LISIANTHUS: FULL TOUR // BACKYARD CUT FLOWERS

Hello everyone, welcome back to the garden. This video is actually a request from someone on patreon So big thanks to everybody who supports me over on patreon link is in the description of that if you're interested You guys are totally rock stars. It really does Make a difference. So, thank you Anyway, um, I wanted to take you on a lisianthus tour now this is going to be a little bit different than some of the other tour type videos that i've done because I am just going to show you all the different varieties of lisianthus that i've ever grown here in my yard. So, um, Just across the span of however long i've been on youtube here kind of a compilation of clips and stuff And so that you can see the different Varieties compared next to each other because a lot of these varieties are very similar in color, especially Like the pinks and the light apricots and things like that. So I thought that this side-by-side comparison Might be helpful Whenever you're determining which variety of lisianthus you might want to grow or which Type of plugs you might want to order since plugs are a little bit costly You can choose the best one for your specific needs or growing conditions or whatever So without much further ado, let's get right on into this Um the first one I guess i'm going to start from the earliest and go to the latest first one I'm going to show you is one called a rosa three red. This is one of the varieties of Japanese lisianthus that I grew this year for the first time. These are beautiful Uh, these plants are actually much smaller than the other japanese lisianthus, but I did plant them much later So that's that's something to be noted. So the stems i'm not sure about the stems because planting error on my part Um, definitely not the fault of the plants Even though these arosa lisianthus were very neglected early in the season because I didn't have a bed for them They still bloomed and turned out to be absolutely Stunning i've always had just this weak spot for these deep red deep pink lisianthus. I think they're so gorgeous They're so just dark and mysterious looking I guess Anyway, you'll notice here in a second when you see the other japanese lisianthus You'll see that this one is much smaller. Um, that's just an attribute of the arosa series Um, they are known for their smaller blooms and their rose like shape and that is definitely true These have a distinct pronounced like look that could be a rose. I'm, not quite sure Very beautiful and a good alternative to roses if you're kind of like me and kind of hate roses I have a love hate relationship with roses. I love them I think flowers are pretty but the thorns. Oh, sometimes I can't get past the thorns Anyway, uh, these are a very good option and that's one of the reasons That I actually ordered this deep red color is because I wanted kind of like a rose appearance in arrangements And that worked out very very very well And of course just like all the other lisianthus these have absolutely great base life they stand a long time in the garden just a really solid really Beautiful choice could not be happier with this selection for this year's yard Moving right along to the next lisianthus that I grew this year Um, you can see this variety in one of my update videos, but most of that is here in this video Most of that footage so you don't really have to go back if you don't want to This is the celeb two series. This one is called madonna. This is another one of the Japanese varieties, um that farmer bailey had available last year for order that I ordered These japanese varieties have not disappointed Um this madonna this madonna lisianthus hands down has one of the longest stems that i've ever had in lisianthus and they have grown so well and are so robust, it's just I can't say enough good things about it because These plants specifically have always been a bit difficult for me to grow just because I'm not good at weeding and staying on top of things like that and they are very slow growers But um, these have just really shined in my yard As you can see in the video this color is stunning of this madonna It's very much a light kind of peach pink apricot, which of course is always a very very popular These peachy pastel tones are always very popular There is some color variation among the blooms when they first open they're more of a a kind of green chartreuse Color and and they do change very quickly to pink Uh progressively darker pink as the flowers age Even when I picked the flowers when they were relatively older like a more dark pink purple color They still had an excellent base life easily over a week Um, just really really great things to say about these and i'm not sure if I mentioned it before but I did notice That these actually stood up in the rain out in the field Out in the field and my backyard very very well A lot of lisianthus sometimes when they are rained on very hard We'll get water spots like kind of brown wet spots where I guess where the petal is damaged I don't know what causes it but I've noticed a distinct correlation with heavy rain and the petal damage but we had several severe thunderstorms and These lisianthus the flowers they just held up. So so well, it was incredible So I really can't say enough good things about this I will definitely be growing this ready again if I have the option Some of these next ones that i'm going to mention are only going to be very briefly because I don't have too much footage of them The first one I wanted to show was voyage two deep rose Uh much like the arosa red. This was one that I was first drawn to for the deep pink color Now this pink color it is called deep rose But um, I would consider this more of like a medium pink rather than a super deep pink Um, it's deep comparatively speaking, but i'm just this is just me being critical I don't know but like all of the voyage 2 series very pretty shape and form those nice double flowers Especially a very nice shape if you touch them early and pick them early Look absolutely stunning in flower arrangements. It has the same, you know classic Stem length of the voyage 2 series, which was really nice Opening a little bit earlier than the other one as a two I should have mentioned the madonna was a two and the arosa was a three Um, these are these numbers tell us when to expect the flowers to open So here in my yard the celeb two opened about two to three weeks before the arosa three um, I find that in the summertime at least here where I am the The time difference the timing between the bloom period Is a very small window, but there is a noticeable harvest window So if you want to prolong harvest of lisianthus I would definitely suggest making sure you are planting varieties arranged in those categories to one two and three categories Um, it's something I seldom talk about but it does make a difference at least for me it has Next up we have the arena three apricot now, even though this one is called apricot I find personally that it's more of kind of like a pink shade with less and less variation Um more of just a solid kind of peach pink color either way um, it's very nice very soft pastel color that is very just welcoming and Works really well in different types of flower arrangements, especially, you know the kind of wedding type colors that everybody goes absolutely bananas for um, same thing with the stem length and things like that the Arena three always has great stem length just like the voyage and just like the celeb also had great stem length One of the keys to getting that is to plant early. I know here in my zone I make sure to plant almost as soon as the soil can be worked plant those outside to get A really good start and a really good establishment period because that Really is a lot more important than you would maybe think it is to get it established in periods of cool weather The next one I wanted to show you is the voyage two light apricot just like the voyage deep rose This is a two when it comes to bloom season and um I really like this one a lot This one I think is the most is one on this list most similar to The celeb two madonna I think if maybe you couldn't get your hands on the celeb two and madonna This is a good replacement for it However in my own growing experience, I think the madonna was just a little bit better than this one But don't get me wrong They're both absolutely stunning just like the other one you can see that they open up first There's that kind of green chartreuse color is really beautiful and as they open They uh fade a little bit more get a pink champagne color I will say I think there is more of a Uh kind of yellowish delicate champagne Tone to these maybe than the other ones or the other ones are a little bit more pink these I have a little bit of a kind of These have a little bit of a kind of salmon champagne type Uh undertone going on. I'm really not the best in describing colors. I do do my best but Um, I just mainly hope that the camera picks up all the different colors I talk about here in these videos Uh, but overall I definitely would grow this one again I think but I did have some trouble with this one with rain spots or those little brown spots. You can see it Um, but those are kind of interesting to me. I kind of think they add a little bit of dimension or interest to them. So I don't know Uh, be sure to let me know what you think down in the comments. I know all this stuff is just you know personal preference And be sure to let me know which one of these is your favorite I love to hear all about it or if you've grown any varieties of lasianthus that you really really love And would suggest to me down in the comments. I would love that. I will always love Trying different types that other people have had success with it's really fun To see what y'all like. Anyway, i'm rambling back to what we're doing Uh, very briefly. I wanted to show you the arena three baby pink I grew this on a year that I didn't have too much success with it Um, it's just a bad year. Sometimes things just go wrong You know, it is what it is, but it was beautiful. It's very delicate Also wanted to show you the echo lavender. Echo lavender was so gorgeous I had never anticipated in a million years that I would come to love These lavender flowers so much. I'm not so much a purple person purple flower person But over the past few growing seasons in addition to growing a lot of the pastel pinks and things like that I've been adding pastel lavenders just soft lavenders Different flowers tulips things like that to the garden and I am overwhelmed by how much I have come to absolutely love these things They're incredible. Last but certainly not least. I wanted to show you the doubleney blue Doubleney is kind of like rosa In the fact that it has very small flowers However, there are multiple flowers per stem and they are so stinking cute. Not even kidding They have such a beautiful deep blue color Um, it was very hard for me to get my camera to be able to pick up the true color of these doubleney blue flowers because they are so just intensely saturated um Just a almost a true deep blue color like a navy color A lot of times the camera wants to pick that up as purple and I did my best. Hopefully it shows through here in this video That's really about it for this one. I hope that it was somehow helpful Uh, I know that I didn't grow all of these lisianthus this year But I did want to kind of put together a compacted video So that somebody who's looking, you know looking for new lisianthus could kind of just take one look at one video Real quickly skim through it and get the information they needed as always the links to my blog and the patreon And instagram and everything like that is down in the description below Feel free to come over and follow me on instagram. Say hello. I'm usually pretty good at answering comments there Feel free to leave a comment down below With that said I do read every single one of them and try to get back to y'all Though i've been way way behind in doing that lately I hope that you are having an insanely great day. Thank you so much for watching I really mean it without you. It would not be possible. So thank you. I really do appreciate you I hope that it is sunny wherever you are. I hope your garden is growing great And I hope that you're having a beautiful day. I'll talk to y'all later. Bye