Tour My English Garden in May 🌺🌺🌺

Welcome to my garden in Essex, England in May 2024.
I’m delighted to take you around and share how my garden is doing at this time of year.
I garden on the South East coast of England in the equivalent of a US Hardiness Zone 8.
So far this year we’ve only had a few days of warm weather - it’s mostly been wet and quite cold - but I think we are safe to assume we are now past our average last frost date.
I hope you enjoy my garden tour.
If you’d like to join my Facebook page, also called The Enthusiastic Gardener, you can find it by clicking this link:
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I am also on Instagram @the_enthusiastic_gardener
Have fun in your gardens!
Janette, The Enthusiastic Gardener
/ @theenthusiasticgardener

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Looking absolutely stunning Janette 💞💞💞

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Jasmine and thank you. I’ve been admiring all your gorgeous plants and flowers over on Instagram, you have so many beauties in your garden 💜🩵

[@TheCornishCottageGarden-bs5lf]

What an amazing collection 😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you very much indeed, so lovely of you and I hope you’re having a really great week so far 🩵💜

[@Briarygarden]

A lovely garden, thank you for sharing

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Mary and I hope you’re having a Happy Tuesday 🩵💜

[@soniewhitten4844]

i did enjoy the video, your garden is beautiful and so relaxing. thanks for sharing with us. have a great day!!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

And thank you too Sonie for coming over to visit with me today 🩵 hope you’re having a wonderful week so far 💜😎

[@marlenepolski321]

So Pretty! Your alliums make your garden truly like a fairy garden, I'm from Calgary AB Canada and am amazed at how many plants you have in your garden that we can grow in our 3 - 4 zone area ...amazing!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Marlene and thank you so much for joining me all the way from Calgary 🇨🇦 isn’t it amazing how we can all so easily connect around the 🌍 these days! And I’m so glad if I’ve given you some plant suggestions you can plant in your zone too! That’s fabulous. I hope you’re having a really great week 💜🩵

[@middlestownyear676]

Hi, I do so look forward to Mondays. You have such a soothing voice and your garden has so much variety, it is wonderful. I love how it changes each month with your planting. You have such an amazing creative talent. Xxx🥀🌺🥀🌺

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Goodness me, that’s such a lovely comment thank you very much. I’m not sure Richard would agree with you that I have a soothing voice 😂 I do hope you are having a wonderful start to your week 🩵💜

[@alisons7301]

I think it is amazing how you remember all the plant names. I wish I could in my garden🙂

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Alison and thanks for joining me. Whenever I plant something new I always try and remember its name - I don’t always but I’m learning Latin at the same time 😂 wishing you a brilliant week 😎🤩

[@slimnote]

Such a lovely garden!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there and thank you so much!! How lovely of you. Hope you’re having a happy Sunday 🩵💜

[@donnawright5749]

I always love your tours.. it gives me inspiration for my own garden journey ❤️

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Donna and thank you so much - that means a lot 🙏 and I hope you’re having a great week (pouring with rain here!!) 🩵💜

[@missprettyplants7217]

The garden is looking so beautiful and lush! Loved the tour and the shady corner is so you!! ❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Aww that’s such a lovely comment - unless of course you meant I’m shady! 😂😂 I’m sure you didn’t but it made me smile. Hope you’re having a great week so far 💜🩵

[@missprettyplants7217]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener i meant with all of its ornaments and decorations.. it’s unique to you.. love it ❤️

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@missprettyplants7217 I know you did 👍😊 that’s so lovely, thank you 🥰

[@newt52864]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Haha !!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@newt52864 😂😂

[@lindylou3519]

I just love the unusual variety of plants you have. So beautiful! I still say your heuchera is my favorite. Hugs ❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Good morning Lindylou and I think I must agree with you, I’m so lucky that heucheras love my garden so much. Hope you have a happy week 🩵💜

[@mjecheverria4197]

I must say you have a beautiful variety of some unusual plants in your garden,some i have never seen before.Quite lovely.Have a nice day and week dear Jannette.❤😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Good morning to you MJ and thank you. It’s a gorgeous sunny day here, I think the weather is finally turning. Wishing you a wonderful week too 🩵💜

[@mariniedermeyer7235]

Thank you for your lovely tour of your garden. I’m very impressed with all the weeding you must have done! Your beds look very lovely and tidy. It makes anll your plants stand out really nicely. I’m always behind with the weeding and the weeds grow and flower and probably will be even more next year. But most weeds are very loved by the insects so I tell myself, it might look less tidy but at least the insects love it! 🤷‍♀️ Happy gardening from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Mari and thank you for joining me all the way from Switzerland 🇨🇭 by the way I must tell you I loved Nemo’s The Code at the Eurovision Song Contest and I picked him out as my favourite!! He’s amazing. Thanks for visiting my garden. The weeding has only just been done that’s why it looks nice …. I always promise myself that I’ll keep it up, but of course it’s just impossible. Never mind, we can only do our best 😊 hope you’re having a great week 🩵💜

[@GrandmaSandy]

Watch your video from the beginning to the end I loved your cottage garden. It was just breathtakingly beautiful you’ve taken such good care of your garden and it looks fabulous

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

You are always so lovely and encouraging Grandma Sandy, thank you 🤗 hope you’re having a Happy Tuesday 🩵💜

[@bronwyncook4111]

Hi Janette, oh my goodness! Your garden is looking wonderful. Spring in the garden is the best and making me feel a bit envious because it's quite chilly and all looking a bit drab here. It's lovely to see how the plants that I remember watching you plant a few years ago have really taken off. Aren't those lavenders around the big green pot in the Container Garden going to look stunning when they flower. Have to say that your English bees are magnificent. Ours are quite small and plain in comparison. I'm so glad you like Lancelot's name and hope he's doing a good job guarding Woodland Courtyard. You must feel so happy and proud when you look out your back door and see what you've achieved. Hope you and Richard are having a great week. Much love, Bron xx

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Bron and I love Lancelot’s new name and hope you liked your shout out 😉 yes I am surprised at the lavender, it is looking lovely. I think I was supposed to cut it back earlier this year but I didn’t get round to it. I think I’m going to try propagating it and growing some cuttings so I’ll always have it as undoubtedly it won’t last forever. Yes, you have seen me plant everything over the years!! Do you have any recommendations for smaller KZbin garden channels over there, I’d love to watch. I do watch some of the bigger Australian gardeners. I don’t think the smaller ones get recommended to me on my home page so I never discover them. Hope you’re having a wonderful week my friend 💜🩵

[@bronwyncook4111]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Oh yes, I did like the shout out very much. It was a lovely surprise and thank you. I'm afraid I don't have any recommendations for smaller Aussie garden channels. I expect you'll have seen Gardening Australia which is very popular but if I come across anything good I'll let you know. 🥰

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@bronwyncook4111 😊😊😊 yes I watch Garden Australia too 🇦🇺 hope you’re having a lovely day 🩵💜

[@djmarcos69]

It looks so beautiful especially the heucheras and nandinas. Unfortunately they don't thrive in my London garden like they do in yours.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Marcos and thank you 🙏 that’s a shame and it’s surprising isn’t it that we can be so close (I’m 30 miles from London) and yet our microclimates are so different. You probably have plants I can’t grow here I’m sure. Hope your week is going really well 💜🩵

[@GrowTropicalMK]

Loving the tour :-)

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much for joining me and hope you’re having a very good week 💜🩵

[@allgood4729]

Totally agree with you with planting plants that love your garden. Here in usda zone 9b I have no luck with Heucheras but yours look divine. I do have a lovely altrenative in Coleus that do so well in my zone. They are so colorful and easy to propagate. Your May garden tour is totally gorgeous I must say. Blessings from Houston Texas. Love ya' my fellow gardener and keep up the good work of sharing your garden updates. ❤♥♥

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello AllGood and hi to you and all in Houston 👋 I love coleus but my slugs and snails do too. I might try again this year though because they are really stunning. And if they’re easy to propagate I could have a go at that too, then I wouldn’t have a problem if I lose a few. So you’ve given me a great idea!! Hope your Monday is a good one so far and thank you for joining me today 💜🩵

[@allgood4729]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener 😍

[@stephenfoster1818]

Hi Janette, hope you and Richard are well. Thank you for your time and effort sharing your garden with the world. It looks brilliant, so much colour and huge variety. Good thing you don't have to do a stock take! Highlights include, the lawn looks so real and a fitting backdrop for your borders, the allums tall splash of purples, ( remember ages ago you spraying paint on the dead allium heads....genius) To just name a few! To watch your video with the rain and wind outside is a joy. My sun flower seeds are showing now, my peony is in full bloom but been bashed around with this weather. YEITN Steve

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Steve!! Well I need to stick my alliums back down and try and straighten them up as we had rain for 3 days and nights straight so they took a beating. I was thinking, instead of taking them all out, I might leave a few in and spray paint them as I haven’t done that in a couple of years. I’ll see. Always lovely to hear from you and get the news from up North, I’ve been avidly watching Chelsea every day on TV. That’s been fun. You take care and always great chatting with you 💜🩵

[@JoyceKing-i8l]

Your little maple would look nice in shady corner to replace that tree ,looking great 💕

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Joyce and I think a maple would look lovely there too. But it does get quite windy down there and I’m not sure they like wind, but I’m going to have a look for something. Hope you have a great week 🩵💜

[@markborder906]

The garden is looking absolutely wonderful. All the plants look really well, apart from one small conifer I noticed you jumped over, very sensibly 😀. The Anemones have recovered really well but they will soon start dying back for the summer/winter, back for the spring next year. The Polypodium cambricums will also soon start to yellow and die back until the late summer, but they will be hidden by all the other things in the pots. It looks like you are going to have some decent fruit as well. All the fruit trees are looking good. Even the Apple only seems to have one badly effected branch. If you do decide to move it, have a look at the Chilean Lantern tree - Crinodendron hookerianum. Dark red hanging bell-like flowers in late may and dark slightly blue/green linear leaves all year. There is also a pink flowered form but I have not seen it and a white flowered species I once grew from seed and flowered Crinodendron Patagua, but it does not have any where near as many flowers as hookerianum plus is difficult to find. As always, a fabulous video.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Mark and I have screenshotted your comment so I can look back on your great suggestions. I had no idea the anenomies will be dying back. Should I leave them in their pots, or pot them up elsewhere? Yes, you spotted my dying PICEA Glauca Daisy’s White which is headed for the compost bin unfortunately. Not a success story. Thanks for explaining about the dying back ferns too, I thought I had been killing them with too much love 😂 hope you’re having a great week so far. Thanks always for all your great help 💜🩵

[@markborder906]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Regarding the anemones, I would leave them until they flower (hopefully and expectedly) in the spring, then you can decide exactly where you want to put them. For this year you could always put annuals or some sparsely rooted temporary plants in once the anemones have gone back.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@markborder906 ok I will do that Mark, they’ve been really pretty. I love them 😍

[@pamelathomas5676]

So pretty Janette, very colourful 😊 I love the Alliums - I had a few last year but they haven’t come up this year ☹️ Your woodland courtyard also looks good and is flourishing. I did enjoy your garden tour 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Pamela and thank you. Alliums don’t come back for me either and I have to plant new ones every Autumn (and tulips). Thanks for joining me today and have a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@RocksieBaby]

An absolutely magical garden! Thanks so much for sharing. It’s so helpful to hear the plant names as you make the rounds 🪴🌸🌳

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Colleen, what a lovely comment. I did upload it first without the plant names, but then I thought, oh no I’ve just got to go back and write in all the names in case people can’t understand my Essex accent 😂 so glad you enjoyed it. Hope you’re having a very great week 💜🩵

[@debshomegarden8501]

Beautiful as always Janette. For me, the alliums are the stars of the show at the moment xx

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Debbie and thank you my friend. Oh yes the alliums are so lovely, I may spray paint a few this year instead of pulling them out when they’ve finished. I haven’t done that for a few years. Hope all is well with you and love to you and Adrian 💜🩵

[@willowgrove631]

Thank you so much for this lovely garden tour Janette, I have taken notes so that I can look for some of your favourites in the garden centre next time I go! Your garden is looking fantastic, as always ❤️🌻🐝

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s so lovely of you Willow Grove, thank you and I hope you’re having a great Tuesday - it’s pouring down here today 🩵💜

[@77sun222]

Hi again Meant to ask you if the Chilean potato tree flowers have a scent. Also,must say that i am looking forward to seeing the flowers the phormium produces and the gorgeous seed pods🥰

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Sharon I just went over to smell the flower on the Chilean Potato tree and it does smell but only very faintly. I’ve never had flowers on my PHORMIUM before, I didn’t realise there are any!! I’ll be looking out now 😊

[@SharonBentley-z8c]

Absolutely beautiful garden, such an interesting shape too, looks like you work very hard to keep it so nice🌺

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Sharon and thanks so much for joining me 😊 I’ve made a lot of changes over the past 4 years, but it’s a lot of fun. Thanks for your lovely comments and I hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@peggydove8756]

I love your garden! Everything looks so healthy and pretty! Have a great week! 😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Peggy, you’re always so lovely and supportive 💜🩵

[@tonycritcher3419]

Thank you for the lovely tour of your garden, as you said at the start, no wind and no rain. We have had some horrendous weather. Your garden is beautiful, with so much to see and enjoy.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s so lovely of you Tony and thank you for joining me today 😊 it’s gorgeous here again today, maybe the weather has finally turned for the better? Wishing you a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@tonycritcher3419]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener It certainly has been warm today, I was mowing and strimming 2 foot thick overgrown, neglected grass for a new customer here in Clacton. Nothing like your beautifully arranged selection of areas and plants. The weather forecast is for more rain in the week, but they never get it right. We do need some of course now that everything is blooming and fruiting. I hope you have a great week too and the weather holds for anything you need to do outside.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh you are just “down the road” from me 😊 I think about 55 miles. That sounds like hard work Tony! I take it gardening is your profession? 💜🩵

[@tonycritcher3419]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener A small world! Yes, fourth generation gardener. Our family have always loved gardening alongside other careers, but made it our profession. Dad and I worked on various farms around England. Then due to mums health, living out in the sticks wasn't so good, so we moved and Dad went into gardening and at one point we worked in adjacent 9 acre gardens in Kent. We also tended Hever churchyard and Lord and Lady Astors resting place within the grounds of Hever Castle. My Grandad tended a Country House garden in Norfolk and my Great Grandad was a gardener at Sandringham. So between the four generations, we have tilled quite a bit of England. I am due to retire next month, but won't be letting my customers down for some time yet, hopefully! Although I might spend a little more time out birding!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@tonycritcher3419 oh wow, what a great family story of gardening in such wonderful and historic gardens! Good luck for your retirement too, definitely well earned. You’ll enjoy it. By the way, Richard and I had our honeymoon in Clacton, way back in 1981, a very glamorous week at Butlins when it used to be there 😂💜

[@fionamacdonald899]

Thanks, Janette! ⭐️ Your garden is looking beautiful, it’s jam packed full of so many interesting plants! 🌺 🪴 🌸 🌳 I always get lots of new ideas from you! 😃 Well done for remembering all these tricky names!! 👏 Enjoy the sunshine! 😎

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Fiona and thanks for joining me today 😊 I’m delighted if I’ve given you ideas too, amazing 😻 Hope you’re having a happy start to your week 🩵💜

[@dawndawn6946]

Good morning! You've done such a wonderful job with plant diversity in your garden! Everything looks stunning! It all looks lush and fluffy. I love it at this stage!❤ I have tons of ladybugs this year. Last year, we had a tornado come through, then a hurricane (tropical storm when it hit), and then cancer for the 3rd time. All is well now. I am slowly getting control of the garden--the weeds have taken over. But you are so right! I have so many beneficials around the garden this year. I usually get rid of all the baddies, and I was wondering where all my wasps had gotten to. They're all back in force. Wonderful to have breakfast and coffee with you in your garden!❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Dawn and oh my goodness, you had one hell of a year last year! You sound so positive despite all that and I can imagine how your garden is your bit of well being therapy 💜 I think it’s worth trying not to get rid of the baddies and just let the good ones deal with it. Jim Puttnam on Hort Tube actually said the same thing too and he’s such a great fountain of knowledge so that’s what I’m going to do again this year. It’s tempting if you spot aphids on your roses for example but I’m sure our gardens can look after themselves. I just need a little hedgehog 🦔 to come and eat all my slugs 😂 hope you’re having a great week 🩵💜

[@ladymannas17]

What a wonderful garden tour. Naming all the plants is so helpful too. It all looks so beautiful and is a credit to you. You certainly have green fingers.💚xxx

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s so lovely of you Jane, thank you very much. I thought I’d better add the plant names in case people couldn’t understand my Essex accent 😂 hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@yayla86]

Beautiful garden ☺️ so nice to see it all and thank you for giving us a tour 🥰👌🏽

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

And thank you too for joining me Dee, have a wonderful day 💜🩵

[@chrisdooney5374]

Your garden looking fab as usual Jannette as usual

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Chris and thank you so much for joining me today and your lovely comment. Hope you’re having a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@paulinecrispin121]

Hi Janette, all looks great. I love how the container corner looking with the Heucheras and the sound of the water features as you walk round. 😊😊😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Pauline and thank you so much! I love the fountains too - SO much better than my last fountain, I’m glad that one has finally gone 😂 hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@sharonbell7335]

Lovely as always Janette. I love alliums too and have a lot in my garden.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Sharon and thanks for joining me today. I adore alliums too, I might spray paint a few of them this year. I haven’t done that for a while. Hope you’re having a great week so far 💜🩵

[@قناةطبخالمغربيالاصيل]

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[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Good morning to you!! Thank you for your very colourful comment 😍🐞🍑🌍🩵😎 and for visiting my garden 😘

[@PleasantPrickles]

It’s looking gorgeous and colorful! Loving all the chartreuse plants and the Heucheras. I love the Alliums without the leaves. You have so many interesting plants! Thanks for the tour! 🌸🌸🌸😀

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

That’s very kind and thank you for joining me on my stroll around 😊 and I hope you’re having an amazing week 💜🩵

[@christinepalmer935]

Beautiful thank you I look forward to Mondays to see what you are up to 😄have a wonderful week looks like the weather is going to be good

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Christine and I’m glad to brighten up your Mondays 😊 weather is glorious again today and i think I’m just going to potter around out here doing a bit of snipping ✂️ have a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@julieb1028]

Absolutely Beautiful!!!!!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh thank you so much Julie, how lovely of you. Hope you’re having a great Monday 💜🩵

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

How did I miss the notification of this Janette?! The weeds are so aggressive especially after all of this rain! Thanks for sharing your gorgeous kaleidoscope garden. Hope Rich is doing well🤓

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello AJ!!!! Yes the weeds are a challenge here too 😝 Have you managed your see any of this week’s Chelsea Flower Show this year? Can you watch BBC coverage of it where you are? Hope you’re doing ok my friend 😍

[@AJsGreenThumbLLC]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener yes Cotti Verdi and Common Farm Flowers covered press day like a champ...I caught it on their channels.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@AJsGreenThumbLLC fabulous isn’t it? 😍😍😍

[@pamelawolfson1423]

So beautiful!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Pamela and thanks so much for joining me today - wishing you a happy week 🩵🩵

[@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994]

Just picturesque ! Isn’t it wonderfu seeing all the growth in our plants from year to year! Ever changing but mature! I can see such great use of colorful foliage and your topiary are perfect !! The sound of water so peaceful. Little by little our gardens arrive 🤓(with some sweat equity and time. ) Gardeners are forced to be patient🤨and forgiving to Mother Mature when she has a few bad days in a row lol! Have an exciting weekend with some rest and sitting in your garden😎

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Ah yes I love all your sentiments, very poetically said. Wishing you and Reg a wonderful weekend too dear Teresa 🩵💜

[@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener you and Richard have a good one too!

[@vivienarnold7950]

I loved seeing your garden. Thank you.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Vivian and thank you so much for visiting my garden with me today. Hope you’re having a great Monday 💜🩵

[@paultsworld]

Your garden looks so pretty Janette - what a beautiful month May is. Spectacular heucheras and I like the lamium - mine’s a little different but I prefer yours 😀

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Paul and thank you for joining me in my garden 😊 my favourite month of the year 😊 I’m so lucky with my Heuchera, they seem to really like my garden, and that large lamium was one tiny plant which I first planted in a tiny fairy garden I made 2 years ago. I have to keep pulling bits off, it’s gone crazy! Hope you’re having a great week so far 💜🩵

[@paultsworld]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener I think my garden is enjoying the rain a touch more than me - but it will look like a jungle once the sun comes out!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@paultsworld oh yes! I’d only just finished going round weeding and now the weeds have come on leaps and bounds all over again with all the rain 😂 have a happy evening and a great weekend 💜🩵

[@paultsworld]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener you too Janette. 🌻

[@77sun222]

Hi Janette Love,love,love your May 24 garden. The planting compliments each other so well. Very aptly named Lancelot😂,guarding woodland courtyard,which reflects your fun loving personality. My ninebark is at the exact stage of yours. First year of flouring and i can't wait to see the blooms. I had no success with fruit trees or bushes. As you mentioned, now if a plant thrives without too much maintenace,they have a place in my garden. Both of us seem to grow an enormous amount of hardy plants anyway. Enjoy the rest of the week and don't work too hard🍩🍩💞

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Sharon, glad you like Lancelot’s new name 😊 I’m excited for our Ninebarks too, they sure are beautiful shrubs. Yes, we both want less maintenance and reliable plants, we can still try an odd new plant here and there but stick to our definites. Have a wonderful week my friend 🩵💜

[@hilkkahirvonen4831]

Hi , just been enjoying your garden! How do you do it😮 such a variety, so healthy! I’m trying to find out about your ‘hookas’ but I don’t think that’s how they’re spelled, your ‘transcript’s’ spells lot of plants weirdly, could be the way ‘it’ hears them said?? But I would like to try them in my garden , though it doesn’t get full days sunlight! Thank you for showing your garden , 😍

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Hilkka, I did put the plant names on the screen but your transcript might be covering that up. Next time I will remember that and put the names at the top of the screen instead of the bottom. They are called Heuchera. Wishing you a lovely week 🩵💜

[@jcking6785]

Your garden is looking absolutely lovely! It’s funny that you should mention Jim Putnam, because your garden sort of reminds me of his. Instead of waves or drifts of the same plant, his garden, and yours, is filled with so many individual, beautiful plants, and I love that! I hope that one day my garden will be a mix of the two styles with lots of shrubs of the same variety, but areas of specimen plants. You have without a doubt the most stunning collection of heucheras I’ve ever seen.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello dear JC and thank you, I love my heucheras, I am so lucky that they like my climate here. I love watching Jim Puttnam. I think it’s because we both love plants and want to try them all out, but only have small gardens so we can’t afford to have large drifts of one plant (which I love seeing) or there wouldn’t be very much room for anything else. Thanks for always watching, I really appreciate that you do, and I hope you’re having a great start to your week 💜🩵

[@irisveronicamooney7118]

Garden is looking so lush, I especially love the colourful Heucheras, they really stand out. My perennials are so slow this year, our weather here in Edmonton has been quite cool , we need some sunshine. Enjoy the rest of your week, looking forward to next Monday’s video.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Iris and thanks for joining me. I’m so lucky that Heucheras seem to really like my garden. We’ve had rain for 3 days and nights here practically non stop but it’s supposed to get better from now on, I do hope so. Hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@Solero0001]

Blimey, how do you remember all your plant names! Your heucheras look amazing, wish mine looked like that, and I love your nandinas, I must get a few of those, it's a fantastic garden, thanks for sharing

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Sol and thank you for joining me. I do try and learn all the names every time I plant something new, but I don’t always remember. Good for learning Latin! 😂 nandinas are a great plant, you don’t have to do a single thing to them ever! I highly recommend you get one, gorgeous colours too. Wishing you a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@newt52864]

Everthing looking so pretty 🤩 What a difference from when you first started your channel😉 You've come a long way baby 😜

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

😂 I have done a lot of planting in those 4 years Lorraine haven’t I? Quite a few deaths along the way too 😂 thanks for always watching and I hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@suecarroll8693]

Hi Janette, thank you for posting your uplifting video and straight after work! It all looks so beautiful and thanks for the tip about cutting off the allium leaves - I hate them too and find the slugs and snails hide in them. I fell over in my garden on Sunday and have fractured my hand 😢. Very frustrating as my gardening will be very limited for next 7 weeks but heyho for once I will hopefully sit out in my garden and appreciate it for a change without getting up when I see a plant that needs attention 😂. X

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh no Sue! How dreadful and I hope it doesn’t hurt too much (although I’m sure it does)! Yes, it’s going to force you to rest and enjoy yourself in other ways, we need to sit and enjoy our gardens far more than we do. And you can plan things too, and go on Pinterest or KZbin and look for new ideas. 7 weeks will soon pass. Glad to give you the allium leaves tip. I might spray paint a few of mine this year once they’ve finished (I haven’t done that for a couple of years) as I’d only be pulling them out anyway. Do have a good rest and put your feet up. Hugs to you 🤗

[@topaz3468]

So pleased to hear the shout-out to Hort-Tube (Jim Putnam) and Dr. Armitage. I follow these gardeners also, although my US growing zone is considerably warmer than theirs. I'm in the deep south, in 9b. 🌺🪴 BTW, I planted my first blue star juniper this spring and absolutely love it!! Sadly, I only have one at the moment... they're hard to find in my area.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh wow 9b! You must be able to grow so many tropical plants? Oh I always watch Jim and hang on to his every word, I’ve learned so much from him. Love the new patio area he’s making at the moment. Dr A is such a lovely man too. Thanks so much for watching all the way from the Deep South - isn’t it amazing how we are so easily able to connect across the world 🌍 these days?! Have a wonderful week 💜🩵

[@topaz3468]

I so agree! Still amazes me how easy it is to connect today from such distances! I'm a retired boomer who grew up with rotary phones, no computers, no cable, and therefore my childhood was spent playing outdoors. Yet, I was one of the first women to work as a computer programmer/engineer in the early 80's (all my coworkers were men). LOL. Love your garden -- I get so many good ideas from the results of your hard work.😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@topaz3468 oh yes! I’m the same, first job in 1978 with a manual typewriter and a telephone on our desks. We didn’t even have a fax machine or photocopiers back then. I was one of the first to use a word processor with the floppy discs. No emails, internet, mobile phones, nothing. You’d post a letter and wait a week for a reply! Incredible thinking back to that now. And as kids we played out all day long on our bikes and our Mums didn’t have a clue where we were all day, we just went home when we got hungry 😂

[@wendybartlett6717]

Your garden is looking really lovely Janette. I have a lot of Alliums in my garden this year as I really liked them in yours ever since I came across your channel. I've only found out recently that you can remove their straggly leaves. It really improves the appearance doesn't it? Hasn't it been a lovely weekend? The sunshine has really made my seedlings grow thank goodness. Have a great week.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Wendy and thank you. I only found out this time last year you could remove the allium leaves too. So much tidier looking I think. I can’t bear all the leaves from spring bulbs, they look too messy. It’s been truly gorgeous the last 4 or 5 days, it makes everyone feel so much more cheerful. 😀 glad your seedlings are thriving too, I have more zinnias popping up since I filmed this tour last Thursday night. Hope you’re having a great Monday 💜🩵

[@judepicton6252]

Beutiful neat colorful garden . Iwish I could remember all the names in my garden. I have snails in my garden in Somerset ,they ravage my hostas every year. Without explanation this year my hostas are fabulous, it makes no sense ,with all the rain we have had ,I havnt seen many slugs at all ,I wish I knew what I have done to achieve it .?

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Jude and I have no idea either! Doesn’t make any sense, but I’m very pleased for you 😊 I think the Somerset snails have moved to Essex this year 😂 regarding the plant names, I really try to learn the name when I plant something new, doesn’t always happen but it’s good for my brain training anyway 😂 hope you’re having a great week so far 🩵💜

[@laurenwellman2516]

Hi Janette! Your May garden is looking lovely as usual 🥰. I love all the variety of plants you have and different combinations. Can you use another Japanese maple or a pagoda dogwood to replace your apple tree over in shady corner?

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Lauren and thank you so much. I did try a dogwood one year but it died, I think they are zones 3-7 and I’m a 8, I’d normally give that a go but it says they do need 4-6 hours of sun a day and that area is always in the shade. I like the idea of a Japanese maple too but it does get quite windy there sometimes abc I’m not sure they like that much. But I’m going to have a good look round my garden centre at all their small trees to see if there’s anything suitable. Quite excited about that now I’ve made the decision the apple has to go. Anyway, I hope you’re having a really great week so far 🤗🩵💜

[@nicholasryan5401]

Greeting's from Ireland, beautiful garden and well organised, How you remember all the plant names is great. I'm getting older and I cant remember my name half of the time not to talk about the plant's I have in my small front garden. I'm not an organised gardener I have fifty eight pots and four flower bed's in the front garden with no room to swing a cat. My wife has no interest in gardening but she has told me the garden look's like a mini garden centre but sure it keep's me out of trouble.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Nicholas and thanks so much for joining me all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪 😊 goodness me, 58 pots - you are certainly a collector! It keeps us happy though all these plants 👍 I just try, every time I plant something new, to remember the name. I do forget sometimes but I have the description sections on my videos so I can always look back to remind myself. It’s been pouring down here for the past 2 days and nights solidly 💦 hope you’re having a great week and thanks for your lovely comments 💜🩵

[@susanlw4735]

Morning Jeanette , Amazing colours in your garden always looking beautiful and full of interests❤ must be keeping you very busy 😅

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Susan and thank you. I only really garden a couple of times a week, but of course Spring is the busiest season and it does get overwhelming sometimes. But I think little and often is the answer and it all manages to get done. Hope you have a lovely week 🩵💜

[@sunitashastry5270]

The two things most unique and cool about your garden in May : the row of Heuchera and the gorgeous mirror gate. What an amazing idea - how did you get that ? The idea itself is amazing - and the execution is great.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Sunita and thank you! I am so lucky that heucheras love it in my garden 😊 as for the gate, I’ve had it a long time, I’d wanted one for ages. You can buy them online, just search for “garden illusion gate”. They’re so good for a desk uninspiring corner. Thanks for always watching - have a very happy weekend 🩵💜

[@valerienorman3323]

I absolutely love your garden. Thank you for naming everything. You have given me so many ideas for my garden in suffolk x

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Valerie and thank you so much for your wonderful comments. We are next door neighbours as I’m in Essex ☺️ I’m delighted if I’ve given you some ideas. Hope you’re having a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend so far 💜💜

[@SnappyR]

Lovely garden tour ~ thanks for taking us along with you! Your garden rooms are beautiful!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Snappy and I hope you’re having a great week 💜💜🤩

[@sharonoboyle3676]

I loved seeing your garden, it is beautiful. I’m interested in the little cherry tree so will have a look in the local garden centres ❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Sharon and thank you for watching. It was a snowy February in 2021 when I spotted the fruit trees which were bare rooted in my local supermarket and I literally planted them all one freezing cold and windy day. 2 apples, 1 pear, 1 plum and the Stella Cherry. They were very small 😊 Of them all, that was the first to flower and produce fruit which tastes lovely. I’m sure you’ll be able to find one. Hope you’re having a great week 🩵💜

[@catherinehenderson627]

Hi Janette I love your pinus vanderwolf pyramid. Is it a dwarf variety as I understand they get 20 ft tall

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Catherine and thank you. I love that too but no, it’s not a dwarf and it’s going to get huge. But I think they grow very slow and I believe you can snap off the new spring candles to prune and keep it smaller. I haven’t done that yet though, I’ll let it get bigger first. Hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@dianegrimes3975]

Your garden is very beautiful and homey❤the music is so soothing ❤❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Diane and thank you so much 😊 that’s so lovely of you and I hope you’re having a happy Sunday 🩵💜

[@irismoles9369]

Loved the tour Jannette I’ve just beeb on holiday I think my garden as gone mad needs sorting Love the courtyard

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Iris, hope you had a great holiday and a good rest. Isn’t it amazing how you notice the changes in your garden when you get back from being away?! Hope you have a lovely week 🩵💜

[@kylathomas68]

You look really smart. Love your outfit and of course your beautiful garden ❤❤

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thanks so much Kyla, that’s me in my office clothes, tidy for once instead of in my old leggings and jumpers 😂 hope you have a great week 🩵💜

[@deborah1901]

Your garden and containers are looking great! Do you have any tips for watering when away instead of asking someone to do it? x

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Deborah and thanks for watching. That’s the only thing with containers isn’t it?!! I don’t have a solution! I’d just deadhead absolutely every flower before I left, and obviously water at the very last minute, then worry about them and hope it kept raining!! And then you get home and everything looks twice the size 😂 it’s the first thing I do when I get back, look straight in the garden 😎 hope you’re having a great start to your week 💜🩵

[@juliehart6218]

When you said your “container garden” does that mean all the heucheras are in pots in the ground?

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Julie, sorry that was misleading. I just call that corner the container garden because of the large green pot but everything else is planted in the ground. Thanks for asking though and for watching and I hope you’re having a great start to your week 🩵💜

[@geraldinefay7058]

I love your garden Janette. It's so beautiful

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Good morning Geraldine and thank you so much ☺️ hope you have a wonderful weekend 💜🩵

[@bay-m4j]

You can say the Latin words!😊 love your garden.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

😂😂 I try 👍 thank you so much for visiting me in my garden today 💜 hope you’re having a great start to the week 😎🩵

[@williamtaylor4210]

Always enjoy a stroll round your lovely garden. Your Heucheras are beautiful I have terrible problems with Vine Weevil & have to treat them Spring is amazing - love it- it’s a miracle Years ago discovered Jim Reeves singing My Cathedral - which is about a garden It’s worth listening to on KZbin. Jeanette you are truly an Enthusiastic Gardener! - An inspiration. Thank you so much for sharing all your ideas Always look forward to your videos. God bless you & Richard. Also enjoy seeing your mum’s garden. Sending love & prayers for good health & happy gardening. Philomena 🙏🏼❤️💐

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Philomena, I am listening to My Cathedral on Spotify as I type, isn’t it lovely? I’ve never heard it before 😊 thank you for always joining me in my garden, you are very supportive. Have a wonderful week my friend 💜🩵

[@williamtaylor4210]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener what a lovely surprise that you actually took the time to listen to my cathedral!! It’s such an old recording. It reminds me of that phrase ‘you’re nearer to God in a garden than anywhere else in earth’. Thank you so very much for your reply It is very much appreciated. Happy gardening 😊🙏🏼❤️

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@williamtaylor4210 I loved it, and its sentiment 💜

[@adevuyst1]

What an abundance of plants you manage to put in a small place! Nobody can accuse you of being a minimalist 😂 I have an Aralia Elata as well, we call it Duivelswandelstok in Dutch (Devil's Walkingstick), because of the thorns, so Richard has it right 😊It has been extremely wet here in Flanders and I have to send hundreds of slugs and snails over the (eternal) 😇 fence, as I value my collection of Hosta's more 😐 Happy gardening everyone 💚

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Ann and thanks for joining me today. My Aralia Elata never does very much (as you can see), is yours fuller? I had forgotten it’s known also as Devil’s Walking Stick. Yes, I have crammed quite a lot in 😂 I’ve pretty much run out of space now! But I do still have a few gaps here and there where the bulbs will die back. It’s taken 4 years to fill it all up though, it was quite bare when I started. Hope you’re having a great start to your week 💜🩵

[@adevuyst1]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener No, that Duivelswandelstok pretty much stays the same, it has died back some (as it is 30 years old), but sends out new runners. My garden also was a blank slate (it was a meadow), and is now an English cottage garden 30 years in the making...Although my style is different from yours I so enjoy your uploads as you always manage to bring your enthusiasm over! Thanks!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I’m wondering if mine is actually an Aralia Elata Ann, now we’re chatting about it, because mine doesn’t have thorns and it doesn’t send out runners either? 🤔 I’ve always thought it was though. But goodness me, 30 years!!!! Wow. Sounds beautiful 🤩

[@adrabruzzese7610]

Hi Janette, everything looks beautiful as always. I especially love shady corner it's so green and lush. Sadly I have a wild baby rabbit staying on my property, he is adorable but loves eating my echinacea, so I had to buy fencing to encircle my echinacea. The city planted two trees on my property, a serviceberry and a heckleberry- a shade tree. I'm so excited. I cannot believe how time flies! It's been 4 years that I've been watching your videos! Have a wonderful week Janette!

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Adra and you have been a wonderful friend for 4 years, going through all my garden’s changes over the years and never failing to leave me lovely messages of support and encouragement! So thank you for being here 🩵 oh wow you have a baby rabbit!! Adorable but like you say, very annoying that he/she eats half your plants. Serviceberries are gorgeous, I’ll have to Google heckleberries, I don’t know what those are. You can have your own shady corner now. I find shady areas so much easier to plant in than full sun which I’m forever getting wrong and having to redo. All good fun though. Hope you have an amazing week Adra my friend 💜🩵

[@adrabruzzese7610]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener I forgot to mention that those are definitely zinnia seedlings, I sowed zinnia too and mine look like yours. You and some other garden channels got me through 2020, what a horrible year. So thank you! I'm so happy you follow Hortube, he's a wealth of knowledge. I have a 4 year old dwarf cherry, You inspired me to make it into a big ball topiary, not as cute as yours but if I trim it into a ball, the underplantings will get more sun.😁😘

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@adrabruzzese7610 oh yes, they got me through 2020 too. Always watch Jim! And we have matching cherry trees 🍒 👍 and zinnias 😂👍🥰

[@juliedubberley1192]

I've just been looking again at some of your videos from 4 years ago, Janette the change in the garden is incredible. It's amazing how everything has established, looks like a completely different garden. It would be really fascinating if you could edit a compilation over the years ( I mean it's not as if you have anything else to do 😂) xx

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

😂😂 I know Julie! On my TV it shows all my photos on a screensaver and so old pictures come up and I can see how different it looked. Between you and me, I sometimes think how lovely and simple it would be to have all the grass back again 😂 I did do a video a few years ago about how my garden changed over the years, it’s here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r6CWfnSbeJl6e5Ysi=UX9-uYHrIkHFaYhW But of course it’s changed a lot more since this video. Id like to make a video as you suggest but i dont store any of my videos anywhere apart from on KZbin so id have to play them on my TV and then film them on my phone and I don’t think the quality would be very good. It’d be a fun video though. Anyway, I hope your week is going well so far Julie 🩵💜

[@juliedubberley1192]

@TheEnthusiasticGardener GOSH Janette I've just watched the video, never realised before exactly how much it's changed over the years! That was so interesting, you should mention this as I'm sure lots of others would love it too🥰 Was it having the lovely new paving that really started to get your enthusiasm back? PS couldn't believe that anyone could steal your tortoise 😡

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I just watched it again too Julie!! We’ve been here 19 years this October. Yes it was the landscaping that really got me back into it again. Thanks for your good idea, I will have a think and see if I can combine that video and add some more on to it. Will involve quite a bit of editing I think. Or I could mention that video exists and then link it to the end screen if anyone wants to have a look. Thanks for your good idea 👍 my friend 🩵

[@DeborahCook-pd7zc]

Your garden is beautiful!😍

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Debbie 💜💜 and thank you so much!! You’ll have to pop round for a sit in the garden sometime 😊 wishing you and really great day 💜💜

[@monicagilson819]

Beautiful garden ! Love it 🤗💚🌺

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you so much Monica! I hope you’re having a great start to your week 💜🩵

[@Knobblytyressoggysocks]

Such a wonderful garden 😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you very much indeed! Hope you’re having a great week 🩵💜

[@richbishop7896]

Your heucheras look fantastic Janette. Wish mine would grow like that Thanks for the tour. Bonny

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I’m so lucky that they do so well for me here Bonny. Thanks for joining me today 💜 hope you’re having a great week - it’s rained solidly here for the last 2 days and nights! 🩵🩵

[@richbishop7896]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener It's been hot (28C) and somewhat rainy here. Cooling off for next week. Bonny zone 5b Canada

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@richbishop7896 wow Bonny that is hot! 🥵 for us anyway. 💜🩵

[@elizabethgreco-nieves]

Hello 👋 Janette, I am blown away by the beauty of your garden 🥰. Just what I needed after a long day, this vlog was so relaxing and tranquil. I agree 💯 percent that if a plant works in your garden keep on planting more🙌. Love this time of year when the garden has woken up and the summer heat hasn’t made everything look tired. Just lovely my friend 🌿. I already have a few wishlist plants from this video🤩😆 I didn’t even realize that about the aphids and letting them be for the lady bugs, definitely will. Lancelot, perfect name☺️

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi there Elizabeth and thank you, you always leave me such lovely comments. Glad you like Lancelot’s new name 😉 it seems most befitting for him. I didn’t spray anything last year (although I wanted to) and I truly saw lots of beneficial which I hadn’t seen in previous years so it’s worth a try for one year. I love this time of year, I’m not so keen, like you, when it gets hotter and everything starts to struggle and we can to be constantly watering. Hope you’re having a great week my dear friend 💜🩵

[@elizabethgreco-nieves]

GM Janette, I’m so glad that I didn’t spray for aphids yet, I’m letting them be! Thank you so much for that information and it makes sense because I sprayed last year because aphids were on a few bushes, my husband sprayed Safer in them, and the ladybugs 🐞 which I have tons of( love them😊) weren’t around. Thank you again for that! Have a great rest of your week 🌞🫶

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

We can compare notes this year and hopefully we will be right in our no-spray approach 👍 here’s to lots of 🐞 😊

[@elizabethgreco-nieves]

Yes😉🐞🐞🐞🐞

[@brendamorison8671]

First time watcher. Enjoyed your garden tour. Your rhododendron is chlorotic and needs iron.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello Brenda and thank you so much for joining me in my garden, it’s always lovely to have a new gardening friend. Yes, you are right about the rhododendron and I must buy myself a bag of something to add to fix that. Wishing you a really great week 💜🤩

[@brendamorison8671]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Chelated Iron - it is a formula better absorbed by the plants.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@brendamorison8671 thank you so much! I’ll get some next time I’m at the garden centre - I’ve been saying that for a year or more, so I must 😍

[@gailfreeman-y5c]

Beautiful Janette.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Thank you very much Gail and have a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@thegonzalezs4953]

Good morning my friend , beautiful colors in your garden . And everything is looking good my friend . Like always enjoying coffee with my cat and watching your video .

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Good morning dear Max. I’ve been watching your gorgeous garden too! It’s just so fabulous and beautiful. Hope you enjoy your day today and thanks for always visiting with me and leaving such lovely comments my friend 💜🩵

[@thegonzalezs4953]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener thank you my friend , im in love with English gardens, I hope I can turn my property like them , and I wish I was brave enough to film videos as I go ., but to shy I guess 😊. But I’ll try to share them as I have now . And thanks for following me also my friend .

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@thegonzalezs4953 everyone would love to watch you in your videos Max, I wish you would give it a go 👍😎🥰

[@thegonzalezs4953]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener 😊😊, I might get brave enough and do it 😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@thegonzalezs4953 oh I would love that!!!!

[@eastcoast4233]

It’s looking so good. I’d love to hear your thoughts (further) on maintaining colour and interest throughout the seasons as I’ve just found myself with a gap between the tulips ending and the treasure flowers, lupins, and others blooming. To be honest it’s a failure of my own planning last year! Your alliums look great so that’s gone down on my list for next year 😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there and thanks for watching. Yes I think alliums are a good bridging gap after daffodils and then tulips and before the roses in June. And then of course we can have annuals for the rest of the summer. I need to plant more perennials I think, although they usually only flower for a few weeks. I don’t know if you can grow Alstromeria? They are gorgeous and flower forever. I did have one a couple of years ago that was glorious but I decided to move it and I killed it 😉 wishing you a wonderful week 🩵💜

[@eastcoast4233]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener ooo good idea! Thank you. Welcome any and all suggestions, as I imagine many of your viewers do. I’ll take a good look into that one. Have a lovely week.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

You are welcome. I should plant some summer bulbs too, that would be nice. 🩵💜

[@elizabethlake6986]

Another perennial is Geums a favourite of mine. and yes Alstromeria are good too, also they last a long time in a vase, if you get one you don't cut the stem you just pull it up,. Peonies are flowering now too, good luck with your choices.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@elizabethlake6986 Geums are a great idea, I did have some a few years ago, should get more, they’re very beautiful. Hope you’re having a great week 💜🩵

[@wernermcgann3792]

😊

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Werner. Thanks for watching. I hope you’re having a great week so far 💜🩵

[@olgavantveld6946]

Hello there Janette magnificent garden so much variety. Its a pleasure to see your garden through the seasons Greetings from down under We are heading into winter happy gardening

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hello there Olga and greetings back to you 😊 do your winters get very cold? Thank you for joining me and I wish you an amazing week 🩵💜

[@olgavantveld6946]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Dear Janette our winters are not so cold as in Europe Lately we have had a lot of rain In The Blue mountains In N,S, W it snows And The Snowy Mountains I do not like snow. I am a summer girl.

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

@olgavantveld6946 oh the Blue Mountains and the Snowy Mountains 🩵 it sounds absolutely beautiful Olga 😊

[@olgavantveld6946]

@@TheEnthusiasticGardener Yes Janette it is a beautiful area it is famous for the three sisters which are three pinnacle rock formations standing upright together that area is world heritage listed. I have been to The Snowy Mountains in the snow season It is famous for skiing. In the spring time the valleys are covered with wild flowers As you probably know rt snows in Tasmania

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

I’m going to look it up Olga 💜🩵

[@Passionbloom52]

Lovely Tour as always 😁

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Hi Lorraine and thank you so much for joining me 😊 hope your week is a good one 💜🩵

[@Passionbloom52]

It’s not been too bad , as recovering from a seizure & so now catching up with everyone on KZbin 😁

[@TheEnthusiasticGardener]

Oh bless you, well you put your feet up and take things nice and slow. Take care dear Lorraine 💜🩵