1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:07,240 Hello, my friends, across the fruited and rooted plane and beyond, it's 2 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:12,000 time for the Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy, Hervella, me, Rick Weist, 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:17,480 and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Well, when it comes to 4 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:22,359 getting from point A to point B, the garden path provides the balance of 5 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:29,519 practicality and style that every plot needs and it's a crucial feature in our landscape. 6 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:34,759 Stacy, I'll never forget the paths in the gardens at boot Chart Gardens 7 00:00:34,799 --> 00:00:39,000 when I visited them, especially the Japanese Garden, because it was so neat. 8 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:44,359 There were paths that were single stone that you walk along and at certain 9 00:00:44,439 --> 00:00:49,119 points you reach a point where there are two stones side by side. And 10 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,359 I asked about that and they said, well, that's because the architect at 11 00:00:53,359 --> 00:00:57,920 this point wants you to stop, take a deep breath and look at something 12 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:00,920 specific. I thought that was really cool. It's true. Paths can do 13 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:04,040 so much for your experience through space. Just like that, they kind of 14 00:01:04,079 --> 00:01:07,000 determine how you're going to walk through an air, not just the direction you're 15 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,359 going to take, but the pace that you're going to take. And you 16 00:01:10,359 --> 00:01:14,359 know, something like stones like that where they're set and you're taking larger steps, 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:17,319 you're going to be taking shorter steps than if it was just, you 18 00:01:17,319 --> 00:01:19,799 know, a sidewalk in the middle of the city, and the path makes 19 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:25,040 all the difference, you bet, and how you make that path just up 20 00:01:25,079 --> 00:01:29,439 the road there from Bootchart Gardens. I remember going to Queen Elizabeth Park and 21 00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:34,400 I was really struck by the pathways in the landscape. They were all grass, 22 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,760 really well edged grass paths. And I'd have to say, when it 23 00:01:38,799 --> 00:01:44,400 comes to material to use for a path, I think my first choice probably 24 00:01:45,040 --> 00:01:53,640 is grass because many of these wonderful arboretums and places like Queen Elizabeth Park that 25 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:59,640 you go to, the paths are made of grass. And Koitkenhoff this spring 26 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:04,680 wasn't other one like that, and the shadow of the trees on that beautiful 27 00:02:04,719 --> 00:02:07,519 green grass, I don't know. I love grass as a path. Well, 28 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:10,840 it is beautiful. It is a little bit high maintenance. But another 29 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:15,639 thing that I've heard many people praise about grass paths is that it's quiet. 30 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:19,240 Yeah, you know, if you have a gravel path, and especially if 31 00:02:19,280 --> 00:02:21,759 you're in a public garden, it's crunch crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch. 32 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,520 The whole time, you can't enjoy yourself. You're crunching. Someone over 33 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:30,639 here is crunching. It's crunch city. That's well put. Yeah, you 34 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:34,919 know, crushed aggregate really does make a good path. But you're right, 35 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,039 you've got to you got to be willing to live with the crunch underfoot. 36 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:39,759 And you know, if you live in a snowy climate like we do, 37 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:44,280 gravel can cause all sorts of problems. If you have to remove snow, 38 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:46,759 then your gravel's in the bed and who knows where. And that's not exactly 39 00:02:46,800 --> 00:02:51,599 low maintenance either. I mean all paths are going to require some maintenance. 40 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,560 But yeah, I mean grass, a really beautiful grass path is definitely hard 41 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:59,919 to beat. So be careful of the path that you choose. Think about 42 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:05,960 at Stacy. I went to the dictionary Miriam Webster, and it said the 43 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,400 garden path. To lead someone down the garden path means to deceive someone, 44 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,560 to cause to go think or proceed wrongly. What a reputation. That's not 45 00:03:15,759 --> 00:03:21,159 a fair definition. And leading someone down a garden path is a lovely thing. 46 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,599 I'm reading it right here. I object as in he believes the average 47 00:03:25,599 --> 00:03:31,960 consumer is being led down the garden path by promises in advertisements, so it 48 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:38,240 has a little bit of a reputation, but the path is so important. 49 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:44,080 I have also noticed this past year in trending and hard scaping where we're using 50 00:03:44,199 --> 00:03:47,520 flagstone or patio stones or whatever it may be. It used to be you 51 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:53,240 would pick a certain type and that was your path. Today it's a mix 52 00:03:53,479 --> 00:04:00,599 and a mix of styles as well as sizes. Kind of fun. What 53 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,560 I'm seeing happening in the whole hardscaping area and creation of paths, Well, 54 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,680 you know, it's a lot like your house. Like if you have rugs 55 00:04:06,759 --> 00:04:11,680 through your house, sort of determining pathways through your rooms. You don't have 56 00:04:11,719 --> 00:04:15,960 the same rug every single place, repeated all over. You have different rugs 57 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,600 that offer some sort of cohesive look. And I think it's perfectly acceptable to 58 00:04:19,639 --> 00:04:24,959 mix paths and bring them back in and that can really create that again cohesive 59 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:28,560 look where it's not all the same, but you can tell that you're in 60 00:04:28,720 --> 00:04:33,160 the same place. Yeah, So a good concept is to interrupt the path. 61 00:04:33,439 --> 00:04:39,199 In other words, instead of a path that's same o Samo leads someplace 62 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:45,120 doesn't have a lot of intrigue along the path interrupting it and in some cases, 63 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,319 when you get out of control. It includes a fountain or a plant 64 00:04:47,399 --> 00:04:51,839 or whatever it may be. But interrupting that path I really think helps give 65 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:57,319 character and interest to a path in the garden. It's important because it's you 66 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:59,639 know, yes, a path gets you from point A to point B, 67 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:01,879 but there are many ways to design that. And if it's a straight line, 68 00:05:02,199 --> 00:05:05,639 that has value, but it also can be kind of dull. And 69 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:09,319 if all your paths are straight lines, well, you know, then you've 70 00:05:09,319 --> 00:05:13,639 just got like a super highway instead of a place where you are supposed to 71 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:17,560 be slowing down and enjoying it and again stopping to pause. And that's what 72 00:05:17,639 --> 00:05:23,560 those interruptions in a path do you bet? I feel a limb a rick 73 00:05:23,800 --> 00:05:27,519 Ooh of course. Coming on here. Regarding paths, here you go. 74 00:05:27,959 --> 00:05:31,720 My pathways, you could say, are pathetic. Their appearance is less than 75 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,600 aesthetic. I just stub my toe. They cause vertigo and are neither functional 76 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:41,800 or cosmetic. Come on over. If you want a trip on my path 77 00:05:41,879 --> 00:05:45,959 made of wood chip, tree roots grow and revel, and my path is 78 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:49,839 not very level, just don't question my workmanship. My path that travels to 79 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:56,399 nowhere is a threat to your physical welfare, but exists for one reason. 80 00:05:56,920 --> 00:06:00,560 No matter the season. It leads to my favorite lawn chair. Ah, 81 00:06:00,680 --> 00:06:04,360 that's nice. You really hit the nail on the head with that one. 82 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:08,720 You know, I think so many people are like, Okay, I have 83 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:13,279 to design a path. And there is this concept in landscape design that professional 84 00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:16,160 landscape designers use. It's wonderful and as soon as I talk about this everyone, 85 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,079 it's gonna pop in someone's mind. They've seen it before, user directed 86 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:26,199 design. And basically what that means is using the pathways that you have already 87 00:06:26,240 --> 00:06:30,759 created for yourself through your yard. You see this a lot in public parks 88 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:35,120 in campuses, for sure, and you know you can. Professionals can put 89 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:40,079 in all the pathways that they want, but the way the people use the 90 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:45,199 space is ultimately what's going to determine where those paths are. And so you 91 00:06:45,199 --> 00:06:47,399 know, you can approach your garden with this grand idea of Okay, I'm 92 00:06:47,399 --> 00:06:49,600 gonna have paths here and here and here, and they're gonna intersect like this, 93 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,759 But ultimately, it's like you said in your limerick, where you go 94 00:06:55,079 --> 00:06:58,399 in the paths that you make for whatever reason, whether it's where you put 95 00:06:58,439 --> 00:07:00,759 your chairs, it's where a tree is, it's this, that or the 96 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:05,120 other. Those are the paths that actually work and feel natural and organic, 97 00:07:05,399 --> 00:07:10,639 really well said, those are paths with a purpose. Yes, yeah, 98 00:07:10,680 --> 00:07:14,519 exactly. I like that. Now some people will use concrete, and concrete 99 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,519 doesn't have to be boring and gray. Today there is stamp concrete, there's 100 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:21,519 concrete with patterns in it. They put flakes in it, they put color 101 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:27,480 in it. That's an option. You can buy roll out mats online, 102 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:31,319 but I find them not to work real well and they're very very expensive. 103 00:07:32,240 --> 00:07:38,560 Recycled house brick is an other option. And then, of course, when 104 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:43,879 you talk about paths stacy, you also have to approach the issue of steppables, 105 00:07:43,959 --> 00:07:48,199 things like wooly time or other plants that you can step on. Right, 106 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:51,639 a big part of softening a path, especially, you know, it 107 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:56,160 doesn't have to be the whole path. Not all of those plants can take 108 00:07:56,240 --> 00:07:59,279 a whole lot of foot traffic. So whether or not you can use those 109 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:01,560 in which ones you can use and in which quantity does depend on how much 110 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,399 traffic your path actually gets, and also from whom you know. If it's 111 00:08:05,399 --> 00:08:09,079 one thing, if you are a pair of adult gardeners walking in your path 112 00:08:09,160 --> 00:08:11,279 on your path, you know, a couple of times a week. It's 113 00:08:11,279 --> 00:08:16,120 another if you have little kids or dogs. Adriana is nodding at the dogs. 114 00:08:18,279 --> 00:08:20,319 You know that's going to be a very different level of traffic and a 115 00:08:20,399 --> 00:08:24,319 very different level of care, and so that that might not hold up. 116 00:08:24,319 --> 00:08:26,839 Those plants might not hold up as well. Whereas if it is someplace where 117 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:30,439 you are supposed to slow down and you're not going to be tearing through there 118 00:08:30,439 --> 00:08:33,720 with your soccer cleats or whatever, then things like wooly time and different groundcovers 119 00:08:33,759 --> 00:08:37,360 are a great choice, yeah, or the wonderful plants that you can line 120 00:08:37,399 --> 00:08:41,080 a path with. And I always think of lavender. I think lavender is 121 00:08:41,159 --> 00:08:48,399 just the ideal plant to line a path. That is a great idea because 122 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:50,720 of the fragrance, you know, it's a nice idea for shade is Hakona 123 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:56,159 kloa, the Japanese forest grass, and that's that like low growing, very 124 00:08:56,240 --> 00:09:00,360 soft, arching grass and it's just kind of I've seen pass line with it 125 00:09:00,399 --> 00:09:03,639 before and it's just perfection. I love it. Whatever your path, I 126 00:09:03,759 --> 00:09:11,799 recommend including some lighting makes some magical at nighttime. And I love curved paths 127 00:09:11,799 --> 00:09:15,960 only because as you walk them, you really don't know what's around the next 128 00:09:16,039 --> 00:09:18,679 corner. Of course, a typical path would have mulch. And if you 129 00:09:18,840 --> 00:09:24,480 use mulch, I recommend shredded mulch, not the nuggets because when we get 130 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:28,799 rainstorms, they float away and out. Yeah, and you don't want to 131 00:09:28,799 --> 00:09:31,720 get that stuck in your gardening flip flops or garden clogs or whatever it is 132 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:35,519 that's out there. Yeah. I agree. The shredded bark mult nestles down 133 00:09:35,639 --> 00:09:39,639 very nice and makes a nice surface, and of course it's enriching the soil 134 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:45,679 underneath. Yeah. Interlocks Plants on Trial is coming up next here on the 135 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:50,759 Gardening Simplified Show. Choose your path wisely, that's why we're here for you. 136 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:54,919 Later in the show, we'll get to the mail bag also and answer 137 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:03,440 your questions. That's all coming up on the Gardening Simplified Show. Proven Winner's 138 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,600 Colored Choice Shrubs cares about your success in the garden. That's why we trial 139 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:11,039 and test all of our shrubs for eight to ten years, making sure they 140 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:16,120 outperform everything else on the market. Look for them in the distinctive white container 141 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:22,360 at your local garden center. Greeting's gardening friends, and welcome back to the 142 00:10:22,399 --> 00:10:26,000 gardening Simplify the show. We're going to put a plant on trial. It's 143 00:10:26,039 --> 00:10:28,639 the time of the show where we talk about one of our favorite proven winner's 144 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:31,840 colored choice shrubs and you decide if it's going to earn a place in your 145 00:10:31,879 --> 00:10:33,799 garden or not. But I do want to go back quickly to something you 146 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:37,759 said just before we took a break, and you said you love curved paths 147 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:41,960 because you don't know what's around the bend. But you know, another great 148 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:45,919 thing about curved paths. What's it is that if you have a smaller property, 149 00:10:45,919 --> 00:10:46,799 and you know, my yard is about a quarter acre, so kind 150 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:52,720 of a standard city lot, a curved path prolongs the amount of time it 151 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,120 takes you to get anywhere in the garden. Of course, the shortest path 152 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:01,600 is a straight line, and a curved line can really slow you down. 153 00:11:01,679 --> 00:11:05,840 And I think if you want people to have the experience of being in your 154 00:11:05,840 --> 00:11:09,399 garden and being really surrounded by plants, you know it's perfectly acceptable to make 155 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:16,759 your path loopy and going around and crossing back over itself and providing those additional 156 00:11:16,799 --> 00:11:24,039 options for navigating the path. And slowing people down so that they there's more 157 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:28,080 to enjoy. I like that stop and smell the roses. It's almost like 158 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:31,320 a speed bump. Yeah, forces you to slow down a little bit. 159 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:35,840 Yeah. There was a garden that I was lucky enough to see on Buffalo 160 00:11:35,919 --> 00:11:37,679 Garden Walk. And we talked about Buffalo Garden Walk before, one of the 161 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:43,120 best free garden tours in the United States. Over seven hundred gardens available to 162 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:45,840 see for free in Buffalo, New York, last for weekend in July. 163 00:11:46,399 --> 00:11:50,919 And this gentleman's garden. He can't put it on garden Walk because you have 164 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:54,039 to go through his amazing, beautiful Victorian house. And it's also a very 165 00:11:54,120 --> 00:11:56,720 narrow path. But it's a very small lot because it's an urban lot, 166 00:11:56,759 --> 00:12:01,360 so even smaller than that quarter acre. And his garden is just a path 167 00:12:01,679 --> 00:12:07,879 that's all planted with plants and there's different like combinations, so you slow down, 168 00:12:07,919 --> 00:12:11,279 and it's a long, meandering path. And even though you know the 169 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,639 space is very very short, and if it was a straight line, you'd 170 00:12:13,639 --> 00:12:16,480 be through it before you even knew it. This curved path, it just 171 00:12:16,559 --> 00:12:22,320 it really enlightened me to the value of just slowing down and making things not 172 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:26,200 the most efficient way, because that's kind of what gardening is about. That's 173 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:28,759 a great point. I love it, but you know, I was thinking, 174 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,240 you know, you said first thing on the show, a path gets 175 00:12:31,240 --> 00:12:35,600 you from point A to point B, but the plants along the path are 176 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:39,399 what make the journey worthwhile. And there are so many options. We talked 177 00:12:39,399 --> 00:12:43,080 about a couple of different plants for edging paths. But when I think about 178 00:12:43,120 --> 00:12:46,840 a path and I think about planting a path, my mind does go back 179 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:52,039 to this gentleman's garden and the way that he positioned certain plants to stop you 180 00:12:52,279 --> 00:12:54,919 to you know, because you'd be looking down. Because the path is also 181 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:56,120 very narrow. And this is important too. If you have a really wide 182 00:12:56,159 --> 00:12:58,919 path and it's really level, you're just like la la la la la, 183 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,799 walking down the sidewalk, and if it's a little bit maybe treacherous, not 184 00:13:03,879 --> 00:13:05,360 dangerous, but like you know, you got to use some caution. You're 185 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:07,759 going to be slowing down. And that was what this path was like. 186 00:13:07,799 --> 00:13:11,559 It was narrow and you didn't want to step on the plants. So you 187 00:13:11,759 --> 00:13:15,840 need, I think, especially at curves in your path. A showstopper of 188 00:13:15,840 --> 00:13:18,639 a plant something that while you're looking down at the path or at the other 189 00:13:18,679 --> 00:13:22,919 plants, or at your feet even whatever, you're looking at something that's going 190 00:13:22,960 --> 00:13:26,240 to make you go, whoa, what is that? And so today's plant 191 00:13:26,279 --> 00:13:33,519 on trial is Midnight sun Whyjela score. Now, I think most people who 192 00:13:33,519 --> 00:13:37,639 are familiar with whijiela are probably going, what Whyjella is like six foot tall 193 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:41,639 and wide shrub? How is that? Working on a path? Whijeela are 194 00:13:41,679 --> 00:13:46,879 big? And midnights on is aways Jeila. That will totally change your opinion 195 00:13:46,919 --> 00:13:50,200 and experience of what a Whyjeela is. And I think that's really exciting. 196 00:13:50,279 --> 00:13:54,600 So midnights on Waijela gets to be about one to one and a half feet 197 00:13:54,639 --> 00:13:56,159 tall and wide, So it's kind of in the tough at crowd. You 198 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:58,799 know, everyone loves a good tough at plant, right, so it kind 199 00:13:58,799 --> 00:14:07,360 of small cute, So it is that, and it's foliage. You know, 200 00:14:07,399 --> 00:14:09,759 whygela are generally not thought of his foliage plants, right, They thought 201 00:14:09,759 --> 00:14:13,879 of his flowering plants. Not that there's anything wrong with their foliage. It's 202 00:14:13,919 --> 00:14:16,600 you know, fine, it's not ugly, but it's not like people grow 203 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,679 Wygela mostly for their flowers. Well, midnight sun, the foliage has like 204 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:26,000 a really deep kind of corrugated type texture, and the foliage is much thicker 205 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,679 as well, so it's not just like a hard to describe. It is 206 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:31,720 hard to discribe, and it's stunning when you see it. I was going 207 00:14:31,799 --> 00:14:37,759 to say, little miss Muffett would really approve of that. Tough. Indeed. 208 00:14:37,799 --> 00:14:39,399 Now, if you do want to see pictures, of course, they're 209 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,639 going to be on our website, Gardening Simplified on air dot Com, or 210 00:14:41,679 --> 00:14:45,159 you can visit our Instagram page. We're always going to put the plant on 211 00:14:45,240 --> 00:14:46,919 trial there to see some pictures. So wherever you happen to be, whatever's 212 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:50,120 more convenient. But I will paint a picture here of kind of what it 213 00:14:50,159 --> 00:14:54,639 looks like, because again we're turning the whole notion of Whygela on its ear, 214 00:14:54,679 --> 00:14:58,840 I think with midnight sun. So in spring it emerges, the foliage 215 00:14:58,879 --> 00:15:01,679 is green, everything expect. Come you know, Wygela tends to be like 216 00:15:01,879 --> 00:15:07,360 a late spring, early summer bloomer. So come late spring, it's gonna 217 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:11,360 bloom with some dark pink flowers and it's gonna be perfectly happy with it. 218 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,080 But it's what happens after that, and people don't tend to think of Whyjila 219 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:20,960 as more of these late season plants. It's like late spring only so as 220 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:24,799 the season goes on and as we get into July, the foliage, the 221 00:15:24,799 --> 00:15:30,759 new growth starts to emerge in these colors of like yellow and red, and 222 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:33,480 as that foliage matures, it matures to a purple color. So what you 223 00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,399 end up with a little later in the season, after there's no more flowers 224 00:15:37,919 --> 00:15:41,000 is sort of these layers of foliage. You have the dark green, lowest, 225 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,759 and then purple, and then the new growth is again emerging in these 226 00:15:43,879 --> 00:15:48,559 kind of yellow tones, and so all of those colors at once are on 227 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:52,000 the plant. And this is going on. And that's another great thing about 228 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:56,399 using this in paths is that no matter when you're walking down that path, 229 00:15:56,799 --> 00:16:02,159 you're having this dynamic experience where things are really changing. It's not just well, 230 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:03,480 there's the Whyjela. It looks the same as it did three weeks ago. 231 00:16:03,759 --> 00:16:07,279 Every single day it's looking a little bit different. Now here we are 232 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:12,159 it's late October, and at this point in the season, midnights on Waijiila 233 00:16:12,399 --> 00:16:19,240 turns the most incredible shade of red. I mean it's wild. I've been 234 00:16:19,279 --> 00:16:23,159 observing this plant for probably three years now in our trial gardens here, and 235 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:27,639 I am amazed every fall Whijila is not a full color plant, Stacey, 236 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:33,000 Mister Vigel would be very proud of this, right, yes, you would. 237 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:37,120 This is one that you would definitely be glad the genus was named after 238 00:16:37,159 --> 00:16:41,159 you, as in Vigel. Yes, so yeah, it just turns this 239 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:45,879 amazing red and like there's no other white gela. Really that's a fall color 240 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,399 plant. Now, we've had the Sonic Bloom series of Whyjela for several years 241 00:16:48,840 --> 00:16:52,960 in the line of proovenm Winter's color Choice Shrubs. It's a reblooming Whigela blooms 242 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,519 in late spring along with the rest, takes a little break, and then 243 00:16:56,559 --> 00:17:00,320 continues to bloom summer and fall. But even though even though they'll have flowers 244 00:17:00,399 --> 00:17:06,839 later in the season, they don't have this just amazing foliage show that Midnight 245 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:11,279 Sun does. And it's it's really it's just it's so different than anything else 246 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:15,200 you see in Wygila. That's just fantastic, Okay, Stacey tell us who 247 00:17:15,240 --> 00:17:19,200 developed this fabulous plant? Well, it's a great question because it is so 248 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:22,920 different. I was I was talking to our point breeders about it, because 249 00:17:22,920 --> 00:17:26,079 I'm like, this is so different than any other Whyjula. So Midnight Sun 250 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:30,880 Waigella comes to us from the Netherlands, of course, and the breeder is 251 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:34,240 a gentleman named vert Bert ver Hoofe. You speak Dutch, not me ver 252 00:17:34,680 --> 00:17:38,319 ver Hoofe, Okay, Bert Verhofe. And he owns a nursery in boss 253 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,960 Kop, of course, where all of the nurseries and the Netherlands are, 254 00:17:41,559 --> 00:17:45,440 and he is also the breeder of a plant of Whyjila in the proven Winner's 255 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,480 line that a lot of people will be familiar with, and that is my 256 00:17:48,519 --> 00:17:52,319 money so one that's been around for a long time. He's obviously very passionate 257 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:59,680 about why Gila. He also developed my moone purple effect, and so you 258 00:17:59,720 --> 00:18:03,920 can tell that he just kind of has this idea, this vision for white 259 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:07,559 Gela and how he ended up coming out with Midnight Sun Waijela, I have 260 00:18:07,640 --> 00:18:12,680 no idea because it really is so different than anything else. But again, 261 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:18,839 I think his passion for the genus really shows in Midnight Sun in a way 262 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:22,880 that you know, you don't necessarily see in just a white deal that's like, 263 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:26,039 yeah, sure, it has great flowers, But Whyjela are supposed to 264 00:18:26,039 --> 00:18:29,480 do this? When you have someone who's just taken a totally new approach and 265 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,880 said, what if why Gela was a foliage plant? What if why Jela 266 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:37,200 could be planted like a perennial instead of a giant shrub that you know you 267 00:18:37,279 --> 00:18:40,160 have to devote a lot of space to. Yeah, and it's one of 268 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:44,240 those what is that plants? You know, you get that if you're in 269 00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:47,599 a garden center or you have something planted in front of your house. It's 270 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,319 one of those that causes people to stop, what is that? Yeah, 271 00:18:51,319 --> 00:18:53,359 and they go, that's a Whygela? Wow? Because no one's used to 272 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,480 Whyjila is to be a great one. If you are a gardener and you 273 00:18:56,559 --> 00:19:00,319 have snooty gardening friends who you want to stump, this is a good one 274 00:19:00,440 --> 00:19:04,839 to get into the garden and take them to it in fall and say what 275 00:19:06,039 --> 00:19:08,480 is this? I guarantee you when it's not in flower, if they aren't 276 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,920 familiar with the plant, they will be stumped. I think sometime I'll do 277 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,319 a limea rick on snooty garden friends. Oh I like that, Yeah, 278 00:19:15,319 --> 00:19:19,839 I'm eager to I hope It's not about me though, no, not at 279 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:25,160 all. So you know, like most way Gila, it is going to 280 00:19:25,200 --> 00:19:27,160 be a full sun plant. Because it's not as much about the flowers. 281 00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:32,319 You could probably get away with some shade, especially towards the cooler or the 282 00:19:32,319 --> 00:19:36,000 warmer parts of its range. However, I think you're definitely going to see 283 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:40,240 the best color on the foliage. If it's getting a good four to six 284 00:19:40,319 --> 00:19:44,640 hours even more hours of sun every day. That's an important pack just because 285 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:45,799 you want it. You want the best in it, not that the plant 286 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:48,920 won't live, but because you want it to perform like you see in the 287 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:55,400 pictures like you hear us describing here on the Gardening Simplified show. So it 288 00:19:55,440 --> 00:19:57,480 is hardy USDA zones four through eight. I'm going to put all of the 289 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:02,440 information on the Gardening Simplified on air website. You can find everything there. 290 00:20:02,759 --> 00:20:04,240 Of course, you can always google midnights on Why Julia. You'll find all 291 00:20:04,279 --> 00:20:08,759 sorts of internet sites and information about it. We're gonna take a little break 292 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,839 when you come back. We've got the mailbag bursting at the seams with gardening 293 00:20:11,920 --> 00:20:22,200 questions, so please stay tuned at proven winner's color choice We've got a shrub 294 00:20:22,319 --> 00:20:26,799 for every taste and every space. Whether you're looking for an easycare rose and 295 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:32,000 unforgettable hydrangea, or something new and unique, you can be confident that the 296 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,000 shrubs and the white containers have been trialed and tested for your success. Look 297 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:41,240 for them at your local garden center. Greetings gardening friends, and welcome back 298 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:45,880 to the Gardening Simplified Show. We have some great questions this week. I 299 00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,359 think we should get right into it, but before we do, if you 300 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:52,960 do have a question you want to send to us. Help HLP at Gardening 301 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,880 Simplified on air dot com, or just go to Gardening Simplified on air dot 302 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:59,720 com. Fill out the contact form and you will reach us as these people. 303 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:02,920 What do we got in the mailbag? Wendy writes, Last year I 304 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:07,079 noticed lots of bumblebees on the Vermillionaire. That's a koffia yep, okay, 305 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,720 I got carried away. This year have five plants with scads of bumbles on 306 00:21:11,759 --> 00:21:17,039 them. Looking closely, and I don't see that they can access the nectar. 307 00:21:17,799 --> 00:21:21,400 So I'm feeling guilty now that the bumbles are working so hard for no 308 00:21:21,599 --> 00:21:26,680 reward. We have other lantana Russian sage Achinasia butterfly bushes which bumbles are on, 309 00:21:27,079 --> 00:21:32,720 but not as many as on the Vermillionaires. Do I not grow them? 310 00:21:32,839 --> 00:21:36,200 I have hummer feeders, so hummers don't need the plants. I'm in 311 00:21:36,319 --> 00:21:41,000 Louisville, Kentucky. Thanks, hope you can sage my guilt. Yeah, 312 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:45,519 so I thought this is an interesting question, Wendy, and partly because I 313 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:49,400 also grow Vermillionaire. It's one of my absolute must have annuals because of hummingbirds 314 00:21:49,440 --> 00:21:53,000 and bumblebees. And even though I also feed the hummingbirds with feeders, I 315 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:56,839 find they love the Vermillionaire. And one of the things I love about the 316 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,559 Vermillionaire is I always plant it and container on either side of my back door, 317 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:04,079 so if we are walking down to the basement to get the laundry or 318 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,160 whatever, you take a little pause on that landing and you're almost sure to 319 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:11,799 see a hummingbird from like two feet away, and it's awesome. So that's 320 00:22:11,799 --> 00:22:15,039 one of the things I love about them. And I do again notice a 321 00:22:15,039 --> 00:22:18,279 lot of bumblebees on mine as well, And it never did occur to me 322 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:22,759 that, yeah, you know, they're bumbly little buns can't fit into those 323 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:27,079 kufi of flowers. So I looked it up, and you know, again, 324 00:22:27,079 --> 00:22:30,680 they've never seemed deterred. They seem perfectly happy to, you know, 325 00:22:30,720 --> 00:22:33,759 go all over the plant exploring all the flowers. So I looked it up 326 00:22:33,880 --> 00:22:37,400 and I found a couple of interesting things. I think you should absolutely continue 327 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:41,440 to grow them. I think that I'm going to tell you these two facts, 328 00:22:41,440 --> 00:22:42,480 but I think that the bottom line is, you know, the insects 329 00:22:42,559 --> 00:22:47,960 know what they're doing, sureight, And if they are working really hard for 330 00:22:48,079 --> 00:22:51,599 no reward, well maybe they're just bored and they're just tired of things being 331 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:53,319 a little too easy, and they just are exploring and playing around. And 332 00:22:53,839 --> 00:22:56,160 if they get tired out, well, you know, they'll move on to 333 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:00,440 one of your other flowers where they can get something. But I do think 334 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,960 that they are absolutely getting pollen and nectar, and that's for two reasons. 335 00:23:03,759 --> 00:23:07,960 One, and this is something I learned researching Wendy's question. There are both 336 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:11,480 short tongued and long tungued bumble bees. I didn't know that. Yes, 337 00:23:11,519 --> 00:23:14,640 I didn't know that either. So we're gonna put links for all of this 338 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,240 so you can you don't have to take our word for it. You can 339 00:23:17,519 --> 00:23:22,119 find that we are backed up by legitimate organizations on this short and longed tongued 340 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:26,079 bumblebees, and so short tongued bumble bees will obviously only feed on plants that 341 00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:30,920 their tongues can you reach the pollen and nectar, and long tungued can feed 342 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,720 on a much wider variety of plants, and their tongues can you know, 343 00:23:34,759 --> 00:23:38,039 actually access things down in that skinny tube. So if you're not familiar with 344 00:23:38,079 --> 00:23:42,000 kufia, a beautiful plant, narrow, orange and white flowers, but yeah, 345 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:45,759 they are. Some people call it a cigar plant because that's sort of 346 00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:48,920 the shape of the of the flowers. So almost certainly, even if you 347 00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:52,599 can't necessarily tell the difference between the different bumblebees in your yard, the ones 348 00:23:52,599 --> 00:23:56,200 that are visiting the kufia are most likely long tongued tungued bumble bees and can 349 00:23:56,240 --> 00:24:00,839 get down there. And the other thing is that bumblebees, I think we've 350 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:03,880 even talked about this on the show, use buzz pollination. Yeah, they're 351 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:07,759 trying to get buzzed. Yeah, so they are able to when they go 352 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:12,599 onto a flower, they're able to kind of shake it and vibrate it so 353 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:17,079 that the pollen comes loose and sticks to them, and then they take the 354 00:24:17,079 --> 00:24:19,519 pollen back to their nests. It's rich in protein. And while they are 355 00:24:19,559 --> 00:24:23,720 gathering pollen to sustain their colony and sustain the actually sorry, they're mostly solitary 356 00:24:23,759 --> 00:24:26,680 bees, but to sustain their young. You know that pollen's going to get 357 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:32,240 on other flowers and they'll end up pollinating it. So they're also able through 358 00:24:32,279 --> 00:24:37,960 their physical strength to vibrate the pollen out of the flower. So I think 359 00:24:37,039 --> 00:24:41,400 the bumblebees are fine by all means, continue to grow over a millionaire and 360 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:42,599 all the rest of things. And this is why it's so important to have 361 00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:47,599 a diversity of plants in the garden because you never know what you're going to 362 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:52,000 find out. And if you have both short and long tong tongued bumblebees, 363 00:24:52,039 --> 00:24:53,960 which you almost certainly do, you've got stuff for the short tongues, you've 364 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:57,519 got stuff for the long tongues. And everyone is happy. So grow what 365 00:24:57,599 --> 00:25:00,640 you like, grow what they like, and everyone wins. Yeah, you 366 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:06,240 talk about the diversity. I would add to it for Wendy the proven Winner's 367 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:11,640 rockin series of Fusha's so Salvia Salvia Rock and Fusia Deep purple play in the 368 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,799 blues, blue suede shoes talk about bumblers. Yeah, rock and deep purple 369 00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:18,839 is one of my other favorites because I love all those bright, vivid colors. 370 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:22,519 So add those all right, training rights to us. Hello, I 371 00:25:22,559 --> 00:25:27,440 have a question about lawn clippings on lawns treated with crab grass prevention. Typically, 372 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:32,319 I love using my lawn clippings in the compost or as a mulch in 373 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,839 flower beds or raised beds. However, I have a huge problem with crabgrass. 374 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:42,160 I'm considering use of crabgrass prevention. I'm worried about the persistent herbicide ultimately 375 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:52,359 stunting the growth of his plants. So trying kind of struggling with crabgrass and 376 00:25:52,519 --> 00:25:56,680 clipping, Yes, so trying. I appreciate you asking this question because it 377 00:25:56,759 --> 00:26:00,960 is a situation I am also dealing with after years of just saying eh, 378 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,920 you know, I often joke that I if I wrote a blues song, 379 00:26:04,039 --> 00:26:07,880 it would be if it wasn't for crabgrass, I wouldn't have no grass at 380 00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:12,599 all, because that would pretty much be true except for ornamental grasses. Yeah, 381 00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:15,039 I have let crabgrass grow in my garden as well, because I'm just 382 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:18,160 like, I don't want to use herbicides whatever. But this year it was 383 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,960 awful. Oh my gosh, the crabgrass in my yard was terrible and it 384 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:23,960 escapes the lawnmower and their seat everywhere. My neighbors are gonna hate me. 385 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:30,519 So I am also considering using a crab grass pre emergent this year. And 386 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,799 the really nice thing, or the thing that gives me confidence about doing it, 387 00:26:34,839 --> 00:26:40,440 is that most, not all, but most crabgrass pre emergents are formulated 388 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,400 just for crabgrass, so you don't have to worry about them impacting other plants. 389 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,559 You know. One of the reasons that I am sometimes hesitant to use 390 00:26:48,599 --> 00:26:52,680 pre emergence is because I want those self sowers. I like milkweed self sewing 391 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:53,960 in my garden. I like the eruglis self sewing in my garden, so 392 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:57,559 that I have that natural look of different things coming up. So I don't 393 00:26:57,599 --> 00:27:00,960 want to just put down a pre emergent that's going to prevent everything from germinating. 394 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,640 But I do want to control this crabgrass. So now I did some 395 00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:10,799 research just online. Now a number of crabgrass pre emergents will also prevent other 396 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:15,680 lawn weeds and other grasses from emerging. But there are some that are formulated 397 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,519 just for crabgrass. So trying, I think if you do your research and 398 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:22,839 pick one that is just for crabgrass, you don't have to worry about that 399 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:26,920 harming other things in your bed because all it is formulated to do is to 400 00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:30,759 prevent those crab grass seeds from germinating. So my recommendation trying would be the 401 00:27:30,759 --> 00:27:33,680 first thing you could do on It's simple, raise the deck on your lawn 402 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,039 mower. You raise the deck. That helps with crab grass control. That's 403 00:27:38,079 --> 00:27:41,720 one thing. The other thing, when you apply the pre emergent water it 404 00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:47,000 into the soil, that's where it's meant to be to keep that seed from 405 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:52,680 germinating, so it's not up in the foliage profile where he's using these clippings. 406 00:27:52,960 --> 00:28:00,000 There are also crabgrass controls for seeding meant to be used if you're seeding. 407 00:28:00,039 --> 00:28:03,640 In other words, they have a far shorter residual. That's something that 408 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:07,319 you can take a look at also, and they're available on the market. 409 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:11,440 Right So, crabgrass pre emergent treatment is in early spring, usually when the 410 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,359 Forsythia is blooming here in Michigan or wherever you are in fact, so you 411 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,359 have plenty of time this winter to do your research, find the right treatment 412 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:23,279 for you, and hopefully get those darn crabgrasses out of your beds. Yeah 413 00:28:23,319 --> 00:28:27,160 traying, when wherever you live, when the soil temperatures get to fifty five 414 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:32,200 to sixty degrees, that's when that crabgrass seed is going to germinate. So 415 00:28:32,839 --> 00:28:38,200 be there and get a little lawn and order in your landscape there, Sherry 416 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:42,559 writes to us, blue muffin viburnum has had its leaves eaten by bugs. 417 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:48,759 All the leaves? Will the shrub live? Blue muffin viburnum? Yeah, 418 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:51,480 of that great plant, We've had it for years, still one of our 419 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:56,119 most popular plants. It is a native North American native Viburnum Viburnum dentatum are 420 00:28:56,160 --> 00:29:00,359 also known as arrowood viburnum, and as such, I haven't seen a picture 421 00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,359 of Sherry's plant, but I'm going to guote on a limb and guess that 422 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,599 it was the dreaded viburnum leaf beetle. Oh Man, these things are a 423 00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,680 past They are an invasive from Asia, and as such they don't bother the 424 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,720 Asian species of viburnum. So if you have Korean spice viburnum other viburnums that 425 00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:19,079 are not native to America, those will be left untouched. But your native 426 00:29:19,079 --> 00:29:22,880 American viburnums, the viburnum leaf beetles love them, and they have a very 427 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:27,640 distinctive damage. They make holes, but they look like a grain of rice. 428 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:30,400 They're kind of like an oblong. They're not the size of a grain 429 00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:33,359 of rice. They're bigger, but they have that same kind of shape and 430 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,319 they're all over the plant, so you just have these weird kind of rice 431 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:41,599 shaped windows all over the leaves. And if you're looking carefully, particularly at 432 00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,519 the underside of the leaves, you see their ugly little larva, which even 433 00:29:45,519 --> 00:29:48,440 though they're a beetle, most larva over winter in the ground or spend mature 434 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,759 in the ground like grubs. But these beetle larva, no, no, 435 00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:56,599 they like to go on your viburnum and eat the leaves, and they really 436 00:29:56,640 --> 00:30:00,960 do a number, so they're easy to wry identify. Now, the easiest 437 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:07,039 non toxic way to control Viburnum leaf beetle is once it's foliage drops is look 438 00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:11,160 for their egg laying sites. So they have this weird thing where they chew 439 00:30:11,599 --> 00:30:17,039 little holes in your viburnum stem, lay an egg in it, and then 440 00:30:17,119 --> 00:30:22,359 they refill it with like a mix of their spit and wood chips or like, 441 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:26,519 sorry, sorry, Adrian has made such a face just this. I 442 00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:30,559 can't blame you. But they're very They're small, but they're very distinctive and 443 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,559 easy to see. So the easiest way to manage them is to inspect your 444 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,519 plant for these egg laying sites and trim them off. Now that might mean 445 00:30:37,599 --> 00:30:41,440 in some cases that you are trimming your viburnum back, but I think that's 446 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:45,359 okay, and I think it's worth it to just get rid of the of 447 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,960 the infestation and because if you don't do it, they're just going to keep 448 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:52,880 coming and coming and coming. But I did find a great resource for viburnum 449 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:55,519 leaf betal that we're going to put on our website, and that will also 450 00:30:55,759 --> 00:30:57,960 show you a picture of what those egg laying sites look like, so you 451 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:03,039 can find them and cut them out. You've made us all bugweiser cheers cheers. 452 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,480 With that, we're going to take a little break. When we come 453 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:15,839 back, we've got branching news so please stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show 454 00:31:15,079 --> 00:31:19,039 is brought to you by proven Winners, Color Choice Shrubs. Our award winning 455 00:31:19,079 --> 00:31:25,079 flowering shrubs and evergreens have been trialed and tested for your success so you enjoy 456 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:29,039 more beauty and less work. Look for proven Winners, Color Choice Shrubs and 457 00:31:29,119 --> 00:31:34,759 the distinctive white container at your local garden center. Welcome back to the Gardening 458 00:31:34,759 --> 00:31:38,720 Simplified Show. It's time for Branching News. Stacey. I'm going to lead 459 00:31:38,799 --> 00:31:45,200 branching news this week by telling you that I made an Amazon delivery driver cry, 460 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,440 oh my goodness because of the beauty of your garden. You know. 461 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:52,599 She walked up with the package to the front steps and I have Truffala, 462 00:31:52,640 --> 00:32:01,039 Pink Gompfrina there and Verbina and miss Molly butterfly bush and the cannas and the 463 00:32:01,079 --> 00:32:07,440 monarch butterflies were everywhere. It was a warm, sunny afternoon, and she 464 00:32:07,559 --> 00:32:12,400 sat the package down and was crying. And she said she had not seen 465 00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:16,519 that many monarch butterflies since her dad passed away five years ago. Oh that's 466 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:20,640 beautiful. Yeah. So it was, you know, one of those really 467 00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:24,079 cool moments because again, when the monarchs are all over the place and just 468 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:28,519 kind of fluttering around. It's magical. It is magical, and you know 469 00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:31,720 it, really it's magical that when we plant things and we plan them for 470 00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:36,920 ourselves or the hummingbirds, but you know, ultimately for ourselves, we don't 471 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:40,759 really realize how they're going to impact other people. And you know, you 472 00:32:40,839 --> 00:32:45,039 might not hear people might have that response and you'll never hear it, but 473 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,359 you know that whatever those decisions were are making an impact on others, and 474 00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:53,640 usually hopefully a positive impact. So we had an Amazon Prime moment together. 475 00:32:54,319 --> 00:32:59,000 All right, the town of Bamf. Have you been to Bamf. I 476 00:32:59,039 --> 00:33:01,960 have not been to British should go. Yeah, that is incredible, just 477 00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:07,720 west of Calgary. And then of course just up the road is Lake Louise. 478 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,880 I mean I sat down at the edge of Lake Louise and it takes 479 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:15,240 your breath away. I mean, it's it's just unreal. So you got 480 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,599 to go sometime. Anyhow. In bamp they're renewing the call for homeowners to 481 00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:24,559 replace their fruit trees with something less appealing to wildlife after a grizzly bear known 482 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:30,359 locally as the Boss, had to be hazed from residence backyards with a big 483 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:39,599 grizzly buff charging residence in the bluff, charging residents in the process. So 484 00:33:40,079 --> 00:33:45,480 this huge adult grizzly bear is feeding on crab apples in backyards, causing a 485 00:33:45,599 --> 00:33:50,480 ruckus. He's known as the Boss. Weighs six hundred and fifty pounds, 486 00:33:50,519 --> 00:33:54,519 the most dominant grizzly bear in and around Baff National Park. He even once 487 00:33:54,759 --> 00:34:01,480 brushed off being struck by a train. Oh my gosh, I'm like, 488 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:07,360 Rick, don't get off track here and go crazy with puns. This bear 489 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:12,480 had great training anyhow. Yeah, so he's known as Bear number one twenty 490 00:34:12,559 --> 00:34:15,519 two, okay, or the Boss whichever, or the Boss, and he 491 00:34:15,679 --> 00:34:20,079 is buff and bluff, So there you go. Well, you know, 492 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:22,639 I've heard this is the first I've heard of that, and that would be 493 00:34:22,639 --> 00:34:27,440 a shame because crab apples are so wonderful. But I have heard of moose. 494 00:34:27,519 --> 00:34:29,760 I've never heard of a bear, but I have heard of moose getting 495 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:34,599 drunk on fermented apples and crab apples, And I guess it's not gonna happen 496 00:34:34,599 --> 00:34:37,440 with bear because they're going to be hibernating when they actually ferment. But still, 497 00:34:37,639 --> 00:34:39,800 you know, a lot of risk here. I guess it's a sight 498 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:44,239 to see. They usually lose their car keys, but they sleep it off 499 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:49,719 in the woods and their own everything's good. The White House they have some 500 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:53,719 people may not notice. At the White House they have fall garden tours. 501 00:34:55,039 --> 00:34:59,920 That's really cool, usually in mid October. The reason it comes up in 502 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:05,199 Ranching News is because the government announced that if there was a government shut down, 503 00:35:06,280 --> 00:35:13,679 the garden tours would also be taken away, so really interesting visitors have 504 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:16,880 the opportunity to see the rose garden near the west wing, the Jacqueline Kennedy 505 00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:22,760 Garden near the East wing, the kitchen garden that was established in two thousand 506 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:25,760 and nine. So in the event that the federal government is shut down, 507 00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:32,639 then the fall garden tours go away. Also, I remember visiting the White 508 00:35:32,639 --> 00:35:37,559 House once. I visited the White House and they have those pools, those 509 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:43,280 fountains, both on the north and the south lawn, and I exited out 510 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:49,440 the north lawn doors and that pool is usually circled by red tulips and muscari 511 00:35:49,559 --> 00:35:54,639 and spring and then red geraniums and dusty miller in summer, and then chrysanthemums 512 00:35:54,639 --> 00:36:00,400 in the fall. This particular year they used red salvia, and I noticed 513 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:05,880 a few of the salvias were past their prime, and so I veered off 514 00:36:06,079 --> 00:36:09,079 the path to go deadhead them. Yeah, did you create a national security 515 00:36:09,119 --> 00:36:15,239 incident? You don't do that. My intentions were good, but it's not 516 00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:20,320 good when you hear on the walkie talking we're going to situation from here on 517 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,119 the north lawn. We have a break, you know that kind of thing. 518 00:36:22,239 --> 00:36:25,320 So don't do that. Well, you know, I was wondering with 519 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:30,119 the government mentioning the government shutdown. I wonder if the gardeners are considered essential 520 00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:36,119 essential workers, because you know, a white house it's all surrounded by weeds, 521 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,239 is not going to make anyone that's not good for national morale. I 522 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:43,159 think they're essential, but I don't make these decisions, and I think dead 523 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:46,960 headings essential to You're right, which I tried flowering otherwise, but they weren't 524 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:52,400 going to listen to me, playing us upset the building. Okay. From 525 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:58,239 the pumpkin patch, decades of experience, dedicated research keep Illinois on top when 526 00:36:58,280 --> 00:37:04,039 it comes to pumpkin production. Did you know that no Illinois harvests more pumpkins 527 00:37:04,079 --> 00:37:10,000 than its closest competitor Indiana. So the scorecard says Illinois, Indiana, California, 528 00:37:10,199 --> 00:37:16,119 Texas, and Michigan are the big top five when it comes to punkins, 529 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,960 I like it. Yeah, so like they say, go big or 530 00:37:20,119 --> 00:37:24,960 gourd home. Yeah, okay. The average American whips out their phone to 531 00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:31,039 take a photo six times each day. A survey of two thousand US adults 532 00:37:31,079 --> 00:37:37,119 revealed that camera rolls are flooded with group photos of friends, family, as 533 00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:44,840 well as photos of selfies, pet picks, and scenery. So our landscape 534 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:50,679 and our nature nature all around us. Forty three percent top the list of 535 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:57,679 frequent photos. So six pictures a day, It depends on the day. 536 00:37:58,599 --> 00:38:01,599 Also, my photo my phone is definitely mostly full of pictures of my garden. 537 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:05,280 Yeah, I don't like my garden, but like plants, you know 538 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:07,880 they're looking good because my garden is a hole, doesn't look good. The 539 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,239 individual plants look good. Yeah. With me, it's plants and Lake Michigan 540 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:15,559 sunset, yeah, storms and that type of thing. But six times a 541 00:38:15,639 --> 00:38:19,039 day taking a pic. This seems kind of low to me. Actually, 542 00:38:19,079 --> 00:38:21,800 I would think people take more than six. Depends on the day, depends 543 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,880 what you're doing. Yeah, I guess so I guess. So you know 544 00:38:24,159 --> 00:38:29,679 you're using your cell phone too much. When you're having a conversation with someone 545 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:35,000 and you say lol instead of just laughing out loud, then you know you're 546 00:38:35,079 --> 00:38:37,920 using it. To me, it's when you see a picture, like on 547 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:39,840 a piece of paper, and you use your fingers to try to enlarge. 548 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:46,559 It's that's my cue. That is good. That is good. Maybe sometime 549 00:38:46,639 --> 00:38:52,280 we'll have to branch off down that road and talk about that. What's all 550 00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,639 the buzz about? A Southwest Florida sheriff's office had quite the discovery last week 551 00:38:55,639 --> 00:39:01,480 when deputies found that a cabinet left near the building had become home to thousands 552 00:39:01,519 --> 00:39:07,000 of bees. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office said the cabinet was set out near 553 00:39:07,119 --> 00:39:14,119 the evidence slotof the evidence cabinet so it could be disposed of. However, 554 00:39:14,159 --> 00:39:19,039 the cabinet became home to more than eight thousand bees in less than a week. 555 00:39:19,199 --> 00:39:23,079 Eight oh my thousand bees. Wow. Deputies were able to carefully remove 556 00:39:23,159 --> 00:39:28,320 the hive and transport the insects to their new home near the Warden Farms in 557 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:32,000 Shell Creek Grove. The Sheriff's office even took it a step further and assured 558 00:39:32,079 --> 00:39:37,400 their readers on Facebook that the relocated bees are where they are meant to be 559 00:39:38,039 --> 00:39:45,280 and had a great house swarming party. I'll bet they did. When something 560 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:50,840 like this happens, you resort to plan B I guess right now. Also 561 00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,559 in Branching News, we got to continue to remind people of this fact. 562 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:59,760 We have an Instagram account, Yes we do, and we'd love to have 563 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:05,559 you continue, of course sending us pictures and your questions, but also visiting 564 00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:09,039 our Instagram account because one of the things I love about this account, Stacy, 565 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:14,679 is that when we do plants on trial, many times you will post 566 00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:19,039 that plant on Instagram and you'll be able to see it and it's full glory, 567 00:40:19,159 --> 00:40:21,320 yeah, and all the information, because you know, sometimes I just 568 00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,719 get too carried away talking about the plant on trial and I don't get into 569 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:29,599 the stuff like it's this hearty, it's the size, you know. Sometimes 570 00:40:29,639 --> 00:40:31,679 I forget those basic details. So Instagram is a great place to find that 571 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:37,599 and lots of other gardening inspiration as well. A picture's worth a thousand words. 572 00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:42,519 Thank you very much for tuning in the Gardening Simplified Show. We want 573 00:40:42,519 --> 00:40:46,280 to invite you to go to our website Gardeningsimplified on air dot com, Send 574 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:52,159 us pictures, send us your questions and Stacy always a privilege and pleasure to 575 00:40:52,199 --> 00:40:55,280 do the show with you. Likewise Rick and to Adriana as well, and 576 00:40:55,360 --> 00:40:58,920 to all of you as well, thank you so much for listening, and 577 00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:00,360 we hope you have a wonderful God.