hello friends welcome to gardening with creekside it is
jenny and we are here for our second nursery update
in one week it's crazy i know but last time we just ran out of time
and so we wanted to make sure that we could slow down and show you all of
these fantastic perennials that we have to share with you
but before we hit the perennials it is september now
so we can start officially according to jenny
start thinking about fall again i've said this before if we all act like the
weather is cool and there's no humidity then
maybe it'll happen so come get your mums they are gorgeous these yellow ones
are just that great classic yellow gold wonderful they are holding their color
very nicely we have got some purples down here
that are cracking color if you are local and you are coming to creekside
this weekend or the coming weekends we will have all the colors available
down here at the nursery they may not may all not be
showing their color but we can tell you you know what the colors are
so coming this weekend they will all be available
down here at the nursery so come get your mums because it's september
it's the ber months i told you that the other day i was like
i cannot wait for the ber months and he was like what are you talking about and
i was like you know september october cool months we like that
so mums are available also perfect for your fall containers
because you know even though it's still quite summertime here in the south
we want to have those fall colors so this is the sunfinity sunflower
look at this beautiful flower this is a re-blooming sunflower multi-branching
you can if you want to this bothers you and drives you crazy
you can come in here and deadhead them they make great cut flowers for like
little bud vases but these will go until we have a freeze
so for us i mean that could be you know november so they are going to be
long blooming you can put them in containers you can put them in the
landscape so if you're looking for a little
freshening up the sunfinity sunflowers are fantastic and they're in a gallon
sized container so these are already a nice good size so you can come get
those um i'm gonna go to the aquapot first
jerry's trying to tell me to go one way and i'm like no i want to go this way so
remember we just did a video a little update here
on the new fall plantings for the aqua pots
they are doing fantastic they are very happy remember we did
the emerald green arborvitae
in a spiral form so she is doing quite nicely
then on each side we have jazz hands mini loropetalums from proven winners
and finally in the center the candy corn spirea
they're doing great they didn't care that it was you know
90 something degrees this week they're just as happy as can be so
we've got lots of neat things this is a really neat holly
i want to share this one with you i know some of you are quite
particular about your hollies this is from southern living
the southern living plant collection this is an oakland holly
full sun to part shade it is a great one it's gorgeous you can tell that it is
covered in lots of new growth on it it's going to be about
15 to 20 20 inches 15 to 20 feet tall by 12 to 15 feet wide
hearty and zones six to nine it's just another great option
it's not quite in my opinion especially the new
foliage is not as pokey the older foliage is a little
it's a little prickly but these would be great specimens or if you're looking to
do a hedge like a privacy screen these would be great the sunshine
ligustrums again from southern living you know how much we love these things
these are fantastic evergreens they have that great limey
green foliage on them just wonderful wonderful
plants i do want to show you this real quick
because it caught my eye come look over here
look at this if you will remember we shared with you when we were planting
these perennials so this is primal scream
obviously this is a day lily it is the perfect clemson colors
go tigers i have this in our garden had it for several years an absolutely
fantastic surefire wonderful wonderful
day lily amazing then we have also the summerific series of hibiscus
this is cranberry crush um that says cranberry crush right there
huh how about that i know the cameraman
needs to keep his lips closed um so this is cranberry crush i do think
there are some holy grails in here but this particular one that i'm looking at
is cranberry crush i have this in my yard so if you've seen
pictures earlier in the summer like around june
just that great cranberry color so here we have a bud
that she probably won't open tonight it'll probably be tomorrow night that
she opens remember the hibiscus blooms will last
for one day they open and close at night i believe
this is the one that jerry thought i was looking at
holy grail so if you're looking for holy grail holy grail is a little bit
different than cranberry crush because it does have a little bit of a
darker foliage to it and i don't know the
scientific term but the part that holds the bloom onto
the plant is a bright yellow what's it called that
so it'll give you some really pretty color texture wise
um again we have another aquapot doing amazingly well in all the fall
colors this lantana is just insane we have the
vermillionaire that the hummingbirds love the butterflies
are covering this obviously it's getting to be late in the day
so they're not here right now then the sedona sunset
coleus it's just great the wheelbarrow is hanging on so to give
you you follow this wheelbarrow like all
season long again i will show you this silver falls
dicondra is just insane i mean she's matted to
the ground if you will remember i did have the um
supertunia vista snowdrift under here i did pull it out because it was looking
sad i was going to pull the salvia out but
the hummingbirds are still coming to it like crazy
so i just can't say no to the hummingbirds um coming over here
underneath the pines we have got all sorts of fantastic perennials
i know y'all have asked for more perennial information
so we're going to share it with you got some new hostas in that i am
super excited about this beauty is called
white feather and what's really cool about
white feather is that in the spring when it comes out of the
dormancy and it emerges it is pure white like the leaves themselves are
pure white they'll have a little bit of green
in the veining and then as the season progresses it
will turn green so now it has just a green foliage
really narrow wavy leaves to it more of an
upright habit than a wide sprawling habit
and this is a gorgeous two gallon container so
jenny has already pulled a couple of white feathers to go in her garden
so feel free to come buy them all because
i've gotten mine okay i'm joking over here southern shield ferns
this is a native semi-evergreen fern here in the southeast in north carolina
we have these growing wild along the creek bank and in the woods
this is just a great hardy fern it is a very coarse
fern so it's going to be somewhat naturally deer resistant
so this is a great one to add to your shade garden
i take can y'all hear those cicadas i mean it's like the song of summer in
the south i love it it's wonderful oh my gosh
more hydrangeas hydrangeas y'all it's late
hostas etched in glass great foliage now i do want to tell you
when you're looking at buying your perennials especially into september
october remember that you are buying the root
system not necessarily are you buying the
gorgeous foliage up top so you've got some beautiful new leaves
here that are great but there are a few of
these leaves that are looking a little they're a little sad but that's okay the
plant obviously is nice and healthy so just remember
that these plants as the season progresses they know that they have to
go into dormancy so they start to shut down so your
foliage may start to look bad but your root system is great so you can
go ahead and plant those not a problem cinnamon ferns
again cinnamon ferns are just a classic wonderful fern
and they're called cinnamon ferns because
they will do a stalk and this one is just beginning it
right here they will do these stalks that look like
cinnamon sticks so hence it's called a cinnamon fern
it is a native plant i am trying to look to see the zones
two to ten you wanna talk about a versatile plant oh my word
i think if you're watching me basically you can buy this grow this
fern cinnamon ferns love them um where else shall we go jerry
so to give you a little oh yes over here so we get a lot of people asking for
evergreen shade shrubs so this is a great one if you are not
familiar with mahonia mahonia is a great
evergreen shade loving shrub they're going to be in that
three foot range as far as the height and the width
just a really unique foliage on them a little bit
of a bamboo esque foliage to it evergreen and then the late winter it'll
do yellow blooms on it so it's a really neat option if you are
looking to do that my folks who love
shade annuals these are angel wing begonias it is an annual
but i'll tell you this has been planted here since the spring
it is actually in a container sitting in the bottom
of a chair that has no bottom to it so it's in the frame of the chair
you can't even see the chair you see that we have this bird feeder here
well early in the spring evidently a raccoon was getting greedy
and was on the bird feeder and he fell and completely
crushed this plant and my mama being the you know
always an optimist was like jenny don't worry about it it'll just grow back and
be stronger and prettier as ever i think she was right so angel wing
begonias are a great thing to do
fun and games red rover this is a great heuchera
from proven winners heuchera are wonderful perennials for your shade
it's only going to be six to eight inches tall and it is
hardy in zones four to nine so there you go really
pretty kind of a burgundy mahogany color to it
heucheras are great because they're semi-evergreens
so they do wonderful in your shade garden mixed in with hostas and
all sorts of things kind of in the front of your bed just
really really neat
we've had these hydrangeas earlier in the season and they sold like hot cakes
so this is jerry can come in here this is the tilt-a-swirl hydrangea
and it's that multi-color it is green lime green
and red it is only going to be three to four feet
tall and wide so this is going to be more shade tolerant so
opposite of our little limes and all that that need the sun
these need more shade morning sun afternoon
shade a great hydrangea choice for you and one last well
i guess there's so much to tell you folks
these are wonderful these are the banana appeal and florida sunshine they're
mixed in here together these are fantastic evergreen
shrubs keep that lime green chartreuse color
all year round they are evergreens they're not going to lose their leaves
perfect for the shade garden they can do a little bit of sun
but they really do like the shade and they'll get to be about that
four foot mark so they'll give you some height in your garden
absolutely wonderful for those shade gardens where you need a pop of color
so jerry we're going to back up i do want to show them real quick
because y'all saw this um earlier on and they are just taking off
look at this this is the pulmonaria let's see somebody's been chewing on
that one look at this remember we got these as
little plugs i don't know two months ago maybe um but
the pulmonaria this is a new one this is
spot on from proven winners um it's gonna have
the blue and the purple blue purple blooms
that go to pink i'm sure i got that the right way nope
start out pink then they turn the blue purple
so again it's a great shade loving perennial they are going to be more deer
resistant because they are rough they're very hairy not as they
don't hurt you but they are if you know lamb's ear well they're a little bit
coarser than lamb's ear so deer don't like rough textures on
their mouth so this is going to be naturally more deer resistant
really really pretty so with that coloration it's going to be fantastic
and then one more i'm going to show you queen of hearts
bruneria brunera however you want to say it tomato tomato
again another great perennial that is deer resistant
for the shade because it is again it is hairy just like the pulmonaria it
is going to be very much like a hosta in its habitat
have it how it grows habitat too because it likes the shade and moist it
is going to be hardy in zones three to eight i have
these in my garden they are gorgeous absolutely gorgeous
let me sit this down right quick all right i think we're just about
coming to the end of it folks of course we have the black eyed susans
back here that are blooming we've got the hamlin grass we've got oh
yes the azaleas this section of the nursery
actually gets sun so don't think that the azaleas are
going to go in the shade they're not this gets that hot afternoon sun
tons of different perennial choices shrub choices here at creekside so come
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it's open nine to three we look forward to seeing you hope you
have a fantastic day we'll see you next time you all have a
great day bye friends