You might want to get another option from someone else, just in case, but I think-

[ cue daylight surprisingly taking charge. he confidently begins pointing out the best spots for certain plants and herbs, going as far to suggest how many should be planted in a particular patch.

but quickly as it had come, daylight's certainty evaporates and he looks back to julius, cheeks turning a strange shade of faint blue as a hand flies to the back of his head to rub it anxiously. ]

... that's what I think at least, I gotta stress. I'm not the best in gardening and I just learned from my Auntie Laura who watched my mom so it's a weird game of Tin Can Communication.