WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.319 --> 00:00:06.480 Coming to you from Studio A here at Proven Winters color Choice Shrubs. It's 2 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:11.640 time for the Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy Hervella, me, Rick Weist, 3 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:17.960 and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Well Ah, the Fragrance of the 4 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:26.280 Venerable old shrub. Lilacs an old fashioned favorite, memorable and deeply nostalgic, 5 00:00:26.839 --> 00:00:33.320 popular because of their rugged ability to survive tough conditions while remaining a beautiful, 6 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:38.920 relatively low maintenance plant. So the month of May is about weddings, memorials, 7 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:46.560 graduations, moms, and lilacs and heirloom lilacs are always there to help. 8 00:00:47.479 --> 00:00:53.079 If there is a comfort food equivalent in the plant in the plant world, 9 00:00:53.880 --> 00:00:56.359 it would have to be lilac. You know, I would agree, 10 00:00:56.439 --> 00:01:00.759 and I've said it on the show before. But if there was one plant 11 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:06.719 that people have asked me if they could grow, it is by far lilacs. 12 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:11.760 And usually it's the person who has retired relocated to Florida, Arizona or 13 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:17.480 California, Texas, and they're like, I grew up with lilacs and I'm 14 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:21.000 just wondering if I can grow them here. And it breaks my heart to 15 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:25.359 tell them that they usually can't. But that's the one thing that they really 16 00:01:25.439 --> 00:01:29.480 really want in their new home is lilacs because that fragrance, it takes you 17 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:34.359 back the color everything about them, fragrance and nostalgia. And I've also heard, 18 00:01:34.439 --> 00:01:40.079 Stacy, I've heard people say that lilacs in the landscape are the backup 19 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:45.280 singers to the band. Generally, of course, French or Vulgaris lilacs can 20 00:01:45.319 --> 00:01:49.879 get pretty big, ten twelve, fifteen feet tall. I've taken hedgerows of 21 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:56.680 lilacs and run a chainsaw two or three feet above the ground, rejuvenated them 22 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:02.760 that way. But they were back up saying until well, they're not backup 23 00:02:02.799 --> 00:02:08.439 singers anymore. And Stacey's going to explain that to us during Plants on Trial, 24 00:02:08.520 --> 00:02:15.400 because there are some incredible lilacs available today. French lilacs, well, 25 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:17.960 it has nothing to do with their place of origin, which is much further 26 00:02:19.120 --> 00:02:24.400 east in the Balkan Peninsula and parts of temperate Asia. But there were individuals 27 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:32.680 who well made French lilacs what they are today through plant breeding. They have 28 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:38.000 a tremendous history, but the botanical name really doesn't give you a clue. 29 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:43.599 Syringea did I pronounce that right? I would say syringa, syringa or syringa. 30 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:47.960 Yeah, you know what syringa sounds better, not syringe. Yeah it 31 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:53.039 does not. The derivation is not from the word for Actually, it could 32 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:55.800 be because where syringa comes from? Or do you have this or am i 33 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:00.159 am I scupina here on this? Oh no, I want My intention was 34 00:03:00.199 --> 00:03:04.840 for you to scoop me on this because you taught me this. It's a 35 00:03:04.840 --> 00:03:09.120 great story. It's very interesting. So syringa, the botanical name for lilac, 36 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:14.599 derives from the Greek word for seyrinx, which is also pan pipes. 37 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:19.639 So you know the hollow pan pipes that you play, because lilacs have stems 38 00:03:19.639 --> 00:03:23.080 that have a pithy center you can remove and then it is a hollow tube. 39 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.159 Now similarly, a syringe is actually also a hollow tube, so there 40 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.400 could actually be some connection there. But so there are still ways that you 41 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.960 can, you know, find to make pan pipes from lilac stems online if 42 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.280 you are so inclined, but you can hollow them out. Yeah, the 43 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:43.319 pan pipe thing is really cool. And with lilacs, I find the stems 44 00:03:43.639 --> 00:03:46.719 the wood to be really hard. Yeah, do you need sharp bruers to 45 00:03:46.759 --> 00:03:52.719 prune a lilac, for sure. Exactly along that line with the botanical name, 46 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:57.080 how about the common name. Stay tuned for branching news, because I'm 47 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.159 going to break down for you. How do you pronounce it? Is it 48 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:05.039 liluc, lilac or lilac? So stay tuned. I won't deal with that, 49 00:04:05.080 --> 00:04:09.879 Okay, I'll be interested to hear where this goes. Now, of 50 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:14.000 course, there are a lot of festivals during the month of May that appreciate 51 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:18.879 lilacs. Now I'm catching myself a lilac lilock. No usually says it. 52 00:04:19.079 --> 00:04:27.000 Lilac Mackinaw Island here in Michigan, big, big festival. It's about to 53 00:04:27.040 --> 00:04:33.639 head into its seventy sixth years, so since nineteen forty nine. That's fascinating. 54 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:40.399 And then, of course you have the Mother's Day at the Arnold Arboretum 55 00:04:40.519 --> 00:04:45.160 Lilacs Lilac site that's May twelfth this year, the one day that they allow 56 00:04:45.199 --> 00:04:49.399 you to picnic on the grounds. Rochester, New York, has a huge 57 00:04:49.560 --> 00:04:54.560 lilac festival. It's a big deal there. And then Woodland, Washington, 58 00:04:54.959 --> 00:05:00.720 the holda Klager Lilac Gardens, a restoration project to honor the work of the 59 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:06.319 famed lilac developers. So those are just four of many types of festivals. 60 00:05:06.360 --> 00:05:11.160 Stacy, you could say people certainly appreciate this plant. They do, and 61 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:14.600 I think where those festivals are located says a lot about what it takes to 62 00:05:14.600 --> 00:05:17.120 grow lilacs, and that is that they are They like cold, they do 63 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.160 not like heat, and I think when something is as fragrant as lilacs, 64 00:05:21.160 --> 00:05:25.519 people are a little surprised by that because they expect them to be more heat 65 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:29.639 tolerant, like jasmine and citrus and all of these wonderful smelling things that are 66 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:33.560 not cold tolerant. Lilac is an extremely fragrant, extremely cold tolerant plant to 67 00:05:33.560 --> 00:05:38.319 the point where it can't in many cases tolerate heat. Yeah, exactly. 68 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:42.360 So to cut to the chase as far as that's concerned, if you're interested 69 00:05:42.720 --> 00:05:46.279 in growing lilacs or lilacs, I'm not going to be able to shake this. 70 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:51.279 Their long lives, so they respond well to pruning. They need good 71 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.279 drainage, they like full sun. Stacy, you mentioned the chilling of winter. 72 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.800 Many lilacs are hardy to zone two. That's pretty darn hardy. That's 73 00:06:01.839 --> 00:06:10.079 cold exactly. Issues I have found through the years that can be a problem 74 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:15.720 are number one, nitrogen heavy fertilizers can create problems, or if they adjoin 75 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.439 a lawn area pruning at the wrong time. You don't want to be pruning 76 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:24.160 lilacs, for example, in fall. You want to prune them right after 77 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:28.600 they're done blooming. Don't be afraid to prune. I find the plants to 78 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:32.480 respond really well to pruning. And then when lilacs are planted close together, 79 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:39.560 air and light can be a problem. And some lilacs, particularly the older 80 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:44.720 French lilacs, powdery mildew can be Yeah, the older ones in Syringa vulgaris 81 00:06:44.759 --> 00:06:48.079 the common lilac in general is much more susceptible to powdery mildew than a lot 82 00:06:48.079 --> 00:06:51.360 of other newer lilacs or different types of lilacs. But you know, I 83 00:06:51.360 --> 00:06:54.720 think it's a relatively small praise to pay. I mean, as long as 84 00:06:54.759 --> 00:06:58.519 you grow them well, they're usually okay, and you know, once they're 85 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:02.319 in flour you forget all about that. Now there's confusion on lilacs also because 86 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:08.240 Stacy, not all lilacs are created the same. There are many different types 87 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:13.839 and let's just run through this a moment real quickly so that you can help 88 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:18.560 me with this. You mentioned the common lilacs, so that's syringa vulgaris right, 89 00:07:19.000 --> 00:07:23.639 and many people refer to them as French lilacs. Okay, then we've 90 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:30.079 got the Korean lilacs or syringa MEYERI like the dwarf Korean lin Caliban is very 91 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:35.680 popular one out there. Absolutely, the California lilacs, which are not lilacs 92 00:07:35.959 --> 00:07:43.319 at all, but they're called California Wild Lilacs cnous. Yeah. And we 93 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:46.079 were just talking about our native c and of this, our Eastern natives C 94 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.199 and of this a few weeks ago exactly. Of course then, and I 95 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:55.319 don't want to steal your thunder here for plants on trial, but it's just 96 00:07:55.439 --> 00:08:01.720 exciting to see what has happened with lilacs as far as Centaur is concerned and 97 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:05.639 stacy. As you said in a show a few weeks ago, it's a 98 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:09.639 mouthful hyacintha FLOORA Yes, did I get that right? Yes, you did, 99 00:08:11.120 --> 00:08:13.600 erringa hyacinth the floor. We talked about that in our garden tour that 100 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.800 we just did, so that's available on our YouTube channel if you're interested in 101 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:22.120 what's going on in outside of the studio, reblooming lilacs exciting. We're going 102 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:28.120 to learn more about them today. And then Syringa reticulata or Japanese tree lilac, 103 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:33.679 and there we're talking about something that has a great size but does not 104 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:37.919 have the fragrance like a French lilac. It has a smell, It has 105 00:08:37.960 --> 00:08:43.399 a smell, has a privect kind of smell too. Yeah, I don't. 106 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:45.720 I don't some people like the smell. I don't care for it, 107 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:48.720 and I you know, honestly, I'm gonna say it's not one of my 108 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.120 favorite plants, the lilac tree. They're okay, I mean, they're more 109 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.559 common than you would expect, but you know, they're just I guess it's 110 00:08:56.559 --> 00:08:58.919 a smell for me. I don't love it. I can't get excited about 111 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.799 them either, I really can't. But they do make an impact in the 112 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:09.279 landscape, and so that's fun to see. So Victor Lemoine, Yes, 113 00:09:09.919 --> 00:09:16.639 So there's an individual who basically gave French lilacs their name, like I said 114 00:09:16.679 --> 00:09:22.600 earlier, a native, a native not to France, but because Victor and 115 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:28.879 his wife and kids, I guess did a lot of work climbing ladders and 116 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:33.799 cross pollinating lilacs, and also promoted the fact that they are edible. I 117 00:09:33.840 --> 00:09:39.960 guess they make some kind of topping for cupcakes or pastry treats or whatever it 118 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:43.679 may be. They really help put lilacs on the map. Yeah, I 119 00:09:43.720 --> 00:09:46.399 think a lot of people are surprised even to find out they're edible. Yeah, 120 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.879 but they are. And one of the most common ways to enjoy lilac 121 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:52.279 flowers is a very simple one, and that is to just layer them with 122 00:09:52.440 --> 00:09:56.000 sugar and an enclosed jar, so like a little ball jar, and put 123 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.440 the lilac flowers, put a layer of sugar and so on, and layer 124 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:01.519 it up, and then a lilac fragrance goes into the sugar and you can 125 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:05.080 use that in tea or like you said, cupcakes or other things like that. 126 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.480 That's kind of great, isn't that How you make anything taste good? 127 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:13.399 Hammer it with sugar or bacon one or the other lilac scented sugar, especially 128 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.440 bacon optional. Well. I have a feeling lilacs will continue as our theme 129 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.600 coming up with plants on Trial. That's next coming up here on the Gardening 130 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:31.639 Simplified Ship proven Winner's Colored Choice Shrubs. Cares about your success in the garden. 131 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:35.879 That's why we trial and test all of our shrubs for eight to ten 132 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:39.919 years, making sure they outperform everything else on the market. Look for them 133 00:10:39.919 --> 00:10:45.960 and the distinctive white container at your local garden center. Greeting's Gardening friends, 134 00:10:45.960 --> 00:10:48.960 and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. It's the time of the show 135 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:50.440 where we put a plant on trial, which is to say, we're going 136 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:54.279 to tell you everything you need to know, but one of the three hundred 137 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:58.159 and twenty plus proven Winner's Colored Choice shrubs, and you get to decide if 138 00:10:58.200 --> 00:11:01.799 you are going to add it to your garden or not, or perhaps in 139 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.759 this case, buy it for mom from Mother's Day. Yeah. I feel 140 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:07.879 like lilacs are such a classic choice in the areas of course where you can 141 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:11.799 grow them, such a classic choice as a Mother's Day gift because they look 142 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.919 fabulous, they lasted a long time, everyone loves them, they're easy to 143 00:11:16.000 --> 00:11:20.240 care for. But this one either deserves a spot in your mom's yard or 144 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.600 yours, or both. So I honestly, I was looking back over all 145 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.360 of our shows and I cannot believe that we have not yet really discussed Bloomerang 146 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:35.000 lilacs. I don't think we have, and we're talking about bloommerang, and 147 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.320 of course I love puns. That's great. I mean I've always said, 148 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:43.080 what is a boomerang that doesn't come back a stick? Right? Yes, 149 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:46.919 yes you have said that, Efident's true. But this is bloom rang. 150 00:11:46.120 --> 00:11:50.759 What an exciting concept? Yes, so it is a re blooming lilac. 151 00:11:50.879 --> 00:11:56.320 And the very first Bloomerang lilac came out from us in about twenty ten and 152 00:11:56.559 --> 00:12:03.159 it was an instant success and people were just absolutely loved it. And over 153 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:09.080 the years we have introduced several Bloomerang lilacs and the line currently consists of three. 154 00:12:09.559 --> 00:12:15.080 So there's Bloomerang Dark Purple, Bloomerang per pink, and Bloomerang Ballet, 155 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.159 which will not be available in garden centers until next year. So since we 156 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:20.440 have all these lilacs to cover, I was like, how am I going 157 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:26.720 to decide which one? So today's plant on trial is the newest and available 158 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.399 now Bloomerang per pink lilacs. So you can go to your garden center and 159 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:33.200 find this. And the reason that I chose this out of all of the 160 00:12:33.200 --> 00:12:39.159 bloomerang lilacs that are or were in the line is because it really represents a 161 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:43.759 concept that we've talked about on the show multiple times, and that is how 162 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:52.039 plant breeding can continue to excel even against what the same breeding line had done 163 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:56.600 previously. So bloomerang lilac. When Tim Wood, my boss and the new 164 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:03.799 plant manager here, he introduced bloomera after several years of work the concept of 165 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:05.840 bloomeraying of reblooming lilocs. So it's not entirely new. It's like we didn't 166 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.799 just invent that. There was a variety, an old variety French variety called 167 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:15.320 Jose which has been around for years and years, centuries really, and that 168 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.679 had some rebloom. But it was the kind of plant that like, you 169 00:13:18.720 --> 00:13:20.720 know when it flowered in spraying and be like, oh that's great, and 170 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:24.519 then you know, you might walk out in your garden in August and say, 171 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.840 oh, hey, there's a couple of flowers on the lilac. It 172 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:30.200 wasn't yeah a dabble. You wouldn't be like, whoa that lilac is in 173 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:33.600 flower again. So it wasn't a totally new concept, but it does take 174 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:41.639 a plant breeder to recognize that potential and then work, uh to really amplify 175 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.679 that in a plant to the point where it is notable, not just like 176 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:48.120 oh that's kind of cool, but where it's like, oh, this does 177 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:50.519 this and you can count on this lilac doing this now, Rick, as 178 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:56.960 you were explaining previously, the bloomerang lilacs are not a syringa vulgaris, so 179 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.080 they're not a common lielac. They aren't a serring high scinth. The flora 180 00:14:01.440 --> 00:14:05.120 that is our Centaura series, which again we've talked about in previous show. 181 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:09.080 Cinta Double Blue has been a plant on trial and then we just covered them 182 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:11.279 extensively in the garden to where that's currently up on YouTube that we did last 183 00:14:11.320 --> 00:14:16.799 week. So these are they're still fragrant, but they're not as fragrant. 184 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.240 They don't have that same lilac fragrance. It's more of kind of like a 185 00:14:20.320 --> 00:14:24.919 honey sweet floral fragrance. And a lot of people don't realize this, but 186 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:28.600 lilacs are actually in the olive family. Yes, they are related to olives, 187 00:14:30.159 --> 00:14:33.080 and a great number of plants in that family are fragrant. And it 188 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:35.799 was interesting to me that when we were talking about the tree lilacs, you 189 00:14:35.799 --> 00:14:41.279 said they smell like privet, because privet is actually quite fragrant, and the 190 00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:46.960 bloomerang tile lilac kind of smells a little like that, maybe sweeter, not 191 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:52.039 quite so doggy. Okay, does that make sense, ke perfect. I'm 192 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:54.039 glad you get me on that. So it's a little bit different. The 193 00:14:54.080 --> 00:15:00.679 foliage is much smaller, and the flowers are smaller, and and the kind 194 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:05.440 of cluster together like regular lilacs. But a great thing about it, aside 195 00:15:05.440 --> 00:15:09.320 from the fact that it does rebloom, is they're very disease resistant, so 196 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:13.360 you don't have to worry about powdery mildew, bacteria, leaf spot, all 197 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:16.159 the things that can you know, play other lilacs. So I just want 198 00:15:16.200 --> 00:15:20.360 everyone to understand first all, as we talk about bloommeranging lilacs, you've got 199 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:22.320 to kind of get that French lilac picture out of your head. These are 200 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:28.000 different. In fact, they're in our background right now, but they have 201 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:31.600 some benefits and namely, again that's reblooming. So what a reblooming shrub does 202 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.759 is it blooms on old wood. Like all of the other lilacs that are 203 00:15:35.799 --> 00:15:41.240 currently in bloom are doing. So that is wood that was set last summer 204 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:45.399 when all the way through fall and winter and is blooming now. So that's 205 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:48.399 old wood. What a reblooming lilac does is blooms on that old wood, 206 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:56.200 and then after that flowering winds down, they will put their energy into vegetative 207 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:58.759 growth or growing leaves, stems, shoots, all of that kind of stuff, 208 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:04.200 and then they are capable of setting flower buds on that new wood that 209 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:08.960 don't require vernalization. That's a ten dollars word that basically just means it doesn't 210 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:14.679 need to be exposed to cold temperatures, right, no chilling. So these 211 00:16:14.720 --> 00:16:19.440 new wood flowers can can open without vernalization and that's why you're able to get 212 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:25.000 that subsequent bloom. So look for them later in the season. Yeah, 213 00:16:25.080 --> 00:16:30.039 later in the season. So it takes generally about six weeks from that initial 214 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:36.000 bloom for the plant to put on enough growth to start creating new flower buds. 215 00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:38.720 And you know, the key is that you're going to get that better 216 00:16:38.799 --> 00:16:45.399 rebloom on all the bloomerang lilacs. It the more vigorously they can grow in 217 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.600 that time, the better the rebloom is going to be, so it's still 218 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:52.759 a low maintenance plant. And even if you get little to no rebloom, 219 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:56.320 you can have a great shrub on your hands. But if you're really going 220 00:16:56.360 --> 00:17:00.279 after that rebloom, you have to keep the plant growing vigorously. I keep 221 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:03.720 it well watered. I would recommend fertilizer. And what that's going to do 222 00:17:03.879 --> 00:17:07.319 is just give the plant enough energy to put on abundant new growth and then 223 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:12.759 go on to flour. So watered properly in the summer, some fertilizer and 224 00:17:12.839 --> 00:17:17.640 stacey, I'm gonna guess, just like with other lilacs, sunshines in Port 225 00:17:17.759 --> 00:17:21.079 oh. Sunshine is so important. Got to have at least six hours of 226 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.319 bright sun for your lilacs, otherwise they will not really flower. The flower 227 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:29.720 a little. And when we're talking about syringa vulgaris, they're much more likely 228 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:33.279 to get those diseases that we talked about because the foliage isn't drying as fast. 229 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:37.000 So these are full sun plants for sure, very important. But let's 230 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.759 get back to bloomerang per pink. It's like I was saying, it really 231 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:45.400 represents what we look for in plant breeding, which is that if you were 232 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:51.119 to side by side. Compare Bloomerang per Pink Lilac with the original Bloomerang Purple. 233 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:55.720 The difference in performance, especially in the rebloom, between these two plants, 234 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.759 you would not even believe what you're seeing they, you know, as 235 00:17:59.799 --> 00:18:03.759 we have been able to select and develop those qualities more and more, every 236 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:10.559 subsequent introduction in the Bloomerang series has really improved on that rebloom, and so 237 00:18:10.720 --> 00:18:14.160 it is one of our strongest rain bloomers. And honestly, I have seen 238 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:18.519 this thing in July and August in our gardens, and I mean it's almost 239 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:22.160 as much as spring, the amount of flower coverage that you get on that. 240 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:26.279 So it's not just that smattering of flowers anymore. It is fully in 241 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.599 bloom again. And it's just wild to see a lilac blooming alongside your panicle 242 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:36.319 hydrangea. I was just gonna say that the timing's perfect so you can enjoy 243 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:40.359 it to next to limelight or Bobo or some of the other panicles that are 244 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:42.039 in bloom. Right. And I love Bloomerang per pink. I love the 245 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:47.039 color with those panicle hydranges, and so I'm sure people are wondering per pink. 246 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:49.319 What are you talking about? Is that or hearing that right? So 247 00:18:49.480 --> 00:18:53.119 it is a mashup of the words purple and pink, and that's where the 248 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:57.480 name comes from, because we couldn't really tell is it purple is it pink? 249 00:18:57.519 --> 00:19:00.839 In different lights, in different flight lower ages, some people would say, 250 00:19:00.920 --> 00:19:03.720 oh, that's purple. Other people would say, oh, no, 251 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.200 that's pink, and you know, to each their own. So we decided 252 00:19:07.240 --> 00:19:11.440 to mash it all up, and it's bloomerang per pink. I like that. 253 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:17.519 Now. When they were originally evaluating this plant and getting it closer to 254 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:22.440 introduction, do you remember the viral phenomenon of the dress where people couldn't tell 255 00:19:22.480 --> 00:19:26.799 if it was black and blue or white and gold. So that was sort 256 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:30.119 of what was the guiding principle of this or no one could really agree on 257 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:33.480 what the true color was. So that's a great reason to grow at yourself, 258 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.839 is you can then decide in your garden, in your light if you 259 00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.880 think it's more purple, or if you think it's more pink, or if 260 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:41.839 you think it's just plain per pink. Hell, you know, knowing we 261 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:47.279 were going to talk about lilacs, I looked it up Lilac and lavender are 262 00:19:47.319 --> 00:19:52.160 two different colors. They are both pale shades of purple, but lilac has 263 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:56.799 a pink tint to it, lavender has the blue tint. So this is 264 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.400 no what's great topic matter. It's pretty neat. Yeah, and it's a 265 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:03.160 fun word to say. You can just go ahead, if you're in your 266 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:07.279 car right now, just say it per pink. So bloomerang purpaine easier to 267 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:15.079 say than lilac or sirringu or a syringa sirringu isn't the flora especially So really 268 00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:18.799 this is I think, you know, if you're looking for a special gift 269 00:20:18.839 --> 00:20:21.279 for your mom, you want to get her a shrubs and then it's going 270 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:23.720 to last a long time and give her many, many years of enjoyment. 271 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:29.160 I think these newer bloomerangs are I mean, any bloomerang would be a good 272 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:32.680 choice. But again, as we get into these newer varieties, you're seeing 273 00:20:32.799 --> 00:20:36.880 such a substantial improvement in the plant, and that's why we drop the older 274 00:20:36.880 --> 00:20:40.680 ones. So bloomerang purple, the original isn't around anymore, not because it 275 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.559 wasn't a good plant, but because we have so much better plants right now 276 00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.880 that we don't want you to go and buy that plant that's not going to 277 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:49.240 perform that the best that it is, so we're always swapping these in. 278 00:20:49.599 --> 00:20:53.799 We do have a similar approach to our Let's Dance series of reblooming hydrangees, 279 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:59.319 because we're really looking to get you the very very best performance. So if 280 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:03.119 mom loves lie locks, if mom has a full sun spot and well drained 281 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:06.599 soil, I think Bloomerang per pink would be a marvelous choice. You can 282 00:21:06.599 --> 00:21:08.400 find it at your local garden center. If you don't know where your local 283 00:21:08.440 --> 00:21:11.519 garden center is, check out proven Winters Colour Choice dot com. We've got 284 00:21:11.519 --> 00:21:15.359 a retailer locator there that connects you with a garden center and gets you the 285 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.680 perfect gift for your mom. Whatever you decide, we're going to take a 286 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:22.279 little break. When we come back, we'll be opening up the garden mail 287 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:32.200 bag. At Proven Winter's Color Choice, We've got a shrub for every taste 288 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:37.480 and every space. Whether you're looking for an easycare rose and unforgettable hydrangea or 289 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.720 something new and unique, you can be confident that the shrubs and the white 290 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:44.720 containers have been trialed and tested for your success. Look for them at your 291 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:51.000 local garden center. Greetings gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified 292 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:53.279 Show on this fine Saturday in May. Is there a better month than May. 293 00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:56.359 There's a reason they call it the merry month of May. Don't you 294 00:21:56.359 --> 00:21:59.759 think it's there's a good reason why it's the merry month of May. I'm 295 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:03.759 ready to start planting. I am too, but I'm also ready to h 296 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:07.279 I'm ready to shop. Oh yeah, shopping is even more fun than planting. 297 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:11.799 I've been shopping for weeks. Well. I make it a Mother's Day 298 00:22:11.839 --> 00:22:14.759 tradition to go shopping for plants with my mom, so I had, you 299 00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:17.640 know, I save it up for that one special day, and I'm I'm 300 00:22:17.680 --> 00:22:21.400 waiting for it, and I'm ready for it. So anyway, today we 301 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:23.799 are answering our garden questions, as we do in every episode, and if 302 00:22:23.839 --> 00:22:27.000 you have a gardening question for us, you can reach us at help HLP 303 00:22:27.160 --> 00:22:32.000 at Gardeningsimplified on air dot com, or just visit our website, or you 304 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:34.240 know, even ask as a comment on YouTube. Adriana sends those to us, 305 00:22:34.279 --> 00:22:37.200 so we're able to answer you there as well. There's lots of ways 306 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:40.920 to get in touch with us, and as we get deeper and deeper into 307 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:45.039 the gardening season, sometimes the confusion can thicken. You find out things that 308 00:22:45.119 --> 00:22:47.960 you didn't realize. We're, you know, going to be the case. 309 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:49.519 Are the case? Or I thought that we're going to be the case and 310 00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:52.160 aren't the case? And we're here to help. So you can always reach 311 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.960 us and send us your questions like these listeners have what do we got in 312 00:22:56.960 --> 00:23:00.000 the mailg Well, Kathy's wondering and writes to us. Your show is so 313 00:23:00.119 --> 00:23:04.440 helpful. You're both very entertaining while you educate us. I really appreciate you. 314 00:23:04.920 --> 00:23:11.599 Thank you very mulch Kathy. Now a question about Perfecto Mundo double purple 315 00:23:11.720 --> 00:23:15.519 azaleas. I just purchased five two gallon size. I'd like to keep them 316 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.319 in their nursery containers over the summer, plant them in the ground in fall 317 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:22.960 Zone six B. Is that an okay plan as it relates to the health 318 00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:26.680 of these shrubs. I've read its best to plant these in the fall, 319 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:30.559 and also I have so much to do before the heat and humidity set in 320 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:33.920 before summer. Wow, this is a great question. It is a great 321 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:37.759 question. Yeah. Yeah, So as far as keeping your plants in the 322 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:42.960 containers go. That's fine as long as you are able to check them for 323 00:23:44.160 --> 00:23:48.279 water frequently through the season. You know, I think people get a little 324 00:23:48.319 --> 00:23:52.759 bit paranoid about keeping their plants in their nursery containers. But the fact is 325 00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:56.440 if you didn't buy them, then other people hadn't bought them. That's what 326 00:23:56.519 --> 00:24:00.599 the nursery would be doing. Yeah, and let me add to that stacy. 327 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:04.640 If you're able to keep an eye on the watering and not rely on 328 00:24:04.799 --> 00:24:11.039 irrigation, some hand watering, deep watering at the base fill the pots, 329 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:12.480 then you can get Yeah, there's a reason why when you go to a 330 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:18.160 garden center there are hoses everywhere and wet floors. That's because the staff is 331 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:22.559 always watering the plants. And so yeah, you can absolutely treat them like 332 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:26.119 you would like they would have been treated at the garden center. But do 333 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.319 remember you probably do not have a staff to be watering them multiple times a 334 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:32.839 day if they need it. That's what happens here in the greenhouses as well. 335 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:36.880 I mean, our growers sometimes are watering multiple times a day, so 336 00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:41.200 it is possible to keep them in their containers, but you are definitely going 337 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:42.920 to need to check them frequently. I would say, especially during the heat 338 00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:47.079 of the summer, they're going to need a thorough watering at least once a 339 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:51.200 day, if not twice. In often weji water twice on very hot sunny 340 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.079 days. So if also, if you can keep them in some shade that's 341 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:56.200 still convenient to your hose, that's another thing you can do. Yeah, 342 00:24:56.240 --> 00:25:00.119 because when you're trying to take care of plant material you like people in the 343 00:25:00.200 --> 00:25:06.480 industry, it never ceases to amaze me staycy. Not only the hot summer 344 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:10.640 sun, but let's not forget the wind. Oh yeah, definitely that wind. 345 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.440 It's unreal how quickly that can dry up. Yeah, because plants have 346 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:17.799 their little stomata open, they're trying to photosynthesize, and that just leaves them 347 00:25:17.839 --> 00:25:23.519 open to losing water vapor and that is really expedited under windy conditions. So 348 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:27.279 yes, you can keep them. I will confess fully right now, I 349 00:25:27.359 --> 00:25:33.880 have and continue to keep boatloads of plants in their nursery containers around my yard 350 00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:37.480 in my nursery area. You are not alone. This is much more common 351 00:25:37.960 --> 00:25:40.880 than you might think. But I do want to just advise you briefly Kathley 352 00:25:40.880 --> 00:25:45.519 before we move on perfecting me into Azaleas are considered hardy to USDA's own six 353 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.599 B, so we've had great success with them here in West Michigan. But 354 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:52.920 generally, when it comes to growing something that's kind of marginally hardy where you're 355 00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:59.319 pushing its hardiness, I do generally prefer spring planting so that the plant has 356 00:25:59.359 --> 00:26:04.200 the longest possible time to develop a root system before it gets really challenged with 357 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:10.359 winter, which it certainly will in usdas on six B. So I don't 358 00:26:10.359 --> 00:26:12.079 think it's a problem to keep them their containers, but I would if you 359 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:17.960 can think about trying to plant them in spring rather than trying to get them 360 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.960 in the ground in fall. I don't know what your schedule's like, but 361 00:26:21.000 --> 00:26:22.759 they will be happier and you will probably be happier with the results if they 362 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:29.480 have that longer period to get established before the harsh weather comes in Stacy Nancy's 363 00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:33.880 wondering how best to care for rows of sharing plants growing in my Zone six 364 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.759 B clay soil. You can see from photos that Nancy sent us where the 365 00:26:37.920 --> 00:26:44.839 roots are surfacing. One plant was showing significant what I determined to be chlorosis. 366 00:26:45.319 --> 00:26:48.920 I use the iron tone Midsummer. I think it helped. I don't 367 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.640 plan on moving the plants, wondering if I can top dress the beds with 368 00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:56.440 mulch and just let them be. I know they won't thrive where they're planted, 369 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.920 but I do want them to survive. Thanks for all the information, 370 00:27:02.119 --> 00:27:04.119 you know. I would agree Stacy that the iron tone, well, maybe 371 00:27:04.160 --> 00:27:08.200 it helps, but it's a band aid because again, clay soil is a 372 00:27:08.240 --> 00:27:14.160 condition, and if that condition doesn't change, if there's poor drainage and not 373 00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:18.039 sufficient oxygen to the roots, you're going to continue to have problems. Right 374 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:21.119 And you know, I did not sure at least Nancy's picture with you, 375 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:25.160 but I my jaw dropped. Nancy, I will tell you if you're listening, 376 00:27:25.400 --> 00:27:29.039 when I saw how much these roots have surfaced, I've never quite seen 377 00:27:29.079 --> 00:27:32.559 anything like what she is describing. You know, It's not like, uh, 378 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:34.119 you know, if you have a tree and the roots kind of bubble 379 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:38.160 up to the top as they mature. No, these roots are fully exposed, 380 00:27:38.160 --> 00:27:41.559 big roots of the rosa Sharon. So, I don't know if there 381 00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:45.279 was like a big soil wash out or if they you know, they had 382 00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:49.279 been under a bunch of mulch and were surface roots, but that's not ideal. 383 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:53.039 It doesn't mean they can't survive. But I think that your best solution 384 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:56.160 to that aspect of the issue is definitely going to be a good layer of 385 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:00.880 mulch. I think that's really important. You know, they're not necessarily losing 386 00:28:00.960 --> 00:28:04.480 a lot of water out of those roots because it's more of like the root 387 00:28:04.519 --> 00:28:10.599 hairs that that's really important, and that's more towards the living tips rather than 388 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:15.720 those barky, trunky roots. But it looks they look like they are not 389 00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:19.400 happy, So I would say definitely get a good two to three layer two 390 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:23.559 to three inch layer of mulch over those and then Rosa sharin are very heavy 391 00:28:23.599 --> 00:28:27.519 feeders. They don't need the fertilizer. You know, they'll still grow and 392 00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:32.799 flower well without it. But if you want that like lush, dark green 393 00:28:32.839 --> 00:28:36.039 foliage, look, these are plants you're gonna have to fertilize, and if 394 00:28:36.039 --> 00:28:41.119 they don't have proper nutrients correct as Nancy says, here, you see chlorosis 395 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:47.160 yellowing of the foliage and that's unsightly right, And I also would say they 396 00:28:47.200 --> 00:28:49.960 don't worry too too much about paler foliage in spring I do find that they 397 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:53.720 often leaf out in a paler color then they actually develop too. So if 398 00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:56.359 you're looking at your Rosa Sharon right now and going, oh gee, mine 399 00:28:56.359 --> 00:29:00.200 looks kind of pale too, what should I do? Don't panic about that. 400 00:29:00.240 --> 00:29:03.720 But it's not a bad idea to fertilize because they really are heavy feeders 401 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:07.680 and you will get higher quality foliage and a lot more flowers if you feed 402 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:10.920 them. I think it also brings up the point that yes, you can 403 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:15.640 garden, and you can grow in clay, but at the time of planting, 404 00:29:15.720 --> 00:29:19.319 that's the critical point when we're going to mix in organic material fifty to 405 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:22.960 fifty with the existing clay soil, and we're not going to just dig a 406 00:29:23.000 --> 00:29:26.160 hole and create a bathb oh. Absolutely do not do that, especially if 407 00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:30.559 you're planting lilacs, because the bathtub with lilacs that is the fastest way to 408 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:33.559 kill a lilacs. Or just to go back briefly, if you're planting a 409 00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:37.160 lilac this season, do not. I would recommend not amending the soil at 410 00:29:37.160 --> 00:29:41.880 all. Just put it straight away into your soil, adding any kind of 411 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:45.599 organic matter potting mix. People think all sorts of they put all sorts of 412 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:48.079 crazy stuff in there, in their whole crazy stuff, I can't put them. 413 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.440 They think they're doing something good for the plant, but generally speaking, 414 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:53.000 plants are just best planted in your native soil. Richard says, I have 415 00:29:53.119 --> 00:29:59.279 the Temple of Bloom seven sons hepticodium planted about two years ago, which is 416 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:03.079 done nicely Central Pennsylvania. We had a lot of rain this spring. I've 417 00:30:03.119 --> 00:30:07.920 noticed new leaves are shriveling up. I've attached photos. Also in photo you 418 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:14.160 notice the brown grass around the area. Oh Zoisia grass. Oh boy, 419 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:18.119 a warm season grass in Pennsylvania. Yeah, probably be June before that turns 420 00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:22.000 green. The ground area is shaled. Drain's pretty good. I've attached pictures 421 00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:26.680 to show what's happening. I don't know if it's from the extra amount of 422 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:30.920 rain that Richard's been getting there in Pennsylvania. Right. So, and we'll 423 00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:33.200 of course put Richard's pictures as we will put Nancy's pictures in the show notes, 424 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:36.599 and of course we'll be in the YouTube version so you can get a 425 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:38.440 picture of what we're talking about here. So, yeah, I was surprised 426 00:30:38.440 --> 00:30:41.920 to see Richard's photos because Temple of bloom. Hepticodium in general tends to be 427 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:47.200 very problem free plants. They don't really get disease or anything like that. 428 00:30:47.279 --> 00:30:51.279 And so what you'll see on Richard's plant is that some branches are nice and 429 00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:53.519 full and healthy and green, and then a couple of branches have these kind 430 00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:59.480 of like shriveled, blackened foliage on them. And my first thought is definitely 431 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:03.200 cold. Richard actually sent this question a couple of weeks ago, so it's 432 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:06.519 super recent, but you know, when we were having some warm weather, 433 00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:10.240 right and then some cold weather, and then you know, the warm weather 434 00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:14.839 that we had in March really starts to accelerate things and then blamo, we 435 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:18.599 get that cold weather. Blamo, you know, and it is that's exactly 436 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.000 what it feels like, more like a punch in the face, and that 437 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:26.240 that can really fry, especially that tender foliage. So what I see in 438 00:31:26.319 --> 00:31:32.640 Richard's photo is definitely pretty classic to me look of cold damage. And sometimes 439 00:31:32.640 --> 00:31:34.279 people will see a plant like that and go, well, if it's cold 440 00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:38.000 damage, why did these plant these leaves shrivel up, and these leaves are 441 00:31:38.000 --> 00:31:41.799 fine, And honestly, there are so many little factors that can influence that 442 00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:45.640 just the way cold air moves through your space. Sure you know it, 443 00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.920 just what there could be a block, you know, something blocking the cold 444 00:31:48.920 --> 00:31:53.359 air from settling on the plant somewhere else There's It doesn't seem like those little 445 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:56.279 things would make a big difference, but they can. And the good news 446 00:31:56.319 --> 00:32:00.319 is after cold damage, most of these plants, if healthy, will flush 447 00:32:00.359 --> 00:32:04.680 new growth. Right, So I think that that is probably the case, 448 00:32:04.759 --> 00:32:07.079 and you should probably by now start to see some new growth coming out. 449 00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:10.880 But I do just want to caution anybody who plants directly into turf, as 450 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:15.759 this temple of bloom hepticodium was planted, that can also cause drainage problems. 451 00:32:16.039 --> 00:32:20.559 You know, you definitely the plants lose less water through the turf than they 452 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.759 would just planted in soil. I've seen a lot of issues crop up planting 453 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:28.160 in there, so you do just want to be a little bit more maybe 454 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:32.559 conscientious of the water it's getting. And if you have long sprinklers, then 455 00:32:32.640 --> 00:32:36.839 you might want to just consider a little less there because the shale is also 456 00:32:36.880 --> 00:32:40.799 probably really slowing the drainage. And this isn't a plant that's like extremely sensitive 457 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:45.440 to poor drainage, but it is as most plants are somewhat sensitive, so 458 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.920 just something to consider there. So we're going to take a little break. 459 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:52.079 When we come back, we've got branching news and apparently a discussion on how 460 00:32:52.079 --> 00:33:01.240 to pronounce lilac. The Gardening Is Simplified is brought to you by Proven Winner's 461 00:33:01.279 --> 00:33:07.160 Color Choice Shrubs. Our award winning flowering shrubs and evergreens have been trialed and 462 00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:12.039 tested for your success so you enjoy more beauty and less work. Look for 463 00:33:12.079 --> 00:33:15.519 Proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs and the distinctive white container at your local garden center. 464 00:33:17.720 --> 00:33:22.839 Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. Hey, Stacey Adriana, We're 465 00:33:22.880 --> 00:33:25.440 going to have a snack after the show. I don't know why I didn't 466 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:30.440 get the memo on this for our YouTube viewers. Look at that dill pickle 467 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:35.799 flavored sunflower seeds. How come I didn't know about this? I didn't know 468 00:33:35.799 --> 00:33:39.400 about it till you told me about it. Absolutely delicious. Who would have 469 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:45.359 thought dill pickle sunflower seeds? Well, snack after the show? First things 470 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:51.759 first, we got to talk about the pronunciation of lilac because in the first 471 00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:54.920 segment, and now I start to second guess myself, is it lilac? 472 00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:59.759 Is it lilac? Is it lilac? So I thought, well, the 473 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:02.720 only way I can fix this in my mind is to write a limerick. 474 00:34:02.920 --> 00:34:07.759 So here you go. Get it right, you should say lie lack. 475 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:13.000 Spare me your cultural feedback. Clip some for Mom. She'll think they're the 476 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:16.519 bomb and think you're a brainiac. Get it right, you should say lie 477 00:34:16.679 --> 00:34:22.199 luck. It's grammar gone amuck. So everyone just relax. Are there rules 478 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:28.239 of syntax? I guess I'm simply dumbstruck. Get it right? You should 479 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:32.400 say lie lock, Disagree, retort, and squawk. The results are the 480 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:38.480 same fragrance that's insane, regardless of how you talk. And I have people 481 00:34:38.480 --> 00:34:43.480 who say that to me all the time that I talk funny, they recognize 482 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:45.880 my voice. So that's why I tried to wrestle with this because Stacy, 483 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:51.119 I still don't know if it's lielac, lie Luck, or lie lock, 484 00:34:51.760 --> 00:34:55.199 but I did a little research on it and found it it's all contingent on 485 00:34:55.239 --> 00:35:00.960 your local dialect. How you pronounce it right makes sense. And you know 486 00:35:00.000 --> 00:35:04.079 what I always say about pronunciation. As long as you walk out of the 487 00:35:04.079 --> 00:35:07.360 garden center with the plant that you wanted that's all that really matters. But 488 00:35:07.400 --> 00:35:13.920 I will say several years back, we did a radio commercial about bloomerng Lilac, 489 00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:16.800 and we had hired voice talent the agency who did the commercial for us, 490 00:35:17.239 --> 00:35:22.079 and honestly I missed it completely, but the actress who was doing the 491 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:30.280 voice said Lilac. And you would not believe the mail that we got in 492 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:35.960 response to this. People freaked out. So I'm onto something here. Well, 493 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:37.840 no, they it's Lilac, I know, and I like the way 494 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:42.480 you say it. But you know, Stacy, you're one of these people 495 00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:45.719 where words just roll off your tongue. It's so eloquent, whereas with me, 496 00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:52.000 it's like Lilac. You know, Lilac insurance commercial exactly Lilac, and 497 00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:59.639 that's who I have my insurance. So but it's actually Lilac. I mean, 498 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:06.119 I'm an open minded on this pronunciation thing. It does sound funny to 499 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:12.079 my ear to hear Lilac or Lilac, but I know what we're talking about, 500 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:15.599 and that's the important thing. It's true. It's true, it is 501 00:36:15.159 --> 00:36:19.840 you will get it. We I'm sure we will get some opinionated comment ares 502 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:22.400 on this, and I'm looking at well, yeah, so but yeah, 503 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:27.880 I mean I always say lilac. All right. Well, along that subject, 504 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:31.760 the Rochester Red Wings, that's a minor league baseball team, have found 505 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:36.239 a way to bring the flowers to the field. From May fourteen to May 506 00:36:36.320 --> 00:36:44.440 nineteen this year, the Red Wings will wear uniforms featuring Rochester's iconic lilacs front 507 00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:47.440 and center. They were designed by a member of the Wings major League baseball 508 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:54.519 affiliate team, the Washington Nationals. So flower city there in Rochester, New 509 00:36:54.599 --> 00:37:00.880 York. These people love Rochester. They bleed purple, they just love it. 510 00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:07.199 The Lilac Festival May ten through May nineteen. So they've got a great 511 00:37:07.760 --> 00:37:10.920 minor league baseball team. They're great ballpark in Rochester, and they will be 512 00:37:12.039 --> 00:37:15.800 wearing lilacs this year. Well, well, two wonderful things, baseball and 513 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:20.960 gardening. Gotta love that. Throwing a little apple pie and you're all set 514 00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:25.320 some hot dogs. That's amazing. And I am looking forward to hearing how 515 00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:30.400 in Rochester, New York, they pronounce lilac. Oh, that's a good 516 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:34.840 question, or syringa or syringa for that. We do have a Rochester native 517 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.480 on staff here, so I am going to ask him. Very good speaking 518 00:37:37.480 --> 00:37:43.159 of that, fresh spring lilac sent Forty three percent of Americans say one of 519 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:49.920 the best home compliments they can receive is your home smells so good. According 520 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:54.480 to new research, survey of adults found that home fragrances play a role in 521 00:37:54.639 --> 00:38:00.639 cleaning routines and found that fifty five percent say that the way a home smells 522 00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:06.639 is even more important than how it looks. So I found this survey to 523 00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:13.239 be very interesting. People would want. Respondents would want their home to smell 524 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:20.639 like fresh laundry, linen, ocean breeze, lavender, vanilla, and lemon 525 00:38:20.920 --> 00:38:24.519 or citrus. So there was no lilac in here, but I'm sure that 526 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:30.639 there are people who would go for lilac. Also, so interesting survey that 527 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:35.440 we're going to put on the website Gardeningsimplified on air dot Com. I guess 528 00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:39.320 it doesn't surprise me too much that that's a big deal with folks. No, 529 00:38:39.480 --> 00:38:44.639 But it also doesn't surprise me that they don't want lilac, because you 530 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:46.320 know, I love perfume, and I have a lot of fragrances that are 531 00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:51.679 soliflora or based on a single flower, and I find that I cannot wear 532 00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:55.760 them outside of that plant's bloom time. It feels so unnatural. It feels 533 00:38:55.800 --> 00:38:59.960 so weird to me. So maybe like you know, if it's you know, 534 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.599 November and your house is smelling like lilac, people feel like it's a 535 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:06.559 little bit it's a little bit weird. You know. It's true. At 536 00:39:06.599 --> 00:39:12.800 one time I ordered a cologne that smelled like a freshly mode lawn. It 537 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:15.119 really did. It smelled like a freshly mode lawn and I could not wear 538 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:17.840 it in winter. Yeah, it just feels out of place. It was 539 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:22.039 out of place. I don't wear it anymore. Got too many funny looks. 540 00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:30.079 Longevity does that to you. It makes you no. It gives you 541 00:39:30.159 --> 00:39:35.519 common sense, from marshmallows to meatballs, beef jerky and hot dogs. A 542 00:39:35.559 --> 00:39:39.000 new study has found how Americans are expressing their creative taste buds when it comes 543 00:39:39.079 --> 00:39:44.880 to their salads, along with what the perfect salad looks like. So aside 544 00:39:44.920 --> 00:39:50.760 from occasional topping oddities, and people do put things like beef jerky, meatballs, 545 00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:54.519 and hot dogs on their salad believe it or not, Okay, most 546 00:39:54.519 --> 00:40:00.480 people are opting for number one choice cheese, oh heck you yeah, tomatoes, 547 00:40:00.679 --> 00:40:06.239 bacon, crutins, crotons, kroutons, how do you want to pronounce 548 00:40:06.280 --> 00:40:13.559 those? I'm just having fun with you here. And cucumbers. Those are 549 00:40:13.599 --> 00:40:19.280 the favorite toppings. This lilac thing has really got me messed up. To 550 00:40:19.280 --> 00:40:23.960 add, the best salad dressings are number one, Ranch, then Italian, 551 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:30.519 and then Caesar's topping. But for sixty one percent, the real main character 552 00:40:30.599 --> 00:40:36.280 of salads are well the greens involved, right yeah, yeah, the best 553 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:40.679 of which were Romaine, Iceberg, spinach, spring mix, and crunchy green 554 00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:45.960 lettuce. So there you go, whatever your choice. Let us romaine friends, 555 00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:53.199 right yeah, okay, over a quarter believe they could turn any type 556 00:40:53.199 --> 00:41:00.960 of sandwich into a salad. Oh so think about sandwich peanut, butter and 557 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:05.840 jelly, Yeah exactly, or it brings up the point. Is a hot 558 00:41:05.840 --> 00:41:07.280 dog a sandwich? Yes? Of course the hot dogs a sandwich. It's 559 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:13.239 a sandwich. Yeah, I mean it's a sandwich ish. It meets the 560 00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:17.840 definition of a sandwich. It's like, you know, it's a meat between 561 00:41:17.880 --> 00:41:22.000 bread. So yeah, well wait are we going to get comments and notes 562 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:29.000 on this show? Galore? So top five things that make your salad appetizing. 563 00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:32.679 Number one on the list, freshness makes sense. The dressing is number 564 00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:37.400 two, the quality of the lettuces number three, toppings are number four, 565 00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:45.039 and then the harmony of different flavors comes in at number five. I'm hungry, 566 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:47.280 I didn't have lunch today. A salad sounds good. Yeah, I'm 567 00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:51.039 thinking I'm gonna go to stop the store and get some salad fixings. I'll 568 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:55.000 put some crotons on it. The rumors are true. Vegetables aren't real. 569 00:41:55.199 --> 00:42:00.760 That is in botany anyway. While the term fruit is wreckedognized botanically as anything 570 00:42:00.800 --> 00:42:07.239 that contains a seed or seeds, vegetable is actually a broad umbrella term for 571 00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:12.840 many types of edible plants. You might think you know what carrots and beets 572 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:15.239 are. Carrots, beets, and other vegetables that grow in the ground are 573 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:22.199 actually the true roots of plants. Lettuce and spinach, our leaves, celery 574 00:42:22.239 --> 00:42:28.320 and asparagus are stems. Greens such as broccoli, artichokes, and culliflowers are 575 00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:32.280 immature flowers. Now, this is all according to Steve Reiners, a professor 576 00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:39.880 of horticulture at Cornell University's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. So he's just 577 00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:45.079 trying to get us straightened out. Ear, cucumbers, squash, eggplant. 578 00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:54.239 Avocados are also classified as fruit according to the European Food Information So I guess 579 00:42:54.320 --> 00:42:58.079 I don't know. I just throw that out there because it's one of those 580 00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:02.400 fun things to debate. Well, you know, the whole vegetable fruit thing 581 00:43:02.440 --> 00:43:07.679 that just dates back to Victorian arbitrary like sweet things or fruits, savory things 582 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:13.639 are vegetable, so it's completely you know, arbitrary. But do you know, 583 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:16.920 whatever you whatever you want, tomato tomato, it's been fun. Let's 584 00:43:16.960 --> 00:43:20.840 call the whole thing off. Thanks Stacey, it's been a fun show. 585 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.320 Thank you so much, Adriana, and thank you to you. Thanks for 586 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:30.119 watching us on YouTube, listening on radio, and listening to our podcast, 587 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:32.119 The Gardening Simplified Show. Have a great week.