How to fill a gap in the late summer garden and other tips....it's the late summer garden tour
Tips for your late summer garden, including how to fill a gap with a last-minute dahlia (jump straight to 09:50 for this tip). It's time to look back on your year in the garden, evaluate the successes and failures and plan ahead for next year. Join me as I look at the Middlesized Garden's successes and failures... 00:00 Welcome 00:13 The big dahlia is 'Labyrinth' 00:27 The tall lilac flowers are Verbena bonariensis 00:46 The size and shape of the middle-sized garden 01:00 Weather: approximately a USDA Zone 9 with cooler summers 01:16 The pink flowers in the foreground are Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberries' 01:25 The back door 01:35 The parterre with the lavender (Hidcote) 02:47 The main sunny south-facing border with Canna Wyoming and persicaria 02:53 Dahlia 'Akita Explosion' 02:57 Dahlia 'Senior's Hope' 03:04 Snapdragons - Antirrhinum 'Liberty Classic Crimson' 03:16 Cosmos 'Double Click Cranberries' 03:26 Verbena bonariensis 03:54 North facing shady border 04:05 The white flowers are Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' 04:11 Videos on choosing plants for shade. The Middlesized Garden: • How to choose plants for shade...with The ... and The Horti-Culturalists: • The best plants for shade: a collaboration... 04:40 Euonymus 'Silver Queen' and unknown hydrangea 05:04 video on 7 ideas for a difficult shady corner and 2 to avoid • Do you have a 'difficult' shady garden cor... 05:20 Garden design top tips and mistakes video: • 5 top garden design tips - and 2 mistakes ... 05:47 East facing (partial shade) back borders 06:21 The yellow flower reaching out is Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' 06:38 Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen' 06:41 Japanese anemone 'September Charm' 06:47 Echinops (globe thistle) variety unknown 07:14 South facing border with three trees 07:51 Sad triangle which failed to fulfill my vision for it 08:57 Don't move plants or plant new perennials in late summer in case there's a late heat wave 09:50 How to fill a late season gap in a border 10:26 The progress of the mini meadow For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: / themiddlesizedgardencouk Whether you love English garden style, cottage gardens or contemporary urban gardening, The Middlesized Garden has gardening advice and garden ideas for you. Weekly videos cover gardening advice and garden design - from small space gardens to middle-sized garden landscaping - plus garden tours and tips for container gardening. The Middlesized Garden practices sustainability, wildlife gardening and no till methods. If your garden backyard is smaller than an acre, join us and enjoy your garden even more! The Middlesized Garden Complete Guide to Garden Privacy is available in Kindle or paperback in 13 countries (in English only). If you'd like your garden to feel more private, click here for availability in your country: https://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.u... #gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden For small and middlesized backyards and gardens.... See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/ For Amazon storefront see: https://www.amazon.com/shop/themiddle... Note: links to Amazon are affiliate which means I get a small fee for qualifying purchases. It doesn't affect the price you pay and I only recommend things I use myself or really think you'd like! More garden ideas on Pinterest:https://www.pinterest.co.uk/midsizega... Twitter: / midsizegarden Facebook: / themiddlesizedgarden
