Plant Videos.

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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Join David & find out about ALL YOU NEED To KNOW about enjoying the Easy Garden Summer Color of Hardy Perennial Hibiscus (Rose Mallow)
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🌸 Discover how they have been developed from very hardy (Zone 4) Native species

💮 Watch as David explains Where and How To grow them

🪷 Find out why they make GREAT, Easy to Grow & Look After Summer Color

🌺 Listen as David explains How To, and When to prune them

🌸 Learn why they make EXCELLENT, easy to look after pot and container plants for patios, decks, balconies or just by the front door.

💮 Find out who the Fleming Brothers were, and why their hybridizing work was important.

Try to Stick with David for an extra few minutes and:
🌺Get the SCOOP on our TOP 12 Selections.

🌸 Stay to the end and find out about David's FAVORITE VARIETY

Available at hundreds of Partnering Garden Centers throughout our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern USA States: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/

Plants featured in this video:
Hibiscus ‘Starry Starry Night’ PP#27,901
Hibiscus ‘Summer Carnival’ PP#31,587
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Ballet Slippers’ PP#29,896
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Berry Awesome’ PP#27,936
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Candy Crush’ PP#33,612
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Cherry Choco Latte’ PP#30,738
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Edge of Night’ PP#34,359
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Evening Rose’ PP#33,366
Hibiscus Summerific® French Vanilla’ PP#33,181
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Holy Grail’ PP#31,478
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Spinderella’ PP#33,309
Hibiscus Summerific® ‘Valentine’s Crush’ PP#35,170

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Following on from our popular video showing "How To (or should you) Prune Hydrangeas In Early Spring", here's another on "How to Prune Mophead or Big Leaf Hydrangeas in Summer.

Join David in our display and trial area at our nursery and listen in as he keeps his promise to show us how to prune these types of Hydrangeas.

Discover the difference between these types and the summer flowering panicle hydrangeas.

Find out why these ones often do not need to be pruned at all, and definitely not in spring 😋

Then watch as David explains that sometimes older plants benefit from regenerative pruning and learn as he takes us through the process and shows us when and how to do it 💜.

For more information: https://www.grownbyoverdevest.com/

Overdevest Nurseries is proud to partner exclusively with premier locally-owned garden centers in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region.
Enter your zip code in this Locator: https://www.grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ to find a source for the plants featured.
Then please consider clicking and subscribing to our channel, because we are posting new videos all the time…. and each time a new one is posted you will find it will automatically in your feed.
and of course, you will discover interesting plants, and even more helpful information and lots of practical, timely tips.

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Following on from our first video "Finding Hydrangeas That Bloom Reliably – First Results From Our Remontancy Trials" here's a second video with an update on what David found when (as promised) he went back and looked (a few weeks later) at our Mophead (Big Leaf) Hydrangea Remontancy Trials.

👍Discover how the plants turned out… and which ones emerged as the top performers.

👏 Find out which ones prospered and flowered reliably (outdoors) in our test garden?

🧐 Listen in as David reveals the fascinating story behind the discovery of Hydrangea Endless Summer®

👨‍🏫 Learn more of David's Tips and Suggestions and what you can do to get the best from this type of Hydrangeas in your garden.

Plants like these ones are available at hundreds of partnering garden centers: grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator They are usually well stocked with lots of gorgeous plants, so if you live in our Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region be sure to stop in and take a look…. Because that’s where you will discover all sorts of beautiful, tried and true and cutting edge, top performing selections including the BEST of our TRIALED and TESTED Hydrangeas.

Also, have you subscribed to our channel yet? If you haven't, you might like to think about it, because once you are subscribed, each time we post new videos (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 helpful, it would be great if you could kindly share the links with your friends and click the "like" button too, because that will help other people find the information as well.

More at: grownbyoverdevest.com

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Our BEST Easy Elegance® Roses (all 8 of them) helped us win an Award! 👏😋👍
Join David in our nursery as he shares the NEWS!
And then, takes us on a tour through the nursery to explain (and show us) the outstanding features of these excellent, top performing varieties.

Discover….
👍The zesty orange shades of Easy Elegance® Coral Cove: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-coral-cove-landscape-rose/

👍The deep luscious and seductive reds of Easy Elegance® Kashmir: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-kashmir-landscape-rose/

👍The soft gentle pastel hues of Easy Elegance® Music Box: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-music-box-rose/

👍The lively, vibrant vibes of Easy Elegance® Calypso: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-calypso-landscape-rose/

👍The soft warming glows of Easy Elegance® High Voltage: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-high-voltage-landscape-rose/

👍The luminous, beaming effervescence of Easy Elegance® Paint the Town: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-paint-the-town-rose/

👍The wafting fragrance and rich, lustrous blooms of Easy Elegance® Sweet Fragrance: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-sweet-fragrance-rose/

👍and the chic, sophisticated purity of Easy Elegance® Champagne Wishes: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/plant/easy-elegance-champagne-wishes-landscape-rose/

Find out about their compact growing habits, long season and repeat flowering characteristics and their proven disease resistance too. Then listen in as David explains how we grow and cycle prune them, so that our partnering garden centers: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/retail-locator/ can have them in stock from spring, through summer and into the autumn too.
So that you can select and enjoy them too

More at: https://grownbyoverdevest.com/splant/?_sft_plant_cat=easy-elegance-roses

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