1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:06,599 Speaker 1: Broadcasting from Studio A Here at Proven Winters, Color Joy Shrubs. 2 00:00:06,839 --> 00:00:10,919 It's time for the Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy Hervella, me, 3 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:15,679 Rick weisst and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. All Right, 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:19,160 today's show is on the house, well every week. It's free, 5 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:23,280 but it's about your home's color, style and appearance in 6 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:28,239 combination with the plants that you choose. And I guess 7 00:00:28,359 --> 00:00:31,399 choosing a color for a house is similar to making 8 00:00:31,719 --> 00:00:38,439 landscape design decisions. Just this past year we reroofed our 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,920 house and I thought, well, this is pretty basic, it 10 00:00:40,960 --> 00:00:45,479 would be easy decisions. Ah, the guy shows up with 11 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:48,840 a pickup truck, drops the back bed. He's got about 12 00:00:48,840 --> 00:00:52,840 one hundred different color samples, and you've got to make 13 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:55,600 a decision. Plants and colors are going to have a 14 00:00:55,719 --> 00:00:59,200 major effect on the vibe of your house, but they 15 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:03,159 can also show case the geographical region or time period 16 00:01:03,159 --> 00:01:06,079 in which your home was built and the surrounding area 17 00:01:06,159 --> 00:01:10,359 and community. And painting the outside of your house can 18 00:01:10,400 --> 00:01:13,599 be costly, so you got to do your research. And 19 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:18,359 there are three components to a tastefully painted house. The 20 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:23,719 main color, the accent colors, and the trim. And while 21 00:01:23,799 --> 00:01:27,799 most homes tend to have a neutral main color, most 22 00:01:27,799 --> 00:01:30,680 homes playing with color can be done in a subtle 23 00:01:30,719 --> 00:01:36,120 way using accent colors. So color outside and the color 24 00:01:36,159 --> 00:01:39,840 outside as far as your home is concerned, Stacy, it 25 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,680 can be tricky because you're often competing with nature. 26 00:01:44,519 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 2: You can it's so important, you know, really to I 27 00:01:48,040 --> 00:01:51,400 think pick the plants for your house color. And a 28 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:53,879 lot of people don't realize that. And it surprises me 29 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:57,200 because when it comes to interior decorating, everyone says, oh, well, 30 00:01:57,239 --> 00:01:59,640 this will pick up on the mustard yellow of my 31 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:02,239 wall or whatever. But when it comes to outside, people 32 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:04,280 just don't even know where to start. And it's like, 33 00:02:04,879 --> 00:02:06,519 start with the color of your house. Now, we can't 34 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:08,479 help you. I am no color experts, so I can't 35 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:11,599 help you with your roof choice and your paint choice, 36 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,080 but we can help you with your plant choice. 37 00:02:14,159 --> 00:02:17,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, And there are all sorts of colors to 38 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,919 work with. Modern and bold choices are trending, with shades 39 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:26,960 of charcoal, deep blue, jet black making a statement. And 40 00:02:26,960 --> 00:02:30,840 then you've got the trim. As I had mentioned, I'm 41 00:02:30,879 --> 00:02:34,800 seeing in my neighborhood more and more homes going with 42 00:02:34,879 --> 00:02:40,000 a black exterior with maybe brown trim, brown garage doors, 43 00:02:40,039 --> 00:02:45,159 a brown front door. Very interesting doing this show. Driving 44 00:02:45,199 --> 00:02:47,520 here to the studio today, I live on a cul 45 00:02:47,599 --> 00:02:49,919 de sac and I took a look. If you go 46 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:54,240 down the street, the houses are red, white, gray, blue, 47 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:59,879 two blue ones, tan, dark brown, white, and black, tan, yellow, 48 00:03:00,240 --> 00:03:04,199 turquoise brick, and I mean we're all over that. Yeah, right, 49 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,479 So there are a lot of options available to you. 50 00:03:07,599 --> 00:03:13,199 And I find it really interesting that we here in 51 00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:18,599 the north or the northeast, we live in vinyl sighting country. 52 00:03:18,879 --> 00:03:19,520 Speaker 2: That's for sure. 53 00:03:19,879 --> 00:03:22,759 Speaker 1: With vinyl siding, I mean, the sky's the limit. There 54 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:26,479 are so many different colors you can choose, or you 55 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:29,840 can paint your sighting as we did. We had an 56 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,960 olive green house and we decided to go with blue 57 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:37,919 and white trim. So according to annual data from the 58 00:03:37,960 --> 00:03:42,280 Census Bureau's Survey of Construction, I thought this was interesting. 59 00:03:42,719 --> 00:03:48,039 Stucco was the most common principal sighting material on new 60 00:03:48,159 --> 00:03:52,159 single family homes, followed by vinyl sighting. So here in 61 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:55,800 the north Northeast, a lot of vinyl sighting. You move 62 00:03:55,879 --> 00:04:01,159 to the south, southwest, southeast, a lot of stucco, here 63 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:05,479 in the North, people aren't real familiar with stuckle. You 64 00:04:05,599 --> 00:04:08,800 know that. I study stand up comedy and I saw 65 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:13,680 a comedian was hilarious. He said, stucco. That sounds like 66 00:04:13,759 --> 00:04:18,720 a clown that gets himself into difficult situations. Stucco. Don't 67 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:22,759 go in there. Your feet are too big. But stucco 68 00:04:23,480 --> 00:04:28,199 is something that can really give you a Mediterranean feel 69 00:04:28,639 --> 00:04:31,839 or you know again, it's about the vibe of your 70 00:04:31,879 --> 00:04:36,319 house and interesting thing to stacy For people who have 71 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:40,800 stucco homes, one thing that's an issue for them is vines. 72 00:04:41,519 --> 00:04:44,879 You've got to pick the right type of vine, because 73 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:48,279 the wrong type of vine, let's say it's Trumpet vine 74 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,759 or Boston ivy or Virginia creeper, they can do damage 75 00:04:52,759 --> 00:04:53,319 to the house. 76 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 2: For sure. Yeah, we don't have a lot of stucco here. 77 00:04:56,079 --> 00:04:59,319 It does tend to be more in the mold climates. 78 00:04:59,319 --> 00:05:01,680 I'm surprised men board or hardyboard was it on your list, 79 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:03,480 because so many of the new homes are being built 80 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:07,439 with that, and that's kind of a nicer alternative to 81 00:05:07,519 --> 00:05:10,199 the vinyl siding. But I'll tell you this, I have 82 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:13,439 so many hot takes on housing materials and colors, and 83 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:15,720 I am just biting my tongue right now. I know 84 00:05:15,839 --> 00:05:18,480 me too, I am biting my tongue and keeping my 85 00:05:18,519 --> 00:05:22,199 opinions for the plant portion of this show. But I'm 86 00:05:22,519 --> 00:05:23,600 I'm just saying. 87 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: Something to look forward to, Stacy. I just took a 88 00:05:26,319 --> 00:05:29,120 look while you were talking. So stucco number one, vinyl 89 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:33,720 sighting number two, fiber cement sighting such as hard hard 90 00:05:33,800 --> 00:05:38,680 plank or hardboard, hardiboard, Yeah, hardy board twenty one percent, okay. 91 00:05:38,879 --> 00:05:40,759 And then that's followed by. 92 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:43,360 Speaker 2: I feel like I'm seeing that a lot around here. Yeah, 93 00:05:43,519 --> 00:05:46,160 that hardyboard, and it looks nice. And I think you 94 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,519 can get that custom painted so it's like already deeply 95 00:05:48,560 --> 00:05:51,279 saturated in the material, then you don't have to worry 96 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:51,959 about painting it. 97 00:05:52,639 --> 00:05:55,079 Speaker 1: And you got to make that color choice. I was 98 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:00,839 doing some research and I found the least popular color. 99 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:06,040 Oh not the most popular color, but the least popular color. 100 00:06:06,079 --> 00:06:08,480 And we'll have the link for you at the website. 101 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:10,519 It's radiant lilac. 102 00:06:11,399 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: It's the least popular color lilac really out of everything. 103 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 1: Yep, radiant lilac. So huh, I don't know. I mean, 104 00:06:20,199 --> 00:06:24,040 you look at Classic House colors. Usually you're working with 105 00:06:24,199 --> 00:06:29,839 neutrals like white, beige, gray, and black, but very popular 106 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,399 are sage green, navy blue. I love navy blue. 107 00:06:34,439 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 2: Hey, you wear your navy blue shirt today and I wore. 108 00:06:36,480 --> 00:06:39,319 Speaker 1: My navy blue shirt today. You know. With our blue home, 109 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:43,240 I was thinking about the landscape, and technically if you 110 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,000 have a blue home, essentially you have to look at 111 00:06:47,120 --> 00:06:52,839 having a specimen plant possibly in your landscape, good foundational plants, 112 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:59,040 green plants, and then something with color that compliments and 113 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:05,000 adds some pop so and possibly repeated throughout the landscape. 114 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,560 So I was thinking with a blue home like an 115 00:07:07,639 --> 00:07:12,560 oh so easy rose in pink, because pink plays well 116 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,000 with all types of colors. As far as the green 117 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:18,519 is concerned with my home, because of the area that 118 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,079 I live in, I do it with ornamental grasses instead 119 00:07:22,079 --> 00:07:25,800 of evergreens. But it does cause me to see why 120 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:29,600 green is such a popular color, because if you have 121 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:33,879 a black home, or a green home or a blue home, 122 00:07:33,959 --> 00:07:39,839 white home, that color green is so important in the landscape. 123 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:45,480 And it shows me why boxwood is so popular. And 124 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:48,600 I love the color green, I mean I love green 125 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:51,800 better than yellow and blue combined. Did you see what 126 00:07:51,839 --> 00:07:52,079 I did. 127 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 2: I did. See what she did there? Well, you know, 128 00:07:54,680 --> 00:07:58,600 I worked used to work for Martha Stewart Living Magazine, 129 00:07:59,079 --> 00:08:02,600 and the what we had always heard was that Martha 130 00:08:02,639 --> 00:08:06,480 specifically chose that kind of gray, sagey green, because it 131 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:10,160 sets off plants so nicely, so cool, almost kind of 132 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,319 not quite a neutral, not quite just like a gray, 133 00:08:12,839 --> 00:08:15,560 little bit of assassin there with the green, but you know, 134 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,920 very complementary to all sorts of different plants. 135 00:08:18,079 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 1: Makes sense. Well, it's decisions, decisions, decisions, So the Limerick 136 00:08:23,399 --> 00:08:28,160 today applies to that, and that's making these decisions. Maybe 137 00:08:28,199 --> 00:08:30,839 you're making these decisions with a spouse and you've got 138 00:08:30,839 --> 00:08:33,559 to pick out these colors and pick out the plants. 139 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:37,440 Do you argue colors with your spouse? Your curb appeal 140 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:41,440 cause you to grouse, Make it home, sweet home, in 141 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:46,720 colorful coda, chrome, no charge. Our advice is on the house. 142 00:08:47,399 --> 00:08:52,519 Our arbitration is friendly guiding. And with whom are you siding? 143 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,279 See what I did? 144 00:08:53,759 --> 00:08:53,919 Speaker 2: Then? 145 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:59,120 Speaker 1: Thank you hot today. Your choice more than cosmetics, it 146 00:08:59,200 --> 00:09:05,399 goes beyond esthetics. With your decisions, you'll be residing. But 147 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,440 it's true when you put a plant in a ground, 148 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:10,600 you tried to have it develop. You spend all that 149 00:09:10,759 --> 00:09:14,480 money on the appearance of the outside of your house. 150 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,240 You got to make some good decisions because you're going 151 00:09:17,320 --> 00:09:18,720 to be sticking with it for a while. 152 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 2: And you know, it's a lot easier for us to 153 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:21,840 sit here and say you got to make good decisions 154 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:25,080 than it is to actually make said decisions. But at 155 00:09:25,159 --> 00:09:27,399 least it's easier now than it ever was before because 156 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,080 you can use one of those things on the computer 157 00:09:29,639 --> 00:09:31,759 and it will kind of like fake the color into 158 00:09:31,799 --> 00:09:34,919 your house and you don't have to just go in 159 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:38,759 blind like you used to. So it's a little bit easier. 160 00:09:38,759 --> 00:09:40,440 But then again, you know, you can get some analysis 161 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,879 paralysis because then you're just trying everything you know, and 162 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:46,039 you're just trying so many combinations, so you just get 163 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,519 sick of it and you're just like, whatever, I don't 164 00:09:47,519 --> 00:09:48,120 care anymore. 165 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:51,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'd love like when you go to the 166 00:09:51,159 --> 00:09:53,960 East Coast or Cape cod and they have the clapboard 167 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:58,200 or you know, the cedar shakes or whatever they call them, 168 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,600 and they're kind of tannish color at first, and then 169 00:10:00,639 --> 00:10:04,360 they gray as time goes on. They add the white trim, 170 00:10:04,480 --> 00:10:08,120 and then you look at getting something like a beautiful 171 00:10:08,559 --> 00:10:12,600 smooth Hydrangehow with that, it's no wonder high ranges are 172 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,519 so popular in. 173 00:10:13,519 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 2: That or you know a rose covered cottage on Nantucket 174 00:10:16,919 --> 00:10:18,080 doesn't do much better than that? 175 00:10:18,399 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: Wow, Well, let's see how Stacey ties this in with 176 00:10:21,559 --> 00:10:24,399 plants on trial that's coming up next here on the 177 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:26,000 Gardening Simplified Show. 178 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:35,039 Speaker 2: Beautify your home and community with proven Winner's Color Choice 179 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,200 Shrubs with over three hundred and twenty five unique varieties 180 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,200 to choose from. 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And I 187 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,919 think that it's one of those situations where I don't 188 00:11:04,919 --> 00:11:08,360 think a lot of people even remotely consider the color 189 00:11:08,399 --> 00:11:10,159 of their house when they're when they're out picking up 190 00:11:10,159 --> 00:11:14,159 a plant at the garden center or shrubs especially, you know, 191 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:15,919 so they're they're kind of just like they don't have 192 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:18,320 any cues they are just lost and there's tons of 193 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,480 selections and they don't know what to do when the 194 00:11:20,519 --> 00:11:22,200 answer is right in front of you. The answer is 195 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,039 in your house, and whether that means it's the overall 196 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:27,440 color of your house or you know, a lot of 197 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,600 times nowadays people will do a super colorful front door yep, 198 00:11:31,159 --> 00:11:34,960 something like that, shutters, yeah, trim you know. There's all 199 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:37,960 sorts of little things like that that you can pick 200 00:11:38,039 --> 00:11:40,039 up on. And again, this is one of those things 201 00:11:40,039 --> 00:11:43,559 that I think, as you're driving around or walking around 202 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,519 and you see a house that just looks great, the landscape, 203 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:48,879 the house, everything looks great together, you do need to 204 00:11:48,919 --> 00:11:51,639 take a moment to just like stop and analyze it 205 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:54,639 and think about, like, what is it that I really 206 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,879 like about this combination I mentioned. In my neighborhood, there 207 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:01,679 is a really content, temporary looking, kind of like eighties 208 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:05,639 contemporary looking house that's kind of like a deep smoky 209 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:10,559 gray and they have a beautiful royal purple smoke bush 210 00:12:10,759 --> 00:12:14,039 in front of it, and it's trimmed, so it's you 211 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:15,960 Normally I wouldn't love something that was kind of not 212 00:12:16,039 --> 00:12:19,120 let to go to its own devices, but they trim 213 00:12:19,159 --> 00:12:21,840 it and there is just something about that combination that 214 00:12:21,960 --> 00:12:25,799 looks so incredible. And you know, you also don't have 215 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:29,000 to consider what a plant looks like all the time. 216 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:32,600 You can match it to something that is seasonal on 217 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:34,879 the plant. You could match it to, say, spring flowers. 218 00:12:34,919 --> 00:12:37,559 If it's something like a crab apple, work with that 219 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:42,080 fall color. You know, it doesn't necessarily matter if it 220 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:44,360 looks so spectacular all the time. It matters that you 221 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,320 get that one amazing moment where your whole neighborhood goes. 222 00:12:48,399 --> 00:12:50,799 Now that person they know what they're doing. 223 00:12:50,919 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 1: I like that. I picture a gray home with a 224 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:55,240 Japanese maple. 225 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:57,759 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, like a beautiful dark leaf Japanese maple. That's 226 00:12:57,759 --> 00:13:00,200 a great choice. But really you can't go wrong as 227 00:13:00,200 --> 00:13:02,240 long as it is to your taste, because that's what 228 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:04,639 this is about. It's not about impressing all the passers by. 229 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,440 It's not about impressing Rick and Stacy. It's about whether 230 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,320 you like it and making it an expression of you. 231 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,639 But as you go to the garden center and think 232 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,120 about new plants or design your landscape, especially as we're 233 00:13:16,159 --> 00:13:19,639 coming into winter, you know, look for those colorques that 234 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:23,559 are already in your house and work off of those. Now, 235 00:13:23,799 --> 00:13:25,559 for some people, that's super easy. As you said, if 236 00:13:25,559 --> 00:13:27,759 you have a more neutral colored house, if it's white, 237 00:13:27,799 --> 00:13:30,480 if it's gray, something like that, you know, you can 238 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,120 do pretty much anything. In that case, you would probably 239 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,759 want to stick with one of your favorite colors to 240 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,720 you know, have some flowers and then kind of reinterpret that. 241 00:13:39,799 --> 00:13:41,879 So it's really easy. I think if you start thinking 242 00:13:41,919 --> 00:13:45,399 about these things in terms of how you would decorate inside, 243 00:13:45,879 --> 00:13:48,879 instead of looking at the outside as just this whole 244 00:13:48,919 --> 00:13:50,519 new world that you don't know, you already have the 245 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,639 skills because you already decorated inside. So you have to 246 00:13:53,759 --> 00:13:59,320 just transfer those skills to the outdoors. Now, I love, love, 247 00:13:59,399 --> 00:14:03,519 love love a good brick house, unpainted brick. Not going 248 00:14:03,559 --> 00:14:05,120 to go there, but I'm just gonna say right now, 249 00:14:05,799 --> 00:14:08,559 don't paint the correct it's a hot take, but I'm 250 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:11,200 not going to allow myself to go into the rabbit hole. 251 00:14:12,240 --> 00:14:16,039 But you know, there's so many, especially throughout the Midwest, 252 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,559 so many beautiful brick mid centuries, and it breaks my 253 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:21,919 heart to see so many people trying to convert them 254 00:14:22,399 --> 00:14:25,440 into some sort of modern cottage when you already have 255 00:14:25,559 --> 00:14:29,279 like this beautiful, high quality material in house. Why are 256 00:14:29,279 --> 00:14:31,399 you trying to make it look like a lesser quality house. 257 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,080 I don't understand, but I have one theory, and that 258 00:14:35,200 --> 00:14:39,720 is that, especially in the landscape, those mid century orange 259 00:14:39,799 --> 00:14:42,159 and red brick colors that were so common, they can 260 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,799 be a little bit tricky to landscape with. And you know, 261 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:48,720 you don't ever have the luxury necessarily of just changing 262 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:50,360 the color. I mean, you could paint it, but that 263 00:14:50,519 --> 00:14:53,240 just turns again a low quality or a low maintenance 264 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:56,879 material into a high maintenance material. So I have the answer. 265 00:14:57,080 --> 00:14:59,840 Whether you are stuck with analysis paralysis and you don't 266 00:14:59,879 --> 00:15:02,559 know what color to use, or you have a weird 267 00:15:02,559 --> 00:15:04,279 colored house and you don't know what color to use, 268 00:15:04,759 --> 00:15:07,159 or you have one of these red or orange brick houses, 269 00:15:07,679 --> 00:15:11,399 the answer for you is blue. Hmm. 270 00:15:11,879 --> 00:15:12,559 Speaker 1: I can go with that. 271 00:15:12,840 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: I know you like blue. 272 00:15:13,759 --> 00:15:14,159 Speaker 1: I love the. 273 00:15:14,159 --> 00:15:16,919 Speaker 2: Blue, and you page your house blue. That's how much 274 00:15:16,919 --> 00:15:19,840 you like it. So when it comes to plants, choosing 275 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:23,440 a blue foliage, especially foliage, I mean there are blue flowers, 276 00:15:23,559 --> 00:15:25,919 and of course there's hydrogege of macrophilla, which has the 277 00:15:25,919 --> 00:15:29,559 most famous blue flowers of any commonly grown plants. Blue 278 00:15:29,559 --> 00:15:33,799 foliage will go with pretty much anything. Wow, I mean, 279 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,799 I've thought through this. I think it would even go 280 00:15:36,879 --> 00:15:40,440 with what was it, lilac something the least popular radiant 281 00:15:40,480 --> 00:15:43,799 li I think it would even go with radiant lilac 282 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,960 if you were so inclined. Now, typically this blue is 283 00:15:48,039 --> 00:15:51,879 kind of interpreted in terms of evergreens, and there are 284 00:15:51,919 --> 00:15:54,399 a number of great blue evergreens so that you can 285 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,519 grow everywhere from really cold climates to really warm climates. 286 00:15:57,519 --> 00:16:00,759 So like juniper false cypress if you live in a 287 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:05,000 milder climate, there's all sorts of beautiful true cypresses that 288 00:16:05,080 --> 00:16:07,559 you can grow. And so evergreens are a classic choice. 289 00:16:07,559 --> 00:16:11,559 Of course, there's often holly's have shades of blue. And 290 00:16:11,600 --> 00:16:16,000 as important as evergreens are for the landscape, it's equally 291 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:19,759 important to have some more seasonal elements, whether that means 292 00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:22,960 a flowering shrub that's going to you know, offer flowers 293 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,000 at some point in the air and then go darmant, 294 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,120 you know, to just give your landscape that seasonality. And 295 00:16:30,200 --> 00:16:34,200 so I am presenting for today's plant on trial double 296 00:16:34,240 --> 00:16:36,399 play blue Kazoo Spyria. 297 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: Awesome plant. 298 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,919 Speaker 2: Such a great plant. Now, as you can probably guess 299 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,480 from that name, its foliage is a beautiful kind of 300 00:16:43,679 --> 00:16:47,360 powdery blue color. Now, for a lot of people, when 301 00:16:47,360 --> 00:16:50,000 you hear spiria, there's probably a specific plant that comes 302 00:16:50,080 --> 00:16:52,720 up in your head, and it's one of those real tidy, 303 00:16:52,799 --> 00:16:55,600 little tuffity plants with pink flowers. This is not that 304 00:16:55,679 --> 00:16:58,000 type of spyria. This is a different type of spyria, 305 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:02,600 spirea media. Uh, the one that you're probably thinking of 306 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:04,599 with the pink flowers and the little toughet that is 307 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:10,000 Japanese spiria ormalda spiria. But this is a spyria media, 308 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,440 so it's going to be a little bit bigger. So 309 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:15,319 I'm gonna get two to three feet tall and wide. 310 00:17:16,079 --> 00:17:19,599 And the foliage all season long is just this beautiful again, 311 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:23,200 powdery blue kind of color. And as the new growth 312 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:26,240 comes out, it takes on tones of kind of this 313 00:17:27,039 --> 00:17:30,119 muted purple pink and lung green. Now that sounds much 314 00:17:30,119 --> 00:17:32,759 more colorful than it actually is. This is something to 315 00:17:32,799 --> 00:17:35,279 remark about, but we're not talking about like a kaleidoscope 316 00:17:35,279 --> 00:17:39,240 of colors. Everything is very complementary, yeah, very subtle and complimentary, 317 00:17:39,319 --> 00:17:43,400 so subtle bits of color. And then here's the real kicker. 318 00:17:44,319 --> 00:17:49,440 It blooms full of big white flower clusters in spring, 319 00:17:49,519 --> 00:17:51,960 so you never have to worry with those white flowers 320 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,160 in the blue foliage. This is a plant that goes 321 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,359 with everything that's the little black dress of the landscape. 322 00:17:58,559 --> 00:18:01,119 So I just think it's a great plant, and I 323 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:02,759 know I fell in love with it because the flowers 324 00:18:02,759 --> 00:18:07,000 are really really big, they attract pollinators and so it's 325 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,119 a kind of a different take on your average spirea. 326 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:12,880 And one of the things it's also really great about 327 00:18:12,920 --> 00:18:15,559 it is its habit is very versatile. So again it's 328 00:18:15,599 --> 00:18:18,759 two to three feet tall and wide, and it naturally 329 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:22,599 grows with kind of a round, mounded kind of shape, 330 00:18:22,759 --> 00:18:24,720 and you can trim it if you want, So if 331 00:18:24,720 --> 00:18:29,160 you love that more formal trimmed look, you can certainly 332 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:30,640 do that, or you can just let it go on 333 00:18:30,680 --> 00:18:33,920 its own. Its stems are kind of slender and arching 334 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,680 and just really really graceful. If you do want to trim, 335 00:18:37,799 --> 00:18:39,920 double play blue Cuisie. If this goes for any spiria, 336 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,039 So anyone who's sitting out the who already has spiria 337 00:18:42,039 --> 00:18:44,000 and is wondering if you want to trim it, you 338 00:18:44,079 --> 00:18:47,079 want to do that after at flowers that will give 339 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:49,640 you the longest time for it to set flower buds 340 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:54,759 for the next year, and it looks great either way. Spyria, 341 00:18:54,799 --> 00:18:58,000 of course, are pretty good deer resistance, so if you 342 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:00,720 have deer, it's not a problem. They're also pretty tolerant, 343 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,400 and they're one of those plants that is pretty versatile 344 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:07,319 when it comes to light as well. So if you 345 00:19:07,319 --> 00:19:10,279 have a situation like I do, where one half of 346 00:19:10,319 --> 00:19:12,640 my front yard is very sunny and one half of 347 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:14,599 my front yard is very shady on either side of 348 00:19:14,599 --> 00:19:17,200 the door, it can be hard when you have already 349 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,119 a symmetrical house to get that symmetry when you have 350 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:23,880 two totally different conditions like that, Whereas something like a 351 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:26,680 spyriea is so good in sun or in at least 352 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,279 part shade that this would make a good way to 353 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:32,119 get that kind of cohesive look on either side of 354 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:32,440 your door. 355 00:19:32,599 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: I love that, And I just popped on Provenwinners dot 356 00:19:35,279 --> 00:19:38,000 Com and Stacy I see it's really hearty too, all 357 00:19:38,039 --> 00:19:38,960 the way to zone three. 358 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,079 Speaker 2: Yet partied his zone three. He tolerant through USDA Zone eight, 359 00:19:42,559 --> 00:19:46,759 so a nice wide range of heartiness there. So for 360 00:19:46,839 --> 00:19:50,720 almost all of our listeners it will actually do really well. 361 00:19:50,759 --> 00:19:52,599 And Yo, Spury is just known to be low maintenance, 362 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,720 it's known to be drought tolerant, and it's a plant 363 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,960 that I think. I mean, when I see this plant, 364 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,039 it pretty much always looks great. Will benefit from mulch 365 00:20:01,079 --> 00:20:04,640 because lakes most spireas pretty shallow rooted, so those roots 366 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,480 are close to the surface and can easily dry out. 367 00:20:07,480 --> 00:20:09,279 So a good two to three inch layer of mulch 368 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:12,200 is going to help you a lot with this. But overall, 369 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:13,920 I think this is kind of one of those no 370 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,319 brainer plants. If you don't want to think too much 371 00:20:16,319 --> 00:20:19,279 about your landscape, you know you need to do something different. 372 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,920 Think blue. Sorry, Michigan State fans, this is not a 373 00:20:23,079 --> 00:20:26,759 dig at you gore went in doubt. Go blue for 374 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:29,599 your landscape no matter what colourhouse you have, and double 375 00:20:29,599 --> 00:20:33,039 play blue. Kazoo is a great place for you to start. 376 00:20:33,119 --> 00:20:36,160 So if you are looking to plant this season, there's 377 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,880 still plenty of time to plant here in Michigan or 378 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:40,920 really almost any cold climate. You just want about six 379 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,400 weeks before the ground freezes solid, so we have plenty 380 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,880 of time for that to happen still, so put it 381 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:48,759 on your shopping list, and if you're thinking about not 382 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,400 doing anything until spring, We'll add it to your planning 383 00:20:51,440 --> 00:20:53,920 list and look for it at your favorite local garden 384 00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,880 center coming next spring. 385 00:20:56,039 --> 00:20:58,359 Speaker 1: Quick question, will you hit me with a hot take? 386 00:20:58,440 --> 00:20:59,759 And segment four. 387 00:20:59,799 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 2: In it depends where are we're going. All right, there's 388 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:05,599 always hot there's always a hot take in here. So 389 00:21:05,799 --> 00:21:08,039 the answer is yes. We'll take a break and when 390 00:21:08,039 --> 00:21:10,039 we come back, we're opening to the mailbag, so stay tuned. 391 00:21:17,519 --> 00:21:20,200 At Proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs, we know that a 392 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:23,319 better landscape starts with a better shrub. Our team of 393 00:21:23,359 --> 00:21:26,440 experts tests and evaluates all of our flowering shrubs and 394 00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:29,839 evergreens for eight to ten years to ensure they outperform 395 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:34,160 what's already on the market. For easycare, reliable, beautiful shrubs 396 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:37,319 to accentuate your home and express your personal style. Look 397 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:40,200 for Proven Winners Shrubs in the distinctive white container at 398 00:21:40,200 --> 00:21:42,839 your local garden center or learn more at proven Winner's 399 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:48,119 Color Choice dot Com. Breathing's gardening friends and welcome back 400 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,640 to the Gardening Simplified Show, where it's my favorite time 401 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:52,799 of the show because I love helping people with their 402 00:21:52,839 --> 00:21:57,279 gardening questions, quandaries and conundrums, and I know they're out there, 403 00:21:57,480 --> 00:21:59,680 you know, at this time of year, Man, is stuff 404 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,839 looking tired? I'm not gonna lie. My carden looks tier. 405 00:22:04,079 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 1: It has been hot and dry. 406 00:22:06,839 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, so dry. So if your garden is looking tired, yes, 407 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,640 you can still write us in with a question, but 408 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:14,119 know that you're in very good company. The plants are 409 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:17,279 just done. Plants are just absolutely done for the season. 410 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:20,759 Speaker 1: But they are were sick of dragon hoses around. 411 00:22:20,799 --> 00:22:23,680 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, so sick of it. I'm only doing 412 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,759 it because of the potential of still more tomatoes. If 413 00:22:26,799 --> 00:22:29,200 I didn't still have so many tomatoes ripening in the garden, 414 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:31,240 I would probably just be like, I'm done. I don't 415 00:22:31,279 --> 00:22:34,440 care anymore. But you know, also, I am keeping my 416 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:38,400 containers watered, even though uh they are clearly the plants 417 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,279 that are in them have clearly so thoroughly filled with 418 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:44,599 roots it's almost impossible to keep them watered anymore. 419 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,960 Speaker 1: Same, I just wet my plants. I'm out there all 420 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:48,519 the time. 421 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:51,160 Speaker 2: But you know, I'm keeping them watered because the hummingbirds 422 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,599 are still around. And of course all the annimals that 423 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,480 I picked are four hummingbirds. I did stop filling my feeders, 424 00:22:57,799 --> 00:22:59,640 so I was like, you know, they didn't seem to 425 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,640 becoming to the feeders as much anymore anyway, so I 426 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,160 decided to just say, hey, you got plenty of flowers 427 00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,000 here and the containers. You got plenty of flowers in 428 00:23:08,039 --> 00:23:10,119 the zinias in the vegetable garden, and they are loving 429 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:13,119 those zinias. So no more feeders. 430 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,039 Speaker 1: And people have to understand we're broadcasting here from the 431 00:23:16,079 --> 00:23:22,400 state of Michigan and Stacey. We are now into October 432 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:24,240 and it feels like July. 433 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,079 Speaker 2: It does. It feels like a cool July, but I 434 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,599 do think a cool down is coming. But in any case, 435 00:23:31,559 --> 00:23:33,799 you may have questions, and that's what that was all about. 436 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,599 And you can always reach us at Gardening Simplified on 437 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,119 air dot com. There is a contact form there. You 438 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,400 can also leave a comment on our YouTube version and 439 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,039 Adriana will read all of those and get back to you. 440 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:48,680 So we welcome you to ask there. And sometimes we 441 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,240 get really nice notes from fans, like Kimberly wrote us 442 00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,799 and she said, thank you so much for your show. 443 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,440 It has brought me so much a joy. You've inspired 444 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,119 me and educated me in so many ways. And I'm 445 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,000 a huge fan, which is so sweet, because that's all 446 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,680 we really want to do so really appreciate that. Thank 447 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,720 you for saying so. She also shares a tip for 448 00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:11,599 our listeners, and she sends them pictures, so we'll have 449 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:15,279 those in the YouTube version for you. She created a 450 00:24:15,559 --> 00:24:19,599 proven winner's plant tag reference using a binder ring and 451 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:22,680 a whole punch to keep every plant tag that she 452 00:24:22,839 --> 00:24:24,920 buys accessible for posterity. 453 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:28,039 Speaker 1: Brilliant. I'm not that organized. That is brilliant. 454 00:24:28,079 --> 00:24:30,720 Speaker 2: I'm not that organized either, and she is very organized. 455 00:24:30,759 --> 00:24:33,640 So she has these. She has one all of just shrubs, 456 00:24:34,079 --> 00:24:37,160 and she has one of annuals and they're all on 457 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:39,440 there so you can go through because you know what 458 00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:41,920 I always do. I plant my annuals and I say 459 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:44,640 I'll remember what this is and I throw away the 460 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:48,319 tag and that I'm like, nope, don't remember what that was. Anyway, 461 00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:50,559 hopefully I'll find it next year if I liked it. 462 00:24:50,839 --> 00:24:51,039 Speaker 1: Wow. 463 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,519 Speaker 2: So that's a great idea. And then you know, you 464 00:24:53,519 --> 00:24:55,440 could have this because those binder rings, you know, those 465 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,400 little snap apart binder rings that you get office supply stores, 466 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,920 super inexpensive, and you could do one, you know, different 467 00:25:02,960 --> 00:25:05,079 for every year of annuals and you could put a 468 00:25:05,079 --> 00:25:08,920 little tag on there. It's twenty twenty five, taggurate, tagger 469 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:12,400 it and keep all of that. So great tip from Kimberly. 470 00:25:12,440 --> 00:25:15,359 Thank you so much for writing ins. So what do 471 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:16,279 we got in the mailbag? 472 00:25:16,519 --> 00:25:19,920 Speaker 1: Melissa writes to us, Hello, Rick and Stacey love love 473 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:22,640 your show. Thank you, Melissa. I got a good deal 474 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,039 on some North Pole arbor vity. It's one of my favorites, 475 00:25:26,319 --> 00:25:28,400 even though I have extreme deer. 476 00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,799 Speaker 2: Traffic one of their favorites too. 477 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:34,559 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, I couldn't resist planting the beauties. Do you 478 00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,559 recommend planting junipers or some other deer resistant shrubs along 479 00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:42,000 the base to help protect them? Is there anything besides 480 00:25:42,039 --> 00:25:43,359 a fence that will help? 481 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,279 Speaker 2: Oh? Well, you know, I figured Rick and I would 482 00:25:45,319 --> 00:25:48,880 have an earfull for you on this one. Personally, I 483 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:53,240 would not attempt arborvid You know, there are food, there 484 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:57,519 are shrubs plants in general that deer will eat, and 485 00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:00,000 there are plants that they don't eat, and there are plans. 486 00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:05,000 It's that they love an arborvide, at least through occidentalists. 487 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,240 The Eastern arborividy is one of those plants that they love. 488 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:10,240 And I can't blame them because if you crush the 489 00:26:10,279 --> 00:26:13,759 foliage on that it does release the most delicious fruity smell, 490 00:26:13,799 --> 00:26:15,319 and that has to taste really good to them, like 491 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:16,799 juicy fruit gum or something like that. 492 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:22,359 Speaker 1: And I love North Pole arborvity Thuya occidentalis. I love 493 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:27,920 the plant, but to grow it, I have it in 494 00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:28,319 the component. 495 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,039 Speaker 2: You have to have it in the compound. But here's so, 496 00:26:31,079 --> 00:26:35,279 here's the thing I'm melissa. So you can try planting 497 00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:38,400 a lower hedge of something like a juniper in front 498 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:42,720 of it. Perhaps that will deter them, you know, anything 499 00:26:42,720 --> 00:26:45,200 that you can do. I find, at least living in 500 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:48,400 more of an urban area with deer, that our deer 501 00:26:48,519 --> 00:26:52,319 are mostly path of least resistance kind of creatures. They 502 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,079 want the good stuff, but they don't really want to 503 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:59,000 work too hard for it. So I find that often 504 00:26:59,319 --> 00:27:04,200 minor deterrants are pretty effective. But you have to be 505 00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:06,319 careful because you also don't want to put this lower 506 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,799 juniper hedget you're using to try to deter them too close, 507 00:27:08,839 --> 00:27:11,880 because then you'll lose that great cone shape and that 508 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:15,279 nice branching all the way to the ground that characterizes 509 00:27:15,319 --> 00:27:17,640 North Pole arborvidy. And of course the worst part about 510 00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:20,759 arborvid is if the deer do eat them. It takes 511 00:27:20,759 --> 00:27:23,480 them so long to recover if they do ever at all, 512 00:27:23,519 --> 00:27:25,680 and then it turns into the little muffin top arborviding 513 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,160 where you just got the thing on the top and 514 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,000 then the bare branch is on the bottom. So here's 515 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,839 what I would recommend, A good dose of deer repellent, 516 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:38,680 even if you are doing the hedge in front of 517 00:27:38,720 --> 00:27:42,000 it to try to deter it. A repellent is going 518 00:27:42,039 --> 00:27:45,119 to help you so much, and very often, especially when 519 00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:47,759 they're young, they're going to be even more appealing to deer. 520 00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:50,799 When these plants are young, the growth is much more tender. 521 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:54,200 As they get more established in the landscape, they can 522 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,559 be slightly less appealing. But you know, really, once they 523 00:27:57,599 --> 00:27:59,799 get you know, and once they find your arbor fighting, 524 00:28:00,400 --> 00:28:03,599 it's pretty much over for them. And unfortunately, no plant 525 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:06,359 is dear kryptonite. It's not like you can put something 526 00:28:06,599 --> 00:28:10,240 you know, that's like smelly or that they don't eat 527 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:11,720 in front of them and they'll go, oh, nope, not 528 00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:14,440 going to bother. They'll still somehow sniff out those arbor viding. 529 00:28:14,400 --> 00:28:17,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, And I'll see people wrap them in burlap and 530 00:28:17,359 --> 00:28:21,319 I'm like, then what's the point, Because it's just downright ugly. Right. 531 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,759 Speaker 2: Well, now, I will say there's a marina by me 532 00:28:25,279 --> 00:28:28,400 that did wrap some very deer damaged arborvity over winter 533 00:28:28,599 --> 00:28:31,319 and they really started to recover because what was happening 534 00:28:31,759 --> 00:28:33,559 is that the deer were mostly eating them in winter 535 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,119 when the food sources were scarce, and they would kind 536 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,000 of go and move off for the summer. But one 537 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:39,519 winter they didn't do it. And now those things are 538 00:28:39,559 --> 00:28:41,319 done because it's one of those things you have to 539 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:42,920 keep doing now with. 540 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:46,599 Speaker 1: The repellent, good quality repellent. Again, we mentioned this in 541 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,680 a previous show. I love Bobbex. It's something that comes 542 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,400 off the East Coast. No, they are not paying me 543 00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:57,319 to say this. I just personally use it in my landscape. 544 00:28:57,319 --> 00:28:57,839 I think it's a. 545 00:28:57,759 --> 00:28:59,640 Speaker 2: Great You know, the best tip we can give you 546 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:02,559 for deer repellent is if it smells even remotely good 547 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:06,839 to you, it's not gonna work. If it smells foul 548 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:08,880 and you really worry that your dogs are gonna go 549 00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,640 bananas when you spray it, it's probably the right. 550 00:29:11,759 --> 00:29:14,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, Bobbys has chicken livers in it. 551 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:19,200 Speaker 2: Oh lovely appetize, Yes, indeed, so get something stinky, don't 552 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,400 fall for the minty fresh note that they like mint, 553 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:26,000 but it's not as much of a turn, especially over winter. 554 00:29:26,039 --> 00:29:28,079 So if you've planted them me lessa make sure you're 555 00:29:28,079 --> 00:29:31,319 protecting them, especially for their first winter, because that is 556 00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:33,599 going to be a very crucial time for their long 557 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,119 term value in your land. 558 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 1: Sha at the base Also yes, all right, Stacey Aki 559 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:44,440 writes to us. I live in Zone four in British Columbia, Canada. 560 00:29:44,559 --> 00:29:49,920 I have several second year Canterbury bells. Some flour this year, 561 00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:53,559 but most did not think they're going to flower next year. 562 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: Stacy right, So interesting question. Canterbury bells is a type 563 00:29:57,039 --> 00:30:00,799 of companiola also known as bellflower. Kind of an old 564 00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,960 fashioned plant, but I feel like it is starting to 565 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,559 make a comeback. Yes, I know. Proven Winner's Perennials just 566 00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:09,599 released a perennial companula a couple of years ago. A 567 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:13,359 line of perennial companilas very popular in England, but kind 568 00:30:13,359 --> 00:30:18,079 of you know, not as well known here. But you 569 00:30:18,119 --> 00:30:20,599 will notice that I said that Proven Winners introduced a 570 00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:25,319 perennial companila, because not all companilas are true perennials. A 571 00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:28,039 true perennial, of course, comes back from the same roots. 572 00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:30,839 Year after year it has a crown and the growth 573 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:32,880 goes dormant in the fall, and then it will come 574 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,799 back up from that growth or from that crown the 575 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:41,079 following year. The ones known as Canterbury bells are actually biennials, 576 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:45,000 and a biennial, if you're not familiar with it, is 577 00:30:45,039 --> 00:30:47,279 a plant that puts out a rosette, nothing but a 578 00:30:47,359 --> 00:30:50,799 rosette for its first year, and then in the second 579 00:30:50,880 --> 00:30:54,079 year it will shoot up those flower stocks. So hollyhocks 580 00:30:54,079 --> 00:30:56,000 are a good example of a biennial. Most there are 581 00:30:56,000 --> 00:31:02,160 some perennial hollyhocks, Lunaria, the little money plant that people grow, Verbascum, 582 00:31:02,240 --> 00:31:04,599 the mullin that grows all over on our road sides. 583 00:31:05,319 --> 00:31:09,160 You see that big rosette and then no flowers that year, 584 00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:10,799 and it doesn't flower until the second year. So what 585 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,720 happens with a biennial. Most biennials are self sewing, So 586 00:31:14,759 --> 00:31:17,240 when you buy that plant, typically it is in its 587 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:19,079 second year. Sometimes they will be in its first year, 588 00:31:19,119 --> 00:31:21,960 so ready to flower. You get those flowers that first year, 589 00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,880 it set seeds, those seeds drop, you get a rosette 590 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:29,519 next year, and then the following year you have flowers. 591 00:31:29,559 --> 00:31:33,119 Now Eventually, after a couple seasons of self sewing, you 592 00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,440 will end up with something that is always in flower. 593 00:31:35,519 --> 00:31:38,000 But it takes a couple of life cycles. Sure to 594 00:31:38,119 --> 00:31:39,319 have that second year. 595 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,799 Speaker 1: I immediately think of garlic mustard. 596 00:31:42,079 --> 00:31:45,319 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that's another yeah, good example, bad example, but 597 00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:47,480 a good example of a biennial. A bad example of 598 00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:50,000 a plant to have in your garden. So not to worry. 599 00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:52,359 Aki those plants that didn't flower this year will be 600 00:31:52,359 --> 00:31:54,759 flowering for you next year. And make sure you're leaving 601 00:31:54,799 --> 00:31:57,160 those seeds so you continue to build that population up 602 00:31:57,200 --> 00:32:00,680 and you always have a fabulous population of cants to 603 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:04,720 enjoy their beautiful British Columbia. We're going to take a 604 00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,680 little break when we come back. Apparently I'm giving a 605 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:10,039 hot take as we continue our discussion on house colors. 606 00:32:10,079 --> 00:32:17,960 We'll talk to you then. Thanks for listening to the 607 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:21,079 Gardening Simplified Podcast, brought to you by Proven Winners Color 608 00:32:21,160 --> 00:32:24,319 Choice Shrubs. Our award winning flowering shrubs and evergreens are 609 00:32:24,359 --> 00:32:27,319 trialed and tested by experts with your success in mind. 610 00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:31,519 Learn more at Proven Winners color Choice dot com. 611 00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:34,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show, where we talk 612 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:37,720 about the color of your house. Of course, there are 613 00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:42,759 many different types of architecture, many different types of colors 614 00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:47,200 to choose from. But again, in choosing colors, well, choosing 615 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,480 colors for the house is pretty similar to choosing colors 616 00:32:50,519 --> 00:32:53,799 for your landscape. You're going to look at the main color, 617 00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:57,720 the trim color, and accent colors. You've got to consider 618 00:32:57,839 --> 00:33:03,359 your neighborhood. Choose a color that compliments your surroundings without 619 00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:09,960 being jarring. Consider the environment. Fun for me in my 620 00:33:10,160 --> 00:33:13,519 neighborhood again, live on a cul de sac, so everybody 621 00:33:13,599 --> 00:33:19,119 watches everybody else and neighbors talk. And one of my neighbors, 622 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:22,640 great guy, made the decision to change the color of 623 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,920 his His house was tan colored. He went to the 624 00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:28,480 brightest turquoise. 625 00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:31,400 Speaker 2: You wow. He was like, I'm sick of being the 626 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,720 tan guy. Yeah, I mean the turquoise guy. 627 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,319 Speaker 1: Was that the talk of the neighborhood or. 628 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,359 Speaker 2: What I'm good? Did they say good things or were 629 00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,000 they like pearl clutching? 630 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:42,519 Speaker 1: It was actually it was mixed fifty. 631 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,359 Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, you know, I feel like out here 632 00:33:45,359 --> 00:33:47,960 by the lake shore, it is much more common to 633 00:33:48,079 --> 00:33:51,400 do those beachy, bright colors, even though they look a 634 00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,519 little bit crazy in winter. It seems like that's a 635 00:33:54,599 --> 00:33:56,599 very popular don't you do around here? Have that kind 636 00:33:56,640 --> 00:33:57,559 of beechy vibe. 637 00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:01,799 Speaker 1: I had a neighbor just down the road. Again, it 638 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:05,000 was a white home. Yeah, it was a white home. 639 00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:12,159 He went with barn door red. I mean, and again 640 00:34:12,679 --> 00:34:14,800 for some people it was like, hey, that's cool. Other 641 00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:18,159 people were like, how can you do that to our neighborhood. 642 00:34:18,519 --> 00:34:20,519 But then, of course he has choices to make as 643 00:34:20,519 --> 00:34:24,320 far as plants are concerned, and whether it's plants or 644 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,760 the colors that you pick for your home, high contrast 645 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:33,000 works well, like if you pair dark sighting with a 646 00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:37,800 light colored trim, that's so again, I guess I'm talking 647 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,800 about contrast, looking for contrast in the landscape, looking for 648 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:45,400 contrast with your colors. You of course can pick a 649 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:49,840 monochromatic look with a home. You could create visual interest 650 00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:55,679 by using different textures on the same color siding and trim. 651 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:58,559 So we're looking at textures here. We did a show 652 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:03,559 on shades of green and using different foliage sizes and 653 00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:10,079 textures match your roof. Ensure you're chosen sighting color or 654 00:35:10,119 --> 00:35:14,079 the paint that you use complements your home's roof. And 655 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:17,880 trim so you get a cohesive design. I guess there 656 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:22,119 we're talking about repetition again in your landscape. When you 657 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,960 find a plant that works for you and the color 658 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:29,000 works really well, repeating it allows the eye to travel 659 00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:35,320 across the landscape and makes it really comfortable, but sometimes stacy. 660 00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:38,480 If you're picking out some plants to do this, you 661 00:35:38,559 --> 00:35:42,599 got to experiment a little bit, and the worst thing 662 00:35:42,639 --> 00:35:44,920 that can happen is you have to dig up the 663 00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:49,239 plants and move them. I'm talking about color that's outside 664 00:35:49,519 --> 00:35:54,719 of the foundational plants. It's kind of like throwing something 665 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:56,639 against the wall and seeing if. 666 00:35:56,519 --> 00:35:59,079 Speaker 2: It sticks right. And it's a lot cheaper to move 667 00:35:59,079 --> 00:36:02,159 the plant than to repaint your So so you know 668 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:04,719 that's a good option to have, is that you can 669 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:07,920 move things around. I think you can also, you know, 670 00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:13,519 mitigate or manage color situations that you may not like 671 00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:16,400 with more with different color. Sure, you know you can 672 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:19,159 add to it. You can have like some some white 673 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,679 usually works as a good blender in the landscape's silver foliage. 674 00:36:23,679 --> 00:36:25,239 I mean, there's not a lot of white foliage here. 675 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:28,480 We can get variegated plants, of course, and you know 676 00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,559 you can kind of use that to sort of blend 677 00:36:30,559 --> 00:36:33,119 it in. But I like what you said about repetition, 678 00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,679 and you don't have to repeat the same plant. If 679 00:36:35,719 --> 00:36:38,239 you pick a color that you really like, yes, you 680 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,360 are then able to reiterate that through your landscape in 681 00:36:41,840 --> 00:36:45,639 foliage plants and in flowers and in stems and in 682 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:49,000 garden accessories like containers and things like that. So you 683 00:36:49,039 --> 00:36:51,599 aren't just saying, okay, like you know, red is my color, 684 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:54,400 so red rose is all around. You can then take 685 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,559 that red and find some red foliage like Kodiak red 686 00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:00,280 dur villa. And you can also add something that is 687 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,960 red in the fall, really great full color like an erronia. 688 00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:07,840 And so you have these multiple layers of interest and 689 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,920 again that helps you to narrow down the plant selection 690 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,519 so much. You know how many times I don't need 691 00:37:13,559 --> 00:37:15,519 to ask you, did you see someone standing there in 692 00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:18,239 their shrub section, just you know, with a glazed look 693 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,760 in their eyes? Think, you know, bring the colors with you, 694 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,239 Take a picture of your house, have it on your phone, 695 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:27,119 and use that to guide your decisions, you bet. 696 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:33,079 Speaker 1: And super important make sure that you put annuals into 697 00:37:33,119 --> 00:37:37,159 the mix, because it gives you that flexibility I mentioned earlier. 698 00:37:37,199 --> 00:37:40,360 How much I love that combination of blue and pink, 699 00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,719 and that pink plays well with other colors. So for 700 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,920 the spring, summer, early fall period, if you can add 701 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:52,480 truffle of pink, gumphrina, bubblegum, super tunias, that sort of thing, 702 00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:58,400 the ohso easy red or pink roses, You're so right, Stacey. 703 00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,599 It doesn't have to be the same plan, but pick 704 00:38:00,679 --> 00:38:05,000 up those colors and then use them in the landscape. 705 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:07,679 Speaker 2: I love what you said about annuals because if you 706 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:11,559 are someone who is not super confident in your ability 707 00:38:11,599 --> 00:38:14,000 to combine colors, which again, this is completely subjective, so 708 00:38:14,039 --> 00:38:17,039 there's no objective like you did this wrong straight to 709 00:38:17,079 --> 00:38:21,159 plant jail is it is your own personal taste. But 710 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,719 annuals are such a great color laboratory. Yes, for you 711 00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:28,840 to start experimenting with combining colors, and you know, it's 712 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:31,920 low stakes. If you combine some annuals and you're like, whoa, 713 00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,119 that is just too garish for me. It was one season, 714 00:38:35,159 --> 00:38:37,079 so what you know, not a big deal. Or you 715 00:38:37,079 --> 00:38:39,639 can separate the plants so they're not clashing or whatever. 716 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,760 But that's really I think where you make those discoveries 717 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,320 about what colors really work in the landscape. What colors 718 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,599 you really like and what colors do you want to 719 00:38:48,599 --> 00:38:51,559 bring through your landscape to improve it and improve that 720 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:52,159 curb appeal. 721 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,039 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're going to make some mistakes, but you're also 722 00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:58,639 going to make some really great discoveries, like wow, look 723 00:38:58,679 --> 00:39:02,480 at me go. And that's why I say throwing something 724 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,079 against the wall and seeing if it sticks. It's like 725 00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:07,719 when I make spaghetti and I cooked the pasta, I 726 00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:10,119 always throw a little on the ceiling. 727 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,719 Speaker 2: I remember those commercials. Ye say that, but my mom 728 00:39:14,719 --> 00:39:17,480 and ever let me do that for good reason. 729 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,480 Speaker 1: For good reason. Yes, So if you're gonna paint, look 730 00:39:21,679 --> 00:39:25,639 this up. This is interesting, Stacy most popular exterior colors. 731 00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:29,880 If you're painting, we talked about vinyl siding, stucco, that 732 00:39:30,039 --> 00:39:33,400 sort of thing. But if you're going to paint alabaster, 733 00:39:33,719 --> 00:39:39,639 a warm off white, white, dove white with hints of gray, tricorn, 734 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,440 which is a true black. Again, we go back to black, 735 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:46,639 and is black a neutral color? 736 00:39:47,559 --> 00:39:51,519 Speaker 2: I mean, I will say that I do love the 737 00:39:51,559 --> 00:39:53,760 idea of a black house. I think way too many 738 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:57,079 people are painting their brick black and again taking that 739 00:39:57,199 --> 00:40:00,559 inherently beautiful, low maintenance material in bring it into a 740 00:40:00,599 --> 00:40:02,960 high maintenance material, because once you paint, you can't go back. 741 00:40:03,960 --> 00:40:07,280 But you know, the black trend I think does derive 742 00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,760 from a practice that is popular in Scandinavia where they 743 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:15,079 would side with burned wood. Okay, so and those are beautiful, 744 00:40:15,079 --> 00:40:17,760 you can look them up, just absolutely gorgeous and I 745 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:20,840 you know, obviously not necessarily practical and very high cost, 746 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,320 so not something that the average person can do. But 747 00:40:23,360 --> 00:40:26,119 I think that the black paint is to some extent 748 00:40:27,079 --> 00:40:29,960 a desire to get that same kind of look. But 749 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:32,800 I think as far as plants, I think if you 750 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,559 have a black house, it's very important to choose plants 751 00:40:37,079 --> 00:40:40,199 that bring life and bring light and movement into there 752 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:41,800 because it can look like a kind of a black 753 00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:44,000 hole in the landscape. So you know, that doesn't mean 754 00:40:44,039 --> 00:40:46,400 you have to go totally to the you know, extreme 755 00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:50,960 and plant like bright yellow everything, but you know, purples, 756 00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:54,440 pinks like something like that that really helped to bring 757 00:40:54,519 --> 00:40:55,239 that life well. 758 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,280 Speaker 1: And like we talked about in the backdrop show, I 759 00:40:59,599 --> 00:41:02,719 truly believe that green pops on black. 760 00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:03,679 Speaker 2: Oh it definitely does. 761 00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:07,119 Speaker 1: And there are so many different shades of green, and 762 00:41:07,159 --> 00:41:10,960 we can go to chartreuse all different types of green. 763 00:41:11,519 --> 00:41:15,199 You put that against black, and that is I don't know, 764 00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:19,639 it just looks rich to me. It looks very very stylish. 765 00:41:20,199 --> 00:41:24,599 Other popular paint colors were Pewter, which is a cool 766 00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:29,079 muted tone of gray, Polar Bear Classic well a cool 767 00:41:29,159 --> 00:41:36,119 white tone, Peppercorn gray, which I think very pretty, and 768 00:41:36,679 --> 00:41:41,599 peppercorn gray is going to look almost like those worn, 769 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:46,039 weathered cedar shakes on the East Coast. And I love 770 00:41:46,119 --> 00:41:51,039 that pool House, which is a mediumish light blue paint 771 00:41:51,199 --> 00:41:56,320 Naval dark blue. I love that grayish, so blending gray 772 00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:59,039 and beige. Right, if you can't make up your mind, 773 00:41:59,679 --> 00:42:04,440 maybe some grange. And then iron Ore, which is a 774 00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:11,559 really dark gray that looks almost charcoal black. So many 775 00:42:11,639 --> 00:42:15,920 many different choices, Stacy, I think the gray and mud 776 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:21,320 red combination is beautiful. I think pink and cobalt blue 777 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:27,039 super beautiful. And then if you have a light yellow home, 778 00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:31,719 I really think that green plants are going to be 779 00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:36,800 super important because again, green plants are going to really 780 00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:41,039 stand out well against a light yellow home. And I 781 00:42:41,119 --> 00:42:44,840 do love the look of a yellow home and using 782 00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,400 that color in the landscape. But when you decide to 783 00:42:47,559 --> 00:42:50,280 use it, then you do have some decisions to make 784 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:51,360 as far as plant. 785 00:42:51,159 --> 00:42:53,639 Speaker 2: Materials, So yeah, definitely, And all this talk has kind 786 00:42:53,679 --> 00:42:56,679 of made me realize something we didn't really address is 787 00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,079 choosing your pink colors based on your plants that are 788 00:42:59,119 --> 00:43:02,599 already in your land escape. So say, for example, you 789 00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:06,000 have a fabulous established plant. You know, is there something 790 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,119 about that plant it's you know, it's flowers, it's fall foliage, 791 00:43:09,199 --> 00:43:11,719 or maybe it's regular foliage. Is there something in that 792 00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,719 that can help you inform your color choices for your house. 793 00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:16,960 So you're working with what you already have and not 794 00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:17,559 against it. 795 00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:20,199 Speaker 1: I like that. You know what works really well with 796 00:43:20,559 --> 00:43:24,960 yellow is mahogany brown. So if you have some trees, 797 00:43:25,159 --> 00:43:29,119 you have some of that brown in your landscape, that's 798 00:43:29,159 --> 00:43:35,679 a great way to go. Also, I like black forest green, 799 00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:39,599 So it is a green that is so dark it 800 00:43:39,679 --> 00:43:40,800 almost feels black. 801 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:42,280 Speaker 2: That's my favorite color, is it? 802 00:43:42,280 --> 00:43:42,559 Speaker 1: Really? 803 00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:46,800 Speaker 2: I love it. My earrings are actually that color. 804 00:43:46,199 --> 00:43:50,039 Speaker 1: They are Wow. You practice what you preach. 805 00:43:50,679 --> 00:43:52,400 Speaker 2: That's fantastic that color too. 806 00:43:53,039 --> 00:43:56,199 Speaker 1: So is your hot take that just don't paint brick? 807 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:58,440 Is that where your hot take is? You just don't 808 00:43:58,480 --> 00:43:58,679 like that? 809 00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I just it breaks my heart to see 810 00:44:01,800 --> 00:44:05,679 people take an inherently high quality, low maintenance material and 811 00:44:05,719 --> 00:44:09,000 turn it into what looks like a lower quality material 812 00:44:09,280 --> 00:44:11,559 that is then high maintenance. You know, the brick needs 813 00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:16,119 to breathe, and it costs a bunch of money to 814 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,320 sand blast it off. To try to get back to 815 00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:22,360 that original is not necessarily feasible, especially if you have plants, 816 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,679 because then the plants are going to get damaged. And 817 00:44:24,920 --> 00:44:27,519 you know it, really, it really breaks my heart to 818 00:44:27,519 --> 00:44:29,880 see so so many people. Of course, everyone can do 819 00:44:29,920 --> 00:44:33,159 with their house what they will, but it just boggles 820 00:44:33,199 --> 00:44:35,599 my mind that you could have a material like brick 821 00:44:35,639 --> 00:44:40,000 that never needs anything really hardly at all, never needs painting, right, 822 00:44:40,039 --> 00:44:42,519 How great would that be? And you paint it so 823 00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,360 it needs painting? Yes, but you just like spending money, 824 00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:47,599 you know. I don't get it. But anyway, everyone has 825 00:44:47,639 --> 00:44:49,960 their own taste. That's what makes the world go around, 826 00:44:50,039 --> 00:44:50,559 you got it. 827 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:54,719 Speaker 1: I love that talking about being plant specific as far 828 00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,599 as the color on your home is concerned. I just 829 00:44:56,639 --> 00:44:58,920 want to quickly mention Stacy, I was looking at it 830 00:44:59,280 --> 00:45:04,760 coming into the studio today. Also, many homes utilize white trim, 831 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:07,599 I mean classic styling. You have a gray home with 832 00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,719 white trim, or a blue home with white trim, the 833 00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:17,039 incredible storm proof. Yeah, and looking at that plant and 834 00:45:17,119 --> 00:45:20,880 how that would perform in a landscape and tie in 835 00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,280 the trim of the house. I don't have any. I 836 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:25,039 gotta go get some. 837 00:45:25,519 --> 00:45:27,800 Speaker 2: That is a classic choice. And you know what, it's 838 00:45:27,800 --> 00:45:30,400 one of those looks that just kind of gives you 839 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:34,360 that like cottage or country garden kind of vibe. It's 840 00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:37,440 such a popular landscaping plant for that exact reason, and 841 00:45:37,480 --> 00:45:38,880 it's one of those things you just can't go wrong 842 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:39,119 with it. 843 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:43,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Well, I'm inspired. This has been a 844 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:44,559 colorful show. 845 00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,719 Speaker 2: I hope you're inspired to plant plants and not repaint 846 00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:47,960 your house because that'll be expensive. 847 00:45:48,119 --> 00:45:51,760 Speaker 1: Plant plant and I re roofed it, so that's oh. 848 00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:56,079 Speaker 2: Yeah, you're locked in for a while except for those plants. Well, yes, 849 00:45:56,119 --> 00:45:57,079 that was a great conversation. 850 00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,239 Speaker 1: Thank you Rick, thank you Stacy. 851 00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,039 Speaker 2: Thank you Adriana, and thanks so much to all of 852 00:46:01,079 --> 00:46:03,199 you for listening. We truly appreciate it, and no people 853 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:04,079 wonderfull wak ahead