In this week’s garden video, I slowed down a bit to chat about what I’ve learned over the last few years when it comes to container gardening. I’ve been developing my cottage garden in containers and love how it looks so much! I’m hoping this year’s display will be as beautiful as last year’s and that I’ll be able to make it even more magical.
I also took you around the garden to share some moments of joy and I think that’s one of my favourite things about gardening – seeing tiny little changes that I hadn’t seen the day before and being so excited to see them!
What have been some of your moments of joy from the garden this week? I filmed this video last week before going to Spain for a few days and now that I’m back, so much has changed, even from filming this video!
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❤ Everything is so, so lovely. What a beautiful backdrop for your video/vlog today. Loved ❤ it.
Hi. Cant wait to see that rose in full bloom❤❤❤
I love your moments of delight when you find things flowering!
The mirror looks amazing with the cottage garden plants. ❤- Frances
Enjoyed the tour and chat. So much to see and it all is lovely. Enjoy the week. I'll be looking forward to the next video.🌼🌱💮
Pottering around gardens is just the best.
I can hear the excitement in your voice when you spot a new bud on your flowers .. I'm the same way 🥀. Your cottage garden is so pretty! Happy Gardening 👩🌾
Love your plant choices 😍 I’ve taken a screenshot of the Clematis label because I think I have to have one 🙊😁 I’ve been inspired to create more cottage garden pots because I tend to grow veg and pop a few annuals in for pollination but never make them entirely dedicated to flowers. My late Nan used to do her flower pots beautifully too, so I’m feeling very excited to get going with a new project (on my list of 103!!)
Thanks for the video – a very relaxing watch 😊
Your clematis is beautiful. I got my first geranium after 30 years of growing. I always called them old lady plants😅 well guess who's an old lady now 😊 it's a lovely deep pink. I have cat nip in my yard for cat. Do you have pineapple sage over there? Makes a beautiful mound of foliage. Waiting on the tiny red flowers it gets. They say our hummingbirds like them. Fingers crossed. Be well.
I think it would look great if you did the faux brick look like Catherine’s and maybe do the patio too just to tie it all together and make the pots pop.
Joyous! Your enthusiasm remains infectious. 😊
You're right. It depends on your area you live. People think Hawaii is all around tropical weather. Wrong! There are parts of the island that are tropical but there are parts that are like a desert. I've seen limp cactuses. And with the climate changing, we still have rain . . . in June? Not complaining. I just chopped down my rose vine. It was taller than my garage. If you don't spray your roses, you can dry the petals and make tea. You have a beautiful garden.
I think that is Persian Catmint. At 14:41 is a Salvia, I think Cup Sage?
16:10 looks like an Andrews Sweet Tea Rose, but not 100% as was a single clip of one rose 🌹😊
The astrantia is beautiful
Hi good 5o catch up with you. Can you give me details.s on where you got your solar fou tain please .
We are on a hose pipe ban already in my part of England. My water butt's are empty . Iv just planted a whitelavender it smells amazing. Your garden is looking fantastic. Catch you next time 😊😊😊
I have six rose bushes and they all have rust spots. What can I do about them
Have a great break catch you next time
Did you know that you can paint the in side of the pot. water proof it so 10:43 the water doesn’t seep through the sides. It also makes the pots last longer. 😌
Everything is looking pretty. Can't wait to see the barrels planted. Enjoy your trip. Stay safe.
Thank you and enjoy your time in Spain
Thank you for your inspiration
I love the little wispy flowers blowing in the wind? You and Catherine have the prettiest flowers and great varieties. The geraniums are so different from any I’ve had. Yours are absolutely beautiful but different. I want some like these. What is the variety. I bought impatiens yesterday. The are so delicate and just lovely but they too are different from any I’ve had before. I’ve been so limited in flowers here until I found a local nursery I didn’t know existed. I went a little wild this weekend 😂.
Really enjoyed this. Your garden is looking lovely. You are so right about taking time to enjoy what we have done. Also, i love a morning garden walk around to see what is starting to bloom ❤
Your garden looks so nice. I do annuals more in pots than I use to. See you soon.
Your rose blooms are so beautiful. Could it be a rose named Pat Austin or a Rosa Peace tea rose?
You would be proud, I bought 75 packets of seeds in one transaction. It felt so good 😂
Great video.thank you
Karen, I hope you enjoyed your trip to Spain because by the time you read this we will be back! But I can’t so tickled at you when you get so excited about what’s blooming and what’s not blooming and the fact that some of it it was Leica. Let’s toss it in and see what happens Wala it’s a miracle look how beautiful it is lol love it you’re very different than Catherine I like the ease of your terra-cotta and plastic potted flower garden. I’m not as young as either one of you. Two girls are but I do like the potter and the flowers and I love of your gardens, but yours would probably be easier for me to maintain then Catherine’s I just need to go sit in Catherine’s garden. She’s got two chairs I’ll share lol. I can’t wait to see what your arbors are going to look like. I have a visual picture, but I can’t wait to see them in full bloom. Have a good week.
I water in the morning and that's when I ponder everything.
I am especially excited about my veg as its a first for me and they seem to be growing at a great rate.
I have quite a few of my cottage garden plants in pots this year and mingle them in the boarders, trouble is it's going to be difficult to keep everything safe in the winter.
I am sure I will find a way though lol.
Your garden is looking beautiful and the mirror really sets it all off, well done and thanks for letting us enjoy it with you. Xxx
Just a tip if you wanna plant the barrels with temporary plants you can half fill with polystyrene to recycle it from plant packs you've bought or deliveries you may have had then you only need to use half the compost as they're so big, also they won't be so heavy… Just a thought. It all looks so beautiful 😊
Hi Karen, next to the mirror is the perfect spot for your clematis, roots like to be in shade so don't forget to protect them.
Did you know that you can seal the inside of the terracotta pots so the water doesn't evaporate so quickly. And you are quite right dunking your pots every now and then and letting the water drain out ensures a good water, especially before or after going away. I love the honeysuckle is it lemon and white or burgundy and cream? Looking forward to your next video. 😊♥
Took a trip to Kilkenny on Monday to collect a few half barrels. Like you, I am pondering what to put in them. Maybe lupins? Not sure. Did the lads there mention to keep them on a layer of gravel for longevity – if they are sitting in the mucky ground, they will rot. Very interesting about water proofing the terracotta pots too
If you are wanting to faze out the plastic pots, turn them into tables or risers for little pots, glue on wood or pizza pan for a top.
I also saw youtubers Huw Richards and GrowVeg recommend mulching with grass cuttings and it's been a life saver! When my family cut their lawn I take a bag and use it on my pots- (I am a container gardener too due to renting so don't have my own lawn!) it really seems to work, apparently grass is high in nitrogen. It's a good way to have a 'closed loop system' (where you don't need to keep buying things in and the garden is self sustaining!)
Oh yes, brick on the back wall would be so lovely. I wish I had a wall in my garden. I would use a sponge. Love from Germany ❤🐞❤
I reallly enjoyed this video. I love your enthusiasm. Its so contagious. Congratulations on your beautiful garden! You are doing such a great job!
I am in western Canada, It's been 32 here and no breeze, we get very hot heated summers. Love u're place, beautiful!
Enjoyed your video today in your garden, Karen, seeing all the new growth 😊
I planted three of the Rozanne geraniums last year. I love them and so do the 🐝
Really nice 😊
Hi Karen
❤from Kerry
So inspiring you are 😊
I need to know how can I set a Clamitis
Something that will creep around front gate go around a barge thing
I set Clematis last year they never came
They went to Heaven 😊😊
Irish frost 😮
Hi Karen can I ask where you got your greenhouse I got a tiny one which had ripped need to buy another one thanks 😊