WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.759 --> 00:00:07.120 Broadcasting from Studio A. Here at proven Winners, Color Choice Shrubs. 2 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:11.800 It's time for the Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy Hervella me, 3 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:17.519 Rick weisst and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Well, Stacy, 4 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:22.399 I love today's topic over achievers. Overachievers are somebody who 5 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:28.440 achieves success over and above the standard of the expected level. 6 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:33.799 It might not surprise you, but my entire life, I've 7 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.359 always been told I'm too driven, move too fast. My 8 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.679 teachers and the police used to tell me to slow down. 9 00:00:42.320 --> 00:00:44.479 Now my doctor's telling me to slow down. 10 00:00:45.920 --> 00:00:49.359 You know, being an overachiever can definitely be a good thing. 11 00:00:49.439 --> 00:00:52.439 But you know, with people, you need to know when 12 00:00:52.479 --> 00:00:55.640 to stop and reserve your energy for yourself. But with plants, 13 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:57.679 there's really no such restrictions. 14 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:01.439 There you go, and we're going to talk about overachieving 15 00:01:01.719 --> 00:01:06.040 plants today. I love this topic because, you know, walking 16 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:08.760 through the garden center, there's a number of plants that 17 00:01:08.799 --> 00:01:14.079 come to mind for me where if someone did not 18 00:01:14.359 --> 00:01:20.400 know their stories, and Stacy, you're a great storyteller of 19 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:24.879 plants in plants on trial, and when people learn those 20 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:29.640 stories of plants, then they developed this relationship with them 21 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:34.519 and understand their potential in the garden center. For example, 22 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:38.239 in spring, if you walk by a gampfrina, one of 23 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.480 my favorite annuals, people are apt to walk right past 24 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:45.519 it because it looks green, doesn't look all that exciting 25 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:49.079 in many cases compared to the other annuals that are 26 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:53.319 out there, So you have to learn their stories. And 27 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.359 of course, as people, we also tend to gravitate towards 28 00:01:57.439 --> 00:02:01.879 what is familiar. Now, my definition of plants that are overachievers, 29 00:02:02.040 --> 00:02:06.079 my personal definition is number one, the plant surprises you 30 00:02:06.239 --> 00:02:10.560 in its development from its original condition. So you could 31 00:02:10.599 --> 00:02:14.919 say elephant ear kalladiums I mentioned, gampfrin or scavola, maybe 32 00:02:14.960 --> 00:02:18.919 something as simple as a sunflower seed, a castor bean plant, 33 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:23.680 or a hyacinth bean seed, maybe Alium gigantium, but something 34 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:29.719 like that that surprises you in how it develops beyond 35 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:35.199 its original condition. Number two, they're flourished, seems to come 36 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:38.120 easy to them, in other words, somewhat easy to grow. 37 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.199 And number three, they give more than just a week 38 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:45.120 or two of interest. And of course you could argue 39 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:49.759 that fact with many annuals which tend to be over achievers. 40 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.599 Overachievers for a while and then of course burnout as 41 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:54.159 we get. 42 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:57.879 To fall happens way too often with you know, some annuals, 43 00:02:57.919 --> 00:03:01.000 not all annuals. But you know, the this concept of 44 00:03:01.039 --> 00:03:04.919 an overachiever, I mean, we have we could fill ours 45 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.560 talking about the plants that we feel are overachievers. But 46 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:10.360 you know, going back to our talk about garden nostalgia, 47 00:03:10.800 --> 00:03:15.439 this concept of overachiever plants is actually relatively new. You know, 48 00:03:15.520 --> 00:03:18.879 for a long time, people needed to work really hard 49 00:03:19.479 --> 00:03:22.240 to get a good performance from the plants in their garden, 50 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.120 whereas nowadays, you know, if because not just because of 51 00:03:27.120 --> 00:03:30.319 plant breeding, but also because there are so many more 52 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:34.360 options on the market, you know, with container growing that 53 00:03:34.520 --> 00:03:37.080 opened up so many more plants at the garden center. 54 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:40.599 So whether you have an overachiever through virtue of plant 55 00:03:40.639 --> 00:03:43.159 breeding that it doesn't need dead heading, it's you know, 56 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.800 genetically developed to just blue and blue and bloom like 57 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:50.039 most preven Veinnurse annuals, or just because plants like my 58 00:03:50.240 --> 00:03:55.360 beloved Sylphium perfoliatum is just now more widely available, you know, 59 00:03:55.439 --> 00:03:58.919 whereas forty years ago, you know, you would have had 60 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:02.319 to probably dig sylphium out of some swamp somewhere if 61 00:04:02.319 --> 00:04:04.199 you want it in your garden, and that wouldn't have 62 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:04.759 been a good thing. 63 00:04:05.000 --> 00:04:07.879 Yeah, if you had it in your yard, it would 64 00:04:07.919 --> 00:04:10.840 stick out because other people didn't have it. But now 65 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:16.399 more and more people get to enjoy that specific overachiever. 66 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:20.199 Let me kick off the topic with a limb a rick. 67 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:23.920 I've caught a bad case of spring fever, ready to plant. 68 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.959 I'm an eager beaver with winter. Instead of being dejected, 69 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:32.120 my plans are progressing better than expected. You could say 70 00:04:32.279 --> 00:04:36.040 I'm an over achiever with plants. I have a natural 71 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:40.480 sense a perceiver. They give happiness and I'm the receiver 72 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:46.160 instead of doing absolutely zero, They've made me a neighborhood hero. 73 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:50.160 I love a plant that's an overachiever. 74 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:53.879 You know what? That reminded me of another important aspect 75 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.079 of a plant being an overachiever. That's a great limock 76 00:04:56.120 --> 00:04:59.000 by the way, thank you, But to me, another characteristic 77 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:03.759 is what does the plant do for the wildlife? And 78 00:05:03.879 --> 00:05:06.959 you know, insects, birds, butterflies, all of this kind of thing, 79 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.639 and that you know, there should be something an overachiever 80 00:05:09.759 --> 00:05:12.839 does in addition, So yes, we are the receiver when 81 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:15.199 we have an overachieving plant. Because we get to enjoy 82 00:05:15.240 --> 00:05:17.600 how beautiful it is. And everyone thinks that were some 83 00:05:17.639 --> 00:05:19.639 sort of superstar gardener, when the fact is all we 84 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:21.399 did was pick the right plants and plant them in 85 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.199 the right place. It really is that simple. Revealing a 86 00:05:24.199 --> 00:05:27.800 big secret here apparently. But you know, also there are 87 00:05:27.879 --> 00:05:32.279 other people, other organisms around that are recipients of our 88 00:05:32.279 --> 00:05:34.959 decisions to garden. And maybe that's a neighbor, maybe that 89 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:40.399 is wildlife. But you know, overachieving plants benefit more than 90 00:05:40.519 --> 00:05:41.199 just us. 91 00:05:42.120 --> 00:05:46.120 I love the road you're going down there, and we're 92 00:05:46.120 --> 00:05:51.040 going to add that to the overachieving description of plants 93 00:05:51.160 --> 00:05:54.240 because as opposed to the plant having its time in 94 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:57.759 the sun and receiving plot, it's on you know, it's 95 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:02.240 robust growth and its beauty. Is it giving back? Yeah, 96 00:06:02.560 --> 00:06:05.920 and that's a great There's many ways to look at that. 97 00:06:05.959 --> 00:06:08.079 You know, it could be something like, of course, a 98 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:11.600 vegetable garden you're getting produced. It could be cut flowers, 99 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:14.279 it could be multiple seasons of interest. But you know, 100 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:18.720 an overachiever has to do perform highly but also give 101 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:19.959 you a little bit. 102 00:06:19.839 --> 00:06:22.839 More, give something back. I love that, you know a 103 00:06:22.879 --> 00:06:26.920 plant that I consider an overachiever and I don't want to, 104 00:06:27.360 --> 00:06:29.720 you know, sound like a broken record here, because you 105 00:06:29.839 --> 00:06:33.639 know how much I love ornamental grasses. But something like 106 00:06:33.759 --> 00:06:38.879 graceful grass is skyrocket. It's a fountain grass penacetum. The 107 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:45.040 plumes are sterile so it doesn't become invasive. But boy 108 00:06:45.240 --> 00:06:49.519 does it work for you provide color. And yes, I 109 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.439 saw this past fall, the birds all over the inflorescence. 110 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:56.600 You know, I had a strong feeling that ornamental grasses 111 00:06:56.600 --> 00:06:59.560 would come up in the Overachievers show, not just because 112 00:06:59.560 --> 00:07:01.079 I know how much you like them, but because they 113 00:07:01.120 --> 00:07:04.600 are a perfect example. There are few other plants, well, 114 00:07:04.720 --> 00:07:09.920 actually there's kind of a lot, but that require so little. 115 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.439 I mean, once you plant that ornamental grass, pretty much 116 00:07:13.480 --> 00:07:15.560 the only thing you need to do is cut it 117 00:07:15.600 --> 00:07:18.439 back in spring. Yeah, and you know it doesn't need water, 118 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:22.079 it doesn't need any fussing. You can divide it if 119 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:24.720 you want. Wouldn't recommend it. Not really a fun job, 120 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.560 So plant those properly and let it let them be. 121 00:07:28.600 --> 00:07:30.560 But yeah, I mean that's exactly what we're talking about. 122 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:36.040 All that impact, those big robust presents, the sound, It 123 00:07:36.079 --> 00:07:38.800 provides habitat for all sorts of things. It provides nesting 124 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:42.040 material for birds and you don't lift a finger and 125 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:43.560 you look like a garden rock star. I love that. 126 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.240 Yeah, And that's my direction here because you look at 127 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:51.519 for example, panicum switch grass, a North American native plant, 128 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:55.240 a prairie grass so to speak. You wontn't expect much. 129 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:59.639 It's just grass, okay, But you take cultivars like totem 130 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:05.079 Pole or Niagara Falls or shy in Sky. It's an 131 00:08:05.079 --> 00:08:08.920 overachiever because it delivers, in my opinion, far more than 132 00:08:08.959 --> 00:08:09.879 what you expected. 133 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.399 Definitely, especially if you're buying just a little one gallon 134 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:14.519 plant in spring. You you're going to need to have 135 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:16.879 a little faith. But you know that's where shows like 136 00:08:16.959 --> 00:08:20.439 Gardening simplified the Internet, all of these places where you 137 00:08:20.439 --> 00:08:22.879 can do your research and find out. So you are 138 00:08:23.399 --> 00:08:26.160 you know, more trust trusting in that plant when you 139 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:29.279 see it maybe looking you know, all green like a gumfrina, 140 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.120 or a little bit small and wimpy like a panicum 141 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.039 because it's a warm season grass and when you're shopping 142 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.279 in the garden center hasn't really had a chance to 143 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:38.039 do its thing yet exactly. 144 00:08:38.080 --> 00:08:40.399 And then of course in the mixed Stacey, we've got 145 00:08:40.480 --> 00:08:43.320 to talk about, well, there are you know, in life, 146 00:08:43.360 --> 00:08:47.919 there are early bloomers and there are late bloomers. Okay, 147 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:53.840 But in again, in the garden industry today, there are 148 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:59.480 many wonderful cultivars that I'm you would classify as rebloomers. Yes, 149 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:03.159 I can consider the rebloomers also as overachieved. 150 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.639 I think reblooming is a classic example of what it 151 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.519 means to be an overachiever. And you know, it's not 152 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.440 all that uncommon in nature. It's just that what plant 153 00:09:13.440 --> 00:09:16.679 breeders have done is identified individual plants that have some 154 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.159 capacity for rebloom and then worked with that to bring 155 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:23.039 more of those genes out. And yeah, why do people 156 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.679 mostly start gardening flowers? Everyone wants more flowers. You get 157 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.240 a reblooming shrub like bloomerang Wilac or double play Doozy spireea, 158 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:32.120 it's an overachiever. 159 00:09:31.879 --> 00:09:36.279 Absolutely, Or the plants that basically are surprised. You know, 160 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:40.759 you buy a little pugster bud lea in the garden 161 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:43.039 center and then by the time you get to August, 162 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:48.120 little plant, the size of those blooms are unreal. It 163 00:09:48.200 --> 00:09:51.279 causes me to believe the plants an overachiever. 164 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:53.039 You know what, And that reminds me of other bulbs 165 00:09:53.080 --> 00:09:56.440 are good overachievers too, right, because by the time they 166 00:09:56.480 --> 00:09:59.159 come out in spring, you very well may have forgotten 167 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:01.519 that you planted that, And then all of the sudden, 168 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.440 just when you need at most amazing flowers pretty much 169 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.000 zero care, and you feel real good about having planted them, 170 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.200 especially for their costs, because you can't get plants much 171 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:13.200 lower cost than a bulb. 172 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:15.960 Well, we're going to raise the bar on today's show, 173 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:18.360 and let's see how Stacey ties this all together and 174 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:21.600 plants on trial. That's coming up next here on the 175 00:10:21.639 --> 00:10:23.200 Gardening Simplified Show. 176 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:32.000 Beautify your home and community with proven Winner's Color Choice 177 00:10:32.039 --> 00:10:35.120 Shrubs with over three hundred and twenty five unique varieties 178 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.159 to choose from. There's a flowering shrubber Evergreen for every 179 00:10:38.200 --> 00:10:41.279 taste and every space. Just look for the distinctive white 180 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:44.120 container your local garden center or learn more at proven 181 00:10:44.159 --> 00:10:49.679 Winner's Color Choice dot com. Rereading's gardening friends, and welcome 182 00:10:49.720 --> 00:10:52.360 back to the Gardening Simplified Show, where the theme of 183 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:57.679 today is overachievers. And recently, Rick and I did something 184 00:10:57.679 --> 00:11:01.480 a little bit more than just your standard edition of 185 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:05.519 the Gardening Simplified Show. We went out and filmed a winter. 186 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.240 Garden tour in the dead of winter. 187 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:11.559 In the dead of winter. Now the snow was still present. 188 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:13.159 It was, you know, a little bit warmer than it 189 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:14.679 had been the week we got all that snow where 190 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.279 we had you know, single digit temperatures, but still a 191 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:20.080 little too snowy trapes all over the garden like we 192 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:23.399 might have hoped to have done. But it's still a 193 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:25.240 good garden tour. You can kind of get a sense 194 00:11:25.240 --> 00:11:27.600 of some cool stuff going on in the garden right now, 195 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:29.879 and you know, maybe a little bit of a cure 196 00:11:29.919 --> 00:11:32.480 for cabin fever. So please do check us out on 197 00:11:32.720 --> 00:11:36.080 YouTube that is where the garden tour is posted, and 198 00:11:36.879 --> 00:11:40.000 check out what's what's kicking in the trail gardens in February. 199 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:43.159 Yeah, well, we're practicing what we preach, right, that's great, 200 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:45.600 three hundred and sixty five days out of. 201 00:11:45.519 --> 00:11:50.799 The year exactly. So since we're talking overachievers, and you know, 202 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:54.440 it's hard for me, of course, knowing you know pretty 203 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.159 well almost all of the three hundred and thirty some 204 00:11:57.399 --> 00:12:00.000 proven winters color choice shrubs, hard for me to pick 205 00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.440 just one. So I wanted to do something a little 206 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:05.279 bit different for plants on Trial. Today, we're going to 207 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:10.679 do plants on trial Overachievers, Speed round fun and so 208 00:12:10.840 --> 00:12:14.519 I'm going to name a category, and Rick and I 209 00:12:14.559 --> 00:12:17.799 are going to tell you what our top choice for 210 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:22.440 an overachiever is in each of these categories. So you 211 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.559 can make a full plant list. If you want a 212 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.039 lot of overachieving flowering shrubs and evergreens in your garden, 213 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:30.399 this is going to be it. So we're kicking it 214 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:33.840 off overachiever foliage. 215 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.679 Shrub Midnight Sun with you, Youla. 216 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:40.000 Oh that's mine too, Hey, I mean sure, So when 217 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:42.120 both of us pick one, you know it has to 218 00:12:42.159 --> 00:12:44.639 be good, right it is and I do. Obviously I 219 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.879 can't do this for every single plant because we only 220 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:51.559 have ten minutes on radio. But Midnight Sun is a 221 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.440 newer Whygela. And of course most people think of why 222 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:57.159 Gila as flowering plants, which they are. They have lovely 223 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:01.080 flowers in spring and attract butterflies or butterflies and hummingbirds, 224 00:13:01.120 --> 00:13:03.840 so that's really cool. But Midnight Sun is primarily a 225 00:13:03.879 --> 00:13:06.240 foliage wigela, and when you see it in spring, this 226 00:13:06.279 --> 00:13:07.559 is one of those plants you need to have a 227 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:11.279 little faith in, kind of just like a dwarf green 228 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:14.440 whitella with pink flowers, and you're like, okay, that's cool. 229 00:13:14.799 --> 00:13:16.480 You see the picture on the tag, it shows it 230 00:13:16.480 --> 00:13:18.600 all colorful. You think, okay, well maybe that's in fall. 231 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.600 But no, what happens with this waigela is that as 232 00:13:21.639 --> 00:13:25.360 summer develops and goes on, it turns all sorts of colors. 233 00:13:25.399 --> 00:13:27.960 You don't have to wait until fall. The warmer it gets, 234 00:13:28.039 --> 00:13:29.919 the more color you see on this plant. And I 235 00:13:29.960 --> 00:13:32.120 know you fell in love seeing it here around the studio. 236 00:13:32.360 --> 00:13:35.320 That's around the studio at the garden center. Love it. 237 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:38.960 It is such an amazing foliage plant. And it's nice 238 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:40.679 and small, so anyone has a room for it. That's 239 00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:44.559 Midnight sun Wijella overachiever flowering shrub. 240 00:13:44.399 --> 00:13:46.879 For many reasons, I tea fizzy Miizzy. 241 00:13:47.000 --> 00:13:50.000 Ooh, that's an interesting trip now. I think that flowers, 242 00:13:50.200 --> 00:13:55.799 fragrant flowers are always a good overachiever aspect, and that 243 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:58.200 is a plant with lots of multiple seasons of interest. 244 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:01.919 Very cool plant and very different look. My overachiever flowering 245 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.159 shrub is double play doozy because I have to say 246 00:14:05.320 --> 00:14:09.440 that although I could have said steady Eddie viburnum in 247 00:14:09.519 --> 00:14:13.559 my time in the industry. I don't think that any 248 00:14:13.600 --> 00:14:17.279 two flowering shrubs can compare to double Play Doozy and 249 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:21.679 Steady Eddie Viburnum for their sheer ability to rebloom. You 250 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:24.919 know some reblooming shrubs they amazing in spring and then 251 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:26.759 you just kind of get a little bit of flowers 252 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.759 later in the season. These two plants rebloom almost to 253 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.440 the up to the level of their first bloom. Both 254 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:35.639 of them come from doctor Tom Rainey at North Carolina 255 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.440 State University, a truly innovative plant breeder. So if you 256 00:14:38.480 --> 00:14:41.919 are looking for flowering shrubs that truly do flower, you 257 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:43.399 don't have to do much and you're going to get 258 00:14:43.440 --> 00:14:47.480 more flowers. I cannot recommend much better than those two, 259 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:50.720 especially so overachieving Hydrangea. What's your choice? 260 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:53.720 Both you and Adriana caused me to fall in love 261 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.240 with this plant as we walk through the garden. Little 262 00:14:56.320 --> 00:14:59.159 lime Punch panicle great choice. 263 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:02.279 I was definitely torn between Little Lime Punch myself and 264 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:05.919 the one that I picked, which is Let's Dance Skyview Hydrangea. 265 00:15:06.799 --> 00:15:08.519 And the reason that I picked Let's Dance, I mean 266 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:11.080 little Lime Punch is a panicle Hydrangea, so very easy 267 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:15.000 to grow, very easy, very reliable, hardy, heat tolerant. People 268 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:17.559 are somewhat familiar with that with those types of hydrangeas, 269 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.639 but with hydrange of Macrophilla, the big leaf hydrangeas, with 270 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.360 the blue or pink or purple flowers. We all know 271 00:15:23.440 --> 00:15:28.120 people have had so much disappointment with conventional varieties. Let's 272 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:31.639 dance sky View Hydrangea is probably one of the first, 273 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.960 along with Let's stance, can do big leaf ree blooming 274 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:38.759 hydrangeas that won't disappoint you. We're looking. We've developed, you know, 275 00:15:38.840 --> 00:15:41.159 increased bud hardiness so they're less likely to get cold 276 00:15:41.240 --> 00:15:45.879 damaged in winter. Amazing color and the ability to bloom 277 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:48.120 all the way up and down the stem so that 278 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:51.639 if some well intentioned but wrong person cuts it back 279 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:55.440 or it gets damaged by deer or gets winter cold damage, 280 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:57.919 you still have flower buds at the base to get bloom. 281 00:15:58.000 --> 00:16:00.919 So it's really one of the very first reblooming big 282 00:16:00.960 --> 00:16:05.759 leaf hydranges that won't disappoint you. Overachieving rose so when 283 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:06.279 it was tough. 284 00:16:06.320 --> 00:16:08.600 There's so many great roses. But I'm gonna say, at 285 00:16:08.679 --> 00:16:09.519 last rose. 286 00:16:09.279 --> 00:16:13.519 All right, at last bi too. Yeah, I mean, the 287 00:16:13.600 --> 00:16:15.559 truth is that with all of the proven winners color 288 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:18.440 trace roses, we are looking for overachieving. I mean, because 289 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:21.240 if you just take regular roses as a baseline, they've 290 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:24.080 already got fabulous flowers, most of them have great fragrance, 291 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:26.960 so we were already looking for plants that do more 292 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.320 than that standard. So pretty much all of our roses 293 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:33.600 are overachievers. You can take your pick for color application, 294 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:36.320 but I did pick it last as well because people 295 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:39.600 love it. It's a good size, super healthy, clean foliage, 296 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:44.159 beautiful fragrant flowers, and just a stunning easy to grow roses. 297 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:47.759 And like any overachiever, it rose to the os. 298 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.799 It's sure did all right. Overachieving native shrub. 299 00:16:51.600 --> 00:16:54.919 This was easy for me. Durvilla Kodiak orange. 300 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.720 Oh, you know, I'm not surprised you picked a durvilla. 301 00:16:57.840 --> 00:17:00.879 De Villa's are great, and we do have so many 302 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.600 amazing durvillas. I was tempted to include a Durvilla here 303 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.799 and there, but I ended up going with a plant 304 00:17:06.119 --> 00:17:08.440 that is near and dear to my heart in my garden, 305 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.480 and that is Gatsby pink oak leaf hydrange. 306 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:11.680 I can see why. 307 00:17:11.960 --> 00:17:13.759 Yeah, I mean a couple of things about that plant 308 00:17:13.759 --> 00:17:17.759 that I love, amazing fall color. It's also a reblooming 309 00:17:17.799 --> 00:17:20.720 oak leaf hydrangeas, So again this isn't going to be 310 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.319 one of those that goes back to that kind of 311 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:25.759 early summer bloom. But they continue to put out fresh 312 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:28.559 flowers through the season and they turn pink when they 313 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:31.279 you know, as they age, so you get a lot 314 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:34.680 of color, a lot of flowers. Pollinators love it, and 315 00:17:34.720 --> 00:17:37.880 then you get the fall color, beautiful peeling cinnamon bark 316 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:40.680 in the winter, and of course with the kodiak or villas, 317 00:17:40.720 --> 00:17:43.160 you get amazing foliage that you really don't have to 318 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:44.440 lift a finger to enjoy. 319 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.039 Gorgeously. 320 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:47.559 They can take pretty much whatever you throw at them. 321 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.440 Overachieving heat tolerantce shrub for our warm climate, peeps. 322 00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:54.119 Sunny Boulevard, Saint John's hypeer. 323 00:17:54.440 --> 00:17:56.759 All right, that is a great plant. I love its 324 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:01.000 nice rounded habit. I pick jazz Hands Bowl, Laura petalum 325 00:18:02.279 --> 00:18:05.119 and Laura Petulum. Of course, anyone from the South can 326 00:18:05.160 --> 00:18:08.960 tell you it's as ubiquitous as something like, you know, 327 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:13.279 Barberry is up here and they love it. But I 328 00:18:13.319 --> 00:18:15.920 love jazz Hands Bold because everything about it is bigger, 329 00:18:15.960 --> 00:18:19.240 and I love big plants, the foliage is bigger, the 330 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:23.920 flowers are bigger, and these actually do keep their foliage 331 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:28.039 color through the season, so overachieving in that way as well. 332 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:30.359 But again only hardy to about us zone eight, so 333 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:33.640 that one is especially for you all in warm climates. 334 00:18:34.240 --> 00:18:36.640 Overachieving hardy shrub or cold tolerance. 335 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:40.799 Shrub hardiness easy for me, tough stuff, top fun reblooming 336 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:41.880 mountain hydrat. 337 00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:44.160 Oh, that's such a good choice. That's not where my 338 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:45.759 brain went at all with this one, but that is 339 00:18:45.799 --> 00:18:50.519 an excellent pick. I picked ginger wine nine bark because 340 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:53.200 you know, nine barks are very much like your durvilla 341 00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:57.720 as a choice, great foliage color, easy to grow, really 342 00:18:57.759 --> 00:19:02.599 don't require any effort. But some older varieties of colorful 343 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.720 Physocarpus or nine bark do you get powdery mildew. This 344 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:09.519 one is very very powdery mildy resistance, and I can 345 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:12.119 attest to that because I do abuse it in my garden, 346 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:15.039 not getting a lot of water space closely, and it 347 00:19:15.079 --> 00:19:17.839 does not get powdery mildew. So a really beautiful plant, 348 00:19:17.880 --> 00:19:20.359 but hardy down to USC zone three and only heat 349 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:25.119 tolerant through about USDA zone seven. Overachieving shrub with berries. 350 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:27.559 If you walk by it in the garden center and spring, 351 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:32.480 you might just walk right past it. But pearl glam caliicarpa. 352 00:19:31.839 --> 00:19:34.480 Ooh, that is such a good choice. I love that plant. 353 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:37.640 So people know calicarpa, they know those amazing purple berries 354 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:41.599 if they've seen them. And what pearlglam adds into it 355 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:46.079 is beautiful, dark, purply black foliage for just an amazing look. 356 00:19:46.119 --> 00:19:46.319 Now. 357 00:19:46.720 --> 00:19:50.759 I picked proudberry simp carpus for this one myself, because 358 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:52.599 that's a plant that I've added to my garden within 359 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:55.200 the last two or three years. I always liked it, 360 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:56.559 but you know, you know how it is, you got 361 00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:57.799 to grow it to know it. Once it was in 362 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:01.559 my garden, fell in love just that bright pink berry 363 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:04.640 that just kept getting brighter and brighter as fall went on. 364 00:20:05.319 --> 00:20:07.440 Seeing it right out my kitchen window made me smile 365 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.519 every time overachieving fall foliage. 366 00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:13.319 Shrub easy for me. Legend of the fall Father you. 367 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.039 Ooh, that was a good choice. I was definitely split 368 00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:19.839 on the father Gillas, such a beautiful plant native. I 369 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:24.319 ended up going with brandywine viburnum for myself, also a 370 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:27.359 negative shrub, but I picked brandywine over the father gilla, 371 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.960 even though it does have fabulous fall color because with 372 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:32.279 the brandywine you get the berries on top of that, 373 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:35.720 and the contrast between the super colorful berries and the 374 00:20:35.799 --> 00:20:40.039 super colorful foliage can't beat that. All right, we have 375 00:20:40.079 --> 00:20:42.160 time for one more overachieving evergreen. 376 00:20:42.480 --> 00:20:46.000 We're talking overachievers. It's a tie for me between tater 377 00:20:46.160 --> 00:20:49.000 tot and full speed a hedge arbor ice. 378 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:50.759 So you're going with a small and a tall choice 379 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:54.279 small and well, everybody does love tater Tot for the 380 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:59.400 name and its diminutive stature. My choice is peasley pop Lukothowe. 381 00:20:59.440 --> 00:21:02.119 So I went with a broad leaf evergreen here, and 382 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.920 that is a plant that you will be able to 383 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.480 see in our garden tour on YouTube, see what it 384 00:21:07.519 --> 00:21:09.880 looks like in the middle of winter, and see one 385 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.039 of the reasons why I feel like it is an 386 00:21:12.079 --> 00:21:15.240 over achiever. So wow, that was a lot. If you've 387 00:21:15.319 --> 00:21:17.160 missed any of those plants, they're going to be on 388 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:20.519 our show notes at Gardeningsimplified on air dot com. And 389 00:21:20.559 --> 00:21:23.640 that's our little quick list of overachieving shrubs that you 390 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.880 can use to make better decisions in your landscape this season. 391 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.599 We're going to take a little bit of a break. 392 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:30.160 When we come back, we're going to be opening up 393 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:39.240 the garden mail bags of stay tunes. At Proven Winners 394 00:21:39.279 --> 00:21:42.559 Color Choice Shrubs, we know that a better landscape starts 395 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:45.400 with a better shrub. 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