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Planting and plants for Dry Shade

The new serpentine path gives more scope for planting the new serpentine borders - in dry shade. Bunny gives advice on how to plant (soaking plants, ‘cubing’ or slitting the roots so that new root hairs are encouraged, watering in and mulching) plus recommends plants she finds good for dry shade. These include Martagon lilies (Lilium martagon ‘Orange Marmalade) Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade, Hydrangea paniculata ‘Wim’s Red’, Persicarias, certain ferns and more. Surprisingly certain hydrangeas perform well in dry conditions - the ‘hydra’ part of their name is not because they love water as is often quoted but because the seed capsules resemble cups.
Bunny talks about choosing the style of planting - here she has gone for a more naturalistic style rather than blocks of planting. Even though its naturalistic planting there is still structure, a low serpentine Sarcococca hedge (S. hookeriana var ‘humilis) to add fragrans and definition during the winter months.
#plantinginshade #englishgardens

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  • @AJsGreenThumbLLC
    @AJsGreenThumbLLC Жыл бұрын

    I love that pathway, it has such a strong character. I can't wait for the update once it's all filled in!

  • @katella
    @katella Жыл бұрын

    Nice little highlight, the little dog trotting down your lovely undulating path. You were right. So much more fun than a straight path.

  • @Honestly173

    @Honestly173

    Жыл бұрын

    14:10

  • @tieniestoffberg8597
    @tieniestoffberg8597 Жыл бұрын

    Goodness I've learned more from this stunning woman in a couple of minutes than what I've learned in years from books. Bunny I am waiting for your invite to come to you for training.

  • @hazelold2882
    @hazelold2882 Жыл бұрын

    I could watch you all day - so much knowledge and experience. When can you come to my garden to give me advice? 😊

  • @Mary-fv4bn
    @Mary-fv4bn Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your informative videos. I appreciate your plant knowledge and beautiful landscaping ideas .

  • @ginadavis174
    @ginadavis174 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Some wonderful suggestions and explanations…and timely, too. This was a GREAT video episode!

  • @d.wilbur5164
    @d.wilbur5164 Жыл бұрын

    Bunny, this is exactly the gardening video that I enjoy ... packing in an established bed, using / propagating plants from other areas of your garden, naturalizing, and your doggie that follows the path :) All so lovely! Cannot wait to see it in a few weeks! Thank you!!!

  • @saracope8488
    @saracope8488 Жыл бұрын

    “Not scare the neighbors” 😂

  • @jenniferbrawley6461
    @jenniferbrawley6461 Жыл бұрын

    Another inspirational and informative video. Thanks for taking the time to do them.

  • @gillianrayson9736
    @gillianrayson9736 Жыл бұрын

    I have white martagon lilies from my childhood home that must be over 50 years old that still flower well. The scent , a strong, musky, one,reminds me of sneaking in very late on a saturday night/sunday morning as a teenager!! Love them.

  • @bellarosa009
    @bellarosa009 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful pathway and great advice. I hope you'll revisit this area in another video and it when it's in bloom - I've no doubt it will be stunning!!

  • @teresejohnson6767
    @teresejohnson6767 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely adored watching your pup meander down your new stone path! Great informative show.

  • @janethothersall8345
    @janethothersall8345 Жыл бұрын

    I need bunny in my life….I’m still saving up 🥰

  • @juliedubberley1192
    @juliedubberley1192 Жыл бұрын

    That path meandering through looks stunning ❤❤

  • @daracobb530
    @daracobb530 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful, thank you, I’m inspired to go dig in the dirt!

  • @mkb7997
    @mkb7997 Жыл бұрын

    I have 15’x25” strip that is full shade, zone 10b in Southern California . I’m struggling. It flips from looking too sparse to too sloppy. You have found the perfect balance. I’m going to study your plant suggestions and hopefully I can succeed as you have. You are such an inspiration. I just found your channel and I am enjoying it immensely. Thank you🌻💛🌻

  • @dopaminey9946
    @dopaminey9946 Жыл бұрын

    Straight to the point advice is best. What was also best was your lovely little dog all elegant walking down the long path behind you.

  • @elmaelmar2761
    @elmaelmar2761 Жыл бұрын

    I so love that pathway!! I never know how much to water...

  • @carolcostello6967
    @carolcostello6967 Жыл бұрын

    I enjoy your videos.

  • @123FishFood
    @123FishFood Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for wearing gloves. I can't believe anyone is truly at the task without them. ;)

  • @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens
    @Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens Жыл бұрын

    ❤loved this !!!

  • @SpanishEclectic
    @SpanishEclectic Жыл бұрын

    Shady areas are a challenge. Pulling plants from similar areas where you have too many is solid advice. I've pruned roots on potted plants for years when transplanting. Friends freak out when they see me do it, but your logic is sound. Cutting back stimulates more growth. I wear old extra long flared jeans over leggings when I garden. The flare covers my boots (I need lace up work boots, and thank goodness I had them on yesterday when I stepped in a hole and sprained (rather than broke) my ankle) and keeps the dirt (and earwigs) out of my socks. Your little dog is darling. It was fun to watch him/her following the serpentine path. :)

  • @DamsonElvira1212
    @DamsonElvira1212 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant advice both in plants and planting. Found myself nodding and mentally jotting down as you went along. 🦉

  • @Cynthia-do6fo
    @Cynthia-do6fo Жыл бұрын

    WOW!!! That path is a dream!

  • @johnsmith-ls4rc
    @johnsmith-ls4rc Жыл бұрын

    I wish you would write a book and capture all this knowledge in one place. I have completely changed my (very amateur) ideas about gardens since starting to watch your videos several years ago - especially the ones about 'Thyme'. The best gardens I now recognize, are about hard landscaping, different materials, topiary, pots, small trees and shrubs - not flowers. Flowers are just a Sugar Rush. Sarah Ravens book (A Year full of Flowers) is good, but I am convinced you could do something far, far better. Needless to say, I enjoy and look forward to these videos!

  • @helenhawkins4054
    @helenhawkins4054 Жыл бұрын

    Just beautiful.🤗

  • @vickimaiorano5763
    @vickimaiorano5763 Жыл бұрын

    It is going to look stunning

  • @elisaangel9789
    @elisaangel9789 Жыл бұрын

    Such good advice across the board! I will soak my potted plants in a bucket until there are no bubbles going forward.

  • @elladyer3445
    @elladyer3445 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all the information, I had recently tried using our willow and it was quite dry, I had not thought of soaking it in water, will now try again! Great video !

  • @MatCash0011
    @MatCash0011 Жыл бұрын

    So love the t-shirt. Want one! :)

  • @dianedenardo2781
    @dianedenardo2781 Жыл бұрын

    So informative! Thank you very much!

  • @redbougainvillea
    @redbougainvillea Жыл бұрын

    Stunning!

  • @laurelsayer7557
    @laurelsayer7557 Жыл бұрын

    OMG love that path. And the planting advice is great, have my new plant shopping list prepared, lol.

  • @colette8694
    @colette8694 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful serpentine path I love it!

  • @derekharrison848
    @derekharrison848 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always and very informative. What a wonderful garden it has everything you could ever want ❤

  • @nancyleeper3113
    @nancyleeper3113 Жыл бұрын

    I’m eager to watch this dry shade garden develop and bloom. I have a dry deep shade garden I’ve been working on with a lot of deer and rabbit pressure. I am waiting on an order of martigon lilies to arrive and may try them in this area…🤷‍♀️. They might want a little more sun than what I can offer them.

  • @lisabeaver7061
    @lisabeaver7061 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely video

  • @joyscott374
    @joyscott374 Жыл бұрын

    My urban garden is 3m x 36m and east west facing. This is the best advice / plan I've ever seen. Thank you

  • @Rougebasque
    @Rougebasque Жыл бұрын

    SO generous advice! Love Sarcoccocas I think they are underused. Your taste is divine.

  • @emmaroyal5307
    @emmaroyal530711 ай бұрын

    Hi Bunny, so glad I found your channel! Just wondered if there was an update on your shady beds please? I’m in Lincolnshire and have lots of dry shade areas to plant up so this video is so helpful. Thank you 😊

  • @bluesky7226
    @bluesky7226 Жыл бұрын

    Love the new pathway Bunny! If I didn't water my new plantings for a week or so, in my dry climate, I would have fried plants.😂

  • @annem9139
    @annem9139 Жыл бұрын

    So much info in 15 minutes, thanks Bunny. Love your little dog (Beetle?)

  • @bunnyguinness

    @bunnyguinness

    Жыл бұрын

    Beetle lives here, and Dolly, the mainly white, taller, slimmer one that never stops smiling, comes to work here each day with her owner. Dolly loves the camera, Beetle, who is more black and white, loathes the camera and any media attention! 🐰

  • @VelvetandToads
    @VelvetandToads Жыл бұрын

    Love this, like all your vidéos, and you! Perhaps in a future video you could expand on the difference between naturalistic and formal that you touched on here. Also, you mention drifts… I have a blank slate of a new garden to plant, and I love drifts, but how do you pull them off? Would appreciate a video on that!

  • @mcm9619
    @mcm9619 Жыл бұрын

    I would love to know where you buy your gardening trousers ! Path is looking great .

  • @Honestly173
    @Honestly173 Жыл бұрын

    Could you add a link to the summer and winter gardening trousers? 👖 They sound ideal!!

  • @gerigame2995
    @gerigame2995 Жыл бұрын

    Would love a video for planting. In wet shade and also what kind kf plants please

  • @elizabethwoodhouse9461
    @elizabethwoodhouse9461 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Bunny. Do you have an affiliate link for those gardening trousers pls? 👖 Thank you

  • @florentinalily
    @florentinalily Жыл бұрын

    what do you recommend as mulch? I am in the south of france- cooler part in the ariege on clay and expecting three months of canicule (super hot drought) starting in june... I have put in loads of bare root roses and lavender and thinking about mulch..

  • @craigmetcalfe1749
    @craigmetcalfe1749 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Bunny! Love your channel! Like a lot of Australians, my partner and I are planning a party with friends to celebrate the crowning of a new British King on May 6th. Not sure where your loyalties lie but I thought it may be a good theme at least for a few videos to mark the occasion. Cheers!

  • @helenachase5627
    @helenachase5627 Жыл бұрын

    Bunny could you do a walk through video of your property ? How the areas flow and also with your drafting pictures? I'm trying to create a 10 acre property. Almost nothing but bald prairie but I have to admit I'm copying you a bit. For example I have rows of peonies so I'm creating a peony / lilac garden . Zone 3 so no boxwood :(. Thinking of miniature lilac to surround the peonies with dark purple lilacs scattered around the perimeter

  • @julieblauvelt1649
    @julieblauvelt1649 Жыл бұрын

    Bunny- I would love to know where you get the gardening pants that have knee pads built in. Can you share the name of the manufacturer? TU