Eight winter flowering fragrant shrubs!

[@sannaericditsler4034]

You guys are so funny and informative. Also very interesting. Thank you.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thank you for watching!

[@sylviahardy4568]

Winter Honeysuckle as an Espallier is the perfect solution for growing this shrub. Thank you 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

A pleasure. Regards Stephen

[@johnsantangelo7773]

so "cool" that you guys are in the middle of winter where as we are have a 94 degree day here in New York

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching - enjoy summer!

[@MyFocusVaries]

Thanks for another great video. I love sarcacocca! My neighbour cut back her large shrub last spring and found a vast number of babies in its undergrowth. I was the lucky recipient of many transplants, which are thriving in the deep shade of my back garden.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Lucky you. Regards Stephen

[@dianwilliams239]

So glad you included Lonicera fragrantissima - childhood memories ☺️

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It's so good I agree. Regards Stephen

[@mitzi605]

Love your videos!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad you are enjoying them. Regards Stephen

[@jaqmackie]

So jealous seeing you smelling all those flowers. I might try the espalier honey suckle.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

have a go, you won’t regret it. Regards Stephen

[@karlitobergkamp8082]

Very helpful and brilliant knowledge on each plant. Thank you 🙏

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@dewdan11dnd46]

This video is very welcome and you are always in for a treat, with your content. Thanks so much💞✨

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@paulinecrispin121]

Hi, great video. I loved this. Lots of useful information and the fact that I live in England it has given me the chance to plan ahead for our winter. 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Glad it was helpful! Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

My wintersweet here in the southeast U.S. is large but has never flowered very large but sets seeds each year. If they germinate might the seedlings be any better ??? or are they likely to be the same small flowers???..I'm guessing since there is no big flowered plant around it won't ever produce a better plant...do you like Edgeworthia Chrysantha ??? Fabulous plant with terrific for us here...I tried bodnantense Viburnum that didn't like our heat. Although not truly winter flowering but early flowering is abelia mosenensis, Bosnian abelia ...This fragrance is the best I've ever smelled. I've always said,,,, "If I could bottle it's smell I could make a mint"....

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The winter sweet is likely to produce plants similar to the parent. I’ve never seen the Abelia in Australia, but I’m going to be looking! Regards Stephen

[@dianefields6056]

Interesting group and fairly unfamiliar where I am in Cape Town. As an ikebana enthusiast I would so love that pink vibernum. Does it last in water, I wonder? Talking of overpowering scents, for me it is trachelospermum jasminoides, which seems to have risen in popularity recently, but smells like medicine to my nose.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The Viburnum would in fact make a good cut flower and I agree with you regarding the Trachelospermum. Regards Stephen

[@chrislynch1011]

Great show tonight guys! I've always had a thing for early flowering plants, I have both a wintersweet and a witchazel, Persian? I think. I also have a forsythia which is finally big enough to be a beautiful display this year. The Winter honeysuckle you had on the show looks similar to a bush that was already planted when i bought my property, I was told it was a mock orange, when i googled it tonight they seemed to be different plants?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

If it’s in flower now it won’t be a mock orange. Regards Stephen

[@bernicehand7845]

Thoroughly enjoy your video Very interesting and informative. what a treat! How and when do you prune the winter sweet ?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I tend not to prune the Winter Sweet at all if I can as this has an impact on the flowering the following year, however if I have to prune it I Do so straight after flowering. Regards Stephen

[@pocketsofmayhem]

I am on the hunt for a purple Hamamelis (Amethyst, Grape Fizz,plus another cultivar I can’t remember at the moment). Any Witch Hazels are difficult to find at nurseries here in the US Midwest 😢

[@thehorti-culturalists]

They are also hard to get here in Australia and the range is very limited as well. Regards Stephen

[@rogernorman5241]

love it but what about Elaeagnus

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Can't cover everything in a video otherwise you would never finish watching a video. Regards Stephen

[@beverleywoon6778]

Hi there! Would the Lonicera suit being espaliered fence in Melbourne? Or does it need full sun? Thank you.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I feel it could grow almost anywhere, so why not give it a go. Regards Stephen

[@Kintor-AFP]

Hi Stephen, how long would you say a witch hazel could survive in a pot, I am very keen to get one but don't have the opportunity to plant it in the ground at the moment. Also, do you stock the hamamelis virginiana, the medicinal properties are one of the factors that have drawn me to the family.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Several years in a large pot is certainly possible. I rarely have H. virginiana but it does come my way occasionally. Regards Stephen

[@tenealsimpson4893]

Love the video guys🥰😁🌼🌸🌿🍃 Stephen I was wondering if your nursery sells plants online ? Thanks again from Teneal 😊

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The nursery is basically cash and carry but for small plants postage can be organised through a nearby mail order nursery. I don’t however produce a list. Regards Stephen

[@alineonbeauty6294]

Great video! Could I grow hamamelis in pots? Can any of the shrubs you mention grow under a big tree(dry shade). Hello from the U.K.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The Hamamelis wouldn’t grow long term in a pot although a big enough one could last a few years. The Sarcococca and the Lonicera fragrantissima certainly could grow under the trees. Regards Stephen

[@moz2010ify]

Wow! Thank you for sharing. Do they thrive in clayish soil? Will they survive the Melbourne climate?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Probably all bar the Hamamelis would be fine in a clay soil. Regards Stephen

[@moz2010ify]

@@thehorti-culturalists Thank you.

[@tenealsimpson4893]

Hi guys my name is Teneal and I know this is off topic from this video, but I was wondering if you knew of a strong Gladioli as mine keep flopping in the wind, I'm forever staking them up I have tried smaller gladioli also also I'm in Penshurst Vic, maybe I'm not putting the bulbs in deep enough 🤔

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Hybrid garden Gladiolus are always at risk of falling over and the depth that they are planted isn’t usually an issue. The dainty species ones usually arch slightly but are far less likely to fall over. If you want them as cut flowers the tall are best staked and grown in the vegetable garden and cut as they show colour. Regards Stephen

[@celiacramer4247]

Guys, I have a 60 sec question for you? What does "telling" actually mean in the plant context?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

it is a plant that stands out and really pays its way in a garden. Of course it could mean different things to different gardeners. Regards Stephen