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[@elisecurran9497]

You have so many plants that have a loose structure and need support, that it might be good to put actual physical supports here and there, and they could break up all the green 'disorder'. For instance, you could use little sections of fencing; there are so many different sizes and materials, and you could arrange them to support some of those tall, wispy plants, and as little borders between sections. I was thinking how cute little white picket fence sections (like a couple of feet long) would be in a cottage-type setting. Along your very front border with your street, how about the blue-eyed grass I saw in one of your other videos? It looks a lot like a border grass we have, but ours doesn't have the beautiful blue flowers--that could be really nice and orderly-looking along the street where everyone will see it.

[@cindythompson1958]

Stone borders would be beautiful ❤

[@WildFloridian]

I’m really liking that idea to create nice contrast!

[@mistycarter9809]

I agree or round stone boulders.

[@cindywoods4645]

I think if you moved the trellis's to the backyard you could see your beautiful home and see more of the native plant design.

[@stephaniem5142]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@bobbiewanish998]

I did the impulse plant shopping today, and you made me feel so much better with this video! Yaaay! 😆😆 Thank you so much for what you do! Your channel is so educational and enjoyable.

[@phloxfarms6595]

Bees love tea bush, I have thousands on mine. Also consider a sweet almond.

[@kigeliakitten]

Tomato cages work really well to hold up goldenrods.

[@nancynally]

Why not paint some bricks the same color as your house and use them as the hardscape for your front garden? It would tie the design to the house and bricks are super easy to move around if you decide to make changes!

[@ElectricDogWoodworking]

I was also thinking bricks would be perfect! Especially for an English cottage vibe

[@Gillheather]

Stone walls are very English cottage. They don't have to be tall or wide. Plus they would make bees and spiders etc super happy.

[@marilynearl6887]

Maybe a stone border/walkway

[@WildFloridian]

I love that idea!

[@harveydbz]

love this - to wander around the garden!

[@sarajayne8214]

I like the concrete edging, rocks, pavers and bricks. I have various ones depending on the area and function.

[@domkat1984]

And what about having some clover instead of grass so that it you'll have the low growth where the grass used to be, but still be awesome for bees? Or is clover not a thing so much here. I've only lived here 4 months and you have been teaching me so SO much!

[@J_e_s_s_i_c_a_C]

💯 this whole intro is me! 😂😂😂

[@domkat1984]

Let that crepe myrtle grow!!!!!! I love them. It might grow faster now that it has more sunshine too. I don't know...

[@lizbiancoismydesignsherpa]

Little white l shaped fences to frame the corners. Very cottage

[@GrowingFoodMadeEasy]

Our central Florida food forest pathways are covered in Spanish needle/bidens alba. The bees prefer it over almost everything in my yard lol

[@johnliberty3647]

Your garden/grounds looks better than anything here in Putnam County, we didn’t get a rainy season this year. My first year in Florida and all the trees I planted are sad. It’s a good thing I am lazy and most my trees are still in pots sitting in water basins so I can water them from below.

[@catherinecarreiro3955]

Something that’s a structure. Rough natural looking fence. Or sculpture that allows to have growth on it.

[@ChristopherJohnsonArtist]

My thoughts are that without that flamboyant tree in the front you are missing a focal point. Also it would be useful to design boundaries though paths. Perhaps pea gravel with some kind of edging.

[@cudjoekey2334]

I am thinking you need a fountain in front of and in between the trellises. This will provide a water feature for your birds, butterflies and pollinators. Edit: I agree with a previous poster that it would be great if you have the room and sun to put the trellises in the backyard. Or create a hard structure like a pergola there so they can grow up there and the vines look like it should be there. 😊

[@Leekle2ManE]

My personal issue with putting birdbaths in unprotected areas is that they become deathtraps for birds if there are any roaming neighborhood cats.

[@goodenoughmn]

It is me. 🙋🏻‍♀️ I impulse buy and then leave sitting on the patio for weeks 😅 we must be related…

[@Mobmaster-pw3mz]

I recommend using logs to boarder the garden beds

[@colleenmcbride3656]

I love your content so much! I'm in Arizona zone 9b but with only a tiny amount of growing space.

[@WildFloridian]

Howdy from Florida! :D

[@Leekle2ManE]

To define the two arch beds, perhaps use some coquina rock? I've heard it can be sourced from excavation/construction sometimes, but have yet to encounter this myself. And now that the sunshine mimosa has more access to light on the left side, it might start pushing into the neighbor's yard. I quite like mimosa myself, but it can be quite intrusive into neighboring properties and once the underground runners get a hold in those properties... well... hope the neighbors like pompoms in their turf! (Edit)Hmm... an idea that popped in my head as you were talking about not wanting to block the window... use the two quarter circle beds at the front of the space to plant your taller wildflowers and the teabush and another bushy plant in the other bed... then move your taller plants to the left or right of the yard and keep lower stuff in the center. From the street this would give the impression of framing the house/yard, allowing the lower growing wildflowers to shine more, the pumpkin could be dead-center as a 'statement piece' and the taller plants on the left and right would also shade out and hinder the mimosa from escaping. This would mean a massive overhaul of the space, which I wouldn't envy, but the 'structure' would evoke a sense of classic design and not look so chaotic. (Edit 2)For me, facing of a new plant all has to do with putting the most aesthetically pleasing side in the direction I expect it to be viewed from most. The track of the sun varies so much from all south in the winter when there is not much growth to overhead and a little north in the summer. If anything, I might face a fuller side away from any nearby west/east shade. (Edit 3) I almost purchased Lantana camara "Rolled Gold" or "New Gold" years back because it was labeled as sterile, but I did some reading and at the time UF had stated that the cultivar had something like a 1% chance of generating viable seed and the offspring of that seed would be faithful to the original L. camara plant. So 1 out of 100 berries had a chance of starting a new run of invasives. Got to be really careful with 'sterile' cultivars. L. montevidensis I grew though, since it was described as propagating by runners and not by seed and I have yet to see L. montevidensis in the wild. L. camara is everywhere...

[@mwnemo]

I vote a few more raised beds in the front as well with large paver/stone paths Edit: pavers get taken over by ground covers maybe not a good idea.

[@opheliaflful]

For a physical divider I like the idea of chippy kind of natural rock/slate pavers/tiles but put them in the ground like vertical? Like toothy natural rocky lol. I soooo described that kinda sketchy lol.

[@HagalUlfr]

I need to get back down to Wilcox Nursery over there and get a bunch of native flowers :(. I bought native to the US flower seeds and am growing them, but some native florida flowers would be nice for our yard. You can use the plastic garden separator stuff to zone off your stuff. I have used it for two beds of ours and our black berry bush.

[@Dawn-di1qs]

yes, a defined border for sure.

[@SouthernLatitudesFL]

You already have so many great suggestions. I find Florida so difficult in the respect that when things aren't blooming, everything is GREEN. So hard to make sections. I used fencing and stones to help. And I have some grass too.

[@charlesfarley3299]

We vote stone. I think stone walls would be great and imagine that Seminole pumpkin climbing over it and draping over it.

[@kelliwebb2870]

You should mulch around every plant you planted today. Big slate stones would be awesome as a walkway. That will tidy it up some and then when you get the pumpkin vine in the area you want it that will no longer be an issue. It isn’t going to happen in a minute. It takes time and sometimes a lot of intentional effort.😊

[@CristalMermaid]

I have a few suggestions: 1. Make paths through the garden using some kind of edging and gravel or pavers. Use weed fabric under it. 2. Get rid of the pumpkin, plant it in the backyard. 3. Create garden “islands” by putting mulch around plants and plant areas. 4. Prune all the shrubs and give them some kind of shape. 5. Move the trellises to the backyard, that will open up the garden. If it is not an option plant them with flowering vines. 6. Add roses, Swamp rose (Rosa palustris) is a native but you have to plant it in a big pot or planter because it spreads underground. I hope this helps, good luck with your garden!

[@juliannegill5486]

Have you considered making mini tree guilds in those 2 quarter circles using your taller natives or a fruit tree (pruned to keep it small) as the centerpiece? Then you could create a small "hedge" out of wild blueberries to control the sprawl? Oh, BTW- I found out that citrus can be pruned into a hedge. Lol. Edible hedge!

[@patdelaney191]

Pumpkin's can be grown on trellis if well tied in. Fruits cas be supported with cheap washed tights.

[@stephaniefuller]

Boxwoods, I think this would look awesome and definitely bring order to your beautiful wildflower garden.

[@WildFloridian]

I really do need order! 😝 I’m looking up inspiration bibs of boxwoods!

[@kigeliakitten]

I think you could shear wild lime into a hedge. I haven’t tried it yet, but I want to.

[@harveydbz]

i've wondered about using simpson stoppers as a boxwood style hedge

[@kigeliakitten]

@@harveydbz there is a “dwarf” cultivar that is fuller and might work better. They can be sheared. The lowest I have seen them is about three feet.

[@harveydbz]

@@kigeliakittenthanks. I look into that!

[@lisataylor4384]

If you go with a stone walkway you could also place a few nice pots with some height and color along the walkway. That would add another level and color to the sea of green when things are not in bloom. And add the possibility of switching out what is in the pots. Hey, you could use them as temporary homes for impulse buys that you haven’t found permanent homes for 😂

[@honeybee52000]

Stone and wood picket-style fence portions, would keep the cottage essence. Orderly wild, not chaotic wild. 😅 And yes, i do the same thing buying potted plants and then taking **a while** to get them in the ground. Thanks for normalizing it!😊

[@kigeliakitten]

To keep the sunshine mimosa out of the wildflower area you need a good barrier. You also have to keep on top of it; once it starts rooting it is hard to get out.

[@mwnemo]

1. More raised beds 😊 2. Raised pond feature, use the electrical line going to your light in the circle hedge for the pump. 3. Extend the trellises out.

[@mwnemo]

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[@TheJawa05]

I just recently finished making a dry creek to feed a rain garden. I know that your area appears to be pretty close to the road, but something like a dry creek could help move moisture to where you want and add a border at the same tims

[@yesidtac7863]

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[@freddking4389]

Jacqueline, you're soil is sooo dark. All the mulch really does a great job. I noticed that early in the video. I have used stone vs mulch in the flower garden. I have used marble stone which is pretty dark and white stone. The dark stone does get hotter than the white stone but really didn't notice any difference in the growth of plants. Great video today. Thank you.

[@kigeliakitten]

If you hold the plant and gently tap around the top of the pot, it is a lot gentler on the roots.

[@champagnegardening5182]

I impulse buy, leave them in pots and some never make it into the ground 😢

[@debbiey9452]

I bought scarlet sage and the white sage but couldn’t find the pink one. Well, with the red and white one in the same flower bed, I now have the pink one volunteering. They must cross pollinate. I love your wild looking yard! Natural stones or grey brick to match your house color would look nice as a border.

[@juliannegill5486]

Impulse buying plants. Yep... that sounds familiar. Lol.

[@WildFloridian]

LOL! 😂 I’m glad I’m not the only one.

[@lsipp2889]

Yep, this is me, too. LOL. I"m currently struggling with 8 natives I just bought, have to find a place to put them!! I had no idea I was buying water-loving plants in an otherwise dry yard. :(

[@inchristalone25]

That buttonsage was looking sad when you pulled on it! I planted one this summer and after a big storm a couples months later it almost fell over, had to stake it up, so I guess their root systems are a bit more delicate than other shrubs.

[@jenborn5358]

I think maybe it’s “too wild” 😂 my yard has areas that are very manicured with wild flowers in it, but not overtaking it. And then I have the wildflower area where there are very few “manicured” areas. This way you can keep track of things 😂

[@jenborn5358]

And use metal edging 😊

[@bonniebutler311]

HELP! I'm not new to Florida, 23 years. I do live in a 55+ mobile home so I have limited garden space. We have lawn service, so I can plant flowers and plants around my mobile home, but nothing in my front yard and the back yard and sides are really non existing. I have Aloe, some kind of purple grown cover that has very small pink flowers, that are taking over. I fir the first time planted Eastern sunflowers from seed love them! What could I add for flowers? Possibly Zinnas? Thanks love your yard! 🌸 🌻

[@cudjoekey2334]

I’ve been in FL for 25 years, specifically South Florida, but you will learn that all plants that are for your area will take over. Your ground cover loves it there and it’s providing flowers for the pollinators which you want. You just need to have it manicured regularly.

[@estherzaiback7390]

Can you walk on the sunshine mimosa without destroying it? I am trying to grow it in my garden instead of grass.

[@cynthiab.5266]

Definitely. I walk on mine all the time and am on it while weeding and it’s fine.

[@fonetones1]

Are you located in zone 10a or 9b