Three key ideas to help create & maintain a major feature border in the garden.

[@jeanneclark99]

I do like the format of this video, with all the seasonal comparisons. Lots of work to put together, I expect, but totally worth it!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thank you - it was a bit of task! But glad you enjoyed it!

[@pocketsofmayhem]

Mr. Lucas…..so color complementary 💜🌼

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I try!

[@galecunningham1250]

Where are your buddleias to attract the butterflies? Lots of different colors now. Are you planting echinacea and daucus carota (in the U.S.A. known as purple coneflower and Queen Anne's Lace, respectively). Love your videos and interesting plant selections and you are both very entertaining in your delivery. Thanks so much for brightening my day! 🦋🦋🦋🐝🐝🌳💜

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@kerryjean2223]

What a good idea, I might leaf prune the lower part of my bamboo clump and perhaps grow something to cover the fence behind it.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Sounds like a plan! Thanks for watching!

[@miriamgleeson6947]

Love the cercis! Gorgeous green. Great to see the border in different seasons.

[@miriamgleeson6947]

Would love to see some more pruning techniques in future videos if possible! Or even how you clean up the ground cover clematis. Thank you. Really enjoyed this video!

[@thehorti-culturalists]

@@miriamgleeson6947 Hi there Miriam - we certainly will include more practical tips as they crop up, mean time if you jump to 18.48 in the video Stephen shows how he prunes and prepares the clematis for the next season.

[@railiedouglas3018]

My favourite suckering thug in my former garden was Lonicera fragrantissima or winter flowering honeysuckle. Thankfully such a thug it began to regrow after the entire plant above ground was incinerated in the Bushfire, so I was able to dig some out & bring it with me.

[@wendyc6859]

Salvia "Omaha Gold" perhaps? Enjoying your videos immensely :)

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Thanks for watching!

[@cbjones2212]

Appreciating the practical pruning tips Stephen. Your border is immeasurably interesting and I might - just might - look into that buddeija (the common form has never been a favourite!). Can you please mention how much sun this particular border enjoys on average? Thanks in advance.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

The border gets about 3 or 4 hours of direct sun then filtered for the rest of the day. Regards Stephen

[@Janette0220]

the ferula is glorious! Perhaps Eremophlia 'beryls blue' or daffodils with big yellow flowers would work?

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Isn't it! Thanks for the suggestions and for watching!

[@kevins9242]

This is so rare to be able to see the seasonal comparisons between the same plant… well done! The comments about the Salvia made me curious. In a large garden with so much energy demand from growth, what is your method for providing the necessary nutrients? Do you address each plant’s individual needs, scatter a 10-10-10 fertilizer throughout the garden, or maybe something else? Also, do you artificially water the garden? Maybe the answers would make for an interesting future video. :)

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I usually only feed the garden with my own compost and of course I mulch which breaks down and also feeds the soil. I don't feed individual plants as a rule. I do water but usually only with a hand held hose so as to water those things that need it and not others. Glad you enjoyed the video. Regards Stephen.

[@ceciliapleshakov4626]

How do you sow the Ferrula C. ? Do you start in a pot or direct sow? I have only direct sown. Advice requested.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I grow it commercially by sowing a couple of seeds in a 3" tube so the resultant plants can be potted on without disturbance. Regards Stephen

[@ceciliapleshakov4626]

@@thehorti-culturalists THANK YOU! I have moved recently and hope to establish it my new garden. I am in Santa Rosa California. I am really enjoying your videos, very informative.

[@paigeturner165]

When I look it up for sale here in UK it says it is a herb and is aniseed flavoured?!? It looks great. How fast does it grow? Ferula… 👍🏼

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Ferula will grow into a large plant in two to three years in good soil.I do think you have looked up Fennel ( a relative ) and not Ferula as it has no flavour I can detect. Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

you featured your 'hearts of gold' cercis and i wondered if you have had any trouble growing cercis .... of course i'm asking because i've had quite a bit of trouble here in the southeast US over the past number of years.. i have a hearts of gold that is about 15 ft. now so it's been fine but some of the new varieties such as 'rising sun' and one called 'flame thrower' have given me fits.... one flame thrower that was quite pricey, is dead as a door nail right now even though it did fine all summer last year... it did start to decline a bit in the late summer so that must have been its indicator that it was dying.... i have killed 4 of the "rising sun" varieties in the past few years but this year 2 of them are hopefully going to live....we'll see how long ....... please tell me your experience.....

[@thehorti-culturalists]

I have to say that Flame Thrower hasn’t made it to Australia but our Mediterranean climate seems to suit those we have which include the one mentioned and Forest Pansy and I now have Floating clouds which only time will tell. Regards Stephen

[@MDA-rs4uf]

@@thehorti-culturalists I'm going to guess that your "floating cloud" is variegated. I have one called rainbow cloud that is giving variegated seedlings?? They are holding true for a few years now so we'll see....m

[@1Kent]

Centuarea Montana.

[@bernardkeays9756]

I do like Steven's Hypericum.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

It is a beauty!

[@FelixElliottHe]

Aha yes I’ll describe aggressive suckering plants as “having a zest for life” from now on.

[@thehorti-culturalists]

Living for euphemisms!