This was just fantastic - I loved the topics of reclaimed materials, creating microclimates, and focusing on plant health to prevent pest issues. I also really appreciated Mr. Avent mentioning the importance of diversity in horticulture, as well as the values young people have brought - that makes my heart so happy! Glad to know this gem of a garden is so close to me.

I love this guy. Part 1 with him was great too. You have the best guests Jim, always interesting and something to learn.

great information! love the cat!!

Very informative, the large Agave looks prehistoric!

Kitty needs her own show. At least an official introduction.

Thank you Jim for having Tony back. He’s one of my very favorite guests. I could listen to him for hours.

This video was packed with so much information and with Tony's delivery - I was captured from the beginning. I hope that viewers listen to this video more than once - especially when Jim poses the question to Tony about his experience and advice to gardeners. Tony realizes the importance of new and younger gardeners who are more receptive and understanding of a more diverse industry. The younger folks have a deeper understanding of how nature works and realize its' connection to everything. I'm still laughing of Tony's analogy to eating just Snickers bars to heavily fertilizing. Informative and entertaining :)

I’m an Arizona Master Gardener and thoroughly enjoyed this look at a dry garden in NC. Thanks Jim and Tony!

Loved this video!!! I am a collector of cacti, succulents, agaves and Mangaves. Will definitely have to plan a trip up to visit this beautiful garden, SOON. Love Tony’s outlook on myth busting. I think older gardeners are more willing to experiment just to see what happens. Thanks Jim for another inspiring video. 💚

I love these videos interviewing Nursery owners.

Listening to you and Tony is a real treat!

I have found Cyclamen hardy as a mistake. I tossed a dead looking one under a rambunctious rose bush. Imagine my surprise when blooms popped up months later. When dormant, they look like springs! Can't wait to try some different things. Maybe I can get up there before I croak! Got a seasons pass to Gibbs's Gardens this year, about 20 miles from my N. Georgia home. Thanks Jim & Tony, great vid!!!

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Thanks for watching!

@Taydrum

2 жыл бұрын

bulbs and corms are insanely tough

Wish we had people like him in south Africa, so inspiring and encouraging to teach people ❤

Wow! This was amazing! Thank you Tony and Jim!

Always enjoy your videos but especially loved these recent ones with Tony! A really inspiring guy and very much enjoyed your discussion with him about environmental and diversity issues in gardening.

Hi, I love this and can't wait for the next one.

More videos with Tony! I can listen to him all day!! 😊💚💚

I can listen to him talk all day! Love your channel and garden tours.

Another amazing video! Tony is a great teacher / speaker about plants!! Thank you Jim for this visit!!

This was amazing!!! I love the topic and review Tony gave. Look forward to ground cover.

So much great information and content on this channel Jim. Thank you so much for all you do!

I enjoyed hearing Mr. Avent speak. So informative and easy to listen to!

Absolutely one of the BEST videos you have done! I learned so much. I am going to watch again 😀

Loving your channel and informative videos. The opening music is wonderful too. Thanks.

This video series so makes me want to visit again. Planning for a a Fall visit this time as I haven’t been there at that time of year yet.

Oh my goodness how amazing! I bet those agave's shutter when he passes by with the knife out! I have been wanting a blue agave, now I need a mangave. I would love to see how he built those stone layers. I could see a few flat metal bars here and there sticking out. Thanks so much for the time you took to bring this to us Jim.

Very interesting video! Thanks!

I love that he pushes the limits and challenges conventional thinking. Experimenting is one of the best parts of gardening and teaches you a lot. Thanks for the great video!

This is incredible!!

My hubby loves these, totally enjoyed looking at the different ones especially hardy ones 🥰

This was actually very good Putman well done👍👍

What amazing knowledge and experience! We could go in and on… we all know Jim knows exactly what he goes in about but give him the respect, and platform to inform us. Bravo 👏

This was incredibly informative. Thanks, Jim. I am ready to put my cyclamen in the ground and begin a rock garden.

Wow what a great video. I’m not into these types of plants but loved understanding what the climate, watering, ph etc. has to do with the plants. I learned a lot, thanks.

By far one of the best videos. Thank you for sharing such an amazing garden. Very unusual garden in zone 7

Wow excellent video thank you!

Found this video fascinating. Thanks for giving it to us. 👍

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for sharing this info. I live in zone 9b on the west coast. I’m building a home in zone 7b on the east coast. I have been frustrated because I didn’t think my cactus and succulent would survive zone 7b. You have given me hope as long as I provide excellent drainage I will be able to add them to my landscape. Again thanks for sharing your knowledge. 😉👍🇺🇸

Professor tha nks for Bringing up these amazing plants to people around the World.

Wow! Amazing ! My biggest takeaway is learn your own space

Thanks for the upload with Tony, one of my horticultural heroes in life. Have briefly met Mr Avent several times over the span of four decades, while living in Washington state and Georgia. First, with Hosta, and subsequently with subtropical plants. A truly amazing man with endless knowledge. Still growing his nursery’s Mangaves and Agaves in New Mexico. Please visit Plant Delights Nursery if you have the opportunity. Incredible place.

I’m fascinated by the way these plants are thriving in their spots. I know Jim doesn’t advocate constant liquid fertilizing and the analogy given made me decide to stop seeking Larger as much. I’ll get my growth in other ways. Great info in this video! I was glued to the screen.

Awesome info. Thanks

Wonderful video & content. But the cat is a presence! I think in a previous video Tony said her name was KitKat? Anyone else recall. We need a video from Tony about KitKat! Cats in the Garden.

I enjoyed this video so much that I had to watch it twice. I had thought terracing was my option on a very dry bank on my property, but a crevice garden is perfect!!

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

It is definitely amazing to see!!

Great knowledge always the top plant channel. I can grow some agave in Southern New Jersey with rain snow protection plant in rocks near house drains and quickly dries. Most Cactus and yuccas too can grow in colder areas too easier than agave need good drainage as well but adapt easier . Red yucca is another great choice hardy blooms from may to October hummingbirds love the flowers. Lots more is possible try something new might be worth the while

Nature collaborated with Tim Burton on 'agave'. Menacing yet striking in aspect, they look like they can heave out of the soil and give chase. I bought an Agave parrasana from Plant Delights last week. On the hunt for a 'Mission to Mars' mangave.

Haha so honest about the agave torture chamber.

Fascinating.

I love this.

I lived in North East Alabama for 17 years zone 7b the best large growing agave I had was agave protoameicana I also grew cyphostemma juttae in the ground just had to make sure to put a heavy mulch on it and not let the caudex freeze

Hope to grow in my 7b in Russian Nortern Caucasus some of this great plants)) Thanks for this usefull video

Another great video, Jim. How do those of us with clay soil go about planting these plants that need exceptional drainage to thrive?

Love, love the myth busting!!!!! Probably doesn't have any rose myth busting.

I could listen to Mr. Avent all day. What a well of knowledge! Thank you both for this incredible video. Question: Can we keep succulents outside in the winter here in zone 8a, as long as they don’t stay wet?

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, but only hardy ones. There are probably thousands that are hardy so plenty to choose from

Thanks for another very information and inspiring video. I love agaves but thought they were a non-starter in my zone 6b Hudson Valley garden (and that they grew so slowly as to not be practical). My property is basically on the side of a cliff so maybe good enough drainage? Even if I have to move them indoors for the winter, agaves and mangaves are too beautiful to pass up.

My neighbor here in California has a century plant in a 5 gallon container, he's had it for about 25 years. It just flowered last year receiving no extra water. I second the lithops, they're tough in cold, but any water in winter kills them. Very interesting how the rock wall crevice is such a good microclimate. I want to see if saffron would do well in that area. Did I see a corydalis next to the cyclamens?

He discovered mangaves?? Much respect to him!!

What an incredibly intelligent man, I love horticulture but still can’t find a heart for any plant with thorns.

@katieking6845

2 жыл бұрын

Ran into a yucca mad me laugh / fall on a pointy mangave agave noel

Hi Jim, I have a question. Indoor pot plants that I have been buying recently are planted in something other than potting mix. Could it be 'peat moss' and what is peat moss and why has peat moss been used? How long can plant survive happily in such a medium? Should they be repotted into proper potting mix? Thank you Kind regards Kerry from Adelaide South Australia x 🥀🌹🐞

Here in South Texas most agaves that do not pup , when they bloom will have bulbits instead of seed

Obsessed

I'm so interested in Mangave, I have about a dozen different kinds now! I want to know everything I can about them, I love their speed of growth and different coloring. I'm going to give some thoughts on the different ones I have: 'Pineapple Express' grows like a weed for me, I now have several pots of it. 'Praying Hands' is a rockstar, though it's still tiny, the leaves are getting more and more vertical as they grow out. 'Falling waters' would be nice if I could find a place for them, they are like a stiff octopus. I want to display them sideways somehow. 'Tooth Fairy' Still rather young, hasn't come into its own yet. 'Night Owl' Simply a great plant. Dark, shiny leaves. 'Purple People Eater' It doesn't want to eat you! It just wants to be displayed on an outdoor table and watch you drink your coffee. Seems to have a purple fog around it at a distance. 'Aztec King' A monster, though mine is still only a few inches high. Will have to keep it in check, they can get two feet tall and four feet wide. 'Sponge Paint' Small, light and airy look. Reminds me of Easter. 'Cherry Chocolate Chip' Manfreda. Is this thing from Earth? Better keep a close eye on it. Looks great in a hanging basket. 'Desert Dragon' Another alien looking plant, lying flat with wavy mint green leaves, dappled or smeared with purple. 'Moonglow' is more floppy than others I've seen pictures of. Still brilliantly colored, looks great if you catch sight of it during a full moon. My 'Mission to Mars' center leaves rotted out after a whole day of rain(Hoping it will send up offshoots similar to the Agave trick he showed). 'Jumping Jacks' Hansara. Very upright green leaves with red edges and purple/red spots. The only downside to them is they get everything(leaves, flowers, seedpods) stuck in their crown, and if you have days of rain in the forecast you may want to cover them.

What can you tell me about agave decipiens? I think they're also known as the Florida agave. It's hard to find much about them

Hey Jim I just wanted to know I live in 8B Wilmington area I bought tubas hollyhocks when can I put them in the ground

i went to a nursery in los angeles and saw an agave in their yard that was at least 10 ft tall. so, they don't just stay small out west. the height of the one at 4:00 was nothing.

19:25 can use this technique on hybrid agaves like Blue Glow too?

That agave in the background is so big it looks prehistoric😮

Will cyclamen survive in 5b? I can’t get anything to grow under my riverbirch tree and desperately needing some foliage and flowers since the tree is planted near the front of the house.

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They have no much stuff they say can't make it through freeze but it does

Extremely talented man. Thank you for the content but I would take issue on a few things. I don’t see horticultural jobs or pay increasing . Mail order from the best sources has all but dried up. The only real advances in horticulture are coming from overseas. They are doing amazing work on our natives. I would love to know what the salaries are at Plant Delights and if they pay benefits. An interview with the actual skill set below the management level would be most beneficial to people aspiring to work in horticulture. Second a plant cannot distinguish between NPK from a synthetic source or organic one. So I thing he missed the boat on why organic is a better way to fertilize outdoor plants. I believe they use Espoma outdoors. Is he saying they forgo osmocote or synthetic fertilizers on production plants? Would love to know where he draws the line between synthetic and organic fertilizer

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

The only real advances in horticultural is coming from overseas? There are of course many great horticulturist all over the planet, but this country is definitely not in second place to any of them. My tiny little area of North Carolina has some of the most respected people in this business. Trust me you have yet to see this series of videos unfold. I have people all over the country that I will be visiting. I don't know their pay, but I will have some videos with friends that work there soon. I think you'll see that even the employees are at the top of field. The NPK is all the same is an fertilizer company selling point🤣. Salts matters!! To answer the question about growing plants with organic vs inorganic fertilizer. Almost all nurseries grow with inorganic fertilizers to meet a demand for cheap plants that are all clones of each other. It of course leads to plants being stressed and lots spraying.

Thanks but your video here should have lasted many hours. Tony is that knowledgeable and interesting.

Oh my god, 😱 who said that cyclamens love it dry? We have it in Italy even planted in flat clay soils, and it rains a lot... they like the drainage of course cause they are bulbs. However thatnks for the video. I find it useful. Just be careful with those cyclamen so they don't invade your country habitats!🤣

@JimPutnam

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt you get the amount of rain that we get in the southeast United States.

どんな事を話してるのか知りたいです。 字幕が欲しい

He knows Nothing about century plants also known as agave. He looks like a friendly guy. I'd hear him talk😊.

You stick them all in a hill

I’m from Tucson right… these guys talking str8 dookie dooks and false info these plants get just as big just as fast in their native environments