WEBVTT 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.