Hey friends welcome to Gardening with Creekside today is yet another fun day here at the berm I
know every time we come to the berm and we get something else done I'm like always the most
the most exciting day ever but it really is very exciting especially you know right you have your
vision for a project you know what you want it to look like and then when you actually get to start
doing it and implementing it and you see it come to fruition it's very exciting isn't it that's
why we love gardening so much it's like there's a part of it that is such an instant gratification
so I know I'm probably getting ahead of myself but of course welcome to garden with Creekside
today we are Jerry is going to go ahead and Edge the whole entire berm we are at that point where I
really need to know exactly where my lines are for this flower bed so that way when I began to start
adding perennials I know where my depth is where my curves are and so forth so he is getting that
done for us right now which is great but what we're really going to do today is we are going
to plant a whole section in front of the thunder cloud purple plum the Thundercloud purple plum is
a beautiful tree that has gorgeous spring flowers so kind of think of like a cherry tree right so
the Okami is the yoshino's those kinds of cherry trees that bloom in the spring it will Bloom at
that same time but then for the rest of the season it has beautiful dark purple foliage and it's very
heat tolerant like it does really well here in the south and this flower bed of course is an
all-day sun today we are blessed with some clouds and that's another reason why I want to get this
in the ground now is because we're going to start getting the the outer bands of hurricane Nicole
coming through this afternoon and then all day tomorrow so I want to get my hydrangeas and my
butterfly bushes that we're planting today in the ground that way they can take really advantage of
this great rain and start to get settled in and get their Roots growing so let me show you exactly
um what we are going to do we have of course that section that I told you about the purple plum on
the other side we are going to come in and pop in first really quick the new puffer fish hydrangea
from Proven Winners if you remember we were just here the other day where I planted the
Holly and then the three Camellias and I had talked about you know well I might put like a
vertigo grass here in the middle for next season that is an annual grass then I started looking at
my inventory and I was like oh no I have this gorgeous puffer fish that the folks at Spring
Meadow and Proven Winners sent to me in the spring she needs a new home puffer fish will
do great here she gets to be about three to five feet tall of course that's that gorgeous creamy
white new panicle hydrangea from Proven Winners massive blooms it is called puffer fish because
it has that very fun little tip on the end of it gorgeous so imagine that filling in eventually
the Camellias will get to be that three to four feet tall and then four to five wide it'll fill
in this space really nicely and as my North Poles from in the back as they fill in and
get bigger that provides a beautiful Evergreen backdrop to the puffer fish so excited about
that so we're gonna do that that'll be first it won't take us very long and then we're going to
come around on the other side of the berm really quickly so I can show you I've already placed the
hydrangeas and the butterfly bushes because my mama was with me yesterday and I tell you that
Mimi she is just a go-getter so we went ahead and Brent is checking out the uh the old trench
um I went ahead and placed these now we're only going to do one kind of hydrangea and one kind of
butterfly bush here in the center we have all of the new it's the newest pugster so starting here
go to the back all the way right there that is the new hugster Pinker hugster Pinker of course
is that great petite small butterfly bush that will only get to be about maybe a two
by two if we're lucky a three by three if it's happy but Pinker really has Pinker blooms than
pugster pink they were very original when they named it but I love it because it truly is like
the best name for this plant it has performed magnificently well in my backyard bed and the
folks at River winners Spring Meadows sent us like seven or eight of these and so it's perfect to
fill in this spot now on each side of this Mass planting of the pugster Pinker we have the new
little lime punch I did a little one or have two little line punches in the backyard by the patio
and this year they were glorious they were really nice and stout as far as the um the
stems so I know sometimes with Pinnacle hydrangeas people complain that their limbs get real floppy
and that when we have rain with the balloons they just flop over and they just can't hold
up well not with little lime punch it is if you're familiar with the little lime Series this is the
newest to the family and the idea is that little line punch will give you more intense pink red
color now unfortunately for us in the south it's gonna be really hard for us to get that color but
the flowers are just almost like iridescent when they're blooming it is going to be a sun to part
shade plant only three to five feet tall I say only three to five feet tall and white is still a
good size plant hearty in zones three to eight so what we have done is I took some inspiration from
the Gardens at Spring Meadow and I have planted or I want to plant three of them in a diagonal line
so basically what we have is this bed right this space with the thunder cloud in the middle then we
have three little line punches in a diagonal three little line punches on this diagonal and then
the center is going to be filled with the poster Pinker I think being this that it's the absolute
dead center of the berm it's going to make a huge impact not only are we going to have the flowers
from the tree in the spring then that gorgeous foliage all the way through the fall we're going
to have beautiful blooms on the hydrangeas and the butterfly bushes for a huge massive part of
the season now yes my hydrangeas will go dormant it's interesting that they're still holding onto
their leaves they've been outside and they've gone through the freezing temperatures and most
of them are still holding onto their leaves really well the butterfly bushes for us are like what I
call a semi-evergreen which is kind of like what they are right now they're not blooming right
now they're not in like full Glory but they will not completely defoliate that's really rare for
us that they will lose all of their leads in our North Carolina Zone 7B climate so it's going to be
pretty pretty routine pretty simple we're going to get the power planter auger then we are going to
of course use my biotone I do love the biotone my plants love the biotone and then yeah then we'll
come back and chit chat with one another but I think this is going to be a really fun design
it's going to be different having those hydrangeas on in a straight line on a diagonal it's going to
really frame in this area super super fun so without further Ado let's get started foreign
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my friends so today's project is complete we got a puffer fish in the ground six little
lime punches and I believe it was eight of the pugster Pinker butterfly bushes it is going to
be a gorgeous spring and summer next year cannot wait to see them in full bloom it is going to be
stunning but even just you know here we are in November right and the leaves are rapidly
falling off the trees and things are dormant it still looks so nice because we have some
structure in these beds and it is really fun to see how it is all turning out so here we go
we have everybody in the ground you will notice that especially on my butterfly bushes I tried
to plant them pretty high up out of the soil butterfly bushes hate to have wet feet they do
not like to have sit in soggy areas they need well draining soil because we have clay soil I
went ahead and made sure that we have them about an inch above the soil level yes we're going to
come back through here with you know our mulch blend that we are going to use but if you have
problems with butterfly bushes and your butterfly bushes die especially in the winter odds are it
was because it was too wet and they drowned and they rotted so whenever you're planting
your butterfly bushes especially if you have like clay soil like what we do raise them up they don't
like really organically rich soil it's kind of like the worst soil the better they do we will
have Irrigation in this bed I'm not sure exactly if we're going to put these on drip because like
I said once they're established really really drought tolerant and they hate to have wet feet
um we'll play that by ear I'm not going to be keen on like throwing a lot of irrigation on
these little right you know this little spot right here of course the hydrangeas want to
have that nice consistent water the more you can water them the faster they grow the prettier their
blooms are same thing with our treats it's just butterfly bushes or one of those plants
that just do not like to be fussed over so that works out actually very well for all of us right
um I want to show you right quick too yesterday when I was out here with my mama we went ahead
and planted two little pockets well nice size pockets of the Denim and Lace Russian sage we
have had a good number of those plants so we did a nice pocket obviously right in here and
underneath the red sunset maple right beside the Thunder head Pine and then on the other side of
the fence a nice kind of complimentary grouping as well over here beside the Stellar Ruby Magnolia so
you can see those right there the Russian sage is very much like the butterfly bushes they want it
hot they want it sunny they want to be neglected they do not like to have irrigation on them they
once they're established man they are great to go so that was my thinking especially putting them
up here on the top side of the berm because this gets the really intense hot hot afternoon sun I
mean it bakes right here so this will be great for them again we'll not put them on irrigation
we will have irrigation of course on the tree and you know whatever else we put in here they
will not be on irrigation with your Denim and lace and your butterfly bushes and your hydrangeas the
best time to prune them is all in late winter going into spring they all Bloom on New Growth
even though they're shrubs and perennials right a little bit different there but the best time
to prune them is for me like late February mid to late February depending on where you
are your calendar time may be different but just think when winter is breaking and spring is just
around the corner that's when you want to prune them I will not prune my these butterfly bushes
and hydrangeas that I put in today because they were pruned when they got shipped to me
so they are nice and petite they have been pruned appropriately so I don't need to prune them this
year but every year after that make sure you prune your hydrangeas that bloom on New Growth like your
panicles your butterfly bushes shape them up give them a little cutback especially the pugsters and
then your denim your Russian sage do the same thing with that nice heavy haircut on them and
they will flush back out so so so so so excited as I flip around here you're going to be able to see
kind of from this perspective got my got my main man right there um so as we go down the berm you
can see how it is starting to shape up and take on some form everything's starting to fill in
just so so excited about this The rain that's coming today and tomorrow will be a wonderful
thing for all of these plants if they get have any little air pockets it'll kind of settle the soil I
can come back if I need to rake somebody up I will do that so y'all have a great day I will
see you on the next video and as always thanks so much for going to the Creekside bye friends