This series of plant masters has given me a much greater appreciation for the effort that goes into plant selection and production! Great video Jim!

What an honor to be exposed to Dr, Dirr in this way in his native habitat talking about his passion. So much to look forward to! Don't forget us Northerners.

This was so interesting. I always love to hear what plant breeders are keeping in mind as plants are developed. But how are we going to get more people to love the lacecap hydrangeas more? They are so wonderful.

So great to see Dr. Dirr live and in color after so many years of poring over his wonderful resources and guidance in textbooks. I really appreciate this video.

Jim, you have the best gardening channel on You Tube. You have fascinating guests. I love your personal advice and tips and knowledge of plants and planting for the southeast. I especially like the visits to commercial nurseries and these grow labs like Dr. Dirrs.

An absolutely WONDERFUL TOUR..!! So much to look forward to. Thankfully, the gardening never really ends..THANKS, JIM!

Always a good day when you can spend it with Dr. Dirr, whether it be in his home garden or his production nursery !!! thanks for sharing :)

Thank you so much for these opportunities to see our plant heros and their creations.

Great tour. Dr Dirr is a treasure.

OMG Jim! The production of new plants is AMAZING. I’m going to watch this video multiple times. Mr Dirr’s woody plant book was a textbook used when I studied for my LD design degree (I reference that same book many times since). Thank you for this awesome video!

Fascinating -- so many qualities to consider. I would love to have that pink "White Surprise" abelia. Hope it is picked up by the growers.

Gorgeous plants and I hope Santa definitely drops off that stunning Oakleaf Hydrangea down my chimney for Christmas 🎄

I'm a lace cap gal myself. Thanks for all you guys do!

I need that abelia white surprise in my life!!! I love a pink leaf plant, even if its only when its cold.

Great video. I would love to meet Dr. Dirr. He is rather a legend in my mind.

Fantastic video! He is wonderful to listen to for many reasons. Perfect time of the year with the foliage changing color now! I will rewatch this video several times!

I'd definitely buy one of those oakleaf hydrangeas with the red fall color.

That White Surprise Abelia is awesome!! Hopefully our growers in Louisiana take note and bring these to us here in 8b! Thank you for a great presentation!!!

Love the video! Keep up the great work! Dr Dirr is a wealth of information.

I have so enjoyed your recent series of videos with plant breeders! It’s great to have an inside glimpse into the process that has resulted in some of plants I’ve loved for so long in my own garden. Also - I’ve heard about Dr. Dirr for ages, so it was a treat to see him in a video. Thank you and I can’t wait to see more videos!

So fun to see what I will be punching in the furniture!!

Exciting there are even better plants to look forward to!

Fascinating!! Used to seeing the uniformity of a production nursery block, so the variability of a block from seed is eye opening! Just never thought about the process. I have about 3 questions for every insight he shared!! What is the physical process of mating the parents? Is it like hand pollinating tomatoes or corn? What kind of germination requirements do the seeds have? How many years or generations between discovery and wholesale or retail release? There's 3 I keep repeating!! Good stuff Mr. Putnam, keep it coming please!

@floranova7565

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not Dr Dirr, but as a professional shrub breeder I can answer your questions. - Pollination is usually done by hand, as you mention. - Germination requirements are different for every species. Some are easy, you just sow them in a greenhouse or cold frame at the end of winter, and they'll readily germinate. But others require stratification, so you have to keep them cool and moist over winter. The most difficult ones need warm stratification and cold stratification, so they usually have to be in soil for a year to germinate. - The number of years until introduction mainly depends on the number of years it takes for a seedling to flower. For the ones that can already flower in their first or second year, the entire procedure from crossing to introduction takes about 7-9 years. If the selection procedure has to be strict, because there are already a lot of cultivars available (like for roses), its about 10-11 years. But it can take 12-15 years if plants take a long time until first flowers (7 years for Pieris japonica!), or are slow to propagate.

That hydrangea quercifolia ‘red wine’ is stunning! Would love to see those in the market. Thanks for showing a living legend at work!

That abelia!!?? Wow!?? Those spirea!!! I will be very impatiently waiting for those to hit garden centers

Great video! Always good to see what Dr. Dirr is cooking up. I have my eye on that ‘Red Wine’!!

Interesting to see behind-the-scenes. And, Go Dawgs!

I saw a Lace Cap for the first time in a friend's garden. She didn't know what variety it was but I searched the local nurseries until I found one! I think the Lace Cap is magical. It appears to have glitter sprinkled on it at a certain stage. It's by far my favorite. I have 3 mop heads but the Lace Cap wins hands down! Thank you for the video!

I love this content! I could watch all day.

He mentions Bonnie, his wife, in every one of his books and videos. What companions they are. Yes, bring on the tree videos. No doubt there are a few Ents in your audience. I know of one.

Absolutely fascinating. I am now on the hunt for the Distylium- Jewel Box! Much Appreciated Jim!

If he could breed a gardenia that's truly hardy to zone 6, it would sell like crazy

Special!!! Thank you for sharing......

I love lace caps, I couldn’t find one this year. I don’t want a mop head in my garden, there’s just no room for the usual.

Excellent video 👍 Bring on the third, Please!

Fantastic video Jim, thanks for going to all this trouble to find all these fantastic blokes that are behind the scenes. We have Stephen Ryan in Melbourne Australia... and well, i can't find any other people like him apart from those you've had on your show recently

keep up the good work . i hope someday we get a lacecap for full sun zone 6

When traveling to south Florida, I pass a huge nursery on 95 near Palm Bay. Huge variety of very large trees and looks like a great place to investigate.

Absolutely my distylium. Learned about them from this channel. Everyone comments on them when they walk up the driveway

Trees!! Yes!!!

I prefer the lace caps over the mop heads too

Starting to collect trees... ☺

That one's a pretty one and will look good in the landscape even without blooms

Amazing stuff! I have a suggestion for the name of that abeila 'Pink lemonade'

I have developed a new appreciation for what that developers go through,my goodness !!! Are they working on developing more dwarf shrubs ? Around here (pnw) the lot sizes are getting smaller and smaller !!

Trees yes more trees!

I love lace caps but I can never find them. I’d love to have them more available. What about your narrow butterfly bush. Will that be available this spring? aid love to get one of those.

Dirr needs his own YT channel

Question,,,,if the mop head hydrangeas have sterile flowers, how do they get crosses,,,,sterile means no seed I thought...I get seedlings from my lace cap hydrangeas but none from mopheads?????mda

Dr. Dirr, in listing what qualities they are looking for in the loropetalums, mentioned "foliage retention" so I'm wondering if this is a common habit with loropetalums. I have mentioned before that I have 3 popular varieties and they all drop a majority of their leaves starting in the fall so maybe this isn't unusual. However, I had a variety at my previous house only 20 miles away that didn't do this so I have used many of them in my privacy hedge at my new house. This has been very disappointing since I lose the privacy factor for several months. Jim, it doesn't look like your loropetalum next to the Sunshine Ligustrum has lost much foliage however.

Enlightening video. If you need someone to test those pink Abelias in PA zone 6, please send some my way. I'll provide copious notes! ;)

I would LOVE to know from Dr Dirr-or anyone in plant development--what plant do you love that cannot be marketed because of grower/propagation limitations. Any thoughts?

Georgia hat in Florida???

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

That was in Athens, GA

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