Summer garden tips and tour - deadheading plants is a priority

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Deadheading plants helps keep your summer garden flowering for longer, but not all flowers should be deadheaded. Find out how and when to deadhead, and which flowers are better not deadheaded, in this summer garden tips and tour.
00:00 Welcome
00:08 The Middlesized Garden - weather and climate
01:11 What is deadheading?
01:22 Why deadheading creates more flowers in your garden
01:40 Which flowers should you NOT deadhead?
03:39 How to deadhead roses
05:20 A tip for dealing with black spot on rose leaves
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05:57 Salvia nursery Dyson's Salvias www.dysonsalvias.com/ are based at Great Comp Garden: www.greatcompgarden.co.uk/
06:09 Plants to deadhead include cosmos, dahlias, penstemons, delphiniums, bedding plants including pelargoniums and other plants which flower again in the same year.
06:12 How to deadhead plants
06:25 How often should you deadhead? (As often as you can manage, if there are dead flowers!)
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07:11 Should you pinch out young cosmos plants?
08:40 Growing alchemilla mollis in the cracks between pavers
09:24 Deadheading or 'cutting back'?
09:42 Should you deadhead lavender?
09:53 The best way to prune English lavender (blog post): www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.u...
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@Mel-jt5fl Жыл бұрын

As a Northern California gardener for the past 22 years, stumbling on your channel was one of the best things that ever happened to my gardening world. Your advice is pure gold. You don't just give a couple tips, you give a cornucopia of knowledge to your viewers! I shall gladly give a "Thanks" donation, and subscribing was a definite! Thank you!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@gillianrayson9736 2 жыл бұрын

The salvia trick with the roses has worked incredibly well with my Rosa Mundi hedge. It suffered terribly with black spot and mildew and with just 3 small salvias the whole hedge ( 4 mature plants) is free of both for the whole season.

@dougkelley2781 2 жыл бұрын

I will definitely try this. I already love the blue/purple of salvia paired with the rose colors I favor (mostly white to pink and deep rose), so this is no hardship at all. Thank you for confirming this tip!

@dianecotton9531 2 жыл бұрын

That's amazing. I will try this as l had such terrible black spot the last 2 summers because of unusually constant wet & cool weather.

@lisajelle714 2 жыл бұрын

I will try this- thanks for the tip!

@r.b.8061 2 жыл бұрын

Wich sort of salvia did you use/recomend?

@nspector 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I would never guess this for a fungus. Insects, yes, but a fungus? Wow. Going to try this.

@CarolZone8A 2 жыл бұрын

I was frankly shocked when Frances said she deadheads four times a day!! But can’t argue with success - her garden is breathtaking. I’m not doing that but, with you and she in mind, I have at least doubled my deadheading since hearing that and my garden has looked way better!! Thank you for your thoughtful videos.

@rhondaduncan7602 2 жыл бұрын

What refreshing humility and graciousness you possess, Alexandra! Even when someone seems "very cross about" your advice, you are determined to seek the correct answers (there are often more than one) and share it with your viewers. Thank you. As to pulling out the lavender hedge, could you just pull out the parts growing over the path and then simply plant a shorter plant that won't spill onto the path? Perhaps even surrounding the entire hedge with it? I love the lavender and would hate to see it go. 🌼🌿

@dodgynumber7533 Жыл бұрын

The bees love it too and it’s so lovely to hear their ‘humming’ during the Summer months

@gracemccartin194 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the ideas on deadheading and trimming with shears in some cases. It was very clear and I like how you get to the point😊. Your garden is beautiful. You are so knowledgeable yet open to others opinions… showing grace to others..a good example to me.🥰

@christinemanske7800 Жыл бұрын

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@jennbryden3460 11 ай бұрын

The comment on getting trolled about cosmos pinching cracked me up. “Well that’s a bit extreme”. Great attitude, I love her.

@HigherChannel 2 жыл бұрын

Also thank you for Sarah Raven suggestion about planting salvias next to roses, to inhibit black spots. Will be definitely doing that on some roses that have more black spot.

@nancyparmelee4161 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! It also is deer resistant so no black spot and keeps deer from eating my roses . Awesome!

@estardeepbrown 2 жыл бұрын

I saw this tip last year, and I tried it out in my garden almost every rose had at least a salvia. And this year I see the ones with are almost ( next to one leaf) free from black spots. The ones that didn't are still struggling with black spots. So out of this experiment, I would say it's successful. And plus salvia's are really beautiful and some of them smell really lovely :)

@HigherChannel 2 жыл бұрын

@@estardeepbrown thank you very much for sharing your experience. That was so reassuring and useful 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻I don't have black spots with every rose. Only 2 of them are affected. Some black spots disappeared after I manured some roses and watered them regularly from below directly, avoiding leaves. They developed very healthy foliage since. But 2 of them persist with black spots, so I will definitely try salvia.

@ennasus5964 2 жыл бұрын

When I saw you walking through the lavender I thought: Oh, how lovely! Finally she will erase a cloud of beautiful smell when she walks that path and it will cling to her clothes for a while so she can actually enjoy it longer. Before, the lavender was too short for that. But now she has it in abundance. - So, I would not take it out! When you cut it back the structure of your parterre will be obvious again for many months. Just now you have the opportunity to really smell it when you go through, wheras you otherwise would not smell it if you did not intetionally touched it, wouldn't you? (People who went around it just were considerate and did not want to destroy it or where afraid of spiders😄.)

@gardentours 2 жыл бұрын

I've cut one of my lavender plants completely down to the wood because it didn't look good anymore. It came back and now it looks really beautiful 💜 I should do it with the others as well.

@cliffcolter9161 Жыл бұрын

Some really excellent advice! I am in Northern Canada in a Zone 0 or 1 depending on who you ask. I think pinching out Cosmos is really a personal choice of how you want the plants to look. Since I am in such a cold zone with a very short season, I never pinch my cosmos. The Cosmos can then grow really tall and become a real statement. I always have learned that if a plant down south will grow to three feet, I might get 1 to 1 1/2 feet in a growing season. But I do have an (Sometime) advantage of lots of sun. At its peak it will rise at 3 am and set after Midnight. Longest days never really get dark! I say it is sometimes an advantage because a lot of plants that say "Sun Loving" do not love that much sun. Such a different climate.

@AgendaInMind 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Chelsea Chop on your hair!

@vlink4071 2 жыл бұрын

This is such an informative video! I now realize I haven’t been deadheading enough or cutting back stems to make bushier plants. Thank you.

@justrose1305 2 жыл бұрын

It was lovely to see your garden in real life when it was open 2 weeks ago as part of the Faversham Open Gardens. It was the first day of our holiday in Kent and my husband and I had a lovely time in Faversham. I did tell you I watched your KZfaq videos, so although you didn't know me, I knew you and your garden! Thank you for your tip about salvias and roses, I must try that next year, my roses have dreadful black spot this year.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

It was very nice to hear from you, I enjoyed meeting a few Middlesized Garden KZfaq viewers. I hope the rest of your holiday went well.

@suetulloch2138 2 жыл бұрын

I actually enjoy deadheading, it makes me look at the garden even more closely snd I find it relaxing. I am a bit reluctant to 'pinch' plants but determined to overcome this fear of ruining the plant as bushier plants would be better. Will certainly try salvias with roses although blackspot not too bad this year here. Have a lovely week Alexandra.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and I know what you mean about pinching out, I'm always convinced that the plant will be ruined.

@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын

"actually"

@jamesmcinnis208 Жыл бұрын

@@TheMiddlesizedGarden A nursery owner once told me that many plants (among those that he had in his nursery, anyway) evolved to be browsed by animals. That action made the plants more compact and stronger. A lot of times, especially in home gardens, those browsers are no longer present, so it becomes our responsibility to mimic their behavior. It gave me a new perspective on pinching back.

@amybillings9062 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed this. I like it that she is open minded and civil to people with different opinions. We need people like her in the US!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

I was a bit upset at the time, but it's much better to use that energy to find out more!

@margaretstephens7614 2 жыл бұрын

I followed someone's advice and sprinkled cornflour round the base of my roses to stave off black spot. It seems to have worked. Love your videos.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Great tip!

@Thelmageddon 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh! When do you need to do it? How often?

@irairod5160 2 жыл бұрын

Would you kindly explain in more detail? Do you use flour (cornmeal), masa harina, or cornstarch? Do you apply early spring or mid-summer? I'll research it, but it'd be great to hear from your experience. Thank you!

@margaretstephens7614 2 жыл бұрын

@@irairod5160 I sprinkled it round the stems in spring (April time) quite thickly. I believe our cornflour might be your cornstarch. Hope it works for you.

@irairod5160 2 жыл бұрын

@@margaretstephens7614 I appreciate you taking the time to reply! I will make a note for next spring and see if it prevents the black-spot on my roses. As for the magic ingredient...corn flour, for me, is yellow and grainy (similar to polenta) and usually labeled "cornmeal". I make cornbread, muffins, pudding, pancakes, and fritters with it. Masa-Harina is finely-milled white corn preserved with lye, and is used for tamales, tortillas, pupusas, and arepas. It's also the main ingredient in a drink called "atole", very popular in Mexico and Central America. Cornstarch is a very fine white powder, used to thicken sauces and to make gelatin-like desserts, like Hawaiian "haupia" and Caribbean "tembleque". I will do a little bit more research to see which is the one I should sprinkle around my roses. Or, since I only have 3 bushes, maybe I'll conduct an experiment and use a different corn flour around each one and see what happens! Thanks again for your kindness.

@sarahlyon6187 2 жыл бұрын

I thought your humble response to the, well, rude comment about your advice was lovely. Yet you put the rudeness aside and looked into the question in a measured way in order to find the answer(s). Well done, and a good example of civil behavior.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It was slightly upsetting to read at first, but of course this person may have had problems in their life (one of which cannot have been me pinching out salvias!) and had been feeling grouchy.

@debbiem6406 Жыл бұрын

Extremely informative and detailed. Thank you for not assuming we know what you’re referring to, but actually showing us. Finally someone who gets it!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@francesmclaren7881 2 жыл бұрын

I always give my cosmos a good chop back here in NZ. It comes away well every time. It’s such a great filler in borders. This week I am pruning roses and so looking forward to spring growth and this years blooms. Thanks for your garden tips - so look forward to seeing you whenever your able to film.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@carols6525 Жыл бұрын

In the Pacific Northwest we've had hardly any sun until mid-July, and yet flowering plants are much happier and more abundant than usual. Temps have been in the upper 60s!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Interesting! Of course, once I said that our summers were generally mild, we were hit with the heatwave of a lifetime!

@jenmb. 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tips. I enjoy deadheading, and find it theraputic,and it does keep the flowers going for longer.

@chriscotterrill6460 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Alexandra, I just wanted to say a huge thank you for your weekly tips and encouragement ! You have a realistic approach which helps people like me that could feel totally overwhelmed by the tasks in my garden ! Your recommendations for garden tools have been very useful , I am now the proud owner of a very robust wheelbarrow !

@alisonjewer3981 2 жыл бұрын

Your hair is beautiful. And, of course, your information is very welcome. Thank you.

@leebay6093 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative as always, love the salvia hint 👌 really enjoy your channel, thank you

@casandradickinson8518 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful videos, have a great weekend in the garden, nothing better😀

@JanesGrowingGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Well now I've just spotted your beautiful hound - gorgeous! Yes I think I'm going to follow up with the salvia advice as well - I do a similar thing with chives around the apple tree and it really helps guard against scab. Thanks Alexandra - really enjoyed this.

@marymary5494 2 жыл бұрын

One of my highlights of the week, thank you Alexandra. 👌💕🌿🌺🌱🌷🌾

@dianecotton9531 2 жыл бұрын

Always such good tips. Thankyou. I might try the Salvia amongst the roses.

@kerryjean2223 2 жыл бұрын

Another fabulous, brilliant video. Thank you so much x 🧡💛🧡👌🌜🙏😇🇦🇺🕊️

@catherineperry9513 Жыл бұрын

Watched this again as a reminder, now that NZ is in the heat of summer😢Thanks again Alexandra, and happy 2023.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Happy 2023, hope you are having a good summer.

@drumgold23 2 жыл бұрын

All my plants and flowers love the Grateful Dead already so job done.

@cliveedmead3922 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always & very informative. I always look farward to the weekend to see your great videos.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Daltry54 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all the good tips, especially the cosmos one. I have these growing in different parts of my garden so I’m going to try this on some of them and see which I prefer.

@nekovero93 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the info.

@teresejohnson6767 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, always, for your informative and beautiful garden tours and tips. I’m in Zone 9a US and had a gorgeous spring flush of my ‘Blessed Child’ rose, deadheaded, and somewhat disappointed not to see another rose yet this summer. I’ll have to re-watch your Rose Expert video again for tips. It is a delight to watch the show again, regardless of outcomes here in FL! ☘️

@mikeq6384 2 жыл бұрын

another great informative video, thank you Alexandra !

@tinak5765 Жыл бұрын

This was so helpful and sensible. Thank you. What I like that you put a label up for each flower. I like to leave the flowers of my Catmint for a while because our Goldfinches love them.

@belwynne1386 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you pursued the why behind the cosmos comment. Makes sense from the different perspectives, doesn’t it! Do you chop and drop your deadheaded or cut back plant material or take it to the compost? Are you completely removing your older lavender plants? Is that what you,rant by ‘they have to go’ or did you mean the majority of the top growth has to go? Finally, absolutely adore the new hairstyle. Brilliant! Thank you for another wonderful vlog, Alexandra.

@belwynne1386 Жыл бұрын

@Christopher Johnson Virginia now. Raised in Idaho.

@FelixElliottHe Жыл бұрын

Alexandra I’ve loved watching your channel over the last year or so and as your video styles has become more intricate so has my garden become more intricate. Directly an outcome of your work!

@degraham9198 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing lavender.

@flowerpixel 2 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite deadheading video on KZfaq. It's very thorough. Also I'm definitely going to try pinching my cosmos!

@singingelaine Жыл бұрын

Love your videos Alexandra. Thank you. I am new to gardening and would love a video all about pinching , what it means and how to do it and with what particular flowers?

@irairod5160 2 жыл бұрын

You inspired me to go outside today and deadhead some flowers that were declining. Thank you!

@anbernguarrine1319 Жыл бұрын

Alexandra, thank you so much for your videos. You have been such a wealth of inspiration and wisdom on all things gardening. We lost about 5 trees this year and it opened up a lot of our land to the sun and I'm looking back into your previous videos to get ideas for gardens I might want to put where the trees were. I just wanted to say thank you!

@ThatBritishHomestead Жыл бұрын

I love this!!

@sweetengland99 Жыл бұрын

The garden is so beautiful. I really enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kimfox5186 2 жыл бұрын

Things are late here in the North of France and therefore so is dead heading. It has been so dry and chilly. But when things really take off then it is a pleasure to wonder around the garden on a summer morning dead heading. Thanks for your video, it's lovely as usual.

@pinkpoodle7100 2 жыл бұрын

As always, another outstanding episode!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@amyhartman2706 2 жыл бұрын

Loved the helpful video as always! I find deadheading very relaxing and I feel it makes my garden look refreshed and my plants do so much better if I deadhead. I garden in Virginia USDA Zone 6

@birds-and-blooms 2 жыл бұрын

I watched a video yesterday of a tour of David Austin’s private rose garden. I noticed beautiful salvia plants in the garden with roses. Now I know why. Great video. 😊

@freyartz 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful... thank you

@melissabeckham6917 Жыл бұрын

How happy I am to have discovered your channel! Thank you for a great video, and I look forward to learning more from you.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jennyjohnson9012 Жыл бұрын

Thankyou Alexandra for all your wonderful tips. I adore your garden. Thankyou for sharing with us.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@joannemurphy7407 Жыл бұрын

Loved the rose pruning experiment!!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@markstevenson9080 Жыл бұрын

great tips as always! Thank you!

@missygilly9917 2 жыл бұрын

With respect to Lavender, I’ve taken to leaving it & pruning it back in Spring. When I do that Yellow Finches come for the lavender seeds and since my plants are up close to my house I get to enjoy watching them. If I want the stems, for fragrance or potpourri then I will cut them back in August, too. Love watching & saving your videos for Winter months when snow covers my gardens, and I can plan for another season the following year. Watching near Niagara Falls Canada

@alice_rabbit8345 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in Pennsylvania and wait till early spring to cut back my lavender as well.

@sandersonbroehm117 Жыл бұрын

It is such a coincidence to see your comment about Yellow Finches. I saw one for the first time yesterday when it came for the lavender.

@jcrane45585 2 жыл бұрын

Your garden is so beautiful!

@samiecain1244 2 жыл бұрын

I pinched out mt Cosmos this year, for the first time & i must say I shall be doing it again ! It's been a great display. I even have some decent length in some of my stems. I'm in south east Cheshire with a very sunny, south facing garden. I'm deadheading every evening, it's my wind down time :)

@nancypattonwilson1409 2 жыл бұрын

I enjoy your videos so much Alexandra. You do such a very nice job making it easy for us to watch and learn and refer back. Thank you. Your own garden is just gorgeous and I am so intrigued by the loud sea gull cries in the background. You seem to have the best of all worlds!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, yes, we are about 10 minutes or so away from the sea, which is lovely in summer (and far enough away in winter not to be too buffeted about)

@victorianladyone4362 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your wonderful advice; going out to cut my cosmos as it's too tall and unstable. Didn't know I could do that; would rather have it bushy. You are such a joy to watch as I always learn something new.

@thehorti-culturalists Жыл бұрын

How interesting - using salvias to avoid black-spot! Great solution!!

@pattywest1 Жыл бұрын

This was very helpful

@gillianprice8567 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful - thank you

@coloradotulips 2 жыл бұрын

Dianthus for me in dry (except for this year’s unusual weather) US Zone 5b - it has made me a deadheading believer! I’m growing Cosmos for the first time and will compare pinching or no-pinching. I appreciate your tip about growing salvia amongst roses to discourage black spot. My perennial salvia are about 12 feet/3 meters from the roses. I’ll move some directly between the lovely yellow shrub roses. Always a pleasure to see your garden and hear your advice.

@jeanniecollier6763 Жыл бұрын

Wow; never knew salvia could help with the black spot. I will surely try this!!!

@maryanna6302 2 жыл бұрын

My lavenders surround themselves with baby starts which have been useful in increasing my border plants. They are such a wonderful wildlife plant and very tolerant of heat, although I find they bloom much brighter with regular watering in dry weather. I get about 10 years out of mine, they are good value too! 💚 Thank you for the tips, I learned a lot!

@carolyncampbell6149 2 жыл бұрын

Thankyou so much for this lovely informative video. I think deadheading and cutting back is my favourite garden “chore”, it’s gentle (mostly!) and soothing. I have a huge lavender outside my back door which I have to push my way through, like yours. I want to gather the flowers and then it will have to go but I’ll plant more in another area. I’m behind your flowering season here in the north east of Scotland. Thankyou for your advice and good common sense!

@williamtaylor2412 2 жыл бұрын

LOVE THIS

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

thank you

@barbaracole4314 Жыл бұрын

Flowers are my favorite things to grow, can't get enough of them, they last a long time into the winter here in far northern Ca

@stephaniesharkey3538 2 жыл бұрын

Good advice🌿thank you

@johntyson1958 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful 👍🏻

@TheGardeningMe Жыл бұрын

Wonderful tips as usual 🙂. I thoroughly enjoy a good garden experiment such as what you did when pruning the roses as well as your very simple tip on deadheading them by visual cues without knowing the variety. Thanks!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@paulinecrispin121 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I am in Dorset and it seems that all I am doing in the garden at the moment is deadheading and waterering pots ☺

@gardengatesopen 2 жыл бұрын

I latched on to Sara's idea of using the salvias under the roses (and any other plant susceptible to mildew issues!) about a year ago, but have yet to try it as I still haven't added my rose selections to my garden. I WAS planning on doing it this year, but... I'm in Texas, and our Summer heat arrived VERY early this year, which threw all my plans off track. (I often marvel at your delightfully low Summer temperatures accompanied by your same Winter temperatures that we have! How wonderful it must be!!) Back to reality in Texas... At 1st I thought it was just going to be a short lived heat wave. Alas, the heat decided to stay! (We're now in excess of 100° as a "norm". phewww! 🥵 ) So all my new rose ideas were moved to the back burner. Actually, many things are now waiting for the cooler temps of Fall. However, I'm very glad to see your video today bringing this Salvia idea up. We have consistent high humidity year round, so anything keeping the powdery mildew at bay is welcome in the garden! I see in the comments others have tried this great trick, and it's working!! This is really good to see!!!!! I now have even higher hopes for this plan, mostly bcuz I too don't use chemicals in my yard. Thank You so much for sharing this info! ❤️ Oh- One question creeped into my mind about using the Salvias... I kinda wonder if certain varieties of Salvia work better than others in this regard? I mostly wonder this bcuz so many salvias have been bred to create certain characteristics that we like to see visually, it makes me wonder if the sulfer aspect of the salvia (which I believe is what Sara explained keeps the mildew away) has been bred OUT of certain salvia varieties, or perhaps been made a little bit weaker... ? In Texas we have access to SO MANY varieties, as our climate is perfect for them. While this is fantastic, it can also get overwhelming when trying to choose! It's not as if the sulfer content of each variety would be listed on the plant tag! Anyway, maybe I'm over thinking the whole plot of using the salvia for this purpose!? I really don't know! I welcome all opinions on this subject! Does anyone have any ideas, or experience with using any Salvias that did NOT work as well for this purpose?

@browneyes-cj8eg Жыл бұрын

first time watching. I'm from Maine USA always find it interesting to hear advice from other gardners.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@melgal8647 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@timetosparklewithrowenabry7526 Жыл бұрын

So good! Thank you!

@cct2513 2 жыл бұрын

That was a great topic to review. I always dead head roses, daisies, phlox, poppies. The rest go to seed. Also I do pinch back phlox but only 1/3 per plant in June, this gives me double bloom time, the pinched ones have smaller blooms but I'm after September color.

@brianwilson9800 Жыл бұрын

What a marvellous youtube discovery, a beautiful presentation, well done

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@briankavanagh7191 Жыл бұрын

I remember years ago on programme (Gardeners World?) they visited an old ladies superb garden and asked how did she keep it looking so good, her reply was a set of secateurs by the back door and work on the garden for ten minutes a day. Great advice.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Good to hear!

@pavana2810 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip. I’m compulsive about dead heading and you taught me new things.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@allenlivera1611 Жыл бұрын

Alexandra - that Acanthus is stellar. Another great video.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nikkihorn3852 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video. I started pinching my cosmos this year, I am pleased with how much more sturdy they are. Although I may plant more in another spot and let them be tall a wavy in the breeze. I enjoy that cosmos are such laid back easy going plants.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

They're such good fillers for gaps.

@8888channel 2 жыл бұрын

Taman yang indah mom, mengesankan sekali . . . . . 👍

@susanfryer1616 Жыл бұрын

Very useful thankyou

@donnahedrick7578 Жыл бұрын

Thank You

@mt2766 2 жыл бұрын

Aloha Alexandra, your rose colored top is a great color on you! Many thanks for the tips on deadheading. It gives me confidence to know that I’m doing it correctly. I’m in zone 11b/12a and let me tell you, 80% of “gardening” here is editing-pruning, deadheading, shearing, keeping plants at bay!

@sandrapearson728 Жыл бұрын

I purchased a pair of these snips having watched the video, they are brilliant thank you, my sister tried them and immediately ordered her own!

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@alice_rabbit8345 2 жыл бұрын

I adore deadheading also!!

@anniecampbell8554 2 жыл бұрын

I’m in zone 6a in New York State and we’re having the same average temperatures you are having but that is very cool here so most of my flowers are a good 3-4 weeks behind where they would normally be and some of the more heat loving ones may not even fully flower this year. There’s always next year!

@AJsGreenThumbLLC Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alexandra for a very comprehensive and entertaining video! I'd hate to see the lavender hedge go as it is quite iconic to your garden.

@Debbieanne51 Жыл бұрын

Thank you, very informative as always. I'm so glad to see how you dead head now I know I'm doing it right. Black spot - again thank you I will stop worrying too much about mine, and will continue to take out bad leaves clean my snippers, and dispose of the leaves carefully. Your dog is lovely.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@gloriaruiz2332 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative 🙏🏻I will subscribe!.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lauranoble2256 2 жыл бұрын

I dead head more deeply, to keep the plants from flopping. Alexandra, thank you for another information packed video. I am very interested to see what you will use to replace the lavender.

@hArtyTruffle Жыл бұрын

Lordy, I wish I had a garden. You have a wonderful space there ✨

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Iononso Жыл бұрын

I like your hair cut! This was an excellent video, so very helpful.

@joannemurphy7407 Жыл бұрын

Here in a US zone 6b public garden my motto at the moment is stake, water and weed sung to the tune of shake rattle and roll. Searching for a good tune for the constant deadheading ....shirley poppies, california poppies, dahlias, sweet peas, daylilies etc etc.

@nanapoppi3 Жыл бұрын

I had also learned of Sarah Raven growing salvias by roses to help deter the spread of blackspot so I gave it a go this year and planted the short leaved varieties Sarah recommends and so far its been a success. Crossing my fingers all will be well right through the growing season and if so will plant more salvia.

@TheMiddlesizedGarden Жыл бұрын

Excellent, I'm glad to hear that.

@virginiacurrey2019 Жыл бұрын

I have trimmed the coleus back and am rooting some in water in my kitchen, rooted basil too. We cut roses back to the next stem with leaves of five. Am collecting the seed heads of cilantro too. Thanks.