Laura has such a natural conversational style of talking to the camera. She’s so easy to listen to! And she’s so well versed on all the gardening information she’s talking about. What an awesome combination!!! You go girl!!!

Heck with the plants........ I want her hair

I’ve had a retail garden center for 25 years and you just picked our top 5 planet that are returned because in the transplanting process people tend to tear apart the roots and not water enough the first week or two

As a one time CA resident I adore Bougainvillea. When we moved to Oregon (zone 9) I thought, that's it, no more Boug; too rainy cloudy. But I have managed to keep my (2+ year) gorgeous plant alive by wintering it over inside next to a west facing window. Now I've taken the huge step of transplanting it to in ground on the west side where it sees A LOT of direct sun. BTW, in case you think it's never hot in OR, think again. We are mid Apr 2020 right now and soon we'll be seeing 100+ degree days continuously.

Perfect timing, it is over a 100 degrees here in Austin. Please have another drone flyover Aaron!your fan base looooooves them 😊😊😊

We here in France, in the countryside of Paris, have just lived through 2 severe heat waves within weeks of each other. During this last one, we had the hottest day in recorded history here. It was sweltering! And our gardens sure suffered! Th you for these tips for next year.

I was in the wanting to purchase a particular blue flower and was told that as soon as they go on the display trays they are gone, so was encouraged to purchase a balloon flower, planted it then as one does forgot about it till this year, when whilst weeding saw a plant emerging with a purple stem thinking this can not be a weed “What is it” so let I grow glad I did as it developed into loads of blue Balloon Flowers and what a show (Some weeds do have purple stems, I’ve since found out )

I love your style. Explain a lot in short time. Always mention too much water can cause issues and saying drought tolerant and easy care.

I love your hair with the highlights!

Thank you for sharing! Love gardening and love learning about plants that attract pollinators and that are perennials!!!

Hyssop is a great, Summer perennial. Profuse blooms, withstands drought, and cut it back for another bloom.

Thank you for sharing! I live in Tx so in the summer, it feels like an inferno outside. Ty!

Every time I've planted Echinacea's they are pretty for a short period of time. I'm in zone 8a. I put them in full sun, after a couple of days they will look like they have been torched and they never come back from that. These are supposed to be a perennial in my zone. I may be doing something wrong.

Wow I had no idea that echinacea came in more than the purple variety! Thanks for an educational video!

Flowers are my joy! I’ve always been into annuals but the last several years in getting into perennials big time.. I think getting older has a little something to do with it.. 😂. I just don’t have the same umphh so I’m planting more perennials but still filling in with beautiful annuals !!

Thank you Laura for the tips! I just got some Lavender today and it's looking really nice!

I’ve been watching your channel for a few months now and was just thinking I needed to ask you about these sun loving perennials. I live in zone 5b in the hills of Western Massachusetts and we are at the top of a wooded mountain. Our front yard gets sooo hot and burns everything to a crisp except for lilies. I’m so excited to see this because I haven’t tried these 5 perennials yet...now I know and can’t wait to try them out hopefully this year if available but definitely next year! Thank you!

Laura you should do a video of just pictures of your garden and have Aaron edit with music. Love all of your videos they are so informative, inspiring and a pleasure to watch.

Denim and lace sage 💜! One of our favorite saw it last year when Laura planted it and we just fell in love and designed our front bed based on it. It has not stopped blooming since spring! It’s in front of David Austin’s roses and underneath Bourdeux and Alyssum while with the bad weather of heat and so much water others had taken a toll not this sage it’s thriving and makes everything look so beautiful. Every single one of these plants are a must.💚💚💚💚💚💚

Nice presentation!! To the point with detailed info. AWESOME!

Very useful foe we Australian Gardeners! Thanks Laura!❤️🌻

I am a new homeowner with only a couple seasons of gardening under my belt here in Boise, Idaho. I'm trying to do a LOT on a small budget. These videos get my imagination running! Was pleased to see I have at least one of almost every perennial on this list :)

Your videos are refreshing, to the point, interesting and educational, thank you🙏🏼

😭 i live in a condo can only have pots. I just love your videos. Flowers are so stunning. Beautiful perennials!

Thank you so much for this quality video. You are very knowledgeable and convey info quickly and efficiently. I live in Arizona which made this video on heat tolerant plants especially valuable. Could you please list the plants at the bottom of the video? I had to keep backing up and replaying and I still feel as though I missed important info. Really appreciate what you're doing. Your lawn and garden are spectacular. Can you tell I'm new at this?

Sedum attracts flies. They are one tough plants. I uprooted them throw them over the fence on a vacant lot. Following year it is still alive!

Echinacea will also feed wintering birds so don't be so quick to cut them down in the fall.

Can you name a few perennials that are heat tolerant but need shade or partial sun... I live in East Tx. ty

that Russian sage is soo beautiful. 💚💜

Awesome I have a lot of room to plant these. And hope to plant these at end of gate where my waterhose what reach.

Please talk about southern areas with abundant rain. I kill lavender every year. My last attempt was a sunny spot on a covered porch in cactus soul. I think maybe the humidity did it. Hostas, iris, althea, daylilies, monarda and echinacea do well. Russian sage struggles.

Exactly what i was looking for..heat tolerant..amazing color..will defenitlyview more of your video post

Great stuff Laura, thank you so much. I’m in Sacramento California zone 9 and it’s already hot and 90* . I love these plants 🌱 they are beautiful!!!

Thank for all the information. I have a big yard and I’m always wondering what flowers to plant . I love your videos they give me a lot information to better my garden

OMG!! You just talked about the 3 plants I'm thinking about planting this year (sage, lavender & Echinacea). I had so many questions. Thankyou

This was so educational and enjoyable. Ty!

Wow, loved your garden plants. Wow, don’t wish to be rude ok, but boy oh boy , can certainly talk very fast , how do you breath hun . ..? I love the rudbeckia and marguerite daisy plants . I have several types of perennial plants in my two metre wide borders. I also grow geraniums, panties, lavender, roses, lilies, dahlias, etc. Thanks for all your great tips and advice on which plants are heat tolerant. I live in the uk, so we get lots of rain, and our summers are no way are hot as yours. .. I really could not take the heat of 100 degrees as I’m disabled ex army veteran and have severe asthmatic. We all have our trouble, right hun. Your gardens look beautiful so keep up the good work . God bless from dennis

So Beautiful loving it

Thank you. I can't wait to plant these in Southern Colorado

I’m amazed at the many words she can speak in a minute.

I didn’t know lavender doesn’t like a ton of water!!! I planted one in my last house and it got a lot of water and it grew a LOT & is doing well. I want to plant at my new home but I don’t want to be watering a lot! So I guess it’s a go!!

I always enjoy every video. Thanks, Laura!! You've helped me step out and plant different plants. The rabbits aren't helping me but that's ok.

Blacked Susan's grow wild in northeastern Oklahoma, they are so hardy and beautiful. Just the yellow ones with dark center's. Love all your videos.❤️

I'm adding Shasta Daisies! I can't kill mine off! Heat, poor soil, low water. Talk about lady bug atractor! They are great.

Thank you so much for this video. I have a flower bed that receives afternoon sun and living in Florida the heat gets unbearable. I have laid a drip line (from another one of your videos) and it helps but my plants take a beating from the heat. I will be adding the plants above next year.

Laura, I love your enthusiasm and suggestions! My garden is on The Master Gardener Tour here in Wilmington, NC in a few weeks... I will think about your suggestions- we've got an acre... I might need more space!

Add this to my list with my hydrangeas!

Great information. Thanks for video. Gorgeous plants!

Thanks!

Your hair looks great!

We had no rain for 6 weeks and my echinacea did let their heads hang a bit. Finally it rained! and they raised their heads back up. So, it was the lack of water that caused it.

Thank You, I am new to zone 5. Very hot and arid. After 2 years of fails. I found sedum, Russian sage etc. To be my go to plants. I wish I would have found you 2 years ago. I have now!

Oh my gosh, you live in my idea of heaven! Your yard is so beautiful. I love what you've done with it.

This was especially helpful for my country cottage. Thank you for very solid information. I am always successful with Proven Winners!

Great energy in the video. Thank you for showing various colors and pictures of the different types of plants.

I think I live in zone 9 but not sure. I love lavender and I will have to amend my crappy soil. I don't know what kind I have. I live in a trailer about 85 miles west of Phoenix AZ.

Yes my Russain sage and Salvias are in full sun and its been raining like crazy so its well watered

I love your videos! But, I have viewed a few beautiful plants and fall in love with them for a spot in my yard and ~~~ of course, not for zone 9! Have you ever thought of make special zone videos for all of us Different Zone Gardeners??? 🧡

Wonderful suggestions and I can attest to how well all of these plants grow in SW Utah. Mid to late Summer can be very hot and dry, and these all hold up beautifully and thrive. Thanks for such a great video and advice on varieties.

I planted lavender this year. I have everything else in my gardens. In summer you have to have heat tolerant plants in the south.

Thank you so much for these videos, my backyard is 80 acres of federal park land on the Chattahoochee River in Atlanta and the deer run through my yard all day and night. I love beautiful landscaping and finding plants that are deer resistant is very hard. I use extensive deer/bird/rabbit netting for my border annuals but it is pain.

Musr be hard to garden is USA. Well in England it too hot or wet and cold. I have chosen these plants for my own garden but the only difference is being a clay soil you have dig in gavel for drainage then they grow well. We'll done young lady👍

For what its worth, I planted my Rudbeckia Goldstrum's in the middle of summer, in full sun, temps were in the high 90's*F and sometimes into the 100's. And there is almost always a continuous hot, dry breeze. Because they were root bound in their pots, I had to break a lot of roots. For the first week or so I had to water them every day or else they would wilt. Slowly extended watering intervals, every other day, every few days etc, based on if I saw them wilting. I now water them about once a week or 10 days. They definitely like the sun. They have been blooming for many weeks now. I don't know if they will self-seed or how well they will hold up to our long, freezing winter. Unfortunately there are no pollinators in my city. Sad, no honey bees and no butterflies. In their wisdom, my city late at night sprays all the yards with a big tank truck with a liquid chemical that kills mosquitoes. But it also kills bees (they take it back to their hive and their entire hive dies), butterflies and many other insects. Every spring Main Street is lined with beautiful flowering trees, but not one honey bee. So sad . . .

You need to distinguish different kinds of "hot.". Echinacea needs a winter and will die in the Deep South. Lavender usually won't tolerate humidity. All you were talking about was a continental climate with warm summers, not a hot one.

Very nice. So many new ideas for my garden. The information is great.

Just what I was looking for!! Thanks for the beautiful suggestions!👏🏼👏🏼😊

Laura I have them all and they are just beautiful in my landscape love a your videos keep them coming!!

I want to let you know how much I appreciate your information on gardening I get inspired when I watch your videos, and see you pictures. Have a wonderful Birthday.

Your landscape is beautiful! TFS!

I love Russian sage! The bees love it too! 🐝

Wonderful advice...thank you sooo 👍👍👍

Hey laura please do make a video on zone 9 and 10 flowering plants. Mine is 9a and 9b.looking forward to your response

Great info! Really appreciate this video! We get a ton of sun on the front of the house, so we need these types of plants. Also love the idea of them being great for the pollinators! I’m a new subie and look forward to more of your videos!

This is a great video with names and attributes of plants. It helps! Thanks.

Could you do something like this but for patio gardens that may not get hours of direct sun? I've been having problems with my patio because I want color but the things I like all seem to need full sun.

Oh my gosh...what a beautiful garden!!! Smashing!

Leonotis leonurus does well in the heat, not so much is cold and blends in well with nearly every plant mentioned, especially salvias. Grossa lavender is pretty hardy against frost compared too most of the lavenders though grown commercial on farms with high oil content 24-36" is great for driveways. Rose scented geranium near entrance or in a pot elevated and positioned to brush buy it =D. salvia greggii stand out from lavender

I have all of them but I find the rudbeckia will wilt when it gets too hot and dry in my here garden in Toronto, Canada.

Just want to say hi! I enjoy watching your videos, I think you have great energy. I'm new to gardening, I live in Vancouver BC, and I have a solarium, so I'm playing around with which plants & flowers like (and don't like) being in there. It can get like a hot house in there so in particular, the tomatoes are very happy. I definitely want to try a couple plants in this video.

Great! I'll try these in Las Vegas, Nevada. Hope they can take 110°-117° temps in July and August...

Thanks a lot.. truly you doing a great job.. 🤗🤗🤗

We're in the northern Great Plains in zone 4. Please include planting zones with your recommendations as not everyone is in your zone 5. Heat and drought tolerance are two issues, but we also have to have solid wind tolerance.

Russian Sage looks fantastic even in the wintertime with its airy, silvery stalks softening the starkness.

Sorry...I don't see any of these in my local nursery in AZ. Maybe in the winter it will be worth a try? I tried peppermint in full shade and it burned up quickly.

thank you for this great video!

So helpful!

Hi Laura! I absolutely LOVE your channel! My question is...should I plant 1 perennial knowing that it will spread, or is it usually best to plant maybe 3?

Such knowledge on so many garden topics. Thank you.

Russian sage and lavender after going on my list! Thanks for the video. killer eyes btw!!

Very helpful. As a landscape designer I have found Russian Sage to be invasive. Is there a variety that doesn't spread so aggressively?

Just want to say thank you to the guys at Conroys Flowers on Mckee Rd.. I called today at 10 am to order flowers for my daughter who is in the hospital. The sales person sent me pictures of what he had made up in the case (it's Sunday, so no designer on hand). He showed me a lovely arrangement that was perfect for a get well gift. My daughter had them in her hospital room by 10:40. Made the process so easy as I had just moved away from the San Jose area to another state across the country. Thanks again.

Thank you for this suggestions.Love the colors.It. will definately enhance a garden.

Thanks so much for the information! I have a ton of flower beds and we killed everything that the previous people planted when we first moved in to start new and create our garden the way we wanted it to be. So I have slowly been restoring our flower beds with mostly annuals but I was looking for some perennials to put in so I dont have to start from scratch every year. And this video was very informal so I think I may consider some of these plants for my flowerbeds.

Thank you so much for giving us some ideas for heat and drought tolerant plants. I have resorted to just planting sedums that I find here in my local nurseries. I didn't know that there are upright sedums that bloom so pretty! I believe I will be on the lookout for these varieties. I really like your channel, keep up the good work!

I would love to be able to grow Lavender and Russian Sage, I've asked our garden centre here to get them in for me 🤞🏼 I hope they can. Seeing Laura plant her Russian Sage has inspired me to grow some of that, but I sooooooo want to be able to grow Lavender, but I kill it all the damn time ... I think Laura might have knocked the nail on the head when she said lavender doesn't like to be sitting in water, it likes to have well drainage. I'm thinking that's where I went wrong. 🙄😀👍🏼🕊

What can I put around the bottom of a deck that sees sun n shade.

So helpful!! And you look stunning!!

What can you plant that don’t attract pollinators? My daughter’s allergic to bee stings?

Sun shades and lots of water is the key to plant survivor. 😊

Thank you I really needed some direction.