Finding the RIGHT Plants for your Landscape (+5 Mistakes)

[@christopherlynch9888]

Related to #2. I would say focusing exclusively on blooms. After the blooms are gone, consider what the foliage and plant structure will look like.

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Yes, texture and form 😊 good one

[@socutebracelets]

100% I barely think about blooms unless it is something that is very long-blooming. Everything else is primarily chosen for its foliage or structure and the blooms are a bonus.

[@kathymacneill9158]

I do purchase one plant occasionally to test it out in my garden. If it does well, I will take cuttings or divide it to establish a grouping. This approach does take time and effort.

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Yes I do that too 😊... But it can take a few years to get established plants. I don't mind waiting on most cases.

[@jenmason40]

Love how you keep it simple & you are awesome in your approach. You seem like so much fun to hang out with!! Cheers from Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Hey thanks! Hit me up if you're ever in Pennsylvania 😉

[@jenmason40]

@@PrettyPurpleDoor that would be so awesome-one day forsure!! Never been , but I am a diehard Philadelphia Flyers fan😄. Would love to see your gorgeous garden

[@TramMontano-hm4cn]

I just wanted to tell you thank you for making your content and that I love watching and learning from you!

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Oh wow thank you so much. Usually the comments on these videos are not very nice. I'm considering stopping my channel because of the last video like this I made. It's not great for mental health to be trolled on the internet. So thank you for saying you like the videos.

[@aliesefitch1099]

​@@PrettyPurpleDoor Seriously?! It boggles my mind how people can be so spiteful and opinionated about something that is supposed to be so fun and personal like gardening. I have learned SO much from your channel and hope that if you decide it's best for you to stop or take a break, that you leave everything you've put out up! Because I love them!

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Thanks for your kind words 😊

[@TramMontano-hm4cn]

@@PrettyPurpleDoor please don’t stop making your content, I love all of the videos, insight, and tips. It has really helped me design my own garden. I rewatch the same content all the time. It’s easy to be mean these days because it’s so impersonal. I’m sorry to hear that you have to deal with that even though you’re out here trying to help and educate people.

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Thank you! That's so nice of you 😊. You'd be surprised how much negativity I deal with. It's shocking hahaha

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thank you Amy. Great tips ! 💐💚🙃

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kaymack5304]

I love your channel!!!

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Thank you so much 😊

[@TheDragonsGarden]

one thing i learned the HARD way was not really allowing for the "maximum" size of some perennials. my bloody dock (aka red veined sorrel) behaved for a year and then got HUGE! and had to be pulled. so now i assume they will hit maximum size until proven otherwise. i advise planting annulas to fill space as the perennials grow up. Oh, this is Fabricdragon's garden specific channel- i subscribed as this one too

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Ah yes, I still plant too close together sometimes! But using annuals to fill in is also what I try to do while they grow. Thanks for subbing!

[@sherimatukonis6016]

So... how would you design a primarily edible garden? combining food and curb appeal?

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Many cottage gardens incorporate edibles. So I'd look into that. You'd first need full sun conditions to grow most edibles. Fruits are easy to incorporate. Blueberry bushes look nice. I have a serviceberry tree in my front yard that's lovely. I've often used dill, artichoke, kale and cabbage in garden beds for their texture. Plants are plants.

[@SnugEmsCats]

I love the point you made about grouping plants together for a bigger impact. Now I'm wondering if there are certain plants that almost always look better in a group. 🤔

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Most plants look better in groups! Have a look at any botanical garden photos and you'll see it in action 😊

[@muta_othernames]

I think soft- and cool-coloured ones, also wispy ones, especially from a distance, look super divine in drifts

[@SnugEmsCats]

@@muta_othernames I like that; it sounds ethereal and relaxing.

[@snu3877]

It is pleasing to the eye to have more than one, but I can think of two exceptions possibly: one is with perennials that get shrub-sized, like Baptisia (false indigo). The other exception might be if you have a small garden. My husband loves his tiny garden that is in a fan-shaped area right near our cellar doors, and he gets away with planting just one of each plant, and it looks nice.

[@terrypauloregon]

Well I’m still in the ones, twoies. I’m slow to get it going because several plants were in pots and I planted in the landscape. I did this to try to get my colors, and layering figured out. Some I have put some more in areas but trying to take out some I don’t like. Or that took over.

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

It takes time and that's ok 😊

[@imissnickplur4964]

thanks for the tips! your interior design & decor looks great too!

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Thanks so much! 😊 Glad it was helpful!

[@RichardRau-w1c]

Love your videos. I do have a question... I've chosen the right plants for the right location. Problem is so have the armadillos. Help!!!!

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Sorry I don't have armadillo here in PA so maybe you can Google some solutions 😊. A big part of choosing the right plant for the right place is also taking wildlife and mother nature into consideration as much as possible 😉

[@fabricdragon]

was thinking it over a bit and came back to add: height! obviously if you are trying to block a view, or etc you know you want height, but... a mass of plantings all the same height, or having taller stuff block the view of the plants behind it? argh! its very east to overlook something like "i want a whole border with various yellow flowers... and end up with the one daylilly that is 36 inches tall, towering over the rest that are 24 or less

[@PrettyPurpleDoor]

Yesssss so true. Just made a new lesson inside my course all about this!

[@nanah2000]

My neighbour was worried about my planting raspberries. She said they were invasive (I’m in Canada). We got a garden box for it in the end. But not sure I’d be worried about raspberries so much :p

[@irynayakubu5530]

Your neighbour has a fair reason to worry. The raspberry is pretty invasive. You'll notice it soon. Plus, because it needs a lot of nutrition, it will escape even from the garden boxes sooner or later. You gonna find its roots 2 metres away from the plant and more.

[@nanah2000]

@@irynayakubu5530 well, then it’ll be raspberries vs normal garden weeds. It’ll be interesting to see which wins and really having more raspberries doesn’t hurt. Although there isn’t much nutrition for it to get at the moment and we have also put a barrier at the bottom of the box.

[@sterlgirlceline]

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