🌱 Unusual Plants Unboxing ~ Annies Annuals and Perennials 🌱

[@carmenbailey1560]

Thanks for sharing, looking forward to seeing your plants come into their full glory. 👍❤️😊

[@karenhart4316]

Hi Yulia , I am sure your plants will bounce back 👌🧚 you are too experienced for them not too 💗🙌 thank you for sharing these amazing plants with us 🧤👒🦘🐨🇦🇺🥰🌱💐🪴

[@amyhoff1501]

Very nice 👍 shopping,Yulia , can’t wait to see them all in your gardens

[@RevAcres01]

Too much fun in those boxes. A year ago you raved about a plant with Dreadlocks so I ordered seeds and this year added two new plants to my garden. Thanks for encouraging us to think outside the box.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yay!!

[@peggyluna4670]

Tinctoria looks like she’s bowing. So pretty 🤩 Great collection of beautiful goodies.👍💚

[@alexandriamihalcik9202]

The colors are gorgeous Yuli. I really love the purple and blues as well so your choices are right up my alley. Also, if you are working on any projects for clients right now, it would be great to see them!

[@dianem7771]

So many beautiful new plants. Some I've never seen before.

[@vzwick1]

Love all those flowers and lessons learned! Thanks Yulia!

[@calliewalker7740]

Thank you for introducing me to Annie's. I checked out the sight and added a few things to my wishlist. Love your plant choices.

[@victorianladyone4362]

thank you so much for your honesty about growing plants, your exuberance that makes me smile and your incredible talent. How I wish you could help me continue to plan to fill my garden beds in person. Instead I will be looking at this new plant source with great delight. I hope your impatients make it; you need to know that for the last two days mine looklike I've killed them and they have been out in the garden for three weeks. I'm hoping they recover after this heat wave! thank you again and again; just love your channel!

[@ydoyougarden]

I hope so too! I think they will 😊😊

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

They are going to bloom gorgeously 🪴🌺🪴

[@GardenEvolution]

Such a cool assortment! You always get amazing oddballs!

[@ydoyougarden]

I try Brad! 😁😁

[@marthaestrada8125]

Blue and purple are two of my favorite colors for my garden. Love all of your new plants. Please share a future video on their progress once they are established and growing. I hope the 5 foot impatient makes it. I have never seen one that tall. Thank you for sharing your list and good information of your new plants.

[@karinjohnston6568]

Love learning about new plant options!

[@GrannysGarden]

What beautiful plants. I just love the Impatiens Tinctoria, you are right, it totally looks like an orchid flower. Really looking forward to see these ones do their thing this summer!

[@diversegardener392]

This is why I love to watch you. Even though you made a mistake you made lemonade. It shows the real human side of things that happen. I believe all those beautiful plants will do well. Just plant them and they will do their thing. Thanks Yuliya 😊.

[@ydoyougarden]

Fingers crossed!

[@gailbattaglia5800]

I LOVE Annie's Annuals and I'm so lucky that they are driving distance from my house. I don't have most of the plants you purchased even though the majority of my garden came from there. They do indeed have a huge variety of plants many of which they have displayed in their gardens or large pots there. Not surprisingly, I always end up bringing home more plants than I planned on buying. I especially love their large California native section. And now you've given me a new list of plants to buy there! LOL

[@ydoyougarden]

OMG That is awesome! 😊 I would love to visit one day when I am in CA

[@gailbattaglia5800]

@@ydoyougarden If you do get a chance to visit know that it is in a rough, industrial area in Richmond. But that's another part of its charm, how Annie created this beautiful 2+ acre garden oasis transforming a funky urban area and bringing local jobs and birds, bees and butterflies. :-)

[@kathyraidt16]

I loved learning about the new plants and lessons learned.

[@asianangie7209]

I’m always looking for deep blue plants. All your new plants are very pretty.

[@roserizzo3094]

Wow all the flowers are beautiful!

[@janetleeharrison]

I can't wait to see how the "drought-tolerant" varieties do for you. I'm always on the look out for them as the heat & dry spells are what typically kill plants at my house. And if I'm away for a few days, I like to know they will be just fine without me. Thx 4 the unboxing!

[@gardengatesopen]

That first impatiens is AMAZING!!! You're right, it DOES look like an orchid!!! I'm on the same page with you about the "regular" impatiens. I like looking at them in other people's gardens, but they just aren't for me. I have a lot of shade too, I think I need to try this one you've got! It may even be a perennial for me here in zone 8a!!

[@ydoyougarden]

Exactly!!

[@gardengatesopen]

@@ydoyougarden awwww, well... I think this one might NOT work for me here in my hot climate... 😕 Apparently, it does not do so well in the heat. Oh well. This just means I will have to love it vicariously thru YOU and your garden!! Ha!! 😁 (You planned it that way, didn't you!!) 😉 Also - I just spent the past 2 hours perusing thru Annie's Annuals!! What a great online plant source!! Thanks for telling us about it!!! I think I found at least 300 plants I want to buy from them! Now all I have to do is win the lottery!! 😆 😆 😆

[@nanapoppi3]

Wow, what a lovely collection from Annie's. You've given me some great ideas for my garden and love that you share your lessons learned and garden victories.

[@aalejardin]

I just found your site. I garden in Zone 6b in the Hudson Valley -- so happy to find an informative and interesting gardening vlog nearby. I also garden on a terrace in Manhattan Zone 7+ (roof keeps things warm in the winter and I have had a lot of luck with marginally hardy plants plus, no deer!). Yay for interesting plants.

[@gretchennation591]

Love to order from Annie’s because of the unusual plants, too!

[@lindarenwick5079]

Being in California, Annie's is a go to garden center, both online and to the public. Her gardens are planted with specimens so you can see plants in situ. So cool!

[@ydoyougarden]

Would love to visit!! 😁😁😁

[@lindarenwick5079]

@@ydoyougarden You would be in 7th heaven! It's in No Calif so a bit more temperate than here in So CA but so many beautiful plants.

[@donnawalters1661]

I have grown blue horizon ageratum from seed, great plant combines well with so many other plants. Excited to see your blue hibiscus later this season. Thanks for sharing your fails along with your successes.

[@judymiddleswart9350]

Love them all so glad you shared this!! HAPPY GROWING!!!❤️

[@SamSam-kq6qb]

So happy you discovered Annie's. Her nursery is just down the road from me about an hour away and it's must do trip, sometimes twice. So many plants and never enough space in the garden for all her offerings. Be sure to try her Petunia Hybrida. Blooms like crazy!

[@ydoyougarden]

So jealous!

[@stacylesniewski107]

Woah...that Echium is gorgeous!

[@patsytag5703]

Your videos are inspiring and so helpful. Thank you

[@fishmed1]

Great video. I enjoy watching. You have helped so many people. You say the good and the bad. I'm also in zone 6. Thank you for mentioning Anne's I will be ordering from them next season.

[@ydoyougarden]

So happy to help 😊

[@planttasticcookinggardenin1561]

LOL I get what you are saying about the regular bedding plants being boring and "already done". Every year I say I'm going to plant something different in my front round bed and nope because of budget I plant the regular Impatiens. They end up looking amazing in mass and they are very economical for a large bed. I'm in south Jersey zone 6b so I may try those zone 7 impatiens. It might be fun to see if they winter over! :)

[@donnanowik7955]

Aw shucks...I just saw the white heliotrope at a garden center near Lancaster, PA and passed it by, looking for the purple. Didn't know it was more fragrant!

[@lilwilliams7277]

Lovely choice of plants 😍

[@filipinohomegardeningetc.7065]

Nice plants😊

[@anitahadley2871]

Great selection of plants! I’ve always worried about ordering plant from across the country with the heat we’ve been having. But yours seemed to have survived the trip okay.

[@lincasteel-butler531]

Annie's is one of my favorite resources. Changed owners this year, but products are awesome.

[@Wazupiseeyou]

Is that why product prices have gone up?!

[@balletktmc]

Aww, so the famous Annie is no longer the owner?

[@lincasteel-butler531]

@@balletktmc in the catalog that came earlier this year, she introduces the person taking over. I hadn't noticed the prices had gone up much, but then everyone has as they are trying to recoup from Covid.

[@Wazupiseeyou]

@@lincasteel-butler531 Trust me there is nothing to recoup. Nurseries have been doing good since pandemic started. As a matter of fact, I can’t get my hands on some regular 1/2 distribution tubing in local stores.

[@libertyjayne]

I can’t wait to order from them! I have their catalog and was going to put in an order this week, but it’s too hot their website said.

[@carolinamoonslilenglishgar8580]

Thanks for sharing this I've seen lots of plants that I've never heard of I love to learn new plants 😊

[@michelleodell1236]

Great video! I always appreciate someone that is willing to talk about their mistakes so someone else can learn from them. This is the first year I started from seed and for the most part I used the Jiffy seed starting mix. I was so tempted to just use potting soil because I've also heard/read that people have had success. I figured for my first year I should spend the money and use all the "correct" stuff. I'm so glad I did! Thank you again for the video.

[@ydoyougarden]

O good! I wouldn’t want to see gardeners fail 😊😊

[@itsmewende]

Beautiful plants, look forward to seeing them in your gardens. I bought a few things from Annie's as well, they really do have a nice selection. Wish I knew about the Heliotropium, grew some from seed and planted it right along the edge, I'll be moving that today. Love the white, don't remember ever seeing that one for sale, altho not a big surprise where I live.

[@ydoyougarden]

There are a lot of plants that are toxic, in fact a majority, but different levels of toxicity. Heliotrope is the one i won’t play with 😊😊

[@itsmewende]

@@ydoyougarden Good to know, my former mother in law planted one..purple..probably 35 yrs ago now and it's scent was divine. I moved them to a container. Thanks again.!!

[@bernadette1510]

I was so glad to see your video today. This year I decided to be kind to my seeds and instead of using Jiffy mix I opted for the Coast of Maine seed starting mix. It all germinated well but were all stunned at 1” height. My pink flamingo celosia is blooming at 1” height..... lesson learned.

[@laurenwellman2516]

Thank you! Very helpful. I am always looking for new plants especially ones that do well in shade. And I am looking for an annual vine that can handle more shade and now I’ve learned about one. Thank you! 🥰

[@ydoyougarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@franconianable]

I also ordered dahlia merckii about a month ago. It’s growing quickly and even bloomed already. Enjoy!

[@ammorales1524]

Most of what you’ve got there are new to me. Happy to hear they’re polinator attractors. May try to look for them at our local nurseries.

[@amyjones2490]

I use 3/4 potting soil and put coir based seed starting on top adjust depending on size of seed. I found out that impatiens grow easily from seed. I planted underneath my cordylines and when i brought them in for winter they seeded all over my houseplants. I think its cute they do this.

[@Mary.Mercedes]

Asarina scandens 'Joan Lorraine' I grew it from seed this year. VERY feeble finicky grower. Just too cold here in zone 5 I think. It seems to need very light and porous soil and a lot of sun and heat. It sulks and shivers below 70 degrees and in my experience does not like cold nights. This was a bummer. I grow thousands of seeds each year under lights then move to a small greenhouse. This was a bummer. It is related to Morning Glory. HAZZARD Greenhouse has wonderful rare seeds. I always grow Ageratum 'Blue Horizon' from seed. It is so vigorous and easy. My favorite form too. (I also hate the tiny prim Ageratum the local nurseries sell. ) Oh my, I LOVE your Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina' I will have to order it quickly! Verbenas are also under used. Good luck reviving the damaged ones!

[@leiaflash5055]

Your unusual plants look really good. I haven't seen a blue Echium before...I just purchased Echium Red Feathers and I love it! Red with touches of blue and purple. Hopefully the Impatient plant will recover and surprise you :)

[@ydoyougarden]

Ooooo!

[@audreysweeney5338]

Thanks for sharing.

[@summer8080]

Finally, new camera! Love your video even more now!

[@ydoyougarden]

Actually the same camera for the past year. KZbin for some reason always publishes my videos in low res 😳 I guess they fixed it now. Yay!!

[@emkn1479]

I’d buy those impatiens on super clearance 😆 I think they’ll be fine. Definitely update us! The asarina reminds me of lofos, which is gorgeous, and I used to buy locally but the nursery shut down 😕 Thanks for all the lessons learned! I tried soil blocks for the first time and had a rough go. It was a tough seed starting experience in general.

[@ydoyougarden]

Thank you! 😊

[@adz5bneweng589]

If you like ageratum try: Conoclinium coelestinum, commonly called mistflower, which is a late summer to fall-blooming herbaceous perennial native to the Eastern US. Looks like annual ageratum and grows 1.5 to 3 ft tall and is hardy to zone 5.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, the coelestinum is on my list 😊

[@emmalavenham]

This is a great suggestion! Thank you!

[@DS-rf7si]

I'm in CA zone 10 and I order often from Annie's Annuals. I also got the blue bedder that you got. In the past, I did receive 1 plant that didn't make it from Annie's. Take a picture and submit to them, they may refund that plant. Happy gardening🌻🌱

[@ydoyougarden]

It was totally my fault, I put them out in the sun too soon 😭😭

[@ginafriend1690]

If dogs or cats can fly ... 😁 Thanks for the lessons and reviews! 🥰 Best wishes!

[@ydoyougarden]

Hope not 😂😂

[@donnanowik7955]

I think only pigs can do that...

[@saraw8503]

I bought seeds of Asarina this year. I got only one plant. But it is alive and I am hopeful to get blooms. I also started the taller ageratum and those plants are thriving.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yay!

[@betsymaltby6788]

I always water my shipped plants as soon as I receive them and give them a day or 2 to acclimate before I plant. However, this NJ Heatwave has been awful! No matter how much I water (and even the dump of rain we got yesterday didn't help), some of my annuals that I planted from seed (snapdragons, calendula) cannot handle these temps. So frustrating! We're not supposed to have heatwaves in early June!! ugh!

[@kapa0224]

Please update how Impatiens Tinctoria smells in the evening, it sounds lovely! Thank you.

[@lisawalters5482]

How pretty. I haven’t heard of any of those. What is the whitish long branch, dropping plant behind you? It’s glorious there with its long branches and drooping shape. I love your garden. God bless. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

[@ydoyougarden]

Kolkwitzia 😊😊

[@ReesoomPal]

if you keep it well watered the impatiens might bounce back. I had transplanted some balsam in the high 90s and thought they were a goner but some shade and water revived some of them. Good luck!

[@ydoyougarden]

I hope so!

[@francineh.7825]

Hopefully the heat affected plants bounce back for you!

[@Bamboo4U2]

She's not exaggerating about the heat either. The temperatures in NJ this week are SCORCHING hot.

[@RebeccaWhite30]

Saving this for next year’s order!

[@JJ-gt2po]

Always wanted to try some of Annie’s plants but not to sure! I will certainly take another look! What is the draping white blooming plant behind you! Beautiful! I just ordered a Fairytrail Bride cascading hydrangea, 31/2 x4.

[@ydoyougarden]

That’s Kolkwitzia 😊

[@cynthiabercaw3462]

Garden lessons are important and thank you for sharing. I wonder if anyone here could share more lessons?

[@tinamarieussery3063]

Lively plants i will have to check them out i am in Indiana and zone 6 as well

[@bellarosa009]

Same thing happened with my Asarina seeds. I think we watched the same video. I would cut off the dead parts of the impatiens plants. They are beautiful!

[@ydoyougarden]

Haha! There is always next year 😂

[@bellarosa009]

@@ydoyougarden yes!! I also tried growing for the first time ever, the cathedral bells vine. Have you ever tried growing them? My plants are small for now. I think I need to fertilize them over the weekend. Check them out!!

[@emmalavenham]

Thank you for sharing! Can you update us on your Sanguisorba hakusanensis Lilac Squirrel? We are infusing a bit of the High Line into one of our borders - by adding in some filipendula, persicaria, sanguisorba, veronicastrum -- and "hula dancer" pale purple coneflower to extend the season through the summer months.. Our drifts of sanguisorba are just starting to bud!

[@ydoyougarden]

It’s about to bloom!!! I see the buds and can’t contain myself 🤣🤣

[@denisedelgado3350]

The plants will be just fine, you have the roots and some life.. add some Espoma bio-tone and it’ll bulk right up! ☺️

[@willaerley7140]

Sorry about the Impatiens. I once ripped a climbing hydrangea out of the ground and chucked it in the woods because I thought it was a weed. 😱 Anyone else want to share their garden mistakes?

[@mercury_rising]

My mom thought my Midnight Masquerade penstemon was a grass/weed and pulled it out earlier this Spring. I was so mad since I can’t even find it now. Oh well. I got over it. 😁

[@orchidgarden3124]

I’ve ripped up plants in the spring that I thought were weeds, but were perennials I planted and forgot about. I try to be careful to label now.

[@christinezarvis4761]

My husband accidentally unleashed goutweed into one of my beds! When I asked Roger Swain (remember him from the Victory Garden tv show?) how to get rid of it, he answered, “Move.”

[@willaerley7140]

This is like therapy. Glad I’m not alone. 😁

[@planttasticcookinggardenin1561]

hmmm where do I start?? My biggest embarrassment is that I planted chinese wysteria and trumpet vine on one of my trellises, I'm still paying the price 20 years later. Although my husband has become quite the rogue plant hunter because of it :)

[@startlistening2021]

I did the same thing with some plants I ordered. Not sure if I can salvage them. Lesson learned. I would love instructions on the process of hardening off plants.

[@angelicasharp2380]

I did the same with all my seeds. I had 30+ gallons winter sowing and only two succeeded. I’m a new gardener so I don’t have much experience. You inspired me to winter sow based on one of your videos . Unfortunately I took advice from somewhere else about not needing seed starting soil. Lesson learned for sure. 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@verawallace9055]

I used potting soil with great success, like 80% or more ,miracle grow was soil I used

[@ydoyougarden]

Unfortunately didn't work for me, but I did try 😊😊

[@sarahtunks]

Love Annies but I wish their shipping wasn't so ridiculously high!

[@kfrankism]

Nice video. Lavatera trimestris 'Pink Blush' - how did it grow for you? I want to try it. Annie's Annuals is close by in my Zone 9b.

[@fabioleonhardt]

Hibisco 😲todos mundo lindos

[@alicedent8864]

I bought so many plants for my shade garden on this past Saturday. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to plant yesterday. I’m in zone 6, in northern N.J., where we are sweltering from heat.🥵 Have you ever planted Toad Lily? The flowers look like orchids, and it’s a perennial. Hopefully, it cools off‼️

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, have a toad lily and love it!

[@emmalavenham]

Toad lilies - like Sinonome are tough as nails, surprisingly -- even here in Northern New England. BTW My gilt edge toad lilies could not care less that it is 96 degrees today, they are growing so fast right now.

[@monawolfe]

Yulia, by chance did you use organic potting mix? Last year I had amazing success w winter sowing using regular old Miracle grow potting mix but this year I got fancy & used organic Miracle grow mix... not only I had much worse germination & lost several varieties I had house full of gnats!! I think there’s some kind of fungi in organic mixes that may have caused this. That’s my theory anyway.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, that can make a difference. Wintersowing is easier with regular soil, plants outdoors just 'figure it out'. Starting indoors is a whole different story 😊😊

[@rewbew9345]

A friend of mine has bought from Annie’s a few times. She’s always pleased with their plants. I gifted my mom an Annie’s gift certificate last year and she bought for the first time too, was also pleased. I have not take the plunge yet! My garden tends to lean towards the formal look, not cottage look so I hesitate buying anything I haven’t seen yet. Can anyone recommend something from there that can be in a more formal garden?

[@ydoyougarden]

I heard their trailing petunia is the the bomb! 😊

[@Bamboo4U2]

Hey Yulia. I must've missed the zone for that last verbena. I'm too lazy to google it. Is it perennial here in NJ? Thx. 👍

[@ydoyougarden]

Couldn’t find the zone but it said hardy to 20-24 F, so we should be fine 🤷‍♀️

[@Denise_B17]

Do you have a link for the plants. I would love to check them out.

[@ritasicari7518]

Just google.

[@ydoyougarden]

In the description 😊

[@lakdarsaidi7458]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🌷

[@mylesraymond7364]

Maybe I missed it, but how much did it cost to ship those plants clear across the country?? I'm guessing a small fortune.

[@ShadowNight-kt3dz]

I think I’ve read there are impatiens hardy to zone 6 or even 5 but I don’t remember the species

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, I remember now!

[@jjjohnston545]

What’s that beautiful white looking plant that’s blooming in the background?

[@ydoyougarden]

There is feverfew and Kolkwitzia 😊

[@jjjohnston545]

@@ydoyougarden thanks. I think it’s the Kolkwitzia

[@trishcomey6322]

Unless there are flying dogs or cats . . . . What’s the point . . . You do make me smile

[@ydoyougarden]

😂😂

[@wildflower6070]

Hi! Can you please tell me the name of your plant with the dainty white flowers in the background. I like your plant haul and thanks for sharing those tips.

[@ydoyougarden]

Feverfew 😊😊

[@christinetrewin9717]

I managed to kill new plants by over watering and putting in the shade ,it works both ways, as you say lesson learnt 😁😎🇫🇷

[@pitaontiveros3602]

What is the name of the Dahlia that is 9ft tall and zone

[@ydoyougarden]

Dahlia imperialis 😊😊

[@toddwynn9582]

Just came across your channel and enjoyed the shade garden video 👍 Check out Jack Barnwell’s channel if you haven’t already.We live in Michigan and go to Mackinac Island every year.Also type in Garden Answers Mackinac Island and she walks through an amazing garden with Jack at a cottage next to the Grand Hotel that is unreal.Also Iroquois Hotel.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes! Watched a number of times 😊😊

[@eniayermi4914]

Hey Yuliya! I really love your videos! Recently I found a website that sells iPhone cases. The products are sooo beautiful, I want to send them to you. But unfortunately, I have no idea with your phone model. So plz tell me that, and I will pick some cases for you.

[@yonokzeller5402]

🤭😔🤞🏽👍🏽🙏

[@rosegreensite]

Be careful with heliotrope. My dog almost died from eating it.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, I love it and only grow it in a window box

[@katiekane5247]

Unusual is great but why not look for interesting, local natives? Way less overall work & better for our environment. I DO grow non-natives but I'm very careful about their placement. I have heliotrope in a big, raised container right by our door. The fragrance greets you, coming or going. I've never had an issue with dogs or cats eating toxic plants, my cats favorite "salad" is my seed grown anise hyssop "Golden Jubilee", a short lived perennial in my zone 7 area. I have twice been an unintentional eco-terrorist by planting something that got invasive despite being assured it wouldn't. I'm much more inclined to watch natives for a season now & judiciously move/divide them where they can be better appreciated. I'm going on an approved plant rescue tomorrow with Georgia Native Plant Society, a new housing development will destroy most of 60 acres of a N. Georgia ridge. Hoping to rehome as many as we can before they're bulldozed. Great way to garden, learn, network, support ecosystems & best of all, get free plants!

[@ydoyougarden]

Wow that is so interesting - Plant rescue! 😃😃 I should do a video on natives because I absolutely adore them! and have many in my garden. Just to name a few Aruncus, Baptisia, Echinacea pallida and purpurea, Agastache, Amsonia, Dicentra eximia, Liatris, Eupatoriums, Veronicastrum, Monardas, Tiarella, Thalictrum, Trilliums, Angelica atropurpureum, Rudbeckia maxima, Penstemons - three types, Asters and eurybias, Gillenia, Ferns (Ostrich, Royal, Sensitive and maidenhair,) Native grasses like Panicum and Little blue stem, Five different types of milkweeds - just added a whorled one, can’t wait for it to bloom, Oakleaf hydrangeas, Gaultheria, Allspice, Clethra, Hamamelis, Dogwoods, Redbud. I have to work on my ephemeral game so I added Mertensia and uvularia this spring. Ordered some geums and jeffersonia too. Even so the most valuable natives we have in the garden are oaks. According to Doug Tallamy if anything plant trees!

[@katiekane5247]

@@ydoyougarden many areas have Native Plant Societies, glad to see you grow so many. I'm almost 2 years into reforming a half acre, letting flowering natives come back & supporting the grasses that belong here. I try to make up for all the "wild" that gets lost to development. It's a legacy that will outlast us.

[@sonyarogersmissmagic8587]

Why do they keep calling purple blue???? I hate that.

[@ydoyougarden]

Yes, those looked kind of lilac purple to me but in the description it’s blue purple 🙈