Brilliant garden border plants to plant in spring to fill a gap – plus useful planting tips from the experts who grow them.
If you buy your plants from the people who grow them, you’ll get expert advice and help. The Plant Fairs Roadshow is a collective of independent plant nurseries, who organise plant fairs in beautiful gardens around South East England. For the price of admission to the garden, you can buy from a wide selection of nurseries, each an expert in the type of plants they grow. So they can give you the best advice.
00:00 Welcome
00:27 The Plant Fairs Roadshow: https://www.plantfairsroadshow.co.uk/
00:36 Ramster Hall https://www.ramsterevents.com/
00:51 Steve Edney www.thenonamenursery.co.uk
01:12 How to plant in dry soils or dry climates
01:34 How to plant plants that have been grown in peat-free compost in pots
02:33 Lamium orvala (spotted deadnettle)
03:48 Geum ‘Pink Petticoats’
05:07 Paul Seaborne of Pelham Plants: https://pelhamplants.co.uk/
05:20 Planting after a very wet spring, especially on heavy soil
06:10 Geranium maculatum ‘Spring Purple’
07:55 Annie Godfrey of Daisy Roots: https://www.daisyroots.com/
08:10 Geum ‘Mai Tai’
08:38 Nepeta ‘Cat’s Pyjamas’
09:18 The Plant Fairs Roadshow at RHS Chelsea Flower Show: https://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show
09:50 Graham Blunt of Plantbase: http://www.plantbase.co.uk/
10:24 Spirea ‘Pink Ice’
10:44 Erica caffra (Water Heath)
11:35 Miles Hayward of Miles Japanes Maples: https://milesjapanesemaples.co.uk/
11:46 What NOT to plant in spring
12:41 What you need to know about buying trees in pots
14:30 Dan Cooper of Dan Cooper Garden: https://www.dancoopergarden.com/
15:20 WoolPots (available from Dan Cooper Garden)
16:30 Rob Hardy of Hardys Cottage Garden Plants: https://www.hardysplants.co.uk/
16:49 Veronica ‘Tissington White’
18:15 Tom Brown on how to create a stunning border: https://youtu.be/SQRTVeCLHmE
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42 Comments
Lots of people are asking 'what's the blue/purple shrub behind the plant experts?' It's a ceanothus! I meant to label it and forgot.
Thank you for a great advice.
Hola, Alexandra: sé que me vas a entender porque hablás español, así que te mando saludos desde Córdoba, Argentina. Tu tocayo.
Gr8 advice on peat free they tote this as the greatest thing since sliced bread
What a lovely Flowers
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My friend thank you for good sharing. Have a good relationship 😊
Incredibly helpful. Honestly, the best gardening video of all time. Thank you so much.
Through the whole video I could not stop looking at the light purple plant in the background, what is it?
Learnt a lot again- thanks!
Particularly enjoyed this week's video. Loved the recommendations, the growing tips, and the reminder to look up what plant fairs are scheduled to be held near me.
Thanks for the great plant tips. I love geums. Such a beautiful flower.
Good morning Alexander, I just love these garden fair's. We can get the most wonderful information from these growers. Are those Geums not stunning? Such a beautiful flower and the colour is absolutely amazing. So many marvellous plants the individual growers have shared with us and they are all exquisite. I know the Erica's are so hardly, look at those fine leaves, that is the secret of those plants!! They are almost like needles. There are so many wonderful plants that we can choose from, and they are cheaper than a movie ticket, and they last it seems forever when taken care of. There is just so much joy in the plant world not forgetting those essential garden tools and the woollen pots are just the bling now. Just amazing the video was as good as ever, thank you for showing us new or hardly plants to choose from, as you know I am in S. Africa. but I just adapt according to climatic conditions. Our summers as quite harsh especially when the rain holds back, then it becomes a nightmare for us gardeners. Needless to say you are looking good as always, it has to be Nature that brings out the beauty in you/us. Many blessings, kind regards, Elize.
🪴Lovely 🪴Informative 🪴
So cute how the robin came to the table 🌝
Learned so much from these discussions. The wool pots are genius!
Have never heard of "wool pots", just a brilliant idea! Thank you for another one of your educational videos, I always learn something valuable.
Alexandra, your vlogs are exceptional! I deeply appreciate the variety of topics you present and the individuals you interview. There are so many excellent gardeners that just don't have vlogs so when you interview them, we all win. Thank you!
Could you tel me what the tree is that Miles Hayward has with him?
So informative! Thank you
This is the best gardening vlog hands down. ❤
Great presentation and thank you for asking those questions – may be obvious to some but most helpful to those like me who are constantly learning! Keep up the fabulous job, Alexandra !
This was wonderful! I'm so glad the odd looking 'air pot' was explained! And that little bird got it's 30 seconds of fame, lol. Conditions even within a single garden can vary so much, so information from all of these gardeners was helpful. I did balk a bit at the nettle, as I've yanked out a ton of the stinging ones from my garden this year…every time I think I've gotten them all, a new one pops up in a flower pot or crack in the pavement, and I must resist the urge to grab it without gloves. Love the "Cats Pajamas". 🙂
Have a wonderful mother's day 💕
Helpful tips.
Fascinating Airpots
I have been trying germs for the past 2 years and can’t seem to keep them alive. I was told they don’t like to be kept moist but the 2 experts in this video say the opposite. I will try giving them more water when we’re not getting rain. Hopefully I can succeed this time around! 🤞🏻 Coastal NC ZONE 8b.
What a great start to spring gardening for all of us. Thank you. Enjoyed my garden last weekend in the sunshine, peonies & roses blooming , lots others, just love it.
00:40 good grace anyone can tell what that pink thing is sooo chock full of flowers???? 😍😍😍
Very useful advice to shake off peatfree compost before planting. Thanks
Hi Alexander, I remember you posted a very good video on the way you make your videos , and your advice on the different equipment that you use. Are you able to tell us what the name of that video was thanks 😊
Excellent! I think I may have the Tissington – will investigate. Lots of good recommendations so I will need to rewatch. Thank you Alexandra
So many great tips in this video, thank you.
I love your videos ! 🙂 Thank you 4:59 ! ☘️🌿
Alexandra, somehow I am not able to click the thumbs up for this video "8 Beautiful Border Plants". I click and the hand disappears?!?
Touched my heart to see your dog shopping for plants with you.
UK Suffolk ❤
I am struggling to find plants for the back of a west facing border that are able to get tall enough early enough to beat my self seeders that return every year. I live in south Alabama, zone 8b. The problem is my poppies and bachelors buttons in spring and zinnias in the summer get to be 5 feet tall, shading everything behind them. I have experimented with roses on a trellis on the fence, canna lillies, and salvia amistad. So far only the salvia does well
What are the white flowers in the background to the right of the Ceanothus are? Love your videos.
I'm in love with Tissington White!!!
I love those wool pots❤ Genius!
So would love to try geum, but we are dry and mainly sunny. That tangerine you have in your garden is lovely and would look great in the peach and pink statue garden.
Love the video!
;Loved this interview style with plant people .Excellent show
What to plant now 5months ago? 😂😂😂😂😂😂