Trimming a WAY Overgrown Elderberry & Climbing Roses! 🌿✂️🙌 // Garden Answer

Trimming a WAY Overgrown Elderberry & Climbing Roses! 🌿✂️🙌
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[@lesleysmith1396]

I only have a wee garden here in Scotland so have pruned my black lace elderberry, viburnum and smoke bush into trees. Gives me so much space underneath for planting. All of them are around 8ft tall and I love them. Have a great day everyone 😀

[@joanneedwards5630]

I’m Scotland too. You sound expert compared to me though, teehee.

[@lesleysmith1396]

@@joanneedwards5630 oh, I just wing it most of the time lol it's the wind up here this year that has caused me problems!

[@myrusticgardens]

I have done this too, inspired by Linda Vater! ❤️❤️. I love the result!

[@allisong6]

I am wanting a black lace but need the height, so this may be my answer.

[@camicri4263]

You too Lesley, thank you!

[@NanThinks]

Turning large shrubs into small trees is so satisfying.

[@dabblingwithbonsai]

Very much so! And maybe put them in a nice Japanese bonsai pot.. 😏😉

[@NinjaOrchids]

That is what I call, RESULT! 😍 brave Laura today, sans gloves pruning the roses, like a boss 😃 I love the way that elderberry turned out with multi trunks and then filling around with other plants. Fantastic transformation 👍🏼

[@TheUltimateGardener]

Hi Laura you’re the absolute best! You’ve inspired me to start gardening around 6yrs ago (I’m 15 yrs old) and you’ve been a HUGE inspiration! Is that elderberry ornamental? Or does it produce actual elderberries?

[@luigi298]

Elderberry produces berries when you plant them near another elderberry.

[@patriciarobinson5033]

Good morning Laura from Cheyenne, WY, zone 5b, where temps will reach 107 today! Not normal and not lovin it! Thanks for the Elderberry trim as I think mine is in need of that as well, looks amazing! Many prayers for your mom as she undergoes surgery for her ankle! God bless and thanks for all you, Aaron, kiddos, cats and crew do to keep us inspired!

[@dianequist835]

I grew up in Cheyenne just north of the airport in Indian Hills subdivision, and no, that is NOT a normal temperature!! Mercy!!

[@patriciarobinson5033]

@@dianequist835 Hi there! I was raised in British Columbia, CanadaI I now live in Eastridge, just south of the airport!. Sold my acreage, and livestock, moved into a tiny house with a very large yard, 6,000 sq ft of grass and no garden! I grabbed my pickaxe and started making garden beds immediately! Seriously, the livestock were less work but not near as much fun! Enjoy the rest of summer Diane and happy gardening!

[@prairie2gem]

I'm always impressed with how many camera angles you provide us. Especially when it's just you! Thanks for being so thorough, so informative 🙂💚

[@jennduncan4773]

Russell’s ear kaboom wins cuteness award this video hands down! Laura thank you for illustrating routine maintenance, even on those shrubs that seem too unruly to tackle! Gives many of us gardeners the bravery to needed to dig deep into our souls to do the necessary work to keep our landscapes tidy and plants healthy!

[@peggyhelblingsgardenwhatyo7920]

Greetings, Laura, from Windermere Florida zone 9b USA 🇺🇸 Does anyone else look forward to Mondays and tackling more jobs in the Garden and Successful results? I'm still summer Weeding and trying to replant my Summer Garden. Laura, your pruning ability leave me in awe of you. I've been Gardening for over 50 years and I still bow to your perseverance. Happy Gardening Everyone 👩‍🌾👍

[@debrabohn4283]

I love the transformation of the Elderberry once you cleared out the bottom! Adding the red at the base is the perfect addition to break up the green! Now I want to trim up some of my mature bushes into tree form! Thanks for the inspiration! 💗

[@highlandlakecottage4276]

Coffee & Garden Answer - a great way to start our day. Thank you, Laura!

[@mfabian-gomez6043]

I love cleanup and pruning - something so satisfying about the “after”. Well done Laura. 👏

[@digsindirt4490]

Right? It’s like instant gratification.

[@altheab.8907]

Major improvement in that area, Laura. Elderberry looks so much better trimmed into tree form. Heuchera will be perfect there. 🥰

[@jessicamoran8962]

I love the "go for it" attitude of making a shrub into a tree. Thanks for showing us that it can be done and how to do it. I like the way it turned out.

[@sherylemoore8626]

What a transformation! I love the elderberry and it's new shape. The view through the arbors is delightful. The path takes your eye to rest on that glorious willow in the back. Perfection! You constantly give me inspiration and courage to tackle things in my own garden. I have gardened for decades, but you have taught this old gal many new tricks! I am thinking of your Mom and sending good thoughts for patience and a speedy recovery. There must be nothing worse than having to stay off your feet when you feel fine, especially if you are a busy lady like your mom.

[@risalangdon9883]

Ohhh, I had hoped you would cut the Elderberry into more of a tree form!! And it does look FANTASTIC!!!! Just love the shape!!

[@mrsbeckydaisy]

The growth of that elderberry is similar to how Crape Myrtle’s grow here. Crape myrtles are trained into a 3-7 trunk tree or can be left to put out shoots and form a shrub appearance. Elderberries grow everywhere here because we stay so moist. I can not imagine anyone buying an elderberry because you can just transplant from somewhere else on the property. It was such a satisfying video!! After seeing all of that cleaned up I feel like doing some of my own trimming this morning.

[@YSLRD]

I have half a dozen wild elderberries, but they lack the lush growth of the named ones. They have tons of berries this year ( time to put up bird nets) but the leaves are sparsely set on long stems. I do have a shady yard.

[@angiezavacky4347]

I,too , was reminded of crape myrtles. I recently learned the proper way to prune them and WOW! What a difference. They're now one of my favorite trees!

[@jeanbrewer576]

Hi Jean from Oklahoma Panhandle 6b, I watched Creekside Nursery with Jenny she had a video pruning a Crap Myrtle might want to look her up

[@sandraengstrand2784]

How exciting to trim the elderberry bush into a tree-form!!! Turned out so gorgeous!!!💕 And the rose arbors must have taken forever, but for us only a few short and satisfying minutes!! 🤣🤣

[@wendybradley8420]

I made my Rose of Sharon into a tree form. They were tiny roots given to me from a friend. They look amazing now. It was so much fun to try doing this. Within 3 years they have become tree style and are 4 to 5 feet tall now.

[@YSLRD]

Me, too.

[@bluebirdhomestead]

Your climbing roses have inspired me to get arches and roses leading to the entrance of our garden too! 😍

[@lindaga820]

OH my gosh Laura, what a transformation !!! Those heucheras are perfect there!! Praying for your precious Mother !!

[@margaretpervier8357]

Pruning is so satisfying, especially with time lapse. I hope your mom is healing well and I’m glad she didn’t injure her back. 😊🐾❤️

[@paulinemarks6207]

OH! What a beautiful garden! The elderberry looks so good after the trimming. Well done Laura! Well done indeed 🥰

[@psychoplantologychelseajon89]

Oh my! That Elderberry transformation 🌿👌 Beautiful, Laura and great work on the roses. Your garden transformations put me in such a good mood in the morning! Thanks from zone7b OK.

[@alw5101]

Russell the cat is alway ready to work with Laura in the garden-I wish I had A RUSSELL!

[@nancyw5779]

I like the little pop of orange provided by Russell behind the white Veronica and echinacea. 🧡

[@lesliegarrard9446]

Hey Laura, Love pruning from the bottom-up--I call it "art pruning." Bravo--love the elderberry tree:)

[@Blake.Cooper]

I spend my weekends watching older videos of Garden Answer and wait for the weekdays when you post a new video! BY FAR my most favorite KZbin Channel. You are so knowledgeable. You can tell it just comes naturally to you and it flows to us through your videos. I respect the way you have used your KZbin success to just keep living your best gardening life! Your property is beautiful. I also am very thankful you take us along for the journey! Best wishes to you and your family!!

[@joyhamilton4248]

Can we all say TRIUMPHANT!!!! Those sighs are everything!! Laura you are just so darn cute!! What fun it is to watch you. Thank you for always teaching us and inspiring us to take a chance in our gardens. world!!

[@diananazaroff5266]

I do the same thing you do to beat the heat - I'm usually out at 6am starting whatever projects I need to do in the garden. I'm in by 9. We don't have the 100 degree heat most days - usually in the 90s - but we have the humidity you don't (GA zone 8a). Ugh. I love to see you trim roses and shrubs back so hard. It gives me the courage to do the same.

[@mukthatumkur3324]

What transformations with the elderberry and climbing roses! Laura can put out a video about anything in her garden and I would watch it! A bird bath would be nice under there as well.

[@dianebateman6808]

SOOOOO much better!! Such a beautiful shape and MORE planting room, lol. What could be better.

[@13dulcie]

The roses were stunning this year. I think it was all that rain. I planted my first rose bush this year. It is the oh so easy Italian Ice. I love it. I'm starting to want a climbing rose bush now as well. Oh my!🤣💗

[@tracihosie5266]

Love it!!! Looks stunning. You are such an inspiration Laura. I have learned so much about gardening from watching your videos, which has led to gardening becoming a true passion of mine. Thank you so very much for all your fun and informative videos.

[@sebastianjimenez2211]

At 6:40 when you say "Oh yeah, that's gorgeous!" it echoes so nicely, makes it feel like you did magic :p

[@LB-vl3qn]

That elderberry looks so elegant and happy there, I hope it stays. A bird bath or fountain will interrupt all the foliage in that spot beautifully. Looking forward to seeing that go in. ~ Lisa

[@lyndamello]

Wow Laura, you were brave to shape up the roses without gloves…you are Superwoman!!!

[@happymama6324]

I love the view through the arbors of roses with the willow in the background. Gorgeous! 😍

[@elaineleduc7948]

Love the maintenance videos! Such a learning experience to trim the elderberry into a tree like form. That area has grown so much, I barely recognize it.

[@mandaa4]

Also you totally “Linda Vater’d” that tree and it worked awesome 😆 she would be proud

[@brittanyw.436]

I was looking for this comment! That was the first thing I thought. That elderberry looks great after that prune, I even felt like I could breathe, lol!

[@cindyannefontenot]

Looks great! So glad the elderberry was trimmed up…the bottom trimming reminded me of you thinning out crape myrtles….have a blessed day!

[@junesmart7352]

LOVE the Elderberry's new look! It's fun for plants to get large & give us the opportunity to change the look of an area with some artful pruning. The tree loaded with golden blooms is beautiful, across the driveway.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Laura, in the places where the elderberry popped up near the base of the main plant, you can dig down and remove it (it will have its own root ball) from the main shrub, then you'll have another one to plant somewhere else, maybe in the South property. That shrub propagated itself for you. Yay, a free plant! When I first started gardening years and years ago, I would pin the branch of a shrub to the ground, cover it with soil (pinned down with a rock), keep that section of the pinned-down branch well-watered, and in about a year, roots will have formed on the new shrub. However, if that shrub is patented, you can't propagate it. If the patent has expired, you could sever the new plant off of the old one and plant it elsewhere. Have a wonderful week, stay hydrated, and take breaks if you plan on working in the garden. ~Margie🌞💚🦋🐝

[@lyndalehman6640]

I loved that you left it as a multi truck tree. I also love the look of the tree by itself and surrounded by the additional plants.

[@rockymtngardener]

* In your video "Setting Up a Really Fun Flower/Veggie Garden Space" you said, "I'm just going to set up a camera..." I thought to myself, "She'll set up one camera on a tripod and we'll have one view of the entire job." Instead, once you get rolling, there are still a bunch of different camera angles! Same thing with this video. You sure have a high standard of content you put out and keep your videos visually interesting. * Love your vision of the Elderberry. Along with the surrounding area, it all turned out beautifully (love the little red scooter on the path)!💖

[@KimLouiseLibertyHill]

Thank you for sharing what your overgrown space looks like - makes me not feel soooo bad about ours. I also wanted you to know that you have inspired me over the years. From being afraid to fail to growing food for our family successfully! And knowing if I have questions I can look up pretty much anything on your channel and get answers. So, with that being said - we have started our own Lavender Farm on top of everything else. We just put 503 plants in the ground on 7/16/2022. Thank you for being our inspiration! Liberty Hill Laender Farm, LLC !!!!! Thank you Laura and Aaron!!!!

[@iluvlexiful]

Your elderberry looks beautiful like that and the pop of pink underneath looks so pretty with your lovely roses 💚💐💚 your garden is wonderful

[@lmvail2]

Laura, I found your videos on Facebook back around Christmas and started binge watching your KZbin channel a few months ago. I started from about the time Benjamin was born and just finished with this video yesterday :-) My family moved into a "new to us" house last year with minimal landscaping, and thanks to everything I've learned from you, I'm looking forward to tackling it myself (with the help of my husband). Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge with all of us! I have a son who is turning 5 later this month and a daughter who just turned 1, so I love seeing you work in the garden or kitchen with your kiddos. Benjamin and Samantha are precious...and so is your mom! She is such a sweet, cheerful, classy lady, and I enjoy watching your videos with her as well. I saw on social media that she recently suffered an injury. I hope she is doing well and not getting too stir crazy! Question for you: are you or your mom Master Gardeners? My local extension office is offering a MG class soon, and I've been thinking about taking it.

[@leesaaugustine1444]

Good Morning!🌞✂️ It is amazing how a simple trim can wake up an area! Everything looks good! 😃✂️🌹🌿💚

[@Coolguyallthetime2k]

Wow, you really cleaned that up that elderberry nicely!

[@BrendaLGreen]

Looks great! Laura can you put out plus size shirts for full figured gals like me. You have been my rock and inspiration for 3 years now. When I retired I had about 9 perennials , but watching you made me want even more trying different ones. Happy to say I'm up to 32 kinda. Lv you and Aaron and your beautiful family.

[@kerryschultz7116]

Your bravery is inspiring!!!!! Love how this turned out. Well done once again

[@cathycorriher6313]

Always nice to see Russell helping in the garden. Enjoyed the video. Things really look beautiful in your garden spaces.

[@sandyg8794]

Hi Laura! I love the way the elderberry looks in tree form with the multiple trunks. I hope it will do well the the heavy pruning and can stay there. I'm looking forward to what you decide to add in that area. The roses look good, too. Thank you so much for sharing!

[@jaynemar1]

OMG! I LOVE pruning! It’s my Zen!

[@kathy8832]

Good morning! Trimming the Elderberry makes that area so much more open. Looks so nice.

[@hallybug2692]

I could just walk around that property for hours. So beautiful

[@frasersgirl4383]

What an astonishing and beautiful change!! You made that corner look magnificent!!! Putting a fountain there is such a wonderful idea!!! I just love watching you work in the garden but do be careful in this heat!!! ❤️💫❤️

[@Yrutnec1]

West Side Looking GOOD!!! Noticed you didn't wear gloves on the climbing Roses --- does that mean the thrones are less prickly? When you were moving the plants in front of the Elderberry --- I had to LOL....and wonder how you will explain to Baby Samantha Grace - that you were taking her job??? (3 weeks ago you posted on Instagram her working so hard to reposition her plants!!!)🌸🌸🌷🌷🌸🌸

[@beatieswanepoel3004]

Good morning, great job there with the elderbrrry! I had a fig tree that transformed into a bush, so last year I pruned all the extra branches and left only two, put a stake next to it and bind the remaining two brances to train it to grow more upright. It looks like it is doing well. Thanks for your informative videos. 🌹🐝🇿🇦

[@JelleyBean005]

I have a few shrubs that have been trimmed into tree form due to their habit and wanting to take over the whole space. Thank you for taking us along in this project and helping me realize, it’s not just me. I planted a few roses after watching you for a few years, and I swore I’d never do roses. But I follow your lead, when you fertilize, I fertilize, when you prune, I prune. So I very much appreciate every single rose video. I do wish KZbin gave us the ability to search within someone’s channel - June - Roses, and all the videos with roses made in June of any year would show up. That would be immensely helpful to my garden! I can I imagine you feel like you say the same things over and over and think we might tire of them. WE DON’T!! Thank you for all you do.

[@clionamm]

They look great all trimmed up, especially the elderberry! But what catches my eye through the arches is that stunning weeping willow, beautiful tree.

[@MyBackyardScience]

Wow, I love the elderberry! That is definitely on my wanted list 🙂

[@ozarksnipehunter3403]

Btw, when you write your book, include that picture of the long view. That is gorgeous with the weeping willow as backdrop. You are blessed.

[@kimmy0868]

A friend had a very large butterfly bush that he shaped into a bonsais type tree, it’s beautiful! I honestly didn’t know what it was until he told me, genius! Those collet roses are just amazing, sure wish we had better soil, it’s always been a dream to have a rose climb like that. The soil out there must be super rich!

[@maryk1668]

You have a wonderful and creative eye! Your visions never stop.

[@anitagonzalez217]

Ouchie! Your sweet Mom should keep the foot elevated. Ankles take time to heal & are most sensitive. Worked as a nurse for 10 years in an orthopedics hospital & we dealt with all types of fractures. Praying for your Mom to heal properly. You're incredibly talented & sooo hard working. Please be safe & stay healthy for all your babies! Thank you for all your generous, gardening advise! My brother & I used to harvest vegetables & fruits for other people & now for ourselves. We have always enjoyed planting & gardening.

[@maureengee364]

Yes the elderberry looks way better, big job. Does it interfere with the Arbs ? The roses look amazing and now they look gorgeous also. Another big job. Can hardly wait to see everything planted around it. Great video. Thank you so very much for sharing this with us. PS: we were 111.4 yesterday with the humidity, with light winds and No AC. It was a scorcher. 🥵. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@joannajones4997]

All this video did was feed my already bad habit of testing the spacing on everything I plant. I always just say “I’ll prune it later if I need to!” Thanks Laura for the permission to do so! 😂

[@wynorawishum5860]

Wow, that area looks so good after its trim. Your videos are really inspirational and fun. Looking forward to the next one already!

[@KarenShirey]

I am in love with how the Elderberry turned out. Mine are all babies right now, but once they grow I will definitely train to be like this one. Thanks for sharing your beautiful gardens with us. You give me so many ideas and you are such a wonderful inspiration. ❤

[@kerryjean2223]

Pruning is a very satisfying job. I have always loved it. I was fortunate enough to be able to prune two of my neighbours 50 odd year old Bush and Standard Roses last week that had probably never been pruned correctly ever in the past. So excited to see how they come along. It is mid winter here in South Australia. Was a bit of a shock to my neighbours how much I removed lol. All good. They were more happy once they looked around at how other Roses around the place had been pruned the same x ♥️🐞🦜⚱️🥀🙏😇🇦🇺🕊️

[@rangerjudi9144]

Really love seeing the center pot in the veg garden, through the arches. So welcoming! Thanks for sharing such great videos with us 👌🏼😊

[@hollyharrison5165]

The framing of that willow tree, by the roses - lush 😍

[@dcbabc9260]

After trimming , the area looks more open . Great Job !!! Love your garden & Russell 💖🧡❤

[@chichitex1252]

I loved the arbors beforehand, but I admit it looks fresher and shows the long beautiful vista through the raised bed garden to the weeping willow. Lovely.

[@tonigardella4165]

I love shrubs that get huge ,they look absolutely great when you prune them into trees .I love the formation of the multiple trunks ,awesome 🌸🪴🌸

[@jilltibbetts3]

I have NEVER liked that elderberry because it looked so wild and crazy. It looked great after you trimmed it up!!

[@violetamayer6298]

It's so rewarding and relaxing to see the 'clean up' 😌 😁👏 everything is looking so healthy and pretty 😍

[@trudimorris8206]

The beautiful heucheras will look perfect in the spot by the elderberry!! So pretty!! 💖🥳

[@gardeningonthewestforkwith8994]

Laura I feel the excitement of pruning back that tree and it’s fabulous opening the space to lower planting and what a lovely tree form! Well done 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻the rise arbors now are more inviting too ready for another flush! Great video on “just do it!!!

[@kristinregine4798]

I love the elderberry project too. Happy you had this idea. And you always have so much great stuff in stock to finish it up pleasantly.

[@anitahadley2871]

Love the trimmed up elderberry. It’s so satisfying to do. I might have exposed a bit more trunk. Your roses are amazing. I just wish mine did half as well as yours.

[@susancole5834]

Love your excitement after pruning when you placed the Heuchera, it’s going to be so pretty!

[@debs7296]

Iced tea and playing with the kids in the a/c sounds great in this heat right!

[@bonniesmith699]

I just love Russel, you’re pretty cool too 😊❤️

[@marinbandel2574]

Ohy!Oh!! A lot of branches came out of that elderberry ! What a massive plant.. great job on it and the roses. Hugs from N.C..

[@pamelacallaway3922]

Beautiful! Love the trimming of the rose arch!

[@choyeonjun]

I love ur videos so much i have been watching it for 2 years but it,s my first comment

[@eileendick8775]

The way you trimmed the elder berry looks gorgeous. I love it. I'm enjoying watching your videos while hibernating inside from our heat wave right now. 110 yesterday.. too hot. Fresno California.

[@carollewinson1555]

What a beautiful transformation!! Love the look of your elderberry. Now that it’s in tree form, will you still prune down to hip height in the spring? Or will future prunings follow tree pruning protocol?

[@Lynne71098]

Love your trim of the elderberry into tree form. It’s okay to experiment and see the difference immediately like that. I trim back several varieties of clematis about Jul 10 in Zone 6 Michigan and they are re-blooming in August for another show so garden experiments are worth a try. Love your excitement.

[@rosealvarado264]

Good morning all have a safe and blessed day

[@jaynebennett3401]

Russell always knows where you are for pets!

[@kitstah9741]

Good morning! 🌻🐝

[@Wuv844]

I don’t know how you do it! I see something that I think is fine but you see it and take it to the next level! Every video is a learning experience!

[@robingrunzweig3940]

isn't that the most satisfying thing? love doing cleanup and then it looks so fresh and lush and gorgeous! i love the elderberry "tree"... what a great idea! can't wait to see what you decide on the fountain... everything is looking fabulous!!! 🙂 ❤ thanks for the video!! 🙂 ❤

[@lexie3905]

I love the videos where you take us along for chores. Something about it is so satisfying to watch! It's super hot where I am too. Hoping that it will come down a bit here soon.

[@alec93estle]

Oh Laura you should definitely do the vista view with the fountain! ⛲ I feel it would fit the formality of the space as well as giving good sound and ambiance. ☺️

[@jenniferhall3321]

Thats exactly how we trim our lilacs. Fantastic sitting area under 2 growing next to each other with thier canopy.

[@katiedc8239]

That's a good idea, maybe putting a small bench under her newly trimmed back Elderberry. I can imagine the beautiful scent of sitting under lilacs, ahhhh!!

[@stephanieblume5448]

That project was satisfying to watch, as it was for you to do. Have you had to prune your Temple of Bloom yet? If not, could you show us when you prune it? Have a great week, everyone!