Pollinator Garden on a Budget

[@JimPutnam]

I have lots more that I started from seed and purchased to put in the ground. The next videos will be more plants and less planting. I just wanted to talk through the process in the first video. Thanks for watching

[@squidsquiddly5970]

Thank you for making this video! We are having to watch our wallets quite a bit this year and this was very helpful! I also had a very silly/quick question. We planted lettuce this year and washed and ate some only to find that BABY SLUGS were still on it that I missed! :( I have no clue how many I may have eaten. Has this every happened to you and is that something I should be concerned about? We are washing the lettuce in salty salty water from now on I think but man...it was gross... Thank u

[@lynbuerkett8537]

As our garden grows I really appreciate you showing that using 4 packs will get the same effect! Thanks!

[@christophertaylor9826]

Great video very informative.

[@millerkenzo7581]

i realize I'm quite off topic but do anybody know a good site to watch new movies online?

[@alexanderronan33]

@Miller Kenzo I would suggest FlixZone. You can find it on google :)

[@daymoonfarm2903]

I love that you consider the budget in your videos. Not all of us have a huge plane budget.

[@leecorrigan8394]

I don't think you wanna cheap out on a plane though😄

[@daymoonfarm2903]

@@leecorrigan8394 Nobody wants to go cheap on plants, but some of us don't have a lot of money to spend on plants. For some folks, plant money is the few dollars left over after paying bills & buying groceries.

[@leecorrigan8394]

@@daymoonfarm2903 I was just kidding, you have a typo in your comment that said plane when you meant to say plant😄

[@daymoonfarm2903]

@@leecorrigan8394 Lmao! I didn't even notice it. Stupid phone.

[@trace9657]

I love that you pinch the blooms off right when planting. My grandma taught me that when I was little girl. "It is kinda cruel, but it helps the roots." She also liked buying smaller, less expensive plants to save money.

[@joycelynbell1434]

Love your channel ❤️ I realized that a garden don't have to be symmetrical 🤔 thanks for helping meet get out of that mind set..it make gardening do much easier for me...Your yard looks great 🌸

[@MattMurrah]

I really liked the voiceover work on the fast forward video. Nice touch!!!!!

[@beckyscheller9358]

Appreciate that you donot try to sell but show how to have a beautiful and pollinator garden.

[@maleahboss]

loving your videos. i love how you don't talk about anything irrelevant. you make it look real simple and it motivates me to get planting!! thanks!!!

[@rdarrett3635]

Because he is a horticulturist not a social media influencer, no disrespect Jim. He is truly a teacher.

[@fundamental1020]

You said it so right. Jim is wonderful because he always seems to read our minds and never wastes our time.

[@rdarrett3635]

Appreciate you doing this budget friendly video. Can you record a video on native budget friendly perennial options?

[@JeanTOM-qb5dm]

Jim, thanks for being so true to your mission. Most of us do exactly what you say--buy 4-packs and 6-packs rather than 4" , 5', 6' or 1 & 3 gallon pots. It's a pleasure to see your young plants thrive and take off.

[@CEGNatives]

Love that you are encouraging pollinator plants. My garden is designed for pollinators and I use native plants as much as possible. My Hummers loved the Jacob Cline Monarda last year. And the bees couldn't stay away from the Agastache

[@marylisageorge8739]

Nice to see gardeners still use four and six cell packs for landscaping.

[@samwooltortonwooltorton8166]

I love your channel man. I'm in Gloucestershire, England. Salvias are fantastic plants. I've got over 15 different types in my garden. I keep them all in the greenhouse over winter. They give so much all summer long and bring such colour and scent into the greenhouse in autumn.

[@cynthiabercaw3462]

Jim, can you please make a video about cicadas? We are in such fear about an expected infestation. Thank you.

[@brandytimpleton5618]

I appreciate the budget idea planting ideas.

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for following along!

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Many plants I've never heard of Jim, the Pentas are pretty. Your bed looks great, lots of variety

[@JudyG53]

You will have a fantastic buffet for the pollinators! Be sure to plant some host plants for the butterflies to lay their eggs on. Black Swallowtail in our area like Rue, Dill, Parsley and Fennel. Great plants to add into the flower garden!

[@JimPutnam]

Fennel went in yesterday. I was gonna show it this week. My butterfly weed is all returning and I have lots of parsley going in again. Thanks for watching

[@kimfierek5474]

Jim, I like that you show us how to add interest to our gardens without breaking the bank.

[@xiomaramartinez3212]

Well I enjoy plants and planting them so no problem here is great to see all the hard work behind your beautiful results

[@carmenbailey1560]

Great video, one thing I’ve learnt is to not buy one 4/pack, but to buy 4-5 4/ packs for a bigger impact in my garden. I’m guilty of buying one perennial instead of buying multiples. And to add compost all the time. Love your garden displays, thanks for sharing your garden and talents. 👍❤️😊

[@cece_marie]

Excellent suggestions and greatly appreciate the budget friendly plants, as well as your thoughtfulness on not being focused on "selling" to your audience. I just joined the channel to offset that. 😉 I always breeze through the clearance section of bigbox garden centers. The crispy, flowerless star jasmine I bought for $7 a month ago now looks as good as the ones selling at full price. This could be a good way for people to save money on perennials.

[@lisapearson78]

I really appreciate your mindfulness of budget. I love annuals but they can be really expensive. I’m in Mississippi and I’m seriously thinking of making a trip to Sanford next spring. 🌸

[@tremme5702]

Would you ever consider planting natives? Pollinators prefer them over annuals. The pollinators are adapted to plants that grow naturally in your area.

[@70karcher]

Would love to see more native content too.

[@verawallace9055]

The blue and white Salvia would look nice together

[@bethheerten1132]

A happy feast for your pollinators for sure. Thanks for telling us what we can chop back mid-summer. I always hesitate and end up with some scraggly things. I, too, mix a lot of annuals in with my perennials. Don't mind paying a couple bucks for something that will give me 7 months of continuous bloom.

[@johnnyutah1053]

that golden falls redbud is awesome!

[@JimPutnam]

It really is!!

[@Nature-Is-My-Home]

Will be giving a few of these a try soon. Really appreciate your honesty on plant sizes and prices to keep cost down!

[@margievaughan2456]

Love your channel & look forward to watching every video. Your lawn is beautiful & I appreciate that you consider budget in your gardening. Thanks for all the good information you provide

[@rbrebrook]

Yay for Big Bloomers! My go-to garden center.

[@beckyc104]

That was awesome 😎. I love how the former nursery man is anything but precious with those baby plants. Looks like I have some planting to do

[@jimmybarbee2396]

Was at Big Bloomers on Saturday and can confirm they are busy on the weekend! Great place! Plants categorized in alphabetical order.

[@JimPutnam]

Love the order of the houses!!

[@rustynailmendlesohn8710]

Your new yard is just so pretty Jim. I really enjoy watching the changes throughout the seasons since you have been there and your explanations of plants and landscaping ideas. And of course the occasional appearances by Holly. :)

[@JimPutnam]

She was on the porch today🐕. Thanks for following along!

[@soccermom1245]

Down here in Southport, NC, no one wants to work in the garden center so the plants for sale are wilted!! SAD state of affairs. Good thing I grew alot from seed this year! Thanks Jim!!

[@verawallace9055]

Hate when that happens

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

Happens in East TN too sad looking plants cause no one wants to water them

[@GinaCriv]

I like your relaxed approach of what looks like just throwing the plants down and planting them where they land. I agonize on plant placement...and it ends up looking like straight lines or rows of plants. For example your pansies...those clusters of color throughout...I'm going to copy that next year. What's the secret?

[@debbiesampath1179]

Garden is looking great! Never heard of the Summer Jewel Salvias. I will keep an eye out for them! I am trying to add white salvias to my garden so you can see them at a distance. I love your garden because it is what I like, which is more planting beds and less grass!! The weeping redbud looks great with its chartreuse colour and the red Japanese maple also in the background. Thanks for a great video!!!

[@JimPutnam]

Thanks for following along. That summer jewel white salvia was amazing for me last year and I only had them for july into fall.

[@onetwocue]

There are some areas where the planting season is so short like MN, you gotta go out and buy the bigger containers of annuls just to fill in. Two months isnt enough compared to someone in z 6

[@christinachase5419]

Thank you for the information! Our climate in the Panhandle of Texas has similar temperatures. I am in 7a, and I appreciate seeing lots of familiar plants in your videos. Keep up the great work!

[@keithpugh7538]

What I’ve noticed in my garden is that hummingbirds favor salvia and cigar plants over all others and will only visit the others when those are not in bloom. This year I added Texas sage, petunias, glads, Bahamas fire bush

[@JimPutnam]

I have cuphea going in tomorrow! Always a great one

[@keithpugh7538]

@@JimPutnam yep it’s a favorite, they absolutely love those

[@richlandzee8686]

I have salvias and sage. Never seen any hummingbirds. Maybe not enough of those plants

[@amynelsongreen3243]

Love the budget friendly focus! I have winter sown a lot of flowers (annuals and perennials) this year for the first time. Then I have recently read about some of the perennials spreading in the garden, so containers it will be until I get to know them better. But hoping for more food for those pollinators!

[@JimPutnam]

Awesome. Good luck with everything. I have a ton to plant that I did from seed

[@kurtroberts2310]

You are fortunate to find those varieties in 6 packs. Only available to me in 4” pots where I live and they get expensive quick

[@roisindubh8676]

I’m so excited to have three Saucy Red Salvias in my garden this year! I had to wait forever to get my hands on them. Now I have to go and get some of those celosia to go with them.

[@Luvyatilyouactup]

Your color variety is going to be fantastic! I can hardly wait for updates and I’m even more excited now for my end of month planting as all my Winter annuals come to an end.

[@debbiesineath1952]

Me too I like to buy six packs! Pansies are beautiful ! Thank you for helping us saved money!

[@dianegentry3255]

Great video! I live in NW Raleigh but next spring I’m going to take a road trip to Big Bloomers. I’ve always wanted to check it out! I like supporting my local nurseries but I have a big lot and could use some deals! Another great video!

[@kaylac3367]

Thank you for teaching us about gardening. Yours is looking beautiful 😍

[@carolynspinks6976]

Another fantastic video, love the way you explain just what and why you’re doing what you’re doing ! I’m always learning from you, thanks!!

[@barbarapareti7706]

Great video as usual. I’m anxious to see how your annuals do planted close together. I usually put more space between mine and that’s probably why I don’t get that really full look. Thx

[@cindycalvert3683]

Great video. Will be planting annuals this way.

[@jongregory5308]

Jim, I think Miss Huff might have been the other Lantana you were trying to remember. I have 2 in my landscape that have been there since 2000. I enjoy all your videos. Thank you for the enthusiastic hard work!

[@JimPutnam]

I actually put it on the screen after my mind went blank.

[@jongregory5308]

@@JimPutnam oops, I didn't see it on the screen. I am telling on myself now. I was listening more than watching because it was playing on my way home from work.

[@crystalchunn6925]

Love budget friendly plants, especially when I tend to want one or more of everything! I’m thinking a trip to Sanford is in order.

[@bonniejackson7476]

Thanks for considering the budget. That's important for many! As always thanks for the information!

[@jeanninemorgan3526]

Love Pentas! Enjoyed your talking about them.

[@alexandriamihalcik9202]

The color is going to be amazing!

[@gregoryirving2252]

Went to Big Bloomers for the first time recently. Amazing! Also checked out Garden Treasures Nursery thanks partly to a video or two of yours. Likewise, so amazing! Thanks for all you do and hope you're well!

[@JimPutnam]

Both are good spots

[@LS-lb7pw]

Thank you, this was very helpful for my Hummingbirds etc.

[@alvaronunez8707]

I’m always on a budget 🤣 thanks for the video! 😁

[@jamesarnold5571]

Great to hear from you

[@candacewilson6939]

Wish I could find those 4 and six packs. I need to find a nursery in my area that has them. Great video.

[@bleazyful]

Would have liked to have seen natives for pollinators and birds.

[@DrewSorensenMusic]

Love Pentas. Had some white ones last year. Will do again.

[@johnmorris7302]

Thanks Jim for your saving ideas. Love gardening but budget matters so thanks.

[@katiekane5247]

I've got seedlings from a pink salvia last year. Will be fun to see if they come back in the same color.

[@passepartoot]

Two thousand, five hundred and eighty-third!

[@dianegiordano7365]

Thanks, Jim!

[@jennifersauer3257]

Great demo and discussion of annual color. I have a large berm with landscape cloth under the mulch (which I refuse to replenish - crazy expense and no need). The mulch is quite old and pretty decomposed. I get tired of having to rip up the cloth every time I want to plant up more of the area. How do you think annuals would respond to your method of planting right into the added compost? I figure if perennials send new growth up and through the cloth, plants should also be able to send the roots down through the cloth. Most annuals are fairly shallow rooted, right? Thanks for the great tips and suggestions. Cheers!

[@Tofog22000]

Looking good, I'm planting Pentas for the first time this year.

[@JimPutnam]

Awesome!!

[@heathercole2447]

Cant wait to watch them grow!

[@regismonkton]

I enjoy celosia a lot. Do you know that they look good with Ageratum? That's been one of my favorite combinations for about a decade now. Celosia helped me appreciate Ageratum.

[@ChrisieCouncil]

Thanks for the tip on Big Bloomers in Sandford! 🌱 I’m gonna check them out!

[@JimPutnam]

Most awesome place. All perennials in alphabetical order. Makes a type A person like me smile

[@kerryjean2223]

I have never gardened on my knees. I always stay on my feet squatting x

[@rdarrett3635]

Your thighs must be strong. I couldn’t do that.

[@dillonblack]

When are we gonna learn more about that RV? 🤔 going on tour, Jim?

[@Fi0434]

Where do you get your pine bark soil conditioner

[@tondacooper9205]

I have yet to see any of those plants sold in 4/6 packs here in Houston 😔

[@JimPutnam]

Doesn't surprise me anymore

[@genevievebarnett5767]

Griffinator! 💙

[@eighty7ss]

Can anyone tell me what the red plant was he said that he took lots of pictures of hummingbirds with last year please?

[@debrabray8855]

It's so beautiful!!

[@oxodog7290]

Weres your favorite trench shovel ...jim

[@JimPutnam]

It was in today's video🤣

[@danaburch9879]

Thank you for the great ideas. 🌻🌺🌷

[@dylan8285]

Wow $1.69 for a 4 pack at the lowest. My local garden center/ greenhouse thats been around a long time, $2 for a 6 pack of annuals and they have several greenhouse full of various annual and the well known classic ones, impatient, marigold, saliva, coleus, etc. Compared to the big box store now its like $9 for a 8 pack and since like 3 years ago they only sell 8 and 12 packs which is weird

[@jeremymayfield8334]

Which salvias are perennial for you in 7b? I’m in 8a and want some larger blues and red. I had 2 Huge Rockin'® Playin' the Blues® from PW and they didn’t come back.

[@richlandzee8686]

Jim, my diamond spire gardenia which I planted about 1.5 months ago has started flowering and I am thinking of taking 2-3 cuttings from it. Is there a right season to propogate gardenias? My plan is to let them grow in small pots (if I am successful) for a few months before planting them on the ground in October/November later this year. I'm in zone 8a.

[@sudhansu9dm]

Don't you use mulch with annuals? I would be terrified to use anything compost+soil conditioner on top. Just the thought of weeding scares the hell out of me.

[@JimPutnam]

I don't use hardwood mulch in my annual beds. The compost and pine bark should be weed free when you use it and are actually easier to pull weed out of than the hardwood mulch.

[@CottageCoreMom]

Beautiful! ❤

[@dearestgarden]

Lovely!

[@saraw8503]

Is the pine bark soil conditioner similar to the raised bed soil at Lowe’s?

[@JimPutnam]

It likely has pine bark as a component

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

Lowes and Home Depot sometimes have pine bark soil conditioner

[@daymoonfarm2903]

Did I miss the spacing of the Angelonia? Sorry, I take notes through the videos.

[@marythomson3229]

Do you have any problem with Celosia? I wondered if birds spread the many seeds and they then show up everywhere. Thanks!!! Zone 7b

[@JimPutnam]

This one has never come back from seed, but I have another one that came in some cut flowers that is a noxious weed really!

[@marythomson3229]

@@JimPutnam I’ve been reluctant because if that. I guess I’ll plant more Oentas. I love them! Thanks for the reply. Love your channel!

[@dorindajenkins7825]

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[@Flower_hoarder]

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[@MichaelOssen]

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[@soccermom1245]

buzzzzzz

[@JimPutnam]

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