10 Tips for a Low Maintenance Garden
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Күн бұрынLet’s face it. There is no such thing as a no maintenance garden. Not one worth having anyway! But there are ways we can make even an established garden far less labor-intensive. Here are 10 ideas I have discovered over the years that make gardening easier with less work.
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@Jackteal1 2 жыл бұрын
Invest in rain barrels...it saves water bill and the plants grow better!!
@tia1629 2 жыл бұрын
Perfect timing..coffee break 😊. Happy Mother's Day Linda to all of my garden friends that are Mother's!! 💐
@judyshallstrom415 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you.🌷🌷🌷
@dorothytaylor5480 2 жыл бұрын
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@bronwynodonnell8548 2 жыл бұрын
It’s taken me about 55 years to realise it’s time for a change in my garden style. Like you I love a lush garden, but I’m starting to replace soft green foliage with hardy scales and reducing my pots. I’m getting ready for my transition from early 70s to the inevitable older age 😱🇦🇺Bronwyn
@chessmaster4750 Жыл бұрын
I bet you your garden will keep you healthy and nimble! 🌹
@judyshallstrom415 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 9/10, costal south,, mid Florida. My best tip is to get up early. Stop in mid day, continue in the early evening. Use bulbs generously, caladiums are beautiful and colorful and can stay in the ground here all year.
@DulceN 2 жыл бұрын
I guess you don’t have squirrels, voles or gophers over there. One year I planted a total of 1,100 bulbs of many different types to keep the color throughout the growing season and they were all gone (except for a few daffodils) in a matter of 3-4 years. I live in SE Virginia.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
So so much depends on the conditions where we garden!
@jesscastro4183 2 жыл бұрын
Yep! I get out about 5:30-6:00 am to beat the heat, wasps and afternoon downpours (7b va)
@marysnow4561 2 жыл бұрын
Also in Florida are soil is mostly sand have to implement good soil every 6 months due to our rainy season, if you have a large backyard it can be costly $
@phackdaphish 2 жыл бұрын
I wake up 9am, water my plants, then I go back to bed.
@sherryo.6600 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in zone 6b and my best tip is to pull weeds after every rain while I do a walkabout. I only pull them little by little by "zones" on specific days. If your grdens are broken up in daily zones it helps to not feel overwhelmed. Also using "living ground covers " helps.
@Ash_9 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 9B Northern California. My tip for a new gardener is to try and find climatically appropriate dupes whenever you want to put in a high maintenance plant. It's much easier long term to put in something like a Hydrangea quercifolia or Hydrangea paniculata than a Hydrangea macrophylla. My other tip is to not be afraid to pull plants out that aren't working. I am guilty to trying to baby struggling plants along when I could just replace them with a new plant or a different plant and in turn save myself so much effort and work.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
You are so right!!!
@jeanniecollier6763 2 жыл бұрын
Main tip is : Cardboard to kill weeds and to keep weeds at bay!! Also, I only plant bulbs that will come back year after year and I can just mulch over the winter.
@jeriwebb700 2 жыл бұрын
I learned this lesson when i dug out all the crabgrass in my front yard without killing the weeds first. I covered the area with weed cloth and bark. Then the crabgrass grew back! This was a hard lesson to learn. It was so pretty. Now I have to start all over again!
@vernellevale2226 2 жыл бұрын
How do you use cardboard to kill weeds?
@lindaplumley4060 2 жыл бұрын
I just learned about cardboard and WOW! It certainly worked for me. I was so pleasantly pleased that I will always use it now. My Walmart will save cardboard for me, free of charge.
@entropyhappens4660 2 жыл бұрын
Ditto on the cardboard. I put it down esp in the fall in an area thats a new bed or weedy one and add compost clippings or mulch on top. Let it go all winter. I also use it all year around in addition to 4+ layers of newspaper covered with some kind of mulch.
@karenkincaid174 2 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love that Stewart is talking more in your videos!
@lauradissinger5404 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother’s Day! I’m in zone 5 and my best tip is to group plants together by water and sun requirements. Also, if you know a plant will need staked, do it before the plant gets too big, it’s much easier.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@lesliekendall5668 2 жыл бұрын
I found out your first tip the hard way. Decided to do the "permaculture" thing and had water loving berries and perennial veggies on an "island" with a hazelnut tree (that likes it dry) and almost killed the nut tree.
@MsBridgesSocial 2 жыл бұрын
I'm new to gardening but I have an architectural background. One thing so many people miss is convenient and ample storage. I plan to add small storage sheds and accessories that allow storage throughout my garden space. For example, my sideyard is 6 ft by 45 ft. There's an AC unit in the center. I added a 2.5 ft brick pathway and had enough room to install a 2.5 ft by 5 ft storage shed next to the AC unit. It's in full shade, so it still leaves me plenty of room in the morning sun and afternoon sun areas for planting things as well. I also have a Suncast hose wall mounted reel that has a storage box for hose parts. So adding storage in different parts of the garden for maintenance will make life a lot easier for me.
@maryeliason1504 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there. Have a lovely day. ❤️🌹🎁
@bubbles6124 2 жыл бұрын
I live in High Desert California. I use thick bark mulch, at least 3" to conserve water and prevent weeds. Soil ammendment when planting. Some of my pots in my patio garden (use moisture control potting soil for all) I plant some annuals as I like to have some blasts of color to look at while sitting on my patio. My peaceful place.
@vickibailey 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 8b drip irrigation
@lindaplumley4060 2 жыл бұрын
I want to incorporate drip irrigation this year, but am so intimidated.
@lindaortolano7837 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Linda, Unfortunately I really can't contribute to all of your great tips!! I only wish I could have had someone to follow with your knowledge 50 years ago!! New gardeners are so lucky to be able to learn from you!!! I know my gardens would have certainly looked different!! Thank you for all of your really great information! Hi Stewart! Have a wonderful day! :)
@libbymiller5240 2 жыл бұрын
Well, I have started my "binge" watching ( in no particular order)...LOL! Well, I am starting from scratch, pretty much, at our new home. I LOVE your tips on low-maintenance gardening and plan to definitely take your advice as I am really into a more relaxed lifestyle both inside and out! This summer, however, I am only planting in pots. This renovation has been quite the journey if you will, and I am going to spend this year just relaxing and making plans for future gardens and such. I really have enjoyed just shopping for really beautiful pots and filling them with herbs, and multiple annuals. I have gone with a softer color palette, using lots of soft pink petunias, ivy, lantana, blue salvia, white geraniums, and the most precious white lobelia, with a little blue center. I am enjoying my coffee on the covered porch, in the mornings, overlooking my flower pots! Hey, at this point, I am just thankful to be in 1 spot!! Oh, how wonderful it is to watch you and Stewart again! Now I truly feel like I have come HOME! Much love and blessings to you both! Oh, and I LOVE the Jackie O. "shout out"!! I have read so many books about her life and the life of the Kennedy women...Fascinating reads!
@myperfectlyimperfectgarden7233 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 7b Lawton, OK. YAY Stewart! Thank you for asking the questions I would have asked! I didn't think Linda could get any better, but your engagment with her, makes it even more interesting and educational. Love it!
@charliecat1976 2 жыл бұрын
I’ve eliminated all pots with less than a 10 inch circumference. Using bigger pots allows them to be watered by a drip system. The downside is that I can’t always hide the drip irrigation. For instance with a topiary. But not having to water them AND being able to be out of town without a plant sitter is the trade-off.
@chessmaster4750 Жыл бұрын
I run the irrigation hose under the pot inside the bottom hole of the pot feeding it through to the top of the pot. Then add your soil.
@lianeabeyta4515 2 жыл бұрын
since I am in drought prone California, my beneficial low maintenance change was putting in a dry creek bed through my front yard . It is banked on each side with green flowering shrubs and evergreens. Seasonally I do add some annual color. But it really took up at least a third of the yard that I no longer have to prune or plant or deadhead or fertilize. Yet with all the green is doesn't look dry at all.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Smart
@patriciawalker1787 2 жыл бұрын
8a I’m trying to put in drip systems and more stone and shrubs in beds.
@teresalegacy7099 2 жыл бұрын
Linda: you are a gardening genius! I have learned so many valuable tips in the past few videos that I have already put into action. I feel like I am watching a master class in gardening each and everytime I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.🇨🇦🌷
@jeriwebb700 2 жыл бұрын
I totally agree!! She is brilliant!
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you dear!
@venietatum9354 2 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly!
@juliecarns 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, well stated!
@amysoutheastga1718 2 жыл бұрын
Drip irrigation on a timer. Game changer!
@susanschellberg4509 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 7a. My tip is to break my garden into manageable segments and work on one area at a time. Feels less overwhelming that way. When weeding I set a timer for 15 minutes. Sometimes I do several 15 minute blocks but even one makes a big difference. I discovered the hori hori knife from one of your videos and it has been an enormous help in pulling out the dreaded invasive cordata or bishops weed.
@bensturges7412 2 жыл бұрын
I too find this helpful. I try to clean up an area right before its prime be that bloom or foliage.
@lindagreiss4093 2 жыл бұрын
Linda. These were fantastic tips! I do a lot of them already. I am 7b zone & my tip is to mulch really well! Yes, this is time consuming yet reduces the amount of watering needed & reduces odds of losing plants. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!
@shanachrisman6638 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mom’s Day! I recently learned that all geraniums should be snapped off at the very base junction of the stem, rather than pinched. If they are pinched, then the plant still sends energy to the stub. Bonus is that you don’t have all those dry stubs after they die.
@hollyraymond3639 2 жыл бұрын
My Zone 10 garden in Southern California loves cacti and succulents. Converting to these plant groups was a game changer, both in maintenance and water use.
@kathrynmettelka7216 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your tips. Mine is plant more trees, bushes, perennials, plants that re-seed, and plants that naturalize. Essentially plant only favorite annuals and plant them for greatest effect so you can plant fewer of them. Digging is hard work.
@reneenorth2304 2 жыл бұрын
Stewart asks the best questions!
@carolynboardwine1518 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Linda, I love your videos, you are an amazing gardener and more importantly a wonderful human being. We need more Linda Vaters in this world.. My tip would be to invest in garden tools that preform better and don’t wear you out maintaining your flower gardens. I just bought a little tool called a Hori Hori. It can cut through roots, help divide hosta’s, iris, astilbes, pry out weeds like dandelion and many others types. I am dividing and giving away a lot of my hosta’s and other plants that multiply so I don’t have as many in my landscape to take care of. The Hori Hori is my new favorite tool!
@venietatum9354 2 жыл бұрын
Where did you get your tool??
@carolynallaire9207 Жыл бұрын
I live in Tallahassee, FL and love my hori hori!😊
@loriwilson5617 2 жыл бұрын
I am new here, but I am a fellow OKC resident!! One of my best tips is to do a little bit every single day. Pull a few weeds, deadhead, or water every day.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@lindahyatt3935 2 жыл бұрын
LOVE hearing Stuart's voice. Not only does he have a wonderful speaking voice, he asks questions I was thinking about. It also adds another layer of interest to the videos.
@AmericanaGardens 2 жыл бұрын
Ground covers like ajuga and lameian
@meredithjohanson8535 2 жыл бұрын
Respect what the tag says about mature size. Don’t put a future 4 foot plant in a 2 foot space
@margaretmojica8190 2 жыл бұрын
Sometimes the weather gets warmer for several years and the Brugmansia (Angel Trumpet) Tecoma stans (Esperanza Bush) have not had a frost in the last 4 winters and are over 12 feet tall, instead of the 5 feet the tag said. Our winters are supposed to get down to 27 degrees at night but lately barely make it to 33 degrees.
@annakozlowski4837 2 жыл бұрын
Not be afraid to not use all the pots I have like you Linda I have a plethora of clay pots that look nice stacked and not used and doing a good tidy in spring and fall. Thank You Sweet Ladies for all your tips🌹❣️💐Mothers Day Blessings.🥰
@FrediOlson 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in Midlothian, VA, zone 7a. For me drip irrigation has truly been a maintenance saver. I'm originally from CA, so I know about saving water, and drip is all about that. While there is still some maintenance to make sure all the tubes and drippers are functional, it really saves time not having to drag a hose around and through the garden beds.
@benthere64 2 жыл бұрын
I live in the Tulsa area and my best tip is to not fight your climate. Don’t try to have a garden that does not like your climate Research what grows well with your climate and you will save yourself much pain. Trying to get plants to survive here in Oklahoma that love cool, wet climes may be asking for trouble. Rudebeckias, daisies, bee balm, day lilies, cannas and peonies work well for me along with several flowering shrubs.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!
@garymcdade4446 2 жыл бұрын
Sheila McDade here . . . QUESTION OF THE DAY on low maintenance-- I have lots of ground covers which help keep weeds under control because there's no room for them. Also, I put cardboard under the mulch in problem areas to help smother out weeds. I love your layers you are a genius at it!
@penelopehammerton2907 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, l like that idea, l have a problem area, so l'm going to give it a go. Thank you.
@peggy-ann1961 2 жыл бұрын
It was so nice to actually hear Stewart today! Thank you!! 🇨🇦
@rubylongtine9933 2 жыл бұрын
Love all of these tips. I am going to add more flowering shrubs and more ground covers. I live out in the country surrounded with lots of huge trees so am working with some sun, part sun and lots of part shade to shade and deer. I use deer stopper from Menards/walmart and that seems to keep them away from the plants that they love to eat. I love containers but am finding instead of putting so many different plants in the pots, I love with just one type of flower in each pot, they seem to be much more of a show stopper for me. As usual, I love all of your honest tips and enjoy hearing your process on the yard, thrifting, and your home---all of your wonderful tips and ideas!!
@karenmiller998 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for all the good sense gardening tips! The time savers for me include a drip system for my pots, plus I've reduced my pots for the most impact with the least effort. Also, I love the abundant color of petunias but the deadheading, so, I only purchase Proven Winner Supertunias. They do not need to be deadheaded for repeated bloom. Plus, the rabbits don't eat them. Also, for the last several years, I've kept a spreadsheet of all the annuals and perennials that I purchase every year. Then, I use the spreadsheet at the nursery as a check off list. It saves me from the need to count how many plants I may need in certain areas every year. The other thing I plan on incorporating is Linda's suggestion to plant more flowering bushes rather than flowers. I plan to do this in my front yard because the tree is new and the roots won't be disturbed by the digging.
@jeriwebb700 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 10b. My tips happened by accident. I am growing 4 blackeyed susan vines in a circle in the middle of my garden. They have grown together and filled in about 5ft x 5ft . They are so dense, they keep the weeds out. I might pull less than a handful. Great ground cover. No deadheading, which I love. They flower all year long here. Also, I bought citronella geraniums from QVC (Robertas garden). In the summer, they bloom like crazy, so much you can hardly see the foliage. They do not need deadheading, and I have seen way less flies, and they are suppose to keep the mosquitos away. Linda and Stuart, keep the videos coming on the weekend!! I really enjoy seeing them especially on the weekend, when my husband is in his recliner! Happy Mother's Day to ALL!!
@lindaplumley4060 2 жыл бұрын
Wish we could see a pic of the Black-eyed Susan Vines. Sounds unique and gorgeous.
@jeriwebb700 2 жыл бұрын
@@lindaplumley4060 I tried to post the pic here, but i don't think you tube will let me. I did post it to my facebook if you want to take a look. It does look a lot better in person. The colors are brighter. This is only four plants.
@claudettemasters6835 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day Linda. I love this segment, it was great advice. It is so exciting to hear Stewart coming out of his shell , and asking about gardening. I think you got him hooked on gardening.🤗
@jenniferdoyle3858 2 жыл бұрын
This is one of my favorite videos you've done! Love the banter with Stuart. Wonderful.
@judyshallstrom415 2 жыл бұрын
Great idea. Thanks Stuart. I'm in the middle of spring/summer maintenance and replanting! This will really help.
@margueritelankinen7661 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day! It amazes me how your garden is so much more lush from week to week. Also, I love your jacket, a great find!
@donnaikin7397 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Thank you for sharing your wonderful tips. Wish I knew those when I started. I just love the colour of those Iris. There beautiful! Happy Mother’s Day!
@lanaritter9410 2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful way to end my beautiful Mother’s Day! I enjoyed all of your tips and just being able to see every part of your garden! Good to hear Stewart’s input!!!! Looking forward to your next video!!!!
@lindaga820 2 жыл бұрын
I never thought of limping up a weight!! Yours looks so beautiful ! Love all your tips today. Thank you Linda. HAPPY Mothers Day!
@DianeML419 2 жыл бұрын
Love that jacket, Linda! And of course all the great tips!
@virginiaramirez4214 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful tips Linda! I received your book for Mother’s Day from my daughters. Love looking at it. 🤗♥️
@michigan160 2 жыл бұрын
Putting my veggie garden into raised beds was the best thing I ever did!
@joywhitley3141 2 жыл бұрын
Me, too! I’m adding more this year!
@theresasaenz6008 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's day! Thank you for all the garden tips.
@deniseruckart1890 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother’s Day,Linda. Thank you always for all the information you give. I’m a new gardener and have grown leaps and bounds with your wonderful videos. Wishing you a wonderful blessed filled day.
@deannaginder-west4995 2 жыл бұрын
You have the best vocabulary. It’s so impressive!
@emiliagarcia6868 2 жыл бұрын
Love your garden 🌹 So beautiful ❣️ Happy Mother's Day 💐🌹❤️
@judymiddleswart9350 2 жыл бұрын
Here in Pensacola fl I do aim for cottage garden ... love these ideas so so agree with all these ideas !!! I consider my many spaces as chaotic control..
@yiselburns5013 2 жыл бұрын
Hi Linda, I do almost all the things that you already mentioned, I really try to plan before I plant 😊
@cacticollector6542 2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful Linda
@dianegentry3255 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video! Great ideas!
@ruthtorphy2204 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mothers Day Linda, and all your fellow gardeners🌷🌞
@kbell8889 2 жыл бұрын
I just love that you call your husband 'hubs'...so endearing. Great tips...thank you! I'm in 6a and I also love flowering shrubs and ground covers for weed suppression. This year I'm making an effort to group containers and water loving plants near each other so I'm not traipsing all over with the hose and watering can.
@venietatum9354 2 жыл бұрын
Love these tips- Happy Mother’s Day!
@ronstader7976 2 жыл бұрын
Lynne here. I loved all the tips you gave especially the one about picking low maintenance plants which I do for the most part but you’ve put it back on my radar. Another tip is if you can, get help. You’ve talked about it before and getting an extra pair of hands to help you is priceless. It allows me to relax more about the garden and focus on the fun bits. Great video as always.
@pennylivingston148 2 жыл бұрын
Linda: Thanks for another wonderful, helpful video. I bought your book and I ❤it. Stewart: You have a beautiful voice. Really, you do. Let us hear it more often.
@janegardening 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day to you 😊 I'm in zone 4 and what has been life changing for myself in the garden is mulching to help suppress weeds. I wish knew this 30 years ago! 😀 And yes I should've planted more shrubs 👍
@chelseajones4141 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mothers Day Linda 🌿 Loved all the tips today, & look forward to hearing more about layering design tips! My LM tip- use primarily low maintenance perennials with all-season interest. Use more high maintenance plants in moderation and that can handle summers without too much attention required.
@joanshute3384 2 жыл бұрын
Hello Linda and Stewart! Thank you so much Linda for all these great tips. You have the most Beautiful yard. I would love to nave a yard like yours .So I will take all your tips I can. Thank you for sharing all your know about gardening with us as I so appreciate it. So until next time God Bless you and your family and Stewart and have a Blessed day and stay safe my dear and Special Friends. 🙂🌻🌳
@LadyCourtney13 2 жыл бұрын
Good morning, Happy Mother's Day! In zone 7, mid Atlantic, with a large garden, but aging gardener, I have started on my largest beds, and brought in shrubs to replace perennials, and I love the look, I'm still a slave to mulching, but it is what it is. I have planted hundreds of daffodils (now thousands), early, mid and late, we are just finished with the late, underplanted with hostas, which will come up and cover the dying leaves, don't cut them. I have also planted amongst them flowering trees, currently attempting at propagation of some of my favorites. I love tulips, and there are some that will naturalize, but don't give you the show of planting in bulk every fall. I absolutely love your gardens! Hope you have a great day, all very good tips!
@barbarasidel9012 2 жыл бұрын
Good topic Linda! Very helpful
@lustraveller717 2 жыл бұрын
I'm like you in that I love to propagate plants that break off our need to be trimmed. I can't bring myself to throw it away, I gift them. Happy Mother's Day!
@taraliou1021 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips the first one especially 👍🏻👏
@marlenehoulihan2943 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 10b so most of my plants have to be drought tolerant. Turned a third of my small garden into succulents. Just enough maint, but not daily. New to gardening, but watering those annuals daily last year was not so fun after awhile. Planted 2 Nandinas and Waverly Salvia for mothers day. Just love your videos; your amazing!
@adamthepugh 2 жыл бұрын
Linda, I took your advice last spring and planted several flowering shrubs which are just gorgeous already this spring! I planted a weigela, a snowball viburnum and some variegated red twig dogwood. They’ve filled out beautifully and are going to be important parts of the garden. Thank you!
@penelopehammerton2907 2 жыл бұрын
Hi from England. You really have covered it in your hard scaping. But l took out a border running the length of my conservatory and replaced it with a path. Then at the side of my bungalow which gets some morning sun and late afternoon sun, l replaced with hard scaping. As lock down came, l put three very very large pots with 3' bay trees which are growing well. And three small tables and chairs. I call it my Café area. Then friends could come for coffee and cake. And we were socially distanced. I got some wipe down table cloths, which l leave in place. It's an area out of the wind. Add more pots if l want to or not. The whole area look very pretty but maintenance is very low. I am 76 and want to keep gardening as long as l can. 😊🐞🦋🐝
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
That sounds BRILLIANT!!
@Em-hi9bk 2 жыл бұрын
Learned from you during the pandemic - about how to use shrubs instead of focusing on flowers. I am a new gardener and was mostly focused on houseplants before. This has opened up a whole new world!
@joywhitley3141 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the great tips!! Zone 8b, I know drainage is better with landscape fabric under gravel,and pavers but Bermuda grass comes right up through it so I use tarps and then I only have to deal with the weed seeds that blow on top, which are much easier to remove.
@pvreeken7285 2 жыл бұрын
I love using containers. I took everything out of my front (very small) flower bed, put down weed control fabric, mulch and then added beautiful pots and a couple of blue bottle trees. I love it and it is super low maintenance.
@lesliekendall5668 2 жыл бұрын
7b in Boise here again. Last frost date was April 15 and we woke up to SNOW today! Still have my tomato seedlings inside but hope my melon and squash seeds are staying warm out there
@darlenethompson6738 2 жыл бұрын
My hose reel is a game changer. Zone 9b
@jeanniecarroll9119 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother's Day! Zone 6B in Ontario Canada I have been leaning more to perennials that don't require a lot of maintenance and flowering shrubs. But I must say working in the garden is therapeutic for the mind and soul. It's my Happy place!
@tia1629 2 жыл бұрын
Just had to say I love the thumbnail table setting 😊💐
@beverlyasleson3321 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips as always glad Stewart participated and love your outfit. Good luck at the book signing I’m in SoCal she I won’t be seeing you. No tips in my zone 10b I have a small garden that is low maintenance just the geraniums I trim back
@jenniferwolford4646 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips for those who don't enjoy gardening! I love gardening, I could never have enough room for more, more, more!!! Lol! My happy place is working in the garden!
@sahabshraddha8453 2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful tips ❣️🌳🌳 happy mother's day 🦋❤️🤗💜💙🧡
@suzetteccc 2 жыл бұрын
I practice pretty much all of your tips and have found them to be effective.(Zone 8a) If you are a boxwood addict like me, my only tip would be to have slow growing ones. I know dwarf English boxwood can have its drawbacks, but if you are informed as to what to do, such as giving them lots of air circulation, and using clean tools, they only have to have a light trim once a year.👍🏻
@noralockspeed 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 8b planting rosemary and sedum in my flowerbeds! They are very easy and practically maintenance free.
@kathywinstead7460 2 жыл бұрын
Linda, I love using nandina as a "filler" (of sorts) --softening sharp corners of the garden and just pruning it enough to keep it from getting too "leggy" or invasive.
@stephanieestep7529 2 жыл бұрын
Good question,Stewart, about where to pinch the geraniums. I was wondering the same thing. You guys make such a good team 👍
@msavp4481 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 9b here. I have a small paved courtyard with flower beds all around the outside as part of my backyard. My tip for lower maintenance areas of garden is to choose non-deciduous plants. Less messy in the Fall and I have green all winter. For example, Foxtail ferns, sago palms. Beautiful year round in my zone and very low to no maintenance as well as drought-tolerant which is increasingly important. I also have the exact same wedding ring as you. I love it so much!
@jjjohnston545 2 жыл бұрын
Great tips! I’m this type of gardener because I like to reduce my maintenance
@mysoutherngarden 2 жыл бұрын
Good question Stewart! I have wondered if I’m deadheading correctly if I leave some of the stems behind.
@chrisogrady4956 Жыл бұрын
Thx for the great tips.
@joydaniel597 2 жыл бұрын
Happy Mother’s Day Linda. I don’t usually comment but I do watch you and Laura from Garden Answer every day! I found you through her.
@LindaVater 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you and same to you!
@barbararuiz5696 Жыл бұрын
Good simple question by Stuart!
@beverlyasleson3321 2 жыл бұрын
Lovely garden
@TheAvidGardenerNM 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the helpful tip video. I have a good idea for your garden. Your wooden fence wood look fabulous painted dark grey and it would make your yard look larger because dark colors recede. 😀
@annclark8573 2 жыл бұрын
Zone 6B, I have one place where nothing will survive due to wind. I just lost a much loved boxwood there, so the only thing I'm planting there now is English ivy which will require some pruning, but it will look good as a ground cover and will stay green. I so enjoy your suggestions, Linda. Thank you for being so personal and honest.
@LoriThurstonInTunePhoto 2 жыл бұрын
Oh gosh. I hate the English Ivy I have. I wish I could kill it all. My dnr site doesn’t call it invasive, but plant with caution in cement border. It will spread everywhere and it’s hard to kill.
@bensturges7412 2 жыл бұрын
We live in Pacific Northwest desert (3" rain and 110 regularly in summer and -10 in winter). Hot and dry spots are difficult to fill but believe me there is a "right" plant for every difficult space. I was thinking that hardscape was only thing I could do in one spot, but I found Apache Plume which works beautifully. Kind of opposite of your tip to maybe use hardscape instead of high maintenance plants which makes good sense too. However, if you are willing to do the research, you may find a plant option that is better suited for your garden.
@moonstone1159 2 жыл бұрын
I've two different styles: a cottage style in the front and French country style in the back, but both unified through some repetition of plants, colors, and pots. My goal has always been low-maintenance gardening by having blooming shrubs, trees, and larger pots as the main structural elements and having annuals in smaller pots. I also recommend drip systems for both in-ground plants and pots (the former a permanent system; the latter a battery-operated system). Happy gardening!
@glgardener4972 2 жыл бұрын
Great ideas. Love your jacket. My tips: put in supports for peonies when they first appear because I get busy and forget later on. Put in the structure and then plant which I am doing now for a new bed. Another tip and what I am going to do is put in in ground irrigation-it will save time, money and water. I would love to know more about your "grass".
@anitahadley2871 2 жыл бұрын
I really love that jacket! My tip from GA 7b would be to keep your gloves and snips by the back door. Every time I let the dog out I either pull some weeds or I deadhead a plant or two.
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