Planting a Few Shade-Loving Plants! 🌿🌥👌// Garden Answer

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[@AshleyBlakeSchmidt]

I feel like shade plants are really just the prettiest

[@CountrySweetzAndGarden]

Good morning! Thank you so much for all the garden info that you guys share to us. Thank you 😘. I rather watch your channel than the news in our tv 🤣 God bless you all ❤️

[@LULC0759]

Love the Empress Wu...glad to see it featured in this video. I wish I could be active in the garden like this....chronic arthritis has me in too much pain to enjoy planting and I miss it! It’s wonderful to watch you Laura and absorb you lovely gardens.

[@cindytanton2783]

In years past my garden was quite shady, due to very large oak trees on the property. Over the years we’ve lost them one by one...now we have a much sunnier yard, both in front and back, and I’ve had to adapt to these major changes. Either sun or shade has it’s rewards and challenges, and keeps this gardener engaged!

[@jennykelly5595]

I was so thankful when we moved I I had shade to plant in. So many people don’t appreciate the beautiful foliage variations and only want something flowering. Your videos are so inspirational!

[@mswyman100]

I planted 3 empress wu hosta a few hears ago. They came in very small 3.5 " pots so it's going to take a few more years still before they mature to full size plants. Your plants already look really large so you will have a great display in no time. Love the plants you put in today, nothing really showy- like flowers, but great combination of color, texture, and form.

[@carolbeatty2468]

Coffee with Laura was so nice today. I just planted some hosta's at work and we saw that we could fit in more so back to the nursery we go! This is a lovely area and I can't wait to see it later this summer when all the colors are showing!!!

[@trainingolives3370]

Laura, I love, love, love when you give us “recipes”!! It makes my life easier when I want to copy you.

[@MomDroogs]

Yay! Shade ! Thank you! Beautiful color combination with the Japanese Forest Grass, that I call it, and heuchera! Love the huge hostas too!

[@rebeccawoodbixler9536]

Because of you I have fallen in love with heucheras! Planted one in a fall pot with other pretties and here in Alabama it's still going strong! The flower stalks started blooming a couple of weeks ago. This pot looks so pretty with the creeping jennie Today I'm off to purchase some new fillers. 🌿🌸💚

[@greenthumbelina7331]

I love the beautiful combination of shade plants that you chose for this area. Please remember to give us a tour so we can see how they look during the 100° plus temps of summer. I also live in growing zone 5 however, we get higher humidity during the summer here in the Midwest. I LOVE both of your KZbin channels and look forward to each and every new video! Can't wait to see Benjamin, Aaron and of course your 'Garden Supervisor' Russell in up-coming videos!

[@amybastos1703]

Hosta, heuchera and foxglove is the exact combo I am doing in my shade garden! So cool to see it somewhere else before I pop everything in the ground!

[@vanyaojha6827]

I just got so much done today in my garden.. Thanks for all the inspiration and for making me a fearless gardner..❤India

[@RLSCS]

Fearless gardener, yes indeed! Laura has taught me not to be afraid to fail.

[@emeraldtownpaula7570]

This area he just planted is so much like the area I have beside my house. I plan to plant more Hostas this spring. I love the shrub in the big round white container that you transplanted there a few years ago! I hope you reconsider transplanting this wrap from that container.☺️💐

[@florneiers5651]

Please, more info on shade plant combinations. Most of my yard is dappled sun. I love caladiums. Love your plant combination. Good job as usual.

[@freyaegrey]

Astilbe, hosta, ferns (especially Japanese painted ferns), and rhododendron look amazing together in part shade to nearly full shade., though rhodies don’t like full shade... I have a ton of shade in my yard and pretty much anything that you would find in a Japanese garden works.

[@sherribenson1]

Just planted about 18 Hosta between my daughters and my landscape this year. We used 3 different Hostas and they look spectacular!

[@PlantPorn]

I planted 4 Empress Wu on Monday! Can’t wait to see them get big!

[@stacylamb5607]

Good morning having a cup of coffee and enjoying your video as usual

[@nicholepressler932]

Same here Stacy! Enjoy, I know you will 🐝🌲🐥🦋🌷

[@dotthomas5131]

Thank you Lara and Arron for all your hard work keeps me planting Love it

[@bettyhuey9521]

Thanks Laura! Sometimes shady areas appear dull and muted, but this combination is vibrant. Going to copy cat this one for sure.

[@normabare9354]

This will look spectacular! Can't wait to see it later in the season.

[@VMCCompany]

Great video - beautiful as always. Thanks for introducing me to colorful shade plants I never new existed! Happy Spring!

[@lynnkiefer8373]

My fav part of today's video: the sequential way you were filmed planting the heuchera! Good job!

[@smccoy42]

Those hostas are glorious!!! And the color of the heuchera!!! Love it as usual. I think I have the perfect spot for one so am going to look into. Thanks Laura!!!

[@maikes8997]

Fabulous as always Laura! And Aaron, the editing and Choice of Music is on Point. You also do such a Great Job!!!! You two are pros .

[@tracyboyd4867]

Oh laura such beautiful colors I cannot wait to see them all grown...heuchera are now one of my favourite plants from watching your videos...loooooooove them.

[@Edu_Kate]

Laura, I wouldn't worry about that little strip of spring sun hitting your newly planted 'Empress Wu' hostas. I have my 'Sum and Substance' hosta (another big one) in full sun and it always looks terrific.

[@effiegerosfakinou454]

Hi Laura!!!! 😁Love all your videos, and your aura!!! Lots of love, from Athens Greece!!!! From a Jersey girl!!! 🙋❤️

[@brittanyg6796]

Thank you for talking about how the sun changes over the seasons and how to address that issue. I love getting little gardening tips in every video!

[@andyrew8560]

I love your videos so much they inspire me a TON ❤️

[@faycouch5247]

Love to see what you use for those really shady areas. I thought my back yard received more sun, but the more time I spend out there I’m realizing just how much shade there is, and appreciate all of your choices, and plan on using them. Thanks Laura!

[@mariaehrhart2057]

I'm so glad that you did this video. I have lots of shade areas, very helpful.

[@dorenenagy564]

Love your choices. I love all of the Hosta's. I have several different kinds in my yard. Very easy to care for and they are so beautiful. See ya next time!

[@mikeyfoofoo]

It will be beautiful. That's a lot of "Empress Wu". There is a Hosta called "Cathedral Windows" that would look great in there. "Sum and Substance," considered a giant Hosta might could pull off the extra sun in the back. "Aphrodite" can also handle a little more sun and has great flowers. It's big but not giant.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Great information Mike! My Sum and Substance Hosta is thriving in a very sunny location with a little bit of shade in late afternoon.

[@MelissaSmith-jm5td]

I have a beautiful empress wu. I just took a piece from him to start another one in my front yard. I cant wait for it to grow big!

[@barbll000]

I have Sun & Substance hostas which I love. Another favourite which blooms early is lungwort. I love its spotted leaves. Thanks for this awesome video. The lessons on how to layer are so important. I made the mistake of buying a plant that I love and then would find a sun or shade spot and plunk it in, instead of focussing on layering and the colour/texture/evergreen elements of plants. So I have a lot of moving of plants to do.

[@gchaudhry1]

Great videography. Arron has become a professional. 👌

[@didicormier3341]

Really good camera editing as always ! Good Job :)

[@iloveit3898]

Yesssss not one badly edited video😄

[@theeapco]

Love that combo Laura!

[@PleasantPrickles]

I have several types of Hostas and they are so easy, I love them! They spread out so well, no weeds ever grow between them! Nice combo of plants! 🌱🌱🌱

[@lovelyladygodbless143]

Fantastic the color look very nice together i can wait to see how it will look later thanks for sharing 🤗👌🐞

[@mamat8832]

Beautiful color combination. Your soil looks so easy to dig. There's just clay and rocks in my area.

[@mindcooper]

Aaron always does such a nice job at editing. He could probably have his own channel teaching people how to edit their KZbin videos. Nice work! Oh, and the garden is beautiful too. ☺️

[@wandakerstetter6352]

All of them are my favs 😍 that area is going to be beautiful.

[@marizen2]

Beautiful combination!

[@wendycash54]

Loved the editing Aaron! Instead of the usual fast motion, how you just edited out the repetitive motions of digging and planting and well it was beautiful! I have a little shade, and we have slugs. This year, I'm trying hazelnut shells to deter them, we'll see! Great video as always! Edited to add: I want to say I love the fast motion videos too, I wish I could have things go fast like that in real life!

[@JJ-gt2po]

Try copper scrubbier around the base of the host as. It cuts up their slimmy bodies. Open the copper up from the center to retain the circle. If you’re hosta is large, tie 2 together. It works, I put them around mine as they came up and they look wonderful!

[@wendycash54]

@@JJ-gt2po I have done that too! I actually have them, you can even get them at the dollar store. But with Hostas, I need protection as soon as they break ground, so thought I would try hazelnut shells because my daughter bought me a bag. Hope they work!

[@kyrad6543]

I love hostas. Those are some monstrous plant starts. I usually have to buy the smaller ones and just wait for them to get that big which can take years. Empress Wu is a very large variety. Those will fill in nicely! I want to get some Hakonechloa this year.

[@kyrad6543]

Also, in case anyone wants to know. I have hostas growing on a side of my house where there is no sprinkler or drip water whatsoever and they do just fine with only rain water and the occasional water I put on them. I live in a very dry climate (Colorado). They don't need that much water. Even the ones that are on drip system only get watered once every three days for 10 minutes.

[@peggyekena9966]

Should be stunning! 🌿🌱

[@cc3kidsl8ter78]

Planting an empress wu hosta is in my gardening goals this year, fingers crossed the deer in my area dont chomp it down like they did my other hostas I planted last year for the first time. I was so devasted!

[@blossomsandbundles]

This is so beautiful! All my hostas made it through the winter and I am just so excited to see them get big and beautiful!

[@patjones5723]

Let's face it...I pretty much love everything that you do :)

[@ewellacres]

one of my personal favorite shade loving plants is colius. it has a wide variety of leaf variations while having lovely small flowers.

[@zullylozano1840]

I truly appreciate it when you do shade plantings. I have a steep hill and wooded area that I just don’t know what to do with. Any ideas are welcomed.

[@rayodelsol80]

zully lozano go find the video where she’s touring her parents garden, I think you would find lots of ideas there!

[@zullylozano1840]

Sunshine Luke I have watched it several times, lol I love their garden too, it’s gorgeous and very inspirational.

[@lisawalters5482]

Beautiful textures and colors as always. I love those hostas! Hope you and your sweet family had a blessed Easter. 💕

[@jeane561]

Love all the plants especially the giant hostas❤️❤️❤️

[@chelseannbass]

Gorgeous. do you have more ideas of bringing colorful blooms into shady areas? Much of our front yard is shaded, including the porch where I always want more color.

[@vanessajohnson1944]

Great Combo of plants for the shade. I have taken notes, as usual to carry off to my local nursery. I was wondering what the small tree is just to your left. It is tucked in between two real trees. Hoping to keep watching for more inspiration. Thank you!

[@addievines1902]

Hi Laura,I enjoy your channel tremendously, since 2016. You've answered every question that I have ever had pertaining to gardening in the course of the years that I've been watching your channel and because of your genuine authenticity and sincere of everything flowers and gardening, I now have a great love for container gardening. I have a question for you though. I have termites in my flower gardens. I had the problem last year so I didn't plant in flowers in ground. I t seems that I have the problem again this year. I don't wish to use chemicals in my garden to kill them. Can you suggest some things that I can do to combat this problem?

[@paulag.panzermd8239]

Looks great. I look forward to watching your progress as I can’t make a similar show in my shady area. Hostas are like deer candy here (zone 7 - just north of NYC), not just an invitation to the deer to come visit but stay. ☹️

[@marilynmcgillick2931]

I also have heavy deer pressure here in NJ. I have a deck and plant my hostas in containers on the deck. They're pretty good at coming back each year.

[@mikeyfoofoo]

My biggest issue with Hosta is Voles. I have used Caster oil to repel them with mixed results. I have resorted to adding a rock aggregate to the soil I plant them in to make it difficult for Voles to dig through.

[@lynnkiefer8373]

Not a problem with voles but I'm committing your tip to add aggregate rock to the soil to memory! Thank you!

[@camicri4263]

Pretty! Can't wait to see them grow! 🌱💜🌱

[@w.bovgvereav5761]

The area you're planting in, was to be a " Dog-Run " for your future dog. Hope that's still the plan in a few years. It will be here before you know it. Anyway, love all that you've selected and the information shared.

[@beachseeker634]

Love this combination of plants! Thank you so much for all the information you provide!

[@pamketron]

That area is going to be beautiful. 🌷🌷🌷Are the tulips in full bloom yet? 🌷🌷🌷 🐥🐥How are the chickens?🐥🐥 💜💜Happy Day to Y’all 💜💜

[@shirleysenkler781]

So pretty, some of my plants are finally breaking ground. No sign of my hostas yet but I have peony, ladys mantel, sedum, asters, anemone and clematis coming up. Have some ranunculus and a few other things to plant over the next week when more stuff comes up and I can see the bare areas. Especially looking for my Stained Glass hosta, big and so pretty.

[@elisebianconi]

You just made me go and buy 3 heuchera (sugar plum) and some Hakonechloa.

[@debnaturenc]

I enjoyed this one ☝️ perfect color palet 🎨 perfect video along with the perfect music 🎶🤩🌿☀️

[@marthafigueroa4686]

Thank you for sharing I have a lot of shade in my garden.

[@elmaelmar2761]

Just love your videos!! Its so nice to learn about different plants!!!

[@patwilkinson2182]

Beautiful 🌸

[@rachelarroyo6050]

Aaron-your editing skills are getting so good!

[@KateTheSleepyTeacher]

I just got some hostas yesterday. I really love the texture and variegation on it.

[@hollyhasegawa6095]

I love Hosta, and I have one area in my yard for one, and it gets huge, so I'm wondering if it's not one of those Empress or one that is known to get that large. I also love Heuchera's thanks to you, watching you plant is so calming for me and I look forward to each and every video as the weather gets better and better. Thank you again, you are such an inspiration.

[@dianeb7420]

Hosta are beautiful but the deer love them!

[@yvencia1150]

Love its!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!💕💕💕🌱🌱🌱🌱😍🦋🦋

[@rebeccawoodbixler9536]

I have fallen in love with her heras!

[@ChameleonSoul]

Perfect video just what I needed as I have a few shady areas in my garden

[@rhondawilliams9449]

Thank you!

[@verdettemorris9772]

My backyard is sunny :( and the shady plants are so cute

[@marilynbaldwin2934]

Great video those plants are beautiful!

[@mywalledgarden]

Really love your channel you do a great job👍 I’ve been inspired to try and do my own channel which I set up yesterday so hopefully I will have a bit of success with it, will have to wait and see 😀

[@EllisTravel]

My Walled Garden good luck with your channel

[@mywalledgarden]

Ellisio Crema thank you I hope it is something that people will like.

[@anacristina-pt4mv]

Eu amoooooooooo seus vídeos..... você é incrível !!!!!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@dragonfly9851]

thank you for the drip tubing info.

[@judithjohnson2111]

Thanks.Great looking. I deal with shade. This helps so much.😊

[@katm2419]

Love your videos! Very informative. Can you show us those trout lilies? Thanks!

[@janwaits8830]

Loved the video, the flowers are beautiful

[@laurastarr7777]

Hi Laura, love all your videos! I’ve been following you since the beginning! One question- if you were planting Empress Wu hostas and you HAD Empress Wu hostas there why did you dig up and move the same thing back, when you could’ve just planted the new ones in the back?

[@greenthumbelina7331]

She needed to make room for the smaller Heuchera plants that she added in front of the extremely large 4' tall x 6' wide Empress Wu' hostas... for a nice layered effect, otherwise the pretty Heuchera plants would not be visible. That empty area in back where she replanted those large hostas was supposed to be for a dog run for Molly (the German Sheppard puppy) which they recently re-homed with their nephew.

[@michellepauly6517]

Great video. Just wondering what do you do about snails? As these plants are gourmet food for them and the fact that it's a really shaded area.

[@pansepot1490]

Lots of pellets, I guess. They never mentioned owning ducks. I had a couple and they kept my garden free from slugs and snails. 😄

[@cynthiafisher9907]

We don’t have much of a slug problem here in the high desert west, it’s too dry.

[@nancyquixotic2422]

Can you do a video on crabapple trees or Japanese maples? I plan on planting both. I would also love a video on classic trees like sycamores and evergreens. Classic trees are hard to find in nurseries these days.

[@cherylholasek2193]

I need some help! I have a garden bed that gets complete shade in the morning and hot sun in the afternoon. If you could make some suggestions on what I could plant it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for all your hard work to you and Aaron. 😊😊😊

[@mirjanabircia9372]

I live in Zone 10, these plants are gorgeous Would they be fine in tropical zone?

[@catherineholcomb4488]

is there a video that explains your fertilizer routine? I hear you talk about it a lot how you fertilize weekly but i'm not sure what you use and if you use the same stuff in every section or if different plants have different needs?

[@jesusislord2457]

WTG Lauren! Just beautiful garden!!! Is the soil in this bed all potting soil and mulch or did you also add yard dirt to potting soil, then mulch? Which mulch is your favorite? Also, I'd like to know which amendments you added to your soil before planting? Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world . Peace and Love

[@thelmahall2593]

Great information. Ty for sharing

[@lorraine8573]

I was wondering how come there isn't any roots in your ground from the trees. Your soil looks so good 😂

[@giyah6038]

Hi there. I just love each and every single one of your videos. It is evident that you guys put so much time and effort into each of your videos. Question: Can hostas survive a zone 10A? I live in Pasadena, CA and I think that is my zone. Thanks, in advance, for your guidance. ❌⭕️❌⭕️

[@kewlphinds7612]

Great video!

[@mikemathews2030]

Laura, what is your opinion on Just Separating your Existing Hosta Plants. I think I had one or two plants that I have Divided into 20+ over the years

[@trovenehartley1848]

Laura do you cut back all your perennials to ground level during winter or allow them to die back naturally?

[@freyaegrey]

I have an empress wu hosta that took me forever to find and I was broke at the time so I had to borrow money to get it. So I’m very attached to it and I view it as one of my children, so to see empress wu on your channel makes me feel like you’re showing off my baby! My only issue is that bunnies eat the leaves when they first come up.