The Middle-Sized Garden | Late summer garden tips and tour - the garden is fried, and what to do about it @TheMiddlesizedGarden | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 10 hours ago
After a record-breaking heat wave and one of the longest droughts in the UK's history, many gardens are struggling. Plants have died - or seem to have died. But some have pulled through and I've got some good coping strategies and tips for you.
00:00 Welcome
01:10 Temperatures in the heatwave topped 40C/104F
01:33 Plants in shade suffer less from heat and drought - love your shady borders!
01:38 Size, dimensions and layout of the Middlesized Garden
01:52 The north-facing shady border
02:26 The south-facing sunny border - all the plants have suffered
02:55 The plants that have done well in the heat and drought
03:25 Video: 5 resilient flowers that will thrive in difficult summers: youtu.be/QNcNqjdk6ZU
03:54 Should you water newly planted shrubs and perennials in their first summer or does this make them too water dependent?
04:15 How to create a beautiful perennial border (video) with Tom Brown: youtu.be/SQRTVeCLHmE
04:34 Video: How to create a dry garden (gravel garden) with the Beth Chatto gardens: youtu.be/uIF2hpMC3ZI
05:02 Fertilise roses in spring to help them withstand heat and drought, but don't fertilise plants in a drought or heatwave
05:28 Vitax Organic Rose Food (affiliate link): amzn.to/3PvrzOl
05:37 Verbena bonariensis - another resilient plant
06:08 Dying persicaria
06:14 Video - what to do about dying plants with Borde Hill Gardens: youtu.be/tMvTOGXwE7s
06:25 My persicaria after 3 weeks watering, but not cut back
06:40 How to deal with frost damaged shrubs with Doddington Place Gardens:youtu.be/qztajrla4aU
07:04 The Horti-Culturalists YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCVP0JO-cSUUScAkI3YXpKRA
07:37 Video: How to Group Pots with Dan Cooper Garden: youtu.be/yfnzPsEWuIE
09:04 Water-saving tips tried out
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: youtube.com/c/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: themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/books/the-complete-guide-to-garden-privacy
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk
For Amazon storefront see: amazon.com/shop/themiddle-sizedgarden
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:pinterest.co.uk/midsizegarden/boards
Twitter: twitter.com/midsizegarden
Facebook: facebook.com/themiddlesizedgarden
After a record-breaking heat wave and one of the longest droughts in the UK's history, many gardens are struggling. Plants have died - or seem to have died. But some have pulled through and I've got some good coping strategies and tips for you.
00:00 Welcome
01:10 Temperatures in the heatwave topped 40C/104F
01:33 Plants in shade suffer less from heat and drought - love your shady borders!
01:38 Size, dimensions and layout of the Middlesized Garden
01:52 The north-facing shady border
02:26 The south-facing sunny border - all the plants have suffered
02:55 The plants that have done well in the heat and drought
03:25 Video: 5 resilient flowers that will thrive in difficult summers: youtu.be/QNcNqjdk6ZU
03:54 Should you water newly planted shrubs and perennials in their first summer or does this make them too water dependent?
04:15 How to create a beautiful perennial border (video) with Tom Brown: youtu.be/SQRTVeCLHmE
04:34 Video: How to create a dry garden (gravel garden) with the Beth Chatto gardens: youtu.be/uIF2hpMC3ZI
05:02 Fertilise roses in spring to help them withstand heat and drought, but don't fertilise plants in a drought or heatwave
05:28 Vitax Organic Rose Food (affiliate link): amzn.to/3PvrzOl
05:37 Verbena bonariensis - another resilient plant
06:08 Dying persicaria
06:14 Video - what to do about dying plants with Borde Hill Gardens: youtu.be/tMvTOGXwE7s
06:25 My persicaria after 3 weeks watering, but not cut back
06:40 How to deal with frost damaged shrubs with Doddington Place Gardens:youtu.be/qztajrla4aU
07:04 The Horti-Culturalists YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCVP0JO-cSUUScAkI3YXpKRA
07:37 Video: How to Group Pots with Dan Cooper Garden: youtu.be/yfnzPsEWuIE
09:04 Water-saving tips tried out
For garden ideas, gardening advice, garden design and landscaping ideas for your garden or backyard, subscribe to the Middlesized Garden YouTube channel here: youtube.com/c/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: themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk/books/the-complete-guide-to-garden-privacy
#gardening #gardendesign #backyardgarden
For small and middlesized backyards and gardens....
See The Middlesized Garden blog: http://www.themiddlesizedgarden.co.uk
For Amazon storefront see: amazon.com/shop/themiddle-sizedgarden
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:pinterest.co.uk/midsizegarden/boards
Twitter: twitter.com/midsizegarden
Facebook: facebook.com/themiddlesizedgarden
