This is a full tour of all the containers in my garden with loads of inspiration for your garden. I’m walking you through every mix—from the combinations that are thriving to the ones that didn’t quite go to plan. It’s a real behind-the-scenes look at what’s working this season (and what I’d do differently). If you love container gardening or just enjoy seeing what other gardeners are experimenting with, I think you’ll enjoy this one!
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Mid-season thanks for your generosity, Annette. I've enjoyed this season in your garden with the excitement of wedding plans and the glorious display your garden offered the event. Today's prowl through your pots/planters was most satisfying and full of good ideas that I may use in my own wee plot. As you said, there is still a lot of season to go/grow and I will be watching (something like a nosy neighbour). Thank you.
Everything is beautiful, I’m thinking about more Gaura and Russian Sage for next year.
I’m leaning towards the deep pink Gaura and white Gaura.
I love all your plant pots, I really cannot decide which one is my favourite.
I do have a soft spot for blue and purple salvia plants, I’m going to try and overwinter mine fingers crossed 🤞🏻
It’s a shame about the blue million bells.
I have taken some ideas from your beautiful pots xxx
Your previous video was so enjoyable seeing the garden at its best in time for the wedding. My goodness two of your children getting married in the same year and your outfit was beautiful! Your pots are inspirational so thank you for sharing your garden.
Enjoy all your videos. Will think about more containers for next year. The ones from this year have done well. 😊
Your containers are so pretty! I love one plant type per pot and I love the antique/vintage containers you used! I'm so disappointed I can't get the nemesia Wisley Vanilla here in the states. I grew the Badger's Mix as part of winter sowing in a gallon sized plastic water jug and it did so well but I didn't get it planted up in a pot and it died. I will definitely try it again. Thank you Annette!
7:35 Wow 🤩 The Dark Rose Calibrachoa is stunning!
Good morning Annette, it was lovely to see how the garden is doing. The Olive Trees in their gigantic rustic pots have taken off so well. It was good to have replacement plants to fill back in for the "just in case" moment, sometimes there are infections or bad bugs buried amongst the roots that we do not see when transplanting. But all is well and the garden is really performing for the summer time. Do enjoy all the hard work you put into creating and preparing. Enjoy a beautiful day, take care. Kind regards.
Very interesting and has given us some ideas thank you but
Calibrachoa here have underperformed as well. Pale blue/purple has remained the size of the plant that went in the pot and grown barely at all. The red however has finally covered the pot top. As for Acers we have 2 red acers. They were gifts so both have been grown in large pots at parents house for at least 15 years and have been hacked back each year. Last year one appeared to have died and as it was pulled out there were thousands of ants. Im guessing thats whats killing your conifer in that pot. The acer was removed in a bin liner to be brought here to die on our compost. However i didnt get to it and the birds did and reacued it. It threw out loads of stems this year in the bin liner so got planted and began doing really well. But in recent weeks the leaves have been burnt at the edges badly like yours. Not just this one but also the one that remained at parents house 10 miles away and her neighbours green acer which is huge. So its not you its something environmental. Recent weather control experiements sanctioned by our illustrious leader from organisations like A.R.I.A. and growing experiments and full roll out across the pond by RAINMAKER org pushing aluminum dust into the sky and high ionosphere may, have something to do with it aling with reduced bee population. Of all oir flowers including budleia black night and globosa and all the dahlias and othwr flowers we have here none seem to see honey bee activity this year. Bumble bee populations here are doing really well but in the last 3 weeks one single plants has seen clouds of honey bees on and one alone – Hellanium ~ strawberry sundae. We have more around the garden and different varieties but that large plant which is sitting in clay soil mix is really a focus for them. Hope thats been of interest.
On the dahlia front we have sourced our tubers from Farmer Gracey as have 2 other family members and a neighbour and they have really failed this year. Sent tubers have done really well but we have had several of the ones we ordered not appear. 3 didnt make bringing on in pots with the lack of decent tuber to begin with. 2 were replaced due to: no viable tuber and suspected leafy gall on the other but we are missing several varieties we ordered so far and have some we didnt even order as have the neighbour and family member. So its been very odd. We all preordered in Decemeber. So i shall be testing their replacement system this year unfortinately.
Super displays, Annette 🎉 Could you remind me what compost mix etc you use, please? I know you like Sylvagrow ( I use it too) ; wondering if you mix it with other things too? Thankyou 😊
Look fantastic, I'm a big fan of calibrachoa, I use them in wall planters and run thumbergia vines through them, gives a nice full effect instead of having vines climb, I let them ramble through the planter.
How beautiful and so many ideas for next year. We still have may be two months of good weather – so like you 'i'm waiting for some flowers to come end of August and September. Have you ever been interested in peonies ? I'm planting some in October to have flowers in early June 2026. I find everything you share with us so exciting and interesting – I can feel how much joy you get from your gardening and it is definitely contagious.
Hi Annette, how are you?
Hot here in Greece reaching 34C at 6 pm and I rush to the mountains to have a bit of lower temperature (29C) I do sweat a lot and that tortures me.
Somehow I missed the wedding but I will check it out on YouTube.
We hardly have any flowers, my pansies all died out at the end of June and roses are still making some roses. I water the garden at 6 am ,every morning and then rush to have coffee with my breakfast.
15.25 I think the white flower you called olea, is caucalis orientalis, which I use before it flowers in spinach pies or I cook it with lamb , casserole dish, egglemoned. They grow wild in the winter up on mountains ,so around January February I drive up there and knowing where they grow, I gather them. They are very aromatic.