1 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:06,480 Hello, my friends across the fruited and rooted plane. It's time for the 2 00:00:06,519 --> 00:00:12,359 Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy Hervella, me, Rick Weissed and Adrianna Robinson as 3 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:17,879 we broadcast from Studio A proven winners Color Choice Shrubs. All right, let's 4 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:25,039 make moms may What kid hasn't picked a bouquet of dandelions or lilacs for mom 5 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:30,039 and whatever species it is. Stacy, I say, if you give mom 6 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:34,359 flowers, you rose to the occasion. Well that's true, although I when 7 00:00:34,439 --> 00:00:38,119 I was young, I was quite obsessed with daffodils, as my grandmother and 8 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:43,280 mother could attest, and as well intentioned as such a gift, Maybe it's 9 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:47,280 not the ideal flower to give away. I remember stating up a shirt real 10 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:51,320 good because you know, dandelions have that milky sap, and getting little dots 11 00:00:51,359 --> 00:00:55,560 all over my shirt and they never washed out. But the intention was good 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:00,000 because I did indeed pick them from h It's wonderful, so spected. Spending 13 00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:04,400 on Mother's Day has gone up nearly every year in the last ten years or 14 00:01:04,400 --> 00:01:08,439 so, even during the prime of the pandemic in twenty twenty. And then 15 00:01:08,439 --> 00:01:12,200 you throw in some inflation into that. And this is a big deal, 16 00:01:12,359 --> 00:01:18,560 the big three flower holidays or Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Christmas. 17 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:25,519 But you know, Mother's Day here in the Northern States coincides generally with our 18 00:01:25,599 --> 00:01:29,079 last frost date. Yes, certainly here in Michigan, give or take you 19 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:34,959 know, a week or so. And so that's what causes that flower frenzy 20 00:01:34,159 --> 00:01:41,760 at this time of year. And my experience in the garden center industry is 21 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:47,079 Mother's Day weekend is a big weekend for hanging basket sales. You know, 22 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:51,079 it's an easy gift to give, yep, And they're kind of irresistible because 23 00:01:51,079 --> 00:01:53,840 they look absolutely amazing in May. But I know last week you promised us 24 00:01:53,879 --> 00:01:59,439 you would give us your uncensored opinion on hanging baskets. So I have been 25 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,560 waiting with bated breath for a week. Well, you know, long live 26 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:07,879 the King. Okay, hanging baskets, You're right, are the king in 27 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:14,000 the month of May, and long live the King. The problem is they 28 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,639 tend to fizzle after the fourth of July, just like the fireworks. Because 29 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:22,680 many of the hanging baskets you'll find in stores garden centers are right around that 30 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:29,319 ten inch size and I say invest in upsizing your baskets. Get some baskets 31 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,879 that are a little bit larger. I like to buy these hanging baskets at 32 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:37,960 this time of the year and either take the hangers off and use them in 33 00:02:38,080 --> 00:02:44,479 containers, planted into containers, or upsize them into larger baskets, because a 34 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,520 ten inch basket to stacy by the time we get to the heat of July, 35 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,840 but it's tough to keep that thing water. Yeah, and you know, 36 00:02:51,879 --> 00:02:54,520 those plants want to outgrow that tiny little container. And I think it's 37 00:02:54,520 --> 00:02:58,840 important that people realize that when it comes to hanging baskets, you do get 38 00:02:58,879 --> 00:03:00,639 what you pay for. You know, if you're seeing a really, really 39 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:05,159 an expensive hanging basket and thinking, oh, I'm lucking out, well, 40 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:07,639 they're probably best off just buying it for the plants and not the basket, 41 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,879 because the plants will outgrow that. But I'm happy to say I think that 42 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:15,759 much like we were talking about last week, with the revolution and container gardening, 43 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:19,280 there's been a revolution in hanging baskets, and you see a lot nicer 44 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,360 baskets. The basket itself has become part of the gift, and you can 45 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:28,080 find really nice of like wire. I don't even mind those cardboard pressed cardboard 46 00:03:28,199 --> 00:03:31,919 kinds because they're kind of neutral looking, and soon enough, especially with something 47 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:37,719 vigorous like supertunias or something like that, the plant will completely overgrow that because 48 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:39,560 there's plenty of root room. So it's not like the olden days where everything 49 00:03:39,639 --> 00:03:46,360 was like a kind of crummy eight inch plastic exactly molded container. There's a 50 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,039 lot more choices, and when it comes to Mother's Day, don't skimp. 51 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,280 Yeah, and one of the nice ones exactly. The king is dead, 52 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,960 long live the king. Actually, the first king refers to the deceased ruler 53 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:00,560 and the second king refers to a six sessor. But I'll tell you what. 54 00:04:00,639 --> 00:04:05,800 It can be difficult to find hanging baskets in July for a successor, 55 00:04:05,879 --> 00:04:10,360 so do it right right now. And that's kind of my rant on. 56 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:12,560 Hang, Okay, well, that's fair enough. And you know, especially 57 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:15,080 if you are giving them as a gift, and even if you're doing it 58 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,759 for yourself, you deserve the best, So you should look carefully at those 59 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:21,720 baskets, and if they don't have one, you like, move onto another 60 00:04:21,759 --> 00:04:26,519 garden center because there's a lot of variety out there. Hydranges make a great 61 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:31,519 gift for Mother's Day. And I wanted to ask you about this stacy because 62 00:04:31,920 --> 00:04:38,680 you see a lot of hydranges at Mother's Day, or as zalias or bulb 63 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,839 plants that are forced into flower ye. And if I had a dime for 64 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,920 every time I've been asked the question, Okay, I got this for Mother's 65 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,959 Day and it was beautiful, But now what do I do with it? 66 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:56,240 Can I plant it outside? You know, the florist grown hydranges, aren't 67 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:00,959 they going to survive being put outside? So opinion, that's such a good 68 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:03,240 question. Now, how much time do we have left? Touch is getting 69 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:08,560 So it's a great, great question, and it's hard to answer because there 70 00:05:08,639 --> 00:05:12,879 is so many out there. So it's true that a number of the hydranges 71 00:05:12,879 --> 00:05:15,439 that you'll see for sale, especially around Mother's Day, are really should be 72 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:21,639 considered gift hydrangeas. They're intended just to be given and displayed on a tabletop 73 00:05:21,680 --> 00:05:28,040 indoors and not necessarily planted outdoors. And the reason for that is these florist 74 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:32,920 hydrangeas were not developed with the intent of good landscape performance. Their beautiful gift 75 00:05:32,959 --> 00:05:38,199 plants. A great example is shooting Star Hydrangea. You know that one very 76 00:05:38,199 --> 00:05:42,279 popular. It has like it's a lace cap, but it has long florets, 77 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,839 long tubular florets that really come out and give it a very distinctive look. 78 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,040 Shooting Star Hydrangea is actually only hardy to USDA Zone eight. Wow, 79 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:55,399 so that's not even a hardy plant in it, but you would know that. 80 00:05:55,439 --> 00:05:59,519 You just think, oh it's another hydrangea well similarly proven owners colored tray 81 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:04,120 shrubs. We specially treat some of our hydrange of crop specifically to ship to 82 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:09,279 growers in February so that they can grow them on to be in bloom and 83 00:06:09,279 --> 00:06:13,879 sell for Mother's Day. Now those plants, they look like gift plants, 84 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:17,199 but they're in you know, the standard white proven winners container and those are 85 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:23,720 developed to be landscape plants. So it really depends and a lot of times, 86 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:27,959 you know, unfortunately there's just not the information that you need coming with 87 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,959 the plants to make that informed decision. And that's the problem, right, 88 00:06:30,959 --> 00:06:33,879 And that's the problem. But if you're buying one of those proven Winners hydrangeas, 89 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:38,759 it is easy because it comes with our nice diamond tag with all the 90 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,759 information you can check the hardiness, right, on there, and if it's 91 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,639 hardy in your zone, then you know it's going to be good for mom 92 00:06:45,759 --> 00:06:48,319 to plan outside and enjoy for years to come. And that's the kind of 93 00:06:48,399 --> 00:06:54,079 hydrangea that I would get. But the others are, you know, beautiful 94 00:06:54,160 --> 00:06:59,000 for a temporary period of time. And usually a rule of thumb would be 95 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:03,519 your purchase that with a foil wrap yet around it. And that foil wrap, 96 00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:06,959 one of the first things you should do is poke some holes in the 97 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:11,720 bottom of it. Put a drainage. You know, I've walked by plants 98 00:07:11,759 --> 00:07:15,439 and stores where you pour the water out because it's a bathtub and then and 99 00:07:15,480 --> 00:07:19,319 then next come the fungus gnats, so you know, make sure to provide 100 00:07:19,399 --> 00:07:24,319 drainage if there's a decorative cover on that plant, you know. And there's 101 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:28,279 something to be said too for those hydranges that are florist hydrangees and just meant 102 00:07:28,279 --> 00:07:32,920 to be enjoyed indoors. Not everyone's mother is a gardener and maybe doesn't want 103 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:36,759 that plant that she has to then plant outside in the landscape, or you 104 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:41,560 know, maybe doesn't have the space for it or isn't able to. So 105 00:07:41,839 --> 00:07:45,759 I think there's really space for both at Mother's Day. But if your intention 106 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,759 is to get one that mom can plant outdoors in the garden, again, 107 00:07:48,800 --> 00:07:53,319 it's probably not coming in a foil wrap. It's probably you know, out 108 00:07:53,399 --> 00:07:56,800 more in the garden center part than in the floorist part of your local garden 109 00:07:56,879 --> 00:07:59,720 center. And if you want Mom to just have one she can enjoy and 110 00:07:59,759 --> 00:08:03,839 then move on from the foil wrapped one is your choice. Now here's the 111 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,000 suggestion for you, and that is, of course, we know Mom loves 112 00:08:07,079 --> 00:08:11,399 plants and loves flowers. What I have seen more and more of in the 113 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:18,120 garden center industry is as opposed to buying something for mom. Take mom along 114 00:08:18,399 --> 00:08:20,480 and let her pick out what she wants. Yeah, I see that all 115 00:08:20,519 --> 00:08:24,680 the time, and it's fun. You get some bonding time and she gets 116 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,040 the plants she wants. Well, you know I will be since Tomorrow's Mother's 117 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:31,840 Day, shopping for plants with my mom is one of my all time favorite 118 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:35,120 things to do of the entire year. It's something I look forward to every 119 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,960 year. And I will tell you I did not grow up in a gardening 120 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,679 family. My mom is not to this day, and she'll be the first 121 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:45,039 to admit it. Not a gardener. She doesn't consider herself a gardener. 122 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,320 She likes to have some flowers outside. And when I lived in New York, 123 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:52,000 she would call me from the garden sent her some saturday in May in 124 00:08:52,039 --> 00:08:54,240 a panic. I'm looking at this thing and it says it's this, and 125 00:08:54,360 --> 00:08:56,440 I don't know if it's good, and can you help me out? So 126 00:08:56,840 --> 00:09:00,559 it's been so wonderful since I've been back here, and we can go together, 127 00:09:01,039 --> 00:09:03,200 and it's you know, I just I really treasure that time. So 128 00:09:03,200 --> 00:09:07,159 I think if you can do that with your mom and bring your own expertise, 129 00:09:07,240 --> 00:09:11,200 especially if your mom is reluctant to choose your own plants, your opinion 130 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:15,480 and expertise and your time with you is what she really wants. And if 131 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,840 you can't do that, of course you can bail and get a gift card. 132 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:22,039 And along the lines of Mother's Day, of course, a gift card 133 00:09:22,159 --> 00:09:26,440 is great so she can purchase plants at some point a Mother's Day. I 134 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:33,960 would apply a dad joke with gift cards and ask her, don't spend that 135 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:39,879 all in one place. No, I guess you're going to You're stuck with 136 00:09:39,919 --> 00:09:43,000 that gift card. But anyhow, great ideas, they're edible, plants are 137 00:09:43,039 --> 00:09:50,919 great ideas herbs mixed containers, rosemary or lavender of course, orchids, Gardenia's, 138 00:09:50,039 --> 00:09:56,039 Kala's, manda Villa, hydrangeas, clematis, roses, oh, my 139 00:09:56,519 --> 00:10:01,000 bird of paradise. So many great choices for and if you don't know what 140 00:10:01,159 --> 00:10:05,000 to pick. If your mom has a favorite color, there is no simpler 141 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,960 guideline for picking a plant other than to find something in her favorite color. 142 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:11,759 So that's a great little shopping tip you can take with you. I think 143 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:16,320 we nailed it. Make Mom's mate. Coming up next, plants on trial. 144 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:28,600 Stay tuned, you're tuned in to the Gardening Simplified Ship. The Gardening 145 00:10:28,639 --> 00:10:33,360 Simplified Podcast is brought to you by proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs with over three 146 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:37,080 hundred flowering shrubs and evergreens, all trialed and tested for your success. There's 147 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:41,240 one for every taste in every space. See them all at Proven Winners color 148 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:48,840 Choice dot Com. Greetings gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified 149 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:52,639 Show. It is the day before Mother's Day and you know a lot of 150 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:56,279 people, especially if they are not familiar with garden centers, they go to 151 00:10:56,320 --> 00:11:01,200 the garden center for their one time this Saturday, and they get really confused, 152 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:05,200 and it can be very difficult to pick when there's so many wonderful things 153 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:09,679 at the garden Center. And I might be biased, but I think you 154 00:11:09,759 --> 00:11:13,039 can't go wrong with a shrub if your mom has a space to plant one. 155 00:11:15,039 --> 00:11:18,679 I do believe truly that a proven Winners Color Choice shrub will make the 156 00:11:18,879 --> 00:11:22,279 most special gift for her, because then you're not giving her flowers just for 157 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,159 a day or a couple of weeks. You're giving your flowers year after year 158 00:11:24,279 --> 00:11:28,879 after year, and every time it blooms, she'll think of you. And 159 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:35,159 that's not a bad things makes you the favorite kid. But I know when 160 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,200 you go to your local garden center, you're going to see a lot of 161 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,919 proven Winners Color Choice shrubs. And so what I wanted to feature on today's 162 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:45,240 Plants on Trial is a plant that is new at the garden Center this year, 163 00:11:45,799 --> 00:11:52,840 and one that is absolutely gorgeous, so fabulous. It's reminiscent pink rose. 164 00:11:52,480 --> 00:11:56,679 This one checks the boxes because when it comes to roses, many times 165 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:01,879 people want classic beauty and they want fragrance. Yep. And that's why we 166 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:07,480 call it reminiscent because it is reminiscent of the roses of olden days. Then 167 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:09,279 let me just give you a little background here. So you know, for 168 00:12:09,399 --> 00:12:13,480 many, many years, roses, I mean centuries, really, roses have 169 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:18,080 been the most popular garden plant, just beloved by people and cultures all throughout 170 00:12:18,159 --> 00:12:22,080 time. And they kind of started getting a reputation with a hybrid tea rose 171 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,519 in the nineteen twenties as being finicky and hard to care for and disease prone 172 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:31,519 and a lot of work, and so people started turning away from roses, 173 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:35,559 and people rosarians, people who are devote their life to the study of roses, 174 00:12:35,799 --> 00:12:37,759 said hey, you know, we don't want this to happen. We're 175 00:12:37,759 --> 00:12:43,399 gonna resolve this. And they started to develop a very disease resistant roses. 176 00:12:43,519 --> 00:12:46,000 So they still flowered, but they didn't have to be sprayed, and they 177 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:50,639 didn't have to be pruned in a special way, and they were very vigorous. 178 00:12:50,679 --> 00:12:54,360 They didn't get the same diseases that the old hybrid teas weaker plants got. 179 00:12:54,519 --> 00:13:01,360 But what the tradeoff there was is that the flowers were generally not fragrant, 180 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:05,519 the colors were not as you know, sort of classic, the flower 181 00:13:05,559 --> 00:13:09,759 size wasn't as big they didn't have as many petals, all of these things 182 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:13,279 that people really loved, and so for a couple decades there, people just 183 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,080 kind of shifted and said, oh, no, we're just going to grow 184 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:18,320 these disease resistant roses and that those are and that kind of really changed it. 185 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:20,759 And then people started saying, well, you know, gee, I 186 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:26,799 really miss those beautiful, blousy, fragrant, old fashioned roses, but you 187 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:30,480 know, what am I going to do? And so it's kind of like, 188 00:13:31,039 --> 00:13:35,039 once one breeding goal has been attained, and that breeding goal being disease 189 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:37,799 resistance, peep, the breeders are then able to move on to the next 190 00:13:37,879 --> 00:13:43,679 goal, and that is disease resistance with all the old fashioned charm and flower, 191 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:46,360 and that's what we're seeing in the Reminiscent Rose series. So there's actually 192 00:13:46,399 --> 00:13:50,879 three roses in the series, Reminiscent Pink, Reminiscent Coral, and Reminiscent Krama, 193 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:56,080 which is kind of like a buttermilk color. But I'm highlighting Reminiscent Pink 194 00:13:56,080 --> 00:13:58,600 because this is the one that the growers of proofn Winners Color traice shrubs have 195 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:03,240 been the most excited about. So I think it's one that you'll see you 196 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:07,159 know, really heavily at your local garden center. So it's almost the flowers 197 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,399 are a resemblance of almost what is known as a cabbage rose. You ever 198 00:14:11,440 --> 00:14:13,919 have a cabbage rose, it's not a cabbage, it is a rose. 199 00:14:13,360 --> 00:14:18,720 But the flowers are so full of petals that they do indeed almost resemble a 200 00:14:18,919 --> 00:14:22,519 cabbage. And so it's just got that beautiful sort of bowl shaped old fashioned 201 00:14:22,559 --> 00:14:28,399 look, a nice light but bright pink, so not like a you know, 202 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:35,240 Namby Pamby, medium pink, and just full of that classic rose fragrance, 203 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:41,000 but also easy care, disease resistance, not going to need deadheading to 204 00:14:41,120 --> 00:14:46,320 bloom all season, which you know old fashioned roses couldn't do, and so 205 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,519 you're just going to get all of that in a single package. And so 206 00:14:48,639 --> 00:14:54,200 it's really really quite new that these these roses that bring the old fashioned charm 207 00:14:54,519 --> 00:14:58,360 with the new performance have been available. Having spent a lot of time in 208 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:05,120 the garden center throughout the years, Stacy, you're correct that people concern themselves 209 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,440 with disease resistance. And I can see why the you know, it's awful 210 00:15:09,480 --> 00:15:13,279 with the older roses when all the leaves would fall off in midsummer and it's 211 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:18,039 really disappointing, but also hardiness. Hardiness. You know, you mentioned the 212 00:15:18,159 --> 00:15:24,240 hybrid teas and that big knotty graft at the base and we'd lose them over 213 00:15:24,399 --> 00:15:31,000 winter and be disappointed. That's I think that's the development that really has taken 214 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:35,240 roses and a love of roses to the next level. Yeah, I'm really 215 00:15:35,279 --> 00:15:37,720 glad you brought that up, because I completely glossed over that, and that's 216 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:41,440 not something to gloss over. It is a massive improvement. So Reminiscent pink 217 00:15:41,519 --> 00:15:46,000 rose is hardy to USCA zone four and heat tolerant through USCA Zone nine, 218 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,919 So that means a lot of the country and Canada is going to be able 219 00:15:48,919 --> 00:15:54,080 to grow this plant with no problem whatsoever. And it is what we would 220 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:58,120 say own route, so it's not grafted. The plant is just one single 221 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,320 plant, so you don't have to worry about, oh do I are the 222 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,440 graft union. The planting instructions are the same as any other of the provenment 223 00:16:03,480 --> 00:16:07,039 Ter's Color Choice shrubs, which is basically dig a hole, put it in, 224 00:16:07,360 --> 00:16:11,200 put the soil back, puts a mulch, water it, You're done. 225 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:15,200 You know, I've I've had that in the garden center many times where 226 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:17,679 someone will come up to me and say, Okay, so I need a 227 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:21,159 plant I needed to grow to Oh, I don't know, three feet tall. 228 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,720 I need it to be easy to grow. I need it to bloom 229 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,039 all season long. It's got to grow in the sun. What do you 230 00:16:27,159 --> 00:16:32,120 have for me? And I'll take them over to the own roses and they'll 231 00:16:32,159 --> 00:16:37,240 go oh, and I'm like, what's the problem here, Okay, because 232 00:16:37,519 --> 00:16:41,440 again they're thinking back to years ago when roses were just so much maintenance and 233 00:16:41,519 --> 00:16:45,080 so much care. When I grow them in my landscape, it just blows 234 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,519 me away what little care they need. Yeah, it's you know, it's 235 00:16:48,559 --> 00:16:52,080 been sort of a struggle I think from all of the different rose brands that 236 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:55,559 are out there is to be like, no, really trust us. This 237 00:16:55,720 --> 00:16:59,519 is a great rose that you can treat like an easy care plant. And 238 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:06,039 another thing that you really can't stress enough is that they do bloom continuously all 239 00:17:06,119 --> 00:17:07,960 summer. So you're not just going to get those flowers in June and then 240 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:15,039 nothing until the following year. This will bloom all season long and really truly 241 00:17:15,039 --> 00:17:18,559 beautiful. So this kind of has an interesting story of how it got to 242 00:17:18,759 --> 00:17:26,359 the US the Reminiscent series of roses came to us from Serbia. So yeah, 243 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:30,880 that sounds cold, Well it is cold. But there is a really 244 00:17:30,079 --> 00:17:37,519 interesting breeding program and brand in Serbia called Pheno Geno Roses, and we've been 245 00:17:37,559 --> 00:17:41,480 working with them for a couple of years and evaluating their roses for quite a 246 00:17:41,559 --> 00:17:45,920 long time, and they are specifically breeding for all of this old fashion. 247 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:49,839 They're also breeding edible roses, which a lot of people don't realize that roses 248 00:17:49,880 --> 00:17:56,000 are edible and have been used in food and flavoring for centuries. So really 249 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:00,000 interesting rosebreeding and they're really just bringing a totally new perspective. And so we're 250 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,319 so excited that proven Winners Colored Traye Shrubs is the only one to bring these 251 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:08,759 Phenogena roses to North America. So I mean, I think it just really 252 00:18:08,839 --> 00:18:12,559 has a great story, and you know, we've been evaluating it here in 253 00:18:12,640 --> 00:18:17,240 West Michigan for years before we decided to make the introduction. Now, if 254 00:18:17,319 --> 00:18:21,079 you are wondering if a rose is the right plant for your mom for a 255 00:18:21,160 --> 00:18:23,400 Mother's Day, the number one thing you need to know is if she has 256 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:29,079 sun. Because roses are full sun plants, they need at least six hours 257 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,880 of bright sun every single day, and I think that's really the key to 258 00:18:33,079 --> 00:18:38,039 knowing if you're going to be successful. And sunlight, and of course feeding 259 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:42,839 also. I mean, is it fair to say, just as a generalization 260 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:47,920 that roses are heavy feeders. Well, so they will live if you don't 261 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:51,799 feed them, But if you really want that optimum performance, then yes, 262 00:18:51,960 --> 00:18:55,519 regular fertilizing is definitely a good idea because you know, as we've said on 263 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:59,359 the show before, it takes the plant a lot of energy to flower, 264 00:18:59,839 --> 00:19:04,440 and you know it will certainly live and have some blooms if you don't fertilize. 265 00:19:04,519 --> 00:19:08,519 But if you're giving it those extra nutrients and it's able to make use 266 00:19:08,599 --> 00:19:12,119 of those and put those into more energy, the result, of course is 267 00:19:12,119 --> 00:19:17,000 going to be more flowers, bigger flowers, better color, and everything that 268 00:19:17,119 --> 00:19:18,839 you like about the rose in the first place. You know, I view 269 00:19:18,920 --> 00:19:27,000 this reminiscent pink garden rose as being just an amazing development as far as roses 270 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:32,559 are concerned. For folks who are watching or listening, and you're not in 271 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:37,680 the horticulture industry, these people who develop these plants over time, Stacy, 272 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:41,960 I'm amazed at how they vet these plants. It's not like they decide, 273 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:45,559 oh, let's put this out on the market. There is a long period 274 00:19:45,799 --> 00:19:52,160 of trial and error, and I like to view the trial people who are 275 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:57,640 very much into plant material as the gatekeepers. Yeah, you know, it's 276 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:03,759 it's crazy. I I would not be a good plan to evaluator because I 277 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:07,000 just like them too much, right, and they have to be so ruthless 278 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:08,680 and say, do you know what, this is beautiful, but it's not 279 00:20:08,839 --> 00:20:14,359 meeting our standards for performance. It's not disease resistance, disease resistant enough, 280 00:20:14,799 --> 00:20:18,559 and so yeah, it really takes a lot of discipline. But you know, 281 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:22,279 I think that that work and that ability to say, like, no, 282 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,920 this doesn't make the cut is what really pays off for people and what 283 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:30,440 makes proven winners. Rose is such a good choice for mom and for a 284 00:20:30,559 --> 00:20:33,720 gift, because even if your mom doesn't really consider herself a gardener, she's 285 00:20:33,759 --> 00:20:40,599 going to be successful with it, and you know find that that, you 286 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,599 know, she's changing her mind about what it means to grow a rose. 287 00:20:42,759 --> 00:20:45,319 Look at the blooms on our website. We're going to put it on our 288 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:49,640 website, Gardening Simplified OnAir dot com. When I look at the blooms you 289 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:55,880 mentioned cabbage, I also think a pony like flower, and I just look 290 00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:57,759 at something like that and I think, boy, that is a rose that 291 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:03,559 Napoleon would have bought for Josephine to put in the garden. Indeed, it 292 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,920 has a similar old fashion and antique look. So for more information, you 293 00:21:08,039 --> 00:21:11,559 can visit Gardening Simplified OnAir, dot com, or of course, go to 294 00:21:11,599 --> 00:21:15,440 your local garden center and look for Proven Winners Color Choice shrubs and Reminiscent pink 295 00:21:15,519 --> 00:21:18,000 rows in the white container. We're going to take a little bit of a 296 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,640 break, but when we come back, we're answering your gardening questions, so 297 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:33,880 please stay tuned. Thanks for listening to the Gardening Simplified Podcast sponsored by Proven 298 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:38,240 Winners Color Choice Shrubs. Learn more about our trial tested and proven flowering shrubs 299 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:42,839 and evergreens, and find a local retailer at Proven Winners color Choice dot Com. 300 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,839 Greetings gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. We 301 00:21:51,039 --> 00:21:56,079 are about to answer some gardening questions. And if you have a gardening question, 302 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:59,960 you're out there enjoying in the weather and the garden and you're wondering why 303 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:03,279 you should do You can always reach out to us at help HLP at Gardening 304 00:22:03,319 --> 00:22:07,440 Simplified on air dot com, or visit Gardening Simpfia on air dot com. 305 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,759 You can check out our show notes, see pictures of that beautiful reminiscent rose, 306 00:22:11,279 --> 00:22:15,559 and ask your own questions. So Rick's gonna crack open the garden mail 307 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,119 bag and tell us what people are asking this week. Well, here we 308 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:23,400 go. John is wondering can I plant garlic in the spring and get a 309 00:22:23,640 --> 00:22:30,599 harvest? Stacy you inspired me last fall to put garlic in the ground. 310 00:22:30,759 --> 00:22:36,279 Can John be successful planting garlic in spring? So the short answer is yes. 311 00:22:36,559 --> 00:22:41,119 Now. Typically in colder climates like here in Michigan, garlic is generally 312 00:22:41,279 --> 00:22:45,720 fall planted and that kind of gives it a headstart on routing, which is 313 00:22:45,759 --> 00:22:49,240 crucial of course for the plant to develop. But in warmer climates, garlic 314 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,960 is often spring planted. Now, John, if you are going to attempt 315 00:22:55,039 --> 00:22:59,960 this, I would definitely recommend that you are either buying garlic from a garden 316 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,839 in center that you're making sure it's freshen is just brought in for this season, 317 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:08,759 or from one of the garlic suppliers online, because not all garlic can 318 00:23:10,079 --> 00:23:14,559 grow in that timeframe, so there's long day garlics and short day garlics, 319 00:23:14,559 --> 00:23:17,720 and so you're going to want to make sure that the garlic that you're planting 320 00:23:18,599 --> 00:23:21,359 actually will grow. Now. The worst that's going to happen, though, 321 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:27,160 is that if you plant garlic now and you don't, you aren't able to 322 00:23:27,279 --> 00:23:30,319 get a harvest. So basically, you know that your garlic is ready to 323 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,559 harvest, and for those of us who plant at it and fall, that 324 00:23:33,640 --> 00:23:37,559 will be around mid July. You know it's ready to harvest because the foliage 325 00:23:37,599 --> 00:23:41,640 starts to wither. Now you might not see if the foliage withers for you, 326 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,279 it might just be because the plant is going dormant. But the worst 327 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:48,119 it's going to happen as you're going to leave that garlic in the ground and 328 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:52,920 then it will be just like fall planting and you'll be able to harvest full 329 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:57,000 bulbs the following summer. So it's certainly worth a try. If you pull 330 00:23:57,039 --> 00:24:00,839 a few out, you know, towards the end of the season and they 331 00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,319 haven't developed those nice heavy bulbs, just go ahead and leave them in the 332 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:07,160 ground, and it's like you pre planted a two year garlic crop forth of 333 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:11,559 following summer. It's fantastic. And you know, growing garlic is just plain 334 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:15,839 fun. It is. It's fun, it's easy, and it's fun. 335 00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,279 It's extremely easy. They're very easy to care for. And if you're growing 336 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:23,519 a hardneck garlic, you also get the garlic scapes or the flowers, which 337 00:24:23,559 --> 00:24:26,799 you don't have to take out, but most people do take them out because 338 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:30,519 it helps for the plant to direct more energy into the garlic bulb. And 339 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:34,119 the garlic scapes are a beautiful cut flower, which you're going to think I'm 340 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:37,440 crazy until you see them. They're a very cool cut flower. And they're 341 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:41,279 also delicious to eat, so it's kind of like a two for one. 342 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,680 Yeah, fantastic, all right, Mitch asks us Hi. I was wondering 343 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:51,119 about the difference between ritting hormone and Michael Risey. Hey, now I like 344 00:24:51,319 --> 00:24:55,799 that question. Are these just two different names for the same thing? No, 345 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:59,039 they're not. And if not, what is the difference? Should they 346 00:24:59,079 --> 00:25:03,720 be used during repotting or when putting a peep puck with a seedling into the 347 00:25:03,839 --> 00:25:11,039 soil and how well do they really work? And right off the bat, 348 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:15,279 for our viewers and our listeners, let's get the pronunciation down first a minute, 349 00:25:15,319 --> 00:25:21,079 Stacy, I say micro riz or Michael Riza. What do you say? 350 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,680 That's what I say? Okay, good. So we've got that down 351 00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,960 and we've got that cleared up. And I would say Michael Rising is a 352 00:25:27,079 --> 00:25:30,319 fun guy, just like me. Yeah, it is a fun guy. 353 00:25:32,079 --> 00:25:36,400 It's microscopic. That's not like you, right, true, I'm here. 354 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:41,640 But so micro rizi is really interesting. So basically what micro riz is, 355 00:25:41,839 --> 00:25:48,119 what the word literally translates to from Greek is mushroom roots and our fungus roots. 356 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,480 And so micro riz is a naturally occurring fungus in the soil and it 357 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:59,359 grows in sort of a symbiotic relationship with plants. There's endomcro riz, and 358 00:25:59,359 --> 00:26:03,880 there's ectomies. One of them grows around the roots and one of them grows 359 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:07,799 through the root. And basically what they do is they pass on the water 360 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,480 and nutrients to the plant roots. They also help to break down, you 361 00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:17,240 know, nutrients in the in the soil and to pass them onto the plant. 362 00:26:17,799 --> 00:26:21,000 Now a little bit, let me quickly say it's a love story. 363 00:26:21,319 --> 00:26:26,519 It's a love story. It's it's a relationship between fungus and a plant. 364 00:26:26,799 --> 00:26:30,160 It is. It is kind of like that they don't have any choice because 365 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,799 they just kind of pop up. But I should write a book. It 366 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:37,599 would be probably be a very good children's book, maybe an adult book. 367 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:41,720 I don't know. But anyway, So, mike rize really burst onto the 368 00:26:41,799 --> 00:26:45,599 scene probably about ten or fifteen years ago. You started seeing them as anculans 369 00:26:45,640 --> 00:26:49,559 that you could add to your soil, and you would find potting mixes inoculated 370 00:26:49,599 --> 00:26:55,880 with them and all of that. And the question as to whether they are 371 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,720 good or not largely depends on the situation. So I remember when I was 372 00:27:00,799 --> 00:27:03,839 in soil science class. I was we were talking about it with our professor, 373 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:10,599 and his simple answer to whether micro riz are beneficial in natural soil so 374 00:27:10,759 --> 00:27:15,079 in the ground, is that if they could survive there, they would already 375 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:19,880 be there. It's important to understand that this is a living thing that's in 376 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,079 the soil, and so therefore they require proper conditions. They're a soil can 377 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:30,799 only sustain a population of so many. They can't just have unlimited micro riza 378 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:34,359 that just keep, you know, multiplying and multiplying. So my general opinion 379 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:40,200 about micro riza is that it's probably not worth adding to your soil because if 380 00:27:40,279 --> 00:27:42,559 they can grow there, they're already there. And if you apply it and 381 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,519 the conditions aren't right for them to grow, then they're just going to die. 382 00:27:45,599 --> 00:27:48,519 And you you know, it's not really harmful, of course, but 383 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:52,920 you've just kind of wasted some money and time. But when it comes to 384 00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:57,759 soilist mixes potting mixes, like Mitch asked about the puck in the soil, 385 00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,359 those are not going to have microiza in them because they're not natural soil. 386 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:07,880 They're just organic matter. So they can be beneficial in that type of situation 387 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:12,160 where it's not a natural native soil that's weathered from stone. But they are 388 00:28:12,319 --> 00:28:15,440 totally different, like you said, Rick, from a rooting hormone, So 389 00:28:15,599 --> 00:28:21,079 microiza are not a hormone. They are a type of fungus. Rooting hormone 390 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:23,000 is actually a plant hormone. It can be synthetic, so it can be 391 00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:27,440 synthesized in a lab or it can be also be brewed or made from some 392 00:28:27,559 --> 00:28:32,680 other plants. Willow famously is a way to make your own rooting hormone. 393 00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:34,920 You just take a bunch of willow twigs and steep them in water and then 394 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:41,200 that has that plant hormone in it that helps rooting. So that is a 395 00:28:41,279 --> 00:28:45,519 real plant hormone, and it does help rooting of some plants. Some plants 396 00:28:45,559 --> 00:28:48,480 don't need it. But they're totally different things. They serve totally different purposes, 397 00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:53,599 and I would only recommend rooting hormone if you are trying to propagate a 398 00:28:53,720 --> 00:29:00,200 plant from a cutting with I would say, think worst floor. If you 399 00:29:00,279 --> 00:29:06,279 think about the forest floor, the conditions there and the roots of the trees. 400 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:11,880 That's that's the world's first worldwide web. It is absolutely right about So 401 00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:15,079 thanks for that question, Mitch. That was very interesting. Marissa has a 402 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,440 problem, she says, help. Slugs are taking over. Oh it's a 403 00:29:18,519 --> 00:29:22,480 slugfest, all right. I'm a new gardener with a major slug problem. 404 00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:26,839 Anything I plant gets decimated by the slugs before it can get established. I've 405 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:33,319 tried homemade sprays picking off to slugs over planting. Nothing works. Slug bait 406 00:29:33,559 --> 00:29:36,759 is the only thing that has made a dent in them, and I don't 407 00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:41,559 want to have to keep putting down more. Do you have any suggestions? 408 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:47,680 Boy? You know, you take like an area of the Great North Northwest 409 00:29:47,759 --> 00:29:49,559 in the Seattle area and with all the rain that they have. I think 410 00:29:49,599 --> 00:29:55,079 they have some festivals there called slug fest and they have a slug Queen and 411 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,880 they make slug chili and all that type of thing. But in your garden 412 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:03,319 a real pain. One thing that you need to think about as far as 413 00:30:03,359 --> 00:30:07,920 the slugs are concerned is think about how they live and where they hide out. 414 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:12,519 And if you have a lot of moist damp areas, maybe the mulch 415 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:17,480 is a little too thick, but think about where they hide during the day. 416 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:22,000 A good example, slugs can do significant damage to hostas. Oh yeah, 417 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:27,599 many times by pulling the mulch away from the hasta plant. You could 418 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:33,680 use some dietemacious earth that sprinkled in that area. That will do a great 419 00:30:33,759 --> 00:30:38,319 job in helping control the slugs. Because the slugs are around stacy because they're 420 00:30:38,400 --> 00:30:44,039 finding the conditions to be great, right, and so they love so they 421 00:30:44,079 --> 00:30:45,039 come out at night. This is why so many people don't know they have 422 00:30:45,079 --> 00:30:48,200 slug problems because they only come out at night and they say, what my 423 00:30:48,279 --> 00:30:52,279 hostess was cheese and it was a slug. But they go down under the 424 00:30:52,359 --> 00:30:56,400 mulch any place that's cool and hidden from the lights. So when you do 425 00:30:56,599 --> 00:31:00,240 pull that mulch away, you're taking away sort of their daytime Heidi spot, 426 00:31:00,799 --> 00:31:04,240 and that makes it, you know, makes them go to other places. 427 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:07,079 But you know, a couple of months ago on the show, we talked 428 00:31:07,079 --> 00:31:11,440 about baiting for slugs. Now, yes, you can use slug bait, 429 00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:15,960 but the important thing is a lot of people don't realize slug eggs hatch out 430 00:31:15,039 --> 00:31:18,240 in February, so they hatch out really early in the spring. And you're 431 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:23,400 going to get much better control if you concentrate your use of that bait earlier 432 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:26,920 in the season when they're tiny, little baby slugs, rather than when they 433 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:30,079 get big and can cause a lot of damage. So obviously it's a bit 434 00:31:30,119 --> 00:31:33,640 too late for that now in this season, but definitely mark your calendar for 435 00:31:33,799 --> 00:31:37,720 next February so that you can do that. And I would also say, 436 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:41,400 you know, she talked a bit about picking. You can set traps like 437 00:31:41,759 --> 00:31:45,880 bury a little tun can with some beer or soda in the garden. Boy, 438 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:48,440 that's always fun. You know, you do the beer thing and the 439 00:31:48,559 --> 00:31:52,079 slugs crawl in there, lose their car keys, die happy. But I 440 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,559 think you're better off just drinking the beer yourself. And you know, although 441 00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:05,039 I read somewhere university students determine that the non alcohol beer works better than the 442 00:32:05,519 --> 00:32:08,119 yeah, because it's not the beer. They just want like the sweet sugary 443 00:32:08,319 --> 00:32:12,960 liquid. And also another thing that you can do is just put out like 444 00:32:13,039 --> 00:32:15,359 a rough piece of wood, like think about a cedar shingle, something like 445 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:20,319 that. Yep, just set it right down in the garden, and then 446 00:32:20,319 --> 00:32:24,440 the next morning go out scrape those things right into a garbage bag, repeat 447 00:32:24,480 --> 00:32:29,559 as necessary, and that will take care of several of them. So there's 448 00:32:29,559 --> 00:32:32,759 definitely some non toxic way to manage slugs if you do want to use less 449 00:32:32,799 --> 00:32:35,759 bait, and then, like I said, when you do use that bait, 450 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:37,720 concentrate it when it's going to be the most effective. We need to 451 00:32:37,759 --> 00:32:40,160 take a little break, but when we come back, it's a branching news. 452 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:50,240 You won't want to miss what Rick is sharing this week at proven Winner's 453 00:32:50,279 --> 00:32:53,119 Color Choice Shrubs. We love plants. That's why we bring you the Gardening 454 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:58,319 Simplified podcast, and that's why we trial and test all of our shrubs to 455 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:01,519 make sure they outperform everything else on the market. Let our expertise help you 456 00:33:01,599 --> 00:33:07,240 create the gardener landscape of your dreams get started at proven Winner's Color Choice dot 457 00:33:07,279 --> 00:33:13,839 com. Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. It's time for branching news 458 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:19,799 and Stacy. I love reading blogs from influencers and I read one this past 459 00:33:19,839 --> 00:33:23,000 week which was fun. The title of it was what to read based on 460 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:29,119 your favorite house plants? Oooh interesting. I thought that was interesting. So 461 00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,000 this writer said, if you love monstera plants, read a romance. If 462 00:33:32,079 --> 00:33:37,839 you love fiddlely fig plants, try reading suspense. If you love money trees, 463 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:42,559 try reading a book about luck while that would make sense. If you 464 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:45,079 love succulents, try reading a book set in the American West. And if 465 00:33:45,079 --> 00:33:51,799 you love spider plants, try reading a story about parents and children. So 466 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:57,480 I think this is a what I would call a novel idea kind of fun 467 00:33:57,519 --> 00:34:00,640 to think about. I kind of like all those plants should I read? 468 00:34:00,519 --> 00:34:05,119 You know, you've got a lot of reading to do. I suppose if 469 00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,920 you're in divines and hanging baskets you would like a good old cliffhanger or so 470 00:34:10,039 --> 00:34:15,519 right, it was bound to have all right, Stacy, I just recently 471 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:20,800 returned from the Netherlands and had loads of fun. Made a little video that 472 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,280 I want to share on our website, Gardening Simplified OnAir dot Com. In 473 00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:30,519 the notes, just was fascinated in the Netherlands how flat the terrain is. 474 00:34:30,039 --> 00:34:34,559 But I'll tell you what. The tulips and the bulbs and flower were amazing. 475 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:37,320 Yeah, you hit it at peak and really they bloom just for you. 476 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:42,159 They were waiting for you. It was awesome. Mid April a great 477 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,440 time to a great time to visit. And by the way, I wanted 478 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:52,719 to mention also here in the United States, the Seattle area has Tulipville or 479 00:34:52,880 --> 00:35:00,559 an area there in Skage Skatget Skatget right, it's Skatget County or Skadget Valley, 480 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:07,280 and there's a lot of competition going on there. As I understand it, 481 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:12,599 there were five classmates they formed Spinach Bus Ventures, a bus that they 482 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:15,360 used to ride on as kids working in local spinach fields, and then they 483 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:22,679 started a tuliptown there and now they're competing and it's become as big as Christmas 484 00:35:22,840 --> 00:35:28,199 over there. So if you want to see some cool tulip fields in the 485 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:31,760 Seattle area, I think it's a little north of Seattle. And yes it's 486 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:37,840 Skadget. That's the correct pronunciation as I understand it. But the Scadget Valley 487 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:43,000 would be a great place to visit. All right. A week ago we 488 00:35:43,119 --> 00:35:46,559 talked to the birdman and I thought this was great. Nearly two hundred people 489 00:35:46,679 --> 00:35:52,840 from around the world have applied for jobs at a zoo to wear bird costumes 490 00:35:53,320 --> 00:36:01,239 as part of an official seagulls scaring duty the Blackpool Zoo in This is in 491 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:07,320 England, I believe. They said the peckish pests have been persistently stealing food 492 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:13,000 from visitors and animal enclosures, so they came up with this idea where they 493 00:36:13,039 --> 00:36:19,000 would dress up people as birds and walk around and scare off the seagulls. 494 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,679 You know, seagulls can be quite aggressive, so it feels like they're kind 495 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,559 of taking their own life in there, and I think, but I think 496 00:36:25,599 --> 00:36:30,519 they're onto something. Applicants have even sent in videos of themselves already dressed up 497 00:36:30,639 --> 00:36:37,599 as birds practicing. You already have a bird costume. Oh, take a 498 00:36:37,719 --> 00:36:40,719 walk on the wild side, you know it would be kind of fun to 499 00:36:40,800 --> 00:36:45,159 do for a while. Sure, sure, yeah, I've noticed here on 500 00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:46,079 you can do it here. I was going to say, we've got plenty 501 00:36:46,119 --> 00:36:50,639 of seagulls on the beaches. To do a real public service. You could 502 00:36:50,639 --> 00:36:52,320 just run around the beach in a bird costume this summer. You know, 503 00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,039 I might try it. I might try it. It'd be a lot of 504 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:58,760 fun to see what kind of reaction i'd get. You know, I'll tell 505 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:02,960 you what. Here on the beach in West Michigan, the magnet for seagulls 506 00:37:04,159 --> 00:37:07,480 is doritos. Oh is it? All the time? Bring a bag of 507 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:09,519 Doritos to the beach, and the seagulls will is it the smell, is 508 00:37:09,559 --> 00:37:12,360 it the color? Is it the color of the bag? You know, 509 00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:15,000 I don't know. They just like doritos. Okay, that is interesting. 510 00:37:15,679 --> 00:37:19,760 I have never had doritos on the beach, but I have certainly had plenty 511 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,679 of seagulls antagonize us what we've been picnicking. So yeah, I'll give it 512 00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:28,840 a scientific Try potato chips one week, doritos the next, and see what 513 00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:31,519 happens. And you'll see. Yeah. So anyhow, at this zoo, 514 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:35,159 I just think it would be a fun thing, at least to do for 515 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,280 a few weeks. Maybe the costume would be a little hot, but it 516 00:37:38,639 --> 00:37:42,559 would be fun to try. I don't think it's a long term job. 517 00:37:42,599 --> 00:37:45,639 I mean, you can't trust your job security there at a zoo. There's 518 00:37:45,679 --> 00:37:52,719 too many cheetahs cheetas. Sorry, moving on, let's see take a look 519 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:59,159 here. Oh, I gotta share this with you. Bird Seed super expensive 520 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:04,320 right now. There's an old expression that when something is worth very little money, 521 00:38:04,400 --> 00:38:08,320 a person might call the price merely bird seed. But not any longer. 522 00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:14,679 Bird seed prices sky high across the country. Retailers and producers are reporting 523 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:19,599 higher prices on bird seed, and they're saying factors include the war in Ukraine, 524 00:38:20,000 --> 00:38:24,480 increase shipping and packaging costs, and a previous dry growing season for key 525 00:38:24,920 --> 00:38:30,960 bird seed ingredients, all making it more expensive to feed the birds. Well, 526 00:38:31,119 --> 00:38:36,400 I have got a solution for our listeners. Oh boy, plant plants. 527 00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:40,280 They make their own bird seed every single year, year after year. 528 00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,719 Now, I honestly the only bird feeding that I do is sue it in 529 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:49,079 the winter and hummingbird food of course during the season, and other than that, 530 00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,480 I honestly leave it to my garden to feed the birds. I leave 531 00:38:52,559 --> 00:38:57,519 all my perennials in place, lots of flowers, and so they have free 532 00:38:57,559 --> 00:39:00,920 reign of whatever they want to pick. Out there. And you know, 533 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,880 if you're buying plants instead of bird seed, then like I said, you've 534 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:07,199 got your own kind of bird seed source and you get the entertainment of watching 535 00:39:07,239 --> 00:39:09,280 them, you know, pick around in your plants. So now I like 536 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:14,559 that a lot, you know, as a as a baby bloomer and a 537 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:20,239 grandpa. I'm allowed dad jokes. And I don't know if you've ever done 538 00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:22,800 this, but it's a lot of fun. And I'd suggest that you go 539 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:27,039 into a bird store or a pet store and you buy some bird seed, 540 00:39:27,400 --> 00:39:30,800 and then there's someone at the checkout and you ask them how long will it 541 00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:35,480 take when I plant these seeds for the birds to grow? And just see 542 00:39:35,519 --> 00:39:38,039 what kind of reaction you get. It's loads of fun. I'm guessing an 543 00:39:38,079 --> 00:39:44,559 eye roll, usually an eye roll? Usually an eye roll? Do they 544 00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:50,360 ever say I never heard that one before? All right, And then we 545 00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:55,000 have a survey to share with you on the website again, Gardening Simplified OnAir 546 00:39:55,199 --> 00:40:00,880 dot com. Check it out. The average homeowner encountered about four surprises or 547 00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:07,079 unexpected costs within the first year of home ownership, spending around three thousand, 548 00:40:07,239 --> 00:40:12,400 six hundred dollars to address them. So you buy a home and surprise and 549 00:40:13,039 --> 00:40:16,360 the cost averages around three thousand, six hundred dollars. But what I found 550 00:40:16,559 --> 00:40:24,239 interesting, Stacy, is the factors that influenced the respondents in this survey on 551 00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:30,199 making their purchase decision of the home. The location, of course was number 552 00:40:30,280 --> 00:40:36,360 one, but right following right after location was yard land size, the cost 553 00:40:36,480 --> 00:40:40,599 of course, and then curb appeal. So both yard land size and curb 554 00:40:40,679 --> 00:40:47,239 appeal are very much tied into what it is we do plant material and are 555 00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:52,639 high on the list for factors influencing people buying homes. Well, you know, 556 00:40:52,719 --> 00:40:54,119 the great thing about the curb appeal part is you can control that. 557 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,480 If you buy a house that has land but no curb appeal, you get 558 00:40:58,519 --> 00:41:02,400 to fix that. And that's a lot of exactly I agree. So there 559 00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:08,239 you go in a forest in southern Chile, a giant tree, it's a 560 00:41:08,320 --> 00:41:14,079 cypress, has survived for thousands of years and is in the process of being 561 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:19,199 recognized as the oldest in the world, known as the Great Grandfather. The 562 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:24,360 trunk of this tree, measuring four meters about throughteen feet in diameter, is 563 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:30,199 believed to contain scientific information that could shed light on how the planet has adapted 564 00:41:30,679 --> 00:41:36,679 to climate change. So they say this tree is more than five thousand years 565 00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:40,639 old and is on the brink of replacing Methuselah of four thousand, eight hundred 566 00:41:40,679 --> 00:41:46,519 and fifty year old Great Basin bristle cone pine that's found in California. So 567 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:53,000 talk about a survivor and talk about how science and scientists can learn from a 568 00:41:53,079 --> 00:41:57,559 survivor like this. That's really cool. You know a lot of people, 569 00:41:57,599 --> 00:42:00,679 I think know that when you're looking at the tree rings, the wider rings 570 00:42:00,719 --> 00:42:05,639 were better growing years, and the narrower rings so not the light dark that's 571 00:42:05,679 --> 00:42:08,480 the xylum and floam, but when they're wider or thinner, that indicates better 572 00:42:08,639 --> 00:42:12,559 or worse growing conditions. So they can kind of count. Hey, there 573 00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:15,920 was you know, a hundred years of really terrible growing conditions, So there 574 00:42:15,039 --> 00:42:17,639 is so much. There's a whole language really that goes along with that. 575 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:22,239 Or we had a few years of drought or whatever it may be. Yeah, 576 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,880 So just cutting down a tree and then reading the rings will tell you 577 00:42:27,039 --> 00:42:31,239 a lot. Unfortunately, it also causes a problem for the future of that 578 00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:35,360 tree. Yes, but they can take a core. They do have little 579 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:38,239 cores that aren't so damaging to the trees. Softly well, Stacy, it's 580 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:42,440 always a kick in the plants to do the Gardening Simplified Show with you. 581 00:42:42,559 --> 00:42:46,199 And we want to thank Adrianna Robinson, our producer and engineer, for the 582 00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:51,360 work that she does to put our show on the air on a weekly this 583 00:42:51,599 --> 00:42:54,280 indeed, she's great. Thanks so much for watching. Enjoy your week and 584 00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:58,760 we'll talk to you next week here on The Gardening Simplified Chick.