Imagine waking up and having a cup of coffee just walking around this property.

This, among other reasons, is why you are such an inspiration!! You are real, you show failures along with successes, ideas that were good at the time but didn't pan out, plants you just put in the ground that you already have to move... we've all been there, but having someone like you acknowledge the same issues we have, shows us all that no garden is perfect. It's always a work in progress! Thanks💙

I’m sorry they all died but I’m sure glad to see that even Laura has epic fails in the garden. I keep nursing things that I just need to rip out and replace. Thank you Laura and Aaron!!

My husband just tells me, "It's a landscaping opportunity." Very comforting.

Does anyone think the “fast forward” is really just Laura’s normal speed and the rest of the video is slowed down. 🥰. Love her energy. Love her spirit! LOVE the hydrangeas! 🌸🌿

I was at a nursery yesterday buying more plants for a new garden we're putting in. Haha! There was a woman there who was putting a new garden together and she said something like "You look like you have things well in hand." I said, "I watch Laura @GardenAnswer so I know everything!" Then I laughed and said I was teasing about me knowing everything but Laura does! I love to garden! I so appreciate the confidence I've gained at near 60 years old from watching this channel and being so encouraged. These ppl are a huge blessing to do many ppl around the world! (I just wish I had the energy that I had when I was younger!!!)

This is such an important kind of video! Just because I have a beautiful garden doesn't mean I never kill a plant. It means, I keep trying!

💚Good morning everyone. Coffee in hand watching Laura create another beautiful space. A wonderful day it will be! 🧚🏻‍♂️🌱😀

Wonderful timing! Just last night I was searching your old videos to see how these Limettas were doing. As a future suggestion - could you do videos focused on just one type of plant? For example, visit all your hydrangeas in one video, and all your roses in another. I love seeing how the different varieties compare. Love your channel - you are so inspiring!

Good morning everyone from Windermere, Florida zone 9b Happy Monday Gardening 🌿💚🌿

Does anyone else think that “Flight of the Bumblebee” should be the background music when Laura is planting?

Love the comment of "Sometimes you have to pull something out and try something new"! Thank you for sharing your garden with all of us.

Thanks, Laura! Some of us need to be reassured that failing is part of growing! Thanks for being REAL.

I planted 2 hydrangeas this year & I never would of if not for Laura!!! Got my coffee☕️☕️

Good morning, Laura ☕️ Oh. My. Word. Those Hydrangeas are gorgeous! I cannot wait to get my hands on them! I love how PW is making smaller shrubs that can get tucked into smaller beds. 🙌🏻 Have a Blessed Day 😊🐈

I bought the limetta’s and made a small hedge 2 years ago. You are so right, because half are glorious, and the other half are half the size and just surviving not thriving. Same lightings, planted same day. We had a ice storm here in Oregon this past winter and a tree landed on one, so I’ve had to replace one. Our gardens are all trial and error’s that the beauty of it.

It happens.......to everyone. Gonna look FANTASTIC!

Very satisfying to take care of a spot where your plants aren't thriving. I'm so thankful not to have the soil issue that you're combatting, but then I can't dig a hole in the clay without being on my hands and knees using the claw side of a hammer. Always trade offs :) And how I love hydrangeas. I have so many in my zone 7B gardens, maybe 50, and they never ever disappoint! Keep the hydrangeas coming!!! Love that particular garden of your property.

Laura, yes, learning from you that there are still fails even after years of gardening is liberating as my wife and I continue to learn about flower and vegetable gardening in Zone 6A (Crestwood, KY). What you have also taught us is that gardening is definitely not a 'one and done' type of thing but rather throughout the season you can be adding/moving/changing plants as the weather changes. My wife was convinced she didn't have room to add a 'thriller' to a pot around our pool and I showed her a video of you planting some pots and she quickly saw that our pot could handle another plant or two! Thanks for all you do for the gardening community across the country!

Great show! Like it when you show us problem areas and ideas on how to solve. One of my favorite things about your show is your ability to describe your thought process for the work you do gardening. I can relate. Thanks Laura!

Thank you for showing us your mistakes, cause basically most of my gardening experience is mistakes, and I would give up. Since I have been watching your videos last summer, I am braving gardening again, and have learned SO MUCH FROM YOU! Thank you! I love your cheerful demeanor, even during gardening adversity. Keep up the good work, bringing plant lovers back to gardening with a little less fear of failure. Cause apparently, failure is part of gardening (just like in life, haha) gotta keep on keepin' on ✊

Hi Laura, My daughter, my husband and myself watch your videos every morning with our tea and coffee. Something has been running through my head, that grassy area under the weeping willow tree how about a swing set for Samantha and Benjamin. I think is would be beautiful to look out from the green house and see the kids playing around the tree. Thank you for starting my day with inspiration.

Thank you for showing us realistic gardening! In the world of social media we are always shown what works, what’s perfect. So it’s nice to see that even the best gardeners have plants that don’t thrive. That really shows us what the mindset of any gardener (and really anybody) should be. If something doesn’t work, figure out why and what could be done differently and try again. Your videos are always refreshing and encouraging!

I just returned from Idaho and of course we HAD to make the drive to Andrews Seed. (bucket list) We were able to meet Susan, Laura’s mom, very sweet and even more beautiful then I expected, inside and out. Also when I got home I was greeted by my row of Little Limes in bloom. So pretty.

Boy, do I wish I had your energy! (And do it as fast as you do! 😂 )

Jenny from Creekside just did a video about these yesterday. PW sent them some to test and see how the blooms did with the nighttime temps that don’t cool down in the south. Apparently they are worried the blooms won’t go red, just brown. Looking forward to seeing if they work in your area.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge! And getting to the point! So many speakers fill their videos with nonsense chatter. You provide the information right away. ❤️❤️❤️

Hi Laura and Aaron! I hope your new hydrangeas do better there. It's really appreciated when you share the fails and then what you do to help insure that the new plants do their best. Thank you so much for sharing!

Not that I like seeing you have fails in the garden, but now I don’t feel so bad when I plant the same plant just several feet away from each other and one does beautifully and the other dies. Thank you Laura for all your encouragement!

I hate that you lost the plants but it helps to know I'm not alone. I really needed this video! I've been struggling with hydrangeas for years since moving to South Carolina. I've lost so many except for one I have in a container. Now I have some new solutions to try.

The Little Lime Punch hydrangeas should look absolutely beautiful in that area Laura. When they bloom they will really be a punch of color there.

Happy for more small scale options in hydrangea!

Thank you so much. I love the transparency you have into the good and bad happening on your property. Seeing someone with a garden as large and beautiful as yours making mistakes gives us, people like me, the confidence to try stuff and not give up.

That is going to be beautiful, and full of color! 💐💗🌿🥰 Love your honesty, Laura! I've learned that part of gardening is failing and trying again! ☺️🌱💐💚

I'm losing a fern... I have no idea why, but I've made peace with this over the years. I can only do what I can, and that's good enough. Thanks for sharing the downs along with the ups.🤗💐

Thank you for sharing a "Fail" with us. It gives us hope. I personally have alot of "Fails" Makes you So Real. 💖💖💖

Gardening is one experiment! 😼 There are rules somewhere but nature refuses to give the full details away. Any ‘expert’ needs to be as honest as you 😺

I chuckled when Laura said not everything works out. Started out 6 years ago with clay flower beds. It took 2 years before I read how to remedy the problem. This is the 3rd different bed of grasses and flowers I'm trying out. I hope to find right combo of soil and plants in another 2 or 3 tries. If not, back to Hostas. :)

Those are going to be gorgeous in that spot!

Is this the real Laura or an imposter......a tape measure?! Aaron must be thrilled!

Thanks for giving me the push needed to just accept that the rosemary I planted by my front entrance isn't going to start pushing new growth and pull it out. I'll simply content myself with having one in a pot instead. I appreciate so much that you keep it real and show us the good, the bad, and the ugly. ~ Lisa

Those are gorgeous hydrangeas!! I love how they transform throughout the season. I cant wait to see you take after the lilac tree and get those suckers out, make it pretty and tidy again. Remembering your video the last time you cleaned one and the end result was amazing 🌸

Those will be beautiful Laura. The color will be so pretty. I am so bad on not wanting anyone to see where things fail or a part of the garden that needs weeding. I finally did a video and showed the good, the bad and the ugly and it was kind of a relief to realize it doesn’t need to be perfect before I record. ❤️😊❤️

Laura, thanks for including troubleshooting videos. They are a tremendous help!

Hey Laura,can’t wait to see these colors ,great choice hope they do better.

That new hydrangea looks gorgeous, will be looking for that next year.

I love those panicle hydrangeas, hardy, beautiful and easy to take care of them, got bobo, pinky winky, have an old and well established lime light, it’s really great every year. Recommend to everyone 😁

I NNEEEDDDD This Hydrangeas in my LIFE!

Every time I hear you speak of your high pH soil I remember a 'lecture' I attending regarding adding lime to your soil, which allows the plant to better absorb the nutrients already in the soil. The speaker was Ted Stephens of Nurseries Caroliniana (North Augusta, SC). At first I thought a lecture on Lime - UGH - how boring is this gonna be - but it was one of the best I have ever attended - learned a great deal. You may want to reach out to him for some info regarding this matter. I'm certainly no expert but I always like to pass along info or experiences I have encountered along my gardening journey - just as y'all have done thru your videos. I'm excited for this new variety of hydrangea - we, here in the South, just adore our hydrangeas - wouldn't be a southern garden without them !!! Looking forward to seeing this new hedge in all its glory.

Thanks so much for sharing your experience with garden blunders, you can learn just as much from failing then succeeding.

Love the idea of the little lime punch! Thanks for sharing a take on amending soil and trouble shooting.

I’m that gardener that would save those less healthy plants and try to save them and replant them elsewhere. As usual, Laura making her space beautiful! Can’t wait to see blooms!!

I feel much better about everything that has failed in my garden. Thank you for sharing both the ups and downs!

I think this is the first time I saw you measure before planting. Can’t wait to see them bloom.

You are working it again,Laura.Was waiting for your steady companion ,Russell..Got a glimpse.😃

Can't wait to see them in bloom at that spot. The bloom colors with the surrounding green shrubs will be amazing!

Another reminder for Laura guys! Lets help her out with that too! 🥰

I’m so happy to see you use a tape measure while planting. I thought I was the only one who does that. I feel validated, thank you! 😃

Those plants are going to be beautiful. Love all those colors.

I know that maple isn't supposed to be yellow but that color is pretty cool

Those Proven Winners... lost. I actually credit you for saving my hydrangea. Your channel was the first place I heard of chlorosis and immediately got some iron tone. They've recovered!

I’m so glad you show this process! I used to feel terrible when something died.

I'm new to gardening and stumbled across your videos a few months ago. I've learned so much so far and was able to identify iron deficiency in two of my shrubs. Thanks so much!

Hope these Hydrangeas thrive with the fixes that you put in place! That is weird that certain places suffer while other places thrive! Crossing my fingers! 🙂🤞🌿

Can't wait to see these in bloom they're going to be so pretty.

I love love love this video! Thank you for not trying to give the impression that you are the perfect gardener without fails…. Because they just don’t exist. Love your truth and sharing your reality on your journey. From your lessons, we also learn. 🙏🏻 Adore you and love this channel!

i lost a bunch of plants over a dry early spring with personal issues distracting me from plant care, seeing you move forward to replace with new, different, and better suited plants is encouraging to see. It reminds me it's ok that some plants literally just dont work out

Good points on hydrangeas! They give so much and don’t make a mess. Thanks for sharing!

this!!! my bobos have been struggling for years!!! this is how they look by July every year! onward to find kelated iron!!!!

You have such beautiful hydrangeas in the US. In Australia I've only ever seen blue, pink and white, and never the oakleaf varieties. Very pretty but yours are gorgeous!

Wow I just love the maroon hydrangeas. 💕

It would be really interesting to shoot a video compilation of your favorite "new wood" and "old wood" blooming plant varieties. I tend to prefer things that bloom on new wood, because I like cutting them down and having them come back fresh. We just moved to a new house with no landscaping, so I'm really starting to plan for this fall and next year when I can get some perennials going. Maybe a video to shoot in that studio on a 100 degree day? Lmao.

Thank you for sharing that even you have gardening struggles. Always appreciate all that you share and wish you luck in all of your solutions for a beautiful garden

So true- same plants perform differently in my garden as well. It’s taken awhile to figure out what works where, but that’s the fun of gardening!

This is the official reminder to stake your delphiniums!

Those are gonna be so pretty and the color will make that side pop ..can't wait to see it

Over the years, I too had to replace plants that did take. I bought two lilacs last year, the one did great in the front of the house the other didn't do so well. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one that struggles with certain plants. Thanks for encouraging all of us gardeners to trouble shoot and try something new.

So glad you planted these. We were looking for hydrangeas to plant, and my boyfriend wants red ones. Saw this one and can't wait to be able to get it next year. Did buy the Fire Light paniculata. Can't wait to see this blossom for you. That hedge is going to be beautiful. I have learned so much from watching your videos. Thank you for all you do.

Thanks Laura, it’s so nice to see even experts like yourself can struggle with plants. We learn the most in our failures.

Understanding that all gardeners deal with failure and that it's okay to remove a plant that isn't working out is one of the best lessons that I've learned from your videos. Gardening became easier and happier once I learned this lesson.

Good luck with the new plants! Here's it's trying to find a spot not too hot for the hydrangeas.

I always put everything down to view your video. Your garden is magical ✨ 😍 💖

Good morning... butIts afternoon in South Africa 🌍

Absolutely love you show when things don't work out, and when your troubleshooting doesn't fix the problem. There are so many variables in the garden, and this demonstrates it perfectly. I've had some amazing luck with things I didn't expect to work, and some terrible luck with things I thought would do really well. Trial and error teaches so much in the garden.

Good morning all

I love this Garden with the big trees❣️

Perfect! Little lime punch is just what I need for my small size garden, only one problem, I don’t think I can wait until next year.😌

Laura getting serious with the measuring tape!! This second time around it's going to be perfect! Thanks you for sharing your failures and fixes, It gives the rest of us a real feel and the confidence to go for it!! Pull it all out and start again! Thanks for your knowledge and techniques Laura and Aaron, can't wait to see the updates!

You’re living the dream for many of us who could simple nor afford to rip out a dozen or more shrubs and replace them in one go. But that’s ok. Most of us gardeners already know how to be thrifty and patient and use what’s available to us.It’s wonderful to see what you can do with seemingly ( maybe actually) unlimited access to plant material. Your videos are full of inspiration and information. Thank you ❤️

I can't wait to get some of those little lime punch hydrangeas

I really like those new hydrangeas!! I hope they do well there. Seems you and Aaron are going to give them lots of love. I don't want you to have problems but it's good to see that things are not perfect for you either. Our benefit is that you help us fix the problems. For that I'm extremely grateful! ❣

Oh this is going to look amazing! QUESTION: did you mention the mature size, or did I just miss it? Thank you again for sharing your garden with us, having my coffee while watching each day's video is one of the favorite ways to start my day.

It’s so interesting to me how different different areas of the country can be. Here in Tennessee where I live we have very high iron acidic soil and I’d never even heard of chlorosis before I started watching your channel. Our plants get every fungal disease known to man and root rot from heavy soils but iron deficiency just isn’t a thing.

Hydrangeas are always worth the effort!!!! I found this so encouraging. Can’t wait to see what they look like in full bloom:)

Yup, the deer grazing comment hit home. I just planted my very first Hydrangea this week. It was in the ground for 2 days, woke up and it had been mowed down by the deer. Lesson learned, wrapping next year with some kind of wire. Hope it comes back next year, a very spendy lesson.

Got my fingers crossed for these little guys!

You are the Martha Stewart of gardening, and I love every minute of it.

Can’t wait to get my hands on these. Beautiful!

Can't wait to see them in full bloom. Love the colors!

I can't wait for the update on these!! I have macrophylla hydrangeas that I'm going to give one more season and if they are a bummer again then bye bye they go. These would be a perfect replacement!