1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:07,080 What doesn't mean when the plant tag says partsun, part shade or sun and 2 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:14,000 shade. How literally should we take these recommendations? Let us brighten your day, 3 00:00:14,599 --> 00:00:20,280 enlighten you on the subject here on the Gardening Simplified show coming to you 4 00:00:20,440 --> 00:00:27,239 from Studio A at Proven Winner's Color Choice Shrubs with Stacy Hervella me Rick Weistanar 5 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:32,960 engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Well, Stacey, it's quite easy to understand 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:38,359 full sun for a plant or a shade recommendation. I think I can handle 7 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:43,200 that pretty well. But when they start talking about parts son and part shade, 8 00:00:43,640 --> 00:00:48,079 first of all, isn't part son and part shade the same thing? 9 00:00:48,439 --> 00:00:55,359 And this is coming from a guy who can confuse etymology with entomology, which 10 00:00:55,399 --> 00:01:00,840 really bugs me. So I guess let's start here. What kind of shade 11 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,959 are we talking about? Structural shade, filtered shade, seasonal shade, parts 12 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:07,799 sun, part shade. Aren't they the same thing? I mean, I 13 00:01:07,879 --> 00:01:12,159 know I'm getting caught up in the weeds here, Stacy, but kind of 14 00:01:12,159 --> 00:01:15,079 tough for me to figure those out. Well, you and a lot of 15 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:19,319 people. I mean, I've definitely heard from a lot of people that they 16 00:01:19,319 --> 00:01:22,799 get confused. So let's just get this right, you know, get this 17 00:01:22,840 --> 00:01:26,640 out of the way right off the bat. Parts sun and part shade are 18 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,599 interchangeable, okay, at least for us. So if speaking for proven winters 19 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:34,680 colored choice shrubs, the way that we use those on our plant tags is 20 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:41,760 interchangeable, and we specifically opt to use parts sun over part shade because the 21 00:01:41,799 --> 00:01:44,879 sun in terms of the plant performance, is the more important part, not 22 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:48,599 the shade from when it comes to most shrubs. So we use parts sun 23 00:01:48,719 --> 00:01:53,519 and what we mean that to what we intend that to mean is four to 24 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,519 six hours of sun each day or filtered light all day. Okay, does 25 00:01:57,560 --> 00:02:00,599 that make sense? Yes, it does make sense. You know. My 26 00:02:00,719 --> 00:02:04,319 approach always has been, Okay, if this is a sun plant and the 27 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:07,960 tag says it's a sun plant, don't put it in the shade and vice 28 00:02:08,039 --> 00:02:13,840 versa. But as far as part shade or part sun is concerned, I 29 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,199 don't know. I just kind of I just kind of wing it. So, 30 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:22,159 but that description is good as a matter of fact. In the Gardening 31 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:27,800 Simplified Catalog, you're right, it says full sun six hours of bright sun 32 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:32,960 each day. Part shade is foward to six hours of sun daily or filtered 33 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,960 light throughout the day. And then shade is less than four hours of sun 34 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:44,800 a day, and I guess that that's a pretty good way to define it. 35 00:02:45,120 --> 00:02:47,199 So again, in my mind, partsun and part shade are the same 36 00:02:47,280 --> 00:02:54,360 thing for to six hours of sun per day. And yet what time of 37 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:59,560 the day? Right? Yeah, absolutely, because I think the afternoon sun 38 00:02:59,599 --> 00:03:04,599 off you, is hotter than the morning sun. The morning sun is great 39 00:03:04,719 --> 00:03:08,639 because it dries the dew off the foliage of roses or plants, helps to 40 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:14,080 decrease disease. And then the next question that comes to mind, Stacey, 41 00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:19,599 is how do you figure out how much sun you have? Because most people 42 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,000 do not have a light meter in their back pocket, right, And even 43 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,439 if they did, light meters don't just say okay, you're reading is full 44 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,919 sun. They gave you it in lumens, and no one to my knowledge 45 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:32,560 has done the translation work to say, okay, this many lumens over the 46 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:38,080 course of the day in a spot equals this much light. But I do 47 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:42,520 think that there is a simple way that one can test it, and that 48 00:03:42,719 --> 00:03:47,039 is if you can stand being out there for certain parts of the day, 49 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:50,919 then that is shady and if it's hot, if you go out on a 50 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,080 hot summer day and it feels real hot and sunny, if it's like that 51 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:55,960 most of the day, you've probably got sun. If it's like that part 52 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,759 of the day, you probably got parts on. If it's like that, 53 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:00,800 none of the day, you got shade. So what we're saying is that 54 00:04:00,879 --> 00:04:06,400 this part sun, part shade, sun shade, filtered shade, whatever is 55 00:04:06,800 --> 00:04:12,639 somewhat of an inexact science, like the hardiness zone map. It isn't an 56 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,719 exact science. And you know, that's why we often say that gardening is 57 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:19,959 art and science, because there is a little bit of that instinct intuition that 58 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:24,040 goes along with it. But you know, for us, you know, 59 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:28,720 being a company that introduces new plants and writes tags, what we're trying to 60 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:33,680 provide is the conditions under which you will see results similar to the photos on 61 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:36,720 the plant tag, because that's what we really want people to have. I 62 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:40,600 mean, if they're buying a plant we've sold them on the plant tag those 63 00:04:40,639 --> 00:04:42,759 pretty pictures, they're like, yes, I want this, I want it 64 00:04:42,839 --> 00:04:46,319 to look like this in my yard. And while that plant might be able 65 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,079 to survive in more shade, more sun. Whatever that looks like it won't 66 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:54,519 perform, like we have set up your expectations to perform. And that's what's 67 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:59,839 really important to us, is how can you recreate the conditions for this success 68 00:05:00,120 --> 00:05:04,399 home. So the plant tag is there to help the plant thrive, not 69 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:10,319 survive, yes, exactly, not just survive, survive, thank you, 70 00:05:10,879 --> 00:05:16,360 important word to interject, not just survive exactly. You know, I think 71 00:05:16,759 --> 00:05:19,959 I was thinking about this subject, and I was thinking that if I were 72 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:25,160 a plant, I think the tag that they would make for me and staple 73 00:05:25,199 --> 00:05:29,519 on the lapel of my jacket here would be sun. Because I love the 74 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:31,759 sun. I love summer. And as a matter of fact, I wrote 75 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,319 you a little limb a rick about that because I'm really popping the vitamin D 76 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,879 right now. I can't wait for spring. I'm really lacking sunlight. It's 77 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,639 making me quite uptight. I'll pop some Vitamin D and drink some hot green 78 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:51,560 tea and maybe I'll be more polite. My houseplants are experiencing depression. It's 79 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:58,399 causing a slow digression, and so I have conceded that therapy is needed with 80 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:02,360 a sun lamp in her vengean. So we're a lot like plants. Stacy, 81 00:06:02,439 --> 00:06:04,160 Well, I have a question for you. Yeah, So if you're 82 00:06:04,199 --> 00:06:08,160 talking about the plant tag you're wearing and it's full sun, what's your hardiness 83 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:15,199 own? I gotta be a Zone nine or I think you're gonna go I'm 84 00:06:15,319 --> 00:06:20,279 living zero coal tolerance. It's something else now, of course, that does 85 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:25,120 bring up a good point, and that is the sun tags in the shade 86 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,639 tags sun or shade or part shade. Uh, it's going to be a 87 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:34,800 little different dependent on where you are in the country also because full sun in 88 00:06:34,959 --> 00:06:40,360 Georgia is going to be very different from Toronto, Canada. Absolutely, and 89 00:06:40,399 --> 00:06:42,600 you know what you started talking about this earlier. I think it's a really 90 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:46,879 really good point for us here in Michigan, most of the Midwest and certainly 91 00:06:46,879 --> 00:06:50,680 the North, that time of the day that you get the sun is less 92 00:06:50,720 --> 00:06:54,079 important. We don't have. I mean, we might have a couple of 93 00:06:54,199 --> 00:06:57,759 very very hot days, but for the most part, our afternoons are not 94 00:06:58,360 --> 00:07:01,279 scorching or outside the realm of what most plants can take. But absolutely, 95 00:07:01,279 --> 00:07:05,560 when you get into those warmer climates, I would say basically, you know, 96 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:14,399 from Virginia south Ish over west to Oklahoma, that afternoon sun can really 97 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:18,240 change the plant's ability to thrive in that area because it is so hot and 98 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:23,079 at that point you've had hours of accumulated heat, and so how stressed is 99 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:26,839 the plant getting And so in those cases, you know, it does become 100 00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:30,720 much more important to pay attention to those shade needs. And that's why plant 101 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:35,000 light tolerances are typically listed as a range, and people often get confused, 102 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,720 but you know, we can only have plant one plant tag for each plant. 103 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:41,720 If we had them for every region, it would, trust me, 104 00:07:41,759 --> 00:07:44,079 it would be a mess. As nice as it would be, it would 105 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,199 not work out as well as it might seem. And so we put that 106 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:50,600 range so that people can, you know, make the right decisions. And 107 00:07:51,199 --> 00:07:55,680 I say this often, but it's why shopping at a local garden center is 108 00:07:55,720 --> 00:07:58,839 so important, especially if you aren't familiar with what you're doing or looking at 109 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:03,600 new plants. The local expertise in what that plant will tolerate, how it 110 00:08:03,639 --> 00:08:07,160 will actually thrive and not just survive, is crucial because they're the real experts. 111 00:08:07,439 --> 00:08:11,560 And I think Stacy's going to take us down this road and plants on 112 00:08:11,639 --> 00:08:15,160 trial because two plants that I think of as we talk about this topic, 113 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,560 one is hydranges because I personally believe hydranges need a lot of sun to bloom 114 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,560 well. And yet some people stacy consider them to be a shade plant. 115 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,079 Yes, I'd say they are widely considered to be a shade plant, and 116 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,279 generally I would say that is a not an appropriate assumption exactly. So we'll 117 00:08:33,279 --> 00:08:37,080 get into that and then for me personally, as a matter of fact, 118 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:41,000 I was just chatting with Kevin Hurd from Proven Winners about this. I remember 119 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:45,759 Colius when I got when I first got into the industry over forty years ago, 120 00:08:46,480 --> 00:08:50,200 Colius was strictly a shade plant and it would be blooming its head off 121 00:08:50,279 --> 00:08:56,840 by July. Now, via genetics and plant breeding, the Colius really doesn't 122 00:08:56,919 --> 00:09:01,720 put its energy into blooms and we can have it right out there in the 123 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,000 hot sun. The label or the tag on Colius has changed through the years. 124 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:11,200 Yeahs has changed, and people sometimes do need to reconsider all of their 125 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:16,600 assumptions about that because of plant breeding. Yes, so take it with a 126 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:20,519 grain of salt. Apply the same principle we did with the heartiness zone map, 127 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:26,639 and that is we're talking about ranges. We're talking about in the ballpark, 128 00:09:26,919 --> 00:09:31,440 but at the end of the day. Regardless of what the tag says, 129 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:35,600 the proof is in the pudding and the plant will quickly show you whether 130 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:39,759 or not it's happy in the light environments. It will and read the tag 131 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:45,759 and read the labels. Plants on trial Coming up next, Stacy will introduce 132 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:50,720 us to a plant and will continue our talk on this sunshade part shade filtered 133 00:09:50,759 --> 00:10:01,200 shade stuff right after this. Stay tuned Proven Winter's Color Choice Shrubs cares about 134 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,600 your success in the garden. That's why we trial and test all of our 135 00:10:03,639 --> 00:10:07,600 shrubs for eight to ten years, making sure they outperform everything else on the 136 00:10:07,639 --> 00:10:11,600 market. Look for them and the distinctive white container at your local garden center. 137 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:18,000 Creeting's Gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. We're 138 00:10:18,039 --> 00:10:20,440 going to put a plan on trial. But as is often the case, 139 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,159 I have a few last words for our previous topic. Great so do I 140 00:10:24,759 --> 00:10:28,519 good perfect great minds. You know, we gave people a lot of good 141 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:33,159 information about light, but we didn't really talk about what to look for. 142 00:10:33,200 --> 00:10:35,960 If a plant is not in light that you know that would make it happy. 143 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:39,840 So if a plant is in too much shade, you're going to see 144 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:45,919 a lack of flowers. You're going to see dull colored leaves, and the 145 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,600 plant is going to be more sparse and open and not unless dense and rounded. 146 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:52,200 Those are typical signs that the plant is in too much shade. But 147 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:54,759 flowering, I would say, is probably one of the biggest, and fruiting 148 00:10:54,759 --> 00:10:56,279 if it's a fruiting plant, know, if it's in too much sun, 149 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,759 what you're going to see is basically an inability to keep it watered no matter 150 00:11:01,759 --> 00:11:03,120 what you do. Now, don't get that confused with overwatering, because an 151 00:11:03,159 --> 00:11:09,000 overwatered plant and an underwatered plant both wilt but hard to keep it watered. 152 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:16,360 Browning around the leaf edges and the leaf tips, and the plant just kind 153 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,919 of looking sort of beige and sad. You know, it's hard to explain 154 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:22,639 unless you've seen it, but they do take on this kind of like bleached 155 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:28,279 sad look, a bleached look and burnt along the margins of the foliage. 156 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,879 Yes, you're gonna see that. I wanted to mention. If you go 157 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:37,440 to proven winters dot com and you're looking for a plant, let's say you're 158 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,879 looking for a hydrange. There's a icon on the website that says light level 159 00:11:45,039 --> 00:11:48,000 and you can click on that. Now here's the choices they give you full 160 00:11:48,039 --> 00:11:54,120 shade, part shade to shade, part shade sun, or shade part sun 161 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:58,720 to sun sun. Yeah, they really break it. It's a little over 162 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,559 complicated, and I think there's a little bit of a lack of consistency since 163 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:07,519 many different people contribute to that website. But there's lots of other places to 164 00:12:07,519 --> 00:12:11,320 find out any For the most part, anytime you find out a light requirement 165 00:12:11,399 --> 00:12:13,840 of a plant genus of say Salva or whatever, you're going to be able 166 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:18,240 to extrapolate that to most of the other members of well and working in the 167 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:22,279 garden center. I've got to say that the tags for proven Winners Color Choice 168 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,960 shrubs are fabulous. I mean, when you're out there working with customers, 169 00:12:28,039 --> 00:12:33,679 anyone, whatever their level of gardening ability is, but you open up one 170 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:35,399 of those tags, you pretty much find what you need to. Well, 171 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:39,639 that's what we try to do. We want people to be successful, we 172 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,480 really do. And last word on this before we move on to today's plan 173 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,519 on trial. If your plant is not in the right amount of light, 174 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:52,759 you can move it. Yes, so it's not a forever commitment, unless 175 00:12:52,799 --> 00:12:56,440 it's a tree, and then you've got bigger problems literally and metaphorically. But 176 00:12:56,639 --> 00:12:58,840 you know, for the most part, you can absolutely move that plant. 177 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,399 Early spring is a great time to do that. You can even do that 178 00:13:01,440 --> 00:13:05,320 through spring or in fall, whenever the plant is dormant. So it's not 179 00:13:05,600 --> 00:13:11,200 a you know, life sentence if you have misplanted your plant in terms of 180 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,519 light conditions, so you know, obviously all of the plants in the proven 181 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:18,799 Winter's Color Choice line need light. Plants need light to photosynthesize. It is 182 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,320 a crucial part, although often omitted, part of the photosynthetic equation. You 183 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:26,679 can look it up if you are curious. They don't always put light, 184 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:31,120 but the photosynthetic reaction must happen in the presence of light or it doesn't occur. 185 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:33,799 It's incredibly important element. Yes, so some people will skip that. 186 00:13:33,840 --> 00:13:39,240 One will write light over the arrow that shows the conversion. But now I'm 187 00:13:39,279 --> 00:13:43,159 just being pedantic and I'm trying to say something really important about a plant here, 188 00:13:43,679 --> 00:13:48,080 and the plant on trial today is fairy trail bride hydrangea. Wow, 189 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,399 beautiful, Now you call that you said I would probably pick a hydranga because 190 00:13:50,639 --> 00:13:54,799 they are a plant that is often very confusing for people in terms of light. 191 00:13:56,000 --> 00:14:00,759 Now Here in our trial gardens in West Michigan, we grow the majority 192 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:03,840 of our hydrangeas in full sun. So that is to say, again at 193 00:14:03,919 --> 00:14:05,960 least six hours of bright sun each day. Now, that said, our 194 00:14:07,039 --> 00:14:11,039 hydrangeas are mulched within an inch of their life. We have a very nice 195 00:14:11,039 --> 00:14:13,080 thick blanket of mulch over them, which they love because they have shallow roots 196 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:18,480 and they are irrigated, so those two things can help a plant take more 197 00:14:18,519 --> 00:14:22,720 sun. But that said, in a milder climate like this, where our 198 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,360 summers you know, again, we might have a few days in the hundreds 199 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:28,120 in you know, over a hundred, but they're few and far between. 200 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:31,080 For the most part, our summers are you know, around eighty five degrees 201 00:14:31,120 --> 00:14:35,399 eighty three eighty five degrees. Now, if you live in the south, 202 00:14:35,639 --> 00:14:39,000 yes, absolutely, your hydrange is going to need shade in the afternoon because 203 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,720 for all of their wonderful qualities, hydrangeas are just not that efficient at using 204 00:14:43,799 --> 00:14:48,279 water. And when they are in a very hot climate and they're in a 205 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,440 lot of sun, they're going to lose water faster than they can replace it. 206 00:14:50,480 --> 00:14:54,039 And you're going to have a wilted hydrangea all the time, which you 207 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:56,720 know is fine short term, but long term we're just kind of like, 208 00:14:56,759 --> 00:15:01,519 why am I growing this sad looking thing because it's moping all the time? 209 00:15:01,639 --> 00:15:05,320 Yes, not a moped, A moped, my moped. That was a 210 00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,799 good one. I'm writing that one down, all right, you can use 211 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,799 that one, Okay, thanks, But this today's plan on trial. Fairy 212 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:18,159 trail Bride hydrangea is uh. It is a plant that has really kind of 213 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:24,440 opened my eyes to the fact that a plant light needs can be about more 214 00:15:24,559 --> 00:15:28,360 than just the number of hours of sunlight they need for successful photosynthesis and health. 215 00:15:30,159 --> 00:15:31,600 Now, before I get into why that is, I want to kind 216 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:35,399 of paint a picture of fairy trail Bride hydrange for you. It's a newer 217 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:39,360 hydrangea. You may have heard of it. It was originally introduced in Europe 218 00:15:39,399 --> 00:15:43,919 as Runaway Bride hydrangea and one best in show at the Chelsea Flower Show in 219 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:48,679 twenty eighteen. People went bananas for it. They kept saying, you guys 220 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:50,759 going to have this in the US. Well, it is finally here. 221 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,000 It's sold under the name Fairy trail Bride Hydrangea because we felt like Runaway Bride 222 00:15:54,039 --> 00:16:00,000 was a little bit depressing. Speak now or forever, hold your peace, 223 00:16:00,440 --> 00:16:03,279 and you know it's not a runaway plant. It's actually a very lovely plant. 224 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,039 It's a different type of hydrangea. It's related to big leaf hydrangea hydrangel 225 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:11,360 Macrophylla oka, but we call it a cascade hydrangea because it has a very 226 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:17,080 different habit. So most hydrangs are really rounded, fairy trail Bride is very 227 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:23,080 horizontal and the branches almost have like a garland or cascating type effect. So 228 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,000 it's very, very different, really beautiful in the landscape. It's perfect if 229 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:30,080 you can plant it, like near a wall or someplace where this unique habit 230 00:16:30,159 --> 00:16:36,279 is really going to shine. And to make it even better, the flowers 231 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:41,440 are set at every single leaf note or where the leaves meet the stems on 232 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,480 the plant, so when it's in flower, it is just a mass of 233 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:51,639 blooms. It flowers so much almost completely obscures the foliage. And this is 234 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:56,000 actually one of the few, if not the only, spring blooming hydrangees. 235 00:16:56,320 --> 00:17:00,000 Huh. Now, a lot of people get viburnums confused because viburnums are very 236 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,240 much spring blooming and people think they're hydranges. Fairy Trail Bride's coming along to 237 00:17:03,960 --> 00:17:08,680 mess with everybody's expectations by blooming in late spring, but it is actually truly 238 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,519 a high range, so late spring, so if you're having a late May 239 00:17:12,799 --> 00:17:17,200 early June wedding, it may be ideal. It would almost be certainly be 240 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:19,519 ideal, Okay, at least here in Michigan. And it does get its 241 00:17:19,599 --> 00:17:23,039 name Fairy Trail Bride or Runaway Bride because it has beautiful, pure white flowers. 242 00:17:23,079 --> 00:17:26,759 They are lace cap flowers, but there are mophead versions that will be 243 00:17:26,880 --> 00:17:32,000 on the market in the Fiy Trail series next season. So exciting, very 244 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:33,759 exciting, but you're probably wondering. Okay, get to the point about the 245 00:17:33,839 --> 00:17:37,519 light. This show is about light, and I have been enlightened, as 246 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:41,559 it were about this plant. So when we first introduced it, we sold 247 00:17:41,599 --> 00:17:45,799 it as hardy to USDA's one seven, which is not very hardy. Most 248 00:17:47,079 --> 00:17:49,839 hydrange of macrophillas and relatives are hardy to at least USDA Zone five, if 249 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:55,240 not usda'son four. And a lot of people were very disheartened by that because 250 00:17:55,279 --> 00:17:57,440 it's a beautiful plant and they were super duper excited about it. But the 251 00:17:57,480 --> 00:18:03,079 reason that we were more conservative about its heartiness is because it does bloom earlier 252 00:18:03,599 --> 00:18:10,359 and so it has those flower buds on the plant in late winter and spring, 253 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:14,039 and a lot of times here in Michigan will get those frosts, you 254 00:18:14,039 --> 00:18:17,119 know, late April through Mother's Day. Seems like it never fails. We 255 00:18:17,119 --> 00:18:22,400 have a frost on Mother's Day almost never fails. And so even though the 256 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,960 plant could survive in terms of actually living in colder climates, what we were 257 00:18:27,039 --> 00:18:30,279 afraid of is that it wouldn't bloom well. And you know, we want 258 00:18:30,279 --> 00:18:33,519 people to be successful, so we're trying to give people the information they need 259 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:38,559 to actually be successful well. Over the past couple of years, what we 260 00:18:38,759 --> 00:18:45,000 have learned, and this is very interesting, is that the plant is perfectly 261 00:18:45,039 --> 00:18:48,200 hearty. And yes there is this issue of the earlier buds, but if 262 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,200 it if you cite it in part sun or part shade, however you want 263 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:55,759 to think about that. So we're going four to six hours of sun each 264 00:18:55,880 --> 00:19:00,319 day in this case, we want morning shade for this plant. We have 265 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,640 found is that if you do get those frosts or freezes in spring, when 266 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:08,359 the plant is starting to leaf out and butt out. That that prevents the 267 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:14,200 frost crystals from melting immediately as soon as the sun hits it, and that 268 00:19:14,519 --> 00:19:18,640 slower melting than it gets just by sort of gradually warming due to exposure of 269 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:25,680 the warmer air temperature reduces or eliminates the damage to the flower bud tissue. 270 00:19:25,799 --> 00:19:30,319 That's fascinating, you know. I think about how in the nursery industry sometimes 271 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:34,279 when we have those marginal frosty mornings or nights, will irrigate get a coat 272 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:38,279 of ice on the plants and allowed to nature to take its core. Yeah, 273 00:19:38,319 --> 00:19:44,240 so this is kind of the same concept. So we have changed the 274 00:19:44,319 --> 00:19:48,559 light recommendations on this plant and are specifically only recommending parts on or part shaped 275 00:19:48,559 --> 00:19:52,039 however you want to put it. But again I always go with parts shaite 276 00:19:52,160 --> 00:19:56,759 with parts sun, and we are specifically recommending that shade in the morning so 277 00:19:56,799 --> 00:20:03,079 that you can eliminate that dramatic melt of the ice crystals and damage to the 278 00:20:03,079 --> 00:20:07,440 plant. And I think going with partsn as opposed to part shade is being 279 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:11,240 positive. Yeah, and it's fuer letters. I like it. Letters. 280 00:20:11,039 --> 00:20:15,519 These things matter when you're designing to so shout out to our designer Shannon on 281 00:20:15,559 --> 00:20:19,599 that one. Another great thing about fairytrail Bride Hydrangea. It was developed by 282 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,799 a gentleman named Ushio Sakazaki in Japan. And you may not have heard his 283 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,880 name before, but if you have ever grown proven Winter's plants, you are 284 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:33,119 you have definitely grown his work. He is the breeder behind super Tunia, 285 00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:38,480 Vista Bubblegum. Oh really he is just and some Yeah, he is really 286 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:42,640 just an absolute brilliant breeder. I'll put some links in the show notes at 287 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,559 Gardening Simplified on air dot com so you can read more about how he managed 288 00:20:47,599 --> 00:20:52,119 to basically revolutionize petunia breeding. He's also the breeder of blew my mind, 289 00:20:52,160 --> 00:20:55,559 of Volvulus, a plant that I really like you grow a couple of years 290 00:20:55,559 --> 00:20:59,559 in a row, Lemon Slice, super Bells, Lemon Slice, Caliber CoA, 291 00:20:59,599 --> 00:21:02,640 and a lot of the other Vista Bubblegum, super tun News and of 292 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:07,240 course Fairy trail Bride Hydrangel because his true love is hydrangees. I'd love to 293 00:21:07,319 --> 00:21:08,480 meet him, Yeah, I would too, way to go. We'd have 294 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:11,960 him on, but I don't know how confident he is in his English skills. 295 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:15,000 And there's also a twelve hour time difference, and I would not require 296 00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:21,160 him to join us at one am Japan time to join us on the show. 297 00:21:21,519 --> 00:21:25,359 So it's a really incredible plant. We're now saying it's hardy USA zone 298 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:29,200 six to nine even five if you cite it carefully with all this information in 299 00:21:29,279 --> 00:21:34,160 mind, four to feet four foot tall and wide and really just an absolutely 300 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,920 beautiful plant that everyone will make you well. Everyone will say, what in 301 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:41,000 the world is that I need to know? And now that everybody got a 302 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:45,519 raise where we bumped up the hardiness zones a little bit, maybe you want 303 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:48,880 to try it? Yeah, you definitely should. You can learn more at 304 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,480 Gardening Simplified on air dot com. We're going to take a little break. 305 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:52,720 When we come back, we're opening up the garden mail bag, so stay 306 00:21:52,720 --> 00:22:04,000 tuned. At proven Winner's Color Choice, We've got a shrub for every taste 307 00:22:04,039 --> 00:22:08,960 and every space. Whether you're looking for an easy care rose and unforgettable hydrangea 308 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,240 or something new and unique, you can be confident that the shrubs and the 309 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:17,279 white containers have been trialed and tested for your success. Look for them at 310 00:22:17,279 --> 00:22:22,960 your local garden center. Greeting's Gardening friends and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified 311 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:26,359 Show. It's my favorite time of the show where we answer gardening questions. 312 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,559 I love answering gardening questions, don't you. Yeah, it's fun when people 313 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,640 like ask you to party or you know, like all right, well you 314 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:38,440 better have a photo. But I do love it because I do get stumped. 315 00:22:38,799 --> 00:22:41,799 But I love when I'm stumped because that gives me like a new topic 316 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:45,920 to explore. And I don't stay stumped for long, so that gets my 317 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:51,119 stump of approval. Yeah, outstanding. Yeah, and I love it too 318 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,759 because it reminds us we're all in the same boat. It's so true. 319 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:56,640 Yeah, I mean, when you ask something, there's almost certainly someone else 320 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,119 out there going, oh, yeah, I've been wondering that too. So 321 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:03,759 anyway, if you have a question for us, you can reach us at 322 00:23:03,759 --> 00:23:07,920 Gardensimplified on air dot com. You can also leave a YouTube comment. Adriana 323 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:11,319 will pass those along to us. You can put it on Instagram. There's 324 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:14,640 so many different ways to reach us. So if you have a question, 325 00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:19,759 do ask. Spring is coming very quickly. In fact, meteorological spring is 326 00:23:19,839 --> 00:23:23,839 less than a month away. Yes, and I go by meteorological spring even 327 00:23:23,880 --> 00:23:26,880 though it's tough to pronounce. Well, you know, it makes sense. 328 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,519 It's a very nice, tidy way to think about the season. So I 329 00:23:30,519 --> 00:23:33,720 feel you on that. So what's our first question? Rick? All Right, 330 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,720 Trixie's got a timely question. At what points should gardeners fertilize their gardens 331 00:23:37,759 --> 00:23:42,079 in spring? Great question. My cool seasoned vegetables are not growing very well, 332 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:48,039 so Trixi's in Zone nine A. The fifteen day forecast shows highs in 333 00:23:48,079 --> 00:23:52,000 the upper sixties with overnight lows in the mid forties to low fifties. My 334 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:57,400 average last frost is around March tenth. Also, will organic fertilizers such as 335 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:03,359 aspoma start working now or do they require heat in order to release their goodness 336 00:24:03,799 --> 00:24:06,359 to my plants? Thanks for all you do. So I think you want 337 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,400 to live where Trixy is living. Yeahs like you're kind of climate there, 338 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:14,240 So Tricksy, this is such a great question, and I feel like there's 339 00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:17,079 a couple different components to it. So you have the vegetable issue, and 340 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,559 fertilizing cool season vegetables is obviously going to be very different than just doing regular 341 00:24:21,599 --> 00:24:26,839 garden maintenance fertilization, And I don't know what cool seasoned vegetables you're growing, 342 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,200 but certainly if you have unusually cool temperatures, they are going to grow a 343 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:33,599 lot more slowly. And that's just you know, a simple fact of them 344 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:38,000 not being able to metabolize as effectively as they do in spring. So even 345 00:24:38,039 --> 00:24:41,200 if you're growing cool season vegetables, they're not going to grow like a vegetable 346 00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:45,200 at you know, the height of the season. So I would recommend that 347 00:24:45,279 --> 00:24:51,400 you continue to fertilize those, you know, using a liquid fertilizer like you 348 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,680 would your your summer vegetables. But I would say probably looking at like once 349 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:57,519 a month instead of every week or every two weeks. What do you think? 350 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:00,359 Yeah, you know, the the approach that I take, Stacey, 351 00:25:00,519 --> 00:25:06,559 is I look more so at soil temperature than air temperature. So Trixie's talking 352 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:11,440 about frost or temperatures in the upper sixties, but when that soil temperature gets 353 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:15,680 to fifty five sixty degrees, if they're sufficient moisture in the soil, then 354 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:22,640 I think fertilizer can be effective. Yeah, definitely, definitely. So speaking 355 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,119 of fertilizer being effective at certain points, so organic fertilizers like a spoma, 356 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,240 which as you know, we both love. We've talked about them many times. 357 00:25:30,079 --> 00:25:36,440 They don't require heat in order to release, but unless the planet is 358 00:25:36,480 --> 00:25:41,200 actively metabolizing, they could release their nutrients through the process of weathering, which 359 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:47,359 is just to say, the acids in the soil, rainfall, water worms, 360 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,839 and other microorganisms, all of that working together to break down the grain 361 00:25:52,079 --> 00:25:56,240 of the fertilizer and make the nutrients available to your plant. That will happen 362 00:25:56,720 --> 00:26:00,440 pretty much as long as the ground is not free. But again, if 363 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:04,839 it's releasing your nutrients those nutrients and the plant is not actively metabolizing to take 364 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:08,759 them up, then what can happen is the fertilizer can run off and it's 365 00:26:08,799 --> 00:26:14,000 just a waste and potentially polluting, or by the time the plant is actively 366 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,559 metabolizing, it's not that the fertilizers the nutrients are already gone. So I 367 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:22,720 do recommend going a little bit closer to the growing season. So I think 368 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:29,440 probably for you Trixy now ish mid February should be fine. But the thing 369 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:33,640 to consider with requiring heat for release is time release fertilizers. So like your 370 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:38,240 Ozma coat, Proven Winners has a continuous release fertilizer like that, anything that's 371 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,920 that's engineered into a prill and intended it with. If it says something like 372 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,920 fertilizers for six months, that is a time release fertilizer, and those do 373 00:26:48,079 --> 00:26:52,880 release their nutrients based on temperature, and they calculate that range of time based 374 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:57,559 on temperature a certain temperature. So if you live in a warm climate like 375 00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:00,920 Trixy does, and it's a feeds for six months, but yet you have 376 00:27:02,039 --> 00:27:06,000 a much warmer season than what was calculated, it's not going to actually provide 377 00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:08,640 nutrients for six months. They will actually go out sooner. Yeah, which 378 00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:12,279 is true, And I'm glad you brought that up because these prills are highly 379 00:27:12,319 --> 00:27:15,039 effective and great. They take some of the guests work out of it. 380 00:27:15,400 --> 00:27:21,359 Ideal for containers or if you're a container growing some of your vegetables are flowers 381 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:26,200 ideal and for folks who are keeping score at home. Stacy mentioned the Aspoma 382 00:27:26,319 --> 00:27:32,279 fertilizers, So those are the tone fertilizers like garden tone or tomato tone or 383 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:36,240 plant tone. Yeah, love that Rose tone is my go to for all 384 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,559 shrub fertilizer needs. So you can keep that in mind if anyone's wondering that. 385 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,119 What's our next question? Uh, Yolanda writes to us, First, 386 00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:47,640 I like to say I love your show. Thank you very mulch. You 387 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:51,799 guys are fun and super informative. My husband and I have finally bought our 388 00:27:51,799 --> 00:27:55,039 own home, and I get to spend lots of time outside gardening. I 389 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:59,640 read books watch videos like yours to learn, but there's nothing like hands on. 390 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:03,799 You're right about that. I don't use any chemicals, but I can't 391 00:28:03,839 --> 00:28:07,720 seem to find a solution for the white fly problem in this particular garden. 392 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,240 I've never seen anything like it. They congregate on the salvia, tomatoes, 393 00:28:11,559 --> 00:28:15,880 even the mint. What's going on? What can I do? I've tried 394 00:28:15,319 --> 00:28:22,440 four seasons, but they seem to be multiplying each year. Help with numerous 395 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,880 exclamations, Yorlanda clearly needs some help it. You know, Yorlanda is in 396 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,839 a unique situation because most people think of white flies as just a greenhouse pest. 397 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,680 Yes, so it can be very difficult to find good information about managing 398 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:40,720 white flies outdoors. And they are typically an issue of warmer, milder climates 399 00:28:40,759 --> 00:28:44,119 than us here in Michigan. But you can have them in Michigan. I 400 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:47,480 had terrible white flies on my tomatoes last year, which must have certainly come 401 00:28:47,519 --> 00:28:49,759 from the greenhouse, but they just didn't go away, and so some of 402 00:28:49,759 --> 00:28:53,200 my tomatoes they really didn't do well, and I was just very disappointed in 403 00:28:53,279 --> 00:28:56,599 that. So it can happen, and if you have a mild enough climate, 404 00:28:56,720 --> 00:29:03,400 then they can keep overwintering and not die out. So most of the 405 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:07,839 control recommendations you're going to see do indeed recommend using something chemical. But I 406 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:15,480 am going to put an alternative out there, and that is that white flies 407 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:22,319 have a number of natural enemies, things like parasitic wasps, lace wings, 408 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:26,319 which almost every garden in the US has a good population of lace wings, 409 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:30,680 and all of these beneficial insects. It's primarily the larval stage of the insect, 410 00:29:30,759 --> 00:29:36,480 or the baby as it were, that controls the pests. And if 411 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:38,319 you want them to be in your garden, you need to make the adults 412 00:29:38,359 --> 00:29:42,000 feel at home. And what that means is planting more flowers. And what 413 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:48,160 a great recommendation for pest control other than to plant more flowers. So look 414 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:52,920 for flowers, especially small flowers, because these insects tend to be quite tiny, 415 00:29:53,519 --> 00:29:56,319 so they're not really necessarily going to make use of like a rose. 416 00:29:56,759 --> 00:30:00,920 They like things that are in the daisy family, which each flowers made up 417 00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:04,200 of a lot of little individual florets, you know, yarrow. Also in 418 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:11,240 the daisy family. Sweet Alyssum is another good example zinias. Yeah, anything 419 00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:17,960 with that compound center and smaller flowers plant more that will definitely encourage those beneficial 420 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:19,559 insects and they should take care of it on their own. And another thing 421 00:30:19,599 --> 00:30:25,440 you can do is if you have a really badly infected plant, part go 422 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,440 out there early in the morning and just snip it off and throw it away 423 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:33,200 exactly because they do tend to congregate the white flies. And I think great 424 00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:37,039 point, Stacy, and I think you look for that and you clip off 425 00:30:37,079 --> 00:30:44,559 some of those really infected foliage leaves. But the other thing to do is 426 00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:48,880 to inspect the underside foliage. That's where you want to attack. And Yolanda, 427 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:55,920 if you decide to spray, I've had some success using insecticidal soap. 428 00:30:56,519 --> 00:31:00,160 And if you use insect decidal soap, the key element there is not simply 429 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:03,519 to sprits the plant. But again, you're gonna get dirty. Your knees 430 00:31:03,519 --> 00:31:07,039 are gonna get dirty, your hands are gonna get dirty, because you've got 431 00:31:07,079 --> 00:31:10,319 to get up under the plant. Now, that is one of those easier 432 00:31:10,359 --> 00:31:14,200 said than done things if I've ever heard one, and they're done that. 433 00:31:14,279 --> 00:31:18,359 But whether you are hand picking or spraying, do remember they are flies, 434 00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:22,720 so they like to fly up if they're disturbed. But if you go out 435 00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:25,079 there early in the morning, you'll get them before they wake up and you'll 436 00:31:25,119 --> 00:31:29,000 have much better success. Sounds good. Ann has a question about a plant 437 00:31:29,039 --> 00:31:34,160 we love and is located in Ontario, Canada, zone five B and has 438 00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:40,599 two hellibor plants in a mostly dry, shady area. I only offer supplemental 439 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,519 water when it hasn't rained for a week or two. They get about two 440 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:47,559 hours of sunlight in the afternoon. They've been in the ground for two seasons, 441 00:31:47,559 --> 00:31:51,440 have not bloomed at all. Could you please advise what I should do 442 00:31:51,599 --> 00:31:55,119 to get them to bloom. I have some hellibores in the same situation, 443 00:31:55,240 --> 00:32:00,319 and I find stacy that in dry shade I can grow hellibar foliage that they 444 00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:05,319 don't bloom. Well, yeah, they aren't a plant that particularly enjoys being 445 00:32:05,359 --> 00:32:08,480 stressed. I mean most plants probably don't, but I very often stress my 446 00:32:08,559 --> 00:32:14,559 plants, and my helibores don't appreciate it. So yeah, I think that 447 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:17,839 you know in and did include a photo which we'll put in our show notes. 448 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:22,079 Now looking at her garden, she has a beautiful planting of lungwart in 449 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:25,440 aurelia, And these are plants that I think for them to do well, 450 00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:30,160 you know, definitely there must be some amount of water because they could take 451 00:32:30,319 --> 00:32:32,839 far less drought than the hellibor is. But one thing on helibores is a 452 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:37,359 lot of people don't realize if you have seed grown helibores, they take a 453 00:32:37,359 --> 00:32:42,720 lot longer to get to a blooming age than tissue cultured helibores. So if 454 00:32:42,759 --> 00:32:45,319 you don't know, or the plants are smaller, they just need to be 455 00:32:45,359 --> 00:32:47,799 more mature. Tissue culture helibores, you'll pay more for them, but they'll 456 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:53,240 flower much faster. And in dry shade. I've had success by simply adding 457 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:58,440 organic matter. So if you can add organic matter, that's going to make 458 00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:01,119 a difference. Yeah, even mulch. Yeah, up and have faith. 459 00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:05,440 This should hopefully be their year. If not, well what else can you 460 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,960 do? At least they have good foliage, which they're earning their keep. 461 00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,480 We're going to take a little bit of a break when we come back We've 462 00:33:09,519 --> 00:33:19,839 got branching news, so please stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show is brought 463 00:33:19,839 --> 00:33:23,279 to you by proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs. Our award winning flowering shrubs and 464 00:33:23,319 --> 00:33:29,359 evergreens have been trialed and tested for your success so you enjoy more beauty and 465 00:33:29,519 --> 00:33:32,279 less work. Look for proven Winners, Color Choice Shrubs and the distinctive white 466 00:33:32,279 --> 00:33:38,240 container at your local garden center. Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. 467 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:44,480 It's time for branching news and Stacey, it's well super Bowl time and it 468 00:33:44,559 --> 00:33:49,119 causes me to think of the story of Sir Isaac Newton discovering gravity by having 469 00:33:49,119 --> 00:33:52,480 an apple fall on his head. Now, let me explain there's a lot 470 00:33:52,559 --> 00:33:58,640 of people who do not understand or know that there is a tool and instrument 471 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:06,039 around called the the cleg Impact soil tester. So this is a device where 472 00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:10,440 and the cleg hammer, so to speak, takes its name from Baden Clegg, 473 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:16,880 who is an Australian engineer who dreamed up this device not with sports in 474 00:34:17,079 --> 00:34:24,119 mind, but basically foundations. And it's a hammer or a tool that drops 475 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:30,039 weight like the apple on Sir Isaac Newton's head. That is alleged to have 476 00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:36,679 happened to cause him to discover gravity. And that weighted hammer with a sensor 477 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,679 on its nose drops from a tube on a defined height to the turf area 478 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:45,159 or to the soil. And what it does is it measures the density of 479 00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:49,639 the soil. Now, how does this all tie into the Super Bowl? 480 00:34:49,679 --> 00:34:52,800 Well in the news this past week, the San Francisco forty nine ers made 481 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:57,960 it to the site of the Super Bowl game and to practice, they get 482 00:34:57,960 --> 00:35:01,280 a field and they didn't like the condition of the field, And I guess 483 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:09,039 I can't blame them. Athletes have really concerns over how dense or compacted a 484 00:35:09,159 --> 00:35:14,840 soil is or how hard the turf is. Golfers do too, and so 485 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:21,320 they use a cleg device to determine how compact or how hard the surface is. 486 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,320 And there's your football lesson for this week. So did they do the 487 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:29,280 cleg test to say, hey, this field won't work for us, we 488 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,519 need a cleg of at least X number? Yes, they did. Isn't 489 00:35:31,519 --> 00:35:35,519 that any they travel with their own cleg hammer. That's a great question, 490 00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:39,000 and it causes me to believe they do. They must somebody around has the 491 00:35:39,079 --> 00:35:44,840 cleg job drops the Sir Isaac Newton Apple and says this field isn't going to 492 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,840 work. And of course, you know, high concern within the NFL and 493 00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:53,599 in football for things like concussions, and rightfully so, and so I'm just 494 00:35:53,639 --> 00:36:00,639 sharing this with you that there is such a thing as a cleg hammer and 495 00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:04,920 athletes have interest in it. Well, you know, I don't celebrate the 496 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:13,000 Super Bowl. I celebrate the Superbowl. The Superbowl. And how did you 497 00:36:13,079 --> 00:36:15,960 do that, Stacy Hi? You know, looking at pictures of owls and 498 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:20,280 talking about owls and hoping to see an owl? You do bird watching on 499 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,880 Super Sunday. Yeah, I love it. I love it. Well, 500 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:28,159 hopefully you have some good snacks to go along with that. That's great, 501 00:36:29,719 --> 00:36:35,199 all right, boy, you are hot on the puns today. Superbowl is 502 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:40,320 It's a phenomenon. I love it, all right. Well, hey, 503 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:45,400 as long as we're on the subject of wild animals. A power outage affecting 504 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:51,119 thousands of customers in downtown Toronto was caused by an unlucky raccoon that wandered into 505 00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:57,599 the wrong place. Utility officials say so seven thousand downtown customers in Toronto were 506 00:36:57,920 --> 00:37:01,840 out of power last week. They did determined that the raccoon had made contact 507 00:37:02,119 --> 00:37:09,239 with their equipment at a downtown Toronto station. Uh, that poor raccoon. 508 00:37:09,559 --> 00:37:13,880 What is with the raccoons in Toronto. It's a phenomenon. It is a 509 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,320 phenomenon. It's like there's a whole thing. Yeah. Yeah, And I 510 00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:22,199 have tons of great raccoon puns, but they're all in the trash, so 511 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,880 I won't share them with you. Here's a great story. I love this. 512 00:37:25,039 --> 00:37:30,519 A two hundred and eighty five year old lemon. Oh can you imagine 513 00:37:30,519 --> 00:37:32,679 that? A fruit? Oh? No, I can't. A two hundred 514 00:37:32,679 --> 00:37:36,840 and eighty five year old lemon was found in the back of an old cabinet 515 00:37:36,920 --> 00:37:42,719 drawer and was auctioned for one thousand, seven hundred and eighty dollars in England. 516 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:46,280 So they had a nineteenth century cabinet that was brought to an auction house 517 00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:51,880 by a family who said it belonged to a deceased uncle, and a specialist 518 00:37:51,960 --> 00:37:57,440 was photographing the cabinet for sale when the lemon was discovered in the back of 519 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,800 a drawer. The fruit was inscribed with the message and it was dated November 520 00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:08,159 fourth, seventeen thirty nine, and so the auction house thought, all right, 521 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:13,159 let's auction off this old lemon. They got one thousand, seven hundred 522 00:38:13,159 --> 00:38:15,000 and eighty dollars for I. You know, I don't know that the lemons 523 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:20,000 should have been separated from the cabinet. Tell you the truth. Good point. 524 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:24,440 Well, the cabinet meanwhile, sold for forty bucks. What Yeah, 525 00:38:24,519 --> 00:38:30,519 the cabinet sold for forty bucks, but the lemon sold for one thousand, 526 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:35,519 seven hundred and eighty dollars. Doesn't surprise me. Lemons are simply the zest. 527 00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:39,400 And as far as this lemon from seventeen let's see, it's November four, 528 00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:45,199 seventeen thirty nine, I say, bitter late than never. Indeed, 529 00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:51,480 yeah, ifty remark greck. Most kitchens around the world will likely have a 530 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:57,239 jar of papri cut in the spice rack. But here's an interesting thing. 531 00:38:57,639 --> 00:39:02,239 Most people have no idea where prika comes from. They do not, and 532 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:07,079 I will admit I didn't either. Well, there has been a bit going 533 00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:10,719 around on social media. It just topolic recently, so exactly, and I 534 00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:15,239 did. I have to admit I didn't know. Now, I didn't think 535 00:39:15,719 --> 00:39:19,960 that there was some paprika tree out there, of course, Okay, but 536 00:39:21,000 --> 00:39:23,960 when push comes to shovel. I really hadn't taken the time to think about 537 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:30,960 it. And essentially it's dried and crushed red bell peppers and other peppers. 538 00:39:30,039 --> 00:39:34,440 Yeah. Yeah, a lot of people were surprised to discover that it is 539 00:39:34,840 --> 00:39:39,480 comprised primarily of your standard red bell pepper. Well, paprika was invented so 540 00:39:39,559 --> 00:39:45,920 that they could liberally coat it all over the top of deviled eggs, which 541 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,639 are about one of the most miserable rotten things you could eat. Controversial, 542 00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:57,800 You'll never eat one, yes on super Bowel Sunday and I will not be 543 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:04,280 having devil days on su perb owl Sunday. Wow. Yeah, what does 544 00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:07,280 the paprika say when you knock on the door? Hold on? I'm Koman. 545 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:16,559 I figured I threw a bit and I love this story from Bellevue, 546 00:40:16,639 --> 00:40:22,320 Washington. An inert rocket of the type used to carry a nuclear warhead has 547 00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:28,039 been found in the garage of a home of a deceased resident in Washington State. 548 00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:30,760 So the Bellevue police responded. Now, the reason I'm bringing this up 549 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:35,559 is, as you know, one of my New Year's resolutions was to finally 550 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:38,519 get my shed cleaned out. And when you clean out a garage or a 551 00:40:38,599 --> 00:40:43,119 shed. You never know what you're gonna find. And in this case with 552 00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:47,440 this gentleman, he had a rocket in his garage his shed. The bomb 553 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:53,000 squad members inspected the rusting object and found it was a Douglas air to Genie. 554 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:59,440 The previous designation was an MB one, which is an unguided air to 555 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:05,079 air ride bocket that is designed to carry a nuclear warhead. Oh dear, 556 00:41:05,800 --> 00:41:08,199 and it was just sitting in his grudge. Yeah, he probably planned to 557 00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:13,079 do something with it, but it never took off. So can you believe 558 00:41:13,199 --> 00:41:17,360 that when you clean the tool shed you never know what you're going to find. 559 00:41:17,519 --> 00:41:22,119 And then let's finish this off here. I was so overjoyed some time 560 00:41:22,159 --> 00:41:29,000 ago when punk Satani Phil did not see his shadow? Right I did he 561 00:41:29,079 --> 00:41:30,760 see his shadow? He didn't see his shadow. So spring is coming. 562 00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,119 It's an opposite of what you would think it should be. Okay, So 563 00:41:34,159 --> 00:41:37,400 he didn't see a shadow, so we're going to have an early spring. 564 00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:43,199 This groundhog tradition is thought to have originated in the eighteen hundreds. But why 565 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:46,199 should Pennsylvania have all the fun? So I just want to share with you 566 00:41:46,360 --> 00:41:52,639 that across the country there are other methods of determining whether or not it will 567 00:41:52,639 --> 00:41:59,039 be an early spring. Oregon has the Fufu hedgehog, Florida has a burrowing 568 00:41:59,159 --> 00:42:05,400 owl. Oh yeah, North Carolina has Penny the Squirrel. New York has 569 00:42:05,599 --> 00:42:10,519 Kluck Satawny Henrietta the Chicken. Connecticut has Scrambled the Duck. Texas has b 570 00:42:10,719 --> 00:42:16,840 Cave Bob the armadillo, and Oregon also has Stumptown Phil the Beavers. So 571 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:23,800 punk Satawani Phil has some competition for this prognostication of the spring weather. They 572 00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:29,800 should create an event where they all come together in cell tickets. I would 573 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,079 see that. Yes, that sounds kind of amazing. I love it. 574 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:36,679 I love it. Hey, today's show has been a kick in the plants, 575 00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:39,440 and happy trellis to you until we wead again. Thank you Stacey, 576 00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:44,400 thank you Rick, thank you Adriana Robinson, and thank you to you all 577 00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,360 of you who watch on YouTube, listen to our podcast, listen to us 578 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:52,239 on radio, of course, our website Gardening Simplified on Air dot Com, 579 00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,360 look for us on Instagram, and for all of that, we say thank 580 00:42:55,400 --> 00:43:01,760 you very much. Have a great week.