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WE ARE OPEN TODAY - NO STORM DAMAGE Photos taken 3/15 & 17/2021 Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9 - 4 Daffodil ColorFest -- Early varieties at peak bloom, mid-varieties blooming now. Early tulips starting to...
6 part GardenSMART TV series. The episodes feature Gibbs Gardens scenes and educational information shot during Spring 2021. WATCH ALL 6 EPISODES HERE:...
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- Gibbs Gardens
- Different Blooming Times
- Daffodil Beds
- Jim's Favorite Daffodils
- Daffodils-Sun Or Shade
- Proper Planting Depth
- Companion Plants For Daffodils
- Flowering Trees
- Pruning Crepe Myrtles
- Transcript of Show
In this Episode Jim shows us his masterpiece, GIBBS GARDENS. Jim tells us in his words the path he's taken. In 1973 he knew that he wanted to build a world class garden but also knew what he needed in that Garden. He knew he needed an abundance of water, needed a mature forest setting and he wanted to make sure that it had rolling topography to fea...
What many don't realize is that daffodils have 4 DIFFERENT BLOOMING TIMES. Jim refers to the times as the -- early/earlies, the ones that bloom in January and February, then the early daffodils that start blooming the 1st two weeks of March, and bloom for about 2 weeks, then the the mid-season daffodils that will bloom usually for 2 weeks and that ...
They next look at a particularly BEAUTIFUL BED of daffodils. Jim has the smaller daffodils, the miniatures at the front, then intermediate height bulbs in the middle and the taller daffodils towards the back. Even in this naturalized environment as one is driving or walking by one notices a great contrast, in foliage color and in the height of the ...
Jim does have some FAVORITE DAFFODILS in each of the groups. He likes Early Sensation because it always blooms in January, even if covered in snow. When the snow melts they cut them and bring them into the house. In the next group he likes February Gold, it's a wonderful early blooming daffodil and always blooms in February. And, he likes the minia...
Eric typically thinks of daffodils as being a full sun kind of plant but here the lions share are planted in what otherwise would be a full shade environment. Daffodils WILL GROW IN THE SUN, if one has a sunny location, you can select almost any daffodil and it will grow. One needs to be careful in shade areas. For More Information Click here
Eric wants to know about planting depth and is there any kind of special soil preparation needed prior to planting these bulbs. Jim explains. The DEPTH FOR A DAFFODIL is always determined by the size of the bulb. If you have, for example, a 2 inch bulb you would plant it 3 times its depth, or 6 inches. The other consideration is to dig your hole de...
One of the marks of a great garden is the gardeners attention to detail from the standpoint of having many things in bloom throughout the entire year. If one visited Gibbs Gardens 6 weeks from now there would be a whole other range of plants in bloom, and six weeks after that, for the rest of the year. Typically, right now in late winter, early spr...
Jim also has some great examples of FLOWERING TREES that also bloom during the time that daffodils bloom. Redbuds and Flowering Cherry are first and it all crescendos into the magnificent bloom of the Dogwoods. For More Information Click here
Spring is one of the best times to prune deciduous trees and one of the most frequently asked questions from our viewers is how do I PRUNE CREPE MYRTLES. Jim has some particularly good examples on this property thus is a great person to ask. Some of his Crepe Myrtles appear to have not been pruned at all, some appear to have had some intermediate p...
In this episode GardenSMART visits a garden that's a 300 acre masterpiece. Even though it's late winter it looks great and is proof one can have color in the garden even during the most difficult seasons. GardenSMART has been traveling the country for years visiting beautiful gardens. And, it is rare that we find a new garden, certainly one as impr...
In 2021 GardenSMART presented a series of videos about the Gibbs Gardens Inspiration Garden. The episodes feature Gibbs Gardens scenes and educational information shot during Spring 2021. GardenSMART is seen nationally on PBS.
Gibbs started planning and planting his new serpentine flower beds in 2021, adding more combinations of perennials and annuals, new colors, plant sizes and shapes to create hundreds of singular artistic arrangements within the beds. This spring he added three additional beds to the five now blooming in his color garden.
