Great Garden Questions Answered - Plant Damage, Transplanting, Mulch, Garden Shoes

Great Garden Questioned Answered - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's garden question and answer video. Ask garden and landscape questions down below this video for next week.

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[JimPutnam]

Good Sunday Morning! The photo in the thumbnail is a Bird of Paradise photographed in Florida last week. Thanks for watching!

[tessa]

Jim is so wholesome. He is like the cute, funny, quirky gardening dad I never knew I wanted. 😊

[katiekane]

Having worked in both medicine & horticulture, there are some similarities between plants & bodies. Think of the roots like our digestive system, both require beneficial bacteria to work right. Vascular systems move saps or sugars like blood, bark is like skin. Both organisms need good bacteria & both need sunshine. Like redheads, some burn easier than other's, different genetics are more resilient too. As far as how things decompose, this is hardly the venue to talk about The Body Farm! Spending time just observing how a forest works is a great education. The best advertising for less grass & lawn is how much protection even leafless trees provide, the habitat for all the beneficial critters is another plus!
Thanks for all you guy's hard work in imparting your collective knowledge, better together!

[jeanniecollier]

I quickly ordered the Yaupon Brother's tea. Great videos again this week.

[patriciarobinson]

Thanks for all you do to keep us looking forward to gardening weather! Here in Cheyenne, WY, zone 5b it is currently snowing, -3 heading to -11 with a -22 windchill! We will not be doing much besides dreaming and planning and shoveling snow until after Memorial weekend! Your videos keep us entertained and encouraged so again, thank you!

[WutheringBites]

I'm in Durham, NC, zone 7B. I have an indoor tradescantia spathacea that roots easily and grows like crazy. I had a thought that I might root a bunch of cuttings to add some color to the driest part of my garden this summer. While it's not hardy in this zone, it's invasive further south and I'm nervous to let it loose. Should I be concerned?
Thank you Jim, for all the work you do on this channel. I've learned so much from you. I talk way too much about my garden and my closest friends are used to me saying I learned something from "this guy named Jim Putnam on his YouTube channel called horttube." At this point, the shorthand for that explanation is "my buddy Jim" because they know who I'm talking about and I think I'm hilarious.

[jennifergreene]

Hi Jim and Stephanie! I am the one that moved an hour away Gulf Coast Texas. I am also the one who dug and potted up my sentimental plants/shrubs. With that freeze that hit us here zone 9b, we covered everything with tarps etc, but, that wind was fierce.... Looks like I pretty much lost everything, 🤷‍♀️ we shall see come spring.

[ChrisWootenNorthCarolina]

My camellia that lost all leaves was newly planted before the December Arctic Blast. It’s Putting Out NEW Growth now. Do NOT Touch Your Damage Plants they Might Bounce Back.

[soccermom]

I found a Raulston Arboretum Weeping Boxwood at my nearby nursery here in Southport. It was 80% off, so about $40. It has a bit of winter yellowing/browning, but isotherwise quite spectacular!

[carmensteele]

Hey, got me a Orange Tea Olive you spoke about recently also! HAPPY 😃

[timgarner]

Great Q&A today, I agree wholeheartedly on the Bermuda weed..lol and yes, slip ons are the best..

[MrsBrown]

I learned the lesson about top soil the hard way. Last year, I hired a landscaping company to remove an old patio so that I can turn it into a flower bed. They put about 6 inches of “top soil.” It looked fine (and fluffy, as you mention) at first. But later, it turned out, it was basically sand.

[kristenmesker]

Question for you.
I’d love to have wood chips delivered but I have some concerns. (I’m in Kentucky, zone 6b)
1. What about undesirable bugs? Termites, etc.
2. What about diseases? Will they transfer to my trees etc?
3. Poison ivy. I’m sensitive to it. How likely am I to have an issue with that?

Thank you for providing great information! I’m learning a lot

[tarawatterson]

Excited for the Mt. Cuba video! That garden is at the top of my list to visit

[HandcraftedintheFoothills]

There are certain plants that say zone 7 but clearly struggle in the winter. One that comes to mind is distylium! They are not as hardy in my zone 7 (Knoxville area) as I thought they would be. Last 2 winters they have browned up bad and have taken a long time late may June before they green back up or have needed a good bit of pruning because of cold die back..thank you for answering about planting zone 6 plants in zone 7... it was my thought process to do that and still add zone 7 plants that I want to try

[ryanhartzfeld]

Are plants capable of “learning” from a cold damage event like we experienced this year? Is it possible that they will become more resilient to rapid changes like that after experiencing it?

[KParsons]

1. Have you ever had or seen success planting a weeping white spruce in your zone or 8a?
2. Do you hard prune clethra each year like a perennial or treat it more like a woody shrub?
3. My salvias in 8a never lost all of their leaves?!? I’m guessing it still best to go ahead and cut them back to the ground now?

[kso]

Interesting distinction between pine bark and chips!

[danielbeane]

On deer resistant list, be mindful that if you are planting small trees, shrubs, that deer will almost always nibble on something new in the yard as a learning process. Also more maddening, Bucks and this has nothing to do with eating will absolutely tear up new stuff with their antlers sparring with your plants or rubbing their felt off etc. So even if a plant is listed rarely eaten by deer, if their is high pressure, you will still have major issues with bucks and antlers, which makes fencing for special plants much needed.

[ramgiberson]

Hello Mr Jim and Stephany, how are guys doing. Everything is going well here. Thank you for keeping us informed about gardening.