How to plant a beautiful herbaceous border - your complete guide

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  @stacyrosa6672 · 1 year ago (edited)

  I so wish that someone had explained to younger me, the "less is more" philosophy for planting varieties. I'm just now, at 63, able to build some beautiful borders with just a select few species, instead of having a hundred different plants that I bought just one or two of, because I just had to have THAT plant! 😅

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• LO

  @LouciferFlump · 2 years ago (edited)

  90% of the time I’m sensible and buy the plants I need, right plant right place style, but occasionally, invariably, something stunning will seduce me and it’s utterly inappropriate for my garden but I shove it in anyway and it either buys the one-way ticket to oblivion or gets dug up and given away. Will I EVER learn…? 😂🥴<br><br>I garden on heavy clay that I’m systematically improving with leaf mould, some grit and so on, but this means delicate fancy flowers certainly aren’t my focus, they can’t take the soil. I tend to have a few fancy fussy flowers in pots but my borders are primarily flowering shrubs. Once you get into shrubs, you realise the right ones can give you a fabulously interesting plot even in the depths of winter. So I’m really not sorry that my soil has forced me NOT to be one of those flower obsessed gardeners who then only have bare soil and stumps to look at in the winter. Roses love my soil, however. I have a rose my grandfather planted in 1950 that’s still alive and seems to be getting even better in recent years. It always gets a little blackspot but it never harms the blooms and it doesn’t seem to care about it!

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• NA

  @navyforeveryoungjean-phili5940 · 1 year ago

  You are doing such a great job with these videos. I am very very grateful

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• NA

  @navyforeveryoungjean-phili5940 · 1 year ago

  I busted out laughing when you said you spent hours making a list and then you go to the fair and you’ve forgotten the list 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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• LU

  @lulajohns1883 · 2 years ago

  I try and just buy what I&apos;m looking for but love to come across something new as I can find a place for about anything. &nbsp; I enjoy seeing what new plants mature into. &nbsp;Started buying more native plants for my area and growing from seed.

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• RE

  @Readiculous21 · 2 years ago

  I own a nursery in Northern California and I can say, after checking many times, that it&apos;s cheaper to buy from the nursery than buying online. Cheaper still is big box stores but you don&apos;t usually get the same level of expertise on the staff end as you would in a locally-owned nursery. Nurseries often have a discount section ours is half off which is a great source for less expensive plants. I&apos;ve actually gotten many plants from our half off, and even our free section, take them home put them in the ground and they thrive. We have customers that come every week to buy from our half-off section and they&apos;re building their entire gardens that way.

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• AL

  @allenlivera1611 · 11 months ago

  I couldn&apos;t agree with you more, Alexandra: &nbsp;Tom Brown gave one of the best interviews ever. &nbsp;He absolutely knocked it out of the park. &nbsp;Every topic was covered thoroughly, with nary a word wasted. &nbsp;All of the people on this video had something to say, making this a treat tutorial. &nbsp;Thank you for making this available to us.

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• AJ

  @AJsGreenThumbLLC · 2 years ago

  Magnificent video Alexandra. This was pleasing to watch and is jam-packed with valuable information. We appreciate your hard work! THANK YOU💚💚💚

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• SM

  @SMElder-iy6fl · 2 years ago

  I love seed heads in the Fall and Winter!

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• LY

  @lynnmacleod1879 · 2 years ago

  I don&apos;t think I&apos;ll ever get bored of watching a tree being installed, go camp Aaron!

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• UP

  @upnorth21 · 1 year ago

  I feel like I&apos;m attending a college course every time I watch your videos. &nbsp;Such great information! &nbsp;I sure wish I could find that beautiful thistle here in America. &nbsp;It is out of stock everywhere!

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• BA

  @barbaracole4314 · 1 year ago

  I don&apos;t usually know what what I want, &nbsp;mostly what&apos;s available and looks good, I am learning more what to plant and what time of year.

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