The best plants for shade: a collaboration with The Middle-Sized Garden

[@kerryjean2223]

I bought a dozen Cyclamen yesterday to pop into the ground today in my back garden.... So exciting x 🌺💜🙏😇🕊️🐑🇦🇺

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Wonderful! Regards Stephen

[@constantinaolstedt]

It's not the first time Alexandra found me a new brilliant KZbin channel. Thanks to her and your great advice 🤗 from Stockholm Sweden 🌷🍀🌷

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us - and thanks to Alexandra!!

[@daiseegray9110]

Love when you tubers share other channels! Thanks Middle Size Garden🌼☀️

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us - and to Alexandra!

[@Kylie4Queen]

Came over from The Middle-Sized Garden and really enjoyed the content and your personalities😄

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us!

[@maggiecraigie8114]

Me too excellent so glad to find you. I’m in Melbourne too.

[@eibhlinni3598]

Thank you and hello from shady Ireland

[@susiegerraty3831]

The helpfulness never stops with you guys, thank you. Onwards and upwards!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Very nice Stephen and Matthew and Alexandra !🌿💚🌿

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@cherylmonopoli2896]

Wow! So glad I found you two. I'm in Adelaide and have an area of my garden in heavy shade under a deciduous tree.I have taken notes of all of your recommendations and I'm going to try them all. Thank you so much.. At last, a real Australian gardening video on you tube! .

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching - we did have to cut a few suggestions for the sake of time but we have a video about gardening under a eucalypt and there's some good shade suggestions there too!

[@helenazzopardi1713]

hi, live in victoria. loved the humour and the content. great source of info

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@MyFocusVaries]

I'm pleased to see that a local nursery has a Disanthus cercidofolius in stock and that local garden websites also recommend it for our zone! Thanks for the tip!!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Excellent!

[@colinchick2692]

I also came over via the Middle Sized Garden and really enjoyed your presentational sytle as well as the interesting content.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us!

[@irenebryan351]

Really enjoyed this. I don't have a heap of shade in my garden but I am looking forward to filling in the bits I do have with some cyclamen

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching - we'll be doing a more in depth cyclamen story in spring (Sept)!

[@rusticrye4676]

Fantastic video! Thank you for such an inspiring collection!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@WoodlandT]

I managed to get my hands on a Disanthus 2 seasons ago. It was little more than a couple sticks with a handful of leaves. This year it more than doubled in size, largely in the horizontal direction. I’m hoping for some flowers this winter as it hasn’t yet flowered. It’s a really lovely, elegant little tree with spectacular fall color. I highly recommend it. But do be aware that deer really like to eat it. They can do a huge amount of damage in no time as the plants aren’t dense with lots of leaves. So give it some protection at least until it gets bigger

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Disanthus is a stunning tree and until recently I would have said deer was your problem not mine. However deer are now prevalent in my region due to escaping from deer farms , but touch wood they haven’t as yet found my garden. Regards Stephen

[@magicalprintmaker]

Another informative and entertaining gardening blog. So glad to have found you boys.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@mrsclfb9697]

You did 13 including Alexandra’s daffodils. I wrote them all down. Than you for listing them in the information section. I have lots of shade. Wonderful, instructional content. Keep going. Sharing.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Many thanks for watching!

[@tessadubois3679]

Alexandra sent me. There are so many great suggestions here! I have a garden with deep shade boarders to fill. Going to watch again so I can take notes ☺

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Many thanks for finding us! And to Alexandra!

[@LucusSmucus]

Great video. Loving the Australian perspective! Keep up the great content 🙂

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Wonderful info! Love u guys from pensacola fl usa

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for finding us!

[@TheMiddlesizedGarden]

Love it! I want all those plants! ( I do already have Parthenocissus henryana)

[@thehorti-culturalists]

If only we could send you them! S&M xx

[@EdurtreG]

Same here. Also liked the information given.

[@tim_koch14]

I've found that daffodils usually do better with less sun than tulips, especially some of the smaller varieties like Tête à Tête or Thalia. However, the most prolific bulb that grows in my neck of the woods is Allium ursinum.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

that Allium isn’t at all common here in Australia and may well be considered a potential weed as pretty as it is Allium triquetrum has become a serious problem. Regards Stephen

[@tim_koch14]

@@thehorti-culturalists It can become a problem even in its native range because it grows so well in shade and it drops a lot of seeds that germinate in the next spring. Greetings to Australia from Germany!

[@CodyTheCattleDog]

Shade is so nice in a garden. Don't forget to add a water dish for your furry friend! 🐶

[@rdarrett3635]

I need a Vallota lilly! Stunning!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Yes! fabulous flowers! And very low maintenance!

[@cherylmonopoli2896]

Me too!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there, new subscriber as I watched you on Alexandra’s channel. Looking forward to catching up with you. I’m in England, also in the south east!! I absolutely love my mahonia.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Many thanks for finding us!

[@inthrutheoutdoor5849]

Wow! You are in a USDA Zone 9? That is very hot and humid here in the US in summer.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Funnily enough the whole of SE Australia is considered zone 9 and yet there is a huge variety of local climates in that area! You always have to figure what will thrive where ever you are. Our summers are hot but not humid.

[@ruthmorris3481]

Hi Love your video. Have a woodland garden but also some sunny borders (which are hilly banks) will all these shade loving plants grow in south west wales where climate is probably wetter but our soil is excellent for drainage (in fact solid shale a few feet down). Thanks for all the ideas going to buy some plants tomorrow!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I feel sure that the majority would do well for you. Regards Stephen

[@emblarovardotter]

Ha! That's because you're a ruthless capitalist! 😂 You are hilarious, I love your chemistry!!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

😁

[@TimurDavletshin]

21:50 - a-ha! Steven's got canna lilies! Does he grow gingers, bananas or allied species too? Or is it like Steven's disregard of roses?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I do in fact grow gingers but bananas are too cold prone to grow well. Regards Stephen

[@TimurDavletshin]

@@thehorti-culturalists gingers and allies could make an excellent episode one day...

[@WibblyWobbly]

Yeah, great content! Not awfully useful for my 4 hardiness zone, but very entertaining)) Keep it up))

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Many thanks for watching!

[@karensteele1370]

Loved this video, thank you. Quick question, at about 18.40 you were discussing the cyclamen on your left Stephen. To your right and just behind you Stephen there is a lovely alocasia looking plant. Can you please tell me what it is called? Looking forward to your next video. They are always so enjoyable and informative. Thank you so much for the genera video. 👍🏼

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Not sure what plant you mean but the only biggish leafed thing I can find is Daucus decipiens which is a bit Angelica like. Regards Stephen

[@maggiecraigie8114]

Hi just subscribed, loving your vlogs excellent info. I really want to live in Mount Macedon now looks beautiful, is it deadly cold in winter?

[@StephenGRyan]

Depends on what you call cold!

[@conniekeshet]

Wow!! I loved the video, you guys, your amazing plants and the depth of information on what conditions the plants need. Im wondering why the cyclamyn bloom in fall. Do you have a rainy season that starts them?? Are those blue berries good for anything??

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching - yes the cyclamen are triggered by autumn rains - but there are spring flowering varieties too! And the berries of the Mahonia are GREAT for the birds!

[@StephenGRyan]

Cyclamen are day length oriented and usually pop up with the first rains of late summer. The berries aren’t edible

[@conniekeshet]

@@thehorti-culturalists thank you!! In israel one of our wildflowers is a cyclamen, that blooms in spring. Our rains start in fall.

[@roselewis24]

I just found this channel and have been catching up on content. I’m near Ballarat so I’m enjoying some almost local planting info. I would love to know what you would suggest for the silver vein creeper to climb on if I’m trying to hide a shaded bare weatherboard wall?

[@StephenGRyan]

A few horizontal wires could work or some weld mess. It will lightly stick to the wall with its own suckers but can peel off if it gets really heavy. Regards Stephen

[@roselewis24]

Thank you!

[@Kay-qt2id]

Do you sell the shade bulbs? Very informative content as always thank you.

[@StephenGRyan]

I do grow the cyclamen for sale

[@KeenanDenis]

A lot of these "shade" plants look like they're getting some dappled sunlight. What would you recommend for a North-facing wall that never gets a single ray of direct sunlight all year? Even my cyclamen couldn't cope in 100% shade and died.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Dear Sharon , It does depend a bit on where in the world you live, but assuming you are from a cool to cold climate I would suggest any species of Ruscus, Danae, and if it is moist enough a number of fern species could work. Regards Stephen.

[@KeenanDenis]

@@thehorti-culturalists Great, thanks! I'm in the UK.

[@ratilallad273]

I wish to plant a tree in our middle sized garden. A tree which gives year round privacy and protection from setting sun light. we have bungalows behind our garden. So wich trees would you recommend? We live in Leicestershire. Awaiting for expertise reply.

[@StephenGRyan]

You could try Azara microphylla planted in a cluster of three. As I’m from Australia I’m not quite sure if these would be hardy enough so I would ask someone local for confirmation

[@ratilallad273]

@@StephenGRyan Thanks Stephen

[@FireflyOnTheMoon]

I find tulips lean terribly if they are not planted in a sunny spot, esp the species forms.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!