Planting 5 Gorgeous Evergreens (That Stay Small)!
Planting 5 Gorgeous Evergreens (That Stay Small)!
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00:00 pull forward into a little more light. It seems a little bit dark right now. We're
00:03 kind of early in the morning and it is 63 degrees right now. It is so nice. It's
00:08 gonna get to I think 83 today and we are heating back up a little bit. We're gonna
00:11 get into the mid 90s by the end of the 10-day but our mornings are so nice. It
00:17 takes a long time to heat up to that temperature. There we go. Can see those a
00:20 little bit better. So we've got a Norway spruce called Blaze. These are all from
00:25 Isley Nursery. This is part of the load that they sent out earlier on this
00:29 season. This one grows 8 by 6 so in evergreen terms that's on the smaller
00:34 end of things. It gives you nice structure, beautiful new red growth. So
00:38 those new growth tips, those new candles in the spring are red. So really pretty
00:43 interest. And then we've got an oriental spruce called Tidy Tim. This one grows
00:48 4 by 4. I love the little itty bitty needles. Look at those. It looks so
00:54 delicate. Hardy to zone 4 and this one I think is Hardy to zone 3, right?
00:59 What's negative 40? Is that zone? Hold on, let me think. 30s, yeah. So zone 3. And
01:03 then we've got a white spruce. So a Norway, an oriental, and a white spruce.
01:08 This one's called Big Berda. This one gets the largest of our whole load here.
01:13 So 12 feet tall by 6 feet wide. I still kind of consider that on the small end
01:16 of things. Maybe small to medium when it comes to evergreens because anything
01:20 that stays as narrow as 6 feet, like most of the time we can go up. It's, you
01:23 know, the space to spread out that can be the problem a lot of the time. So you
01:27 have an evergreen that stays 6 feet wide but gets 12 feet. That gives you some
01:31 major presence and some structure. So I really love that. Oh, hey boys. Where's
01:37 Cheddar? Douglas? Hey Russell. Come here, buddy. Yeah, you're a good boy. Also a zone 3. And
01:47 then we have a pine. This is called Irish Bell. It's a Bosnian pine. These
01:53 stay 8 by 6. So again, another narrow one just a little bit shorter than Blaze.
01:57 But these have the deep green needles that are so pretty. And it gets just the
02:02 most beautiful shape. It looks so soft. Maybe we can pop a picture up on the
02:06 screen. This one is a zone 5 and grows like 3 to 6 or so inches a year. And
02:12 then the very last one is a Blue Moon. Saguaro Cypress. I have zero experience
02:17 with this. This is an experiment for me. This one grows 4 by 4. It has just those
02:22 really itty-bitty needles again. But I love that kind of blue tint that the
02:27 needles have. It is a zone 3 and it's not pokey, you guys. It's soft. I know that
02:31 some junipers have this look too. And they can be so dang pokey. This one is
02:36 nice and soft. No problems there. So I'm really excited to add these in. I've got
02:41 a few locations in mind. At least for the ones that get a little bit more height.
02:45 But the other ones we're just gonna tuck in here and there. And I think that that
02:49 is what just helps bring so much weight to any of your flower beds. Because
02:53 they're still there when everything else dies back. We have lots of areas out in
02:57 the garden, you know, because we're just developing still the South Garden and
03:01 will be for quite a number of years. But there are several areas where all the
03:04 beautiful perennials need to be cut back or they die back for the winter. And
03:08 we're left with nothing there. So while it looks glorious right now, it doesn't
03:13 look quite as glorious in the winter. And I always admire so much those
03:16 landscapes that have so much to offer in the offseason. So that's something that I
03:21 really want to focus on working on. You coming with me? All right.
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06:17 All right guys we got them all in the
06:22 ground and I am so pleased with every
06:25 single one of them. Look at that! Isn't
06:28 that beautiful? 12 by 6 I think it's
06:31 going to be absolutely perfect in this
06:34 space. This whole corner has really just
06:37 evolved beautifully. I was focusing in
06:39 last year on really paying attention to
06:41 these kind of back areas where you know
06:43 you don't see them as much as you see
06:45 the front ones but I find myself
06:47 wanting to come back here as much as the
06:49 other areas and that was the whole goal.
06:51 So I've got some lilac crushed hibiscus
06:53 in here just a little mini tour of some
06:55 of the beautiful things. We've got three
06:57 of these little shrubs that kind of
06:59 shroud the hydrant right there and kind
07:01 of hide it a bit. There are some
07:03 serendipity alliums there. We've got the
07:05 ruby chip jr. buddleia which is a perfect
07:07 second layer to these hibiscus here.
07:09 We've got some of the, I think this is
07:11 denim and lace, it might be sage advice.
07:13 I can't remember exactly but we've got a
07:15 drift of those. Limelight primes, back in
07:18 black sedum right here. There's some pink,
07:21 which one's this one? Not pink profusion.
07:24 New Dawn? Pink Dawn. Is that one of them?
07:27 Is that one of the salvias? I think so.
07:29 It's a lighter pink one. And then we've
07:31 got some anfolk or geraniums. There's
07:33 some ground cover chamomile I planted
07:36 earlier this spring. We've got some
07:38 purple veronica. The super bells improved
07:41 pink. I actually planted these straight
07:43 in their cans. Look at that. Cans and all.
07:45 Those are those eco pots. I wanted to see
07:48 how they would do. Whenever I'm doing
07:49 reading on super bells, like on the
07:50 website, it says it is not recommended to
07:52 plant super bells in the ground because
07:54 they require such good drainage. But I
07:57 thought, you know, with the addition of
07:58 the eco pot one in the ground, it's going
08:00 to keep maybe some of the water away from
08:03 the root ball. And it would be a good
08:05 test to see if the one super bells would
08:06 do it in the ground and two if those
08:08 eco pots worked. And so far so good. I
08:09 mean, here we are cruising toward the
08:12 end part of August. Well, where are we
08:14 right now? Yeah, mid to late August. And
08:17 they're doing great. And then we've got a
08:18 bunch of hollyhocks that we started from
08:20 seed. And these are a pale yellow color.
08:22 And then of course, as you go back
08:23 further, you see more things of blue
08:25 spruce, black lace elderberry. You can
08:28 see the little pine we planted today
08:29 right there. But I love that upright
08:31 structure. I think that's going to be
08:32 perfect because in the wintertime, all of
08:35 this stuff's gone. I mean, we'll have
08:37 blooms in the hydrangeas still on there
08:38 if we decide to leave them through the
08:40 winter. But they'll be brown. But in this
08:42 specific corner, there's no evergreen
08:44 until you get, you know, a little bit
08:45 further in. But I just love the structure
08:47 of that. And I think drawing more
08:49 evergreen this way is going to be nice
08:50 because in terms of like what's right
08:52 here on the edge, the only thing that we
08:54 will see during the winter, we'll leave
08:56 the sedum up. We'll cut that back in the
08:58 spring. We'll have a grass here. We'll
09:00 have the spent blooms of the hydrangeas.
09:03 But all the rest of this stuff kind of
09:05 just goes away. So it'll be nice to have
09:06 another evergreen closer this way. You
09:09 know, we have got more as you go further
09:11 in. In fact, let's just pop through here.
09:14 We've got a red cone Norway spruce right
09:17 here that I love. So, so pretty. Produces
09:21 the most beautiful cones and they have
09:22 kind of an erratic growth habit, which I
09:24 love. I think that's great. And then this
09:26 is one of the great big spruces we had
09:27 installed last year. And then our pine.
09:31 They come from this angle. So this one
09:33 again gets 8 by 6. So it'll just be kind
09:36 of more of a little accent evergreen in
09:37 here while our blue spruce will get
09:39 quite a bit bigger, 20 feet by 15 or so.
09:41 We've got our chitalpas, which are doing
09:43 great. They've actually put on growth
09:44 since we put them in the ground. I'm
09:46 loving that. The lantana, of course, this
09:48 is an annual. Benjamin wanted to plant it
09:50 here. So here it is. It's looking great.
09:52 But honestly, the more evergreens we can
09:54 pack in here, the better. The more winter
09:57 interest we will have. One other one in
09:59 this area, you guys, that I absolutely
10:00 love, and I didn't think I would love it
10:03 as much as I do, is this Montana moss
10:05 juniper. That is such a beautiful texture
10:08 and color. It grows 2 feet tall, so it's
10:11 about max height. And it's supposed to
10:13 only grow about 5 feet wide, but it's
10:14 definitely wider than that. I think we're
10:16 dealing with between 6 and 7 here.
10:18 Junipers are a native to our area. They
10:20 do really well. We've got some
10:22 osteospermum. These are the horizon
10:25 sunset. Sunset horizon? Mr. Mustard
10:29 spirea and so on and so forth. I mean, we
10:31 could just go on forever. Okay, redirecting.
10:34 Coming back this way, we've got two more
10:36 we put in today. We've got the saguaro
10:39 cypress. I have no idea if I'm saying
10:42 that right, you guys, but I was initially
10:43 going to pop the tidy tim, which ended up
10:45 right here in this spot. But then once I
10:48 kind of was looking, we've got a
10:50 Oregon green Austrian pine back here, and
10:52 just a lot of green foliage. So I wanted a
10:55 little bit of a blue variation in here.
10:57 It looks so puny at the moment. Cute, but
11:00 puny. But it will get 4x4. So it'll be
11:02 just this nice accent evergreen in here
11:05 in between. This is the honey apricot
11:07 rose that we just planted. So having that
11:10 blue near that kind of orangey color is
11:13 so perfect. And then we've got the
11:15 reminiscent pink roses right here. So
11:17 just a lot of soft colors. I think it's
11:19 gonna be perfect right there. And then
11:21 we've got the tidy tim right here, which
11:23 again will grow 4x4. And I think it's
11:26 perfect here because, one, I have no
11:28 evergreens in this area, but we have the
11:30 blue accent with the totem pole panicum.
11:32 So putting something that's green here
11:33 is perfect. We've also got that new
11:35 Y-Gella we just planted. Look at how
11:37 pretty! Beautiful blooms. I can't remember
11:40 the name. Maybe we can put it on the
11:42 screen. We've also got some quickfire
11:44 hydrangeas, which are trying to bounce
11:46 back after all our rain. We got a lot of
11:48 rain this last weekend, so a lot of our
11:50 stuff, which it like grasses, well not the
11:52 totem poles, but a lot of our ornamental
11:54 grasses were just flat on the ground. And
11:56 hydrangeas, you know, anything that has
11:58 that bigger bloom or a lot of foliar
12:00 growth out of a really strong base just
12:02 kind of tips over when they get really
12:04 heavy in the water. And then they dry up
12:05 and kind of raise back up. So anyway, I'm
12:08 thankful for how those are doing. And
12:10 right now you guys, it is 75% humidity.
12:12 Like it was 63 when I started this
12:14 project. It's still not very hot out, but
12:16 the humidity I am not used to. I'm used
12:18 to like 10 to 15 percent humidity here.
12:21 So 75 percent, that's, that's crazy. Oh!
12:26 Last one ended up over here. I think I
12:28 could just plant evergreens all day long.
12:30 All day, every day. I would just be so
12:33 happy with that.
12:35 Okay, so the blaze ended up right here.
12:42 Blaze Norway Spruce. Oh, the brightness
12:46 of that evergreen. Just taking a look
12:48 through everything that's in this space
12:50 and then just seeing that kind of shine
12:51 with that brighter color tone. I think
12:54 it's gorgeous. So we have the Miss Ruby
12:56 Buddleias to the left. We have a willow,
12:58 blue willow toward the back. Serbian
13:00 Spruce. Sunyareda Roses. There's a
13:03 perennial geranium. I can't remember the
13:05 exact variety. And then Totem Pole,
13:08 Panicums there. Another Norway. Evening
13:12 Rose Hibiscus and so on and so forth.
13:15 This is perfect right here. This flower
13:17 bed is interesting because it's got two
13:19 fronts to it. You know, if you're standing
13:20 on this side in the grass, you're looking
13:22 at the front right here. But if you're in
13:24 the lane side of it, that's the front. And
13:27 you know, I haven't really worked a ton
13:28 on the front side of the lane, which is
13:30 kind of funny. You would think a person
13:32 would focus more energy on planting up
13:35 the more visible or most visible parts
13:38 of the garden, but I just don't operate
13:39 that way. Just got to feel right about
13:40 where you're planting something. And this
13:42 is perfect because 8x6, again, that's the
13:44 stats of this one. So it'll just have the
13:46 perfect amount of space to do its thing
13:48 and I'll be able to come in. I'm thinking
13:49 actually bringing in another grass of
13:52 some kind in here and maybe doing a
13:53 drift of grasses and then something else
13:55 right here. I do think I'm going to pop
13:57 the daylilies out. I just don't enjoy
14:00 these as much as I thought I would. I
14:02 don't know. Jury's still out on that. The
14:04 flowers are pretty, but they just look
14:05 like a mess. The stalks look like a mess.
14:08 The leaves always get brown and tattery.
14:10 I don't know. We'll see. They do stay
14:13 fresh for a bit of the season, fresh
14:15 looking. And then I do like their yellow
14:17 fall color, but right about this time of
14:19 year, they start looking a little bit
14:20 mangy. Maybe I'm doing it wrong. Who
14:21 knows? But anyway, that is going to do it
14:23 for today's video. So five evergreens
14:25 that stay on the smaller side that are
14:27 wonderful for a full sun spot on your
14:28 landscape. As far as water goes, we always
14:31 stay pretty consistent the first season.
14:33 So right now, I mean, we are starting to
14:35 cool off a little bit, which is really
14:36 nice. It's a little less stressful on the
14:37 plants, but we'll still make sure to keep
14:39 everything well watered for the rest of
14:41 this season and into next season too, into
14:43 the heat. We want to make sure that they
14:45 have a good chance to root in. And then
14:47 we start to really backing off. We
14:49 usually start with two gallon per hour
14:51 emitters and then we back off to one
14:53 gallon per hour emitters and then usually
14:55 end up with just one emitter on the
14:56 evergreens, if any at all. Of course, every
14:58 area is going to be different and it
14:59 depends on your soil type. In fact, today
15:01 I noticed when we were over on the other
15:03 side, that area was, it's way more hard
15:05 panned, but way drier than it is on this
15:07 side. This side, it was almost like it
15:09 made the suction noise when I dug out
15:11 the soil because this area just hangs on
15:13 to so much more moisture. And the soil
15:15 composition is different over here than
15:17 it is just in the other side of our
15:18 garden. It's crazy. I think the most
15:20 important part though with evergreens is
15:22 make sure to plant them a little bit high
15:24 so that you make sure that water is
15:25 running away from the crown of the plant
15:27 and no water is pooling there and
15:28 sitting there on the roots. And then also
15:30 just making sure that you work on the
15:31 soil around them so that water doesn't
15:33 stay there. It's a well draining spot.
15:35 Either that or just don't water it quite
15:37 as often. Anyway, thank you guys so much
15:39 for watching this video. I hope you
15:40 enjoyed it and we'll see you in the next
15:42 one. Bye.