hey friends you have asked and today I am answering you wanted some updates on
our most popular flower beds so come on and let's see how they're doing
welcome to Gardening with Creekside I am Jenny and today I am going to tell take
you through two of our most popular flower beds that we have planted and
show you how they are doing the one that I am standing at right now is a flower
bed that we planted last year in July in North Carolina and all the heat and
humidity not something that I'd really recommend you do but you know what we
had some free time and so we did it it was a bit of a struggle last year but
this year it was so worth it we still have all of the shrubs that we
put in last year they are thriving this year and loving life and so I'll walk
you through that but our annuals this year we switch them up a little bit last
year we did Bordeaux supertunia now I have the supertunia Vista paradise and
if you're not familiar with paradise this color on patina on this petunia is
so electric it actually glows during the day it is amazing whether we're sitting
on the front porch we're driving in the color on this petunia is absolutely
fantastic the hack that I did to get these massive supertunias was one that I
shared with you in an earlier video I planted hanging baskets took the hanging
basket the plants out of the actual basket dug a hole and planted it in here
now I will tell you if you remember that this bed does have irrigation because it
gets full hot hot Sun and if we did not have irrigation here there is absolutely
no way that these petunias would look like this so just know that all
throughout this bed there is our Brown tubing drip system that waters this
right now it's been wandering once a day I've just bumped it up to do it two
times a day early early morning before the Sun even comes up and then about
mid afternoon because it does get the blazing hot Sun so
there is drip tape all through here we added the double pink knockout roses
we actually got these for a customer and they were so gorgeous that I grabbed
three of them we have two on this side and then down on the end we have another
one so we added the knockout roses I brought back the lovely purple fountain
grass it is an annual for us we are course a 7b here in North Carolina so
this is an annual I don't care because they're so pretty
so I replant them every year do they come in that triangle so they'll get
nice and big could just make a big statement here all throughout the back
is the Brandywine burr when it's viburnum oh it has been a day and the
heat is getting to me yet so Brandywine viburnum you can see that they have
their little they build flowers in the early spring and they are these
beautiful white delicate flowers they the flowers are gone but what they're
doing now is they're putting on their little berries so Brandywine will do
these gorgeous berries in the fall that are perfect for birds and other wildlife
to eat so I am really happy with how these brandywine's are doing so we've
got those we have the encore azaleas so the reblooming azaleas spring and fall
if you can see other little bright tips they have put on tons of new growth they
are very happy plants so there's three of those guys then I did bring back the
gomphrena last year we had a gomphrena it was a great success so we
were doing it again now you might say you need that that is an interesting way
that you planted that gomphrena like your pattern well you know what I
learned last year that this gomphrena does need to be on the irrigation
in that tape drip tube it is spaced about every 12 inches apart so I know
it's a little odd looking right now but as the summer progresses it's going to
get filled in and you're not going to see the individual plants it'll be one
big mass so where I have planted the gum free nough is right below a
little dripper so they are guaranteed to get water every single time that the
irrigation is turned on now this is something really interesting gomphrena
for us is not a perennial it is most definitely an annual because it
loves it hot to give you an idea of how hot this bed is and how mild our winter
was last year do you see these two sweet little gomphrenas right here these
little petite ones those came back those were last year's even though I ripped
the gomphrena out of the ground evidently I didn't get all the root so I
have one here and I have one here that have come back so what who would have
thunk it interesting you might see some little bit of brown grass like they're
not weeds these are my day lily not my day lilies my daffodils that are in the
ground the jonquils that we're blooming so you leave that until the foliage
turns completely brown because that's how they get all their food and energy
to form their flowers for next year so I do have a little bit of brown foliage in
the bed but that will soon be gone not worried about that a little bit and then
the last thing we have here are three beautiful crape myrtle shrubs believe
this is part of the barista series and I want to say it's cafe mocha sounds good
if it's not we'll we'll flip it up they're the right one but I love these
crepe myrtle shrubs because they truly are a shrub they're not going to be a
tree three by fours they are doing great beautiful foliage on them go to those
hot pink blooms just like they did last year really low maintenance so this is
the driveway bed and all of her glory she is doing fantastic could not be
happier with how these petunias are going how they're growing they do get
fertilized about once every 7 to 10 days so I'm very vigilant on fertilizing the
petunias and the gomphrenas so they just keep putting on those blooms and
blooms because remember food equals flowers now let's go check
out the supertunia bordeaux bed here we are at the beautiful bordeaux flower bed
this if you will remember is right off of our front porch this is a little nook
of our front porch and our bathroom makes this perfect shaped bed it's about
a 15 by 15 foot bed look at how great they're doing are they not gorgeous you
will remember back in the spring I walked you through how I planted this
bed of course I have my sweet tea olive trees in the back those are my
evergreens they stay there they're great they'll grow up give us a little bit
more privacy for the bathroom window but then in front these are all gonna be
annuals so I've got the dining mountain in euphorbia in the back they are spaced
about every 10 10 inches apart they're growing they're about to touch each
other if they're not already touching each other they will grow to be about
two feet tall and wide and just be this huge hedge of white blooms in the back
in the center the graceful grasses Vertigo grass can you really tell the
difference and how big it is it's nice and fat and wide and is going to be nice
and tall and gorgeous just to give you a little bit of a perspective here of how
big this grass is there we go so she is going to be nice and big remember
vertigo will get to be about anywhere from four to eight feet tall so huge
then in front of vertigo we have Bordeaux Bordeaux I just could not be
happier with the blooms on this plant it is gorgeous I planted these as one
gallon containers I watered them in but we have gotten great consistent rain so
I have not had to do a lot of watering and they've been fertilized once when I
planted them I did add the slow release fertilizer to all of these but I have
only done the liquid fertilizer on the do one time and that was a week ago so
they've responded gorgeously to that and I will continue to do that every seven
to ten days then in the front remember we talked about this when I planted the
bed about this lemon coral sedum lemon coral see them for us because we are a
zone 70 is technically a perennial this was planted last spring it overwintered
it was still green it was doing well and I told you in that video wasn't sure if
I was gonna like it if it was gonna stay or what have you
well it bloomed which is interesting for a sedum but it did these little tall not
little I guess they are a little first tall spikes of bright yellow blooms for
me that's not the most attractive thing but they are kind of done now and the
the foliage is really coming back and very vibrant so probably what I'm going
to do is get out here with my little scissors or clippers trim it back
fertilize it so it flushes back out and then I will keep this Lemon Coral sedum
here at least for this year but this bed is absolutely gorgeous I am
thrilled with how it is developing its gonna continue to growth every day every
time it rains every time we get nice warm weather it's just gonna grow right
before our very eyes so stay tuned I know we will do another update later on
in the summer to show you how it has developed but I hope you have enjoyed
this little update tour of these two flower beds if you have any questions or
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