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 😆

[@markstevenson9080]

When you have deer eating your favorite plants insert thin black metal poles connected with black string from which you hang bells. When the deer brush against the string as they lean down to eat or start to enter the garden bed, the bells ring which spooks the deer away.

[@lindahandley5267]

@Mark, I have deer tracks in my little vegetable garden. : ( They've been nibbling on my cucumber leaves. Every year my son plants purple-hull peas and deer have a feast. It's very disheartening! I'll tell him about the bells.

[@lifeinseason]

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

[@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

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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👏🏼👏🏼😻

[@jeanlewis8760]

Michigan born and raised 70yrs. Love to watch you

[@pamelamattingly3781]

Love this guy and watching him for years. Glad to see him on utube!!

[@terrymenz5838]

I have watched this video before, but it is worth listening to again to remind me of the variety of choices of shade plants. I have a good sized "hidden" shade garden I am trying to populate and reminders of shade, texture, and varieties of these plants is very helpful!

[@lin2thez341]

Hello from SE PA. One of my favorite native ferns is the maidenhair. I planted a cinnamon fern about 15 years ago and it is quite magnificent now! I live pretty close to Longwood Gardens and Chanticleer in Wayne, both excellent sources for inspiration.

[@shirley-BEE-Van-Life____]

You are funny! I thought i was the only one posting signs to the deer. “The neighbors yard has better tasting stuff to eat! Keep walking”😂😂😂

[@bamabev79]

I live in southern Alabama & am so happy I found your wonderful channel! You are a natural born teacher! I especially love your "9th grade humor"😀 We call those jokes "dad jokes" down here! Thank you so very much for sharing your wealth of botanical knowledge with us! I'm binge watching all of your videos & need to stop because I'm spending entirely too much money at our nurseries lately!😂

[@tedscott1478]

I think Halcyon is probably the bluest of all the hostas, it's a beauty. Hello, from Cornwall, England🙂

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@cindyl3916]

Oh goodness you made me laugh! I won’t be able to lose that vision...The Garden Salad Bar...lol! I moved to NE Oklahoma in 1994. I have to say this and I’ve lived all over..I have heard some of the best sayings from people in this part of the country. Thank you for teaching and sharing and inspiring .

[@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!

[@pozzee2809]

Excellent video Is there a group of ground covers that can spread but not choke other plants. I mean that the ground cover just happily grows around and through them without killing the other plants.

[@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.

[@morp3022]

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

[@buffholtman]

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

[@pudgesmum1509]

I'm a Hostacolic!!!! I have 14 different varieties and still looking for more!!! In the Buffalo- Niagara Falls area, our Buffalo Botanical Garden has a Hosta sale every year and I'm always amazed at finding new ones. Thanks for helping novices like me.

[@francisc1854]

Me too! I love hostas, I got to collect them all lol

[@williamwaterford8114]

This Dutch Garden has at least 440 varieties of Hosta. The owner is a Hostacolic too. He hangs them in trees because he does not know where else to put them. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bH_RammamdN1fMk

[@williamwaterford8114]

@@francisc1854 a clump of "hosta paying hands" gives a fantastic effect in a large pot on a high pedestal; 1,5 meters.

[@francisc1854]

@@williamwaterford8114 that’s an awesome garden I’d love to do one like it

[@williamwaterford8114]

@@francisc1854 do you have a garden, do you have hostas?

[@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 !

[@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!❤️❤️

[@verablack6854]

I personally am not particularly fond of Hostas either! And they are always the number one suggestion for shade gardening. I love that you had so many others to suggest. I have planted Astilbe in the corners of my shade garden, and have been collecting Hellebore this year and I am in love. Greetings from this Nepenthes grower in the Appalachian Mountains of Tennessee!

[@lindaleesmithbryson6932]

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

[@erincarpenter4508]

I found this very inspiring . Ive been planning my next years plans in the gardens as a way to pass the winter.

[@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! 💚

[@songbirdnabors7400]

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

[@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. 😮

[@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!

[@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?

[@onesunnyday5699]

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

[@mariomarcial2831]

I am from the Philippines and I love your channel very much. Lots of knowledge and information. Thank you.

[@susanlocklear2468]

Hello from North Carolina, I am in zone 8a tooo!!! I love your info for the shade plants, I struggle every year with what to plant in the large pots on my porch, I did do creeping Jenny in there last year, it done great, and I also did the hostas, but I moved them outside, I done elephant ears in them once and they got to large, so I moved them to, so here I am again trying to figure it out..... Thank you for these type of videos I sure need them. .

[@reginacorreira3805]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@PK-bh1ww]

I'm not a hosta fan but did acquire some free from the neighbors ad use them as a filler. They're green with white edges. I moved and brought them with me and they've multiplied quite well. I snap off the flowers as I'm not fond of them. They do draw slugs so I don't use them among other plants. Coleus are my favorite shade plant. They fill out nice and make a great filler too. And you can use them in pots too! Creeping Jenny is great but you have to keep an eye in it. It can get out f hand and grow where you don't want it to.

[@karenlehn2351]

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

[@MsFranF]

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

[@PAllenSmith]

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🙏🏼

[@saraw8503]

Coastal NC, also 8a. I now have a shade area under a huge holly that was leaned over by hurricane Florence in 2018. I am currently planting shade plants. My order from Gilbert Wild and Sons came today…sweet woodruff. I have planted ligularia, acanthus, hydrangea, anemone. I have toad lily in a different area. I NEED more and must add epimedium.

[@kellyhipkins5616]

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

[@richoneplanet7561]

Cream edge colored hosta is gorgeous - favorites 👍

[@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.

[@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.

[@carolmelancon]

The elephant ears "point" toward the water source they can tolerate - up for rain, or down if they don't mind wet feet.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@organic3280]

Hello from Elgin, Il. !!! Just starting tuning into your videos, P. Allen Smith. Your expert knowledge, experience and great down-to-earth teaching ability make your videos a pleasure to learn from. I know you're "down South", but thank you for teaching us "Northeners" too. I'm learning so much! Your gardening videos are the best in my humble opinion.

[@LaoSoftware]

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

[@EmpressKathy]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on horticulture! You have expanded my ideas on how to deal with my shady wall. There are so many plants in the garden center that I don’t know what to buy that will work best for me.

[@sweetsista3161]

This was very helpful and educational for a beginner gardener. I’m in Montana, zone 4. I have a lot of shady areas. I now know what I can plant for a beautiful garden. Thank you so much for a great presentation.

[@lorraineblackwell930]

Always such a wonderfully informed session.

[@catherinegooch4432]

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

[@hollynelson543]

S___ is really hitting the fan here now in Michigan. Nice to watch our KZbin friends. Also prayers to all those still working out there. Stay safe❤

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@craigchingren-hamann9700]

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

[@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

[@heathermacdonald6404]

You've got fans in Canada too! :)

[@laurieevery958]

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

[@anya229]

Quebec Canada here! Great shows - beautiful and informative!

[@darylgud7601]

I have a north facing house in Utah, with a porch entry way. One of the plants that has done good for me is Uanamous, with a deep green and yellow leaf. It has thrived for years, Dianthis and Primerose has done pretty good for a few years, and of course a hosta. Just some ideas.

[@sheilailles9864]

Thank you so much for all the new info from BC, Canada

[@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.

[@vannee2426]

2024 i just found this channel from suburbs Illinois this is so useful thank you❤ I have a huge yard with three big trees a lot of shade this is so so so useful thank you thank you ❤

[@margaretchiodo-keller4495]

Thank you for a wonderful video. I learned alot, and will definitely be adding more plants to my 4 different gardens this coming Spring. I am considering trying my hand at an Elephant Ear, and also adding more ferns to my zone 7a garden (Suburbs of Philadelphia, PA).

[@theplantninja-texasgardener]

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

[@juliaconnolly3595]

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

[@kevinkimble2819]

Have a great day. This video was fantastic. Thanks

[@artsyladie7]

Hello from north western Oregon! Glad to learn more about these plants because as my yard matures it is getting more dappled or partial shade!

[@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.

[@growinggreenplants6478]

Hello I'm in Chicago Illinois and I enjoyed watching your video. I have a shade are in my backyard that I need to tackle and your video has been helpful. Thanks

[@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!!!!

[@kayerobertson2847]

I have a lot of shade. I am planning on trying the toad lilies. Thanks for the tips! Also I have a friend that likes to garden and she also has a lot of deer that eat everything she plants! She has put in motion activated water shooters that have worked wonders. She can now enjoy her gardens again with no harm to the deer.

[@sandrajohnson9926]

My toad Liles are growing in sun just behind a clematis. They are in moist cool soil.

[@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.

[@marymorris2823]

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

[@jimblair7724]

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

[@susanpremo8068]

I'm from Minnesota and love shade gardening, I used to have a huge ash tree, but we had straight line winds take it down. But, I still have enough shade to plant mostly wildflowers. Spring is my favorite time of year, so many wild flowers! Been watching you since pbs had your show, really nice to see you.

[@PAllenSmith]

Thank you! Be sure to subscribe to the channel!

[@JodieLang-LHR]

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

[@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.

[@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😊

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@jessi330]

Omaha, NE zone 5. I just love using ajuga as a pretty groundcover. Stays very low. For contrast I use lamium Orchid Frost but it tends to get a bit high at 8-10". I just clip it back. Pachysandra and sweet woodruff are also great. I just found variegated pachysandra. Variegated Solomon's seal and don't forget ginger!