Hey friends today we're going to spend some time back up here in the new Woodland Garden right here
at the entrance to the nursery and along our driveway we're going to add some more shade
loving one shade loving shrub tree the black laced Elderberry from Proven Winners and then
we're going to add two different sets of hostas these are gorgeous again from a proven winners
they are part of their Shadowland series they are beautiful so if you remember we were here
two weeks ago maybe and we planted this Woodland Garden so I'm also give you an update on how some
things are doing and show you just kind of walk you through this whole situation and tell you what
we need to do and then get these beautiful plants in the ground so that they can get established and
get nice and happy spring has sprung here in North Carolina absolutely for sure I'm standing here
right against the fence kind of looking back up on the flower bed this is where we have the beautiful
very pale yellow Camellia this is a Japonica and you can see that it has a gorgeous flower
on it it is more on the and finish aside this is a lemon glow lemon glow nice soft pale creamy yellow
and again you can see it's kind of it's kind of this particular one is almost done but we do have
um some other buds down there so that is really fun for sure so those are coming along and
um we've got Brenna very happy back there down here on the front of the bed you will see that
I have got some bulbs planted these were planted last year I have some beautiful cute little snow
drops right here and they are blooming for the second year the second spring being in
here pretty happy with them so these galanthus bulbs snow drops are doing quite nicely even
after they've been run over by the Bobcat a few times and everything else is doing really
nice we still have yet to come in here and lay down the actual finished drip tube irrigation
you can see that brown tube sticking up we will connect to that and then run drip irrigation to
this whole flower bed we really need to do that and kind of move with purpose on that it has been
so warm here in North Carolina we're getting rain about once a week maybe for a day or two
but because this does is on a slope and we've got all these mature trees around here the ground does
stay pretty dry so with these new plants it's really important that I get consistent water
on them and then once I lay that irrigation down then we can come back and do a nice thick layer of
our compost pine bark finds Mulch and that will help retain moisture really really well so once
we get these plants in the ground then that is definitely going to be as far as I'm concerned
a high priority in getting those done so let's talk about where we're going to put these plants
I have this beautiful little spot you can see the white pots right there between a camellia
over here and then an azalea back behind that tree so I had a nice little empty spot and I was like
well this will just be perfect for this black laced elderberry this Elderberry is definitely
going to be a test for me because it is from only up to a zone seven I am a 7B um and our friends
over there at Spring Meadow which is the home of the Improvement winners color Choice shrubs they
sent it to me in the fall so this will be really nice to be able to test out and see how it does
you can see it already has beautiful new foliage on it it overwintered all winter outside on the
shrub lot and it has a flush back out so we're going to get this as far back as I possibly can
up against the fence because I need it to be in a deep shade for me that is absolutely imperative
and then in front of that I'm going to plant three hostas roughly depending on tree roots you can
see where I have them placed these are all going to be the same kind of Hosta this is relatively
um new on the market actually you know what y'all I just saw this I think I have two different kinds
I sure do so we're going to switch our switch it around just a little bit I have Miss America
who is obviously a beautiful variegated nice dark green on the outside creamy white centers about 19
inches tall and then if you flip the tag over for your perennials it'll tell you up here 19 inches
tall and it's going to be nice and wide and so it's going to be medium green heart-shaped leaves
white centers light green streaking and it's going to have white flowers and a lavender pattern on
them so actually I am going to move this around because I have Miss America here I have two of The
Hope Springs Eternal which is really going to be basically the opposite as far as the coloring on
the Miss America so this is going to have a green center with creamy white margins and it's going
to be beautiful ruffled edges so much fun and it's going to be a little bit taller 22 inches
so that'll make a lot of sense by having the Hope Springs Eternal on the outside and then I'll move
Miss America right here work with what you got people and this is going to be not quite as wide
but that's all right again those heart-shaped blue leaves crisp creamy white edges near white
flowers gonna be really fun I love hostas now if you are in an area of the country that like
I am that is really like hot and humid even at night you will probably find that your hostas
are not going to grow as vigorous and as large as they possibly tan it's just because our nights do
not cool off and we have such sticky nights and they just don't grow as well because the plants
don't have time to recover you go an hour and a half up the road to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Boone Blowing Rock some of my favorite places on the planet to go that you could have the exact
same Hosta and they are ginormous and growing in full sun that does not work here so whereas like
my Pinnacle hydrangeas here will outgrow the specs my hostas are on the smaller side I am going to
amend these holes really well with my land and sea compost get it nice and Rich and organic and then
when we lay down the irrigation I will make sure that these get wrapped really well and so they get
lots of good consistent moisture so let's walk down here and I want to show you the other one
that we are going to plant as we walk through the woods here now these plants are huge and I
have three of them so what was back up here for a second so it's all of these are the same I promise
this is Diamond Lake and they are you can see a little bit of a ribbon towards the back again
where I have Camellias in the back and azaleas all intermingled in here and they're going to kind of
whisp their way through there here we have Diamond Lake and you can see how much this baby has popped
out already a couple of reasons for that one in the fall my mom did move these up to a three
gallon container where they arrived to meet from our friends at Walters Gardens in a one gallon
she moved them up to a three gallon and then so they've got more room for the roots to grow and
also hers are more in dappled Sun underneath her pine trees where the one gallons that I have that
my house were in deep deep shade so it just shows you the difference but you can see Diamond Lake
it's going to be a big one so Diamond Lake is going to be only about 17 inches tall but it's
going to to be about 45 inches wide a large Blue hosta when you have hostas that are deep like what
we call a blue pasta a really really dark green that means for me they need a lot more shade my
lighter more lime chartreuse hostas can handle more sun so like the classic summon substance
is a beautiful huge hosta big huge leaves on it that is a very very bright bright green it can
actually handle some a couple of hours more of my Sun than say the dark blue so that's just an idea
when you're placing your hostas and if you have a bed like I do here where we have various levels
of sun and shade the darker ones deep shade the lighter ones can handle more sun so I
have my power planter auger with the three gallon attachment I'm going to get that hooked up we're
going to pray that we don't hit any big huge Roots here and if we do we'll just pivot and we'll find
a new little location for these beautiful hostas and that Elderberry and yeah we're gonna get them
in the ground use my biotone and I am going to supplement with the landancy compost because
this soil is pretty terrible and these plants love really rich organic soil so Miss B and I are going
to get at it and we are going to plant some plants certainly be you ready okay we're gonna go for it
thank you
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in the ground and I got the first three hostas in the ground not gonna lie it is easier when we have
the Bobcat with the Hydraulics digging these holes but my power planter auger was faithful and trusty
as it always is and we got the holes dug now you will notice that the hosta That was supposed to
go right here yeah nope didn't happen it got moved on the other side so we kept that semi very loose
triangle shape they are not evenly spaced from one another I don't want them to be this is a
woodland Garden I Want It balanced but I don't want it to be matchy-matchy and exactly X feet
apart from each other because nothing in nature is exactly X feet apart from each other as you
can tell from these trees I want a little bit of Whimsy and quote Randomness to it but yet the beds
still be balanced so we got the two Hope Springs Eternal are still on the outside the Miss America
is on the inside and then Black Lace Elderberry is right behind me we are open today this is the
first Wednesday that the nursery is open so if you see cars going back and forth and lots
of activity that is just because the nursery is open uh Miss B is staying here with me and doing
really well she is still getting used to traffic being back here because of course we've been
you know on winter break and so she has gotten used to just having the house and the nursery
to herself so she's trying to figure out why it's okay that all these cars keep coming in and out
but she is doing really good and she is being a sweet girl and uh very hospitable just keep
in mind when you if you come to the nursery you may feel like you know Brenna uh Brenna doesn't
know you she doesn't understand social media and TVs and she is a German shepherd and she
is very protective of her people especially me so if you come visit the nursery and she
is here we just ask that you be very respectful of her space until she is warmed up to you and
wants to come see you and if she doesn't then she does it um but now what we're going to do
is move on and get the three diamond lakes in the ground hopefully they'll go a little bit
easier and smoothly but we're making progress people bit by bit right we're gonna get it done
thank you
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project is complete we have that beautiful black Lace Elderberry planted in here along
with actually three different varieties of hostas I thought I was only getting two but I had three
in here and I cannot wait to see how they grow and develop I know right now because we've talked
about this before that you may be looking at this bed and going there's a lot of sun in that
flower bed Jenny well there is but it's also the beginning of March we are underneath big
nice size oak trees with a really high canopy and they are going to flush out leaves really soon it
is interesting that we have more shade now than when we actually even planted it because of just
the way that the sun is moving and so forth once these leaves flush out this will definitely be
a shade garden but in order for me to have these plants in this space irrigation is actual I mean
like is very imperative I have to have irrigation and I have some linten roses right out here to the
side that are looking very sad and wilted because they have gotten dried out I went ahead and added
a bag of land and sea around that so Jerry and I are going to be getting on this really soon I
would like within the next week that this bed will be buttoned up so we have Irrigation in here and
then the mulch compost blend is down that way everybody can really start getting good drinks
of water and getting nice and established before the true heat of the summer hits
so that's pretty much it for today I will probably go grab a couple of buckets of water
and get everybody watered in we are supposed to get some rain later on and then our temperatures
are cooling down so that certainly helps the stress on the plants but this sun
Woodland Garden continues and we will keep you updated as always thanks so much for going with
Creekside you have a fantastic day and we will see you in the next video bye friends