Like to see other peeps going the native route. The yard looks awesome in transformation. Society flourishes from the man that plants a tree that he may never stand under. All the more reward when he can. Representing Native East Coast NC here, appreciation to your efforts dude.

Simply the best, love the sizzle on the narration. Keep em’ coming! You’re my go to guy on what to grow in Houston. ✌️

"codine dream purple flower" 😂 I really appreciate all the Houston references. You're seriously an inspiration, been converting my yard to native plahnts and these vids just keep me going! Thank you!

Interesting video! It’s crucial to highlight that while elephant ears can be stunning in gardens, they are considered invasive in many areas, including parts of the South. These plants can outcompete native flora, disrupting local ecosystems and biodiversity. As a landscape architect who advocates for sustainable and native landscapes in Texas, I believe it's important to choose plants that support our local environments.

Thanks for the tour Paul. I'm glad things are going well . Some of my plants are fighting the heat here is Tucson , especially the roses. My pomegranate trees are going crazy with growth and fruit. Wish I could send a picture using comments. Best wishes to you and the family. Gary

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Glad your pomegranates are still thriving!! I’m hoping to get a couple this year!! Fingers crossed!!

LOVE to see native/pollinator gardens in other regions! It's so different. Fantastic job!

Looking forward to seeing your garden’s maturity. ❤️

Just found your channel recently, love your content and humor. You're a great addition to the gardening content creators online

Looking good. I can’t get my elephant ears to grow that big to save my life. Any tips would certainly be appreciated. 🌱💚🌱

Been watching since the beginning and so glad to see the growth! Just moved to a house and ready to take on the yard, thanks for the inspo!

Paul do you recall who you found re: bonsai trees 0:38. That was my gateway drug. Thanks for being a constant inspiration brother!

Wondering DUDE 🎉

Watching your channel inspired me to start my food forest

Your kid is so lucky to have a yard like that to play in! Cheers dude keep helpin the plonet

Love that someone else just couldn't resist trying to grow jackfruit! They look great. Have one in the ground that froze back last year, but came back and is about 1 ft. tall. Everyone who sees says "Wow, what variety is that, that survived?" and all I can say is "Hmart"

I'm not jealous at all lol I've only been growing banana trees, passion fruit, peaches and cream corn, and various tomatoes. I've been giving them some of the worm castings that my red wigglers produce.Nice paw paw tree...I've been interested in growing those.

Everything is looking awesome! I am so excited for you.

As a child, I remember our citrus trees (orange and grapefruit ) along with pecan trees in our yard and they really do need lots of sunlight. Thanks for the tour!...as I catch up on my YT gardening channel viewing on the first day of winter!

Firebush. Attracts hummingbirds every year from late August into September.

Fam can you speak on how you water all these plants? 💦🌱

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

I rarely water them. If it doesn’t rain for weeks and some look sad I will but you pretty much have to water new plants every few days or once a week then after they’re established you don’t have to do anything.

Love it ❤. Really everything looking good 👍. Dallas area here 🎉

Love your content, your plant knowledge is amazing… coming from a professional photographer I would humbly suggest you get a stabilizer, I have a DJI for my Sony camera’s and they work supper well. I’ve seen lots of comments of people suggesting a stabilizer… I’m sure it would improve the quality of your video’s and would allow your channel to grow. Keep up the good work!!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!! Sooooo BEAUTIFUL!!! You motivate me to do the same with my backyard (also Houston)! Love your enthusiasm!!

Love to see it man !!

Hell yeah . Dig that shit up and check on the pool . Would be cool af for a rec pool/pond. A lot of work and money tho . Greg wittstock the pond guy makes some awesome ones .

The backyard is growing in awesome love to see all the native plants and the wildlife it attracts, everything is really filling in. Also dope shirt!

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Thank you, it’s still a work in progress but it’s getting there!

Thanks for the tour

Look into growing lemon guava or a pineapple guava tree if you'd like❤

@ZE308AC

11 ай бұрын

I see you already growing pineapple guava tree

Im making my phoenix az backyard similar. I get ideas and tips from you! 👏👏👏

A Sunday Plantu tour! My favorites I grow in CA Zone 9B are the elephant ears, Musa banana & the passionfruit. That backyard came a long way! "Urth es ma plont"

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

It’s still only the beginning!!

I dry the moringa leaves from my tree, blend up and throw it everything 🔥 and the pods (drum stick) it’ll grow u can cook em like green beans or wait for it to dry and grow some more

You should plant some Spanish moss on the Live oak it would match the subtropical garden

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

There’s a ton by the creek that runs through my neighborhood. I honest don’t know if my neighbors would like it spreading to their trees tbh

@toosense

8 ай бұрын

It’s invasive and will grow all over your fruit trees.

It would be an interesting series to buy 2 of several different house plants, place one indoors and one outdoors and see what happens! Not sure about your indoor set up though.

amazing yards full of native plants, I'm trying to do the same in my back yard, can't in the front HOA restrictions, you're such an inspiration

Makes my heart full to see the dedication :) keep it up cuz the earth is my plaanet

just found your channel and everything looking good. subbed for tips for Houston gardening! I am new and its so hard to find what to grow and when in Houston.

windmill palms are super hardy it's amazing it looks so well with all the heat down there.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

It could be the shade keeping it a little cooler

I’m going to start an urban garden on my Art Gallery Patio in downtown Houston. Your videos are giving me so many ideas. Thank you

Look great

Always enjoy your videos. Your enthusiasm and energy wear me out.

Thanks for the tour. I enjoyed seeing all the natives many of which I’ve never seen. Your doing a great job

Yes! Thanks for the tour!

Looks great !!!

Awesome channel dude! If you need any 10ft baby live oak trees I know an awesome guy outside Houston.

What a lovely garden. We have pawpaw trees and they need full sun, also to fruit you need a male and a female tree 😊

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

I have another tree in the garden!

Dayyyum you gotta dig up the old pool make the vid hella long f it id watch that shut all day Thad be a dope pond

excellent! it's looking great. hope to see the front and side areas also.

yeessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!

I would love to see a house plant tour!!

I'm willing to donate loads of plants to you.... I'm in Houston.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Email me, it’s in the video description

Man can we do some plant and seed swapping!!??

I know this video was from 8 months ago, but I wanted to find out if your eureka pink lemon tree survived the freeze? I've had mine in a pot for 3 years. Crossing my fingers for fruit this year🤞🏽

if you want your fruit trees to survive, you need to plant them more densely. like really densely. basically close to each other, then you can just trim them to a certain height so they don't compete with each other too much.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Yeah I may try that or I might just build a structure that could be an emergency greenhouse if needed

and the elefant ears at 10:15 aren't colocasia esculenta as well, they are alocasia macrorrhiza, baby!

Are those the bird of paradise from last year? They survived the winter in the ground?

Haven't tried that strawberry bush but don't hear good things about the fruit taste. there is another strawberry tree that makes skittle sized fruits that tastes like cotton candy! Grows native in zone 9 too! Muntingia calabura. It's definitely worth looking into but I had to order them from Puerto rico!

you should try to get some asian pear trees

Artic Frost Satsuma

Paul..did U order Moringa & that special spinach seeds? I tried both several yrs ago. I’m in SE Houston.

You are so funny, where’s the videos ❤

Good stuff. What part of Houston are you in? Northside here. Have you checked out JRN nursery ever? Favorite spot to shop but really trying to find rare variegated plants around here.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, I’ve been there a few times. It deff is a cool spot for all the edible trees they have. A ton of them won’t last with these weird freezes tho

@Lance.pigman

11 ай бұрын

@@paulplantu weird is right. Can’t trust anything outside come winter anymore here.

Are you watering regularly, like with a sprinkler system or do you hand water often? If so, schedule? I do not have a sprinkler system and my yard faces South so my plants dry out and die often since we are not getting rain in Houston lately.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

I only water to get the plants established. So basically like once a week the first year. If it hasn’t rained in 2-3 weeks in the summer and stuff is looking sad I’ll hand water. I don’t want to have to baby stuff so I try to avoid stuff that can’t deal with our climate

Where did get the frog fruit from??

Hey Paul Plantu / which recycling center do you go to for cardboard?

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Ellington field.

Whole video I'm thinking there's no way he doesn't have at least one honeysuckle, and it's the last one you show lol.

7:34 That's a Chinese fan Palm

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Okay, thanks I was wondering if I was correct in naming it!! Thanks!

@bh300

11 ай бұрын

Glad to help 🌴

hey dude, your elefant ears at 7:08 are not colocasia esculenta, they are Xanthosoma sagittifolium (aka tannia).

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction boss

No sago update…

Used to follow you and the thrift hauls. Just found this channel! I am also building and creating a Native Garden. Would love for you to check it out. I'll be following along! I'm in Kansas, Zone 6

so where's t he food forest? it's 90% ornamental

Thangalangalan. Earth is My Planet EARTH is My PLANET 🌏 Say it……

Do you have to keep your dogs from peeing on all your plants? Feel like mine would destroy them.

Too shady

Your garden looks a bit messy. Its the leaves that takes away the beauty.

@paulplantu

11 ай бұрын

My style isn’t tidy it’s natural. Leaves fall from trees, break down, and feed the soil. That’s how nature “fertilizes” itself. If you remove the natural processes that’s when weeds come in and you have to add fertilizers etc…

@bavillalexander9983

11 ай бұрын

@@paulplantu ok