✨Show Me Your Gardens!✨ ZONE 8 :: Zone 8 Garden Tours :: What Plants Work and What Don't!

[@Oregonyardening]

I’m so ecstatic and honored that you shared my garden today. These videos are so inspiring! Thanks for supporting other “yardners” by doing this series. 🌿🌺👩‍🌾

[@carolleimbach6407]

Hello from Salem 👋

[@8829agua]

I love your spacing, colors, and garden art you have very tastefully done. 🪻🍁🌳🪴🏵️ thank you for sharing!

[@cindyannefontenot]

Lovely!! New subscriber alert!! ❤

[@Flowerpower503]

The white flowered shrub is an azalea. They don’t bloom for very long, so it’s usually just a green bush for the majority of the year. But when they do bloom, they are spectacular! The pink ones are gorgeous too!

[@pennylivingston148]

That is why I love my Encore Azaleas. They bloom twice a year and the fall bloom is very long. Mine have been blooming for about 9 weeks. (8a, coastal NC). Having said that, I have 5 of the older white azaleas that look just like the one in this video. They are all planted in a bed together, and nothing is any more spectacular than the old azaleas when they bloom. This garden is to die for!!!

[@kristinthomas6035]

Loved seeing your garden, Trudy. So wish there were a few YT garden channels in our area (Sherwood here). You look like a good candidate (hint, hint...)

[@tinapaxton4231]

@@pennylivingston148 I know it is silly, but it just feels wrong to have reblooming azaleas! Azaleas are special because they are glorious for a few weeks in Spring, we celebrate them, and move on. Having said that, my new landscape had only the encores when we bought it last year so I have them. For now.

[@pennylivingston148]

That is exactly how I felt until I bought 6 for my more formal garden, so I do understand!

[@janetthornton7909]

I love the Enthusiastic Gardener’s philosophies of gardening. So encouraging.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Janet and thank you so much for your lovely comments ❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Janey and thank you so much for featuring my garden ❤ such an honour. I bought my trellis from Amazon UK about 3 years ago, not sure if available over in the US but you could try typing in “willow trellis panel” and something similar might come up. Watch you every day and loving seeing all your new garden plans and ideas. Hope your foot gets better really soon. PS Michael Glassman is adorable, which he was my neighbour!! ❤

[@AndreaHartman-l5g]

so happy to see you included!

[@debbiegreen3635]

I am loving this series! My Atlanta, Georgia, garden just changed from 7B to 8A!

[@BACKYARDBLOOMSWITHKIM]

Janie thanks so much for including my garden today. I have been watching you growth over the last couple of years and hope to inspire the same growth on my channel. I too am in the medical field and would love to spend more time on the channel. I get my concrete containers from Unique Stone. There is a local nursery that has some concrete containers and I bought some of them there. Thanks again. Love watching your channel as well. Laura from Garden Answer also viewed my garden on her garden # 3. 😘😘😘

[@ShadowNight-kt3dz]

Thank you for sharing my Louisiana Garden!! I’m in the zone change group, I’m now in zone 9. Yes Janey, that is a princess flower. I absolutely love it, it’s always giving me bright blue flowers; it is a very very thirsty plant however.

[@kristinepeterson6761]

Not too long at all. I could watch these for hours!!!

[@simple_southern_garden]

Thank you so much for sharing my new garden! I can’t wait to make it into a beautiful place to enjoy and attract more pollinators! You are the sweetest and I look forward to hosting you at one of our beautiful vacation homes in VA or NC one day!!! 🌸

[@MsDisnyfan]

You have a dream property.!!

[@pjmans]

Janette, I too love watching Monte Don, & I’ve been watching his gardening shows for years. Hi 👋 from Zone 4b in southern Minnesota, USA. You’ve got a beautiful garden ❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there in Minnesota 👋 and thank you so much ❤ everyone loves Monty 😊

[@jeanniecollier6763]

Yes, Janie, my zone here in NC changed from 7B to 8A, and now I will allow myself to go after those # 8 zone plants, but plant them in the warmer spots in my garden. Yea!!!!

[@debbiethebeau1650]

Janey, thanks so much for the great videos and for mentioning that the hardiness zones have been updated. I live in SE Texas and my zone updated from 8b to 9a!! Not a huge change but I wouldn’t have checked it if it weren’t for your informative video. While this has been a really fun video playlist it will still be great to see you in your garden. I hope you are healing well!

[@karen-ep8ou]

This has been so interesting with the zones. I've only lived in MN. So amazing to learn about the different gardening zones. Thank you so very much for taking us along on these garden tours. Praying for healing in your foot.

[@tinapaxton4231]

My zone went from 8a to 8b which only tells me I really really am crazy to fawn over blue conifers. I live on the coast of NC so it is more often a question of "will it like our summers?" rather than "will it like our winters?" ...exception being plants that need high chill hours.

[@jessicahoward5128]

I’m in South Alabama on the gulf coast and same 😪 I loooove blue conifers too.

[@lindaburris4138]

I’m just South of OKC in central Oklahoma. They changed my zone from 7a to 7b. I’m going to continue picking plants that zone 7 is right in the middle of. There have been too many instances when we had record lows the last few years. I was surprised that they didn’t change us to a lower zone.

[@claudycee]

Hope you are feeling better, Janey! Thanks for the video though we would have understood if you needed some time off to take care of yourself ❤. Now time for my daily pitch: please ask for submissions for urban/patio/balcony gardens! “Small” is relative until you see some of the tiny treasures and creativity out there. Thanks! 🪴

[@imeldamayer-taylor2783]

The big gardens look so beautiful . It needs a lot of encouragement to post a small garden in an urban complex from Austria.

[@tracythomas343]

I would so love that! My garden space is only 30ft by 20ft. So small!

[@claudycee]

@@tracythomas343Mine is about the same size! And a patio in the middle.

[@julievoracek1497]

@@imeldamayer-taylor2783 there’s a channel called Chicago gardener on KZbin who gardens on her deck who may be of interest to you. I don’t have a huge space and I do a lot of container gardening like she does and enjoy her content. Happy gardening!

[@claudycee]

Thank you so much for the recommendation. I just checked out the channel and it’s exactly what I was picturing for inspiration. I’m surprised KZbin didn’t feed it to me via the algorithm. Thanks again fellow gardener!

[@carolmacdonald8437]

I enjoyed this video SO much! The 1st garden with its gorgeous azaleas and peonies, then The Enthusiastic Gardener's garden, which is absolutely stunning in every season! I'm amazed what Pamela can grow in the mountains--what a beautiful cottage garden! (I love the Sierras, but have always said I couldn't survive in the snow and her pictures reminded me just how true that is.😂) And ending with gorgeous Japanese maples in western Oregon. Wow! I'm still in zone 9b here, in Gilroy, CA. Of course, we can grow some zone 8 plants, (typically with a little babying, because my soil is rather gravelly and drains a little too well during our hot summer weather), but I loved seeing plants I can use with some confidence.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Carol and thank you so much for your very lovely comment about my garden ❤ Happy Sunday!!

[@annwoleben5439]

These garden tours from the various zones are so wonderful. Not only am I impressed by the gardens, but by the fact that no matter what the zone is, gardeners are friendly and willing to share their knowledge.

[@pinetreesnflowers]

Yay Zone 8 gardens! I do think it’s the best zone :) :)

[@Ash_9]

Interestingly, Janey, our home town went from 9b to 9a!! One of the few places that went down in zone.

[@stephanied3884]

Yes, come live in West Linn, OR! 😉 - fellow West Linner who is a gardening newbie taking rigorous notes

[@theadley774]

West Linn is a wonderful place for a new gardener so many possibilities, I hope you don't have a lot of deer in your neighborhood! I've been compiling a list of the plants they don't seem to eat in my West Linn garden if you need any ideas☺

[@stephanied3884]

@@theadley774 We only see the occasional deer luckily, we’re more so battling with all the rascally squirrels 🤪

[@meganpalmieri8408]

My zone was 5b now it's 6a! Thank you I would have never look at the map for a change.

[@julievoracek1497]

I’m zone 8b in the high desert of California. So many diverse climate characteristics in zone 8. I love being inspired by all these beautiful gardens!

[@annbergquist4253]

Thank you so much for the information regarding the recent planting zone update. I’ve lived in the Seattle, WA area zone 8b for 50+ years and, over time, have noticed a difference in the plants that do well in my garden. When I first moved to this area we were a zone 8a. With this recent update we are now listed as zone 9a. This explains a lot as to those plants that seem to be thriving in my landscape.

[@JRP58]

I’m zone 8 in Salem Oregon, so it was fun to see two videos from just north and south of my area. It’s so true that USDA zones are not definitive of what can be grown in an area. Thank you, Janey!

[@GardenMyselfHappy]

I have taken much inspiration from you all but Jeanette's idea of filming has lead to my starting a channel to document my garden. I'm on the SW coast of Wales, UK which also is so very wet and on a clay bed. We have a SW coastal exposed garden and in contrast a north facing shaded garden in the back hillside so rain run off keeps it really wet longer. I totally love your programme and seeing other gardens. Thanks Janey.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

So glad to have given you that idea and thank you for your lovely comments ❤

[@simple_southern_garden]

I just subscribed to your new channel!

[@GardenMyselfHappy]

​@@simple_southern_garden Thank you so much! I truly appreciate it. Here is a rose from me to you. 🌹 I have subscribed to you too and will check out your videos tomorrow. We are mid storm in the early hours of the morning here in the UK.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@@simple_southern_garden oh my goodness thank you so much!! So lovely to have a new gardening friend 🩷

[@myrahclemens1983]

Loving all the gardens. I will go back and watch the ones I missed. I'm looking forward to seeing my zone 9a

[@themainer1267]

Another great presentation, Janey. So very happy to see Jeanette in this series. She's amazing. Jim Putnam needs t visit her. 😃

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s so lovely!! Thank you ❤

[@andreaskaliks8664]

This was such a wonderful project. Thank you for taking the time to put this together! ❤

[@3CandiesInTX]

I follow the enthusiastic gardener channel. Her garden is so beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s so lovely of you, thank you ❤

[@ShirleyJDavis]

I don’t mind it being long , I enjoy watching everything you put out for us to watch.

[@TheScentofaGarden]

Hi Janey and fellow gardeners! My zone 10b stayed the same. 😊

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Beautiful gardens everyone 🥰🥰

[@dawnreynolds519]

Janie thanks for doing this series on gardens in different zones. I’m in zone 5 but am finding some beautiful flowers that I can grow in my space from different zones. Some will have to be grown as annuals but if started from seed it will be cost efficient. A lot of great ideas out there!!

[@theresalee260]

I heard your comment that you’d like to grow a rhododendron. Well, my mom grew one in her ‘newly assigned ‘10a zone. It was north facing so little sun and grew 8 ft tall!! So I say….Do It 😊

[@carolmacdonald8437]

Yes, Janey could grow rhododendron, azaleas and camellias in her secret shade garden. It would be fun for her girls to put in a fairy garden there, too.

[@MarigoldsintheGarden]

Ohh Janey, I am enjoying watching the zonal gardens so much and I will be sorry when they come to an end! It is very interesting to see the choice of plants that all of the gardeners have made for their gardens. Thanks Janey for putting all of these wonderful videos together. 🐨🌴🌺🌻

[@Gardenmimi1950]

It has been soo much fun seeing all these beautiful gardens😍

[@claudiaceleste777]

Janey, no one is ever going to complain that your videos are too long ❤

[@judyingram-kh1vm]

Janey, this video for zone 8 was so exciting and it sure wasn't to long, when your having fun the time just flies by. I'm officially zone 7a. I was a 6b. I'm flat loving all the beautiful gardens you are showing us of all the zones. They have really helped me, lots and lots of plants, shrubs and trees I can plant.Thank you Janey and everyone else, for all your inspiration. ❤

[@anacervantes1946]

Hi Janie my zones yes zones are now 10a,8b,9a,9b here in Hollister CA im learning from you and Robbie so please carry on since i cant seem to find many trully dedicated local youtubers. I have a small garden space and really like to play with dirt lolhope you get better soon cause i know you miss being out there❤ happy Sunday!

[@JL-hw5hu]

Love your videos & showing us continually how to garden right where we are. Thank you. Sweet Tomato Vine Homestead on KZbin not sure if you heard of her has amazing raised beds and container gardening videos she literally is feeding her family from her backyard.

[@theadley774]

Janey, it was so fun to see my garden in your video, the white blooming shrub in the first part of the video is an azalea, I'm sorry I don't know the variety it was here when we purchase our home 26 years ago, so it is an oldie but goodie! We are 10 minutes south of Portland. Our zone seems to be changing as well, we never used to see bananas or palm trees in peoples gardens, but they are becoming quite popular now. Thank you for including my garden in your video, you are doing an amazing job, it's hard to believe you've been gardening for only two years, I am excited to watch your new garden take shape! Edit here: I just checked and Portland is now zone 9a! Thanks again Janey, I often learn something new watching you videos, maybe I can grow a bougainvillea! Trudy

[@GardeningPeacefulLivingNH]

Wow! The first garden is so magnificent! All the gardens are beautiful, but that garden just speaks to me 😍

[@valeriestewart467]

My zone stayed at 8b but these maps are based on averages over 10 years. I’m going to continue to get frost and shade cloth for the extremes.

[@robintranchina6588]

Janey, I hope you are healing well. My zone changed from 8b to 9a; Foley, AL. I think the purple plant in Jacob’s garden is Tibouchina or Bears Ear. It’s a perennial in zone 8-9.

[@CristalMermaid]

I live in central Florida and my zone went from 9b to 10a. At first I was sad because it means less regular plants that I can grow but now I am curious to see what people are growing in zones 10. Thanks for putting this series together it has been very inspirational.

[@debbiek1699]

My zone changed here in coastal Alabama from 8b to 9a. Like Betty, we deal with hot and humid summers in the day and night. Summers are brutal. We also grow a ton of tropicals like Jacob. I have a ton of banana trees, canna lilies, and elephant ears. Thanks Janey for sharing more beautiful gardens for us to follow.

[@Mymar5]

Robbie. I do a gold tree also and on of my favorite decor are 10 ornate gold picture frames that I printed off part of the Christmas story in or one year I printed different Christmas carols titles on or framed beautiful Christmas cards. People always love those. I will try to find them and send a picture.

[@barbaracole4314]

West Linn is just outside of Portland, Or. One of its suburbs... the England garden was so professional looking, she gets inspired by Monty Don real pro at gardening... thanks for posting this so interesting

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there and thank you so much for your very lovely comment ❤

[@marilyncanaday4862]

These videos are so much fun! I also love having more gardening KZbin videos to watch! Thanks everyone for sharing!

[@deemckinney1486]

NEVER TO LONG❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@marleneegan-hm7lr]

I already follow Kim and I love her videos, her garden is gorgeous!

[@deannewilliams3321]

Oh wow, I went from zone 8b to 9a! Thanks for letting us know about the updates! I’m loving all the inspirational gardens!!

[@lorrainemcwhorter2796]

Hi Janey! I remembered you were complaining about a fly in your garden shed with you. To greatly reduce flies from entering indoor spaces, get some bars of Irish Spring soap, original scent. Hang the bar at the door on the outside by putting it in a cut up and tied leg of pantyhose. Flies hate the smell of it and stay away from the doors. We even it hang the soap at the opening of the dog door, so the flies won’t follow the dogs in the house. I get the Irish Spring and pantyhose at Dollar Tree here. I tend to replace these every spring and keep them up all year.

[@donnahudson-q3c]

regarding your comment about deer getting into your garden beds, I have found ammonia works to deter deer, rabbits, and most dogs. I make a small flag out of a really absorbent cloth, attach it to a small stake, maybe 18 inches high (taller or shorter depending on the height of the critter), and then dunk the "flag" into ammonia and let it soak for a few minutes. I use bright red, yellow, or orange colored flag so from a distance they blend in with your flowers and are not too ugly. Be sure to wear gloves. I have tried every deer deterrent out there, and this one works for me and is not expensive. Refresh after heavy rainfall. I am so happy to have found this solution I just had to share it.

[@nikitanagarkar1643]

Hi Janey Would you please do a video on what can we plant in winter ( fruit trees, just general flowering trees ) in zone 9 please?

[@carolmacdonald8437]

I'm also zone 9b and wouldn't hesitate to plant trees throughout winter here in Gilroy, CA. They appreciate having a chance to settle in before the heat of summer.

[@joannschultz-4972]

Janey, the white flowering plant in the beginning of video looks to me like an azalea. Loved all the gardens shown throughout this series thus far. You are such a breath of fresh air. Hope all viewers have a nice thanksgiving.

[@lesliesteele8374]

I love Janette’s, Fatzia (SP?) I live in 8a, South Carolina and I’m on the hunt for that plant. Janey, I started growing Foxtail ferns after seeing yours at your former home. I’ve brought most of mine in to my sunroom, but left a hardy Test-dummy in my landscape. Update to come😁I’m loving this series!! I also still love my hat, now I want the one you’re wearing today. Leslie

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Leslie, thank you so much and I have Fatsia Japonicas and Spiders Webs too, one of mr favourite plants and just so easy to grow and look after ❤

[@lindamdees]

I also live in SC and I found mine in Lowe’s.

[@tammyrice1529]

I’m enjoying this series. Thank you everyone for sharing your gardens with us,and thank you Jannie for presenting them to us.

[@barbarawitt9989]

Hi there Janey! I looked and found I hadn't changed zones, but subsequently pre- ordered some bulbs from Eden Brothers. They wanted zips so they would know when to send me the bulbs. THEY said I had gone up to 7B. I believe them!

[@lorrainemcwhorter2796]

Wow❤, so many great gardens! Yes, zone 8 gardens are really micro-climates within that zone. Things that thrive in some gardens, don’t thrive in others. Soil is also very different in type and ph levels within zone 8 as well as rainfall and temperature fluctuations. Thank you so much for this series Janey❣️ I love what you do❤

[@jstohlman]

I live in Roseville near you and we were lowered from 9b to 9a. Really enjoying your videos😊

[@deborahmetcalfe8443]

These videos are great! Looking forward to seeing pics from my zone which up until this week was 9b. The new chart moved me up to 10a. (SoCal, Riverside County. )

[@sp9600]

Must be because content creators are mentioning the updated winter hardiness zone map that the website crashes everytime I try to enter my zip code🥴

[@teresaortiz9902]

Beautiful zone 8 gardens! I’m so inspired! 💚

[@Motorstykel]

Thank you for adding someone from Oregon! It's SO hard for me to find KZbinrs who live in my area. I'm in Portland but we are pretty much the same climate and pretty much what works there works here. I was a zone 8b but now I'm 9a. Definitely interesting!

[@christophertaylor9826]

Janie thank you for the zone tutorials around the country and world. You've been a great inspiration to all us gardeners. Hope your foot/ankle heals soon and maybe you can get back out into that beautiful garden after the holiday season. Love your channel and looking for more.

[@annetteladle5116]

Awe - I was waiting patiently for your zone 8 garden videos and saw the usda zone change. North FL went from 8a to 9a. Sigh. The summers have been so hot. It’s hard to go out and do anything. But we have cooled off for the fall. Thank goodness! I guess I’ll dive into your zone 9 videos. 🫣

[@dennisfeldman7799]

Looks like an azalea. My all time favorite . They remind me of my mom😢.😊

[@locofinchaviary]

We've been teetering in zones here in Denver and we did infact go from a 5b to 6a. I'm almost certain we will move up to a zone 7 in the next 10 years.

[@peggydyson5415]

Love all the gardens you are showing. The plans for your new garden are amazing, just one thing I didn't see, the Girls little fairy garden. I have a new garden I'm working on and at this point am very frustrated but getting a lot of inspiration. Thank you so much

[@loripowell4998]

These videos are so wonderful. I am sure you know by now the big white shrub is an azalea. I love seeing a little grass that these gardeners have to battle too. Very well done!

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Love this video and love the long videos!!! Inspiring gardens!!! Thanks Janey my new best informative utuber… I joined you when you were in your past home!!! You have been a real trouper thru all your foot problems and saw that video where you fell… speedy recovery but you will have to pace yourself after the boot comes off… LOVE YOUR INSPIRED UTUBE CHANNEL THANKS SO MUCH!!! JUDY IN PENSACOLA FL… ❤

[@nancypatterson374]

I live in South Carolina and we also live in zone 8 and the rain can be extreme at times. In 3 days this June we had 19”, then at time’s it’s dry . Our average rainfall a year is around 46”-50”. I watched Jenny at Gardeningwithcreekside’, in North Carolina this morning and she said her zone changed to zone 8! I am loving these videos Janey! ❤

[@missouriartiste]

My zone did go up Janey! I went from a Missouri zone 6a to a 6b. Which I find really interesting!

[@mkowal1112]

Say it ant so! New gardening zones after all your effort.

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

My zone stayed at zone 9a in Texas.

[@tinaryan4917]

Amazing gardens, all of them!! So inspired 💚🌻🌼🌸🌷🌹

[@stephaniesharkey3538]

The white shrub in the beginning looks like an azalea. I have the reblooming type in zone 8 GA!

[@grammysharon66]

West Linn Oregon is southeast of Portland. I call it a bedroom community. The white shrub does look like a rhododendron. Most of us gardener’s in the valley can grow rhododendron and azaleas because we usually have a wet cool spring. Love looking at all the beautiful gardens!!

[@jeanbrewer576]

Hi Janey, 🍂 Glad your on the mend, love ❤ these beautiful gardens hope to see some after you heal completely, not right away, im sure your going to dive right in to your garden as soon as you can. Thanks for sharing these zone gardens. Have a wonderful rest of the day 🍁 🙂 👋 P.S I put in my zip code it said no results, am I doing it wrong but i done think so

[@oneblockwonderwoman6833]

Hi, Janey Thanks for doing this series. I am really enjoying seeing everyone's lovely gardens. For some reason, the USDA zone look up site won't recognize my zip code, so I can't tell if my zone 8b California garden has changed or not.

[@52Minka]

Redlands California just went from Zone 9b to 10a. I am so glad you mentioned the update. I will have to watch the zone 10 video now.

[@sharonbannister6564]

I’m up the hill in Yucaipa, we’re still 9b. I’m going to need to be even more careful at the big box stores in Redlands where I shop often.

[@robyn3349]

Thank you, from Texas zone 8!

[@nataliamartin6411]

My zone went up to zone 8a! I wasn't expecting that.

[@phoenixinflight1608]

SE Louisiana went from 8b to 9a. This summer was the most harsh I've ever experienced. Hoping we aren't going to have many more of those.

[@cathymikequimbyquimby7315]

Hello from Eugene, OR. Still at 8b.

[@kmsch986]

That’s nuts Jacob is 30” behind on rain, we only get 13-15” total per year!

[@ShadowNight-kt3dz]

Unfortunately it has been a horrendous year here for us. I’m hearing many older people saying it’s the absolute worst drought we’ve experienced. Almost all of Louisiana is in the highest drought level. We went months with no rain which is unheard of for us. However, this week has been full of rain! So, staying hopeful.

[@pamulapowell3951]

Yes went from 8a to 8b lol. Love all the videos❤

[@dawnwesterbeck346]

Thumbs up if you like long videos!❤

[@Cynthia-zz1vi]

Many nice gardens 😊❤

[@peggys9537]

Thanks for the information Janey. My zone changed from 6b to 7a.

[@dafneebermudez2494]

Thanks so much for the news and link about the zone change. I started to watch your videos because I was in zone 9b in Florida. Shure as shooting my zone has now changed to Zone 10a.

[@cindyannefontenot]

Just checked and my area in Texas went from 9a to 9b. ❤

[@LynnSargent-xx5ei]

I’ve been jealously loving this series! Glad you are finally getting closer to me in my “now” z9b, in Texas between Houston and Galveston! I’m going to take Jacob’s advice, I really want to try brunera! I agree with him about the ginger, I call it “my hosta!”😂 Hope your foot is doing well!

[@lisagoggin8021]

The white flowering shrub looks like a azalea?

[@jimbailey3705]

I'm on zone 8! :D So this is a good video for me! I mean, all zones so far apply to me ;).

[@sharondibernardo1650]

My zone has changed, I am in San Diego, East county, was 9b now 10a.

[@kaychaney6102]

I’m loving this series! So fun!

[@elizabethmarchesani]

I was 9b in central Florida now I am 10a. So please make a video for zone 10!!!