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I try to buy pots with multiples so I can separate them and get 3 for the price of one! I wouldn't plant them that way once I get them home.
I was tickled pink yesterday when I got fresh wood chips from a neighbor who had a huge limb fall in his backyard (from a neighbor's tree). He has a wood chipper. It was about 1 1/2 yard waste bags which didn't go too far but I'm afraid of a chip drop!
You have done a great public service by exposing the two or three plants to a pot technique. Explained why "half" of certain plants I planted died!
Such great knowledge and homework you do for us! Thank you!
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I love ❤️ Jim putnam chenal. Every time I watch this chenal I learn a lot. Thank you Jim putnam.
I know salvia was mentioned several times as being deer resistant but they eat it like crazy over here lol!
Would you do a segment on the danger of volcano mulches on trees? A friend of mine had a service and lost all her mature trees that were dumped with volcano mulch over the past 5 years. It seems I am seeing this more and more especially on city maintained property too and these beautiful trees die.
I recently read, somewhere on the internet, that dwarf conifers do great under deciduous trees as they typically do most of (if not all) of their growing in the spring. Is that sound logic? I know they do fine in high shade as seen in many of your videos, but what about next to a fence under a sycamore is some serious shade? Does that logic, if true, hold up then?
Yes!! You stood up and I could read your shirt!!😂 It was driving me crazy that I couldn’t figure it out!! 🤣🤣
I look forward to these Q&A videos. Viewers ask questions I haven’t thought of yet, but would have in the future. Appreciate the answers.
Please could you do a collection of well-behaved ground cover plants for full sun in your/our area?
My hibiscus rose of Sharon is very old and by my house. It is approximately 15 feet tall, I prune it back each year, but I think I am doing it wrong because it gets so many flowers the branches just collapse over, then we put string around it. Help?
Hi Jim, did you ever post part 5 of the garden renovation? Maybe I missed it1 Thought of it this morning after the Q & A. Thanks, Hope
So your camera turns off at 29:59 so the manufacturer won’t have to pay extra taxes. No joke! A “video camera” is classified as anything that can record over 30 minutes. When modern DSLR cameras started to be able to record video, original the video file was limited by the FAT32 file size (4g) which for most camera was around 30minutes. Then tax laws were created to tax video cameras(30+ minutes). Modern DSLR and mirrorless cameras manufacturers, which are now hybrids, still wanted to be taxed as “still cameras” so they had to limit their video recording to under 30minutes to avoid the new video camera tax.
Do you think elderberry black – sambucus nigra do well in zone 7b?
My tea olive is about 5 feet tall and appears to have a lot of surface roots, some of which are actually sticking completely out of the ground. Is this normal?
We are in Georgia, and we watch your videos all the time. My husband and I are building a new garden, and when we are discussing what to do next, one of us will inevitably say, "Well, Putnam says,…." We even have an area we call "the Putnum Garden" where we've planted a Golden Beacon Gum and groundcover jasmine, Summer Sunset. We don't do much yellow, but when we do, it's to honor YOU!! Thank you for sharing your gardening experience, We love it!!
Jim, I'm so confused. You said in this video that things like adding lime to soil to adjust the pH have very short term effects. Recently I watched a video where Tony Avent said that they had raised the pH of the soil at Juniper Level Botanical Garden from 3 point something to 6 point something by adding lime. Please clear this up for me.
Jim, are there any shade-tolerant plants that might be able to tolerate several hrs afternoon sun in summer? I have a foundation planting on north side of house that for about 6 wks in Jun/Jul gets scorched for a few hrs. It's always in shade rest of year. I was thinking gardenia but already have lots in other places. Hostas get roasted in that spot even with almost daily watering. Thanks for your great content! I'm in Zone 8a
Would you please explain "mast years" for tree nuts (acorns etc.)?
Hi Jim, how do you feel about starting cuttings in play sand?
Thank you for being so generous with all of your knowledge! Question: I'm in Northern Utah 7a. Could you also share what plants need more acidity? That's occasionally a problem for me due to our higher ph.
How do you increase the caliper of a tree? I have a 6ft golden rain tree that was just a stick with no limbs I planted this spring. It grew branches and leaves and even bloomed this fall but the wind here in Oklahoma is insane and it could really use more caliper. I had it unstaked for most of the spring and summer but by the end of summer it needed to be staked.
Fort Collins, CO, Zone 5b
I transplanted a large Salvia pachyphylla, aka Rose or Mountain Desert Sage, as I wanted to replace it with a Prunus americana. I had no idea the roots were joined together as a large woody tap root/mass/tuber thing, and I ended up unintentionally splitting it in three with each third having a couple of branches. I planted each of the pieces and have been keeping the soil watered. Do you think they stand a chance, or is cutting up a single, large woody root playing with fire? I know a more fibrous root system would likely be more forgiving in this situation.
Thanks Jim!
Thank you for Q&Q and the other channel!! QUESTION: Zone 6b, TN 37683.. Clay soil. I missed the opportunity to plant 20-ish small can evergreen trees before the first freeze this year ('potential freeze high 20s T-W-Th). Otherwise stays warm in Oct-Nov. Do you think I can still plant trees if I can still dig holes?
Are there plants that deter armadillos? We have one that goes to town in our front flowerbed. I’m worried he will eventually damage roots on my young plants. Will he actually harm my plants or do I have nothing to worry about?
Any suggestions for narrow pear shape tree for a bed that’s 15 feet away from house? Zone 5b full sun
I just had a river birch tree removed . I plan to plant a smaller tree in its place . Do I have to wait a period of time before planting and is it okay to plant in spring instead of fall if I have to wait ? Zone 5b
I know you use carex grasses in containers often. My question is do they behave like nutsedge if planted in the ground? Some of the carex that are available are gorgeous but I don’t want to deal with them becoming thugs in the landscape. Thanks Jim!!
Where can a person buy plugs of boarder grasses like liriope?
Any advice on landscaping ideas/plants (perennials, low growing shrubs, grasses… etc.) for a drainage ditch? I have a culvert in front of my home. Coastal Georgia. Zone 9a. Sandy soil. Full Sun. Thanks again. Love the channel.
Jim, you are the go-to guy for my garden club since you are only 20 minutes away from us! Thank you so much for all that you, do as it has saved us headaches, heartaches and so much money knowing what to plant and how to care for each variety of plants.
Jim, could you describe how you prune a tree to increase its caliper? I’m going to need to do this next spring and would love to be more comfortable with how to approach the pruning, if different than basic pruning. Thank you!
Hi Jim, I have some large allium bulbs that I want to intermix throughout my border. We live right on the border of 8A/8B. The instructions for planting after the first frost date, which is supposed to be October 23rd according to the Farmers Almanac. Last year we didn't have a frost until early January. Should I wait for the first frost or just go by the predicted first frost of October 23?
Question. Tired of trimming Yaupon Hollie’s
Is there something I can use to slow the growth?