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GET A YOUNG’N TO FALL IN LOVE WITH GARDENING AND

GET A YOUNG’N TO FALL IN LOVE WITH GARDENING AND THEY WILL NEVER BE BORED... it’s really that simple. What makes it so satisfying is that you continue to LEARN everyday and if someone thinks they know it all... 😂😂😂... well, they don’t. This little angel, Noelle, belongs to @meredithfee and @jordyenglish who are clients and friends and I split things up including these Japanese Anemones that were white when I actually took them out of the median out front like a damn thief (they were so many and talked myself into “giving them some space🤡) and when they bloomed in my garden they came back PINK 🤬🤬🤬 Told them if hers came back as WHITE then I’m just going to be really scared of Mother Nature... thankfully, they didn’t. 😇 #garden #gardens #gardentips #gardenideas #friends #thegoodlife #japaneseanemones #angelonearth #botherum

SHADY and DRY is about the most difficult situatio

SHADY and DRY is about the most difficult situation a gardener can deal with but after 7 seasons here at BOTHERUM, finally hit the winning ticket underneath this amazing Linden Tree from the 1850’s. Plus, didn’t even plant it until mid-July. Also comes in a sort of pinky coral color too. I used it in dark courtyards in New York City when very little would thrive but @pembertonsgreenhouses grew them this year. I say more of what works and less plants that need coddled. 💪💪💪 #gardentips #gardenideas #garden #gardens #gardening #botherum #shadegarden #joncarloftisfinegardens

RUBY, who raised all of us 6 children but I was he

RUBY, who raised all of us 6 children but I was her favorite, she would say to me about 10-15 times a day, “I know in my heart of hearts, that I’ve raised the sweetest child that ever took a breath on this Earth!” I say the same about my babies, at least 10-15 times a day... #love #labradorretriever #labsofinstagram #labs #lilycarloftis #gertrudefisher #rockcastlerivertradingcompany

THIS IS MY MONTH. #leo #leoseason #birthday #jonc

THIS IS MY MONTH. #leo #leoseason #birthday #joncarloftisfinegardens #content

GARDEN TIP So, how often should you repot your fa

GARDEN TIP So, how often should you repot your favorite plants? Well, here’s my theory... one example is the GARDENIA, most intoxicating fragrance of all when it comes to flowers, and people sometimes treat their plants (MOMMA was famous for hers in her clear lucite purses and giving them in bowls to her friends) as if they were a puppy or kitten, putting it in larger pots to make it “comfortable”. When in fact, they bloom better when they are pot-bound (sort of trying to make more flowers/seeds to reproduce and continue its lineage was how it was told to me from my FAVORITE teacher of all times, Sharon Bale at the UK AG College🥰🥰🥰) but there comes a time where it can’t get any bigger/heavier/bulkier or else we can’t continue our relationship like this. We kept her mother’s, my Granny Verda Marcum’s Gardenia going for close to 50 years, and that “ain’t no easy task” 😩. If it’s too big and you constantly worry about it, then what pleasure is that? Get it to as large as you can handle and when it gets too big, send it to @pembertonsgreenhouses for what I call reform school for the winter and let those Pemberton sisters whip them into shape. Or, root prune it and “tell it a thang or two”. Final decision: Don’t worry about crap like that and give more attention to your dogs and other loved ones. (MOMMA and DADDY sort of raised us on neglect as we used to say to them with no response because they didn’t fall for that shit...they let us experience the world without being helicopter moms and dads so we have a healthy respect of Mother Nature) Whew! So easy, right? #raisedright #gardenia #plants #garden #gardens #gardening #gardentips #gardenideas #family #smart #flowers #flowersofinstagram #womenempowerment

MADONNA in her song VOGUE “Strike a Pose” I s

MADONNA in her song VOGUE “Strike a Pose” I say, “Frame a View” and if you do in your GARDEN, people will automatically go to it, turn around and will strike a pose...yep, I study things, people, behavior (sometimes bad) and it makes me a better designer. Life is pretty darn interesting don’t you think? 🤔🤔🤔 @longshadowplanters #garden #gardens #gardendesign #botherum #joncarloftisfinegardens #boxwood #boxwoodhedge #topiary #strikeapose #gardenideas

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