Sweet woodruff is also a great ground cover for the shade.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!

@artbysonyabadgley

Ай бұрын

I was just going to say the same thing. I love sweet Woodruff.

@buds8423

Ай бұрын

And then make May wine!

@kar6074

17 күн бұрын

Came to say this!

Hi Michelle, I was so stunned by the beauty of my Jacobs Ladder , Stairway to Heaven planted last year! The flowers totally illuminated my dry shade garden!Similarly, I’m realizing with the foliage of Brunnera and heucharas plants (especially the lime coloured) add so much ‘flow’ to my once boring garden. I have now added Chantilly Lace to my list as I have a huge basswood tree. I I keep on adding Hellebores to my gardens as they provide such beauty as the snow is melting ! 🥰🌸🇨🇦

Michelle, you have an amazing hosta garden. I have one too that's underneath a mature red maple tree. You gave me a wonderful tip last year, when you said that to plant one around the roots, add compost and then plant it up a little and apply the compost around the top roots. It has worked like a charm! I appreciate your help and inspiration! Always love your posts! SE Pennsylvania

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Wonderful! I am glad it worked

You are a fantastic teacher!! As an instructor whose goal is to always better my teaching, I am really impressed by your art. Thank you for your videos and sharing your art with us. ❤

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Great video. Last year I added 2 Jack Frost Brunneras and I was so pleased to see the blue flowers this spring. The plant by itself looks amazing but the flowers just add so much more. After watching this video, I think I may have a few more plants to add to my wish list. Thanks again.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Wonderful! ☺️

Appreciate your wealth of knowledge and presentation, especially noting the zones-thank you!🎉

Oh yeah, also, we grow sweet woodruff in dry shade beneath three mature spruce trees. Smells heavenly after the rain, spreads easily, great for weed suppression, and flowers.

Thank you Michelle. I ordered 8 Goatsbeard from Proven Winners this Spring. I had never ordered plants by mail order before, but they are all doing great!

Thanks for the fabulous recap on great plants to have

You have a stunning variety of hostas. Lovely.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much 😊

Man, what a wealth of knowledge you are! I learn something every time👍 I planted about 15 Pachadandra last year as a ground cover, I had had it years ago and knew how beautiful it is in mass but was living in a higher zone. I thought I would loose them as we went down to -38 on and off for a couple weeks. They didn’t just survive they thrived… and stayed mostly green!! I’ve always loved that plant and am so surprised it doesn’t get used more. Thanks Michelle, Brenda🇨🇦

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

That is awesome!

Yeah Thank you for more shade area plants Yawhoo

Love your videos ❤

Great info! Thank you.

These are all very pretty..TFS!

Thanks this was very helpful.

STUNNING shade garden!!!

Goodness I just love you! ❤❤❤

Fantastic video hun ❣

Again……great info! You are amazing🐞

This was a fantastic video for my needs. Thank you.

Your hosta garden is breathtaking ❤

Thank you for the shade plants recommendation! I really needed this.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Always a wealth of plant and gardening information!

Thank you! Love your yard and your channel!!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Great that you have so many plants that grow in zone 3-4 !!

Great information, thanks!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You bet!

Thx, great video

Very informative, love this channel

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Excellent choices!!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Another very helpful video. Thank you. 💕💕🎶🎶

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Wonderful information ❤ thankyou

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Love the ideas for shade plants. Great video! Thank you for sharing!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thanks for sharing these tips on our flowers beds ....Joann From Circleville Ohio

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome Joann!

Great job, Michelle! Love all the shade options! 😎

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

Awesome video, Michelle!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Good info! Here in southern Illinois, outside of Edwardsville, same plants just bloom a bit earlier for us. We’ve only seen one cicada, but in the Millstadt area, they have a ton. Thanks for this video!

I’ve had some trouble with coral bells with the problem you talked about with rising out of the ground in the winter. I will try them again with your suggestions. Thanks so much for these videos, they are really helpful.

Love your videos! Always so informative right down to the little details … as a beginner gardener that’s what I need 👍

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

So glad!

Ajuga works so well for me in eastern WA, z7. Glad you're not "afraid" of it either. 😊

❤❤❤thank you for a great information 'you have earned a new friend

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome

You have such a great, genuine enthusiasm about gardening. This was fun to watch and really informative, thank you!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

So nice of you

Thanks Michelle!! I have 75% shade!

Love your energy. First time seeing your video, and look forward to seeing more. Thanks for sharing 👍❤️🙂

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

I really like you!! Your the real deal! Wonderful video

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🤗

Pulmonaria Trevi Fountain is a lovely plant. The other day I was working in one of my clients' gardens. Her neighbor had a HUGE bleeding heart on the west side of his yard, smack up against a stone wall, surrounded by rock mulch! CRAZY! Great info. Thank you. ❤

Great video! I love brunnera and lady’s mantle too, Michelle. Need to try lungwort. I did not know the 3 ways ferns reproduce, told you I always learn something!

Thanks Michelle! Fantastic info at the perfect time! I’m zone 5b in Iowa and your info is incredibly helpful to me 😊✌🏻

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

So glad!

Another great video. Greetings from Germany 🙋‍♀️👩‍🌾🌺🌸

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

I love ferns. Will be getting around to planting those when I finish with my food garden!

Ty. I just found your channel. I love when you show the tag. This way we can take a picture of the tag. Please do more of that. Enjoyed your video

@gardeningTLC

29 күн бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

Thanks so much, Michele for all these shade plants and the info on them! I remember having a tree line area that was barren underneath. Wish I would’ve known about your suggestion with using the pachysandra. So enjoy all you teach us! Happy Gardening 🧑‍🌾

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

This was terrific. I am so glad that I found you! I am a long-time gardener and have learned so much today!

@gardeningTLC

19 күн бұрын

Welcome!

Your garden center, The Landscape Connection, is really lovely!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Oh thank you!

I have good luck with big root geraniums in my shade garden they are a good ground cover and they have pretty foliage and a pretty pink flower in spring.

Hello Michelle....my first time seeing you....wow! So much information....I need it all. Thank you. I enjoyed your informative video. I am looking forward to more videos! 🙋

@gardeningTLC

28 күн бұрын

Welcome. Please subscribe if you love our videos!! I'm so glad you will be joining us!

My Dad was the gardener in the family too. Myself and my siblings love plants

Thank you 😊 I'm loving your plant suggestions. My daughter and family gave me a grande astilbe for mother's day . I am excited to see it's full size. I am in Colorado zone 5 . I'm having trouble finding shade plants in general locally. I am looking for a bleeding heart plant for the front yard. The east side of the house should get enough shade as it also will get dappled shade from a nearby tree.

Creeping Jenny looks especially nice with varigated gold hostas

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Nice

Hey Michelle, I also live in northern Illinois. You and I have the same taste in plants. I have ALL the same plants on this video. I also have a woodland garden. Thanks for sharing. 😊❤

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

That is awesome!

New subscriber…. I’m a zone 2/3 and use 4 in certain areas. Thank you for your knowledge

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Welcome!

Lamium. Simply the best ground cover.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more!

Love the sound effects! 😂

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Lol

Just planted (5) caramel yesterday!😊. My favorite heuchera variety. Lots of morning light, moist soil, forest pansy and blue endless summer, and cephalotaxus fastigiata for friends. Front entrance bed. Looks great!❤

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Very nice!

Such pretty shade lovers. Can't grow any of them in 9b Florida. Love to learn about them tho!

I absolutely LOVE your videos!! I'm in 8a, W. TN, and all your info is still aoplicable to me. I appreciate that. Please, oh please say, "native" or "imported" on ea. one. I'm having to look up every one. Or, say, "exotic", if that sounds nicer. Better yet, say which country ea. plant is native to. Thank You for all your wonderful, valuable info! I didn't know this abt deer teeth!! New gardener. Citygirl, turned country. 🌻

I have 3 hostas I planted last Spring. Over winter they were gone. However, this year my goodness they doubled in size. In addition I have a Heuchera growing among it. I love the color contrasts. Looking to put a fern as well but now that I know they spread, I won't put it in the ground but in pots.

Snow on the mountain is another pretty variegated ground cover😊

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Be careful with that one...for me that one is a thug and freely takes over. It is interesting to see how different plants work differently in different regions.

@elizabethbarberis9957

Ай бұрын

Around me that should come with a skull and crossbones on the pot!

@ianbull7146

Ай бұрын

Also known as Goutweed. Classed as invasive here in southern Ontario. So hard to control there is even a support group for it on internet. I am a member of an on line garden group and many members have been trying to get rid of this plant for years. Me too, and mine are from the neighbours garden. Whatever, do not let them flower and seed.

Good to see hellebore make the list. Im not aware of many evergreen flowering shrubs that theive in full shade. It's the holdy grail of foundational plants in shady spots. It's the one plant that constantly surprises me.

I moved my spiderwort from a full sun area to full shade underneath a mature mulberry tree ringing right around the trunk. They are sooooo much happier now. They struggled so much in full sun, and they are 2' tall and full of blooms most of the day now. I have white and a light purple to white varigation moved, still need to move the dark purple ones.

I definitely need to get some Chantilly Lace for under my Maple tree 😊

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

I love ❤️ it!

For snail and slugs, I’ve used beer in a shallow container with great success.

Any recommendations (groundcovers, annuals, perennials) for planting under a pine tree. The pine tree is full grown but very sparse so the ground does receive a lot of light especially midday and afternoon sun. The roots are near the surface. And the biggest problem is all the pine needles dropping to the ground. Thank you :) Edit: Hardiness Zone 6b St Louis

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

No. I have zero expereince with planting under pines....sorry🙁

Haha, we have wild goats beard that is so invasive. It’s beautiful when in bloom, but very invasive. Grows on the roadside everywhere in southeast Alaska.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Wow

Ajuga grew like crazy here in zone three and it was fine in full sun

After you plant the ajuga and the other gr. cover, pls give us an update in the future, to show how well they cover the naked ground! Thank you. 😊

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Sure will

My bleeding heart is extremely happy in the spot of have it in. It’s over 4ft. Wide and 4ft. Tall. It’s taken me two tries to get it happy, I know plan around it.

@Cherishthamoment

Ай бұрын

How did you make it happy?

I tried the beer in a cup and it totally worked! The slugs crawled up the sides and fell in and drowned!

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Oh wow. Ok now I have to go buy a beer......

Your hostas are amazing!! Here in zone 9b Texas Gulf Coast we can't do hosta or coral bells. It is Coleus and Caladiums 😊

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Oh, too bad, although coleus and caladiums are pretty amazing too....here they are, alas, only an annual.

@buds8423

Ай бұрын

And native bishops cap- gorgeous

🏡. What an eye opening experience 🩷 Can you help with the grub worm problems I am experiencing . I worked hard to get it out of my yard . I produced a beautiful " walk barefoot on the soft green grass by just allowing my grass to reseed itself and then bag the rest and used it after drying it as mulch . I realized quickly that if neighbors are not willing to do the same infestation of moles and voles through the old mole tunnels return after one year. My budget is set .Any advice for your neighbor ? I am so thankful to have found you ❤. I would really like some advice on Pinnacle hydrangeas too ! Great video with such a variety of color and texture to compliment the hostas . I think these would help them stand out like a pageant light on a runway thanks to you ❤

I've been meaning to try some European ginger also.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

See for me...that one would take over. That is why everyone needs to do their homework.....what is good for me, might not be for you and vise versa...

@LinusCello75

Ай бұрын

What about the native or Asian Asarum? No epimediums? For heucheras, does your experience match mt. Cuba’s report on best varieties?

Great advice. What about Bishops Hat and Weed?

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

I don't know...I have never grown it.

I would add Solomon's Seal to your shade garden list.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

You know. I don't really like that plant. I know lots of people do, though. Thanks for the suggestion. 😀😀

Michelle, do you have any suggestions for a blooming climbing vine for zone 6? I've searched & not having success. Thank you.

@bloom-chirp

23 күн бұрын

Opps, forgot to say for shade. That's the tricky part.

@gardeningTLC

23 күн бұрын

For shade?

Around here there are areas with little ferns that are like 3" tall like grass height and seems to grow in partial shade or full sun. Any chance you might know what type of fern that would be? I have a space between my house and the neighbors that also now has some shade from a mulberry tree, and it would be nice to replace some of the weeds with something like that which doesn't need mowed or trimmed constantly.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Oh my, I don't know . There are lots and lots of kinds of ferns....

I've got to tell you something. Spider plants are usually indoor hanging basket plants, and strawberry Begonia. I put them both in my little garden right beside the house in a frost free zone. I live in I believe Zone 7, I'm close to Tupelo, MS. The Spider plants I found our are a tropical grass. Mine die down in the winter, but come back every year. The strawberry begonia doesn't really die down, kinda like dormant but comes back also. They are almost full shade and like dampness but not what I call flooding. Wish I knew how to post a picture.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Sounds nice!!

My daughter says we have lots of slugs when she goes to pick strawberries at dusk. So I guess the way I deal with slugs is a combination of leaving the roly polies alone to eat the eggs, and then I also just go in before they come out. 😂

I just picked up 18 baby Hellebores. From a lady changing her garden around. But mystery colors. Cream, cream and pink for sure. But possibly more colors. I was wondering if you know if they cross pollinate?

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Yes they will

I have 2 lungworts I planted side by side. One is doing great and the other is getting black and seems to be dying. Help. What do I need to do to save this beautiful plant? Thanks for all the choices for shade areas. Love your hosta area, but I can't grow them cause of deer. I finally got some brunnera this year. Funny thing: I asked at the big box stores for them, they had never heard of them. So I had to order from PW.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Hard to say. Could be a fungal or bacterial infection....if you have a local extension office they might be able to help you identify it.

@judyanderson8782

Ай бұрын

Thanks for advice.

I have TONS of ajuga in my lawn. Will a weed and feed eradicate it?

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

No. You either have to hand pull it or use something like round up and then reseed the area.

Monkshood is good in a shade garden. Purple flower in fall.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Hmm..never grown that one...will have to check it out. 😀

I have had lungwort in my garden for years and I have never cut off the flowers.

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

I just do it to tidy it up, you certaintly don't have to

Pachysandra is on invasive list

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Not everywhere.....

What about sunny wet area?? No one ever talks about that. What likes those condition? Low spot in yard but it get lots of sun?? Help please

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Hibiscus-Rose Mallow

Do you recommend sand as mulch under hostas?

@gardeningTLC

4 күн бұрын

No

What is the name of the pre-emergent that you used? Was it snapshot or T/I 2.5 G?

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Snapshot

@joydrummond2288

Ай бұрын

@@gardeningTLC Thank you. I enjoy your channel!

Can you spell the plant you mentioned after jacobs ladder, thank you much?

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Sure. Brunnera.

I have question for you what do think about buying half dead plants from Lowes or Home Depot and Walmart

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Well, if they are truly 1/2 dead, I would not waste my money....if they are just leggy, or some leaves look crispy, then cut them back, plant them, and fertilize them. Pull them out of the pot and look at the roots. It is a risk either way. I personally prefer healthy plants, but I have brought home a few things from my garden store that I had to baby along.

@user-td4pm6tk5j

Ай бұрын

@@gardeningTLC Thank you for your help it was helpful.

Oh Michele I was screaming at you about the spider crawling up your neck. OMG!!! I was dying watching it .. 😭 🤣 😂 🕷 Love your videos though, just not the spiders. I'm one of those gardeners who don't like bugs crawling on me, specially spiders. 😒 😱 😨 🙀

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

Oh...I'm with ya sister...I hate spiders

Love lamium but It always dies when I plant it. Not sure why

@gardeningTLC

Ай бұрын

😟