August in NC can be brutal on gardens, but the shade gardens at the entrance to the nursery are handling our heat & humidity like champs. Join us for a shade garden tour to see how these flower beds are thriving.
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Hey there love the video! Did you guys get a new camera – flowers where beautiful and clear! Or maybe camera man got some new skills 🤣Love You Guys.
Perfecto Mundo Azalea would be pretty to replace the puffer fish
Can you grow rhododendrons in your zone? Would there be enough sun/shade for them? They get height to them – eventually! Camillias might do well and eventually give you some height.
Jenny, what about adding a beautiful Evergreen where that hydranja is
I’m in 7b maryland, in the shade, dappled shade. My hostas grow great in spring 😂and are pretty much gone by July. Things turn brown and disappear, including Lily of the valley. I have lost more heuchera than I can count, except for the Caramel which has been in pots for about 15 years. I garden in clay soil too. Any advice? Your hostas look so good!
My Ruby Slippers. in Hendersonville NC
Beautiful spot. I love how it has filled in. The area you wanted help with where the puffer fish is, maybe a pieris? They are gorgeous in the spring with their pendulous flowers and redish foliage when the leaf out. Also, not so verticle, but just as gorgeous is a Leucothoe. They are an evergreen and have the same type of pendulous flowers. Love them both!
My suggestion for a pufferfish replacement, PW Double Play 'Blue Kazoo' spirea. It should work for your 7b zone as it's good to 8b. The leaf color play is very attractive. Size is medium. Sun/part sun.
My 'Black Lace' elderberry grows very tall and wide in full sun. In spring (or fall) I cut it back to about 12" to keep it in check because it will hang over the neighbors' fence into their yard.
You are a class act, Jenny! Thanks for all of the wonderful education you provide to us!!
How about a sweetspire as a replacement for pufferfish?
Me too I need help ,I took out a rhododendron that was massive in the front corner of my house ,I have looked for 2 years ,prefer evergreen,something with some height…… I bought a oak leaf but haven’t planted. I get tons of light just no sun. HELP please. Zone 7a
This video was informative. I learned new information and was reminded of helpful tips. I have a golden pagoda in part sun. Wondering if it is getting too much sun but it seems to be doing fine.
I’m enjoying your content but I can’t buy on your website it’s malfunctioning. It’s very frustrating. Hope it works tomorrow. Hopefully it’s just glitching tonight. I want to see if you have that edge of night hibiscus and a dark leaved penstemon
How about a Soft Caress mahonia to replace the Puffer Fish hydrangea 💚
Beautiful shade garden! Do the coleus need fertilizer?
SPOTTED LAUREL (ACUBA JAPONICA) broad leaf evergreen bush, deep shade, 7-9zone, maroon flowers in spring turn into bright red berries, stunning gorgeous foliage green n yellow leaves, 4 to 6ft growth 🙏🤞💖👏👍👌😁
Please please do a camellia flower tour when its blooming.
Put in a lace cap hydrangea or a big leaf hydrangea
Maybe you could plant Enkianthus campanulatus. It a part shade to shade plant with beautiful fall color and tiny bell flowers. I don't know how it does in your zone.
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Thanks!! Maybe you could use a Juliet Cleyera to replace Pufferfish? I love mine and it’s painted texture with pink new growth.
Sunshine ligustrum for your tricky spot. Will be more chartreuse and brighter if more sun otherwise still a great contrast of color
❤️Please show us how you move the Puffer Fish. I have a little quick fire fab doing the same thing and it needs moved. I don’t want to lose it in its move. An idea in its place is sweetspire Itea. They take any sun exposure. PW has Scentlandia and Little Henry, both get 2-3’. I’ve added them in my shade areas for a little height and spring color. Add to that, some fall color as well!
This shade garden looks great! Love your choices. ❤️
Beautiful! … maybe a Japanese Maple (Shaina) or a small ginkgo to replace the hydrangea. I wish I had more shade to plant hostas and ferns. Yours are gorgeous!
A few hours of afternoon sun in the South is such a troublesome area! Shrubs hat have done pretty well in my backyard spots with similar conditions – Juliet cleyera, green illicium, Double Play spirea, distyllium, green abelia, podocarpus.
How about a camellia
I would love the name of that beautiful evergreen lime green grass. Can you share it?
Jenny, maybe a beauty bush to replace puffer fish??
What about lilac or butterfly bush
Thank you Jenny! I have a side garden that is only 1 year old, and a mixture of part sun to filtered shade. I'm adding a new garden space to it this fall and planning out which perennials I want to add to that new space. I took lots of notes during this video and I was inspired! I'm in zone 8a in North Texas, do you think a Ruby Slippers Oakleaf hydrangea would be okay with 2-3 hours of sun from 11a-1:30pm?
The shade garden is looking fantastic Jenny! 🌿💦🌳
We are four days into fires surrounding our city and the adjacent city cities. We sure could use some rain! 💦😞
Love your hostas Jennie. I have suck a problem with slugs and earwigs putting holes in my hosta leaves. I can’t plant mine in the ground anymore 😞
Curious how much sun those traditional Annabelle’s are getting. I put 3 in my woodland garden and they didn’t bloom. we did also get affected by the Arctic blast like you this past winter. I am not sure if it’s a sun issue(filtered sun mostly) and dappled sun. 7B. I did put them in cages last season because of voles so maybe the roots don’t like it 🤷♀️
What about Gooseneck loosestrife instead of Pufferfish?
Goat's beard (Aruncus dioicus) has feathery plumes of white flowers in late spring and early summer. It grows up to six feet tall.
So lovely!! I’m in Nashville woods 7b with heavy deer pressure. They mow down most of this if I’m not consistent with Deer Stopper II. I want the ferns!
Your shade garden is gorgeous. How do you keep the deer from destroying it?
I’m trying to figure out whether to plant Annabelle’s or incrediballs in a shadyish bed. What was your reasoning for going with Annabelle’s? I love love love your videos. My husband will say “what’s Jenny doing today?!?!” 😂😂😂