Podcasts about spring flowering

 Bloomers in the Garden • 10.26.24 • Storing Your Summer Bulbs In Winter • Daffodils & Narcissus • Tulip Time! • What's a Pip?!? • & More! The Brightest Bulb may actually be in the Ground!! Today's show is all about Flowering Bulbs!! In our 1st segment we'll be explaining the differences between Summer Flowering and Spring Flowering bulbs in our 1st segment. Once you know which are Summer Flowering bulbs you're going to have to dig them up and store over the winter! We'll tell you how during our second segment! Daffodils & Narcissus are a Spring flowering bulbs in the same family. We'll share with you how to grow them in our 3rd segment! Tulips are a possibly the most popular of all bulbs. Listen in how to have success with Tulips in our 4th segment. Last but not least there bulbs are a real PIP, really! Somewhat lesser known bulbs like Crocus, Hyacinths are discussed during our final segment!  Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word".... NYC Tri-State Area Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations. Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio's unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio's authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host! Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer's Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you're from! You can also write to len@bloomers.com or julio@bloomers.com

If your daffodils and other flowering bulbs didn't grow well this past spring, try planting flowering onions. They are beautiful and fairly trouble-free. Purchase a few when you're getting other spring flowering bulbs ready to plant later this month.

If you love seeing spring flowers popping up under trees, across your lawn or in your meadow, start planning how to get that look now. Soon, you can go purchase your favorite bulbs and get them in the ground.

Send Me A Message!! Can you imagine a garden that grows more breathtaking each year with minimal effort? This week on Master My Garden, discover how autumn planting of spring-flowering bulbs like snowdrops, Fritillaria, Muscari, and Camassias can transform your garden into a vibrant spring haven. We revisit key insights from previous episodes, including our insightful chat with Dave and Jules from Esker Farm Daffodils, who share their expertise on unique and rare bulb varieties.We answer a listener question from a listener in Canada on the art of forcing bulbs following their less than successful attempt at forced tulips last year.  Learn why tulips might not be the ideal choice and how proper drainage, potting grit, and natural cold periods are crucial for success. Our discussion is rooted in Irish gardening experiences but provides universal tips that can help gardeners worldwide achieve stunning early blooms with patience and the right techniques.Lastly, we focus on sustainable gardening practices for spring flowering bulbs. Discover why long-lasting, naturalizing species like alliums, anemones, narcissi, and crocuses are more beneficial than mass-planted tulips. Get practical advice on layering techniques such as lasagna planting and staging for continuous blooms from December to early May. These strategies ensure a vibrant and sustainable spring garden with minimal effort. Plus, stay tuned for hints about exciting upcoming episodes featuring intriguing guest interviews!Support the showIf there is any topic you would like covered in future episodes, please let me know. Email: info@mastermygarden.com Master My Garden Courses: https://mastermygarden.com/courses/Check out Master My Garden on the following channels Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mastermygarden/ Instagram @Mastermygarden https://www.instagram.com/mastermygarden/ Until next week Happy gardening John

Now that the lilacs and other spring flowering shrubs have finished flowering, it's time to prune. Many gardeners delay pruning until later in summer, or even next spring, but that's wrong. Pruning late will remove the flower buds for next year's show. After spring flowering shrubs, such as lilacs, forsythia, rhododendrons, weigela, nineback and bridal wreath spirea have finished blooming, you have about 4- to 6-weeks to prune before flowers form for next year. These shrubs don't have to be pruned every year unless they're growing too large. Then you have a few options. You can remove some of the new growth down to a height you want. If you don't take off too much new growth, the plants will still flower next year. Doing this pruning yearly is a good way to keep a tall and wide growing shrub, such as lilac, from getting too large. Of course, if planted in a yard or location where it can grow to its maximum size, your shrubs will be magnificent when in flower. The other method is to severely prune the shrub to reduce the size and lower where the flowers are forming. This drastic cutting, sometimes to only a few feet tall, will result in no flowers for a few years until the shrub recovers, but will create a smaller, more manageable plant. Another way of approaching a tall lilac, for example, is to prune one third of the stems each year for 3 years. This will stimulate new shoots or suckers to grow that will eventually flower while reducing the height and still getting some flowers each year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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On Monday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Tom Stewart from Keane's Garden Centre in Kilcolgan. On this week's In The Garden, Tom provided listeners with all the information, tips and tricks regarding the best way to grow sprimg flowering shrubs. If you have a question for Tom, contact the show on 0818 400 964 or send a text or Whatsapp to 086 1800 964.

Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 1 – Coming to you from the Summit Responsible Solutions Studios. Spring is in the air. Spring-flowering trees and colorful migrating birds are popular sights. Teresa is joined by Aaron Boyar, Seminole Master Gardener and spokesman for the Seminole County Garden Expo 2024 on February 24th. Garden questions and topics include irrigation shut-off devices, avocados, still time for onions, on lawns, vegetables to plant in February, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7 Photo and graphic credit: Teresa Watkins Listen every Saturdays from 7am - 9am EST on WFLA- Orlando. Call in with your garden questions and text messages on 1-888.455.2867 and 23680, Miss the live broadcast? Listen on Audioboom podcast 24/7. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7   #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #WNDB #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #radio #southflorida #northflorida #centralflorida #Deland #SHE #Orlando #Sarasota #Miami #FortLauderdale #BLGradio #WRLN #WiOD #gardening #SummitResponsibleSolutions #QualityGreenSpecialists #BlackKow 

The Brightest Bulb may actually be in the Ground!!  Today's show is all about Flowering Bulbs!! In our 1st segment we'll be explaining the differences between Summer Flowering and Spring Flowering bulbs. Once you know which are Summer Flowering bulbs you're going to have to dig them up and store them over the winter! Daffodils & Narcissus are a Spring flowering bulbs in the same family. We'll share with you how to grow them in our 3rd segment! Tulips are a possibly the most popular of all bulbs. Listen in how to have success with Tulips in our 4th segment. Last but not least there bulbs are a real PIP, really! Somewhat lesser known bulbs like Crocus, Hyacinths are discussed during our final segment!

If you're looking to add some heft to the spring garden, but don't want to overwhelm genteel bulbs or ephemeral perennials then dwarf, spring-flowering shrubs are the answer. These little powerhouses are quick to put on new growth in the early part of the season and often sport blossoms in soft hues which will compliment the pastel colors that dominate May and June. Today's requirements are simple: the shrubs mentioned must stay under 3 to 4 feet tall and wide and they must flower before the summer solstice. You might think this is a tall order for any plant to fill (Peter certainly thinks so) but there are a surprising number of candidates that are up to challenge.    Expert guest: Julie Lane Gay is a garden designer and horticultural writer in British Columbia, Canada.   Danielle's Plants Yuki Cherry Blossom ® deutzia (Deutzia 'NCDX2', Zones 5-8) Baby Kim® lilac (Syringa 'SMNSDTP', Zones 3-8) ‘Cora Louise' Itoh peony (Paeonia 'Cora Louise', Zones 4-9) ‘Jim's Pride' daphne (Daphne × transatlantica ‘Jim's Pride', Zones 5-9)   Carol's Plants Perpetua® blueberry (Vaccinium 'ORUS-61-1', Zones 4-8) Dwarf red-leaved sand cherry (Prunus x cistena, Zones 2-8) Sugar Baby® forsythia (Forsythia x intermedia 'NIMBUS', Zones 5-8) Double Play® Candy Corn® Spirea (Spiraea japonica 'NCSX1', Zones 4-8)   Expert's Plants Dwarf sweet box (Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis, Zones 6-9) Eternal Fragrance ® daphne (Daphne × transatlantica 'Blafra', Zones 5-9) ‘Wabi-Sabi' dwarf viburnum (Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum 'Wabi-Sabi', Zones 5-8)   A link to expert Julie Lane Gay's article on dwarf shrubs: https://www.finegardening.com/project-guides/gardening-basics/surprising-shrubs-for-small-spaces

Today, I am going to tell you how to generally care for your spring flowering bulbs!  From when to start watering them, when to fertilize, dead head, cut them back, and how to get them to go dormant, listen to learn how to care for your spring flowering bulbs in 5 steps! If you are looking for bulbs to plant in your garden, look no-further than EdenBrothers.com! They carry a wide assortment of both spring and summer flowering bulbs that are perfect for any garden. They still have bulbs in stock, so make sure to head over soon and order your bulbs! Click through on the links in this episodes description to see what you can add to your garden! AND, Make sure to use our 15% off coupon code "SPOKEN" at checkout!  Happy Bulb Planting!!    Signup for our weekly emails for garden tips, tricks, plant and flower care, events, and more! All rights reserved for Spoken Garden. Music by Benjamin Tissot.

Inheritor of a century-old family tradition of supplying the best spring-flowering bulbs to American gardeners, Brent Heath details the important role that they can play in today's sustainable gardens.  Flourishing without the use of chemicals, these plants furnish reliable early spring color and food for early season pollinators; follow Brent's growing tips and your bulbs will return year after year as the toughest of perennials. 

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Doris Meilak talks about planting spring flowering bulbs to get the best results. - Doris Meilak titkellem dwar it-taħwil tal-basal tal-ikel u l-basal tal-fjuri f'dan iż-żmien tas-sena.

Natascha Batchelor from Hartney Greymont, a Davey company, in Cape Cod, shares her favorite spring flowering trees for Cape Cod's climate, as well as how she started her career in arboriculture and why she loves it.  In this episode we cover:Weather in Cape Cod (0:55)Flowering trees in February (1:48)Spring flowering trees (3:29)Planting season in Cape Cod (5:30)Plant shortage (5:47)Winter in Cape Cod (6:51)How Natascha started her job and why she enjoys it (7:27)Cornelian cherry dogwood (11:34)Redbuds (14:41)Flowering dogwoods (15:53)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.To learn more about when flowering trees bloom, read our blog, When Do Flowering Trees Bloom in Spring, Including Fruit Trees.To continue reading about flowering trees, check out our other blogs on flowering trees.Connect with Davey Tree on social media:Twitter: @DaveyTreeFacebook: @DaveyTreeInstagram: @daveytreeYouTube: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyLinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyHave topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!

Sean Hoes from Davey's South Denver office shares his favorite spring flowering trees for Colorado's climate, as well some planting tips for newly planted trees. In this episode we cover:What flowering trees grow in Colorado? (0:45)Chanticleer pear (1:24)Denver's climate (2:45)Northern catalpa (4:18)Snow crabapple  (5:50)Spring in Denver (7:23)What Sean loves about his job (8:01)Redbud (9:15)Coming out of winter (10:31)Golden rain tree (12:00)Ornamental plum (14:19)When spring plantings happen in Denver (15:13)Watering a newly planted tree (16:35)Hawthorn (17:51)Fun part of Sean's job (19:15)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.To learn more about when flowering trees bloom, read our blog, When Do Flowering Trees Bloom in Spring, Including Fruit Trees. To continue reading about flowering trees, check out our other blogs on flowering trees. Connect with Davey Tree on social media:Twitter: @DaveyTreeFacebook: @DaveyTreeInstagram: @daveytreeYouTube: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyLinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyHave topics you'd like us to cover on the podcast? Email us at podcasts@davey.com. We want to hear from you!

In this episode I interview Aaron Steil, Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Consumer Horticulture Specialist, and talk about spring flowering trees and shrubs!

On Tuesday's Morning Focus, Alan Morrissey was joined by Tom Stewart, Keane's Garden Centre to chat about favourite spring-flowering shrubs. Picture (c) Keane's Garden Centre

The landscaping wizard himself, Darren Seinor, is back hosting The Garden Gurus Live, with some great hints and tips. Now is the time to be thinking about what Spring Flowering bulbs you want in your garden! David Van Berkel, from Garden Express will be joining us to discuss their brand-new catalogue and some fantastic flower gifts. And are you too scared to transplant your precious plants? Greg Neighbour will join us to show how to best transplant safely.   Discover more at: www.thegardengurus.tv www.lovethegarden.com www.gardenexpress.com.au

The Plantrama team discusses the importance of soil temperature when planting bulbs for spring bloom. In the main segment we talk about handling the amaryllis bulbs you have kept from last winter, and how to bring them into flower in December. We end with a question about how frequently houseplants should be fertilized. :29    Insider Information:  Bulbs have their own “anti-freeze!” 7:16   Eat/Drink/Grow: Amaryllis in the fall 16:22  Love Letters and Questions: Peter asks about fertilizing houseplants.       

Peggy, Dan, and Summer share their favorite spring bulbs to plant - get a head start on the season and pick them up now. Connect With Peggy, Dan, and Summer: Peggy Anne Montgomery is a horticulturist and works with FlowerBulbs.com, Dan Benarcik is a horticulturist at Chanticleer Gardens, and Summer Rayne Oakes of Homestead Brooklyn recently started a new project called Flock up in the Finger Lakes of New York. FlowerBulbs.com Flower Bulbs on Facebook Flower Bulbs on Instagram Chanticleer Gardens Dan Benarcik's Website Homestead Brooklyn on Instagram Flock Finger Lakes on YouTube Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group

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Robert Dallmann from Davey's Chesapeake, Maryland, office talks about how to properly prune spring flowering trees on your property, as well as how an arborist can help. In this episode we cover:Flowering trees and when to prune (0:43)Pruning - an art or a science? (5:08)Crape Myrtle (6:35)Bradford Pear (7:47)Other flowering trees (8:52)Right tree right place (9:47)Doug's Crabapple tree (14:46)Timing when pruning trees (16:12)Trees aging (18:56)Isaac Newton's apple tree (19:33)The craft of pruning - right tools and sharp tools (20:39) Why trees are important to Rob (23:36)To find your local Davey office, check out our find a local office page to search by zip code.To learn more about pruning trees in the spring, read our blog, Pruning Trees in Spring - Is it ok to do?To learn more about when your flowering trees should bloom, read our blog, When do Flowering Trees Bloom in Spring, Including Fruit Trees.Connect with Davey Tree on social media:Twitter: @DaveyTreeFacebook: @DaveyTreeInstagram: @daveytreeYouTube: The Davey Tree Expert CompanyLinkedIn: The Davey Tree Expert Company

Better Lawns and Gardens (http://betterlawns.com/homenew.asp) Hour #2 – Gardening experts Teresa Watkins and Tom MacCubbin talk about the Spring beauty of native flowering trees and vines. Conversations and garden questions include brown patch in turf, Tom's Month by Month gardening book, (https://www.amazon.com/Month-Month-Gardening-Florida-MacCubbin/dp/1888608242) cutting back crape myrtles, fertilizing Queen's wreath, should misteletoe be removed, preparing papaya seeds for planting, whiteflies systemic, killing clover, avocado brown tips on leaves,  African lilies, Meyer lemons, potted Geraniums, fertilizing Centipede lawns, and more. Photo Credit:  Flowering native trees, Teresa Watkins (http://www.she-consulting.com/) (https://www.davidaustinroses.com/) Listen to Better Lawns and Gardens (https://bit.ly/30cciv3) every Saturday 7am - 9am EST.  Call in with your garden questions 407.916.5400, 1.888.45.LAWNS, or text 23680.    #WFLF #WFLA #FNN #BetterLawns #gardening #Florida #planting #gardeninglife #podcast #radio #southflorida #northflorida #betterlawns #centralflorida #tropical #February #floridalife #photography #SHE #February #Natiive #trees #floweringtrees #vines #books #

Book Appreciation with Jeannelle M. Ferreira The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 54 In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue Room by Emma Donoghue (non-queer) Passions Between Women by Emma Donoghue (non-fiction) We Are Michael Field by Emma Donoghue (biography) Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones Backwards to Oregon by Jae The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein (series) A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Jeannelle M. Ferreira Online Website: Jeannelle Writes Twitter: @JeannelleWrites

Interview with Farah Mendlesohn The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 27 with Heather Rose Jones A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about: I chat with Farah Mendlesohn about her brand new lesbian Regency romance Spring Flowering. How did a literary theorist specializing in fantasy and science fiction come to write historic romance? Why was the 17th century a great time to set fiction about women loving women? How does historical fiction writer Geoffrey Trease come into things? How Spring Flowering came out of a challenge and a NaNoWriMo project. Books mentionedSpring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow Beulah Marie Dix (she wrote historical fiction in the early 20th century and was known to have relationships with women) Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery (mentioned as “In the Georgian Household”) A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain by Simon Goldhill A transcript of this podcast may be available here. (Transcripts added when available.) Links to the Lesbian Historic Motif Project Online Website: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Blog: http://alpennia.com/blog RSS: http://alpennia.com/blog/feed/ Twitter: @LesbianMotif Discord: Contact Heather for an invitation to the Alpennia/LHMP Discord server The Lesbian Historic Motif Project Patreon Links to Heather Online Website: http://alpennia.com Email: Heather Rose Jones Twitter: @heatherosejones Facebook: Heather Rose Jones (author page) Links to Farah Mendlesohn Online Website: Farah Mendlesohn Twitter: @effjayem

This episode, we chat with David Ellis, editor of The American Gardener, the magazine of the American Horticultural Society, about favorite spring flowering trees and shrubs. The plant profile is on pansies/violas and we reflect on the late, great Henry Mitchell. Recorded on April 11, 2020. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/support

Today is National Paul Bunyan Day. In Minnesota, most folks fondly remember the tales of Paul and Babe - his big blue ox. Speaking of big, Many gardeners have a fondness for giant plants. They are perfect if you have lots of space, or if you just prefer the look of tall or giant plants. You can Celebrate Paul Bunyan Day today by planting giant plants like these: hibiscus, Joe Pye weed, Baptisia, Hollyhock, Queen of the Prairie, Plume Poppy, Gunnera, Cup Plant, Castor Bean, - and this list is just to get you started.       Brevities #OTD It was on this day in 1924 that botanist Harry V. Harlan gave a presentation to the Science Club at Kansas State University about his Plant Exploration and travels in North Africa. Harlan made the trip by mule caravan over 59 days. In some villages, Harlan was the first English-speaking person ever to visit. Harlan returned to the states with over 600 varieties of plants. During his life. Harlan organized a school of agriculture in the Philippines. He worked for the USDA and was the Principal Agronomist in charge of barley. Harlan went on many Plant Expeditions around the globe. The University of Illinois has a black and white photo of a young, handsome Harlan - looking a little Indiana Jones-ish. The photo was taken just before a trip to Ethiopia. The image was used as the headshot for his book One Man's Life With Barley(1957).       #OTD It was on this day in 1939 that The Daily Times out of Davenport Iowa published a story about the practice of importing seeds to the United States. Here's what it said: "Exactly 100 years ago this week the United States Congress authorized the first search and collection of foreign seeds and plants in an attempt to increase the number of agricultural products produced in this country. In the century that has followed, this work has been carried forward with untold benefits to American farmers. Plant explorers have tramped over much of the earth's land surface and have imported thousands of varieties of seeds and plants that have enriched American agriculture in an incalculable degree."       #OTD It was on this day in 1974 that the Panama City News out of Panama City, Florida published a story about one of Florida's most outstanding horticulturists: Dr. Henry Nehrling, who was an ornithologist, botanist, and plant breeder.  It's been said that during his lifetime, "Every plant lover in Florida knew or knew of Henry Nehrling." Nehrling's horticultural writings covered a period dating from the early 1890s to the late 1920s. The esteemed plant explorer David Fairchild said this about Nehrling: "Dr. Nehrling's writings should be available to the young people who are making gardens around their houses, for they not only give the facts regarding a host of interesting plants from which they may choose, but they tell in narrative form how one who learns to recognize plants can explore for a lifetime the unlimited variety of beautiful forms which compose the plant kingdom." Nehrling's notes are wondrously inspiring even after all this time. Here's a sample of some of his quotes: "Show me your garden, provided it is your own, and I will tell you what you are." "In both the cultivation, and enjoyment of gardens. Is peace, rest, and contentment. Pleasure is not a luxury of life, but one of its necessities and ornamental horticulture is one of the truest and most stimulating pleasures in life and may be enjoyed by him who possesses only a window-box, as well as the favored mortal with acres in abundance." "The cultivation and enjoyment of tropical and subtropical plants is the noblest, the most delightful, the most satisfying of all earthly pursuits." "Florida Is the land of almost unlimited possibilities as far as ornamental horticulture is concerned. We are able to grow in the open air hundreds- no, thousands - of species of exquisite tropical and subtropical plants which farther north can only be grown with much difficulty and with considerable trouble In expensive glasshouses." "Nowhere, have I found such a wealth of beautiful native and exotic plants as in Florida, very aptly called the "land of flowers" and the "paradise of ornamental horticulture". Even if we were deprived of the exotic vegetation, we would be able to form wonderful gardens by using only the material found In our woodlands and along our water courses. There is no more beautiful evergreen tree in the whole plant world than our glorious evergreen Magnolia grandiflora bedecked with its noble lustrous foliage and embellished with Its snowy-white, deliciously fragrant flower-chalices." Following Nehrling's death in 1929, his incredible Gardens went untended and became a jungle. Over 20 years passed before the present owner, Julius Fleischmann, came upon the scene. Fleischmann had the heart of a naturalist, and he was determined to make Henry Nehrling's garden live again and did. It took over three years of intensive restoration and development to reopen the garden to visitors in 1954.       Unearthed Words It's the birthday of the English illustrator Cicely Mary Barker who was born on this day in 1895.  Barker is remembered for her depictions of fairies and flowers. In Barker's fabulous fantasy world, every flower was granted its particular Fairy to protect it from harm. Barker would draw the flowers and the fairies and then write poetry about them. Here are a few of her poems: Forget-me-not Fairy So small, so blue, in grassy places My flowers raise Their tiny faces. By streams, my bigger sisters grow, And smile in gardens, In a row. I’ve never seen a garden plot; But though I’m small Forget me not!   White Clover Fairy I’m little White Clover, kind and clean; Look at my threefold leaves so green; Hark to the buzzing of hungry bees: “Give us your honey, Clover, please!” Yes, little bees, and welcome, too! My honey is good, and meant for you!   Barker loved wildflowers, but she didn't believe in fairies. In the foreword to Flower Fairies of the Wayside, Barker wrote: "I have drawn all the plants and flowers carefully, from real ones, but I have never seen a fairy..."       Today's Book Recommendation: Plant Families: A Guide for Gardeners and Botanists by Ross Bayton When we are new to gardening, it is easy to want to put all the plants together in one big family. But, in reality, there are hundreds of different plant families. Like human families, each plant family has its own history and genealogy. Learning about plant families helps gardeners make sense of the more than 250,000 different plant species in the world.       Today's Garden Chore Make a point of pruning your spring-flowering shrubs before the 4th of July. Now is the perfect time to do so. Think about pruning plants like spireas, weigelas, bush honeysuckles, climbing roses, and lilacs need to be pruned shortly after flowering since they produce new growth, which will bear more flowers the next year.       Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart I ran across a post from a newspaper in Boston from 1843, and it was simply called, "Effects of Culture." Here's what it said: "Celery, so agreeable to most palates, is a modification of the Apium graveolens, the taste of which is so acrid and bitter that it cannot be eaten. Our cauliflowers and cabbages, are largely developed coleworts, that grow-wild on the sea-shore, and do not weigh more than half an ounce each. The rose has been produced by cultivation, from the common wild briar; the luscious plum from the acrid sloe, and the golden pippin from the harsh, bitter crab."       Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Is your garden new to you this year?   Recently at a garden center, I ran into a woman who had just moved. She was tentatively buying just a few plants - curious to see what would work in her new space.    One of the things we ended up talking about was the micro-climate she had enjoyed living in an inner-ring suburb of the twin cities - one with milder temperatures thanks to the heat island from the buildings but also helped greatly by the older, dense tree canopy.   Even little moves can be big moves when it comes to a new garden space. Just as with the interior spaces, figuring out what you want to do with your exterior space - your garden - takes time.    Remember - it's a garden.   There's no rush.       Brevities   #OTD  It's the anniversary of the death of the botanist and Scottish explorer Sir John Richardson who died on this day in 1865.     Richardson explored with his friend, John Franklin. Their first expedition to Northern Coast of Canada was disastrous. After they were shipwrecked, the men split into groups, attempting to get back to civilization. Richardsons group were forced to survive by eating lichen from rocks and even the leather of their boots.    After hearing a gun shot, Richardson and others found one of the men, named Terohaute, standing over the dead body of another group member.  Terohaute claimed the other man had accidentally shot himself ... Richardson didn't buy it after examining the man. He'd been shot in the back of the head. Even worse, the men believed that Terohaute had resorted to cannibalization to help keep them alive. Convinced Terohaute was about to kill the rest of the group, Richardson shot Terohaute dead.  Richardson is commemorated in the names of numerous plants, fish, birds, and mammals (including Richardson’s ground squirrel and Richardson's owl). In his work as a naval physician, he collaborated with Florence Nightingale. As his biographer David A. Stewart said: "[Richardson] ....was perhaps a life of industry more than a life of genius, but it was a full, good life, and in many ways a great life. It is not every day that we meet in one person - surgeon, physician, sailor, soldier, administrator, explorer, naturalist, author, and scholar, who has been eminent in some roles and commendable in all."       #OTD  It's the birthday of British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume born on this day in 1829.   Hume had worked in India for more than three decades.   Hume said, "I look upon myself as a Native of India.”   Hume was a lifelong naturalist.   In his late twenties, Hume began to accumulate materials for his dream: a masterwork on the bird of the Indian Empire. Hume's job with the Customs Department of India provided exceptional opportunities of collecting birds. called the ‘Pope of Indian Ornithology’.   Hume had set up enthusiastic ornithology assistants all over India. As his team of volunteers collected specimens, they were thoroughly debriefed. Hume recorded decades of data and interviews in notebooks and journals in his home, called Rothney Castle, at Shimla.     When Hume was 55 years old, he experienced a devastating loss that would spell the immediate end of his work in ornithology. Over the winter, Hume had left Shimla only to return in the Spring to find Rothney Castle ransacked by a disaffected servant who stole and destroyed all of his written manuscripts.   Just like that, his dream was gone. All of it. A Lifetime of work. It took the starch right out of him. There would be no master book by Hume on the birds of India.   Thankfully, Hume’s specimens were spared. But his passion for ornithology had vanished with his papers. Heartbroken, Hume offered his entire collection of over 82,000 birds and eggs to the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. The Museum's curator Richard Bowdler Sharpe went to personally pack up the collection. He was blown away by Hume and his staggering collection.   He wrote, "It did not take me many hours to find out that Mr. Hume was a naturalist of no ordinary calibre, and this great collection will remain a monument of the genius and energy of its founder long after he who formed it has passed away."   Hume returned to England as well. He turned his sharp observation and exploration skills to the field of botany. For the remainder of his life, he found solace and purpose in the garden.  He went on expeditions annually and created an impressive herbarium.     He designed custom cabinets to store his specimens.  He was especially interested in seeds and seedlings - showing the progression of early growth in plants. Hume was a fanatical collector.   In the months before he died in 1910, Hume finalized plans to transfer his botanical library and his herbarium to his lasting legacy and gift to the world: The South London Botanical Institute.    Btw - There is a lovely Gingko biloba tree standing tall in front of the Institute and it is also in their logo.       #OTD Today, June 5th is World Environment Day. One of India's most famous living environmentalists is 107 years old this year.    Her name is  Saalumarada Thimmakka.  When she was a young girl, she married a local herdsman. When, at the age of 40, she realized they would never have children, Thimmakka wanted to die.    But then, she and her husband came up with their own way of adding life to the world; they began to plant banyan trees.   Thimmakka reasoned,   "Banyan trees offer shade and the fruit is food for several creatures.”    Thimmakka and her husband cared for the trees by carrying water to them after working in the fields; all 384 of them - planted along a 4 km stretch of highway.    After Thimmakka's husband passed away in 1991, Thimmakka carried on with her work. It's estimated she and her husband planted over 8,000 trees during their lifetimes.    In India, Thimmakka is known as theMother of Trees.       Unearthed Words The poet Alice Mackenzie Swaim was born on today in 1911. Though she moved to America and settled in Pennsylvania, she was born and raised near Aberdeen Scotland, and of Scotland she wrote, "My soul still, returns like a bird to its nest To those distant islands Eternally blest, Where poet and seer and lover are one And life a new challenge Beneath an old sun."   When her children were little, Swaim experienced periods of invalidism. Writing poetry became a balm for her. She is best known for this verse:   “Courage is not the towering oak that sees storms come and go; it is the fragile blossom that opens in the snow.”      For My Remembering   I need no rosemary nor rue for my remembering, No faded flower, no lock of hair, Not even spring.   When all the wind is your sweet voice And all the rain, your tears, There's no way of forgetting Immortal, radiant years.       Old garden chair sagging with the weight of a single leaf.    (First Place: 1994 Henderson Memorial Haiku Award)     Today's book recommendation: The Gardener's Bed-Book: Short and Long Pieces to Be Read in Bed by Richardson Wright First published in 1929, The Gardener’s Bed-Book is a much beloved gardening classic by the renowned editor of House & Garden magazine in the 1920s and ’30s. This book is a compilation of 365 little essays. One word to sum it up: charming. You can click on the link above to get a used copy on Amazon using the link above; they sell for as low as 99 cents. I kid you not.     Today's Garden Chore Prune your Spring Flowering Shrubs like Forsythia and Lilac when they are done blooming. Remove a third of the branches to the base of the plant. Then prune to shape the rest.       Something Sweet  Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart When I was researching Sir John Richardson, I learned that on the last day of May in 1865, just days before he died, he and his family went to visit some old friends.  There was a standing joke that Sir John, "never left their garden empty-handed, and that evening he carried off a plant of Forget me-not". He placed it in his favorite border when he returned to his home.   Richardson is buried at Grasmere cemetery near William Wordsworth. One of the verses of Scripture inserted on his tombstone is from the twenty-seventh Psalm.  During times of great duress on their expeditions with Franklin - times when they were starving, facing certain death, when they were too weak to hold a bible in their hands - Richardson and Franklin had repeated this psalm to each other - this was Richardson's favorite verse:  "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living."     Thanks for listening to the daily gardener, and remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

Our show this week is all about Trees in the June Garden. 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. In our regular monthly  " In the Garden " show we like to help you prepare for garden tasks in the upcoming month. We also know that timing is everything in the garden and there is a definite right time for many things, especially trees. Mark Irwin, arbourist with Bartlett Trees Experts joins us in the studio again. This time we focus on trees in the June Garden. As all our Spring Flowering trees, wind down their beautiful displays now is the time to pay closer attention to them. Mark gives some tips on what to look for as far as insects and diseases and the importance to get on a program so that the tree is treated for them at the correct time of year. We also discussed best practices to care for some of the most popular small evergreens and small trees in a typical garden. Boxwood, Yews and Japanese Maples. Have a listen and learn along with us on this timely show. 

This is the DIY Garden Minute by Spoken Garden!  "Teaching you tips and tricks for your Garden in one minute!"        Today's topic is 7 Early Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees.   Spring plants seem to explode with color and texture to give us that sense of rebirth every year, but some plants flower much earlier than others. Which plants are these? Well, here is a quick list of 7 Early Spring Flowering Shrubs and Trees for you. Listen to learn witch 7 shrubs and trees flower early in the Spring!   Do you have a favorite early spring flowering shrub or tree? Email us and let us know!      You can find other one-minute topics at spokengarden.com/podcast .   See ya in the garden!

Geoff Hodge and Ken Crowther discuss spring flowering bulbs that need to be planted around this time of year.

Heather Rose Jones Shares 5 Books (and Reasons!) that Prove the English Regency is the Perfect Setting for Romances Between Women Les Do Books In this episode of Les Do Books, Tara is joined by Heather Rose Jones, author, reviewer at The Lesbian Review, and host of the Lesbian Historic Motif Project. Heather has 5 reasons why the English Regency is the perfect setting for romances between women, and book recommendations to back them up. Check out the reasons and books she discussed here: Romantic friendship between women: Pembroke Park by Michelle Martin A surplus of women: Frederica and the Viscountess by Barbara Davies No psychoanalysis: Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn Gender-segregated socializing: The Sisterhood by Penelope Friday A wealth of real-life historic role models: The Covert Captain: or A Marriage of Equals by Jeannelle M. Ferreira Learn more about Heather Rose Jones Website Facebook Twitter      More info If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please consider contributing to the Patreon for The Lesbian Talk Show channel. Come talk to us about these books and any other lesfic you’ve been reading lately at our Facebook group, The Lesbian Review Book Club. You can see all of our reviews, top 10 lists and author profiles on TheLesbianReview.com and don’t forget to send your emails, questions and more to Tara@TheLesbianReview.com.

Book Appreciation with Jeannelle M. Ferreira The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast - Episode 22c In the Book Appreciation segments, our featured authors (or your host) will talk about one or more favorite books with queer female characters in a historic setting. In this episode Jeannelle M. Ferreira recommends some favorite queer historical novels: Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn  Kissing the Witch by Emma Donoghue  Room by Emma Donoghue (non-queer)  Passions Between Women by Emma Donoghue (non-fiction)  We Are Michael Field by Emma Donoghue (biography)  Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones  Backwards to Oregon by Jae  The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein (fantasy series, queer-coded, historical-ish)  More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp For further information on Jeannelle M. Ferreira see https://jeannellewrites.wordpress.com or the show notes for the previous episode of the Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast when she was interviewed. If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com No transcript is available for this episode. If you enjoy this podcast and others at The Lesbian Talk Show, please consider supporting the show through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/TheLesbianTalkShow

  If you’re looking for information on boring, basic tulips this is not the podcast episode for you. If the idea of tulips with red striped leaves and grape hyacinths that sparkle like diamonds are more your speed, this is definitely an episode worth listening to. Steve and Danielle start the season off right with suggestions on spring-flowering bulbs that are fragrant, eye-catching or, options that are almost as odd-looking as they are alluring.     Expert: Joseph Tychonievich is a horticulturist, plant breeder, and former nursery manager at Arrowhead Alpines who currently gardens in Virginia.

Jeff Gravish of Boething Treeland Farms talks about spring flowering trees, privacy screens, and the best small tress for small yards. Author Maureen Gilmer talks about her new book, "The Colorful Dry Garden." Upcoming garden events.

Interview with Farah Mendlesohn The Lesbian Historic Motif Podcast: Episode 16b A series of interviews with authors of historically-based fiction featuring queer women. In this episode we talk about I chat with Farah Mendlesohn about her brand new lesbian Regency romance Spring Flowering. How did a literary theorist specializing in fantasy and science fiction come to write historic romance? Why was the 17th century a great time to set fiction about women loving women? How does historical fiction writer Geoffrey Trease come into things? How Spring Flowering came out of a challenge and a NaNoWriMo project. Publications mentioned: Spring Flowering by Farah Mendlesohn (2017, Manifold Press) In These Times: Living in Britain Through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 by Jenny Uglow Beulah Marie Dix (she wrote historical fiction in the early 20th century and was known to have relationships with women) Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England by Amanda Vickery (mentioned as “In the Georgian Household”) A Very Queer Family Indeed: Sex, Religion, and the Bensons in Victorian Britain by Simon Goldhill More info The Lesbian Historic Motif Project lives at: http://alpennia.com/lhmp Website: https://farahmendlesohn.com Twitter: @effjayem If you have questions or comments about the LHMP or these podcasts, send them to: contact@alpennia.com

Research in Nature this week shows that lost memories in mice can be rescued by reactivating a group of memory cells in the brain called 'engram' cells. The team suggests that their research might prove useful for Alzheimer's patients in the future. Professor John Hardy, neuroscientist at University College London and Dr Prerana Shrestha from the Center for Neural Science at New York University discuss the work with Tracey. The migrating white stork is well-known in folklore as the bringer of babies. In recent years, large numbers of them have decided to stop flying to Africa for winter, and live all year round, feasting on food from landfills in Portugal. Dr Aldina Franco from the University of East Anglia has been studying these birds and talks to Tracey about these adapting birds. A scientist at Royal Holloway University in London has discovered the oldest-known fossil of a pine tree. Howard Falcon-Lang discovered the fossils in Nova Scotia, Canada, and brought some back to his office. 5 years later, he dissolved a sample of what looked like charcoal in acid and discovered charred pine twigs. These date back 140 million years to a time when fires raged across large tracts of land. Reporter Roland Pease visits his lab to look at the samples close up. The research suggests the tree's evolution was shaped in the fiery landscape of the Cretaceous, where oxygen levels were much higher than today, fuelling intense and frequent wildfires. UK Gardeners may have noticed summer flowers blooming at unusual times this winter. Tracey meets up with seed scientist Steve Penfield and crop geneticist Judith Irwin in a greenhouse at the John Innes Centre. They explain how seeds and flowering times are affected temperature changes.

If you want your garden to be filled with colour next spring, now is a great time to plant spring flowering bulbs before the colder weather sets in. Kris Collins from Thompson and Morgan spoke to Ken Crowther about the best times to plant.

Richard Hentschel, host of Green Side Up addresses what to do with our spring flowering bulbs once the bloom show fades. Bulb foliage should be left alone to yellow; brown and collapse on its own to ensure the leaves have re supplied the bulb with energy so we have another great show in 2016. Deadheading any flowers that are forming seeds is another way to conserve nutrition for the bulb.

Tim Hionis co-owns Hionis Greenhouses with his three brothers. He has been growing annual bedding plants, containers and hanging baskets, Spring Flowering bulbs, Holiday Plants, and much more for over 45 years in the industry. With over 10 acres of indoor production facilities and 110 acres of outdoor production, Hionis is in on the leading edge of industries needs and expectations. Located in the heart of New Jersey, Hionis easily can supply the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Hionis proudly supports the independent Garden and Home Center, Landscape Professionals, Local Farm Markets and outlets and many more in the industry. Hionis Greenhouses was the first greenhouses allowed by the NJ Department of Agriculture to put the Jersey Grown Logo on Annuals.Before it was only allowed on Perennials and Nursery Stock. In this episode Tim discusses: -How to work with a grower instead of running all over the place buying from several nurseries or garden centers -Which plants consumers are asking for -Which plants bloom the longest -Which plants are more disease resistant -The process of propagating plants -What it's like being a grower and systems needed to succeed as a grower -Fertilizing and deadheading to extend bloom time For more information, visit www.hionisgreenhouses.com.

Tim Hionis co-owns Hionis Greenhouses with his three brothers. He has been growing annual bedding plants, containers and hanging baskets, Spring Flowering bulbs, Holiday Plants, and much more for over 45 years in the industry. With over 10 acres of indoor production facilities and 110 acres of outdoor production, Hionis is in on the leading edge of industries needs and expectations. Located in the heart of New Jersey, Hionis easily can supply the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Hionis proudly supports the independent Garden and Home Center, Landscape Professionals, Local Farm Markets and outlets and many more in the industry. Hionis Greenhouses was the first greenhouses allowed by the NJ Department of Agriculture to put the Jersey Grown Logo on Annuals.Before it was only allowed on Perennials and Nursery Stock.In this episode Tim discusses: -How to work with a grower instead of running all over the place buying from several nurseries or garden centers -Which plants consumers are asking for -Which plants bloom the longest -Which plants are more disease resistant -The process of propagating plants -What it's like being a grower and systems needed to succeed as a grower -Fertilizing and deadheading to extend bloom timeFor more information, visit www.hionisgreenhouses.com.

Tim Hionis co-owns Hionis Greenhouses with his three brothers. He has been growing annual bedding plants, containers and hanging baskets, Spring Flowering bulbs, Holiday Plants, and much more for over 45 years in the industry. With over 10 acres of indoor production facilities and 110 acres of outdoor production, Hionis is in on the leading edge of industries needs and expectations. Located in the heart of New Jersey, Hionis easily can supply the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Hionis proudly supports the independent Garden and Home Center, Landscape Professionals, Local Farm Markets and outlets and many more in the industry. Hionis Greenhouses was the first greenhouses allowed by the NJ Department of Agriculture to put the Jersey Grown Logo on Annuals.Before it was only allowed on Perennials and Nursery Stock.In this episode Tim discusses: -How to work with a grower instead of running all over the place buying from several nurseries or garden centers -Which plants consumers are asking for -Which plants bloom the longest -Which plants are more disease resistant -The process of propagating plants -What it's like being a grower and systems needed to succeed as a grower -Fertilizing and deadheading to extend bloom timeFor more information, visit www.hionisgreenhouses.com.

Tim Hionis co-owns Hionis Greenhouses with his three brothers. He has been growing annual bedding plants, containers and hanging baskets, Spring Flowering bulbs, Holiday Plants, and much more for over 45 years in the industry. With over 10 acres of indoor production facilities and 110 acres of outdoor production, Hionis is in on the leading edge of industries needs and expectations. Located in the heart of New Jersey, Hionis easily can supply the tri-state area of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and Eastern Pennsylvania. Hionis proudly supports the independent Garden and Home Center, Landscape Professionals, Local Farm Markets and outlets and many more in the industry. Hionis Greenhouses was the first greenhouses allowed by the NJ Department of Agriculture to put the Jersey Grown Logo on Annuals.Before it was only allowed on Perennials and Nursery Stock. In this episode Tim discusses: -How to work with a grower instead of running all over the place buying from several nurseries or garden centers -Which plants consumers are asking for -Which plants bloom the longest -Which plants are more disease resistant -The process of propagating plants -What it's like being a grower and systems needed to succeed as a grower -Fertilizing and deadheading to extend bloom time For more information, visit www.hionisgreenhouses.com.