WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:05.799 Coming to you from Studio A. Here at Proven Winters Color Choice Shrubs. 2 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:11.080 It's time for the Gardening Simplified Show with Stacy Hervella, me Rick weisst and 3 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:16.199 our engineer and producer aid Rihanna Robinson. Hey, this is gonna be a 4 00:00:16.239 --> 00:00:19.800 fun show. I'll tell you what it's like. The Academy Awards and the 5 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:26.760 Oscars. The envelope please twenty twenty four National Plants of the Year and Stacy. 6 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:29.440 If we're going to talk about National Plants of the Year, I have 7 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:34.439 to say right off the top one of my favorite people, Megan Mattai, 8 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:40.359 the plant breeder here at Proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs. The Hydranga of the 9 00:00:40.479 --> 00:00:46.039 Year. Let's dance skyview reblooming Hydrangea. Of course we talked about that this 10 00:00:46.159 --> 00:00:50.799 past year. It's an amazing hydrange of for its ability not only to conserve 11 00:00:50.840 --> 00:00:56.439 its old wood buds in the face of well cold and wintry temperatures, but 12 00:00:56.520 --> 00:01:02.280 it's also its ability to continue creating new flower. High praise for Megan for 13 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:07.159 Proven Winters Colored Choy shrubs, and boy, this is fantastic. Twenty twenty 14 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:15.079 four National Plant of the Year Hydrangea. Let's Dance Skyview reblooming hydrange It is 15 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:19.159 such an incredible plant. And you know, it's so complex to tell the 16 00:01:19.239 --> 00:01:23.959 story of our newer Let's Dance hydrangeas like Let's Dance Skyview, because what we 17 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.120 have been doing, and I've talked about it on the show a couple of 18 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:32.040 times before, is really selecting for the ability for the Hydrangea to set flower 19 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:34.480 buds lower down on the stem. Yes, old Hydrange's they only set their 20 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.920 flower buds at the tippy top. Now those lower down flower buds, they 21 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:42.640 don't just make the plant look better, they also get conserved if there is 22 00:01:42.760 --> 00:01:46.280 cold damage. And so Megan's team has been looking out and identifying plants with 23 00:01:46.359 --> 00:01:52.760 those characteristics and then using them to develop really fantastic plants like Let's Stance Skyview. 24 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.239 And you really have to see the color to believe it. It's it 25 00:01:56.319 --> 00:02:00.120 really is the color of like a beautiful summer sunrise, a pink and blue 26 00:02:00.239 --> 00:02:04.920 and all these lovely colors. And when you see the thing at the garden 27 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.080 center, it's just irresistible. It is irresistible and fully adaptable to blue. 28 00:02:09.120 --> 00:02:14.120 This past year, we had a Blue Show where we talked about how blue 29 00:02:14.159 --> 00:02:17.759 is so desirable in the landscape, and this hydrangea really checks that box. 30 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:22.879 Right. A lot of people don't realize that hydrange's ability to be blue is 31 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.319 inherent. Yes, it does depend on the soil chemistry. You need the 32 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:29.599 soil to be acidic, you need the soil to have aluminum in it. 33 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:32.240 But hydrange also has to be able to turn blue in the first place. 34 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:37.000 And that's where let's stand. Skyview really excels. I get a little blue 35 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.960 in the winter time. But that's a whole other subject. So let's talk 36 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:46.000 about some flowers. Annual of the Year Supertunia Vista Jazzberry. Now, I 37 00:02:46.199 --> 00:02:51.479 love the Supertunia Vista series. It's incredible to me, As Kevin Hurd would 38 00:02:51.520 --> 00:02:54.520 say, it's a two hundred mile per hour plant because again, I go 39 00:02:54.680 --> 00:02:59.960 back to Petunia's in the old days when I was in the garden center into 40 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.639 and the dead heading and all that kind of stuff. This plant is so 41 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.960 floriferous. Many times you can't even see the foliage. It has so many 42 00:03:07.960 --> 00:03:13.080 blooms on it. Now, when you take Jasberry Supertunia Vista Jasberry, the 43 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.639 twenty twenty four annual Plant of the Year, and you combine it with a 44 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:24.719 new introduction this past year, a picotee Petunia supertunia, Hoopla Vista orchid. 45 00:03:25.199 --> 00:03:29.360 And you put those two together, Wow, it's quite something else. Yeah, 46 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.240 Hoopla is getting a ton of press, but it is not the flower 47 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:36.479 of the year. It's not the annual the year that is Jasberry. And 48 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:38.800 you know, you're right, And I'm really glad that you brought up the 49 00:03:38.840 --> 00:03:43.319 Vista supertunias because they really that whole approach really goes hand in hand with what 50 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:46.360 we were just talking about the hydrangea with the lets dance hydrangeas, both of 51 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:52.360 these plants really sort of turn the conventional wisdom about the plant on its head. 52 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:54.719 Yes, you know, like you said, petunia used to be thought 53 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.400 of as this very fussy thing that you constantly had to deadhead. And they 54 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:01.639 were making a and if you didn't trim them, you know, they got 55 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.319 whitefly. They were kind of a time. It's kind of amazing that they 56 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:09.719 were even tolerated because they were not great. And then along comes this Vista 57 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:13.840 series and it has been developed to not set seed, so you don't have 58 00:04:14.039 --> 00:04:17.279 you know, a bunch of energy going into seed production and as a result, 59 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:19.279 it's not just like it flowers a little more. I mean, it 60 00:04:19.360 --> 00:04:25.560 is a flowering machine. Unreal, It's amazing. I'll give you one of 61 00:04:25.560 --> 00:04:29.120 my quotes on the plant. If you give it sun, water and fertilizer, 62 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:32.439 they're like a driverless car. Just keep blooming their heads. That's a 63 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:35.800 very good analogy. That is what they're like. But the fertilizer is key 64 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:40.120 because when you have something that has that ability, you got to keep it 65 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:42.959 gassed up as it were, or charged up however you want to think about 66 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.720 it, well said, and of course Kevin Hurd also said, it's all 67 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:49.240 about petal substance. So you get hot weather, you get rain, it 68 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:54.360 stands up to it keeps going. Kalladiums. I love kalladiums, the Heart 69 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:59.199 to Heart series, Lemon blush shade kalladium, the kalladium of the year, 70 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:03.000 a shade kalladium. Now there are many hard to heart kalladiums that are now 71 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:09.959 considered sun or shade and adaptable as houseplants. And that's really exciting for me. 72 00:05:10.040 --> 00:05:13.319 Stay see to see kalladiums that we can grow in the sun. I 73 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:15.639 mean, I love kalladiums. Unfortunately so do the deer. So therefore I 74 00:05:15.720 --> 00:05:20.800 do not grow kalladiums, but yeah, there's such an instrumental plant in especially 75 00:05:20.839 --> 00:05:24.079 in warmer climates. You know, it's a nice to have for us. 76 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:29.160 But in hotter climates they are absolutely essential because they do need plants that brighten 77 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:31.879 up the shade and maybe can take some sun for those morning, you know, 78 00:05:32.360 --> 00:05:36.839 sunny mornings. And I think kalladiums are so beautiful and another plant that's 79 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:41.839 just turning the conventional wisdom on its head. They're not just this you know, 80 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:45.480 green thing with some white speckling. I mean, the proven winners kalladiums 81 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.319 have the most outrageous and unique color combinations that I have ever seen, heart 82 00:05:49.360 --> 00:05:55.040 to heart, and doesn't require a flower to provide you color. And that's 83 00:05:55.120 --> 00:05:58.000 the great thing. They do flower though, Oh kaladiums, they do flower, 84 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.439 but most people don't even really realize that the exactly exactly let's get to 85 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:06.000 the perennials. I mean that perennial plant of the year, pink profusion perennial 86 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:12.040 salvia. It's a clump forming, reblooming pink salvia. And what I love 87 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:15.040 about this one too is it's hardy to Zone three attracts bees, butterflies, 88 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.720 hummingbirds. What's not to like about that plant? You know, Salvia is 89 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:23.639 such a valuable perennial, and I think so many people they get a may 90 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:26.920 Night, you know, which is one of the most popular conventional varieties of 91 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:29.879 salvia, and they go okay, yeah, well that's good enough, you 92 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:31.800 know, and they don't think, like, WHOA, this plant is such 93 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:35.720 a great performer. It's deer resistant, it's flowering so much. I wonder 94 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:40.040 if there's other colors, and so a plant like pink perfusion really starts making 95 00:06:40.079 --> 00:06:43.759 people think, whoa, there's something beyond this, and I can enjoy, 96 00:06:44.480 --> 00:06:47.759 you know, this amazing flower power, sun tolerance, deer resistance, drought 97 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:50.360 tolerance, it's really got it all. I love them. Yeah, you 98 00:06:50.399 --> 00:06:54.319 bet. And of course, as I've always said, pink plays well in 99 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:59.959 the garden, So adding pink profusion perennial salvia the perennial plant of the year, 100 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.120 the landscape perennial of the year. I know you'll like this one. 101 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:09.240 Stacy storm cloud blue star am son Oh yes, deer resistant, hardy desonne 102 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:14.360 four beautiful blue flowers. Great choice. I adore am Sonia. I have 103 00:07:14.519 --> 00:07:16.519 all sorts of different types in my garden, including storm Cloud. I do 104 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:19.040 have a bunch of that. It has the black stems, so it looks 105 00:07:19.079 --> 00:07:23.839 really really beautiful when it's been coming out of the ground in spring. Yeah. 106 00:07:23.879 --> 00:07:26.600 Cool. And you know you're talking about blue flowers. Everyone says, 107 00:07:26.600 --> 00:07:28.959 oh, there's no blue flowers that I can grow. Well, am Sonia 108 00:07:29.120 --> 00:07:32.319 is a plant that is extremely durable and easy for pretty much anyone to grow. 109 00:07:32.360 --> 00:07:34.639 So if you want some blue flowers, you can't cut them. It 110 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.959 does have like a milky milkweed kind of substance. It's related to milkweed. 111 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:43.720 But in the garden it's beautiful. You bet hosta of the year, Well, 112 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.399 the host of the year is Shadowland Hudson Bay. So it's a really 113 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:54.800 showy, attractive tricolor leaves a hosta with really heavy substance. So that's your 114 00:07:54.920 --> 00:08:00.959 hosta of the year, Shadowland Hudson Bay. But envelope please, flowering shrub 115 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:05.959 of the year Stacey Wine and Spirits with Jilla. Wow, that's quite a 116 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.120 plant. And I love the plant not just for its blooms, but for 117 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:13.839 its foliage. And that's another Megan Mattia introduction. And so wine and Spirits 118 00:08:13.879 --> 00:08:20.240 is another one of her masterpieces, And so you know, the flowering shrub 119 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.360 of the year is sort of our catch all. So we have a hydrange 120 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:24.120 of the year, we have a rose of the year, we have a 121 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:26.920 landscape shrub of the year, which we'll be discussing in Plants on Trial, 122 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:30.560 But the flowering shrub of the Year is sort of like, we're obviously not 123 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:31.679 going to have a Whygeela of the year. I mean, how much farther 124 00:08:31.759 --> 00:08:35.480 can we really take this whole of the year thing. So that's kind of 125 00:08:35.480 --> 00:08:37.879 like when something's not going to be a hydrange or go into one of those 126 00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:41.480 other categories, we use it. We highlight it in this flowering Shrub of 127 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:45.440 the year. So Wine and Spirits Wygeila is like wine and roses, which 128 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:48.120 of course is the plant that kind of put our original brand color choice shrubs 129 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:54.279 on the map, that nice dark black purple foliage, but with white flowers 130 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.399 instead of the pink. Now, the pink is gorgeous, I mean, 131 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.559 don't get me wrong, I love it, but there's something about the contrast 132 00:09:00.159 --> 00:09:03.440 of the white flowers and that dark purple foliage, and I would say that 133 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:07.039 the foliage on Wine and Spirits is much blacker and darker than wine and roses. 134 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.039 You know, just as we've worked with more plants and brought more of 135 00:09:11.039 --> 00:09:16.840 those qualities out, it is stunning in the garden and really just the white 136 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:18.639 just adds such a nice touch. It's one of those plants that if you've 137 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:22.159 got it in your yard and it's blooming, you're gonna have people going, 138 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:26.120 what is that? And we'll talk more about it in this coming year, 139 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:30.240 because Stacy, I agree. And with the beautiful white blooms and the dark 140 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:35.840 foliage in the evening or at nighttime, it's like stars. It's just gorgeous. 141 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:39.559 Rose of the year, Oh so easy peasy. We've talked about that 142 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.799 before. I love the ohso roses and they're so floriferous. I really don't 143 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:48.799 have to add to that. You talk about disease resistance and blooming your head 144 00:09:48.840 --> 00:09:52.559 off. Oh so easy peasy. And like you said, Stacey, we're 145 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:56.039 going to talk about the landscape shrub of the Year, which I'm very excited 146 00:09:56.039 --> 00:10:01.759 about coming up in Plants on Trial. And then let me quickly mention envelope 147 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:09.080 please, houseplant of the Year mythic dragonite allocation. I love allocations because the 148 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:13.840 foliage is incredible and I have found with tropical plants that this is a plant 149 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:18.600 which really came on the radar for people over the past few years as a 150 00:10:18.720 --> 00:10:22.120 very desirable houseplant. Yeah, and very easy to grow. Easy to grow, 151 00:10:22.240 --> 00:10:28.080 got to love that. So Allocacia mythic dragonite. Okay, Landscape Shrub 152 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:33.600 of the Year is going to be our plant on trial coming up next here 153 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:43.159 on the Gardening Simplified Show. Proven Winner's color Choice Shrubs cares about your success 154 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:46.399 in the garden. That's why we trial and test all of our shrubs for 155 00:10:46.440 --> 00:10:50.320 eight to ten years, making sure they outperform everything else on the market. 156 00:10:50.480 --> 00:10:56.240 Look for them and the distinctive white container at your local garden center. Greetings 157 00:10:56.240 --> 00:11:01.679 gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. It is time 158 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:03.559 where we put a plant on trial. It's to say, you get to 159 00:11:03.600 --> 00:11:07.360 decide if you're going to put it in your garden or not. And Asrik 160 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.519 said, today's plant on Trial is indeed the Landscape Shrub of the Year. 161 00:11:13.200 --> 00:11:18.159 One fizzy mizzy idea. But before I dive into that, I do want 162 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:20.960 to briefly address how the shrubs of the Year are picked, because we probably 163 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.720 have listeners going out there going house plan of the year, well says who. 164 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.960 Shrub of the Year, well says who, And so I wanted to 165 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:31.440 kind of give you a quick little bit of background into that. So for 166 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.000 shrubs, we actually have our licensed growers, which are some of the largest 167 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.759 growers across the US and Canada. They actually get to vote. We give 168 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:43.320 them a couple of options of what we think will be good based on, 169 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.279 you know, what we're hearing from people out there, and it's their votes 170 00:11:46.440 --> 00:11:50.559 that determine what will be our hydrange of the Year, Rows of the Year, 171 00:11:50.840 --> 00:11:52.720 Flowering Shrub of the Year, and Landscape Shrub of the Year. Our 172 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:56.919 partners over Walter's Gardens do something similar, but they actually ask all of their 173 00:11:56.919 --> 00:12:01.960 customers and a bunch of other industry people to vote on their perennial of the 174 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:07.639 year, and it works similarly with annuals kalladiums and of course a house plant 175 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:11.159 of the Year as well. I mean, we can't just open it up 176 00:12:11.200 --> 00:12:13.799 for anything, because there's got to be supply. We've got to make sure 177 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.080 that, you know, when everyone gets all excited about these plants, we've 178 00:12:16.080 --> 00:12:20.480 got enough of them on the market that no one's left empty handed. But 179 00:12:20.519 --> 00:12:22.879 we do. It's not just us sitting around going hmmm, let's make this 180 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:28.519 the shrub of the year exactly. You know, we do get input from 181 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:31.879 our growers and of course we want these to be plants that people will be 182 00:12:31.879 --> 00:12:37.039 successful, which is really the foundation of the entire Premum Winner's brand. Stacey, 183 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:41.399 it's great. It's like in sports where all stars are voted by their 184 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:46.279 peers. That's exactly what it's like. Hey, you're the best of the 185 00:12:46.279 --> 00:12:48.799 best. Yeah, I mean, you know you were good enough to make 186 00:12:48.840 --> 00:12:50.799 the team. So now we're gonna like pull out the all star leagues. 187 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:54.559 So we have been doing Shrubs of the Year for a couple of years now, 188 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:58.480 so you'll see that on plant taggs as you are out shopping. Even 189 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:01.879 if it's no longer Shrub of the Year, you'll still see that it had 190 00:13:01.919 --> 00:13:05.840 been. But that brings us to the Landscape Shrub of the Year. Now. 191 00:13:05.879 --> 00:13:09.799 We talked about wine and spirits, the flowering shrub of the Year. 192 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:13.440 Now, Landscape Shrub of the Year is a category that we use for plants 193 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:18.000 that, of course are beautiful and totally worthy of your home landscape. But 194 00:13:18.039 --> 00:13:22.840 these are plants that are especially suitable to professional landscapers, because professional landscapers, 195 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:26.480 you know, they have slightly different needs than those of us who are just 196 00:13:26.480 --> 00:13:28.840 gardening at home. They need to be able to find things easily and in 197 00:13:28.960 --> 00:13:33.919 quantity for big jobs. They need plants that are reliable and tolerant of the 198 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:37.399 various conditions, because a landscaper puts in a big job. But after that, 199 00:13:37.480 --> 00:13:41.639 you know, any number of things could happen. And of course it 200 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:46.279 needs to be something that's like reasonably familiar to landscapers because they don't have the 201 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:48.960 time to do all of the research. If we were to introduce something like 202 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:54.559 al ninho chtalpa, beautiful plant, absolutely worth planting in the landscape, But 203 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.120 if you've got a landscaper who's busy, and it's just like I don't have 204 00:13:56.159 --> 00:14:01.120 time to deep dive into what a chetalpa is and why this is a good 205 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:05.080 plant for me. We want that immediate name recognition, and so that's where 206 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:09.240 fizzy mizzy Ita comes in, and Ita, I think it's had kind of 207 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:16.879 an unlikely journey to the landscape and garden trade. It is a native plant, 208 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:22.639 so it's frequently called Virginia sweet spire. Ita virginica is the botanical name, 209 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:26.480 so that's where the Virginia Park comes in. And it is indeed native 210 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:31.360 to Virginia as well as pretty much the entire southeast coast, all the way 211 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.080 down to Florida, all the way over to Texas, and then all the 212 00:14:33.120 --> 00:14:37.519 way up into southern Illinois and Indiana. So it's not native to Michigan, 213 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:45.200 but through most of the lower Midwest and southeast and central US. And it's 214 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:48.960 so native plant people recognize it. If it's blooming, it will certainly be 215 00:14:48.000 --> 00:14:52.759 recognizable because that name sweet Spire comes from its flowers, which are long, 216 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:58.159 spire shaped racemes of flowers, very fragrant. So if you were hiking in 217 00:14:58.200 --> 00:15:01.759 the woods in an it was in bloom, you would definitely know it. 218 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:07.879 But the great thing here, Stacey, is I'm familiar with it ideas that 219 00:15:07.320 --> 00:15:11.200 have kind of drooping flowers. This one looks very different, right, So 220 00:15:11.240 --> 00:15:16.559 what makes Fizzy Mizzy different is that its flowers point straight up like a true 221 00:15:16.559 --> 00:15:20.120 spire instead of dangling down. Now they are beautiful combined, but that's that 222 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:24.440 ability for the plant the flowers to point straight up is where the name Fizzy 223 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.240 Mizzy comes from. Because it looks sort of like you just opened a bottle 224 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:33.960 of coke and all the fizz is coming up from the bottom. Really. 225 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:35.879 Yeah, that's that's where the name comes from. And when when you see 226 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:41.039 a plant in bloom and you can see pictures of fizzy missy I TA in 227 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.279 our show notes at Gardening Simplified on air dot Com. Yeah, that's that's 228 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.960 where the name came from. Makes sense. So I tap a seven up 229 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:52.480 and you know, all the bubbles come up. Yeah, So I TA 230 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:58.200 was you know, sort of not really a popular plant until a variety called 231 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:03.519 Henry's Garb was selected. And did you know that variety was selected in nineteen 232 00:16:03.559 --> 00:16:07.799 eighty five? Wow? I believe it because I'll tell you what. I 233 00:16:07.840 --> 00:16:12.679 have been promoting iteas for years to people to plant in their yards, primarily 234 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:18.639 because I've been trying to get people to stop planting burning bushes for fall color. 235 00:16:18.720 --> 00:16:22.120 Because this plant, the fall color is amazing. The fall color is 236 00:16:22.159 --> 00:16:26.480 amazing, and unlike a burning bush, you get flowers and fragrant flowers, 237 00:16:26.519 --> 00:16:30.159 and it's not invasive like a lot of burning bushes are very invasive, so 238 00:16:30.200 --> 00:16:34.000 the foliage doesn't drop off immediately. The foliage tends to hang on, so 239 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:37.039 great for all the season, and I think that the foliage, in my 240 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:41.200 opinion, and I would suspect yours as well, Rick is much more handsome, 241 00:16:41.240 --> 00:16:45.600 much more appealing than a burning bush. It's leathery, it's glossy. 242 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:52.559 So Henry's Garnet was a variety that flowered more than conventional itea had a better 243 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:56.200 habit. And so Mary Henry, a native plant enthusiast, going back to 244 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:00.639 nineteen eighty five, which just goes to show you that native gardening may be 245 00:17:00.759 --> 00:17:03.920 trendy, but it is certainly not new. She selected that it was introduced 246 00:17:03.960 --> 00:17:08.400 by Woodlanders Nursery, a wonderful nursery that is still in business today selling all 247 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:14.200 sorts of interesting native plants and other plants as well, And that kind of 248 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:19.720 got the whole industry interested in ITA and brought us to Little Henry Ita, 249 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:23.880 which we introduced way way back when we were just color choice shrubs before we 250 00:17:25.000 --> 00:17:29.920 joined with proven winters, and that was a dwarf form of Henry's Garnet. 251 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:33.119 Now, the important thing about that is that ITA, for all of its 252 00:17:33.119 --> 00:17:38.079 good qualities, like we said, it's native flowers, gets grateful color fragrance, 253 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:44.200 so it attracts pollinators tolerant of shade, tolerant of wet soil. I 254 00:17:44.200 --> 00:17:48.480 mean, it's really just a great, great plant. One potential liability, 255 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.400 however, is that if you live in the colder end of its own which 256 00:17:52.440 --> 00:17:56.480 is about USCA Zone five or possibly even six, it often got winter damage. 257 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.640 So even though it's hardy, the plant will serve you know, some 258 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:03.160 of that, especially if it has more tender growth towards the end of the 259 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:08.400 season. Older varieties, bigger varieties could get some winter damage. And because 260 00:18:08.400 --> 00:18:11.839 it blooms on old wood, so if you have an idea, it has 261 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:15.480 its flower buds for the summer right on it right now. Any winter damage 262 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:19.920 would take off those flowers on older, bigger varieties like Henry's garnet. So 263 00:18:19.960 --> 00:18:23.839 when Little Henry comes along and it's a small, compact, petite variety, 264 00:18:25.240 --> 00:18:29.799 that means in those colder climates, it's very often covered by snow when the 265 00:18:29.839 --> 00:18:33.200 coldest part of the winter hits, so it's less likely to get that damage. 266 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:36.640 And that was really it's not just that it's a space saving plant. 267 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:41.240 It is, but it also has this ability to actually bloom and thrive in 268 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:45.440 colder climates where bigger varieties it would be above the snow line, wouldn't be 269 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:51.720 able to That's great. It's a great itea is what this plant is. 270 00:18:51.880 --> 00:18:56.759 And Stacy, one of the things that I love about the plant. And 271 00:18:56.920 --> 00:19:02.640 let me ask you this, Aside from winter shade, I'm always looking for 272 00:19:02.720 --> 00:19:06.720 flowering shrubs for the shade. This one seems to work in the shade. 273 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:10.039 You know, it's a huge issue for people who have a lot of shade. 274 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:11.920 A lot of times they can feel like they don't have a lot of 275 00:19:11.960 --> 00:19:17.759 options. But this is one that will not just live in shade, but 276 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:19.960 will actually bloom pretty well and get some good fall color. Now, the 277 00:19:19.960 --> 00:19:22.680 more son it gets, the more blooms you're going to have, the more 278 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.240 vivid and attractive that fall color is going to be. But even if you 279 00:19:26.319 --> 00:19:30.920 have very deep shade, this is a plant that you cannot just grow but 280 00:19:30.039 --> 00:19:33.759 also enjoy. And I think that's so important that there are those options. 281 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:38.480 That's fantastic. So Stacy's talking about Fizzy Mizzy it ta. And if you're 282 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:44.079 in your car listening to the podcast, listening to the radio version of our 283 00:19:44.160 --> 00:19:51.960 show and not watching on YouTube, the spelling is I e A. You 284 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:55.839 may be scratching your head thinking what are they talking about? It's that simple, 285 00:19:56.039 --> 00:20:00.480 it ea simple name. I'm glad you said that because people because personally 286 00:20:00.519 --> 00:20:03.440 I prefer Ia to Virginia suit spire. I mean, that's anouthful and people 287 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:07.759 probably did think you were saying idea, so that I'm glad you clarified that. 288 00:20:07.960 --> 00:20:12.359 It's also tolerant of wet soil, very wet even standing water, or 289 00:20:12.359 --> 00:20:15.400 at least partially stand you know, if it's if it's very wet at times, 290 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:18.119 so I wouldn't plant it like in a pond, but if it's an 291 00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:22.240 area that floods occasionally, this is a great choice. And the wetter the 292 00:20:22.279 --> 00:20:25.039 soil, the better the plant is going to do. I can't grow it 293 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:30.079 at all in my very dry, non irrigated garden. But yeah, if 294 00:20:30.119 --> 00:20:32.880 you have wet soil, clay soil, this is a great plant. It's 295 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:36.440 a problem solver. It's also deer resistant, and I do want to add 296 00:20:36.480 --> 00:20:40.319 that fizzy mizzy so it has these upright standing flowers that look like you just 297 00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:45.160 opened a bottle of soda. And it's also in that smaller range, so 298 00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.200 it reaches two to three feet tall and wide. So it is also one 299 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:52.119 of those that is typically going to be covered in snow. When you have 300 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:56.880 that really really cold weather that would take out a taller itea. So if 301 00:20:56.920 --> 00:21:00.640 you live in a cold climate, it's a great choice. If you are 302 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:04.039 planting in a more exposed area, it's a great choice because it's going to 303 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.319 be again closer to the ground. So I would recommend a good layer of 304 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:11.640 mulch that's not just going to help with the winter survival, but also with 305 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.799 its water needs because this is not a drought tolerant plant, as many plants 306 00:21:15.839 --> 00:21:19.680 that are tolerant of very wet conditions are. It really won't tolerate the opposite, 307 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:25.240 so that's not uncommon here in the horticulture world. It's a special plant. 308 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:29.240 It's going to be abundant in the marketplace coming up this spring because it 309 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:32.400 is the landscape shrub of the year. You can find out more about it 310 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:36.599 at Gardeningsimplified on air dot com, or go to our Instagram channel or our 311 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:40.279 YouTube channel for lots more pictures. We're going to take a little break and 312 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:41.960 when we come back, we're opening up the gardening mail bag, so please 313 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:52.400 stay tuned. At proven Winter's Color Choice, We've got a shrub for every 314 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:56.279 taste and every space. Whether you're looking for an easycare rose, an unforgettable 315 00:21:56.359 --> 00:22:00.039 hydrangea, or something new and unique, you can be confident that the shrubs 316 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:03.799 and the white containers have been trialed and tested for your success. Look for 317 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:10.680 them at your local garden center. Creating's Gardening friends, and welcome back to 318 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:14.839 the Gardening Simplified Show, where we try to simplify gardening for you as well 319 00:22:14.880 --> 00:22:19.279 as share our opinions about gardening and plants. And we have opinions and we're 320 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:22.480 happy to share them with you if you have a question for us, and 321 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:27.119 you won't just get our opinion, you'll also get our experience and knowledge and 322 00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:33.920 information that you can use in your garden. And so we invite you to 323 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:37.000 write to us if you have a gardening question. Help HLP at Gardeningsimplified on 324 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:41.039 air dot com, or just visit Gardening Simplified on air dot com and click 325 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:45.599 the contact tab. You can send us a message there, YouTube, Instagram. 326 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.359 We all work together, so wherever you reach out to us, we'll 327 00:22:48.400 --> 00:22:52.039 hear your question and we will try to answer it. Now, last week 328 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:56.000 we had a bunch of listener resolutions, which was great. I loved hearing 329 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:00.200 from everybody, and if you didn't get a chance to listen in, we 330 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.720 pasted all those resolutions into the show notes, so you can read them there 331 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:11.480 at your leisure. But we have our first question from Ryan, and I 332 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.759 have to say, given the weather that we have this week, I'm feeling 333 00:23:15.799 --> 00:23:18.960 a little guilty that we did not get to Ryan's question last week. Oh 334 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:23.960 yes, so let's hear what Ryan asked. It's doable. But hey, 335 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:29.799 and by the way, let me mention we talked about Ita and it popped 336 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:33.920 into my head that those listening on radio may have thought we were talking about 337 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:38.599 Ikea and Stacey. That plant requires no assembly, right, No, it 338 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:45.039 does not die TIA's in Thomas Ea. Ryan said, So, we randomly 339 00:23:45.119 --> 00:23:48.880 received one hundred tulip bulbs in the mail, have no idea where they came 340 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.640 from or what to do with them. With the mild temperatures, can we 341 00:23:52.680 --> 00:23:57.839 get away with planting them now or do we need to wait until next fall? 342 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:03.279 Ryan and I have done this often throughout my life. I have used 343 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:08.119 a pickaxe to cut through the frost and dig down twelve inches deep and plant 344 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:12.240 tulips. Put on some warm clothes and plant them well. You know, 345 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:15.920 Ryan, if we had gotten to your question last week, when it was 346 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:21.160 still mild and there was no snow, this probably would have been a much 347 00:24:21.200 --> 00:24:25.640 more appealing proposition than it's going to be right now. But first, I 348 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:30.000 have a question back to Ryan. You randomly received one hundred tulip bulbs. 349 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:34.400 I want a friend randomly sends me a hundred tulip bulbs. Although you know, 350 00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:37.039 it did remind me of that story that hit I think it was during 351 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.839 COVID about how people were receiving random packs of seed from China and people were 352 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.799 planting now, which seems crazy to me. But a tulip bulb is a 353 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:51.000 little less risky, I think, so, Ryan has random tulip bulbs. 354 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:52.599 If we had answered your question last week, we had a week in the 355 00:24:52.599 --> 00:24:56.279 forties, it was warm, you would have easily been able to plant them. 356 00:24:56.559 --> 00:25:02.440 But the bottom line is that the fall planting bulbs is not like if 357 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:06.400 you do it anytime outside of that, they won't live. It's really about 358 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:10.720 the ideal time to plant so that the bulb will put on roots exactly and 359 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.880 be ready to flower in spring. It's kind of, you know, in 360 00:25:14.960 --> 00:25:19.400 sync with the changing light and the temperature So what that fall planting does is 361 00:25:19.400 --> 00:25:23.640 again give it the longest possible time to grow roots, so that when spring 362 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:27.400 comes it's ready to grow. But it's not like a do or die situation. 363 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:32.519 I agree, Ryan. Take one of the one hundred sacrifice one. 364 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:36.559 Take a sharp knife, cut it in half. You'll see that flower, 365 00:25:36.799 --> 00:25:41.720 that potential inside the the bulb has everything it needs in order to bloom next 366 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:45.279 spring. Right, Like Stacy says, it's just optimum to get them. 367 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:48.960 So plant them a little deeper. But plant them, Ryan, don't wait 368 00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:52.119 until next Well, plant them if you can. If we do end up 369 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:56.480 having as much snow as they are potentially calling for here in West Michigan, 370 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.079 I'll come over and help. It's up all right, you can reach trick 371 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:04.039 at. But I do want to say if you cannot get them in the 372 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:07.559 ground, if there really is so much snow and it's frozen, I would 373 00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:11.599 not save them. You know, they're not gonna They're not gonna save well, 374 00:26:11.599 --> 00:26:17.079 They're gonna dry out and they're gonna not live. So I would instead 375 00:26:17.200 --> 00:26:19.960 recommend that if you can't get them in the ground, get round up a 376 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:25.200 bunch of containers. They can be plastic nursery pots whatever. Pot them up 377 00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:27.279 in potting soil, just whatever potting mix you have in the garage or you 378 00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:33.720 can get from whatever garden center is nearby. Pot them up, water them, 379 00:26:33.039 --> 00:26:37.519 put them outside to get the cold treatment. You want them to have 380 00:26:37.559 --> 00:26:41.480 at least six to eight weeks of cold temperatures, and then you can bring 381 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:45.119 them inside to flour. You can let them flower outside and plant them in 382 00:26:45.160 --> 00:26:48.440 your containers with some pansies. But I definitely would not save them. I'd 383 00:26:48.440 --> 00:26:52.839 either get them in the ground if you can, get them in containers outside 384 00:26:52.839 --> 00:26:56.000 if you can't, and just don't let them go to waste. You got 385 00:26:56.000 --> 00:27:00.440 surprise tulips, Stacy, I would recommend for Ryan he uses the search engine 386 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:06.400 of his choice and just look up bulb forcing. All right, bulb forcing, 387 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:08.480 there you go, Kurt writes, Hi, Stacey and Rick. My 388 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:14.079 garden in England, Zone eight A, and I've had so much rain. 389 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:18.960 Pretty much the entire gardens flooded after rainstorms we've had this last week. I'm 390 00:27:18.960 --> 00:27:22.440 scared all my plants are going to rot. I sent in some photos the 391 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.559 other day to show you the proven winter shrubs I had, but the situation 392 00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:30.480 has gotten worse now will the gardens survive or am I going to have to 393 00:27:30.559 --> 00:27:33.759 start all over again next spring? Maybe you could do a show about plants 394 00:27:33.839 --> 00:27:40.039 and their resistance to floods, which is interesting because we also had a question 395 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:44.319 this past week if we could do a show on droughts. So everybody's dealing 396 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:47.920 with something different. So Kurt did send a photo which we will put in 397 00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:51.640 the show notes or on the YouTube version. And ouch is all I have 398 00:27:51.720 --> 00:27:55.279 to say about Kurt's photo. Yeah, it is not pretty. Wow, 399 00:27:55.400 --> 00:27:59.319 it's like a little mini lake there in his backyard. I just wet my 400 00:27:59.400 --> 00:28:07.160 plants, and so I would not give up on the plants yet. But 401 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:12.880 the thing is that flooding in winter is definitely much worse on the plants than 402 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:15.839 flooding in summer. Now, flooding in summer is no picnic. That's not 403 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:21.519 great either. However, what happens in summer is that when the plants have 404 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:25.640 foliage on them, that foliage is giving off water vapor. So it's able 405 00:28:25.720 --> 00:28:29.440 to sort of take that water if it can stay alive, if the roots 406 00:28:29.440 --> 00:28:33.279 aren't completely suffocated, and sort of off gas that and make and deal with 407 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.200 it a little bit better. Of course, the sun is also helping to 408 00:28:37.240 --> 00:28:41.720 evaporate water. When you have standing water like this in winter, there's really 409 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.880 nothing. The plant is dormant, it's not metabolizing, so all you have 410 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:49.359 is those roots and all of the airspaces that were full of oxygen are now 411 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:53.000 full of water. So it is definitely not ideal. Now he is in 412 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:56.640 England, so a mild climate, they're not getting any freezing. I did 413 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.359 right back to Kurt and recommend that he tried to carefully dig the plants. 414 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:04.319 Normally you would want to avoid digging in very wet soil, but I think 415 00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:07.000 that without that, there's just no way these plants are going to survive. 416 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:11.000 So I said, if you've got a pair of waiters or some muck boots 417 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:15.759 or something and can get out there and gently carefully lift the plants, get 418 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.799 them into a potting mix. I have found that that works well. Something 419 00:29:18.839 --> 00:29:23.839 that's going to get air to those roots, pot them up, let them 420 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:26.759 recover there, Wait until spring. I mean, I wouldn't write anything off 421 00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:32.640 until spring comes and things start to leaf out. So it's not great, 422 00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:36.759 but I would I think it's worth taking the measures. And I would also 423 00:29:36.799 --> 00:29:40.920 say that even if you're having extreme weather overall, I don't think that it 424 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:44.480 bodes well for this particular spot for most shops. I mean, you could 425 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:47.640 plant in ia there, it can take the wet soil. But he also 426 00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:48.720 sent me a list of plants that he had. It's not in this particular 427 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:53.480 question. Something like a panicle hydrangel will not tolerate that wet soil at all. 428 00:29:53.680 --> 00:29:57.680 So if this, if this area is prone to flooding, I would 429 00:29:57.680 --> 00:30:02.279 rethink what you're planting there and take the stuff that you have planted again, 430 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.359 pot it up to get it through the rest of winter and find a new 431 00:30:04.400 --> 00:30:07.319 place it's more suitable for it for spring, and then maybe you have a 432 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:12.480 new Year's resolution like Stacy's year, a new year's resolution about great, great 433 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:18.160 trying to slope some of that water away. Good luck to you. Kirt. 434 00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:21.839 Randy wants to know what's wrong with his arbor viting, and he sent 435 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:26.640 in a picture of a very tall, well established hedge. One of the 436 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:30.880 plants in the foreground of the picture has large brown portions. So what's going 437 00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:36.759 on, Stacy? This is a dilemma throughout the years for me. When 438 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:40.960 somebody comes up to you and has a row of plants, but one of 439 00:30:41.000 --> 00:30:45.440 them's a troublemaker. Why is one struggling or turning brown or dying and the 440 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:49.279 other one's okay. It's always a mystery, it Well, there's so many 441 00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:52.599 reasons why exactly. There's so many possible reasons why. You know, it 442 00:30:52.640 --> 00:30:56.839 can be a matter of the direction of the wind. There can be things 443 00:30:56.880 --> 00:31:02.519 like underlying bedrock or something buried from back when your house is being constructed. 444 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.839 It can be due to a pet or a nearby animal favoring that particular plant 445 00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:11.279 over others. So this plant, for Randy is on the end of the 446 00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.799 row. And that can even be for something like an herbicide drift if you 447 00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:19.920 have a neighbor who has a lawn service and then small particles of herbicide can 448 00:31:19.960 --> 00:31:22.319 go into the air and land on the plant. I mean, it's one 449 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.240 of those things that, like it's a big picture thing, it can be 450 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:30.079 very hard to determine. But looking at Randy's picture, which we will of 451 00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:33.160 course put in the show notes at Gardening Simplified on air dot Com, my 452 00:31:33.279 --> 00:31:37.480 suspicion is arburvedy leaf miner. Okay, and arburvedy leaf miner. Now, 453 00:31:37.480 --> 00:31:40.839 if you know what a leaf miner is. If you've ever grown columbine, 454 00:31:40.880 --> 00:31:44.440 you know what a leaf miner is. Columbine very susceptible to leaf miners, 455 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:48.160 not detrimental, looks a little funky, but not really too bad for the 456 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:49.759 plant. But it's an insect. It can be a moth, it can 457 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:55.119 be different types of insects, and it literally they lay the egg in it, 458 00:31:55.200 --> 00:32:00.440 and the leaf miner larva literally burrows between the two layers of the leaves 459 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.359 of the leaf and eats all of that tissue in there. Now, if 460 00:32:04.359 --> 00:32:07.000 you've ever seen an arborvity foliage, you might be thinking, how in the 461 00:32:07.039 --> 00:32:09.960 world is a leaf miner going to do that? But you can look at 462 00:32:10.079 --> 00:32:15.839 pictures of them online. Quite a fascinating insect, I think. But the 463 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:20.559 damage of arboridy leaf miner when they really get established is very much looks like 464 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.519 what Randy is seeing. So if it is arboridy leaf miner, it's a 465 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:28.480 well established issue that and I wouldn't be surprised in this case since it is 466 00:32:28.519 --> 00:32:31.640 a moth. They just have easy access to that end plant and they're like, 467 00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:36.200 hey, we're happy here now. They will eventually probably start to spread 468 00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:39.319 to the other plants in the hedgerow. But that's my suspicion. Again, 469 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:44.160 I would need to see the foliage up close to say for sure. This 470 00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:47.400 is a great opportunity for you to contact your cooperative extension if you know of 471 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:52.200 that, and they can diagnose it for you from actual samples. But that 472 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:58.240 is my suspicion based on knowing seeing a lot of arborids with leaf minor in 473 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:00.240 my time. I think, and you're right, that you have to do 474 00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:05.960 detective work. I mean, this plant is right outside the door of what 475 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:10.039 looks like a shed, a tool shed, and there's a bag of fertilizer 476 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:15.160 off to the side. Maybe something got spilled than that one plant, but 477 00:33:15.799 --> 00:33:20.400 you're probably right. I think I would go down that yep. So if 478 00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:22.079 you have any questions again, you can reach us at Gardening Simplified on air 479 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:24.240 dot com. We're going to take little break. When we come back, 480 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:34.519 we've got branching news, so please stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show is 481 00:33:34.559 --> 00:33:38.200 brought to you by proven winners Color Choice Shrubs. Our award winning flowering shrubs 482 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:44.079 and evergreens have been trialed and tested for your success so you enjoy more beauty 483 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:47.000 and less work. Look for proven winners, Color Choice Shrubs and the distinctive 484 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:53.839 white container at your local garden center. Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. 485 00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:58.839 It's time for branching news and today and branching news, we'll focus on 486 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:04.119 trend yes, and we got to start right off the top with congratulations to 487 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:09.559 proven winners Color Choice Shrubs. Pugster Amethyst bud Leah, a proven winner's Color 488 00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:15.119 Choice variety, has earned the twenty twenty four Flower of the Year award from 489 00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:22.920 the Japan Flowers Selections Association the JFA. In the most recent judging, sixty 490 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:27.760 one varieties were selected as award winners, and from those, one plant in 491 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:35.079 each category receives the top award. Flower of the Year. Pugster Amethyst bud 492 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:39.880 Leah won top honors in the garden plant category. A standard for good flowers 493 00:34:40.000 --> 00:34:46.079 is the motto of the JFA, and it expresses its confidence that Pugster Amethyst 494 00:34:46.320 --> 00:34:52.679 will live up to the billing in Stacey, I can tell them rest assured 495 00:34:52.119 --> 00:34:57.719 it will. What a gorgeous plant it is. I appreciate you saying that, 496 00:34:57.760 --> 00:35:00.000 and of course we appreciate them. I'm saying that as well, because 497 00:35:00.039 --> 00:35:02.320 I mean, obviously we think our plants are pretty great, but it always 498 00:35:02.320 --> 00:35:07.280 means a lot when someone else comes along and recognizes it. And you know, 499 00:35:07.320 --> 00:35:10.920 flowers play such a hugely central role in Japanese life, yes, Japanese 500 00:35:10.960 --> 00:35:15.039 culture, and so you know, knowing that a culture like that that just 501 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:20.800 really prioritizes flowers and plants in all aspects of life. To recognize one of 502 00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:23.480 our plants, it really is a huge, huge honor, and it's good 503 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.079 to know we're big in Japan. I couldn't have said it better. I 504 00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:30.480 love the people in Japan, and you know, they just have such a 505 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:35.000 love for horticulture. Oh yeah, it's amazing. And when you talk high 506 00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:40.679 dranges, it's synonymous with Japan. And in this case a bud Leah amethyst 507 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:46.000 bud Leah pugster, and I suggest you plant it in your landscape. Also. 508 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:52.320 The pantone color of the year is peach. Fuzzy, peach, fuzz 509 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:57.960 and appealing peach hue, softly nestled between pink and orange. That's what I 510 00:35:57.960 --> 00:36:00.960 always think of when I see peach. It's like, is it pink? 511 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.480 Is it orange? No, It's kind of pink and orange, best of 512 00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:07.000 both worlds, best of both worlds exactly, a warm and cozy shade highlighting 513 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:13.000 our desire for togetherness with others or enjoying a moment of stillness and the feeling 514 00:36:13.079 --> 00:36:17.119 of sanctuary that it creates. But it causes me to think of two proven 515 00:36:17.159 --> 00:36:21.719 winners color choice shrubs that I love for this color. One is double take 516 00:36:21.840 --> 00:36:27.719 peach perfect when that blooms wow and thornless right yep. It is a thornless 517 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:31.280 quints and very important in Japan. It's not very much treasured throughout Asia, 518 00:36:31.320 --> 00:36:36.280 but especially Japan, so I love that. And then of course the fragrant 519 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:39.840 disease resistant at last rose at least. I don't know if you look at 520 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:44.159 it that way, Stacey, but I view that as a peach rose. 521 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.719 Yeah, I would say that's a peach rose. Yep. As is our 522 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:52.199 new flavor ate honey apricot or edible rose okay with honey appricot flavored betals yum 523 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:55.719 yum. See. You gotta practice what you peach, That's what you gotta 524 00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:00.920 do. And this is the trend this year according to Pantone, the color 525 00:37:01.519 --> 00:37:06.239 peach fuzz. I can see it in clothing already. People will be out 526 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:10.079 there on the beach in their one peach bathing suits. But you do have 527 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:14.239 to practice what you peach. As a matter of fact, I created a 528 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:17.480 limerick to celebrate peach fuzz. The decor world all a buzz. It's what 529 00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:22.039 a trend usually does as a figure of speech. This one is a peach 530 00:37:22.199 --> 00:37:28.559 appealing and covered in fuzz. Now somewhere in between orange and pink. Peach 531 00:37:28.639 --> 00:37:32.960 is the colorful sink. More than nutritious, it's downright delicious when added to 532 00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:37.880 a drink. This development I find to be pivotal a fruit and color, 533 00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:45.320 so mythical and so for a grown I say to peach their own that peach 534 00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:50.800 pun was downright pitiful. There you go, celebrating peaches. Yeah, I 535 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:53.000 think that was a juicy one, all right. One of the world's top 536 00:37:53.119 --> 00:38:00.360 ten food and beverage flavor manufactures has identified the official twenty twenty four flame of 537 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:07.760 the Year as ube No, not eBay, Ube yoube. It's a bright, 538 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:13.840 purple, tuberous root hailing from the Philippines and it's gained international recognition. 539 00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:17.199 Is being put into dishes to give us that great purple color. Like a 540 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:22.280 lot of people love the purple potatoes. Those are a lot of fun to 541 00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:25.199 make with food. Puts a lot of color on the plate. So that's 542 00:38:25.239 --> 00:38:32.000 it. The flavor of the year ube spelled ub. Yeah, if you 543 00:38:32.119 --> 00:38:36.239 have ever been to an Asian bakery, you will see baked goods made from 544 00:38:36.320 --> 00:38:39.199 ube and you'll think that they've been made with some you know, ghastly food 545 00:38:39.199 --> 00:38:45.320 additive. But no, it's the actual color. Yeah, it's a wild 546 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:49.960 color to see. That's great. So, Stacey, the next trend that 547 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:52.320 I want to share, and it's something that's personal for me because it's what 548 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:58.679 I cook for breakfast and head it for breakfast this morning, by the way, 549 00:38:59.239 --> 00:39:01.639 and for you view viewers, I'm going it's show and tell time. 550 00:39:01.679 --> 00:39:07.119 I'm gonna set it right there on the table. Buckwheat. Have you had 551 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.400 buckwheat? So I guess now that I've seen this, I have a question. 552 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:13.800 Is all cream of wheat buckwheat? No? Oh, it's not. 553 00:39:14.000 --> 00:39:17.039 But it's an ancient grain. As a matter of fact, I'll make oat 554 00:39:17.119 --> 00:39:22.159 brand, okay, or you can make steel cut oats, but in this 555 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:28.000 case it's buckwheat and it's basically one of these ancient grains that has found its 556 00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:32.239 time in the limelight. Of course, buckwheat is a gluten free food. 557 00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:37.400 They use it as a cover crop. Of course, it supports pollinators and 558 00:39:37.599 --> 00:39:45.000 greater biodiversity. So buckwheat's kind of yeah, lumped in that category of ancient 559 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:52.400 grains. I think it's delicious and it's very very good for you. It's 560 00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:57.159 a stone ground ancient grain. Had it for breakfast this morning, so I'm 561 00:39:57.239 --> 00:40:00.320 just telling you that. On the radar for twenty twenty four, buckwheat is 562 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:05.679 a plant that has found the spotlight. Well, I have had buckwheat's kasha. 563 00:40:06.320 --> 00:40:07.320 So it's like a whole grain, you know, sort of like you'd 564 00:40:07.320 --> 00:40:13.000 cook like I don't know, other whole like rice or something like that. 565 00:40:13.719 --> 00:40:17.519 It's very commonly served in a Russian dish with it's cooked and then you put 566 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:22.320 butterfly pasta bow tie pasta, and so I say, the whole thing in 567 00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:25.480 butter, which probably negate some of the health effect, but tastes really great. 568 00:40:28.599 --> 00:40:30.039 That sounds great. Well, I'm going to encourage people to give. 569 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.320 But it's not the ground. It's not the ground. So we're talking the 570 00:40:32.400 --> 00:40:36.360 whole buckwheat growth there. Sure. Well, you know they're always telling you 571 00:40:36.440 --> 00:40:40.239 to eat brand fiber or brand muffins, you know, and you got to 572 00:40:40.280 --> 00:40:44.960 kind of choke that thing down. You know, I have bran branxiety. 573 00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:50.199 Bronxiety, Yeah, bronxiety. There's a good pun for you. But yeah, 574 00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:52.960 buckwheat, give it a try. All right. Everything's better in the 575 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:59.239 open air. Everything is better even in fitness training if you are in open 576 00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:05.000 air, and of course also gardening. So I'm seeing a lot of trending 577 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:09.119 here where individuals are insisting on the benefits for the brain, mental health, 578 00:41:09.559 --> 00:41:15.559 cognitive performance by exercising outdoors. Of course this is the time of year when 579 00:41:15.599 --> 00:41:22.039 we all hit the gym, but trying to get some of that physical activity 580 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:30.480 outdoors. They have found that the neurological benefits are amazing when you exercise outdoors. 581 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:32.519 And I kind of tie that into gardening also. You know, when 582 00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:37.079 you're out there shoveling, weeding, whatever it may be, and you're in 583 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:42.119 the fresh air, I think you get the double the benefit with exercise when 584 00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:45.559 you're in the fresh air. That's true, and it's much more enjoyable than 585 00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:47.440 you know, a bunch of sale gym air with a news shouting at you 586 00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:51.760 or whatever. But I have to say, you know, my main form 587 00:41:51.800 --> 00:41:57.599 of outdoor exercise in the winter is indeed shoveling, and I hate winter, 588 00:41:57.800 --> 00:42:00.400 and I hate shoveling. And when it looks over at me and says, 589 00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:07.760 isn't this great exercise, I unfortunately never have anything nice to say in response 590 00:42:07.800 --> 00:42:12.039 to that. Oh, that's funny. That's funny. Well, word of 591 00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:16.559 the day is ninguid, and I'm hoping that I'm pronouncing this right, Stacey. 592 00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:24.400 It's spelled n n g u i d. But ninguid is an ancient 593 00:42:24.519 --> 00:42:30.239 word that means a landscape covered in snow. Oh, I've never heard that 594 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:32.400 word. Yeah, I hadn't either, and that's why I throw it in 595 00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:39.599 here. Ninguid n I n g u i d a landscape covered in snow. 596 00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:44.039 And we'll leave you with a couple of trends to ponder. One, 597 00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:50.119 I'm seeing this all over the place you mentioned it earlier, Stacy. Certainly, 598 00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:55.440 drought tolerant plantings, and it's not just California and Arizona anymore here in 599 00:42:55.480 --> 00:43:00.280 the United States. This is something that's moved into the Midwest as far as 600 00:43:00.360 --> 00:43:05.559 interest is, and so that's a trend that will continue to look at. 601 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:13.360 And then the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society recommends planting more grasses and sedges, which kind 602 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:17.800 of ties into that whole drought tolerant issue also, and I support that because 603 00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:24.119 I'm a huge fan of ornamental grasses and sedges. I think they play a 604 00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:29.360 very important role in the landscape. So there you have it, Stacy, 605 00:43:29.440 --> 00:43:31.800 twenty twenty four is off to the races, it sure is, and we 606 00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:36.559 want to thank you so much for tuning into the Gardening Simplified Show. Thank 607 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:38.159 you Rick, thanks to Adriana, and we'll see you next week.