Quick Garden Tour (Alliums, Anabelle & Aphids)

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[@marandaranda]

Alliums are what reignited my love for flowers as an adult. I just love the sounds of birds in your videos. They are so calming on days when it’s rainy and gross outside.

[@livingthesilver]

Hello, I don't know if you have ever tried it, but if you have aphids, you could get lady bugs from the nursery and release them in your yard. The garden center or nursery will usually keep them in a refrigerator so that they will stay more dormant. The lady bugs are great beneficial insects. You could try. They will eat the aphids in your yard and your neighbors. Happy gardening 🐞🥰

[@Lizze28]

Yes to the lady bugs!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Yes, I have heard of ladybugs as well. Thank you!

[@MartinHouseFlowers]

I’ve not tried honeysuckle but good to know about the aphids! What about a rose climber & annuals from seed while it grows. I’m on the 2nd year of Eden Climber, New Dawn & Kiss Me Kate. Next to the first two climbers (one on each side of the arbor), last year I grew morning glories which were so heavy on the arbor, so this year trying Blue & Lavender Queen seeds (direct sow) from Baker’s Creek.

[@nicholasryan5401]

Greetings from Ireland, Beautiful garden and Alliums, They are the bees knees.

[@JoAnnBlondin]

Love those purple allium. I may need to add some to my garden. Clematis works great and so easy to grow. As they like their roots protected from the sun, that's a good spot for them. Try a couple of varieties together so you get different blooms times. Also look for a variety that likes to be trimmed as they get woody. Mine thrive with a good haircut.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

SO many options out there.... Thank you so much!

[@brendahayes3365]

I listen to our local Garden Center on the radio each weekend and heard a lot of complaints regarding Aphids. The horticulturist explained that ants harvest and protect the aphids. He said usually you can see them marching up and down the stem of the tree or vine etc. I don’t have any Aphids at this point so didn’t pay attention to the product name but it was a type of double sided tape or sticky substance you put at the bottom of the plant to stop the ants and works like a charm. So, check for ants! I have always just hosed mine away, but I love hand watering.

[@SouthCarolinaBetty]

Aphids can be removed with a plain water spray. Use the garden hose ...it's work, but it's almost like playing in a water fountain.

[@Lizze28]

Hi Rox lady 🐞 bugs for the aphids. Kreatyve Gardenista from Georgia did it in one of her videos recently.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you!

[@grisespino5342]

Try a trap crop by the honeysuckle. Calendula, nasturtiums or nicotiana. Your alliums are gorgeous!

[@TheThriftedPlanter]

Your garden is looking beautiful Roxana!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you friend!

[@terridee9637]

Alliums are so beautiful. Just like tiny stars all in a ball

[@pinetreesnflowers]

Gorgeous garden!! Everything looks so lush and inviting :)

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you!

[@naturalgalwilliams]

I love your Alliums, Gladiator , beautiful 💜💜

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you! 🤗

[@sima4372]

I ordered ladybugs last year for my vegetable garden, and within a few days all the aphids were gone. You could plant a David Austin climbing rose there if you decide to take out the honeysuckle.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I thought of that as well.

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Love your garden it’s so beautiful!👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you so much 😊

[@greenrockgarden2851]

I agree with removing. I planted sunshine ligustrums two years ago. They were doing fabulous. This Spring, white flies decimated them. Absolutely no leaves left on them. I don’t want plants that will attract those insects that badly. I cut down the shrubs, dug up the roots and put them in the trash to be hauled away from my property. I then released 1500 ladybugs to take care of any insects left behind.

[@dorothyzabriskie7513]

Where and how do you get 1500 ladybugs. I need them in my garden because of aphids

[@greenrockgarden2851]

@@dorothyzabriskie7513 Amazon

[@dianebright9366]

I thought ladybugs went being sold anymore for the time being?

[@greenrockgarden2851]

@@dianebright9366 I’ve never heard that. I ordered through Amazon, and they were shipped from a company called Hydroponic City.

[@carolgoergens9275]

Omg your funny love the weed in the container

[@Youdoingnothing]

Beautiful alliums!

[@christykulwicki4323]

I love all alliums! My knock out roses keep getting aphids here in Indy. I sprayed last year and this year I found a granular of the same product and mixed it into the soil which seams to be helping. If you choose to try annuals I have some morning glory and sweet peas from seeds with great luck. This year I’m also trying black eyed Susan vein. Happy gardening!

[@dustyflats3832]

I’m trying blackeyed susan vine also and first go at sweet peas. Another new one is cup & saucer vine. I have so many new to me flowers and hope non are to aggressive or invasive. I know I can’t do morning glories here as they love this sand for some reason. Every year in at least 8 years I have had to weed them out and I never let them set seed.

[@dianebright9366]

The alliums are lovely and make a presence! But wow! The green in your garden is so lush and gorgeous!

[@LucyLemmon]

I saw Kreatvye Gardenista on KZbin used lady bugs she bought off of Amazon to eat the aphids on one of her beautiful plants. She later showed how the ladybugs did the job, and her plant bounced back healthy. Give it a try before giving up on the honeysuckle. I think the ladybugs were about 11.99 for a lot of bugs.

[@sandychristiansen1749]

The alliums are amazing. I have some smaller ones (not sure of the variety) that are nice, but nothing like yours. I will definitely be planting some Gladiator this fall. I am glad to learn that Annabelle can droop on hot days - I kept thinking mine was dry so added water all the time -- soon discovered it wasn't dry after all and couldn't find any pests, now I know it may just droop in late afternoon heat.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I think the "younger" the plant or the not so established ones do that (drooping), because for the first couple of years the mother plant did that... I was giving it water constantly and still did that... I didn't notice that last year or this year so far.

[@carolgoergens9275]

I want to see your whole layout of the garden from front to back

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Feel free to check past tours, I don’t show the front at this point but I show plenty of the rest

[@rhondaschenk5727]

LOVE the alliums! I need to plant more of them!

[@naturalgalwilliams]

Release some lady bugs to help remedy this problem before you get rid of it. 💚❣️

[@SuffolkSusie]

You had me at Soil and Margaritas 🤣... and I love alliums. Perfect share.

[@lauriesickles5393]

Maybe star jasmine would be a good replacement for the honeysuckle.

[@terridee9637]

I’d take that honeysuckle out.

[@capecodcottagegarden]

I have gladiator, globemaster and summer beauty alliums and I love them. Even though I am zone 7B we have had a cold wet spring and my alliums are just in the very beginning stages of opening, globemaster and gladiator, the summer beauty come later. They are so whimsical I love them. Your garden looks so lush already. I am about to plant a honeysuckle but have not had the same problems as you are having. Try just hitting them with a hose.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

You know, I didn't have any problems with aphids in my honeysuckle until last year, that plant was SOOOO gorgeous about now with its deep yellow blooms all over, I am going to give it one more year and see if I can get a handle on that.

[@capecodcottagegarden]

@@SoilandMargaritas is it the proven winners scentsation one? I know that one has yellow flowers. Maybe it smells too good and the aphids love it LOL:)

[@SoilandMargaritas]

@@capecodcottagegarden That was the variety I had (3 of them) on my west side wall and that horrible winter temp took them all... they were a lovely yellow bloom.

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

A Star Jasmine would be gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰

[@chrismarchetti-olson6632]

Gorgeous blooms!! I divide my Annabelle hydrangeas as soon as the ground thaws when the sticks have any signs of life. I cut, transplant and they grow exactly like the mother plant without ever wilting. This has worked wonders because I transplanted them in front of my fence and the show is gorgeous by July. Maybe morning glories instead of the honeysuckle or moon flowers so you don’t have to commit until you find the perfect climber for you. 🌸🌸🌸🌸

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Lots of choices for sure.

[@lovelight9164]

When your allium heads dry, take the seed heads, collect them and you can grow them that way as well as by bulb which they do multiply like crazy. I had to dig up a bunch of mine this year and plant them in other places. In some cases I planted all the bulbs together and some I divided into several.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I am definitely going to try to do that.

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

Alliums are very beautiful!

[@Flower_hoarder]

Clematis ‼️🪴

[@Talula72]

I absolutely love my Alliums! Last Fall I planted some late blooming Menton tulips and they are on the coral side. They look amazing with the purple allium.

[@sannaericditsler4034]

Your allium look beautiful. When I saw your video about splitting up an annabelle hydrangea I went out and did the same. My hydrangea that I moved gets droopy also in the afternoon but I figured it was because I moved it. Your yard is beautiful.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

That is awesome!

[@michelleyanche1706]

To salvage this year where the honeysuckle is trying hyacinth bean vine. It’s an annual vine that you can plant seeds now. It grows quickly, you can plant enough to completely cover the trellis and it blooms beautifully! I personally love the ruby colored one but there is also a green.

[@michelleyanche1706]

PS the blooms also make a lovely cut flower so that is a bonus with hyacinth bean vine!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I actually have a bed where I get one or two volunteers from that vine, I had it for the last 2 years and its lovely. Thank you! 🌿

[@Peoniesandpinks]

I have purple sensation, gladiator and ambassador. I love all of them as it brings height, color and texture to my garden beds

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Those Alliums are absolutely gorgeous!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you!

[@daiseegray9110]

Beautiful 🌼🐝

[@nicolemanley2210]

I have had the same issue with my honeysuckle. Like you, I tried to get ahead of it with regular treatments but this year I threw in the towel. It was covered in aphids, so I just ripped it out and tossed it. I’m glad I did, I waited a bit and have put a climbing rose in its place. Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I hear you, sadly.

[@pitaperu9292]

I have the same problem with my honeysuckle. I’m going to take it out, had the same issue last year too. Very frustrating

[@SoilandMargaritas]

AUGH!!! So frustrating, the last thing I want is something I have to be spraying constantly.

[@patz780]

Alliums are one of my favorites. Yours are lovely.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you!

[@Junebug8283]

You could plant marigolds under it to deter ants, which farm them and nasartium which attracts them and move them away from the honeysuckle. Normally, nature will keep things in balance and your plant should be fine.

[@colsen4616]

I need some of those alliums. Mine are ok, but those😍 My honeysuckle is getting it’s last chance this year because of the constant powdery mildew. It’s so gorgeous in the spring when not much else nearby is blooming, but by early summer ugh.

[@roslynholcomb]

I love your alliums. Glad to hear they multiply because my goodness they’re expensive! I bought 25 and will probably distribute them amongst my three front beds and hope they multiply. As for the aphids. Yeah I think I’d just get rid. It’s just not worth the stress. I would recommend Major Wheeler honeysuckle. It blooms a gorgeous coral color. Being native it might be more pest resistant. I’ve had them for two years now and haven’t noticed an aphid problem. I do have a large wasp nest in my backyard, though and they seem to take care of all pests.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I hear you about the price of these alliums, I think the cheapest I have seen these is $19...for ONE bulb... those suckers better multiply some more lol

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[@SoilandMargaritas]

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[@terrymcintosh9986]

Very charming!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Thank you!

[@RizeTB1]

Just keep pruning your honeysuckle. Maybe they are growing in rich soil and utilizing a tone of nitrogen. You can mash, or blend honeysuckle bits with some water then feed it to container plants. My roses were the same way. It’s fun to blend what I prune and feed it to my other plants.

[@Youdoingnothing]

I didn’t know about that-thanks for sharing this information! I will definitely do this next time I prune.

[@dianacorderosanchez4244]

I love your garden. The raised beds are so cute. I would like to know where you got your corten metal planters❤

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Hey! I get mine from DIY Cartel, they are on Amazon but also have a website.

[@dianacorderosanchez4244]

Thank you so much.

[@michellefrance1165]

Your alliums look amazing! I planted several in the Fall, I forget the name starts with an "s" looks like a sparkler huge love them such a neat plant!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

They are so darling! I know exactly which one you are referring to I just don't remember the name.

[@jcking6785]

You have convinced me that I need to get some gladiator alliums! I have several Schubertii alliums, the ones that look like sputniks or firecrackers, and they are stunning, a must have. I also have some Drumstick alliums; they’re okay but if they all died, I would replace them with a different allium, maybe Gladiator. I sometimes have trouble with aphids on my honeysuckle vine; I use a Bayer product (can’t remember the exact name).It’s a granular product for trees and shrubs, comes in a blue container; you sprinkle it out from the base of the plant and scratch it into the soil then water it in. It works if I remember to put it on early enough, before the aphids arrive. I like it because it’s not a spray that can get on me or other plants where I don’t want it.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Oh man, I’m definitely gonna try that… if it’s not too much trouble, any chance you can email me a pic of it? [e-mail]

[@AmyJBrowne]

It’s called Bayer advanced all in one rose and flower care. I’d suggest ladybugs though. I have 5 Gertrude Jekyll roses from David Austin and they were aphid magnets since I planted them. This year I went to spray and to my surprise I saw them covered in ladybugs. In a few days aphids all gone. @soilandmargaritas

[@lynettelewis5688]

I have a pink blooming honeysuckle that has been overcome with aphids for the last 2 years. I tried neem oil and insecticidal soap and cut it back to the ground to no avail. This year I used sevins dust, but it's unsightly, and washes off with the rain. I hate to do it. But I may have to get rid of it.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

It is so sad, I feel like I was ready to spot them and start spraying with just a hose this year after spraying them twice but somehow they arrived overnight

[@terricodr]

I love your gardens & your channel. You’re very informative❤. What is the pink blooming plant by your Annabelle? Looks like pink profusion salvia. Is it?

[@SoilandMargaritas]

That is a Salvia "Back to fuchsia" and its so lovely!

[@Ruthsdreamgarden]

My alliums never came up. I will try again this fall.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Oh no! Not cold enough? Rotted?

[@AGloriousLife]

I see others have recommended purchasing lady bugs - that's what I was going to suggest. That may keep the aphids in check and balance everything out. Editing to ask if you have a good source for purchasing the Gladiator Allium? Do you know if they're only available as bulbs or can you purchase live plants to plant now? Beautiful garden!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

While I have seen other smaller alliums as plants already, I have not seen this variety... I got mine from dutch grown online, but you can also check your local nurseries (Not hardware stores) in the fall and they should have some.

[@Margie_D]

Your alliums are beautiful! I planted Gladiator , Ambassador and Sensation last Fall and now I also have a beautiful display. What is the beautiful deep red shrub in the background at 4:32? Thank you for another great video!

[@SoilandMargaritas]

That's a plum. It is a medium size small shrub that you probably have seen everywhere but I prune mine like a wall, to give that bed a nice frame.

[@Margie_D]

@@SoilandMargaritas Thank you. Love that deep red color. Will try to find it in my zone 7a area.

[@carolinapalomares9649]

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[@dustyflats3832]

I’m not sure if I have gladiators but I have noticed yellow tips on the leaves of many I have viewed including mine. I think they got frosted here. I didn’t get extra blooms. I think honeysuckles are aggressive just like the invasive shrub here. I would plant a climbing rose or clematis. Something that doesn’t require a lot of pruning.

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Its normal for the foliage on alliums to turn yellow. They turn yellow even before the flower blooms totally normal

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Yup, just like @capecodcottagegarden mentioned, the foliage of the alliums do get yellowish and start deteriorating before the plant actually blooms, just like tulips do.

[@dustyflats3832]

@@SoilandMargaritas oh I didn’t see that on the alliums last year in their first year of blooming. The tulip leaves don’t turn yellow here until well after blooming. We had some frosty mornings and wondered if that was why. Good to know, thx.

[@Thehealinggarden-2]

The Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight' will look amazing and will handle full sun in your zone Japanese hydrangea vine “Moonlight”

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I thought about that one already... we will see :)

[@barbaramccann7944]

Northwest Michigan , zone 6, I have Sensation, Ambassador and Gladiator, but only the Sensation multiply for me.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Sensation did not multiply for me unfortunately and I think after 4 years half of them did not made it :(

[@darlenehickman220]

Hi. Have you thought about buying ladybugs and loosing them near the honeysuckle?

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I have! Just haven’t done it yet.

[@mkolasa]

Hey Lady! So I loved your Alliums last year and purchased bulbs for my self...same ones, Gladiator, mine came up this year but they are not a full round ball, they are more like a cupcake (like a half moon) I am so bummed. have yours ever done that?

[@SoilandMargaritas]

🧐🧐 hmmm I don’t think so… I wonder if you got a different variety.. you know like when you get tulips that are so not the color you ordered.

[@SoilandMargaritas]

Do you have a favorite Allium Variety? Tell me below!

[@neidys1425]

Nunca he plantado allium. Donde los compras tú?

[@SoilandMargaritas]

En cualquier vivero los venden en el otoño, si no online me imagino que Johnnys o si no Dutch Grown tambien.

[@kuohwaspencer1842]

I bought mine from Costco last fall

[@lisagoggin8021]

Jasmine?

[@SoilandMargaritas]

I don't think its a perennial here but lovely.

[@lauripedersen3150]

Are you even a gardener if you don't have at least one huge thistle in your garden? 😂

[@SoilandMargaritas]

😂😂😂