Hello gardeners! I'm Kevin and I've been hiking around yards for over 30 years. I live and garden in the northern plains growing plant material hardy to zones 3 and 4. Sharing gardens, and teaching viewers how to maintain them is my goal. We'll talk about gardens filled with annuals, perennials, vegetables, shrubs, trees and more. And we won't forget the many projects that happen behind the scenes that make our gardens beautiful and landscapes, WOW! I love the outdoors, the exercise and the unique people who also love to garden.
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Great video! Thanks, I look forward to seeing more. I subscribed!
I love sedum. Great to see all the different types in one garden
Does Dark purple bloomerange lilac hold the zone or suckering, please? Is it heavy fragrant or just fragrant? Thanks. Your video is really helpful!
No suckering on mine after 5+ years. It is light on fragrance.
I’m in Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦 zone 5b & I love sedums all kinds & different even realize how much I had. It’s the easiest stuff & I share with family & friends. I love succulents as well as propagating is so easy. I do ignore mine & more people should try it. I have a lot that can over winter in my garden
Love them and they’re so easy to propagate! I have a variegated variety that gets green reversions that I need to periodically pinch out. I just pop those bits in the ground and they grow.
I picked a Wichita Blue over Moonglow today after watching this video. Thank you for the inspiration 🤩
That lady's garden looks amazing. I would love to get some details on those beautiful grasses that were in the background. Would she be able to do a full garden tour with you? 🙏
Hoping to do one soon!
How about an extensive tour of this person's awesome garden?
Yes, she's made for herself a wonderful gardens !!
Lovely!
I love sedum. Low maintenance and the bees love them
Beautiful conifer garden! I just love it! We just bought a Montgomery blue spruce and can't wait for it to get as big as yours! Your Montgomery looks like a huge blue Hershey's kiss chocolate, just beautiful! I've been in search for Taylor's Sunburst Lodgepole Pine with no luck as of yet. Is Taylor Sunburst easy to grow?
I’ve planted several Taylor’s in different landscapes over the years, and they have all done great. You’ll love it!
@@gardenhike thank you for the insight! Great contents, thank you for sharing!
They look great. Nice prune job.
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I like how you plan your beds. I do the same. I chew on it for a while from different angles and elevations (like an upper deck). Really enjoying your videos.
Great location for the birdbath.
What grass killer is safe for blue rug juniper?
Double check, but I believe Junipers are listed on the label of Grass Beater, a Bonide product.
I love zone 3A and mine dies back to about 2 feet each year, and grows about 8 feet by end of summer. Each year more bushier than the last.
I have two, the weeping, a now huge specimen of what must be 22 ft tall, only once or twice has had any bit of winter burn, this last winter experienced a brutal cold snap of -43 C, probably even colder in the lower lying areas of my yard, not a stitch of damage to either tree! That other specimen I believe is seed grown having a wide and sweeping appearance. Oh, one thing also I love is the needles are soft to the touch. Wish I had a dozen more Serbian spruce in my landscape!
'Blue Arrow' is of my least favorite of upright junipers, though I as well am very keen on 'Medora', I have two, one being very tall and narrow, the other had lost its leader about three winters ago and went very wide at the base in which I have sheared into a large tear drop, it looks great! My favorite for stunning year round blue coloring is 'Moffat Blue', the variety can be a bit awkward and slow relucent to develop a leader and appreciates the occasional shearing, but there's just something special about that BLUE color! I should mention it's not of the taller growing types.
I haven't decided yet as a new gardener but I love that odd looking one you got.
Me too😊
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Thank you for this video-I have a small ground evergreen that is dying and growing over sidewalk. I was worried about tackling it but now ready to try!
I use straw for mulch, it decompose's in a year.
Wow, the aloe vera plant made my jaw drop immediately! How incredible! 💚
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'Yellow Ribbon' is an excellent very cold hardy cedar that resists winter browning. I have five, some as tall 14 ft and still pushing skyward! It takes excellent to pruning and can be sheared tight and narrow or left as be. I'd say it's a good choice all the way down to -45 C zone 2.
You know what's funny? After I commented on one of your other videos that I didn't believe mice could harm trees, it turns out SOMETHING had girdled one of my young apple trees over the winter. So I guess I was an ignoramus and you were right! 😂 Not sure what did the work, whether mice or rabbits or what. But something chewed right around the whole base of the tree, so that there weren't even any roots left on it when I found it. I just pulled the whole trunk right out of the ground with no effort. It was just a dead pole! I wonder what did it. I'm surprised, too, because I figured there was plenty of food sources around here what with us backing onto a forest and what with a third of the property being left wild. Oh well! I had never heard of girdling til I saw your video, and then it happened to me. Funny!
Bummer! I hate to use baits, and I use very few insecticides because trees and shrubs can usually survive heavy insect feeding. But with rodents like mice, it’s a one and done.
@@gardenhike I won't use baits. I'll just hope it doesn't happen again. However, I can see that it happens quite often on your property (two trees this year?) so I can understand. Even with baits though, they could still get to the trunks. Have you considered wrapping the trunks that are unseen with wire? Might be an idea.
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Thank you! I enjoy watching the excellence in your work! Could you please do a video on Blue Spruce Bird's Nest. I have one that is getting too large for its area and I wonder if it's trimmable or movable when it's been in its spot for approximately 5 years. Thank you!!
Atlanta Ga here! Just found out one of my backyard trees were pear trees. They don’t look like these though they have spots on them
Thank you for this. Tractor certainly helps in a dead shrub removal. We had two spirea like the one behind the dead juniper. The spirea were here when we moved in in late 2021. They were healthy that first spring of 2022. The deers love to eat the two spireas all year round. Last summer the top of the spireas started wilting on top and turning crispy and brown. Don’t know why. This spring the two spireas started off well then just like that they were all crispy brown. Had to dig them out from the rock mulch. Replaced with Japanese blood grass because deers don’t like to eat grasses as much as everything else reputed deer resistant that we planted in our yard. Look forward to every one of your videos. You are inspirational to me. Best channel in KZread. Thank you.
I use my iris as a pond plant. They do well in bog filters
my juniper died after i transplanted it, what was i thinking😢
Love your videos! I'm a big fan of your channel.
Are those two trees in view at 4.13 into the video dead
No, not dead. The upper one at that time stamp is either a Swiss Stone or Mugo pine variety (I’ll have to look closer next time I’m there). It has some scale problems so has had some heavy needle shed. The lower tree is a purple leaf birch, probably Royal Frost, that is doing well.
That is a bummer. I have an Icee Blue and I love it. That was a beautiful specimen too.
Where are you located? I love your accent and the land is beautiful!!!!!
He’s in North Dakota…huh what accent? 😂 Kind and thoughtful American gardener accent?
North Dakota. I lived in Minnesota for quite a while, maybe I picked up the accent there 😊
So sorry this happened. Your arboretum is so beautiful; I’m sure whatever you replace it with will be equally lovely. You are inspiring me!
Thank you, this video was very helpful.
Nice looking
I just today randomly came across this gentleman and his videos! I enjoy watching and learning with him. Not only is he thorough, I find his whole approach and even tone very relaxing. Living here in NYC most of my gardening is done vicariously and I am looking forward to viewing more of his gentle gardening videos. Thank you from a new fan! Mr. Gerry
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Love the character and whimsical feel it gives. Looks great! Gotta love when “fails” turn out better than we planned. ❤
Awesome thank you so much I'm cutting mine this week
You are helping me to learn and relax. Thanks!
Is there any way to prevent girdling? We just planted 12 Techny trees and have a yard full of bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels and groundhogs.
I’ve only had girdling problems in the winter, so you may be fine if you are in a warmer climate. For the field mice, I use bait blocks in bait stations. Tree guards are effective but not always practical on multi-stemmed shrubs. Fencing is great, but again, it is not always practical or aesthetically pleasing. Usually, it’s trying a combination of things, but nothing is for sure.
THE most gorgeous garden ive ever 'seen' and i watch a lot on YT. I can't believe it's a private garden. Wow💚🎊💯
Thats quite the compliment. Thank you!
So pleased to have found your channel. Learning so much and feeling inspired. Thank you so much for your hard work.
Would love to see a tour of the property you were working on , looks like there are some amazing specimens !
Yes. Hoping to do that. It’s nice!
Nice work, beautiful setting. Beautiful view.