ECOsystem 3 Overview

🌸 Discover the future of resilient gardening! 🌸 In this video, our expert David Wilson shares an exciting update on trials with 5 stunning Rhododendron selections developed through the innovative breeding work of Dr. Stephen Krebs and his team at the David G. Leach Research Station in Ohio 🌿

Learn about: ✔️ How these gorgeous plants demonstrate resistance to Root Rot (Phytophthora sp.), a notorious soil-borne disease. ✔️ The rigorous testing process that led to the selection of:

Rhododendron Holden’s™ Red PP# 35,416

Rhododendron Holden’s™ Pink PP# 34,628

Rhododendron Holden’s™ Pink Flare PP# 33,594

Rhododendron Holden’s™ Fuchsia PP# 34,541

Rhododendron Holden’s™ Peach PP# 34,540

Could these be the beginning of a new era in Rhododendron performance, tailored for Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern U.S. gardens? 🌟 The trials continue, but the promise is real!

🛒 Look for these remarkable plants this spring at our partner garden centers: Retail Locator

#Rhododendrons #DiseaseResistantPlants #GardeningTips #RootRot #PlantBreeding #Colorful gardening #Natural #HomeGardening #MidAtlanticGardening #OverdevestNurseries #BeautifulGardens 🌸🌿🌺

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Join our expert and master storyteller David Wilson as he unveils the charm of My Monet Weigela (Weigela My Monet®) —a colorful, hardy, and easy-to-grow dwarf shrub beloved by gardeners everywhere. 🌟 In this video, David not only highlights how this plant can transform small, intimate corners or larger spaces into vibrant showcases, and produce eye-catching foliar changes through the seasons and look distinctly different in various light situations too, but he also takes us on an extraordinary journey through its history. 🗺️✨

Travel from a mandarin's garden in China 🇨🇳 to the Horticultural Society in the United Kingdom in 1844 🇬🇧; from the icy landscapes of Manchuria ❄️ to a nursery in Manitoba 🇨🇦; and from a breeding facility in Ottawa, Canada 🍁 to the discovery of a variegated ‘sport’ in Boskoop, Netherlands 🇳🇱. 🌍 Finally, see how this amazing shrub made its way into gardens across the United States and around the world too. 🌺🐦 Watch now to uncover the remarkable story behind this garden favorite and discover why My Monet Weigela could be the perfect multi-season addition to your own outdoor sanctuary! 🏡🌼

Like our other 'Grown By Overdevest" plants, Weigela My Monet is available at hundreds of partnering garden centers throughout our Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States. This link will help you find their locations: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

#Weigela #MyMonet #ColorfulShrubs #GardeningInspiration #ProvenWinners #ButterflyGarden #EasyToGrowPlants #HummingbirdFriendly #GardenDesign #PlantLovers #Not Preferred by Deer


More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant-search/

Weigela My Monet® Weigela florida ‘Verweig’ PP#16,824

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🌸 Discover the Beauty of the Berberis Worryfree® Crimson Cutie 🌸
Join us as experienced garden expert David from Overdevest Nurseries introduces you to the stunning Berberis Worryfree® Crimson Cutie. This innovative, non-invasive plant is perfect for transforming your garden into a beautiful oasis.
In this video, David will guide you through:
• The unique features of the Berberis Worryfree® Crimson Cutie
• Why this plant is a proven, cutting-edge choice for your garden
• Tips for easy growing and maintaining this beautiful shrub
• The benefits of choosing a non-invasive plant for your landscape

🌿 Why Choose the Berberis Worryfree® Crimson Cutie? 🌿
• Proven: Trusted and tested by garden experts
• Cutting-Edge: Incorporates the latest in horticultural innovation
• Non-Invasive: Safe for your garden and the environment
• Easy to Grow: Perfect for gardeners of all skill levels
Transform your garden today with the Berberis Worryfree® Crimson Cutie from Overdevest Nurseries! 🌺✨

Available through a network of hundreds of partnering garden centers, located throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern USA states. Find a retailer near you: Overdevest Nurseries Retail Locator
https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

🔔 Subscribe to our channel for more gardening tips and exciting, trialed and tested plant introductions!

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Berberis thunbergii ‘UCONNBTCP4N’ PP#30,095

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David Austin® Rose – Vanessa Bell (English Shrub Rose) / Another Really Outstanding Performer in our Mid-Atlantic & Northeastern USA Region "No Spray" Trials.

Join David in our nursery's David Austin® Rose trials area, and discover how this outstanding performer has been impressing us, with its:
1/ Stunning lemon-yellow (changing to creamy-white), cup-shaped blooms.
2/ It's lovely moderate, tea and honey-lemon fragrance
3/ It's free-flowering, and continuous ability to produce bloom from early summer until late autumn
4/ It's outstanding vigor and vitality
5/ It's natural, healthy constitution, and outstanding disease resistance.

Find out how we grow and test our roses. Watch as David explains how we study and evaluate them as if they were at home in typical, everyday, garden conditions.

Learn about how we deliberately DO NOT SPRAY some of them with fungicides, to test for natural disease resistance. Watch as David shows examples of this fantastic selection in our "sprayed" and "unsprayed" trials.

Then find out why (after 4 years of testing), we can confidently recommend David Austin® Rose – Vanessa Bell for YOUR GARDEN and others right across our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region.

In this video, you will learn how well it stands up to:
🌡️The rigors of our cold winters, to flourish in gardens from USDA Zone 5 and warmer
🍃Blustery conditions on our open, windy site
🥵How it copes well with our hot and humid summer temperatures
🌵Periodic dry spells
And MOST IMPORTANTLY…..
😉👏 Displays outstanding blackspot and mildew disease resistance.

Then watch as David demonstrates what you can do to get your roses to produce more blooms and flower longer.

Find out – Where to get them?
Our first-rate, premium quality plants are available through a network of partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

David Austin® Roses
Vanessa Bell™ / Rosa 'Auseasel’

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David Austin® Rose – Princess Anne (English Shrub Rose) / Beautiful, Top Performer in our Trials.

Join David in our David Austin® Rose trials area, and discover all you need to know about this TOP PERFORMER. And, why you might want to reserve spaces for it in your garden

Find out how we grow and test our roses. Watch as David explains how we study and evaluate them as if they were at home in typical, everyday, garden conditions.

Learn about how we deliberately DO NOT SPRAY some of them, to test and compare them in our "sprayed" and "unsprayed" trials.

Then get the scoop on how (after 4 years of testing) we can confidently recommend it for gardens right across our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region.

In this video, you will see how well it stands up to:
🌡️The rigors of our cold winters
🍃Blustery conditions on our open, windy site
🥵How it contends with our hot and humid summer temperatures
🌵Periodic dry spells
And MOST IMPORTANTLY…..
😉👏 Displays outstanding blackspot and mildew disease resistance.

Our premium quality plants are available at partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ located throughout our region.

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

David Austin® Roses
Princess Anne™ / Rosa ‘Auskitchen’ PP# 23,099

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Join David in our nursery and in a neighbor's garden, and learn how to spot and fix variegated shrubs that occasionally throw non- variegated shoots.
Find out:
1/ What this looks like
2/ How you can deal with it

To get your plants back to looking like they are supposed to.

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Join David In our Trial Gardens and discover all you need to know about this EASY to GROW and LOOK AFTER Evergreen Beauty 🥰👍😜.
Discover 15 Reasons why this elegant and very beautiful, evergreen grass should be in everyone's garden
Get David's tips on how to care for it. Learn when to trim it, and watch as he demonstrates the best and most effective way to cut it back each spring.

Available at our partnering Garden Centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

Carex Feather Falls™ (Variegated Evergreen Sedge)

Carex ‘ET CRX01’ PP# 26,199

Features: Evergreen, Easy to Grow, Great in Containers, Low Maintenance, Multi-Season Interest, New & Exciting, Not Preferred by Deer, Small Spaces, Very Cold Tolerant

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In a hurry? Want to get the "nitty gritty" in a shorter duration format? On an EXCITING NEW Ornamental Grass that is very special and unique!👍👏😃
Well, here's a shorter (more succinct), straight to the point, version of our previously posted, more detailed (10 minute long) video.

In this video, you will get to see why this selection is so special, and why it is so unique! 💖✅

You will get to see how, when it is positioned with sunlight behind it, it reflects light and positively GLOWS, creating an amazing and unique effect. 😜

Listen in, as David explains about these unusual features and exceptional merits, and then find out how this selection from a native species, is tough and hardy, EASY to GROW, and easy to look after too.
Let David tell you about all the places where you can plant and enjoy it around your home, and how it provides tremendous, long term value. 🏡

Perfect for raised beds and rockeries, courtyards and urban gardens, it is also excellent for lining paths and driveways, and in rural spots in meadow and naturalistic plantings.

Available at our Partnering Garden Centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Ha Ha Tonka' PP# 32,374

Then, when you want more information, be sure to check out our other, much more detailed video: https://youtu.be/tTiILY_keoQ?si=IjmtyuIfDfNuQWXt

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An EXCITING NEW Little Bluestem (Schizachyrium) selection that uniquely GLOWS in sunlight!

Yes, it's true…., it really does!

Discover why David and his colleagues, call it by the nickname "Fuzzy Wuzzy"!

Learn why it is so special and unique, and then listen in, as David explains about its unusual features and exceptional merits.

Then find out why this native selection is tough and hardy, EASY to GROW (and look after), provides tremendous value and why David also calls it a "see-through" plant that does not take up much space!

Perfect for raised beds and rockeries, courtyards and urban gardens, it is also excellent for lining paths and driveways, and in rural spots in meadow and naturalistic plantings.

Available at Partnering Garden Centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

Schizachyrium scoparium 'Ha Ha Tonka' PP# 32,374

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What Makes Overdevest Nurseries' Hydrangea Trees So Special?
Points To Consider (and know about), When Buying Your Trees.

David takes us behind the scenes in our nursery, to show us how these breathtakingly beautiful "Mini Trees" are grown.

Join him as he explains the details behind our most popular variety (Hydrangea 'Limelight') and how our growing system enables us to produce exceptional quality specimens that:
1/ Transplant better
2/ Get off to a quick start
3/ Establish and grow away well
4/ Can be transplanted over a very long planting period
5/ Be stronger growing, more beautiful, longer lasting and more stable later in life

Find out about the special techniques we employ to ensure our trees are so amazingly beautiful

How all the effort, skill and expense results in TOP NOTCH plants that have a superior fibrous root system.

How our experienced growers manage to consistently deliver gorgeous, healthy, bushy and well shaped specimens that are perfect for gardens right across our entire Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region.
And incredibly, how they produce them to be in flower all the way from summer through to late fall!
That means that when you visit our partnering garden centers during this time, you should be able to see and select them in all their glory, and then pick the ones that appeal to you most.

Available at our Partnering Garden Centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/
More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

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Thuja WorryFree® Junior Giant / An Exciting NEW Game-Changing Arborvitae For Privacy Screens & Specimen Planting.
The famous Green Giant has sprouted a baby!😃👏 An offspring that is BETTER than its relatives 👍
Instead of a 30-40' tall plant, Junior Giant is compact growing and will mature at around only half the size – making it a much better fit for most yards 😜🥰💖
It is more refined and shapely…., requiring far less trimming and maintenance.
It readily forms a single leading stem which, along with resilient branches, survives the weight of snow.
Like others in its species, it is deer tolerant
All told, Junior Giant is uniquely suited for use as a low-maintenance, evergreen privacy screen or specimen plant

In this video, find out how our 3 gallon plants turned out (in only 3 years)…. when we planted it in our test & trials garden.
Learn about its refined and elegant, bright green foliage….. How it is Not Preferred by Deer…. and how it is EASY to GROW, and Very EASY to LOOK AFTER too.

Available at our partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com

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Buxus Little Missy (Boxwood) is the BEST compact growing growing boxwood that we grow and offer through our network of partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/
Furthermore, we believe it is a really good alternative to English Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa').

Listen in as David takes us into the nursery, his garden, and our testing and trialing areas to explain why we think so much of it.
Find out all about it's
1/ Neat, compact habit
2/ Beautiful, dark evergreen leaf color
2/ Its exceptional garden performance
3/ Outstanding boxwood blight resistance
4/ Good natural leafminer resistance
and very importantly in these busy times…. Low maintenance requirements

Available through our network of partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/
More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant-search/

Buxus microphylla ‘Little Missy’ PP#24,703

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Want to get the nitty-gritty on David's Favorite panicle Hydrangea?
Join him in our nursery and testing areas, and get the scoop and quick facts in this shorter, "potted" version of and earlier posted and more detailed video.
Listen in as he fills us in on why he considers Hydrangea WorryFree® Ruby Snow™ to be the BEST Panicle Hydrangea that we grow in the nursery! 👏👏👏🍾🥂🎉

Short and compact, very free flowering, and producing large, long lasting, and constantly color-changing flowers on strong, sturdy stems that stand up well and don't droop over. This EASY to Grow, and look after selection is hardy (to at least Zone 5), and has emerged in our trials to be VERY IMPRESSIVE 👏😉.

So, listen in and enjoy the details, and then consider adding it to your wish list.

Beautiful, healthy, well grown, shapely specimens are available through our network of partnering Garden Centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/
https://worryfreeplants.com/

Hydrangea WorryFree® Ruby Snow™ ('Bokomarus' PPAF)

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Join David Wilson in our nursery and find out how the world's earliest flowering panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea Early Evolution) breaks into flower in early summer (weeks ahead of conventional types).
Discover how its flowers mature to take on delightful soft pink tones and as they persist through summer and autumn, they slowly change to rich, burnished, antique shades and sometimes even deeper pinks and reds in areas with cooler summer nights.
Hardy to USDA Zone 5 and growing only to less than 3 feet high, its the perfect size for all types of gardens. From small, intimate spaces with just one or two specimens, to large massed, landscape plantings.

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

Hydrangea paniculata ‘AJ14’ PP# 30,983

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Join David in our nursery and listen in as he recalls a True Story about a lady that visited a nice garden….. with her umbrella.

Like our channel? Want to find out more?
Well perhaps, you might like to consider subscribing to our channel.
Because then, each time we post a new video (which we are doing all the time), you will find that they will turn up automatically in your feed.

And as you find our videos interesting, it would be wonderful, if you could kindly share the links with your friends, and click the "like" button too, because that will help other people find out about the information as well.

Then during the planting season (spring through late Fall), you might like to visit some of our partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/, because that's where you will find all sorts of beautiful, tried and true and cutting edge, top performing selections.

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

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Join David and Learn all about this Lovely (Double Flowered) Heather from Bonnie Scotland.
Then at the 6.35 minute mark, listen as David tells a TRUE STORY about a man who went on his vacation, and took a mystery tour!
Find out WHAT HAPPENED, and WHERE it took him.

Then be sure to visit some of our partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ to look for this lovely, evergreen, late summer flowering, dwarf shrub. and, see if you can enjoy having it in your garden.

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant-search/

Thumbnail image courtesy of Paul Watt Photography: https://www.paulwatt.com/

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David returns to our testing and trial garden to show how the Royal Purple Smokebush that he pruned in a video entitled "How To Get More Color From Shrubs With Attractive Foliage": https://youtu.be/eI3vrWCQ7FM?si=BUKXSYiC6yjUPrG2 turned out.

In this video, you will see how this ancient "Coppicing" technique encouraged the plant to produce strong, exotic looking, luxuriant growth.
Find out also how this Zone 4 hardy, easy to grow and look after shrub, makes:
😅A beautiful lawn specimen

👍A terrific backdrop to show off other attractive perennials, dwarf shrubs and evergreens

🏡 A very pretty informal hedge

👙Or a lovely seasonal screen for swimming pools, patios and decks

🦌 Learn also how troublesome deer, normally leave it alone

Available at partnering garden centers throughout our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern US region:
grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

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