Podcasts about daylilies

Meet Dawn Whitley!  We had such a great conversation with her about her "passion" in retirement, her daylilies! Dawn has embraced daylily gardening with a zest just as she did her career as an engineer at the Campbells Soup Company.  If you are like me, (Cindy), gardening is a favorite hobby in retirement and it isn't always easy.  There is so much to learn to be successful and produce beautiful flower beds.  I hope you enjoy learning about her passion as much as I did.

Baby it's Cold Outside!! On this week's show we're talking about what to expect and what to do when the weather turns cold! Cold weather brings the need to feed Wild Birds! We'll explain why you should put up a feeder and what you should feed them during our second segment! Wondering if you should cut back your Hydrangeas. We'll tell you what to do in our 3rd segment! Dave from Cherry Hill called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and asked questions about Daylilies & Lilacs. Joan from Feasterville called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and has what sounds like a paper wasp nest in her lilac.  She asked the best way to remove it! 

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we chat with Doug Oster, Pittsburgh's Garden Guru, about Favorite Fall Perennials. The plant profile is on Autumn Daffodils and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on Flying Squirrels by Christy Page at the Food Gardening Network. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Episode 53: Superior Perennials with Karen Rexrode https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/04/gardendc-podcast-episode-53-superior.html ~ GardenDC Episode 64: Daylilies -- the Perfect Perennial? https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-64-daylilies.html Show Notes are posted to https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2023/10/gardendc-podcast-episode-168-favorite.html BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support. We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message  Note that we may use these messages on a future episode. And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Interview Edit and Show Notes: Christine FoliviRecorded on 10-7-2023. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support

THERE'S MORE???The Growing Season dives into the plant materials that give you not ONE but TWO blooming cycles per season.  Let's get this straight - there are plants that will bloom more than once?   YUP.  In fact, there are many.Bloomerang Lilac, Sonic Bloom Weigela, Japanese Kerria, Daylilies, Yarrow and Black Eyed Susans are just some of the plant materials that are discussed in the 54 minutes that Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland spend chatting. Why is the fall colour coming so early this year?  The trio try to get to the bottom of it. When should you stop the fertilizing regiment you've been using on your flower beds?  The McFarland's offer some suggestions. Looking to book a consult for your property?  We'd love to help.  CLICK HERE.What is a TGS Tiny Garden? CLICK HERE. Subscribe to The Growing Season podcast.  CLICK HERE.

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we chat with Michael Perry aka Mr. Plant Geek, all about plant geekiness and his must-have plant picks. The plant profile is on Ninebark and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on the Joy of Apple Picking by Christy Page at the Food Gardening Network. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 109: Lavender https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2022/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-109-lavender.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 64: Daylilies -- the Perfect Perennial? https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-64-daylilies.html Show Notes will be posted here on 9-6-2023 This episode is archived at: BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support. We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/message  Note that we may use these messages on a future episode. And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite podcast platform plus share us on social media with #GardenDC, so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Recorded on 9-2-2023. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/support

Can you cut back daylilies and get a second blooming?

Fred talks about his daylilies

Everyone knows the orange tawny daylilies growing on the roadsides or in meadows. They seem to be everywhere in early summer, but their show is brief. Also, many gardeners have some hand me down and some older varieties, such as 'Stella D' Oro' and 'Lemon Lily', in their gardens. But if you're just growing these older varieties you're missing out on some newer daylily types with better flowering habits. Hemerocallis or daylilies are tough perennials that can grow in a variety of different soils and in part to full sun. New varieties have higher bud counts on sturdier scapes, rebloom more consistently, and have a wider range of colors with thicker petals that hold up better during summer rains. Many of these new varieties have at least two colors on the petals and picotee, ruffled edges. Some new varieties that are good replacements for existing varieties include 'Buttered Popcorn' instead of 'Hyperion'. Both have large yellow flowers, but 'Buttered Popcorn' produces more flowers, longer into the summer and reblooms. 'Going Bananas' is a good replacement for 'Happy Returns'. It reblooms more consistently throughout the hot summer from July until frost with larger flowers. 'Bright Sunset' is a good replacement for 'Frans Hals' because it has bigger flowers with a fragrance. Plus, there are new varieties, such as 'Siloam Peony Display', that have apricot colored, double flowers that really look like small peony blooms. Give these new varieties a try but don't necessarily throw out the old types. They still have beauty and if all else fails, remember daylily flowers are edible and delicious in salads or stuffed like squash blossoms.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You may not know it, but fall is an amazing time for growing vegetables in Oklahoma! Join our extension educators, Josh and Julia, and learn what you can plant this month to enjoy the rest of the year. Keep listening for tips on ornamental plants you can snag for winter, and how to refresh and share your Iris and Daylilies. It's also the time to take care of your cool season grasses, and Josh offers some advice on ways to refresh and prepare your lawn for the next year. Resources: Fact Sheet Repository Fall Gardening in Oklahoma Cool Season Greens Production (Spinach, Collard, Kale, Mustard, Turnip, Leaf Lettuce) Managing Turfgrass in the Shade in Oklahoma

One day at a time.

In this episode of The Local Food Report, horticulturist Laura Swain demonstrates how to turn daylily flowers into a potluck showstopper.

Carol and Dee talk about drought-tolerant flowers, starting fall veggies from seed now, plus more, with quite a few mentions of daylilies sprinkled in here and there.Some Links:Our substack newsletter. Be sure and subscribe to get it delivered directly to your email inbox!From All-America Selections, a Begonia: Viking Explorer Rose on Green F1'Porky Pig' daylilyNan Ondra's Hayefield site for unusual flower and vegetable seedsArticle on growing drought-tolerant plants   Hat tip to John Scheeper's Kitchen Garden Seeds for today's veggie topicOn the bookshelf: The Once & Future Gardener: Garden Writing from the Golden Age of Magazines 1900 - 1940, Edited and with an Introduction by Virginia Tuttle Clayton (1999)    Article about how  bees chew holes in leaves to make plants bloom earlier:  (from May 2020…) Documentary Honeyland on Hulu.  Article on the ethics of documentariesThe rest of the story of the beekeeper featured in the documentary Carol's blog post on another Lost Lady of Garden Writing, Mrs. Francis King.The Aunt Dimity mystery series (Amazon link to first book. Bookshop link to first book)Affiliate link to Botanical Interest Seeds. (If you buy something from them after using this link, we earn a small commission at no cost to you. This helps us continue to bring this podcast to you ad-free!)  Book links are also affiliate links.Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com  For more info on Carol and her books, visit her website.  Visit her blog May Dreams Gardens.For more info on Dee and her book, visit her website.  Visit her blog Red Dirt Ramblings.Don't forget to sign up for our newsletters, via our websites!Dee is appearing in person at the Tulsa Herb Society's meetings on July 18 and 19. More details on their Facebook page.

Flopcast episode 530! One more concert report, this time on a fine evening of synthpop and rock from Freezepop, Carissa Johnson, The Daylilies, and Telelectrix! (We were lurking in the corner, hiding behind a Sleestak mask, but we were there.) And the rest of the episode is also quite musical, including: Happy Birthday to Joan … Flopcast 530: That is a Meatball Read More » The post Flopcast 530: That is a Meatball appeared first on The ESO Network.

One more concert report, this time on a fine evening of synthpop and rock from Freezepop, Carissa Johnson, The Daylilies, and Telelectrix! (We were lurking in the corner, hiding behind a Sleestak mask, but we were there.) And the rest of the episode is also quite musical, including: Happy Birthday to Joan Osborne, Kornflake's weird recipes for Bananarama (and Shakespears Sister) pancakes, another losing round of our Ranking the '80s game, and our exciting new business venture. (We're gonna sell John Denver-themed car air fresheners. Don't tell anyone. We thought of it first.) And our regular links... The Flopcast website! The ESO Network! The Flopcast on Facebook! The Flopcast on Instagram! The Flopcast on Twitter! Please rate and review The Flopcast on Apple Podcasts! Email: info@flopcast.net Our music is by The Sponge Awareness Foundation! This week's promo: Modern Musicality!

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In this episode, we talk with Jenks Farmer, owner of Jenks Farmer, Plantsman and author of Crinum: Unearthing the History and Cultivation of the World's Largest Bulb*, all about Crinum Lilies. The plant profile is on the Carolina Allspice and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events. BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support. Show Notes will be posted here on 5-24-22. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ Gardening with Bulbs https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/09/gardendc-podcast-episode-27-gardening.html ~ Daylilies -- the Perfect Perennial? https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2021/06/gardendc-podcast-episode-64-daylilies.html And be sure to leave us a 5-star review on your favorite platform so other gardeners can find us too! Episode Credits: Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz Recorded on 5-20-22 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

In the Middle Ages - let the good times roll! - you had to avoid woodpeckers when taking the peony's fruit! If they saw you, they'd peck your eyes out! Call Gilbert H. Wild & Son (888- 449-4537) today. Check it out at https://gilberthwild.com/peonies (https://gilberthwild.com/peonies)

What do you get when two redheads record a podcast?  The story of a rocker's journey from individual artist to record label founder. (If you were expecting a rude joke we suggest you gingerly walk away)  Justine Coveault shares how her epic experiences as a musician helped her finally discover a creative environment where she heard, “Yes,” instead of “No.” Her story is about the power of collaboration, women making their own way by “banding,” together and not waiting for permission to make art.  This episode is for the creators just dying to create. Don't wait, find community and create.  #create art #redonredrecords #thedayliliesband #redheadsunite   Guest Info:  Justine Covalt is the founder of “Red on Red Records,” an Indie Rock Record Label out of Boston. She plays in, “Justine and The Unclean,” and “Justine's Black Threads.”  ROR hosts podcast husband Adam Goodwin's band The Daylilies. The Daylilies' new album is set to release June 2022.    Justine Covalt's Label Red on Red Records: Red on Red Records The Daylilies (Podcast husband Adam Goodwin's Band):The Daylilies Town and City Festival:  Schedule — The Town and The City Festival

After a couple of weeks of intermittent Skype issues, we enjoy an uninterrupted show with zero problems. So before we go and jinx iy, let's enjoy nine songs from Mark Murphy And The Meds, E.T. Explore Me, The Drippers, Nikkeby Lufthavn, Space, The Daylilies, Marianne Toilet And The Runs, Frau Blucher And The Drunken Horses and The McGunks.Skype issues may be over, Voice of Jeff, Comedy Suburbs, Action Rock, Tony has your Facebook comments, Punky Ruckus, a risk to Nottingham house prices, last week, Tony didn't see Dune, Apocalypse Babys video shoot, 95% Tony, Paul had a haircut, From the Vaults, no gigs, buy us a pint!, this week, Tony might go see Dune, Ghostbusters Afterlife, Nottingham Forest, Peaky Blinders, no twat this week, Emma Raducanu and a reminder of the ways you can listen.Song 1: Mark Murphy And The Meds – Stuck InsideSong 2: E.T. Explore Me - PresidentSong 3: The Drippers – No StarsSong 4: Nikkeby Lufthavn - RainSong 5: Space – Frightened HorsesSong 6: The Daylilies – Cat Inside The WindowSong 7: Marianne Toilet And The Runs – Sis Loves MeSong 8: Frau Blucher And The Drunken Horses – (You'll Never Get A) GirlfriendSong 9: The McGunks - Swinging

Unit 5-2 The Golden Glow of Hualien's Daylilies 黃澄澄的金針花海給人一種療癒的感覺，但是你知道其實金針花以前並不是種來觀賞的嗎？究竟是怎麼一回事呢？一起來聽看看吧！

Unit 5-1 The Golden Glow of Hualien's Daylilies 黃澄澄的金針花海給人一種療癒的感覺，但是你知道其實金針花以前並不是種來觀賞的嗎？究竟是怎麼一回事呢？一起來聽看看吧！

Fred gives advice on what to do about yellowing daylilies.

Fred answers the question: How do I deal with rust on my daylilies?

We are finally getting some moisture for our lawn and gardens. Maria and Taun start the show talking about the benefits your grass is experiencing with water restrictions. Daylilies are the plant of the week. Taun goes over the different types of Daylilies. Lawn Care Tip   Welcome to The KSL Greenhouse Show! Hosts Maria Shilaos and Taun Beddes tackle your gardening questions, talk plants, and offer tips for an amazing yard. Listen Saturdays 8am to 11am at 1160 AM & 102.7 FM, kslnewsradio.com, or on the KSL Newsradio App. Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at @kslgreenhouse. #KSLGreenhouse  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While Boston Emissions takes a summer hiatus, I will share shows from the BE archives.From March 2019: Meet the 24 bands that comprise the Rock & Roll RUMBLE Class of 2019. Music from Art Thieves, FiDEL, Justine & the Unclean, blindspot, The Daylilies, As The Sparrow, Motel Black, Phenomenal Sun, Corner Soul, Exit 18, Set Fire, Skytigers, Birnam Wood, OfficeR, Test Meat, Baabes, Brix'N Mortar, Radio Compass, Jakals, Love Love, Lonely Leesa & the Lost Cowboys, The I Want You, PowerSlut, This BlissPlaylist at bostonemissions.com/playlist3719Class of 2019: rockandrollrumble.com/classof2019Boston Emissions  with Anngelle WoodOnline at BostonEmissions.comFollow @bostonemissionsBoston Emissions is sponsored by Coleman Rogers Photographycolemanrogersphotography.comAbout the Rock & Roll Rumble + rockandrollrumble.comBoston Emissions | Anngelle Wood Media Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bostonemissions)

Join David as he finds out what plants are best adapted to dealing with drought. Among them, the daylily, which Maurice Parkinson believes should be more popular in the UK and Ireland. How to transform a steep and uninviting bank; David visits Randalstown where local volunteers have transformed an old railway embankment into a thing of beauty. Also on the programme, Klaus Laitenberger on how to use the bits of veg we normally throw away and how do you know the right time to dig up your home grown spuds? All that and David will be joined by Claire McNally and Cherry Townsend who will answer listeners' questions including one about a mystery ‘weed'.

The Plantrama team talk about your outdoor office; making places on decks, patios, porches or even in the woods where you can work and create. We take a deep dive into Daylilies, and answer a listener's question about mosquitoes.   This episode is being brought to you by our friends at www.rainwand.com 1:30      Insider Information: Your Outdoor Office 5:57      Eat/Drink/Grow: A  Deep Dive into Daylilies 18:09   Love Letters and Questions: Mosquitoes Control

We've talked about the importance of rotating your food crops. The same is true for much of the rest of your landscape. How's that? Our favorite retired college horticulture professor, Debbie Flower, will explain.During July, we are giving away Smart Pots when listeners submit audio questions. If we use it on the podcast, you will be getting a new, six foot long, Smart Pot raised bed fabric planter! Just like Amanda from the Sierra foothills, who is wondering how to use all those pine needles on her property. The Plant of the Week is a gorgeous flowering perennial that can be grown throughout most of the United States, and it's edible, too. The daylily, also known as Hemerocallis.Also, a primer on growing Japanese maple trees from an expert.It's all on episode 121 of the Garden Basics with Farmer Fred podcast, brought to you today by Smart Pots and Dave Wilson Nursery. And we will do it all in under 30 minutes. Let's go!Pictured:The Beni Maiko Japanese MapleLinks:Smart PotsDave Wilson NurseryUC Davis ArboretumPlants to Attract Beneficial InsectsHedgerow Plants for California's Central ValleyAmador Flower Farm (Daylilies)More episodes and info available at Garden Basics with Farmer FredGarden Basics comes out every Tuesday and Friday. More info including live links, product information, transcripts, and chapters available at the home site for Garden Basics with Farmer Fred. Please subscribe, and, if you are listening on Apple, please leave a comment or rating. That helps us decide which garden topics you would like to see addressed.Got a garden question? There are several ways to get in touch: leave an audio question without making a phone call via Speakpipe, at https://www.speakpipe.com/gardenbasicsCall or text us the question: 916-292-8964. E-mail: fred@farmerfred.com or, leave a question at the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram locations below. Be sure to tell us where you are when you leave a question, because all gardening is local. And thank you for listening.All About Farmer Fred:Farmer Fred website: http://farmerfred.comDaily Garden tips and snark on Twitter @farmerfredThe Farmer Fred Rant! BlogFacebook:  "Get Growing with Farmer Fred"Instagram: farmerfredhoffmanFarmer Fred Garden Videos on YouTubeAs an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases from possible links mentioned here.

Jungle Paradise Lilies, and WSB colleagues strive to keep tomato plants alive

In this episode, we talk with Stuart Kendig, owner of Perfect Perennials, all about daylilies and what makes them the "perfect perennial." The plant profile is on Solomon's Seal and I share what's going on locally and in the garden. Here are a few links mentioned in the episode: ~ American Daylily Society (American Hemerocallis Society) ~ Region 3 of the American Daylily Society ~ Lilyhemmer 2021 Fall Festival BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support. Recorded on 6-19-2021. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

It has been hot outside!  The first 90 degree days have come upon us, but does that mean planting season is over?  We say NO!  Len and Julio will explain why planting season never ends and why you shouldn't let a little heat scare you away. In our second segment, we discuss one of our favorite flowers, Daylilies.  There are so many colors, flower styles, and everblooming varieties plus they are so easy to care for that Daylilies should be a part of everyone's landscapes! Hummingbirds are fun and whimsical visitors to our gardens.  In our third segment, we'll tell you what to plant to entice them to your home. Then wrapping up the show we go to the Bloomers In The Garden Hotline where we field questions about how long you can save seeds and what the numbers on fertilizer bags actually mean!

Music from DearBones, The Sparkle and Fade , WarGraves, The Chelsea Curve, Sunshine Riot, The Winter Project, The Daylilies, If We Go At All, Senseless Optimism, Lady Lupine, Earthmark, Freeloader, Rice Edmonston, Ex-Hyena, Birnam Wood + Songs of the Week | (playlist and poll at bostonemissions.com/playlist32621)Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood bostonemissions.comFollow @BostonEmissions everywhereSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/bostonemissions)

IN THE DIRT - Near North Daylilies DEC 12 2020 by Hunters Bay Radio

Are the Daylilies Around by Trees Causing Problems With the Tree Roots?

Are the Daylilies Around by Trees Causing Problems With the Tree Roots?

Ellen and C.L. give ideas for making your outdoor office (or Zoom Room) greener. We talk about the maintenance of daylilies, and answer a listener’s question about controlling mosquitos. :32   Your Outdoor Office: Still working from home? You need greenery. 4:47  Eat/Drink/Grow: A Deep Dive into Daylilies.  16:58  Love Letters and Questions: Paul asks if there is a natural way to help control mosquitos and if some plants really repel them.

In this episode, C-A talks to Sandy Carlton, owner of Arcadian Daylilies, an urban farmer in midtown Toronto in his backyard garden, where he grows about 300 different varieties of daylilies and other plants that perform well in a northern climate. Sandy offers up a wealth of garden wisdom like what chicken fat has to do with daylillies, how to get 400 blooms over the course of a season from one plant and the number one secret to growing healthy plants.   

Of all the perennials, the daylily is one of the most dependable. But a bug with a lot of gall is showing up and distorting their blossoms. We learn more about the Dreaded Daylily Gall Midge

We pre-recorded today's conversation via Zoom for Tourism Tuesday - Luray/Page County edition - with Edie from Luray/Page County Chamber of Commerce and her guest, Lesley Mack, owner and Master Gardener from Birdsong Pleasure Garden located in Luray. Birdsong Pleasure Garden allows visitors a chance to escape the hustle and bustle of life while offering them a variety of picturesque gardens, mountain vistas, strolling paths, water features, and al fresco dining. It is a garden of pleasure and learning, relaxing yet filled with ideas to take home. Lesley explains the inception & history of pleasure gardens and tells us about their garden and it's transformation in the 28 years since they purchased the property. She talks about the various garden & school groups who tour their gardens for educational and relaxation purposes as well as individualized tours and workshops offered throughout the year by the now retired couple. There are many gardens to enjoy while visiting Birdsong Pleasure Garden: The Herb Garden includes a fountain, a sundial, and is laid out in triangular quadrants that are bordered with paths and shrubs. The handmade pavers are reclaimed from a historic home in Luray. The Water Gardens is a haven for the goldfish, dragonflies, frogs and birds, adding to wildlife propagation. The Veggie Garden Shade and Bonsai Garden contains a number of woodland plants; small shrubs, trees, ground covers, mosses, as well as a variety of ferns, Hellebores, and a small pond. The Bonsai garden is influenced by Japanese traditions. The Bonsai create a miniaturized but realistic representation of nature in the form of a tree. Orchards provide suitable amounts of food for Leslie & Tom to preserve, as well as providing a suitable habitat for animal species that live in their cultured landscape. Hydrangea Walk is planted with Hydrangeas that flourish in sun and shade. The varieties offer huge bouquets of clustered flowers from mophead to lacecap, summer through fall. Unique Evergreens are distinguished from the popular evergreen trees that normally adorn the landscape. Varigated White Pine, Contorted Pine, Firs, Cedars, and Redwoods grace the evergreen forest area. They are a collection, more than merely ornamental. The Alle'e is unlike the alle'es or avenues used as a straight route with a line of identical trees. Their alle'e is interplanted with trees and large shrubs that run along each side of the curved grassy pathway. Unique trees and shrubs are used for the alle'e which adds to the landscaped gardens. East Glade is evolving from what was once partially a meadow, into now, a wooded area. The East Glade provides year-round habitat for wildlife that includes songbirds, small mammals, and beneficial insects. It is a transition zone between the other garden areas. Hemerocallis is an enormous genus that includes tens of thousands of cultivars from only about a dozen species. Daylilies are located throughout the gardens with their colorful, exuberant blooms in a wide range of colors and shapes from late spring through summer. Cutting Garden is a production garden, so design correctness is not always followed. This area is filled with flowers and foliage that is enjoyed. This is an area for experimenting with new plants and colors. South Garden/Native Plantings runs the width of the property. The grassy walkways curve through the shade of overhanging trees, native species trail and sculptures. The plantings include azaleas, various native species, Magnolias, Buckeyes, Ginkgos, Holly, and Franklinia. The North Lawn is an English garden presenting an idealized view of nature, including a lake, sweeps of gently rolling lawns set against groves of trees all designed for the idyllic promenade of those visitors who walked its grounds. The North Lawn provides visitors with a chance to promenade as well. To schedule a tour or visit to Birdsong Pleasure Garden, call 540-743-9389 or send an email to: birdsongpleasuregarden@gmail.com. You can also visit their website: http://www.birdsongpleasuregarden.info/ and follow them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BirdsongPG/  

Today we remember the beloved botanist who served on Captain Cook's third South Seas trip. We'll also learn about the Austrian botanist and monk who pioneered the study of heredity. We celebrate the usefulness of daylilies. We also honor the life of a young man who was killed paying his florist bill and the life of the garden writer who wrote for The New Yorker. We'll hear some poems that highlight the Garden as a sanctuary, a holy place to heal and be refreshed. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book about Gardening in Your Front Yard - it's packed with ideas and projects for big and small spaces. It's an idea that is gaining popularity and acceptance thanks to stay-at-home orders and physical distancing - one of the positive effects of dealing with the pandemic. And then we'll wrap things up with remembering Katharine Stuart and the people who loved her the most. But first, let's catch up on some Greetings from Gardeners around the world and today's curated news.   Subscribe Apple|Google|Spotify|Stitcher|iHeart   Gardener Greetings To participate in the Gardener Greetings segment, send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org And, to listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to play The Daily Gardener Podcast. It's that easy.   Curated News Unconventional Wisdom: 8 Revolutionary Ideas for Your Garden from Thomas Rainer - Gardenista "When you meet landscape architect Thomas Rainer he comes across as a pleasant, mild-mannered fellow… not at all the type to be traveling around the world, as he does, spouting revolutionary ideas calculated to upend years and years of conventional gardening wisdom. As he writes in his preface to Planting in a Post-Wild World, the 2015 book he wrote with Claudia West, his ideas come from his time as a boy in suburban Birmingham, Alabama, where he spent countless happy hours roaming a stretch of indigenous Piedmont forest near his home." This article reveals a list of Thomas's dos and don'ts for growing an earth-friendly garden that he says produces better results with less work. Here's a high-level overview - be sure to read the article for the full scoop. 1. Amending the Soil: Don't 2. Double Digging: Don't 3. Soil Testing: Do 4. Mulching: Don't 5. Planting Cover Crops: Do 6. Curbside Planting: Do 7. Buying A Lot of Plants: Do 8. Experimenting and Having Fun: Do   Alright, that's it for today's gardening news. Now, if you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1789  Today is the anniversary of the death of the British botanist David Nelson. David served as the botanist on Captain Cook's third South Seas trip; William Bligh was the Sailing Master. After gathering many new specimens, David spent the bulk of his time caring for over 500 breadfruit plants that Bligh was transporting to the West Indies. Breadfruit is a reference to the texture of the cooked fruit, which is similar to freshly baked bread. And, breadfruit tastes like potato. A likable fellow, David had traveled on another expedition with Captain Charles Clerke of the ship Discovery, who said David was "one of the quietest fellows in nature." As you might recall, the Captain Cook expedition suffered a mutiny on April 28, 1789. For his protection, David was kept below deck and under guard. David decided to go with William Bligh and his followers to Timor. The 3,500-mile voyage was grueling, and David died on this day, just 54 days after the mutiny. David's death was a blow to Bligh and his crew. To honor this mild man of botany, Bligh conferred full naval honors for his funeral service. Three years later, Captain Bligh visited Tasmania. He named "Nelson's Hill," the highest point on the island, in David's honor. Today Mount Nelson is the Hobart location of Tasmania University.   1822  Today is the birthday of the Austrian botanist and monk Gregor Mendel. Gregor discovered the basic principles of heredity through his experiments with peas in his garden at the Augustinian monastery that he lived in at Brno ("BURR-no") in the Czech Republic. Or, as I like to tell the kids, Gregor learned about heredity when he gave peas a chance. (Sorry, couldn't resist!) During a seven-year period in the mid-1800s, Gregor grew nearly 30,000 pea plants, and he took note of everything: their height and shape and color. And, his work resulted in what we now know as the Laws of Heredity, and to this day, most kids study this in school. And it was Gregor who came up with all of the genetic terms and terminology that we still use today, like dominant and recessive genes.   1960  On this day, the Chicago Tribune ran an article about the daylily, saying that they were "tops" in usefulness. Here are some highlights: "Because they combine exquisite charm with extreme hardiness, daylilies are without doubt nature's most useful flower... Their usefulness derives from their ability to thrive lustily under virtually any circumstances, which makes them particularly adaptable to so-called problem areas where the gardener may have experienced difficulty growing other flowers. For the weekend-gardener with a large tract to work, daylilies are the answer for far corners which ...never [get attended] to. The abundant foliage [of the daylily] will tend to keep the areas free from weeds, too."   1974  On this day, the IRA murdered Brian Shaw. Brian was just 21 years old when he was killed. A former soldier, Brian, had become a truck driver and had just married a girl from Belfast. Two weeks after their wedding, Brian disappeared when he went to pay the florist bill for flowers they had used at his wedding. And poignantly, the bill was still in his pocket when his body was found.   1977  Today is the anniversary of the death of the garden writer Katharine White. Now, Katharine was married to Andy - but most of us probably know him as E.B. White, the author of three beloved children's books, Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). In the early 1930s, Katharine and Andy bought a farmhouse in North Brooklin, Maine. By the end of the decade, they left their place in New York for good and moved to the farmhouse permanently. It was Katharine White who once wrote: "From December to March, there are for many of us three gardens - the garden outdoors, the garden of pots and bowls in the house, and the garden of the mind's eye." Katharine began writing garden pieces for The New Yorker in 1958. In 1979, Katharine's book Onward and Upward in the Garden was edited and published posthumously by her husband, Andy. Gardeners especially enjoy Andy's tenderly written preface to his gardener wife. Anatole Broyard gushed about Katharine's book in his review saying, "It is itself a bouquet; the final blooming of an extraordinary sensibility." Now, Katharine carried on a marvelous correspondence with another garden writer: Elizabeth Lawrence. And, their letters convey a warmth and curiosity that I thought you would find delightful: July 2, 1958 [Katharine to Elizabeth] Dear Miss Lawrence, I am in New York for the moment, so it was on my desk here at The New Yorker that I found today your book, "The Little Bulbs"... Already I have dipped into it with delight. I shall carry it back with me to Maine next week and study it and consult it ... for years...  The varieties [of bulbs] I have established ...are the obvious ones I'm afraid: the two colors of scylla, snowdrops, snowflakes, crocuses, white and blue grape hyacinths, and among the small tulips only Clusiana and Kaufmanniana. Your book will help me to expand, I hope…   June 15, 1959 Dear Elizabeth, Here I am back again with a question, in spite of my promises. ...Do you know the address of Jan de Graaff, and does de Graaff bring out a catalog? I have been studying the lily offerings for the autumn of this year and every one of them, both in specialists' catalogs and in those of the big nurseries, of course, brags of lilies from the great de Graaff.  P.S. It is 48 degrees here today and has been this for 48 hours. Discouraging. (Note the date!)   October 8, 1959 Dear Elizabeth, Speaking of gourds, for the first time, my small decorative gourds did not mature in time for me to wax and polish them while watching the World Series. I am a baseball fan; I hate to confess — and I have loved baseball since I was a child.   November 1959 Friday morning Dear Katharine, I don't know anything about modern flowers that have lost their fragrance. I think some hybrid roses are as sweet as old ones. At the fall flower show, I was intoxicated by the scent of one flower of Sutter's Gold... How in the world do you accomplish all you do? I have been interrupted five times since I came to my desk an hour ago, the last by a friend who wouldn't take the plants I offered on a day I was in the garden and would like to have them right now. I told her to come on. If she doesn't, she will choose a still worse time.   Aren't those letters magnificent? You can read all of Katharine and Elizabeth's letters in detail in a wonderful book called Two Gardeners: Katharine S. White and Elizabeth Lawrence--A Friendship in Letters by Emily Herring Wilson. After Katharine died, her husband Andy sent a little verse he had written to their close friends and family. It said simply: To all who loved my lovely wife. To all who spoke their sorrow,  I send this printed card of thanks  so l can face tomorrow. I'd hoped to write a full reply  To each, to say "I love you." But I'll reveal the sticky truth:  There's just too many of you.   Unearthed Words Here are some inspiring verses that highlight the Garden as a sanctuary, a holy place to heal, and be refreshed.   God made a beauteous garden With lovely flowers strown, But one straight, narrow pathway That was not overgrown. And to this beauteous garden He brought mankind to live, And said "To you, my children, These lovely flowers I give. Prune ye my vines and fig trees, With care my flowers tend, But keep the pathway open Your home is at the end. ― Robert Frost, American poet, God's Garden   If words are seeds,  let flowers grow  from your mouth, not weeds.  If hearts are gardens,  plant those flowers in the chest of the ones who exist around you.  — R.H. Swaney, American poet   For flowers that bloom about our feet;  For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet;  For song of bird, and hum and bee;  For all things fair we hear or see;  Father in heaven, we thank Thee! — Ralph Waldo Emerson, American essayist and poet   Grow That Garden Library Shrubs by Andy McIndoe ("MAC-IN-doe") This book came out in February of 2019, and the subtitle is Discover the Perfect Plant for Every Place in Your Garden. Gardens Illustrated said this about Andy's book, "McIndoe is a devoted and knowledgeable ambassador for shrubs…His advice is clear, practical, and honest: the sort of counsel every gardener needs. The book will be an invaluable addition not only to the bookcases of gardeners but also those of garden designers seeking to broaden their plant palette." This is one of my favorite books on shrubs, and it's 337 pages of fabulous photos and detailed shrub profiles - all shared with today's gardener in mind. You can get a copy of Shrubs by Andy McIndoe and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $14.   Today's Botanic Spark After researching Katharine White, I discovered some touching correspondence that occurred between her husband, Andy, (the author of Stuart Little and Charlotte's Web), and her friend and fellow garden writer Elizabeth Lawrence. In July 1979, Elizabeth wrote to Andy about Katharine's book (after Katharine died): Dear Andy, Thank you for having the publisher send me Onward and Upward (it really is). I have been re-reading and re-reading ever since, with great pleasure and great sorrow. I can't bear not [being] able to tell Katharine what a wonderful book [she wrote]… [I am writing] to ask for permission to quote a paragraph from a letter you wrote to me [a while ago. You wrote:] "Katharine just spent three days in bed, in pain, caused by aback injury brought on by leaning far out over a flower bed to pick one spring bloom— the daffodil Supreme. It seems a heavy price to pay for one small flower. But when she is in her garden, she is always out of control. I do not look for any change, despite her promises." I am not sure about your [species], whether it is the daffodil supreme, or the daffodil Supreme, Rijnveld, 1947, 3a. But I don't think it likely that any Observer will know the difference. I thought the paragraph fits in with your loving introduction [to Onward and Upward in the Garden]. [...] I am having a miserable time trying to say something worthy of the book in the space allotted to me. Aff, Elizabeth   On March 24, 1980, Andy concluded a letter back to Elizabeth with these words: Tired snow still lies about, here and there, in the brownfields, and my house will never look the same again since the death of the big elm that overhung it. Nevertheless, I manfully planted (as a replacement) a young elm. It is all of five-and-a-half feet high.  By Katharine's grave, I planted an oak. This is its second winter in the cemetery, her third. Yrs,  Andy   Five years later, Andy died at home in Maine. He is buried next to Katharine in the Brooklin Cemetery.  

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We pre-recorded today's conversation via Zoom to chat with Sage Olah, owner at Digging Daylilies and Sara Schoonover-Martin, Executive Director for Healthy Families NSV. to talk about the Digging Daylilies fundraiser for Healthy Families NSV. Sage told us a bit about her daylily farm, how it began, the number of varieties she offers along with an interesting collection of animals. We talked about the fundraiser she's hosting on Saturday, July 11, 2020 to benefit Healthy Families NSV and why she chose them as the recipient. This is the 7th year for the Daylily Daze event however COVID-19 has changed the way participants can attend. You must register for a free number so they can keep track of the number of event attendees. The event will happen in 2 segments: 9am - 12; and from Noon - 3pm. You can get more details on their Facebook event page by clicking here. Sara told us about Healthy Families NSV including the services and programs offered to many families & new moms in Frederick/Clarke/Warren Counties and the City of Winchester:   Home visitation services Special events throughout the year for participating families Distributor of "New Baby Care Packages" filled with essential newborn supplies, literature and community resources Distributor of "Cribs for Kids" an effort to prevent Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (a project of SIDS of the Mid-Atlantic) Parenting Education Classes Classes are held in Winchester and open to any parent in the community For more information about Healthy Families NSV including donation options, visit their website: http://healthyfamiliesnsv.org/  

Dee and Carol discuss Dee's favorite flower, the daylily, cucumbers in the veg garden, the landscape designer Beatrix Farrand, and the new book, Mini Meadows.Some helpful links:Flowers: The American Daylily Society aka the American Hemerocallis SocietyVeggies: Cucumber seeds at Burpee'sOn the Bookshelf: Mini Meadows by Mike LizotteMike's Instagram page: Mike_theseedmanAll the Best Dirt: Documentary: Beatrix Farrand's American Landscapes on PBS until July 15, 2020Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com and look for us on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and now Pinterest.For more info on Carol, visit her website.For more info on Dee, visit her website.We also invite you to join The Gardenangelists Garden Club on Facebook.(Some links are affiliate links. If you make a purchase after clicking on an affiliate link, we may receive a tiny commission. It does not affect the price you pay!)

This episode, we chat with Niraj Ray of Cultivate the City on Unusual Edibles including Papalo, Malabar Spinach, and Megberries. I share my Confessions of a Plant Killer and the Plant Profile is on Daylilies. Recorded on June 6, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

In this episode, I had the great privilege to sit down with Karol Emmerich from Springwood Gardens in Jordan, MN. This award-winning hybridizer has not only been awarded the coveted Stout Silver Medal but has also earned the very high honor of the Bertrand Farr Silver Medal for all of her incredible accomplishments in hybridizing. She has been hybridizing for many years, and her amazing cultivars stand out in gardens throughout a wide geographic area. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humblehemeroholic/message

Today we celebrate the Dutch botanist who figured out the king bee was actually a queen and the poet gardener who preferred curves over straight lines. We'll learn about the evolutionist who started out as a staunch Christian and who once wrote, "I did not in the least doubt the strict and literal truth of every word in the Bible." Today's Unearthed Words feature thoughts about February, our shortest month. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book that is brand new - just released officially today - and it encourages you to grow your fruit and vegetables in pots. I'll talk about a garden item that is just the coolest little gadget for growing seeds. And then we'll wrap things up with the backstory on a Clematis you probably have in your garden, or your neighbor has it - or both. But first, let's catch up on a few recent events.   Subscribe Apple|Google|Spotify|Stitcher|iHeart   Curated Articles How to Eat Edible Flowers | FoodUnfolded How to Eat Edible Flowers? One bite at a time. "Chamomile tastes like apples; Begonia has a sharp citrus flavor, Calendula goes peppery to bitter, Daylilies - a melony, cucumber taste & Nasturtium is sweet and peppery."   Penelope Hobhouse - SGD Awards 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner - YouTube Take a moment & watch this - an EXCELLENT video featuring Penelope Hobhouse - (Society of Garden Designers) SGD Awards 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner She says: "My feelings about good design are, first of all, the skeleton - the architecture. If you get the architecture right, you can fill it in with the plants you love. I was 82 - or something like that - when I came here. I knew it was my last garden. That's really what made me plant this as an architectural garden - with flowers in between green architecture. I only wanted plants I really loved, and that's what I've done. That's what is so lovely is living here - almost as a recluse - getting old. I think I'm very lucky people remember me at all. That's just luck and chance, I think." Sarah Morgan, SGD Chair, said: "Penelope Hobhouse has influenced and inspired garden design for decades. Self-trained in practical horticulture and design, she nevertheless forged a hugely successful career, thanks to her love and knowledge of plants and instinctive design talent." Now, if you'd like to check out these curated articles for yourself, you're in luck, because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community. There's no need to take notes or search for links - the next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events 1637Today is the birthday of the Dutch biologist and entomologist Jan Swammerdam (Yahn SWAH-MER-dam). Before Jan's work, people believed that insects created spontaneously. Jan proved that insects were born from eggs laid by the female of the species and that the larva, pupa, and adult, were just different forms of the same species. After Jan dissected a female bee and discovered it had ovaries, he pronounced the head of the colony to be a queen bee "hitherto looked upon as a king." And here was Jan's description of the male bees: "[The hive] tolerates, during summer days of abundance, the embarrassing presence in the hive of three or four hundred males, from whose ranks the queen about to be born shall select her lover; three or four hundred foolish, clumsy, useless, noisy creatures, who are pretentious, gluttonous, dirty, course, totally and scandalously idle, insatiable, and enormous." Jan's description of the hive's survival abilities is still as vibrant and relevant today as it was when he wrote: "Should disaster befall the little Republic; should the hive or the comb collapse; should man prove ignorant or brutal; should they suffer from famine, from cold or disease, and perish by thousands, it will still be almost invariably found that the queen will be safe and alive beneath the corpses of her faithful daughters. For they will protect her and help her escape; their bodies will provide both rampart and shelter; for her will be the last drop of honey, the wholesomest food. Break their comb twenty times in succession, take twenty times from them their young and their food, you still shall never succeed in making them doubt of the future."   1724Today is the birthday of the poet and gardener William Mason. The Reverend William Mason was also a writer, artist, and garden designer. Mason is remembered for creating the romance of the country house garden. Here's how he did it: In 1775 at Nuneham ("NEW-Num"), near Oxford, England, Mason designed a flower garden for his friend Lord Harcourt. To many, this garden was a turning point and marked the beginning of what came to be known as romantic flower gardening. What Mason accomplished was a radical change; straight lines in borders and beds were out. Circular beds were in. With new elements in gardens like island beds, this meant that the plants were located away from the house. Instead, plantings and beds were located near outdoor garden buildings like temples, or orangeries, or a seating area. The garden at Nuneham became a model for others. Mason's creation set the trend for English gardening, and Mason broadcast his ideas about romantic gardening in a very, very long poem called "The English Garden." It was released in chunks over the span of a decade, between 1772 and 1781. Mason's target audience were the wealthy garden owners of his time. He was speaking directly to them when he wrote: "Waste is not grandeur," and "A garden is the purest of human pleasures; it is the greatest refreshment to the spirit of man."   Mason made many appeals to country estate owners, but his broad message was to throw out formal gardens in favor of romantic landscapes. Now, the word romantic simply means a landscape that is wild or natural. During this time, people referred to these romantic, natural, or wild landscapes as the picturesque garden. Today, gardeners delight in this little verse from Mason's poem. It offers simple, resonate advice from William Mason to you: Take thy plastic spade, It is thy pencil. Take thy seeds, thy plants, They are thy colors.   1809Today is the birthday of the English naturalist and writer Charles Robert Darwin. Darwin was born into a large Christian family in Victorian England. His dad was wealthy; he was a doctor and an investor. For generations, Darwin's family were staunch abolitionists. Darwin's mother died when he was just eight years old. Clever and curious, he managed to find solace in learning. When he went to college at Cambridge, he was planning to be a member of the clergy. He wrote, "I did not then in the least doubt, the strict and literal truth of every word in the Bible." But then, Darwin met a man who would become his mentor and friend, John Stevens Henslow. Henslow taught botany at Cambridge, and the two men enjoyed learning from each other as they took walks in the country. Their time together inspired Darwin and helped him to focus on his specialty - the natural world. It also opened the door to a strong wanderlust - a desire to see firsthand what the world had to offer. It was thanks to his friend Henslow that Darwin received an invitation to join Captain Robert FitzRoy on the HMS Beagle. Henslow had written a letter recommending Darwin for the journey, especially endorsing his likable personality. Once Darwin was officially asked to be part of team Beagle, Henslow presented Darwin with a gift - a rare copy of Alexander von Humboldt's travels in South America. In the book, Henslow had inscribed these words: "J. S. Henslow to his friend C. Darwin on his departure from England upon a voyage around the World. 21st Sept. 1831."   Darwin treasured this gift above all others, and at his death, the book was safely brought to Cambridge University Library, where it remains to this day. Darwin's five-year Journey on the HMS Beagle led him to think differently about his faith and his perspective on creation. It was October 2, 1836, before the HMS Beagle returned to England. Often, Darwin is depicted on the Beagle as an old man; but he was just 22 when he sailed away and still a young 27 when he returned with boxes full of specimens and a brain swirling with new ideas. During the revelatory trip on the Beagle, Darwin had found the building blocks to his evolutionary theory in the many fossils and diverse species he discovered on his excursions. In particular, his visit to the Galapagos Islands - which were largely untouched by man; they were pristine - was especially influential. And, although people assume that Darwin had a lightbulb moment during his time on the Beagle, his writing shows that wasn't the case. Darwin's thinking on the topic of creation and evolution matured as he grew older. Bear in mind, his paternal grandfather, Erasmus, had experienced bigtime negative backlash for his own ideas on evolution. This made Darwin cautious, and it raised the stakes for going public with his own radical thoughts. To mitigate the risk, Darwin was methodical, and he worked to make an irrefutable case for evolution. Thus, it would be another 23 years after returning to England Beagle before Darwin was ready to publish his masterpiece: Origin of Species. Now, if you ever get the chance to review the first edition online, you might be surprised to know that the word evolution isn't even mentioned. It wasn't until the 6th edition that the powerful word that became synonymous with Darwin's work was integrated into the text - evolution.   Unearthed Words Here are some thoughts on February - the shortest month of the year:   The February sunshine steeps your boughs and tints the buds and swells the leaves within. — William Cullen Bryant, American Romantic poet   Deep sleeps the winter, Cold, wet, and grey; Surely all the world is dead; Spring is far away. Wait! the world shall waken; It is not dead, for lo, The Fair Maids of February Stand in the snow! — Cicely Mary Barker, English illustrator of fairies and flowers   In tangled wreath, in clustered gleaming stars, In floating, curling sprays, The golden flower comes shining through the woods These February days; Forth go all hearts, all hands, from out the town, To bring her gayly in, This wild, sweet Princess of far Florida - The yellow jessamine. — Constance Fenimore Woolson, American novelist, and poet, (and grand niece of James Fenimore Cooper), Yellow Jessamine    February is merely as long as it is needed to pass the time until March. — Dr. J. R. Stockton, Professor Emeritus of Business Statistics, University of Texas   February, when the days of winter seem endless, and no amount of wistful recollecting can bring back any air of summer. ― Shirley Hardie Jackson, American writer, Raising Demons   February makes a bridge, and March breaks it. — George Herbert, Welsh poet, orator, and priest   Grow That Garden Library Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots by Aaron Bertelsen This book is hot off the shelf - brand new - just released today! Aaron Bertelsen is the gardener-cook of England's Great Dixter in East Sussex — where the kitchen garden is a central part of everything he does. In his new cookbook, Aaron shares tips and tricks for potting up vegetables and preparing recipes from Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots - his brand new cookbook. This is such a great topic because so many of us have gardens where space is precious and limited. Following Aaron's example, we can expand our garden pots to include plants like blueberries and eggplant. Aaron has spent many seasons at Great Dixter, and for the years, he's refined his list of go-to vegetables and the various fruit specimens that he has learned to grow in containers. Now, he's sharing that advice with all of us so that we can learn what crops will grow best in pots. As a cook, Aaron also gives us his best advice on harvesting and cooking. This cookbook features over 50 wonderful recipes. The photos of these incredible dishes are so inspiring that you'll definitely want to expand what you're growing so that you can try some of Aaron's novel food ideas. Thanks to Aaron, once again, we've learned that space is not an excuse to not garden, and it certainly isn't a barrier to creativity or variety when it comes to what we plant. We just have to think more strategically about our gardens and search more diligently for wonderful examples to follow. Aaron and Great Dixter give us a wonderful blueprint for amping up the productivity in our garden space through the use of pots and the excitement in our own small garden spaces by following Aaron's lead. You can get a brand new copy of Grow Fruit & Vegetables in Pots by Aaron Bertelsen and support the show, using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for $39.95.   Great Gifts for Gardeners Esschert Design USA W4008 Secrets du Potager Paper Pot Maker $13.65 Esschert Design says: "Our Secrets du Potager line is for those who are passionate about gardening, cooking, and entertaining and have an eye for detail. This clever tool is used for making seed pots from a newspaper; it's fun. Instead of traditional flower pots made of clay or plastic, you can also use homemade, small paper pots. In no time at all, you will be able to prepare a range of paper pots. When the time comes to plant the young seedlings outside, simply put them together with the paper pot in the ground. The newspaper rots away by itself. This set contains the paper pot press and instructions on how to produce the pots." A clever tool for making seed pots from newspaper Set includes the paper pot press and instructions on how to prepare the pot   Today's Botanic Spark I thought you'd enjoy learning about the family behind the ubiquitous Jackman Clematis - it's the one with the large dark purple flowers with yellow centers. And, just an FYI, you can prune the Jackman back in the fall without hurting next year's bloom - so don't sweat it, you can't hurt it with an end of the season cleanup. 1869Today is the anniversary of the death of the English nurseryman, pomologist, florist, and Clematis hybridizer George Jackman. He died at the age of 68. With multiple George's in the family, this George Jackman was always referred to as George I. Now, George I, and his brother Henry, were born into a nurseryman's family. In 1810, their father, William, founded Jackman Nursery on 150 acres in Woking ("Woe-king"), Surrey. George I and Henry grew up learning the business alongside their dad. By 1830, Willliam had turned the business over to his sons. After a few years, Henry decided he wasn't interested in running the struggling nursery, and he left it for George I. In the fall of 1834, George married Mary Ann Freemont. He was 33 years old. In a little over three years, George II was born. The beginning of the year 1840 was a terrible time in the life of George I. He lost his wife Mary in January and his father, William, in February. In the span of twenty-five days, George I and his 3-year-old son, George II, were alone. Needless to say, the nursery became the center of their world. The start of Clematis hybridizing, began five years before George I's life took such a dramatic turn. In 1835, about 35 miles from the Jackman nursery, London's Pineapple Nursery owned by John Andrew Henderson created the first Clematis hybrid. It was called Clematis Hendersonii - no doubt, George I took notice. When George II was 13 years old, Robert Fortune brought Clematis lanuginosa ("LAN-you-jee-NO-sah") to England. Native to China, the blooms on this Clematis were larger than any ever seen before. If Clematis blossoms were going to get bigger, the lanuginosa was the linchpin. By this point, George I was employing 35 men and six boys at the Jackman Nursery. George II shadowed every aspect of the business, and he grew to be a shrewd owner/operator. As a young man, George II was energized at the thought of clematis hybridizing. When he was just 21 years old, George II crossed Fortune's lanuginosa with Hendersonii along with the climber atrorubens. In less than six months, they had 300 seedlings. and George Jackman II had an instant hit on his hands. The plant was hardy, it quickly produced long-lasting impressive flowers, and the rootstock lasted for many years. The year was 1858, and Clematis Jackmanii (ii = "ee-eye") was born. George II wrote: "Seedlings about 300 — results of hybrids: very robust growers, abundant in flower of rich deep purple and maroon." Clematis jackmanii went on to receive the Award of Garden Merit from The Royal Horticultural Society. And, George II co-authored a book with Thomas Moore, the Secretary of The Royal Horticultural Society, the book called Clematis as a Garden Flower. George II and Thomas Moore dedicated the book to HRH Princess Mary, the Duchess of Teck. The Clematis was one of her favorite flowers. When George I died on this day in 1869, he had raised his son and had turned his nursery into a success. He had served as chapelwarden for his church - the church of St. John - for over two decades. He started serving a few years after losing his wife Mary, Mrs. George Jackman. The Gardener's chronicle said he died after a gout attack and was by all accounts a "beloved… kind-hearted, genial Christian." It went on to say that his "workmen (several of whom had been [with him] for 20, 30, or 40 years)" followed his coffin to the churchyard for burial. In 1967, the Jackman Nursery was sold by a Jackman descendant, Roland Jackman.

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The Daylilies are blooming their little hearts out right now. Daylilies are in the genus Hemerocallis which has about 15 species of daylilies. They are not part of the Lilium genus, which is the genus for true lilies. The name Hemerocalliscomes from the Greek words ἡμέρα (hemera) “day” and καλός (kalos) “beautiful”. Especially in China, the daylily symbolizes motherhood.   Their name alludes to the flowers which typically last no more than 24 hours (about a day or so). Daylily flower stems are called "scapes" and as one fades, the next one on the scape opens, keeping daylilies blooming for weeks or even months. Daylilies have been dubbed the ‘perfect perennial’ because their wonderful features: they are pretty low maintenance, beautiful colored blooms, tremendous drought tolerance, and they can grow in most zones.    Brevities   #OTD  On this day in 1850, The Sydney Morning Herald shared an advertisement from plantsman John McMahon.   McMahan advertised that he had put together a catalogue of nearly 2000 species of plants. For his customers, McMahon assured that, "Plants securely packed for long journeys, glazed plant cabins prepared, and filled with rare plants for transmission to Europe."   #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of botanist Charles Theodore Mohr who died on this day in 1901. Charles Mohr was one of Alabama's first botanists. He was born in Germany and educated in Stuttgart - he was a trained pharmacist. Mohr traveled the world before settling in Alabama.  He collected in Surinam, emigrated to the United States in 1848, took part in the California gold rush, lived briefly Mexico, Indiana, and Kentucky. Mohr spent decades gathering the information and plant specimens for his work. In 1857 he started Chas. Mohr & Son Pharmacists and Chemists in Mobile, Alabama. His personal herbarium specimens were donated to the University of Alabama Herbarium (15,000 specimens) and the United States National Herbarium (18,000 specimens). When Mohr's book on the plants of Alabama was published, he was seventy seven years old. The following plants are named for Charles Theodore Mohr: Andropogon mohrii (Hack.) Hack ex Vasey Mohr's bluestem Grass family Aristida mohrii Nash Mohr's threeawn Grass family Eupatorium mohrii Greene Mohr's thoroughwort Aster family Marshallia mohrii Beadle & F.E. Boynt. Mohr's Barbara's buttons Aster family Rudbeckia mohrii Gray Mohr's coneflower Aster family Silphium mohrii Small Mohr's rosinweed Aster family Tephrosia mohrii (Rydb.) Godfrey pineland hoarypea Pea family Quercus mohriana Buckl. Ex Rydb. Mohr oak Oak family     #OTD   The poet, George William Russell who went by the pseudonym AE, died on this day in 1935. Russell attended the Metropolitan School of Art, in Dublin. There he  met the poet William Butler Yeats Russell became the editor of The Irish Homestead. His popular quotes include the following:   "Our hearts were drunk with aa beauty our eyes could never see."   "You cannot evoke great spirits and eat plums at the same time."     #OTD  Today is the anniversary of the death of one of the 20th century's leading landscape architects; Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe.   Jellicoe was multi-talented, but his true passion was landscape and garden design, which he described as "the mother of all arts". He was a founder member of the Landscape Institute. Over his 70-year career, Jellicoe designed more than 100 landscapes around the world. Jellicoe designed the John F Kennedy memorial site by the River Thames in Berkshire. Jellicoe’s final and most ambitious project was the Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas. Jellicoe imagined a design where visitors could walk through the history of landscape, from the Garden of Eden and the gardens of ancient Egypt, to a design inspired by Thomas Mann’s novel The Magic Mountain (1924). As the Moody Garden website acknowledges, "It was the culminating work of his design career but has not, as yet, been implemented. We live in hope." Jellicoe's favorite garden was the gardens he designed in Hemel Hempstead. Jellicoe designed the  Hemel Hempstead Water Gardens to improve the quality of life for the townspeople. Jellicoe designed a canal with dams and little bridges to take visitors from the town parking lot to shopping. Jellicoe designed the canal after seeing one of Paul Klee’s paintings of a serpent. Jellicoe said, “The lake is the head and the canal is the body,” wrote Jellicoe in his book Studies in Landscape Design. “The eye is the fountain; the mouth is where the water passes over the weir. The formal and partly classical flower gardens are like a howdah strapped to its back. In short, the beast is harnessed, docile, and in the service of man.”     Unearthed Words Here's a poem from Niels Mogens Boedecker, who was an illustrator and author of children's books.    "Mosquito is out, it's the end of the day; she's humming and hunting her evening away. Who knows why such hunger arrives on such wings at sundown? I guess it's the nature of things."       Today's book recommendation: A Year in Trees by J. C. Raulston and Kim Tripp Raulston and Tripp point out that  just, "40 species of shrubs and trees make up 90 percent of the landscape plantings in the U.S." The book is divided into four parts corresponding to the seasons. Tripp honed her craft at Harvard's Arnold Arboretum and she wrote weekly articles for the North Carolina State University Arboretum in Raleigh. Those articles became the backbone for 150 profiles of trees, shrubs, and vines. Tripp featured plants are pretty low maintenance and reliable. This is a terrific resource featuring some under-used, but amazing, trees.     Today's Garden Chore It's time to set appointments on your calendar to accomplish your bigger garden to-dos before the summer comes to a close.  Sometimes it helps to calendarize the garden jobs that seem a little overwhelming or that require extra help or resources. There's no time like the present to line up a contractor, some volunteers, or good friends and get the job done. Plus, it will make next year in the garden so much more enjoyable. I hate to bring this up, but here's an eye-opening fact: there are just 46 days to Labor Day. Time's a wasting...   Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart   On this day 1891, The Great Bend Weekly Tribune reported that, "Will Ferger's night blooming cereus unfolded its loveliness last night. Quite a number witnessed the blooming of this rare plant, and many have envied its owner." The night blooming cereus, one of the most unique desert plants, is a member of the cactus family. Native to Arizona and the Sonora Desert, the plant is also commonly called the Queen of the Night or the Princess of the Night. The cereus is generally grown as a houseplant and it often is a pass-along plant - passed on from friends and family. As a plant, it's can be a bit of a mess. It's generally rather untidy and unruly. But it can be pruned without hurting the cactus. To create more of the Cereus night blooming cactus, just pot up the cuttings. Just keep in mind that the night-blooming Cereus won't flower until it is four to five years old. The number of blooms increase as the plant ages. But once it blooms, the white flower is truly incredible. It's almost 7 inches in diameter and smells divine. The flowers start to bloom at 9 or 10 p.m. and are fully open by midnight. The morning sun will cause the petals fall off and die.     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

The wait has been long but daylily season is finally here! On this episode of Down the Garden Path, Tim Hobbs from TrueNorth Daylilies joins me and Matthew to talk all about hybridizing daylilies and their low-maintenance characteristics. For the past 25 years, Tim has gardened on a two-acre property just south of Warkworth. He creates shade gardens, with sun gardens covering the majority of the property. The property boasts an extensive collection of hostas, lillium and hemerocallis (daylilies). Around 2007, Tim bought some daylilies from a daylily hybridizer and was fascinated with the idea of making new, never-seen-before daylilies. It wasn’t too long afterward that he tried some hybridizing. Slowly but surely, the flowers expanded beyond the two acres, jumping the fence onto an additional two acres which now houses a greenhouse and approximately 50,000 daylilies. About five years ago, TrueNorth Daylilies was born offering daylilies for $15 each or three for $40. Tim's goal as a hybridizer is to create beautiful, fancy faces on cold-hardy strong well-branched plants. TrueNorth Daylilies cross modern southern plants with cold-hardy dormants. Mother Nature weeds out those not suitable for our climate. As dormants display the desired traits, they are selected and moved for further evaluation and continuous hybridizing with southern and dormant plants. Interested in making a visit to TrueNorth Daylilies? They are open every day in July from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at 59 Hutchinson Rd., Warkworth. To learn more or purchase plants online, visit them online at www.truenorthdaylilies.com.

I was able to spend some time with Bob Faulkner of Natural Selection Daylilies from Dayton, OH while attending the Region 2 Winter Meeting. I didn’t ask him many specific questions, but rather just let our conversation go where it needed to go. Bob shared his passion for daylilies, his beliefs in how to present oneself, and a lot about his program My hope is that you enjoy this conversation with a true hybridizing leader in patterned daylilies. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humblehemeroholic/message

I sat down with Mandy McMahon, an incredible hybridizer from Michigan. Mandy is as humble as they come During our chat, she shared how family is always first, her love of feminine daylilies, why it is important to evolve, and even a bit about her roles in her region. This episode continues to focus on the people and the beautiful friendships forged because of the genus Hemerocallis. Sit back and enjoy this conversation between two friends that both believe in humility and service to others. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/humblehemeroholic/message

Looking for a specific perennial, but none of your local garden centres has it?  Have you tried online? Tonight’s guest is Dawn Golloher from Gardens Plus, an online perennial source for easy-care perennials. Gardens Plus is physically located in Peterborough Ontario, but happily shipping across Canada!  With easy online ordering for shipping as well as pick up if you’d like to reserve your selections ahead of time. The nursery is open 5 days a week (closed Mondays and Tuesdays) from early May to July.  They offer a unique experience with display gardens up front, greenhouses and stock beds out back. Gardens Plus specializes in is Hosta, Daylilies, Coneflowers, Coral Bells and many other varieties of Easy Care Perennials.   Each week on Down the Garden Path we discuss down to earth tips and advice for your plants, gardens and landscapes. As Landscape Designers and gardeners we think it is important and possible to have great gardens that are low maintenance.  Thanks for joining us here. We enjoyed learning about how Dawn's focus is on growing easy-care perennials. She feels gardeners should spend more time enjoying your gardens not just work in them during the show.

Truth time: We feel pretty “meh” about daylilies. However, there is no denying they’re tough, low-care plants that have lovely large blooms. They are also relatively disease-free and can grow in a myriad of places. But for some reason they never seem to make our heart skip a beat when shopping at the nursery. Perhaps it’s because certain cultivars (we’re talking to you ‘Stella Doro’ and ‘Happy Returns’) have been so overused in commercial landscapes they ruined it for the whole genus. In this episode we put our preconceived notions aside and delve deeper into daylilies, revealing several cultivars that are not only beautiful, but worthy of a spot in your borders.   Expert testimony: Nikki Schmith, Past President of the American Daylily Society.  

Trish is sitting aside for this episode, and joining me in the studio to talk daylilies is Jon Whitinger, gardener, software programmer, hybridizer and 14 year old all around nice guy.

Jon joins us in a special episode of the podcast! In today's episode, Jon and Dave talk about our upcoming plant sale, growing plants, vegetables, propagating, fertilizing, and, of course, daylilies.

We are joined today by the prodigiously award-winning daylily hybridizer Curt Hanson, and will discuss everything hybridizing.

We continue to celebrate Daylilies Week with an interview with daylily hybridizer Melanie Mason.

Join Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) and their special Expert Gardening Guests - Jacques Ferare – Star Roses & Conrad-Pyle Co. Roses; Bobby Blew Family - Centerton Nursery Daylilies; Don Rosenberg – Author of ‘No Green Thumb Required! Organic Family Gardening Made Easy’; Lisa Singer – Inventor of Backyard Botanicals Vegetable Garden Kits; Mark Highland – President of Organic Mechanics Soil Company; and Anne Lighter – Dirty Little Cover-Up Container Plant Protectors.

Join Nancy & Lisa (BigBlendMagazine.com Editors) and their special Expert Gardening Guests - Jacques Ferare – Star Roses & Conrad-Pyle Co. Roses; Bobby Blew Family - Centerton Nursery Daylilies; Don Rosenberg – Author of ‘No Green Thumb Required! Organic Family Gardening Made Easy’; Lisa Singer – Inventor of Backyard Botanicals Vegetable Garden Kits; Mark Highland – President of Organic Mechanics Soil Company; and Anne Lighter – Dirty Little Cover-Up Container Plant Protectors.