4854]

Your site is an oasis in the gardening desert-thank you for doing a tutorial about shade loving plants!!109 different varieties of Hostas....I was given one and it,s turning into a much-welcomed Triffid!!108 to go....PHEW❣❣❣😍

[@michaeldimartino8515]

My go-to ground cover is pachysandra. It grows under my black maple very well. I've got pachysandra mixed in with ferns and hostas.

[@margaretpoole5624]

Love watching your videos. I live in SW Michigan and have extensive sun and dappled shade gardens. We have a wide variety of colored hostas mixed with astilbe and ferns. The combos are simply stunning!

[@row1landr]

I'm in Bedford, Virginia. Just bought a beautiful property, 27 acres on Bedford Lake. I can't wait to create! !!! I have 9 ponds and beautiful trees with lots of shade!

[@g.immanuel3151]

Adopt me!!!!

[@row1landr]

I wish I could adopt everyone! ! ! This property is so unique, I'm thinking about starting a KZbin channel. I would show the property and talk about the ponds and pond plants, the waterfall and outcropping rocks, the big creek, the trees, and my container/flowerpots. We built a raised vegetable garden with a tall fence. I hope the deer stay out of it. We just planted 11 large blueberry trees. So much to do on this property! I have ferns and hostas all around the 3 smaller waterfalls. We are having to clean out alot and we may have to start over with nice things after gutting out the old overgrown stuff that got out of hand before we bought this property. Anyway , it will definitely be an adventure! !!!

[@suemar63]

What a great presentation on this very common problem. I just moved from Michigan , where I had NO shade, to Illinois--where I have too much shade and heavy clay soil. This video is really helpful. Thanks so much

[@harriettpavonrosado5175]

Ajuga is charming. Mine is a runner. I have it with a Hosta and Soloman seal.

[@yolandaswank6370]

I live in north central part of North Carolina on 35 acres of woodland terrain where the deer nestle undertaken our pines. We have found Milorganite to be the only product that the deer hate; has withstood the test of time too. We sprinkle our hostages, tulips, day lilies, azaleas, and hydrangeas early spring and once a month thereafter until season ends...the deer leave them along. But if you miss one plant, sure enough they will get it.

[@jacobjerny7502]

Another large group of shade tolerant perennials are palms. Dwarf Palmetto and Saw Palmetto are the two that are native to North America, hardy to zone 6-7 I believe. Another good choice are cycads, although they are overused in my local area. And a good thing for deer is to give them some dummy bushes that they can munch on freely. Deer prefer new growth, and native species, so a fast growing bush is your best bet. Any smooth leaved Holly (Ilex sp.), young oak trees (quercus sp.), and blueberry bushes (vaccinium sp.) are some of their favorites in my area. Also I would avoid raking under any oak or hickory trees on the property, as deer depend on acorns as a food source in the winter.

[@lesliehouser1131]

Hi Allen, posting from Sapulpa Oklahoma, I used to watch you for years on channel 11 in Tulsa.

[@tammygarrett6963]

Ottawa Ontario Canada, great video, pleased to have found you🐛🦋🍁🌷

[@teresabrunker973]

My favorite deer deterrent is a bar of Dial GOLD (tan/gold color) Soap tied in a knee high panty hose sock. Hang from trees low 3ft-5ft high or lay on the ground in your lower plants that deer enjoy.

[@sherynlepine6205]

Hi there, love your advice. Watching you from Toronto, Canada.

[@joansnow4013]

I’m in middle TN. I’ve grown Hosta’s in full sun, they did very well.

[@sarapawsonherrington2595]

I am from Kentucky but am now in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I love hearing your Southern accent! I do have a big shade area and do have hostas, but the gardeners may keep pulling them.

[@gardengypsy70]

This is so good I’m sorry I didn’t see it sooner wish I had resources as to where some of these were purchased!!!!

[@judymcmillan8693]

Upstate New York….forever fan!