Any audio issues are completely worth the priceless information!

Oh my gosh! What a brilliant observer of plants. Truly loved Dr Dirr and admire their garden. Thanks Jim and the audio isn’t that big a problem folks so watch! You will learn.

Loved this video!! I could listen to him and Dr. Armitage talk about plants for days! I wish I were younger, rich, and had about 10 acres so I could plant and watch grow all the beautiful things they have shared with us! 😊💖

My favorite quote," plants don't read books".

I quite enjoyed this. I feel like I could grab a cup of coffee and listen to him for hours. Thank you, Jim!

Thank you Jim. The Manual of Woody Landscape Plants is the horticultural bible to so many of us. And thank you, Dr. Dirr for all your work.

I have several of Dr Dirrs’ books and am so grateful that he wrote another book. Thank you for the tour of your garden; you truly love your work. Jim you’ve outdone yourself bringing these hero’s to our screens. Now to get a Dan Hinkley interview and garden tour. I remember ordering his catalogues from Heronswood each year just to get an education on the plants he collected (and his humorous introductions).

Lovely colors!, terrific information!, & be kind to yourself. The audio is fine. Thanks for posting. v

What a great video - a most gracious and knowledgeable host for sure. I've been fortunate to visit Dr. Dirr's garden on several occasions and am always blown away. Having visited in Spring, it was so much fun to see everything in their Autumn glory. He & Bonny (who is a gifted artist) are always so happy to open their garden and their home to those who wish to visit, wander & sit a spell and talk horticulture. And he (almost) always sends you home with a souvenir - a hydrangea, bulbs, seedlings - I was excited to hear him talk about the "Irish Lace" hydrangea - I recently acquired one from him thru the American Hydrangea Society - this past summer, since we were unable to meet in person, he donated hydrangeas for a fund raiser. I'm so glad you got to visit with him in his garden - he is a treasure !!! thanks to you & Dr. Dirr for sharing this video - it was a great watch on a Saturday afternoon!!

Love these interviews with iconic horticulturists and growers, Jim! You are really carving out a unique niche for your channel in KZfaq.

I admire Dr Dirr and adore his books, thank you Jim.

Well Dr. Dirr just blew my plant budget for next year, lol. Thanks for the content and the audio issues weren't too bad.

As a ‘82 LA grad from UGA, I proudly rely on his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants.

Great video. Could listen to him talk all day. And Dr. Armitage.

Wow you've had my two favorite plant authors you've had on here. Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants has long been the most used book in my gardening library. Allan Armitage's Herbaceous Perennial Plants is another favorite. Georgia is one lucky state to have both these people!

Really loved hearing about these plants. His knowledge of plants is incredible.

Dr. Dirr is exploding with words. I would enjoy him as a professor.

Hands down Michael Dirr is THE best of the best! His knowledge, passion, inspiration, and humor make what would be an overwhelmingly task of learning about trees and shrubs fun! I have all of his books but my bible is "Dirr's Hardy Trees and Shrubs" and I am thrilled with this series - I could listen to him all day. Because of him I also was inspired to check out Longwood Gardens and Mt. Cuba Center (DuPont) in Delaware. This is a must have and Thank You for having him on - I hope you do more videos together!

Great video! The knowledge just flowing out of this guy is amazing. Thanks for this series Jim!

Stunning japanese maples. The large upright orange/yellow japanese maple that you cut to when he was talking about Seiryu is gorgeous. Maybe it's the Sango Kaku he mentioned? Thank you for the longer video! When someone is this knowledgeable and easy to listen to, I always hope for a long video.

Can we get quarterly visits to see the same trees in different times of the year? It would be a lot of work to show the previous seasons image for each tree but oh man what a valuable video that would be. Or, time stamps for the same specimen in other videos for each season… 😬 don’t hate me 😂 I’m greedy, I know! But such a video would be viral I bet.

This might be my favorite “guest” video of yours. A wealth of info. Love the Parrotia’s!

Love the longer videos.30 minutes plus are perfect.

Beautiful fall colors in his garden! 🍁

This is an important garden. Absolutely honored to see it !

Such a great guy!! Dr Dirr !! So loved this video learned a lot! Thanks Jim and gracious Dr Dirr

That was a gift to tour with Dr. Dirr ! Thank you

What a stunning array of trees and shrubs! Now I need more fall color🍁

that Lindera is breathtaking = a Must Have!!! Thanks

“You build the garden for yourself, your family, your wife and you don’t really worry what the neighbors think or when the garden designer comes in and says boy, there’s no homogeneity in this…the hell with homogeneity! I like spontaneity and diversity and you can do whatever you want in your own garden.” - Dr. Michael Dirr ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Loved to hear Dr. Dirr speak. What a font of knowledge. And now I want to go out and plant all the specimens he mentioned! LOL!

Audio quality - really not a problem, understood almost everything. Dr. Dirr - AMAZING!! And I've never seen anyone, even Jim, speak so quickly! I'll be running through this again at 75% speed! 😁 Thanks for these wonderful videos.

When you were in Athens Ga It’s not far from us. ROYSTON

Thank you for this video! Dr Darren is a God!

I was introduced to Dirr literature when I began a horticulture night college course. All the courses required 1 main text book. Michael Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants! It changed my life and 15 years later I've now started a hobby nursery growing native and unusual plants not common in the trade here in southern Ontario. Time and time again, I still reference that book and it will always be top in my collection. Thank you Michael Dirr!

I just finished watching the nursery upload with Dr. Dirr and immediately came here to watch his home garden. Jim I am so grateful for these videos/series. Absolutely inspirational!

These videos make my DAY! Thank you so much. I am a huge plant nerd and I always seem to find new and exiting plants on here. :D

Great video with Dr. Dirr. His plant knowledge is endless, I think. His yard is pretty wonderful. I noticed the audio issues you mentioned for all of about 15 seconds. Then I was so engaged listening to Dr. Dirr talk about plants that Ibpaid no attention to the quality of the audio.

I love these interviews. I wish that you would list the plants discussed with time signatures in your description. It would be very helpful for future reference.

“The H%#* with homogeneity, I want spontaneity” when referring to one’s own home garden. Lol. Love it! This dude marches to the beat of his own drum! Refreshing. Man that’s a good quote! Look at all those colors. I’ve tried to stay away from planting dogwoods…until now. I found the Appalachian Joy Dogwood online after watching this and bought one. It will fit in well on my property with the other 50 plus Japanese maples I have.

Great info, love trees. Beautiful fall color!

Thank you for posting this video despite the audio issue. If I listen closely, I can understand Dr. Dirr. And he is so worth hearing!

I am not worthy! What a gift to see this video! I have his Manual of Woody Landscape Plants book since the 1990s when I took horticultural classes. I still refer to that book all the time. I especially enjoy his comments about landscape use. This video shows newer varieties. 😊

Wow, the man is an absolute encyclopedia of plant and tree knowledge! I could listen to him all day! Thanks for sharing!

Thoroughly enjoyed this video!

Very good video, worth watching. Thanks.

So glad I just went to about 10 mins in to get past the video because this video and this wonderful nurseryman a true jewel!

I'm in Knoxville and I can confirm Appalachian series dogwoods are the best!

Lol, don’t worry about the tech, makes me feel good when even the experts mess up something since I haven’t even started doing a channel. I love t(e fall foliage, what great shows, I am going to set some of these planted on my property so I can enjoy the fall colors and stop listing the colors in the east. Thank you for sharing, I’ll be looking for one of those hydrangea books too!

I thoroughly enjoyed having Dr. Dirr as a professor 30 years ago. He hasn't changed a bit. Thanks for the video Jim!

Somehow I missed the video when it was released. AMAZING!!!! Thank you so much for sharing these fascinating plants with us.

wow...Mr Dirr is pure gold !!

So glad you got the video up. This is a nightmare for a KZfaqr and I’m sorry that happened but you managed it just perfectly.

Sage advice. Thank you Jim!!!!

Cat grooming himself on camera by the beech tree is hilarious Taking care of business video bomb

My favorite video yet. Love watching and learning about plants and gardening.

I wish you would do more plants with more colder zones!!! I still love your videos and will watch every one. I live in NY and would love recommendations for my zone.

I absolutely loved watching this video, I’ve got my eye out for trees I didn’t even know about until now!

What a lovely knowledgeable man, that was a treat to watch 👌

Another amazing video. Thank you Jim and dr Dirr.

What a wonderful man.

What a fascinating man! Wish I had been in one of his university classes.

I loved listening to and watching Dr Dirr !!! Thank you Jim- great video !!! I can’t wait to watch part 2.

What a wealth of information. Beautiful colors. Thanks Jim.

Glad you were able to meet your role model.

Great interview. Thanks

Love this video! Amazing plants to look for and wonderful insight! Thank you so much!!

Thanks for sharing!!! I loved this beautiful tour and all the plant introductions and information!!! 😊💖🌲🍁🌲👍👋

One of my favorite videos you have produced

Great video! So much wisdom! I'm on the hunt for a spice bush now! I had to laugh at the cat licking his butt, he just doesn't care.

Growing up in East Tennessee outside of Knoxville, I had a backyard filled with native dogwoods. They had naturally horizontal growing branches. When the wind blew the rustling leaves sounded like taffeta petticoats. In fall, the leaves turned scarlet. It was wonderful. Of course the spring flowers of at least a dozen tress was breathtaking. It sounds like Dr Dirr doesn't have these native trees.

Love Dr. Dirr ! Can’t tell you how many of his textbooks I have on my shelf, and I refer to them continuously - they were a fantastic investment in my horticultural learning process. Thank you!!

An amazing tour!!!

Really enjoyed this video! Yes what a wonderful resource for a gardener! I'll need to check out his books. Thank you Jim!

Thank you 🙏🏼 I’ve learned so much. Can’t wait to start planting some trees now. 😀

Fantastic tour! Thanks from Oregon

Outstanding. OUTSTANDING

Loved this. Agree grow want you want. It’s your garden. Thank you for giving the names and zones so I can try to find some of these trees

awesome video..so much info!

Excellent program.

I just had the most surreal experience watching this video. Earlier today my wife and I visited the Sarah P Duke Gardens in Durham NC and we saw a beautiful large shrub that I said looked like some kind of cryptomeria, but we couldn't find a tag to identify it. Then I come home and watch this video and Dr. Dirr shows a plant that looks EXACTLY like it. And imagine my shock when he says it was introduced at the Sarah P Duke Gardens! I guess this is a sign that I have to get one now

Very knowledgeable Video, great information . Thanks

He is amazing! Great video especially considering the multi-zone hardiness of plants shown; definitely adding a few to my list up in zone 6.

What an impressive man.

He mentions a hybrid Hydrangea at 23:40. One parent, "Lady in Red" is one of my favorites. It's a tough red stemmed lace-cap. I'd love to see this heat tolerant hybrid with with the cross of Bloomstruck. - Lots of great info here. I think I'll ask for Dr. Dirr's updated book for Christmas. Thanks!

Superb! A wealth of information.

I am also a seed starter. So many possibilities in each seed. Never before seen.

The closed caption translater does a great job of interpreting Michael Dirr (and you, Jim). Wonderful to see Dr Dirr _in situ_ . Odd, he doesn’t sound like he reads. Those shorts…

What a wonderful rich store of knowledge Dr Dirr has! I have all his books now. Please have more videos with him! Where oh where can I buy Lindera angustifolia? I have had no luck finding it…

❤love this video❤

“If you can keep it looking good around here, then you can keep looking good anywhere.” “To hell with homogeneity, you can do whatever you want in your own garden”

Wow what a national treasure he is! I love trees too and it’s the first thing I notice when visiting a new area! I bit the hydrangea craze this year and planted Bobo’s but was so disappointed with their blooms turning brown after white and spotted foliage. Dug them up and planted Little Quick Fire which are supposed to turn pink to red in my zone 7b MS.

Great tour & lots of good info. I'm in zone 10a in St Petersburg Florida so I'm a little salty that apparently everyone in zone 4-9 can grow so many things I cannot. 😅

Good information

This is VIDEO GOLD. Especially since I live 20 miles from this fella. I thought we were in zone 7 B. ?

Uh oh. My plant wish list just got longer!

Two great videos in a row, each with a touch of philosophy.

FYI the audio is picked up well enough for closed captioning to give a great running transcript!

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Sadly my 10 year old lindera is coming out this spring. It’s a rather coarse large shrub that tends to want to splay out horizontally. Remnants of a hurricane beat it up a few years ago and it never really recovered its shape. In my opinion if you are pruning it it doesn’t like being taken back into older thicker branches. Mine was prone to not putting on new growth on older branches While the tan leaves are attractive in winter they are a pain to chip up with a mower when they do fall