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Welcome back to The Growing House
Hey friends, welcome back to The Growing House. Over the summer, I’ve had a ton of different projects that I’ve been working on, and a couple of plants have just gotten left without a permanent home. Some of them I was waiting for the fence to go in. Some I was waiting to figure out the sun in the yard, and a couple of them I just couldn’t decide where to put them.
Let’s plant this bed
This week, I decided I’m done. I have a couple of plants I have to move based on the sun. Others that just need to get into the ground. Hopefully, by the end of this video, all of these loose ends from summer will be nicely tied up. Let’s plant this bed.
A full shade woodland bed
In my haste to plant this hosta for Frogs Fire, I planted it too close to the foundation. This is a giant hosta cultivar that will eventually reach four feet across. I wanted to move it about a foot farther away from the house to give it plenty of space to grow. Eventually, I will mulch this area and this will be a full shade woodland bed.
My yard is 90% rocks
As you can see, my yard is 90% rocks. Here is another giant hosta cultivar that I had placed in my front hosta bed temporarily from earlier in the summer. It’s been needing to be moved for quite a while now.
These are my Eclipse big leaf hydrangeas
These are my Eclipse big leaf hydrangeas. They have beautiful dark foliage, giant bright pink flowers. They’ve been blooming all season for me. This is a full sun bed. It gets sun and heat until about 4:30 p.m. It’s also a raised bed, so it dries out a little bit quicker than other areas.
You’ll be much happier there
They do not like it here. We are moving them to the backyard. I’m going to put them along the fence where there’s a lot more afternoon shade starting at about 12:30 and they’ll be shaded for the rest of the day. Let’s dig these guys up and we’re going to take them to the yard. You’ll be much happier there.
A large woodland shade bed
This is eventually going to be a large woodland shade bed. This area gets morning sun until about noon when the maple trees start sending it into dappled shade. And then in the later afternoon, the fence and my neighbor’s workshop put this area into full shade. Much better location for smooth and broadleaf hydrangeas.
They are definitely divas
I made sure to soak the root ball and the surrounding grass really well here. It’s been pretty dry as you can tell. And honestly, looking back, I should have watered these Eclipse hydrangeas before I moved them. They’re fine. They are definitely divas, though.
These are Spilled Wine
These are Spilled Wine. They have a similar darker green foliage and get similar bright pink flowers. So that’s why I picked this to replace the Eclipse hydrangeas in the front bed. These are much more tolerant to sun. I have not seen these bloom because I bought them after their bloom was done. Hopefully we get a lot of color from them.
This Vanilla Strawberry
This Vanilla Strawberry is from the same batch as the one I put in my front bed. Really had a hard time deciding where to put this plant. I was going to put it over by the maples, but it’s a little bit too shady over there for a panicle. This area here is very sunny and very hot.
Absolutely gorgeous
Unfortunately, there’s only about 4 ft between the fence and the concrete. I’m going to have to selectively prune back this hydrangea throughout the growing season to make sure it’s not flopping on people’s heads or leaning too heavily on the fence as it grows. Eventually, I hope it gets tall enough that it’ll be above people’s heads and above the fence, and it’ll be absolutely gorgeous.
I stole some sedum
I had just an area of dirt over here that I needed something. So I went to my parents’ and I stole some sedum. This will grow and spread nicely here. I found these wrought iron fence pieces on Facebook Marketplace for $10. They’re super sturdy and beautiful.
I found a discount clematis
And at Platt Hill, I found a discount clematis. I’ve always wanted to grow clematis, so I figure this is the perfect place to do it. Right next to the patio, somewhere we’ll be able to enjoy the flowers. I’ve had this clematis since before the fence went in. Just waiting for a home.
Moving this guy for the fourth time
Here I am moving this guy for the fourth time. Look at those roots. This is a massive clematis that I found on Facebook Marketplace for $15. It’s an 8-year-old plant. It was sheared back pretty significantly so that it could be moved and had a pretty massive root base.
Everything is in the ground
Now we just tidy everything up with some mulch and we’re done. Okay, I can officially say everything is in the ground. For the first time, I can look around and I’m not in the back of my head going, “Ah, I need to plant that.” For our first summer here, I’m super happy with where this yard ended up.
I’m already planning for spring
Obviously, I’m already planning for spring. I cannot wait to see everything come back up. I do have some ideas for where I want to move things, things I want to change for next year. You guys know me. This is not going to be the last time I’m planting things this season.
We’ll see you in the next one
I’m sure I’ll have more plants going in the ground. But again, I’m just so happy with how this yard has turned out. Thanks for hanging out with me and we’ll see you in the next one.
