Plantsmans Diaries Monthly...June2024

A selection of bits and pieces from June. Flame flowers, Peonies, Celmisia, Tomatoes, rare lilac, pinching out lavander, amongst quite a bit more.
A couple of comments answered.....along with various digressions and meanderings that have on occasions nothing whatsoever to do with plants.

[@marshmenne8657]

Best Agro-Comedy around. The garden is beautiful. Thank you.

[@VivSimmons]

Thank you. Lovely garden and you make me smile, especially about Thomas's pot mania.

[@kenlani1]

This old granny is sitting inside this afternoon in the foothills of the Oregon Cascades where the temps are reaching 100. I'm having the best time chuckling as you take us on your June tour. Never know what you are going to say next. You and your garden are inspiring and so much fun. Thank you!

[@ravenferrier9166]

I agree!! I’m sitting in the beautiful Kootenay mountains of British Columbia and my middle name is Cascade after those beautiful mountains in Oregon where my father grew up! Inspiring and always entertaining❤️ Thank you for gardening inspiration! Raven

[@peterdaubney3100]

absolutely beautiful garden. thanks Malcolm

[@donnaterrell938]

Lovely garden tour...so much to look at. I love the peonies and the lupines are 2 of my favorites. Your method of growing tomatoes is something I've never seen before...very interesting. Thank you for sharing your garden, very special!

[@paulineanderson3985]

"Lady in the bath" - I was holding my breath waiting for what was going to come next😀 Thanks Malcolm for a lovely video, the view of the garden at the 40 min mark is lovely and watching the dogs in the water made me smile. The election is sorted and England won their game yesterday(Switzerland), My brother is smiling in heaven, its a good week for him. Regards from Canada.

[@rozl6178]

A pleasure! Informative, funny, and interesting- thanks!

[@wendyhills3390]

Absolutely love this vlog and looking at your garden.. over here in Tassie where I’m still waiting for the pigeons to arrive..I have been busy planting more roses in the hope they might survive the bombardment of the bloody possums .. and if i see another Tiger snake this year we are moving back to UK .. enough is enough!!

[@wideawake4413]

Chinese meadow rue are a beautiful plant. I believe some would love wonderful in your garden.

[@judykatchen1834]

Wow such tall Delphiniums! Love the paths. I know how hard you worked. Beautiful!

[@brianmarshall1762]

I remember putting butterrcups under the chin as a kid to see if people liked butter. I’m 50 and in New Zealand, so it’s something that must have come here from the ‘old country’.

[@paulineanderson3985]

yep, I remember it too, 80 yrs. old.

[@stevemindham520]

Totally agree on the London grime. Nothing like black London bogies. Great video thanks again Malcolm.

[@mattszalwinski6869]

Yep! My mom taught me that one about the buttercups!! We learned it as if you put a buttercup under someone's chin and their chin turned yellow, they liked butter.

[@petercresswell5402]

I think you're correct and it was butter. Love the trips out with the terriers so yes a video of them as you get hooligans would be great. I'm a spaniel man these days but had plenty of laarl (little) killers when I was younger. Also agree with being lucky, I'm further west out near Shap, looking out towards the fells above Haweswater from the garden. I couldn't go back to suburban life let alone city life these days. Enjoying all the videos, thanks for posting them

[@Plant_Mad_Paul]

Gardens look fantastic Malcom 🤩 I’m definitely going to be on the hunt for one of those Syringa Aureovarirgata what a lovely stunning shrub, I need one 😂. Look forward to your perennial seed sowing vids and progression 👍🏻

[@user-vm3vx1iy7w]

Малкольм! Приветствует Москва, Россия. В своё время я просмотрела весь годовой цикл Вашего сада - 52 видео! И это было прекрасно! Даже без знания языка! Но сейчас есть функция перевода на русский, чем я с удовольствием пользуюсь. Итак, "штаны голландца" 🤔 или "дама в ванной" 😂 - это "дицентра красивая" или "разбитое сердце", любимый цветок моей бабушки! Имеет разные формы куста и разный цвет - белый, жёлтый, красный, розовый, малиновый. Июнь! Мой месяц! Лучший в году! Сад прекрасен - сколько цветов, кустарников и деревьев - многое помню по годовому циклу. Видела и закладку нового сада: расчистка, планировка, первые конструкции и посадки, - и вот уже результат, сад весь в цвету! Спасибо за видео 👍! Татьяна, Москва, Россия 🇷🇺

[@sheilaackers3854]

Thank you Malcom. When you called the dogs fat bastards, my Granddaughter said, that reminds me I've got some jaffa cakes in the kitchen.

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

Thank you for lady in the bath will be growing a plant and using it at some party i hold each month ty

[@flowerfairy1950]

The garden is gorgeous; thanks Malcolm. 🧡 (I'm ignoring the fate of the bunnies)

[@plantsmanscorner128]

@@flowerfairy1950 I have just bought another fancy cage trap to catch and release them up on the moors…..If I do succeed in catching the thing alive I will post the proof that I’m not totally heartless and the bringer of destruction ☠️ to all bunnies 🐰……🥷……best wishes fairy….Malcolm

[@amandawilliams7874]

I bought Celmisia spectabilis from you in October 2000 for £5. Like yourself I successfully divided that original plant eventually filling 3 large terracotta pots, then about 8 years ago they started dying off to the point where I now have none left.

[@marilynsmith8054]

Your Constance Spry looks more like Gertrude Jekyll to me I have both roses and both will climb. Both very beautiful.

[@GrowBagUK]

The Hardy Plant Society have a good seed swap system for members - might be some interesting stuff there.

[@colinchurcher3312]

Hi Malcolm, great to watch your recent films. You mentioned showing growing from seeds and wanted ideas, you have some lovely hostas, would it be possible to show growing seeds from them, it's supposed to be easy but I have never managed, my climate will be same as yours as only live few miles up the road at Shotley Bridge

[@Nicktgrief]

Have you done anything With the old Pig Sty Malcolm? I have all these saved and when its raining I sit and watch them all so I get inspiration for doing my garden ... I've watched them every day since last september 🤣 Seriously, The garden looks superb now and for someone who doesn't like roses youve a garden full 🤣 if you want something a little different then Blush Noisette ... I've got one growing over my arch and its covered in small pink scented blooms from June till ... well last year it was November ! I'm with you, I live 3 minutes walk from countryside and wouldn't live in Town or the city for any amount of money these days.

[@franconianable]

My US Navy dress blues had buttoned fly. Thirteen buttons. That reminds me of the bathroom scene in the move The Last Detail. Jack Nicholson is a sailor talking to some Marines who ride him about losing something with those thirteen buttons. Jack replies,. “If I was a marine I wouldn’t need to F with no thirteen buttons. I’d just take my hat off”

[@annescott6137]

Hi from Scotland, hi malcome another fabulous vidio all you hard workhas paid off your sucha professional takecare cheers till next time

[@williamfaulkner5506]

Another great video malcolm. Thanks for posting

[@BronwynBuckley-f5d]

Hey there Melc, coming in on this side from NZ. Music to my ears to hear you say "tell me what you would like me to grow from seed" I want to see you germinate Astrantia and Eryngium Mrs Wilmots Ghost from a brought ie Chilterns seed packet. Not lovely fresh seed from your buddy's garden. I am too much of a lady, to use the called for expletives required to illustrate how difficult these are to grow from seed. I must have spent 20 pounds to end up with 6 viable plants last year. Yes yes I know all about cold stratification and most of the drama involved with trying to germinate them. Maybe you have a nurseryman's secret clutched to your chest. I'd love to know how to get at least 75% germination. (Tried fridge, tried freezer-wrapped in insulation, tried leaving covered outdoors over winter to get frosted) Thanks for offering.

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Malcolm, your garden is so pretty! I knew the buttercup thing when I was a child. Yes, we said if it reflected on your chin, you were said to like butter. Well, who doesn’t really? Maybe that is the point. I don’t know how I learned that. My grandmother spent her childhood in London so perhaps that is the answer. I certainly grew up thinking that a cup of tea would cure any problem. Of course now I have wine in my arsenal if tea doesn’t work. Maybe that’s why I know about the lady in the bath, as well. Perhaps you will think this is common, coarse common, but though I have great success growing from seed, I cannot grow a delphinium (outside of larkspur) to save my life. Unless you time it just right, it’s too hot here anyway and you almost need to regard them as biannual. I suppose I always want to grow things that I am not meant to. I keep thinking about your trillium. I don’t think I have ever seen such beautiful things. I think I might grow something like that here if I could live long enough. Anyway, thank you for a charming video, Pam

[@Goshtkub]

Malcolm, firstly thank you for the video, I very much enjoyed it. I recommend for you to pay a visit to Hampstead next time to go London. You'll the walks around the village and the heath with its pubs. You forget you are in zone 2 London.

[@adrianforbes6221]

Thanks for posting.

[@margarethughes3763]

Good evening. Love your garden.

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

Black Lace is a POP BAND love your vids. keep it up, please where is Clara ?

[@simonwhite5535]

Great vid as always. Alright, regarding y’seed sowing challenge…although not a perennial Betula nigra has thwarted me for the last 3 years and it’s doing my head in!!😱🥵😭 Tried over-winter cold frame, open air, fridge and freezer stratification, autumn and spring sowingthe lot!! Nothing!! Any ideas? I bought them from Chiltern seeds over 3 years…they even sent me a complimentary packet when I and a couple of other folk wrote to them describing our failures…de nada!! Can you figure it out? Ta. If you pull it off and you don’t have a use for them I’ll buy the buggers off you. 🤪

[@kristinastoltzfus6032]

Do you think you are on to something with the plant that you have tried and tried to propagate that it needs something from the conifers to grow? Lady Slipper Orchids all died on our property when the pine trees got pine beetles and had to be taken out. They need something that grows on the pine needles that fall. Can't remember now what it is but I was so upset when we lost a huge patch and now I wish I would have tried putting pine straw around them to see if they would have survived. Love your garden!!

[@sandrawoodall6545]

If you put a buttercup under your chin it meant , you liked butter. We used to do this when I was a kid.😊

[@Ebr26]

How about trying Achillea Petra perennial from seed. I love your videos.

[@johnbladykas4885]

Great video, screw the buttons no buttons for males. Women go together so they can’t be kidnapped

[@Ebr26]

You can surely take credit for it, its your design, plant choices, and care that created an environment for birds, insects, frogs and animals to live. The dogs don't kill the hedgehogs? My cats kill all my chipmunks.😢

[@richardfleming6473]

Could you sow some delphiniums from seed next year Malcolm ? I struggle like hell growing them.

[@Tara-sf7uu]

Idk if it's something you grow, but I'm having the hardest time germinating Cobaea scandens seeds.

[@PamsMountainGarden]

Do you soak them first? I leave mine in water overnight and they develop the most revolting slime on them but I have very good germination soaking and then planting in pots on a heat mat. I am interested in Malcom’s answer.

[@cew9837]

Oh god Thomas.. thought he couldn't count?😅 definitely butter under chin.. and lupin .. rhubarb &custard or rasp & buttercream?? Garden's starting to really fill in now... did you ever take on that allotment Malcolm? Wouldn't have thought you had much time.. perennial seed sowing would be good.. ones that need cold I never seem to have g8 deal of success with.. clematis pruning as well.. never quite sure/confident how far down to go. Bet the fragrance of the roses in the evening is glorious. Now back to below 10° down in London.. Cues have stopped.. worst yr I can remember..

[@gilliansmyth7167]

Great video Malcolm could listen to you all week🤗😘

[@christopherhills1609]

Lovely garden Malcolm plus enjoy the humour By the way, do you grow salvias?

[@davidrevitt7470]

Great video, I would like to grow acatonium Carrmicheal

[@plantsmanscorner128]

@@davidrevitt7470 I will add it to the list for spring David. Best wishes….Malcolm

[@davidrevitt7470]

Thankyou​@@plantsmanscorner128

[@ikswej]

Hiwhat happened to the Hosta cutting you took and cut cross in the top of it

[@VivSimmons]

Do you like butter! It was so.

[@maudieedwards9332]

I think Thomas has a bit of a problem with those black pots !😂 Thank you Malcolm for your informative natter and the walk around the garden love those peonies ❤

[@myragooden8667]

These days you better go in pairs, you don’t know who is in there and who will come in there, and they always put the ladies bathroom the farthest in the back.

[@plantsmanscorner128]

@@myragooden8667 Actually Myra, I hadn’t considered the safety aspect…..being a country lad, lacking sophistication and having no daughters or sisters I’ve never been around women/girls in the sense that I hear about their nights out etc and what it’s like I’m their perspective surrounded by loads of males……an entirely different experience from a male being surrounded by females, one could be a nightmare and the other every lads fantasy I guess. I just thought it was to gossip about who they came out with or fancied! Just couldn’t work out why they might discuss it in a toilet. Best wishes….Malcolm

[@mikesmith-yj3ih]

OMG you have Black Spot on your Roses ? what will you do about it ? plase tell and inform us 🫠

[@plantsmanscorner128]

@@mikesmith-yj3ih I’ll be doing bugger all about it Mike…..got better things to worry about than a bit of black spot…….best wishes, Malcolm