Planting Three Shrubs For Outstanding Foliage ⭐️ Adding Texture with New Evergreens in the Garden

[@pauletteworoniak431]

I wish I had you two for neighbors!!! You guys are not only immaculate but you guys have great taste, I love your plant selection.

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much!

[@user-vx6rv2wj1v]

Hi Guys! Your green walls totally speak to this Pacific Northwesterner! 🌲🌲🌲

[@growformegardening]

haha that's great

[@Shantell-zg9kp]

Beautiful Yard

[@growformegardening]

Thanks 👍

[@CameronAnthony-m]

Even though the limelight hedge is a little flopped it's still soooo glorious!

[@growformegardening]

We do love it, still making up our minds

[@BetsyEschelbacher]

I love your respect of your neighbors with regard to filming. Well done, as always.

[@growformegardening]

Yes, thank you

[@jeannetoy6223]

If you don't already have a garden claw, get one! Can be used to loosen the sod and I love digging holes with it!!!! It is a must have!

[@growformegardening]

I'll look it up!

[@zukosmom3780]

My favorite tool! I've had one for 20 years

[@lajoyceneafus3021]

Thanks for the nice tour. I would like to try the Castle Rouge. See you next time. Take care.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@careygreene6730]

I'm in NH and use holly shrubs instead of boxwoods and I just adore them. They always look so healthy and cheerful. Thank you for all of your wonderful videos.

[@growformegardening]

That's great!

[@adz5bneweng589]

LOVE your gardens and enthusiasm! Root Slayer tools for the win all the way. I use my Root Slayer long-handled edger at least twice a week. My favorite Root Slayer tool is the Nomad with the straight handle - highly recommend! It's smaller, lighter, and handles my tough, rocky Massachusetts soil. I've even used it to divide huge grasses and dig out shrubs.

[@growformegardening]

Good to know!

[@Ilovetruecrime545]

Your grass is so luscious!! ❤

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@pauldarr2701]

Have y’all ever thought about investing in the power planter augers and drill? It definitely not a cheap purchase but man wouldn’t it help with hole digging!

[@growformegardening]

We do have augers, a small one for annuals and a giant one for big plants. For the in between one gallons we end up just using a shovel

[@artemisr2080]

Your are both so precious! I’m so glad I found your channel. I watch all your videos and I find you inspirational. I live in Paris, France and your videos have given me so many ideas for my garden. Thank you❤

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much!

[@kathystarnes6744]

Absolutely love the green walls!! 💚💚💚

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@daiseegray9110]

It’s going to be beautiful as it fills in🐝🌼

[@growformegardening]

Definitely

[@GardeningSpirit]

I have EXACTLY the same soil in my front garden.

[@growformegardening]

Thankfully the compost improves it over the years

[@zukosmom3780]

Who walks backwards with a wheelbarrow? I busted out laughing 😂😂😂

[@growformegardening]

haha

[@christileach4644]

I love the new additions! Thanks for taking us along!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@MelindaBrooks-vj3fr]

I love, love the green wall. The color, the texture. Oh my!

[@growformegardening]

Isn't it fun!?

[@elizabethbishara3223]

I love these videos, I also have a new build garden, but it is a country plot. I’ve done so much cutting out to create and extend beds, so really relate to it.

[@growformegardening]

Love that

[@elizabethbishara3223]

@@growformegardening I’m watching here in Auckland, New Zealand!! We are about to head into spring, your garden has really inspired me.

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@kathyorris5579]

As always, it looks great guys!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@dinac7361]

Beautiful addition

[@growformegardening]

Thanks

[@cathtf7957]

Lovely! I'm doing the same, trying to get some privacy. Birds love this type of thing too.

[@growformegardening]

Wonderful

[@TeresaByington]

Looks great! I added a hedge of Strong Box Holly this spring and they have done so well this summer and have proven to be water wise plants - not needing a ton of water. I love the dark glossy foliage!

[@growformegardening]

Love it!

[@christophertaylor9826]

Great job as always and I enjoy watching your videos.

[@growformegardening]

Thank you very much!

[@nicolejenkins-bauer2707]

Christopher, you make edging look so easy! I don’t know if it is your tool, the type of grass you have, or the soil the roots are in, or your man muscles! But it is not so easy for me. I’m currently working on edging a boarder around a new bed and trying to get the grass out. I’m about ready to wave the white flag to the grass.

[@growformegardening]

Sometimes you do need to get a shovel out...OR cut the grass in to thinner strips with the edger

[@SheilaBentley-p4y]

Have you considered using the no dig method for creating new flower beds? We use the no dig method and I really like it.

[@growformegardening]

We have tried it before. The reason we don't do it more is that our soil isn't "structured". Since the house wasn't built that long ago all of the soil is backfill and doesn't have all the good stuff that makes it worth while

[@JRP58]

I love a mixed green wall. These are looking great!

[@growformegardening]

Me too!

[@isobelhubble1153]

Yes re neighbour’s lack of trees and shrubs. There is a connection between big lawns with nothing but grass and climate change folks. Get planting!😊

[@growformegardening]

💯

[@Gardenmimi1950]

Your garden is just stunning. I love Everything you do

[@growformegardening]

So sweet of you

[@cathytully3070]

I wish you were my neighbors, we would be great friends. I am in zone B in WI. I recently had a tour of my garden filmed by Michelle from Gardening TLC. It is here most recent video. I purchased my pedestal and pot highlighted in my video after seeing yours. 😊

[@growformegardening]

I loe that!

[@AD-hs2bq]

You do so much good research and figure out how you can use new plants and create color and form interest.

[@growformegardening]

We try!

[@belindam3797]

I’m living vicariously through you guys as it is pouring rain and blowing a gale here in western norway and not much fun to garden right now! Love the new additions to the green walls! 💚

[@growformegardening]

Oh wow that’s no fun

[@belindam3797]

@@growformegardening Yeah - the slugs love it though 😝

[@debrajones7349]

I’m so glad I found your channel! It’s a happy moment when a new video pops up!

[@growformegardening]

Thank you so much for following!

[@angieketcher5917]

I'm getting a new house built. I sure wish you two would come to Oklahoma n help me design my new gardens. It's just me and my 3 grands. I love to gatden. ❤❤❤

[@growformegardening]

That would be fun!

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

Bạn có kiến thức khoa học về trồng cây rất tốt ,khu vườn của bạn mọi loài cây trồng phát triển tươi tốt quá ,xin cảm ơn bạn về những chia sẻ kiến thức trồng cây của mình để mọi người cùng nhau học hỏi .

[@growformegardening]

Thank you for watching!

[@jillrandolph3707]

I love the addition of plants and I love love your channel

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much 😊

[@mollierocket705]

🌿

[@growformegardening]

🌿🌿🌿

[@ElaineKrysiak]

The green walls are going to be outstanding in a couple of years ❤

[@growformegardening]

I hope so!

[@catbgreat9268]

I love your green wall. Thanks for sharing.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks for watching!

[@BackyardFlorida]

Looks so nice over there at your place!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@MissCorgi315]

Love, love , love

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@derekmorrison4191]

Another great video🙌. I look forward to all your new videos. You’re so lucky having compost mulch, I wish we had it here in Nova Scotia, Canada.

[@growformegardening]

Call around to garden centers and see where they source it!

[@rhondaschenk5727]

As usual, looking great guys!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@elainepaterson5310]

It’s blowing a hoolie in the west of Scotland today, so I’m enjoying your garden today, and avoiding mine!

[@growformegardening]

I need to borrow "hoolie" for my daily life. Thanks for watching!

[@Redbarngardens]

I have to ask, what is a hoolie?? 😂

[@elainepaterson5310]

@@Redbarngardens A high wind, or gale! One of our Scottish expressions. 💨

[@growformegardening]

It's a GREAT expression!

[@growformegardening]

haha I love this

[@heatherread6058]

Love your garden. I noticed in the last 2 videos that Christopher was a lot harder to hear than usual. Love from South Australia 🇦🇺 ❤

[@growformegardening]

Sorry about that, I'm working on it

[@judyluce3141]

Thank you for letting me know about the plant store that you did your online order from. I just made a big purchase of perennials and some hydrangeas along with a few butterfly bushes so excited to get everything in the ground when it arrives.

[@growformegardening]

Great company, great packagin!

[@Jordan-dg8tp]

Right off the bat I have a couple questions! At 1:30, what are all of those low purple perennials? Are they all some form of catmint? I really want something like that one day! And kind of in the same point, do your hydrangea behind (or of the ones you have) ever seem to get too big? I have a limelight that I really want to take down to a more manageable 5-6 feet when it tops out, but mine always wants to jump to 8-9+, even if I cut it in half in the spring. Have you kept yours smaller with even more severe pruning than that? (I know those are not limelights and likely just stay smaller naturally, but I swear most hydrangeas get bigger than the 4ish feet yours seem to stay at all the time!) Side note 7:45 - I would pay SO much money for an edger with a little level bubble on handle to know if the blade is straight. I always get a little crooked when I freehand things.

[@growformegardening]

Walkers Low catmint! We have it throughout the garden

[@diannesteele1343]

Warning to anyone with rabbit problem. Inkberry might be deer resistant but the rabbits loved my inkberry (and in summer when lots of other options to eat)

[@growformegardening]

good to know!

[@sharonlee7111]

🥰 How do you keep your grass from looking so full and weed free?

[@growformegardening]

We have a service that does a few treatments a year, but the grass being healthy keeps the weeds away

[@casandradickinson8518]

Good morning🌞liking the new additions, good foliage contrast, consider connecting those beds to the existing single specimens near the beds for several reasons, visually it will flow and you can plant more material to give you more screening from your neighbors, your yard is an oasis in the middle of a desert😉 To the garden I go it is a very cool 52 degrees and want to enjoy it while it last, next week looking warmer, the tug of war with temps in later August through September. Have a wonderful and happy gardening weekend🌞

[@growformegardening]

I can't believe this cool down! It feels so nice

[@kaystinebrink1220]

As winter comes, could you explain how you overwinter potted plants. I have a 2' ginkgo tree in a plastic pot. The pot cannot go into our unheated garage.

[@growformegardening]

Surely!

[@stephaniegarten5947]

Not a fan of holly. But, I'm sure you guys will make it look wonderful. I pulled my 3 scallywags out.. Liking the progression of the yard , love watching as always, I;m tagging alone eagerly. Nice video.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@kathyramos7960]

You guys have such a beautiful garden. I stress over where to put what and am constantly moving everything. I was wondering if you could recommend a drip system. I bought one off Amazon a couple years ago. It worked twice and then didn’t so I threw it out. What brand can you recommend please

[@growformegardening]

We have drip videos...if you go back to Spring and then one last Fall!

[@kellysnyder5482]

Question, when you showed us the cart you like best and how it saves your back, what hydrangea is to your left? Pink panicle….Thanks

[@growformegardening]

Little Lime Punch!

[@adk4419]

You have to plant the bloomerang lilac. I planted 2 years ago as my “ green wall”. This is the first year it’s blooming in may and august. I have other lilac bushes that are now 20 years old that are absolutely my favourite, just like your limelight wall. Do you get snow where you are located?

[@growformegardening]

Oh we get lots of snow!

[@lindacannella7560]

Hi guys! Maybe you’ve answered this before and I missed it, why isn’t your entire backyard enclosed with fencing? 🦌🦌🦌

[@growformegardening]

The back of our property is forever wild and we didn't want to lose the borrowed landscape

[@evelynwashington2840]

Christopher where did you get your boots!

[@growformegardening]

Here you go! urlgeni.us/amzn/gaHxG

[@jessicakillian3738]

Is the green screen arborvitae available to order yet? Its really a perfect foundation planting size!

[@growformegardening]

I think it will be available in garden centers next season!

[@katharine5606]

I have to get your edger… the one I just got is ridiculous I realize. It doesn’t work, but how could it with a dull, non-serrated edge! I managed to edge yesterday as I’ve done before, by carefully using a shovel- not ideal but it works. Anyway, just curious, is your soil ever dense to where it’s hard to work? The clay soil here in the Chicagoland area can get like a rock if it is dry… I try to find the sweet spot of not too wet from rain and not too dry. Love the videos!

[@growformegardening]

It doesn't get that dense but we do have random rocks everywhere from the backfill of the construction. There are areas that are really rough

[@AndréeMallet]

Awesome job guys, its gonna be so beautiful 👍😍 Question what King of fertilizer you guys take for your hydrangeas ?

[@growformegardening]

We use Hollytone in the spring and then a liquid fish fertilizer later in the season

[@AndréeMallet]

@@growformegardening Thank you very much 🙏

[@marciawright2600]

Have you guys planted 'Hot Lips' Pink Turtlehead (Chelone)? It is a great perennial for August/September blooms!

[@growformegardening]

We haven't but I think they are really cute

[@bc4823]

I planted chelone years ago. It likes moist and shade. It migrated to my neighbor's and is doing well there.

[@marciawright2600]

@@bc4823 🙂

[@growformegardening]

I will look this up

[@acasburn1460]

Your soil looks good…any clay deep down?

[@growformegardening]

It’s backfill from new construction…. Mostly sand but some random clay chunks

[@elainewashington3004]

What type of edger do you use???

[@growformegardening]

Here it is! www.gardeners.com/buy/root-slayer-edger-radius/8597384.html

[@christinapunch8458]

how late into fall can you still plant evergreens before you risk loosing them over winter???? wondering about boxwoods, emerald green arborvitae, yews etc...

[@growformegardening]

I feel like as long as you are deeply watering them and they get a good two months before frost that is a good start. Sales happen though, so as long as you keep watering it can be worth the risk

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

Everyone around us has plants around their electrical boxes. Except mine with our neighbor. I really want to plant but afraid to dig any size hole around them. Do you have any suggestions or size of root balls you planted would really help. how far from boxes would you say is ok etc. They are so ugly to look at it.

[@growformegardening]

Well I would say its always good to be cautious...ours might be a smidge too close, but we love it. Starting with smaller plants would be good so you don't have to dig too deep

[@carolgoergens9275]

Oh wait what rake is that ? You named every tool except that

[@growformegardening]

I tagged it in the description but I forgot to mention it! I LOVE that rake

[@t.b.1596]

I have a question: Does compost suppress weeds better than dark hemlock barkdust, or are they about the same? ps..love your video's

[@growformegardening]

I bet they are about the same. The idea is that they block the light from the weed seeds

[@suekuly4723]

Looks good guys. Your yard has to be the envy of your neighbourhood. Doesnt look like many people garden there. Shame.

[@growformegardening]

Across the street the houses look great...it's just the sides. haha

[@sharonoleary9935]

What are the boots you are wearing?

[@growformegardening]

Here you go! urlgeni.us/amzn/gaHxG

[@sharonoleary9935]

@@growformegardening Thanks

[@susancanning1760]

It’s unfortunate that your neighbors can’t catch your enthusiasm for gardening. I think your green wall is an excellent idea to enclose your fantastic property 😊

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@alw5101]

I have the same exact neighbors although I love them they never have kept up their yard - I help them mow in the summer and snowplow in the winter I’ve even offered plants for them to put in their yard but they never show any interest 😢it’s sad for our curb appeal since we live near the entrance of our neighborhood 🤦🏼‍♀️(everyone stops at my yard and points out the day and night difference) I guess ya either got the garden bug or ya just DONT… 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@therestlessgardener9287]

The Strong Box should do well there; like moisture. I have 7 in my gardens, and they are gorgeous 😍!!! Great choice!!

[@zukosmom3780]

I noticed that too

[@growformegardening]

great!

[@gloriaboyd5274]

❤

[@growformegardening]

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