Tips & Tricks for Naturalistic Planting | A Spring Garden Tour & Explain

Rosy tours a local garden where she has helped with the planting in the past. This was filmed in the last week of March. Garden is situated in an area equivalent to Zone 8A
Plants in each border & zone info:
Magnolia 7-2
Hellebores 9-3
Chinodoxa 8-3
Bistorta 9-7
Tree peony 9-4
Anemone 10-3
Cynara 9-7
Ferula 11-7
Corokia 10-8
Acer 9-4
Euonymus 9-4
Ilex 9-3
Lavender 10-3
Eryngium 9-3
Papaver 11-1
Lupinus 8-5
Hardy Geranium 8-4
Paeonia 8-3
Symphiotrchum 8-3
Hyacinth 8-3
Narcissus 10-3
Tulip 9-4
Paeonia 8-3
Thyme 9-5
Pulsatilla 8-4
Rosa 9-3
Narcissis 10-3
Primula 8-3
Magnolia stellata 8-4
Corylopsis spicata 8-5
Iris 10-3
Fritillaria 9-4
Muscari 9-5
Helleborus 9-3

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Edit: people have asked why Rosy is calling this a Mediterranean garden. This section was planted with consultation of the UK branch of the Mediterranean Garden Society: it is a gravel garden with Mediterranean style planting (ie drought tolerant) - www.rhs.org.uk/plants/for-places/gravel-gardens Its also a bit early in the season to get a full idea of how its meant to look but we thought Spring was interesting to show. As Rosy mentioned this garden, Bere Mill, is open for visitors on a few select days as part of the National Garden Scheme. We encourage all UK viewers to have a look at the National Garden Scheme, it opens up some beautiful private gardens for gardening enthusiasts to have a look around while raising money for charitable causes :)

[@lindab1458]

We are visiting in a couple of weeks, it’s been planned for over a year and I’m so looking forward to it. This video has made me even more excited… and my shopping list even longer 😊

[@dianacecilie]

Looking forward to see this garden later in the season 😊

[@sunitashastry5270]

Enjoyed the Mediterranean garden. Rarely see one in early spring - they are usually featured in warmer weather. Your point about the bulbs is a great explanation- thanks for it. I grow clumps in a lot of places and never notice any competition. Now I know why.

[@gardengirl649]

Look forward to seeing it at a different time of year. Thank you

[@thegonzalezs4953]

I haven’t watch all the video , but looking at you sitting in the bridge, it came to my mind how other world are different even where I’m from , Mexico , people here in USA will be complaining why that bridge don’t have a rails , that’s dangerous, you could fall, kids could fall . I don’t know if is the same in Uk., but in Mexico they would say , who told you to go sit in the bridge if you don’t know how to swim 😂.

[@rosyhardy18]

It’s a private garden and when it’s open to the public this area is shut off

[@RosyHardyGardening]

I can confirm Rosy was unharmed in the making of this video 😅

[@Lea-zf7lm]

​@@RosyHardyGardening 😅

[@Karincl7]

So sad, I so love the simplicity of that bridge. When you live in a scared world you miss so much

[@idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414]

😅

[@jomassey4207]

Loved the gravel idea...it sets off each plant so nicely. And space to move around them too. 😊

[@ancac8928]

Absolutely beautiful! Hope to be able to see this garden in different seasons later on! It will be so nice if you can take us back to witness the transitions, Rosy? Also seeing the plants that you advocate for in your other videos but in their environment, in the landscape makes it easier to understand how to use them and how they are actually looking/ it is so different when you see the plants in the pots and when you see them planted! Really enjoyed this!

[@gardentours]

It's a little paradise 🌱🌷🌱🌸🌳

[@julesdavis1845]

Negative space is restful to the eye. I see what you mean. Each plant’s contribution shines.

[@scallywags12]

Good suggestions and ideas I can apply to my brother’s new garden. Who is a total novice. I will keep it simple. Trees and flowering shrubs and the odd seasonal perennial.

[@justme9818]

If you don't mind me saying... Remember the bees and the butterflies! I once lived where the flowering shrubs fed them year round! It was so cool!

[@Garricher5958]

Great video Rosy. Very informative. Totally agree with your Rose comment. A lot of the Roses in our area, Zone 8 NC have been getting Rose Rosacea disease, not to mention the challenges of growing them in a hot and humid environment. I prefer having Hydrangeas instead.

[@idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414]

Hello Rosie, I fail to understand why this is called a Mediterranean garden. I am back from a short trip to the south of France and: - the plants, shrubs and trees are very different - also I have visited quite a number of gardens / parks in southern France, Spain and Italy, nowhere have I seen this kind of garden with big gravel. Generally you find tiled, sandy or fine gravel pathways and borders, also lots and lots of container planting. The location is beautiful and so are the herbaceous borders. As always thank you for the generous advice.

[@RosyHardyGardening]

I suspect it would be more proper to call this a gravel garden with Mediterranean planting choices.. These are very popular in England due to their low maintenance requirements

[@rosyhardy18]

Very much the English concept

[@idreamtiwasbackatmanderley414]

@@rosyhardy18Thank you for your explanation because I was starting to think the English version of the Mediterranean garden was in the same vein as the French version of pop music 🤮(that only applies to French pop music) by which I mean it sounds the same but in real life is disappointing. Currently in the south you walk along streets smelling of orange blossoms and jasmine !

[@jaysgarden8852]

Love your videos. Lupin is one of my favourites. I love the foliage and flowers are absolutely magical for me. But I always lose the plant after couple of years. Can you please make a video about Lupin and explain how to take care of Lupin and avoid any disease.

[@stephenlaw1782]

Excellent video The channel goes from strength to strength

[@RosyHardyGardening]

Thank you!

[@justme9818]

I liked how clearly and unobtrusively the plants were named and labelled, I wish all gardening channels used your method! If you have the manpower/equipment, it would be really nice if you could film around Rose as she's talking - in a slow arc, with her in the centre, so the viewer can appreciate the planting from different angles. The picture the background planting creates shows up clearly. But when you get to the plants in front, it's more difficult to imagine the impression they would make in one's own garden.

[@RosyHardyGardening]

Yes at some point we will look to hire a talented videographer for some of the more dynamic gardens - its all a bit DIY atm but we do our best. Its a goal dependent on how this channel keeps growing however

[@FeiyLo]

Gorgeous! I'm in coastal PNW and considering building a gravel garden but not sure how to weed in it. Any tips?

[@lynmccullough4860]

I can never work out how to feed plants in a gravel garden such as this one? It is easy if you select plants that need no additional feeding but what about those hungry peonies? Do you just scrape the gravel aside? Such a wonderful array of plants and agree with other comments that it would be lovely to see it in other seasons.

[@dip_emb_mexuk]

As Rosy replied on another comment saying that there aren’t any fabrics underneath to suppress weeds, I’d say liquid fertiliser would work just fine if you aim directly down to the plants’ roots 😊

[@anettroses]

A wonderful garden. Is there landscape fabric under the gravel in the Mediterranean garden?

[@rosyhardy18]

Not that I am aware of

[@radieschen1965]

Kunststoff hat im Garten nix zu suchen!Du verwechselst Schottergarten mit Kiesgarten...

[@arnorrian1]

Are daffodils allelopathic negatively to other plants? Does ripping out and disposing the leaves when they turn yellow helps with that?

[@mariusmarius4832]

Interesting video but the garden does not really do it for me at all. Perhaps later in the year it might look like something.

[@Shelley-hu6zv]

I live in South Australia which has a Mediterranean climate. There is no way I could plant my plants in those stones. In such a hot dry climate the plants would burn badly or probably die. I’ve only seen cacti planted that way but it’s not that common. My plants are mulched but closer together to help with shade.

[@RosyHardyGardening]

yes this style of planting seems to mainly be achievable in climates and growing conditions akin the UK. Its quite popular here as its more low maintenance

[@emmalouie1663]

How can I get the same effect on a White Trash budget? Someone told me to buy a houseplant because that = a garden right...

[@johnsmith-ls4rc]

An exquisite setting, but the design is definitely not my cup of tea. The sections near the carriers (streams) would look better as wild flower meadow and orchard with long mown grass; and the Mediterranean garden would sit better within a walled section next to the house IMHO.

[@rosyhardy18]

All gardens are personal to the owner. There are plenty of areas before you get to the gravel garden which are exactly as you describe. We were in a small section next to the house. But the long drive next to the main river is long grass and native plants. There are about 6 carriers all with different planting.

[@johnsmith-ls4rc]

@@rosyhardy18 Fair enough, I don't know the full picture. I have realised with time, I enjoy my own orchard space with hedging and native plants, as much as I enjoy the cultivated area with flower beds and lawn. Just my own experience.