MAY DIARY : The Rose Meadow, Planting tree saplings, Eucalyptus for cutting & Polytunnel banished!

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2 жыл бұрын

It's an exciting time of year in Bunny's garden as the new rose meadow starts to take shape. The Eremurus robustus or foxtail liles are looking great, the alliums are about to burst and the Pictorial Meadow seeds have finally germinated. Bunny guides us through the meadow planting and shows how she has added structure with topiary. And a new bench from Ebay!
Elsewhere Bunny explains why she has decided to remove her polytunnel and shows us her new outdoor growing area in it's place. As yet she's undecided whether to leave it open or experiment with a prototype domestic ETFE greenhouse.
And Bunny shows us her latest addition - six very different Eucalyptus trees that she's growing for cut foliage. She picks out her favourite three and explains exactly how she will grow and harvest them. She also talks about multistem Eucalpytus trees. The varieties she's chosen are:
E. perriniana
E. rubida
E. parvula
E. nicholii
E. camphora
E. coccifera
#tree #gardening #roses

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@AngelaSissySnyder 11 ай бұрын

Bunny I’m sure we would all love an update on the family garden! I can only imagine how beautiful it is after growing in a year. 😊

@colette8694 2 жыл бұрын

Love the family garden, especially the stone sculpture of your father pulling up his boot straps

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I love that sculpture too 🐇

@penelopehammerton2907 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Bunny, love the family garden, sort of planned without a plan. I have a small garden and have called it Friends Garden. I asked each of my friends which was their favourite plant and planted accordingly. One of my friends came from the Mediterranean and loved red Geraniums, so I have a bunch of those, as she has now passed, l always think of her when planting them. Mum and Dad have their plants too. So your family garden really resonated with me. Very interested in your information on the Eucalyptus. I used to crush some leaves and pop them in a bath, the smell was wonderful. Loved your plan for the under planting of your wooded area and how you are going about it. 🐝🦋🐞

@lindamurns1245 2 жыл бұрын

I love hearing about your history. And again thanks for the wonderful videos

@jacquelinewhittaker4651 2 жыл бұрын

I was amused to see the subtitles think you are growing WOODEN ENEMIES in your garden. Lovely May video.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

How hilarious, missed that! 🐇

@nellamiller9345 2 жыл бұрын

I love the idea of a family garden..I think my entire garden is one…so many memories and plants and trees have come from family members!! Another great episode!!

@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! This was such a fun video ! I actually watched it twice ! Thank you !

@a.kaiser8965 2 жыл бұрын

love your stories. just being able to say like I planted something 38 years ago is just astounding to me.!

@nellamiller1307 2 жыл бұрын

A gardener extraordinaire!

@rawsunnata829 2 жыл бұрын

I planted eucalyptus Silver Dollar type (with round leaves) and it grew enormously fast and tall. And it looks like their brunches are very porous inside and one day we had extremely strong and long rain in Southern California, those brunches got filled up with water, became very heavy and started falling down on the ground, broke my roof and few other small trees around. It is good that they did not fell on somebody’s head! We had to remove that tree.

@SpanishEclectic 2 жыл бұрын

I have such memories associated with eucalyptus, especially the smell on a rainy day. The Southern Pacific Railroad planted eucalyptus here in San Diego, intending to use the wood for railroad ties. It turned out the wood was too oily to hold the spikes, so the trees grew unmolested. Rows of them can still be seen along the tracks. Kate Sessions, an early pioneer in garden design, imported additional varieties of eucalyptus from Australia and planted them while establishing Balboa Park. They do very well in our climate. Many of the trees are over 100 years old; very tall, with huge trunks. They can lose branches or blow down in heavy wind, which can be dangerous. I do love your family garden, and the thought behind it. I plan to add an Asian garden corner to honor my parents, who both loved the style. I have various on theme ceramic pots and statuary I'd given them as gifts, which returned to me after they passed.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting, I have heard they are called ‘widow makers’ in Australia because as you say they suddenly fall down or loose a limb🐇

@raefaulkner5497 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fabulous Bunny, the family garden is going to be a beautiful space.

@wilsonperkins7280 2 жыл бұрын

Hey! Rae What an astonishing smile you got here. Just looking for an old friend here, when i stumbled on your profile. I got caught by that wonderful smile, I couldn't just take my eyes off you without saying Hi. You sparked an interest to me, let me know if you would love to converse with me. Would be great to read from you hope to hear from you.

@mcm9619 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. You are so creative.

@marywhite4090 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Bunny,loads of new ideas

@alisonburgess345 2 жыл бұрын

Bunny I'll be staggered if your eucalyptus will be THAT big in a few months. They're our natives in Australia, and E perriniana makes a fantastic florist foliage. Good luck with them. You could be best off with alpine varieties - they're a great tree alright.. you might even attract some koalas and kookaburras to your garden!

@queeniemarkham8022 2 жыл бұрын

As a fellow Aussie it horrifies me that people think a mature tree is 10m tall. Maybe they don’t grow the same in soil with actual nutrients and water available? Here they are greedy and suck all the water up and are quite aggressive about their root zone, if you’ve ever tried to underplant them whatever thing you’ve put in - even other natives - struggles and dies. Edit to add, I can see why people find them beautiful. I certainly do. But they’re not something I would deliberately plant in a pleasure garden or near a structure.

@E.R.Hewitt 2 жыл бұрын

@@queeniemarkham8022 I feel similarly. But I’m intrigued by the multi-stem 3-4m eucalyptus look. It’s beautiful. Perhaps the heavy pruning controls the roots? I’d love to know how to do it here in NQ

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

We will see! I will control the size and form multi stems from them and so their root growth will be curtailed too🐇

@blakehahn-atlantaga8510 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful vlog Bunny! Love the family garden!

@lorinsmall5403 Жыл бұрын

"I did ask him" meaning sometimes she doesn't ask and just takes cuttings 😂😂😂

@JL-hw5hu 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video!! Thanks for sharing personal details

@clarebannon1481 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video Bunny.

@ruthtorphy2204 2 жыл бұрын

Bunny, Beautiful English garden. Enjoyed your blog🙏

@Rougebasque 2 жыл бұрын

nice lesson!

@elisaangel9789 2 жыл бұрын

I love it when the animals come up to listen -- like the cow at timestamp 20:24.

@lenorepaladino8632 2 жыл бұрын

That made me giggle.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I think they are very inquisitive and every morning they look up to the bedroom window and acknowledge you when you draw the curtains. They all have fascinating and quite different personalities.🐇

@beatrixrode1082 2 жыл бұрын

I love your 🏠 and the garden! The statue of your father is lovely!

@faunalife2906 2 жыл бұрын

A very good meadow garden you have with good plants for wildlife.

@mkb7997 2 ай бұрын

I loved all the information on your eucalyptus garden. I planted one (not sure the variety...) but I'm wait to cut as you instructed in order to promote multi stems and prevent it from growing too tall as I live in Southern California. My small tree has been planted for almost two years and I don't think it is anywhere established enough to cut yet.... Can you give an update on your eucalyptus trees?

@Jane-3229 2 жыл бұрын

Just a thought but could you take the glass off one of your greenhouses and replace with the ETF material like you have on your cold frames? Bunny your garden is a dream. Thank you for sharing 😊

@joannmicik1924 2 жыл бұрын

I wish you drifts and drifts in bluebells in hopefully far less than 10 or 15 years. Thank you for another inspiring video!

@bigtomatoplantslover6205 2 жыл бұрын

Wow~ Beautiful Flowers and Garden ^^ Include Like it , I leave 3 Presents. Have a good relationship. My friend, always stay Connected.

@barbarapruitt3978 2 жыл бұрын

So you are kin to David Austin

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

He was my uncle . A very clever, interesting man 🐇

@eliev7844 2 жыл бұрын

Love your family garden. So many personal touches. Your dad’s sculpture is awesome! I’ve just visited David Austin’s rose gardens for the first time and thought that the sculptures dotted around the place were marvellous. They look very similar to the one in your garden, so I’m presuming they were sculpted by the same person?

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Pat Austin, the late David Austin’s wife did all the ones I saw there. Glad you enjoyed the garden.🐇

@lilwilliams7277 2 жыл бұрын

Love the family garden Bunny, the statue of your Father is fabulous. Can I ask what is the best shrub for a very dry part of one of my borders. My neighbour has a very large conifer next to the fence and it seems to suck all the moisture out of that part. I have lost quite a few plants.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

In the Uk is that?

@lilwilliams7277 2 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness yes Bunny

@Divinefemininemiracles 2 жыл бұрын

Bunny can you suggest a tree to plant against a noisy country road down the side of my garden . It has a gappy hedge at the minute and I think planting trees along it might help reduce the annoying decibel levels a bit. Love your garden much tidier than mine lol.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Sadly planting does not reduce noise levels though many people believe it does but it’s not correct. Though if the hedge hides the cars then you are less aware of them so notice the noise less. Have you considered an acoustic fence? They are made of wood and are designed to deflect the sound waves.🐇

@mandocool 5 ай бұрын

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@elisaangel9789 2 жыл бұрын

Are there other plants that you like for adding structure besides the hedges?

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Topiary, multi stem trees , other trees which are supplemented with the hard elements like the font, path, seat etc🐇

@jennifert2469 2 жыл бұрын

Do the topiaries in the family garden need to be in pots? Do you just wish to contain the size which is why you buried them in pots? I was about to plant one of mine just straight into the ground

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

No, don't need to be in pots, but I wanted to make them look more prominent. They do look good once the surrounding yew hedge knits up and forms a neat plinth.🐇

@Lovelifealways16 2 жыл бұрын

As an Australian I find quite fascinating that gardeners overseas have this fascination with gum trees. A lot of Aussies aren’t very keen on them. It’s really hard to get anything to grow under them including lawn. They make an awful mess continuously dropping branches and leaves. The leaves take what appears years to break down. They only belong in the bush not in a garden. 😊

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating - I will bear this in mind! 🐇

@atefpasha817 2 жыл бұрын

How are you So so much more Bunny

@deirdrecrofts560 4 ай бұрын

You are an amazing woman

@rawsunnata829 2 жыл бұрын

Do you milk your cows yourself?

@Tarot_Time_with_Belle Жыл бұрын

Watch out for the Spanish bluebells, they’re destroying our beautiful native bells.

@kevinjamesparr552 2 жыл бұрын

After the British Government and Abbey Life stole my house and gardens I came into Europe to start again . Family ghosts came with me. Land cow pasture now English art and craft gardens baked in the sun and shady owing to my tall ever green Thuja hedges into many garden rooms .Wide avenues and water features and my own designs in borders .Good bye my native England you can not keep a good man down. Sir Kevin Parr Bt

@FuckYTube 2 жыл бұрын

Glyphosate????? 🤢😱

@earlshine453 2 жыл бұрын

Sprayed it 5 yrs ago to battle the nettles and bindweed invading from the neighbours. A. It only works against the growing weeds, B. The seeds are not affected, C. It's bad if it enters the waterways, D. It may promote cancer, E. Most pesticides are allowed until studies show they need to be banished, F. Pesticides that are produced always contain unwanted chemicals to a level allowed by the supervisors and if the product is too toxic it always ends up in places that need to be sanitized. I'm now totally non-pesticides. Planted Cumfrey (the seedless Bocking 14) along the neighbours fence to suppress the nettles and bindweed trying to invade, works like a dream.

@bunnyguinness 2 жыл бұрын

I have to correct you pesticides have to go through extremely rigorous trials before they are allowed on the market. Glyphosate is less toxic than salt and many farmers in the UK spray cornfields with it just before harvest to ensure the crop has even ripening. This would not be allowed if it was harmful. I use maybe a pint a year, and I use it carefully and sensibly and it saves me weeks of work. 🐇

@FuckYTube 2 жыл бұрын

@@bunnyguinness a clear example of how Bayer/Monsanto's propaganda even gets to the best of us. Very sad!