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Let's plant our deep purple hydranger.
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Welcome to Gardening with Ben. And today
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we're going to be planting our deep
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purple hydranger that we got. And
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hopefully, fingers crossed, we're going
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to get some great, glorious purple
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flowers on them. And it depends on the
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soil level, how deep a purple it is, and
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whether it's acid or alkali soil. So,
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we'll see how deep it actually gets. But
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yeah, we're going to plant this up in my
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new area of my plot where it's rockery
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and it's a bit of a area to sit and
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enjoy and hopefully get it more like a
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cottage garden type area. So the more
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perennial flowers the better up here to
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save having to keep growing stuff. So
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we've got a bed ready for this and yeah,
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I looking for a centerpiece and this is
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going to look absolutely perfect.
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Obviously, it won't grow many flowers on
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it this year, the first year. But as it
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takes part over the next few years,
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it'll get bigger and more flowers on it.
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So, we need to get this planted and give
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it a good watering and keep it watered
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over the next few months while it
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settles in and gets root and get it
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growing down here. It's looking in
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absolutely fantastic condition. Look at
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all these leaves growing on it. So,
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yeah, let's get it planted. The soil
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that I'm planting it in is absolutely
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fantastic up here. as this is where I've
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chucked all my compost in the past and
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it's all broken down and it's pretty
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good. And as you can see, the worms are
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enjoying it. So, it must be good soil
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down here. There's loads of worms in it,
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to be honest. But yeah, we need a nice
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deep hole to get it planted so that it's
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nicely deep and takes root. So, as you
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can see, it's deeper than the actual
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plant pot. So, it's nice and deep. So,
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we're going to cover it over, give it a
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good water, and hopefully get it growing
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in this bed. what I've got. Let's show
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you the bed. It's a nice square one.
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Look at that. So, we're going to grow
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flowers all around the edge. We've got
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some fox gloves in and we've got some
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tulips in what the squirrel didn't get.
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But yeah, we're going to plant more
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flowers in here come around summertime.
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So, we've given it a good watering in
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and we've covered it over with soil so
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that none of the roots are showing and
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hopefully it can get growing pretty
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well. So, like I said, we're going to
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keep it well watered over the next few
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months so that it takes root and
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hopefully it gets growing into a bigger
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bush down here as it will look
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absolutely amazing come summertime when
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it's bigger and better and more flowers
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on it. But hopefully this year it takes
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root and it gets growing down here at
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the plot. So, make sure you drop us a
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Until next time everyone, remember keep
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smiling, keep shining and keep gardening
