Gardening with Richard Chuck up at Grassy Bottom in the UK through the seasons, with ornamental grasses and perennials showing the creation and design of a 1/4 acre garden on the Lincolnshire Wolds in the UK. I hope to show you tips and tricks to help your own garden journey, and hopefully inspire you to do more however experienced you are...currently on BBC Radio Lincolnshires' newest garden show 'The Potting Shed
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The Japanese garden is so peaceful ^^
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42:03 Definitely worth waiting to see your new project finished and think it looks absolutely great. Also totally agree about looking at our gardens at different times of the day as the sun and shading makes such a difference. An example of this is seeing the shadows to the right of your rocks in this morning filming. I guess the shadows will vary during the day and wonder if this might be lost should other materials be placed around or close to the stand alone rocks?
Thanks, I'm not sure about the dark gravel either, but I like to cover all options
Looks great Richard, a nice addition 😊
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Really lovely….thank you for a very enjoyable tour around Grassy Bottom….love the name!
Thanks for looking,
Loving the new jap. Garden installation. Great place to go to meditate and just take in the beauty.
Your video is great! Thanks for sharing! I am a big fan of your channel.Greetings from @nami-vlog! Have a wonderful time my friend 💜💜💜💜💜👍
Thank you
Do you know if there’s a variegated dwarf pampas grass? I love your richardii.
There is supposedly a very dwarf variety called cortaderia 'Tiny Pampa gold' that's variegated, I've never seen it, but I have a green form called 'Tiny Pampa', it really is a small version, larchcottage.co.uk do a gold mini pampas, hope this helps
Love your garden! Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks Pete
Looking fabulous , I need to find me Veronicastrum, most my garden is part shady so always interested to see how you manage that area
Try knoll Gardens for the veronicastrum. They do mail order.
Yes harry lauder was a Scottish comedian he had a crooked walking stick,thus the reference to the tree, I just cut my tree right back as it was hitting the roof last winter.
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Some parts of your garden have a beachy look, which I love. The oak post helps with that, for instance. And the gravel paths.
Yes, I agree it does. It just kind of happened, I think from time to time, the hard core is exposed, which is a light colour, and the posts are kind of groin looking like the ones on the beach.
🌾🦋 Good morning Richard Great garden tour.
Thanks Lisa
I have really nice ornamental grass. Unfortunately voles made their house under the grass . They did some demage but I was able to rescue some. Any idea how to rid of them ???
I would lift the whole plant to get them out from underneath, then replant, remember to water ut back in, which grass?
I absolutely love your little birch in the birch border. I bought the trinity college birch last year as its supposed to be a smaller variety. It came to me at about 7ft and is already 9/10 ft tall. Although it's staked at the base I still panic in high storms as it bends backwards and forwards and Although I'd love it at a decent size, it frightens me as its less than 20ft away from the house and about 5ft from next doors fence. I wish I knew how to shape mine so it looks like yours. Yours is amazing and If I knew how to get a birch to look that brilliant, I'd def buy more
Betula Trinity College is small to medium. Early pruning will greatly help, and don't be afraid to remove larger branches at a young age. If you're in the uk, it's better to do this once the leaves are on so late spring. Look up pictures of your preferred shape and use it as a rough guide. Make sure it's anchored in until its roots settle, they are shallow rooted so shouldn't cause a problem to your property, make sure it is well watered in its first couple of years , don't overwater it either. If you check out some of my videos, I explain how to prune without compromising the overall shape. Hope this helps...
@upatgrassybottom9859 thanks so much I've been too busy enjoying your garden tours but will def find the pruning videos now that I know they are there. I was always on the understanding not to prune a birch in spring and winter because of bleeding? And only to late summer prune. I now dream of a birch the same as yours. Can I take out that main leader? Or will another branch grow twice as quick to take over? I really appreciate yoir time thank you. I've found you on Instagram now too so will have a good look at your account later. You've worked so hard on your garden. It's amazing. I'm after more of a cottage garden myself, but some plants that you have will definitely look interesting in my garden too. Thanks for putting the names of plants on the screen. I can pause and Google them. Best wishes davena in the Midlands in the uk
Hello Davena, the sap will have stopped rising once the leaves are fully formed, you can remove the leader, your tree will use another main branch as a leader but you can cut this down by a third, keep checking it every month or so and keep trimming in any that may become the next leader. Hope that helps.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 thank you
You're welcome
Found you by pure accident via the recommended videos. I'm so glad I did. What a fantastic video and garden. I'm looking forward to watching the other videos you have made
Thank you, I've filmed a few 🙂
@@upatgrassybottom9859 I can see. Exciting for me!
Vườn hoa của bạn rất đẹp tôi rất thích nó, minh cùng đồng hành 👍🔔
I'm pleased you like it, thanks.
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome!
Looking beautiful Richard, love your enthusiasm 😊
It's my slice of paradise
Wonderful! Youshowed plants that are new to me. Much appreciated.
You're welcome. It's my intention to show plants that are so often unknown
I planted a bunch last summer and they looked great so this year is the first year to watch them grow and it’s not looking good. I have like 20 and none of the blooms are turning brown they’re still green and all the green grass is turning brown and splintering, they look terrible and I don’t know what’s going on
Hi , there are lots of things to affect the grass, and wind will damage some of them. The grass goes through different looks as the year turns. They are prone to rust on the leaves in damp environments. The seed heads go through different phases but eventually turn to a straw colour, at which point the leaves will fall away, leaving a stiffly upright look to the clump, any breaks should be removed, there should be plenty of stalks so it should look better, each season gives a different look, this is what gives this superb grass a long season of interest, my calamagrostis is tidied up when needed, please don't be put off by its look as it sounds like your planting is relatively new, it needs time to mature, I'll do a filmed explanation in my next video to help you out.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 sounds great, thanks for the reply, yeah this is their first year, maybe I watered a little too much, we’ll see
@estrome8538 I've done a KZread on it in detail. It's yet to be edited but should help you.
Love the dovecote. May I ask why you call the circular window the polo? I've been wondering : )
If you're not from the UK, I'll forgive you🙂, it's named after a sweet Google it...
@@upatgrassybottom9859 Ah! So it looks like our US "Life Saver" candy. Thanks, I always thought it had something to do with the sport polo - haha! Makes more sense now!
@@brocktoon8 I like to name everything 😊
Beautiful garden!
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Lovely unique garden, so many beautiful textures. Your grass collection is great. Wood work also superb!
Thanks. I really appreciate your comments
What a great video but what a tease! I sat all the way through to be told no peak at the eastern style garden. It's a good job the rest of the garden is stunning
Thanks for hanging in there! The Eastern style garden is almost complete , so hopefully, a video will soon be made.
Brilliant garden! 👍🏆
Thank you! Cheers!
Absolutely stunning . I purchased some Celosia plants today & just started to read a bit abt them . Apparently they are edible 😮
Thanks, I don't grow celosia, but it is edible and really should be treated as an annual. People are always surprised when I point out you can eat the flowers of day lillies (Hemerocallis) . The list is endless but an added bonus.
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Beautiful looking garden and great selection of plants, they are the bees knees.
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I love the grasses when its breezy.
Me too
Are these grasses happiest in sunshine
All I've shown are good in sun.
I've seen Chionochloa rubra in many of your videos, it's beautiful and decided that I have to have it! But here in Italy it's not available so I ordered some seeds, and just now I hear you say it's difficult to grow from seeds. Sometimes I read they need cold stratification and sometimes I read they germinate readily if sown in summer. What's the truth? I don't have many seeds and don't want to waste them so was researching the best method to get at least one of them growing. I also really like Miscanthus 'Memory' and fortunately this one is available here so I'm getting it to plant in fall. How long do the plumes stay up in winter? Your garden seems often quite windy so I was wondering how long do they show their seedheads before winter and rain thake them down. Thank you
I think that it's best to sow in summer as that would be the time they shed seed, I'm happy to collect some seed from mine to post to you as a backup should yours fail. As for the plumes, each year is different as the weather can affect when they start , but you should get a good couple of months before they shed the seed, but they should be left as they are for winter interest and cut down in February, that's the miscanthus, leave the chionachloa as they are evergreen. Hope that helps.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 thank you! I'll try to sow them in a few days.
I have the Sambuca, too, only mine seems to have arrived all on it's own. I was told it was a type of Elder. I don't think it is. I have another Sambuca, with much finer leaves, that I DID plant. I don't know where it's bruiser of a cousin came from. Very prolific in my garden! I had no idea what they were, for a long time, and they just seemed to start popping up in various spots (so - now they're in pots). I also thought they were different to each other because they seem to have different leaf colours if depending on where they are growing.
All sambucus are variable from seed, location will affect leaf colour, yours is likely to have arrived from a local shrub and possibly via a bird, if you like them I suggest you select one you consider a good one.
I love the silver birches. When you cut that wayward branch off - if you're not going to use it yourself then please give it to somebody else to stick in their garden. :) If I could - I'd have one end of my garden all silver birch. For the moonlight, you see. People tend to plant for viewing in the daytime - but I absolutely love how different pale plants glow in the moonlight. Too late for it this year but, next year, I'm definitely going to get myself a packet of white Nicotiana seeds and just have little pots of them dotted throughout the other things (currently - Alpine poppies, columbine and foxgloves are filling the niche of things that just grow where they like in amongst the other things - but I want some white Nicotiana to do the same thing).
The branch has now gone. It's unlikely to root at that size it was. It would require a dedicated person to try to get it to root. It's better to grow from seed , I've done that in the past and got a seed to 10 feet before leaving the property. Have you tried brunnera for a moonlight walk? They look nice in the moonlight, I've recently found a great seedling that shows promise. If it remains good, I'm naming it blue moon as it reminds me of one.
How much do you prune the climbing roses?
I'm only doing pruning to guide growth to form the main structure. They get a snip when they head in the wrong direction, usually back to a forward facing bud.
Stunning Pergola. Could you pls. tell me how you fixed the posts in the ground? With cement?
I set them in around 18inches and tamp in soil, so no cement used.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 What type of wood did you use? Have you put an oil on the posts to protect them or just set them in the soil?
@sonjag.1511 I used standard 4x4 inch pine posts, I haven't treated them , I feel they'll last a long time anyway. It wouldn't hurt to treat them, but I don't.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 Thank you very much. You helped me a lot.
@sonjag.1511 you're welcome
This came at the right time just brought my very first rose Veilchenblau rambler, roses seem a bit like hard work to me but I thought I would give it a go 😀
I had that in the past. It's a good one.
I'm already enjoying the Japanese garden even though it's not finished yet. ^^
🤣🤣🤣 fab love that
Garden is looking great. Your off to a good start with a clean slate to create a Japanese garden. You already have some good plants to start with. Definitely a water feature in that area. I started a zen/meditation garden area for my wife. I’m finally making use of a large space that was overgrown and used as a dumping ground.
Thanks Robert
Do You have Euphorbia Segeuriana 'Sternenwolke' ?
No I don't have that one, I prefer euphorbia epithymoides.
Look forward to seeing the end result 😊
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I think this will be my favourite border, apart from the polo pergola. One thing that screams Japan is cherry blossom. If it's trained "loosely" as bonsai would be stunning. The barrel though for me is like an elephant in the room. 😅 I'm so glad you're moving it. Proportion to the area I feel is too big . So maybe once the planting around it will soften it? Just my opinion and I am open to being persuaded 😊 don't come at me. 😅
Thanks Tracy, keeping the barrel in is intentional. If you take a close look at japanese Gardens, they are mainly quite structured with little to no plants. Hopefully, I can give it my own unique twist. Oh, it's called the cloister pergola. The polo is a piece of it. I like to get comments such as yours. My aim is to get my viewers to see my work in a different way. I hope you feel I didn't come back at you 🤣🤣🤣
Garden is looking great. Really looking forward, to see how the Japanise garden pans out :) Sounds like you're in your element :)
I'm living like I'm in Japan 🤣
How do the plumes stay neat together? Mine split
How old is your plant ?
@@upatgrassybottom9859 I planted 4 1L pots back in February. They are already at 4-5ft. Other than the plumes and a bit of rust they are doing fine.
@CalisthenicTraining give them a couple of years to establish, they can be lax at this time of year, especially if its a wet year.
@@upatgrassybottom9859 Its indeed a wet year over here in The Netherlands. Hopefully the stems won't break 😢
@@upatgrassybottom9859 Update: the heads are now slowly closing and starting to look like yours. Its interesting to see them go from airy to neat. The color changes are nice too. So far I've seen green, purple/pink ish and currently some are golden brown. Such an amazing grass! I can't wait for the winter for winter interest. Hopefully the stalks will remain upright until then.
I love the look of the dolly tubs. I will look out for one! 😊
You should! Look in reclamation yards.
Best information and explanation of Astrantia I have found. Thank you. More like this on perennials please!
I'm always uploading new videos, I like to go in depth from time to time.
Beautiful roses.
Yes, they are such a pleasure to grow
I just discovered you, I do not fast forward 😂 Like you, I created an "English" garden out of a meadow, some 3O(!) years ago...Linda Vater already thaught me to look at "junk" with different eyes and you do the same. I also love rusty items, especially in combination with salmon shades of flowers 🤩 At the moment, however, I only seem to battle slugs and snails as it is extremely wet in Belgium 😱
We, too, are doing battle with slugs and snails. We call it architectural salvage 😀 Thanks for your kind comments..
You can plant roses in the same place. If you fill a decent sized cardboard box with new compost/soil and add micro Rizal, by the time the box has disintegrated, all should be well. It has something to do with the micellium that's already made a connection to the old rose that doesn't allow the new rose to flourish.
Thanks, I am aware, but I didn't want to go into a technical explanation. That's saved me a job 😀
hi neq subscriber here
Hi there, not sure where neq is?
Your garden is absolutely stunning. Beautiful roses. How did you design your garden? I love all the trellises and pathways.
Hi Garden Hardy, I've been doing my own garden designs for as long as I've been gardening, I guess I just have a natural ability and find it easy to do, I love to create and gardening is a deep passion, I mainly re use materials and always aim for a rustic feel, I've been at Grassy Bottom 4 years now, it was almost all grass, I'm going to try put together a japanese style border later this year. Thanks for your kind comments.