1 00:00:02,600 --> 00:00:07,040 We grow with the flow. It's the Gardening Simplified show. Hey, that 2 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,759 right, I'm off to a good start. You were off to a blazing 3 00:00:09,839 --> 00:00:15,800 start right. Coming to you from the beautiful studio a at Proven Winners Color 4 00:00:15,919 --> 00:00:20,839 Choice Shrubs. It's Stacy Hervella me, Rick weisst and our engineer and producer 5 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:26,839 Adriana Robinson. All right, Stacy, it's our second season, episode fifty 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:31,879 three. We have a year in the books. Congratulations. Congratulations to you 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,840 too, and obviously a huge thanks to all of our listeners and viewers wherever 8 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:41,079 you listen or on YouTube, because you know, show can't stick are on 9 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,320 for a year without people who actually like it. You nailed it exactly, 10 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:49,799 thanks to you, and also thanks to our sponsor, Proven Winners Color Choice 11 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:55,320 Shrubs. This has been great and folks who are tuning in and watching it 12 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:00,920 our show also understand that they are starting a second season, the fall season. 13 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,760 We'll talk about that today. I often like to say that it's an 14 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:10,799 opportunity to start over again and arguably one of the best times of the year 15 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,400 to garden, and so we start the second season. It's kind of kind 16 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:19,000 of cool. Yeah, I'm I am really I can't believe how fast it's 17 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:23,680 gone. You know that we've gone through every season of the year so far, 18 00:01:23,840 --> 00:01:26,519 and that, yeah, now we're off to a new a new season. 19 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:30,120 But you know, I think we can say with confidence that all of 20 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:37,280 our listeners can be assured the same great or even better contents, probably the 21 00:01:37,359 --> 00:01:44,159 same amount of possibly more puns. Oh yeah, and increased limericks. Well, 22 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:46,480 i'll tell you what in that first year, here's some of what we 23 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:49,920 learned. We learned decumbent growth is a thing. There are people out there 24 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:55,239 now who are googling that if you haven't watched our show. Plants that beat 25 00:01:55,280 --> 00:01:59,840 the heat. Garden hoses are a pain. Vines and clematis blues are highly 26 00:02:00,079 --> 00:02:04,959 desired. Color bees and mosquitoes are a big deal. Blamo is a word, 27 00:02:05,519 --> 00:02:09,080 right, You better believe it help for beginning gardeners. Peppers are popular 28 00:02:09,159 --> 00:02:15,039 container gardening, deer resistance, fragrance, we're weary of daylight saving time and 29 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:20,599 wind chimes. Would youila? We all learned how to pronounce that word, 30 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:28,520 and it feels therapeutic and instinctive to slap a bag of pottings. Limericks are 31 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,639 a means of communication. We've grown at puns and dad jokes. We've learned 32 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:39,360 about the meteorological calendar, and I learned that meteorological is hard to say. 33 00:02:39,319 --> 00:02:43,240 Yeah, it's a lot of syllable strap your voice around, for sure. 34 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:46,960 But I'm operating by that calendar because today, in my mind is the first 35 00:02:47,039 --> 00:02:53,080 day of the fall gardening season. Of course, we learned about hydrangeas we 36 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,800 visited the Temple of Bloom. We know people like to touch plants. Annuals 37 00:02:57,840 --> 00:03:05,240 today are advanced. There's gray to interest in specimen plants. I like cucumber 38 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:08,319 and cilantro martinis. We learn that you and I have both been to Europe 39 00:03:08,479 --> 00:03:15,719 and back. I primarily wear blue and black, and Stacy wears beautiful jewelry 40 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:19,360 from her it's from your grandma, right, it's yes, and also some 41 00:03:19,439 --> 00:03:22,080 newer stuff from my mom which I forgot about. I gotta get that out 42 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,879 and get it on air. I love it. I love it. Variegation 43 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:30,039 is polarizing, Garlic is fun to grow. And we can all be a 44 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:35,520 little less pedantic. That's a word I learned from you. We're gonna let 45 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:38,439 nature take its course. That's just a snippet of what we learned in Year 46 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:44,199 one. Can you imagine what's coming in year two. Not yet, but 47 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,280 I'm excited about it. Well. In fall, of course, the weather 48 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:52,639 pattern is opposite of what we have in the spring, because in spring we 49 00:03:52,719 --> 00:03:57,159 start with cold soil and then the days get really hot as we approach summer. 50 00:03:57,199 --> 00:04:01,000 So we have the opposite in fall, nice warm, so cooler temperatures. 51 00:04:01,039 --> 00:04:06,120 That makes it such a great time of the year to put plants in 52 00:04:06,199 --> 00:04:12,560 the ground. I think it's it's ideal in my mind and one of the 53 00:04:12,599 --> 00:04:15,639 things I love about this time of the year. And I'm not ashamed to 54 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,120 admit it. You go to a garden center or a greenhouse, you can 55 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:21,040 get bargains, yes, oh yeah, I mean they don't want to put 56 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:25,920 that stuff away for the winter or risk it dying or getting overgrown. So 57 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:30,199 I you know, I'm surprised that it is not more popular as people go 58 00:04:30,279 --> 00:04:32,560 back to the garden center to get their mums and cornstalks and hay veils and 59 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:35,920 so forth, that they aren't making it more of a point to go back 60 00:04:35,959 --> 00:04:39,720 there and look at the shrub section, look at the perennial section, scoop 61 00:04:39,759 --> 00:04:45,399 up those bargains and know that you can absolutely, positively safely plant in fall 62 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:48,720 up until about six weeks before your ground freezes. And that's a long time. 63 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:51,360 You know. Obviously that's a moving target. We never really know for 64 00:04:51,439 --> 00:04:55,720 sure when that's going to happen. But you know, here in Michigan or 65 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:59,560 most of the Midwest, I always tell people that you can safely plant new 66 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,600 perennial trees and shrubs until at least late October. I agree completely, And 67 00:05:04,720 --> 00:05:09,879 you can move some plants that need to be moved if you like to add 68 00:05:09,879 --> 00:05:14,879 plants to your landscape but want to do so with minimal or less maintenance. 69 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:21,800 Fall just maybe the season for you. Word of the day today is boski. 70 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:27,240 Have you ever heard that word bosky? B o s k y No, 71 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:30,680 I haven't. When you're feeling boski, it means you have abundant trees 72 00:05:31,079 --> 00:05:35,720 and shrubs. Okay, So the word bosc or bosque it comes from like 73 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:42,680 the Latin word for forest, so ins. In French and Spanish, she 74 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:46,680 still call like a forest or a woods a bosque or a bosque. So 75 00:05:46,759 --> 00:05:48,639 I knew it might have something to do with that. But the sky kind 76 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,639 of, you know, I guess it's like an americanized version. It is 77 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:57,160 americanized. I'm impressed. That's excellent. Yeah, yes, b O s 78 00:05:57,639 --> 00:06:01,439 k y. It's an adjective as I understand it, but it's about abundant 79 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:06,480 trees or shrubs. Now, also in early fall we get to enjoy the 80 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:13,959 monarch butterflies, that fourth super generation. They're trying to energize themselves before they 81 00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:17,600 traveled to Mexico, California, or as we learned in season one, South 82 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:24,199 Carolina, the sea islands along South Carolina. Now, my Verbena bonariensis was 83 00:06:24,399 --> 00:06:30,160 covered with monarchs. Yesterday my miss Molly Budleia was covered with butterflies. And 84 00:06:30,319 --> 00:06:38,839 season one we learned Stacy that you are an Asclepius expert and that should be 85 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:44,480 added to your landscape. But today also I was thinking about drive by botany, 86 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:50,120 Joe Paie weed. So any of the upatoriums yea, the hardy adgeratum, 87 00:06:50,759 --> 00:06:55,560 which I believe is in the astor family, and they will cluster around 88 00:06:55,639 --> 00:07:00,040 them. Am I correctly? Definite? Yeah, And so these butterflies and 89 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:04,759 planting for that for next year, do your planning and plan for it, 90 00:07:04,920 --> 00:07:13,839 because that fourth generation needs the energy of the flowers that we put in our 91 00:07:13,959 --> 00:07:17,040 landscape and our garden and there are so many great ones. Now a roadside 92 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:23,560 weed iron weed is fun to watch at this time of the year. Also, 93 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:28,720 I'm looking at the botanical name here and it says vernonia if you want 94 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:33,000 to look it up. But it's iron weed and bright purple flowers. Beautiful. 95 00:07:33,040 --> 00:07:35,399 It's such a beautiful plant. And it's one of those ones that I 96 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:39,399 think, once you know what to look for, you start seeing it everywhere. 97 00:07:39,959 --> 00:07:41,839 You know, once you have picked it out along the side of the 98 00:07:41,879 --> 00:07:44,720 roads. It is tall, and you might think, oh, it goes 99 00:07:44,759 --> 00:07:46,879 by the side of the road, it's not a garden worthy plant, but 100 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,279 it absolutely is. It's a fantastic plant for gardens. It has a strong 101 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:56,040 architectural presence, really handsome foliage, and the color of those flowers is really 102 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,720 really stands out in the landscape. Yeah, I'm glad you brought that up 103 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:03,879 because I have a neighbor who's very much into pollinator and butterfly gardening and she 104 00:08:03,120 --> 00:08:09,519 has iron weed in her landscape. It's just not it's not only just a 105 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:15,360 ditchweed. It is. It is a beauty solidago also or golden rod. 106 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:20,959 It's a herbaceous perennial. Also in the Astor family proven Winters has a solidago 107 00:08:22,759 --> 00:08:28,879 named little Lemon, Little Lemon, and it's sometimes confused with ragweed and wrongfully 108 00:08:28,959 --> 00:08:35,000 accused of bearing that windborn ragweed pollen that causes allergies, and just because it's 109 00:08:35,039 --> 00:08:37,720 showy, you know, so the ragweed blooms at the same time, and 110 00:08:37,799 --> 00:08:41,159 people say, oh, my allergies are going crazy. Must be that yellow 111 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:45,840 thing that all of a sudden I see everywhere. But that is just not 112 00:08:46,200 --> 00:08:50,399 fair to solidago, because it is a marvelous plant, just beautiful. And 113 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:56,639 you know, I was driving last weekend along the highway and there's just miles 114 00:08:56,679 --> 00:09:01,720 and miles of it and it's it's glorious it is, and glorious love it. 115 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:07,639 So our second season starts today. Your second season starts in the garden. 116 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:11,840 Fall is for planting. Throughout the course of the next few months, 117 00:09:11,879 --> 00:09:16,200 we'll talk about the fact that it's a great time to control weeds, especially 118 00:09:16,320 --> 00:09:20,240 familiarizing yourself with winter annuals. It's the perfect time of the year to control 119 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:24,240 weeds. Of course, many of the plants in my landscape are eligible for 120 00:09:24,399 --> 00:09:30,000 frequent flyer miles. I've moved them so many times, change my mind, 121 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:33,279 move them around and this is a good time of the year to do it. 122 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,279 And then of course here in the northern hemisphere, before winter arrives, 123 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:41,720 good time to take your house plants outside, maybe repot them some fresh potting. 124 00:09:41,799 --> 00:09:46,799 So there's a lot of things in our job jar and on our worklist 125 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:50,120 for fall. And isn't it great because I love being outside and fall it's 126 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:54,559 such a great time to be outside. And for an added bonus, you 127 00:09:54,639 --> 00:09:58,799 get all that monarch and hummingbird action too, exactly second seasons. That's what 128 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,120 we're all about. You know, I was just thinking about Jimmy Buffett. 129 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:09,000 I was so sad this past week. We'll see that Jimmy Buffett had passed 130 00:10:09,039 --> 00:10:11,480 away, and you know the lyrics to a song, some of it is 131 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:16,519 magic and some of it's tragic, And I can say that about my garden. 132 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:18,960 It's past summer too, But we'll fix it all here during the months 133 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,039 of September and October. Plants on Trial coming up next here on the Gardening 134 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:33,480 Simplified Show, Proven Winners, Color Choice Shrubs cares about your success in the 135 00:10:33,559 --> 00:10:37,840 garden. That's why we trial and test all of our shrubs for eight to 136 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:41,919 ten years, making sure they outperform everything else on the market. Look for 137 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:48,559 them and the distinctive white container at your local garden center. Greetings gardening friends, 138 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:54,000 and welcome back to The Gardening Simplified Show Second Seasons. Indeed, so 139 00:10:54,039 --> 00:10:56,840 it's a second season of The Gardening Simplified Show, which is great. We 140 00:10:56,919 --> 00:11:00,519 don't plan on going anywhere, and I hope that you don't either. We 141 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:05,000 truly appreciate you listening, and of course that has inspired my selection for today's 142 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:11,159 plant on Trial, this idea of second seasons. And you know, really 143 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:13,000 I was spoiled for choice trying to decide what I was going to put on 144 00:11:13,039 --> 00:11:16,000 the show, because here at proven Winner's Color Choice Shrubs, we do have 145 00:11:16,279 --> 00:11:20,879 so many different shrubs that rebloom, bloom, rang lilac blooms in spring and 146 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:26,759 then in summer. We've got reblooming hydrangeas like the Let's Dance series. We've 147 00:11:26,799 --> 00:11:30,320 got a reblooming viberne on which we've discussed Stetti Eddie. We've got a reblooming 148 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:35,159 spyriea double play Doozy. But there is another reblooming shrub in our line that 149 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:39,279 has not yet, to my knowledge, come up on The Gardening Simplified show, 150 00:11:39,840 --> 00:11:48,519 and that is perfecta mundo azaleatastic and people stacy they people do love azalias. 151 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:50,840 Now, I do want to say right off the bat azaleas or something 152 00:11:50,919 --> 00:11:56,120 that often confuse people, because yes, you can absolutely grow azalias here in 153 00:11:56,200 --> 00:12:01,559 Michigan. They're very common as a landscape plant. But Perfecti mundo is a 154 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:07,799 reblooming azaleas. And generally speaking, the reblooming azaleas are not as hardy as 155 00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:11,799 the regular azaleas that people grow in their landscape here in Michigan. And the 156 00:12:11,879 --> 00:12:18,919 reason for that is because the genetics, the parentage of the plant that contributes 157 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:24,559 that reblooming performance is actually from a more tender azalea. So generally they have 158 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:30,480 not. As breeders have worked harder and harder on reblooming azaleas and put more 159 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:35,759 effort into it, they have not yet been able to overcome that tenderness that 160 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:41,240 that one parent that brings in the reblooming is contributing. So generally speaking, 161 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,879 if you're not you're sitting there going, hey, reblooming azalias sound great, 162 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:46,759 Why don't I have one? Why don't I know about it? It might 163 00:12:46,879 --> 00:12:52,600 be because it won't grow well in your area. So most reblooming azaleas are 164 00:12:52,639 --> 00:12:56,799 hardy to USDA Zone seven six B, and the perfect A mund Of series 165 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:00,320 is really no difference. It does survive for us here in Westmi Chien, 166 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:07,480 but usually that's not so much a function of our temperature, but because we 167 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,639 have reliable snow cover during the hottest part or not that hardest the coldest part 168 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:16,360 of the year, so then they have that kind of like puffy jacket on 169 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,679 when the really really cold weather comes. So that's why you could be say 170 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:22,600 in Missouri, going, well, shoot, I'm a zone six B, 171 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:28,200 but I can grow that, and you might not have as much luck as 172 00:13:28,279 --> 00:13:30,639 someone like us, So it is something to keep in mind. This is 173 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,720 one of our plants for probably some of our more warm climate listeners, but 174 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:39,080 even still you can enjoy their beauty because they are super colorful. And I 175 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:43,639 picked Perfected Mundo double Pink to cover today because it was actually the first of 176 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:48,559 the Perfecta Mundo azaleas that we introduced, and it's really a classic pink, 177 00:13:50,039 --> 00:13:54,039 very very nice color, goes with just about everything. And the second season 178 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,799 aspect comes in because it blooms really really well in spring, then takes a 179 00:13:58,799 --> 00:14:01,679 little bit of a break to put on some new growth, and then it 180 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:07,480 will start to bloom again late summer through fall and perfecting into azalias. There's 181 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:13,279 a number of things that are really quite different about them than other reblooming azaleas. 182 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,399 But one of the most important factors is actually going to come as a 183 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:20,240 surprise to most people, and that is that it is actually a very good 184 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:26,399 spring bloomer. So even though these azaleas have traditionally been marketed as reblooming, 185 00:14:26,879 --> 00:14:30,799 their spring display was actually not their shining mow and it was really more of 186 00:14:30,919 --> 00:14:33,360 the autumn. And that's good. But you know, when people want an 187 00:14:33,399 --> 00:14:37,200 azzalea, they're thinking they want that big spring. So right around the time 188 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:41,840 of the Master's Golf tournament early April or minty, right, you know, 189 00:14:41,919 --> 00:14:45,679 And so I do want it. I'm glad you brought that up. There's 190 00:14:45,759 --> 00:14:48,440 a variety, a huge number of azaleas at the Master's Golf tournament. They're 191 00:14:48,519 --> 00:14:52,080 closely associated with it. I'm not a golfer, but I have found out 192 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:58,600 over the years all of this inextricable relationship between golf and azaleas. It is 193 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,960 it is a myth that the groundskeepers are putting ice on the plants to get 194 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:09,679 them in bloom. That would not work. People think that like, oh, 195 00:15:09,879 --> 00:15:11,960 you know, oh, the groundskeepers are running around with like a golf 196 00:15:13,039 --> 00:15:16,720 cart full of ice and putting out that won't actually work. The flower buds 197 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:22,799 are opening based on the temperatures that they've gotten they've been exposed to so far, 198 00:15:22,679 --> 00:15:28,399 and just chilling down the roots or anything like that is not going to 199 00:15:28,559 --> 00:15:31,840 change the amount of day length and temperature that the flower buds have been exposed 200 00:15:31,840 --> 00:15:37,159 to. And they definitely can't put the ice on top of the plants because 201 00:15:37,399 --> 00:15:41,440 the flower, you know, tissue is so sensitive that it would immediately blacken. 202 00:15:41,559 --> 00:15:46,159 So whatever you have heard or theorize or believe about ice on the azaleas 203 00:15:46,159 --> 00:15:50,279 that the master's it's not true. So you can tell your golfing friends that 204 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:54,720 when you're waiting around for your turn on the next hole. But anyway, 205 00:15:56,840 --> 00:16:02,759 but anyway, they are these perfectly as do bloom really really well in spring, 206 00:16:02,799 --> 00:16:04,639 and then again they take that break and they bloom just as well in 207 00:16:04,799 --> 00:16:08,039 fall. And that's just one of the things that really make them different. 208 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:11,960 These plants came to us from a person that I have spoken about many many 209 00:16:12,039 --> 00:16:15,120 times on the show over the past year, and we'll continue as a show 210 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:21,000 goes on. And that is doctor Tom Rainey from North Carolina State University. 211 00:16:21,559 --> 00:16:26,960 He is truly one of our most innovative plant breeders, really just genius level 212 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:32,480 art and science and the combination of the two to develop these new plants and 213 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,960 to develop these reblooming azelias. You know, he was really working hard. 214 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:40,080 Obviously, like I said, everyone wants to get that heartiness in, but 215 00:16:40,159 --> 00:16:42,679 there's other factors that are so important. Again, that spring bloom, which 216 00:16:42,799 --> 00:16:47,759 you would think is an automatic but hasn't always been the case. Good color. 217 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:52,879 We want big flowers with extra petals, because single azelias are beautiful, 218 00:16:52,919 --> 00:16:56,480 but most people do want that more frilly, you know, bold bloom, 219 00:16:56,879 --> 00:17:02,639 good saturated colors. Good disease resistance, particularly a lot of azalea and rhododendron 220 00:17:02,679 --> 00:17:06,000 diseases are cultural. So that means that it's not just like, oh, 221 00:17:06,039 --> 00:17:07,519 the plant is susceptible. It means it has to have the right conditions to 222 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:12,200 grow in to avoid getting root rot diseases and that kind of thing. But 223 00:17:12,319 --> 00:17:18,039 they do tend to also resist azalea lacebug, which is an issue for a 224 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:22,000 lot of gardeners. In the South. And then of course you need what 225 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:26,079 everybody loves about azaleas is that nice, tight, cute little habit. I 226 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:29,839 mean, people are out there trimming there azalias to get that. So we 227 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:33,680 don't want to introduce a big, gangly azalea. That's just gonna make people 228 00:17:33,759 --> 00:17:37,680 work even harder. So Tom and his crew at North Carolina State University have 229 00:17:37,839 --> 00:17:44,039 been working really hard. It is the biggest, the Perfecti Mundo azalea trial 230 00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:48,200 that we have done to select the varieties that are in the line so far. 231 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,799 Is the largest and most expansive that we have ever conducted here at Proven 232 00:17:52,799 --> 00:17:56,480 Winners Color Choice Shrubs. You can find links to it on our YouTube channel, 233 00:17:56,200 --> 00:18:02,319 where you're also find the YouTube version of our But our R and D 234 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,839 team developed this extremely complex matrix of data so that they could really compare things 235 00:18:07,920 --> 00:18:11,000 to one another, compare things to varieties that are already on the market. 236 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,519 It was a massive data undertaking. So if you think that you know, 237 00:18:15,079 --> 00:18:18,240 introducing new plants is as simple as walking down the island going yep, that's 238 00:18:18,279 --> 00:18:22,319 pretty let's introduce that, it is not. You have to That's very true. 239 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:25,559 There's a lot that goes into that. A lot of data points. 240 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:29,000 They call it, yes, so as you develop it. So that's what 241 00:18:29,079 --> 00:18:33,160 I think makes these really interesting is that they have had so much thought and 242 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:37,880 effort and purposefulness behind them because a lot of people, again they don't realize 243 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,319 they think, well, gosh, that's beautiful. Of course they picked that. 244 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:44,279 Well, I'll tell you every azalia in this trial, Almost every azalia 245 00:18:44,279 --> 00:18:48,559 in this trial is genuinely beautiful. Yeah, they're irresistible, they really are. 246 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:51,880 But they're not all high performance. And that's really what we're going for, 247 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:56,599 well as far as high performance is concerned. So you have deciduous azaleas 248 00:18:56,759 --> 00:19:00,880 and you have what we consider broad leaf evergreen. We're talking about perfect a 249 00:19:02,039 --> 00:19:07,440 mundo. Perfecto mundo doesn't keep its foliage in winter, so it is a 250 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:12,079 semi evergreen. I knew there'd be a complicated answer, So semi evergreen, 251 00:19:12,240 --> 00:19:15,000 and I think we actually just talked about this a week or two ago when 252 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:19,839 we were talking about gembox ink berry holly. So semi evergreen means that it 253 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:26,039 keeps the foliage on the ends of its branches, but generally the middle foliage 254 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:29,799 will drop. It's totally normal. Now, if you do live, say 255 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,440 in like Florida or a very very warm climate, or you have an unusually 256 00:19:33,559 --> 00:19:37,680 mild winter, you may find that it does not lose all of its loses 257 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:41,680 less of its foliage, or maybe even stays evergreen. But when we get 258 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:47,480 into evergreen azalias, that's when we're really getting into much more tender kind of 259 00:19:47,519 --> 00:19:51,799 azalias that aren't going to do well, and it's one of the factors that 260 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:56,200 make them less likely to grow in a place like say Michigan or elsewhere in 261 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:00,519 the Midwest. Well, another question I have on perfect a Mundo is was 262 00:20:00,559 --> 00:20:06,079 it named that way because of the Fonds Arthur Fonzarelli Happy Days in nineteen seventy 263 00:20:06,119 --> 00:20:08,720 six nineteen seventy seven, when I was in high school, that show was 264 00:20:08,839 --> 00:20:14,920 hot. Everybody liked the Fonds. The Fonds would always say perfect the Mundo. 265 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,880 There were so many great characters on that show. I love The guy 266 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:23,920 who owned Arnold's drive in his name was Mitsumu Takahashi. Oh, but he 267 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,680 changed his name to Arnold because he didn't want the expense of changing the sign. 268 00:20:29,319 --> 00:20:34,799 Too many letters in Mitsumo Takahashi. So anyhow, I was just curious 269 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:40,599 if Perfect the Mundo was named after Arthur Fonzarelli. Well, so I think 270 00:20:40,759 --> 00:20:44,559 if you were to look at all of the names in the proven Winner's Color 271 00:20:44,759 --> 00:20:48,119 choice line, you would find your answer, and it is absolutely yes, 272 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:51,240 thank you. It is yes. It was named for the fonds Is one 273 00:20:51,279 --> 00:20:55,160 of the fonds Is signature sayings. I don't think we'll name a plant sit 274 00:20:55,279 --> 00:20:59,880 on it, or a or anything like that. But it also we love 275 00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,359 the fact that perfecti mundo, even though he was kind of like, you 276 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:07,720 know, making it a take on Italian pronunciation of that, it also means 277 00:21:07,799 --> 00:21:11,480 perfect world in Spanish, and we really saw these as sort of like the 278 00:21:11,519 --> 00:21:15,720 perfect azaleas for an imperfect world, because they really are solving a lot of 279 00:21:15,759 --> 00:21:21,279 the problems that other azalias have and nothing's perfect, but these are pretty much 280 00:21:21,279 --> 00:21:23,839 as close as you can get when it comes to a re blooming azalia. 281 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:26,359 Now unfortunately out of time to tell you how to take care of it, 282 00:21:26,839 --> 00:21:30,319 but not to worry, because you can always find that in the show notes 283 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,559 at Gardening Simplified OnAir dot Com. We're gonna take a little break and when 284 00:21:33,599 --> 00:21:36,880 we come back, we're going to open up that garden mail bag, So 285 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:45,920 please stay tuned at Proven Winner's color choice. We've got a shrub for every 286 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:51,799 taste and every space. Whether you're looking for an easycare rose, an unforgettable 287 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:55,519 hydrangea, or something new and unique, you can be confident that the shrubs 288 00:21:55,559 --> 00:21:59,240 and the white containers have been trialed and tested for your success. Look for 289 00:21:59,319 --> 00:22:04,039 them at your local garden center. Greetings gardeners, and welcome back to the 290 00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:11,240 Gardening Simplified Show. I and Rick both love to help gardeners with the problems 291 00:22:11,279 --> 00:22:17,039 that they encounter on the path to gardener vana. There are many no one 292 00:22:17,119 --> 00:22:19,599 ever goes it alone, so we'll give you a good swift kick in the 293 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:26,119 plants every week. Yeah, in the past year, sometimes we've probably delivered 294 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:30,160 some news that people didn't want to hear. Sometimes we've probably delivered good news. 295 00:22:30,279 --> 00:22:33,400 But you know, we will always share our experience and knowledge. If 296 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:34,839 you have a gardening question for us, we'd love to hear from you. 297 00:22:36,079 --> 00:22:40,640 Visit Gardening Simplified on Air dot com or send it to help HLP at Gardening 298 00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:45,279 Simplified OnAir dot com and reach us there. And what do we got in 299 00:22:45,319 --> 00:22:48,759 the garden mail bag this week? Rick, Let's take a look. Janelle 300 00:22:48,839 --> 00:22:55,519 asked, what are your thoughts on old rose varieties in Michigan. Interesting question. 301 00:22:55,599 --> 00:22:57,519 It is an interesting question, and obviously I love being asked for my 302 00:22:57,599 --> 00:23:03,759 thoughts about something. It's you know, opens up a door. Okay, 303 00:23:04,279 --> 00:23:10,279 okay, so my thoughts. I love old old rose varieties, I truly 304 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:15,279 do. And you know, they are generally old roses were a lot of 305 00:23:15,319 --> 00:23:18,319 times in the show we've talked about how whether you're breeding for annuals, perennial 306 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,119 shrubs, whatever, you have a breeding goal in mind. There's a specific 307 00:23:22,279 --> 00:23:26,759 thing or things that you want to accomplish in developing that plant. And the 308 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:33,880 breeding goals for old roses were completely different than the breeding goals for roses over 309 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:37,440 the past, you know, thirty years or so, and that was that 310 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,640 they were mostly developed for fragrance, fragrance, fragrance, fragrance. So in 311 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,680 that case, I love them. That the flowers are marvelously fragrant, really 312 00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:51,640 just unworldly smells. You can smell all sorts of different nuances in them. 313 00:23:52,240 --> 00:23:57,440 But what people need to know about them is that they are not generally disease 314 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,720 resistant, so they can readily succumbed to even like a little bit of powder 315 00:24:02,759 --> 00:24:06,000 email do. A black spot is going to it's going to make a big 316 00:24:06,119 --> 00:24:10,519 difference on these plants, So you either have to be prepared to live with 317 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,960 that or treat it, which is one of the reasons why these roses have 318 00:24:14,039 --> 00:24:19,799 fallen out of favor. And second that there really was not the expectation or 319 00:24:19,839 --> 00:24:25,759 even realization that roses could rebloom. So these are roses that are going to 320 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:30,359 have a relatively small amount of flowers in early summer and then they're not really 321 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,880 going to do much again until the following summer. And that's totally fine. 322 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:38,519 There is a place for everything, you know, but I think that if 323 00:24:38,599 --> 00:24:45,279 you want to grow old roses, you do need to sort of reassess your 324 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,480 expectations of what they're going to do. And you have to be in it 325 00:24:48,559 --> 00:24:52,480 because you want that uniqueness, you want that story, and so many of 326 00:24:52,519 --> 00:24:56,799 them have such incredible stories. So I highly encourage anyone who's interested in growing 327 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:02,960 old roses to do so, but to know that they're not going to perform 328 00:25:03,279 --> 00:25:06,359 like the OsO Easy roses. They're not going to perform like the Landscape roses. 329 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,880 They aren't even going to perform like other series that we have improven winners 330 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:14,640 like Rise Up or reminiscent that have old fashioned appeal and old fashioned charm but 331 00:25:14,839 --> 00:25:18,319 modern day performance. But even those, they're not going to have that just 332 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:23,720 really complex and unique fragrance that of those truly old rows as well. Yeah, 333 00:25:23,759 --> 00:25:26,440 with the old roses, you're gonna have to look at watering at the 334 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:32,839 base, You're gonna have to become an expert at pruning, sanitation, in 335 00:25:33,079 --> 00:25:37,440 fall clean up. You're gonna have to protect that graft in cold areas so 336 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:44,440 that they over winter and stacy with this issue. I don't blame Janelle. 337 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:51,119 I agree the fragrance and the beauty unreal, but your reminiscent rose comes close 338 00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:53,880 to matching it. They do come close. They're really beautiful. They have 339 00:25:55,039 --> 00:26:00,640 that big pedal count cabbage rose as they call it. They are very fragrant. 340 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,440 Now, if you compare them to certain old roses, you're not going 341 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,240 to get that, just like I don't know, I can't even really explain 342 00:26:06,279 --> 00:26:11,440 it, just that complete sensory overload where the fragrance is just so strong. 343 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:15,200 Yeah, exactly. You know what my favorite old roses are. I love 344 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:19,319 the moss roses. Have you seen those before? They the buds get covered 345 00:26:19,559 --> 00:26:25,240 with these weird fleshy, little green tubercles that look like they're covered in moss, 346 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:29,599 and then that flower just explodes open and the fragrance is amazing, and 347 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,200 they're just their conversation piece. But again, they're not going to perform like 348 00:26:33,319 --> 00:26:37,799 that landscape rose. So it's just important that people understand what they're getting and 349 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:41,839 are choosing to grow them based on that story, based on them having that 350 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:47,720 great story, based on having that amazing history and being content with you know, 351 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:53,359 perhaps ten to twenty flowers a year instead of ten to twenty flowers new 352 00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:57,680 flowers every single day like you get with the landscape rose. Maintenance issues exactly. 353 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:03,240 Edward has two questions. I bought a few different Piniculata hydranges in quart 354 00:27:03,359 --> 00:27:08,319 size, live in Zone four, Minneapolis, Minnesota. I'm naturally concerned that 355 00:27:08,720 --> 00:27:12,559 because these plants are so small, I should cover them up for winter. 356 00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:18,839 I was thinking we should cover them with styrofoam domes or something similar so they 357 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,599 don't get crushed by the snow. And then a separate question, can you 358 00:27:22,759 --> 00:27:27,279 discuss sun requirements for incrediballs? Yeah, so, Edward, this is a 359 00:27:27,319 --> 00:27:32,000 great question, and panical hydrangeas are some of the hardiest hydranges out there. 360 00:27:32,039 --> 00:27:34,799 They're hardy to USDA Zone three. So in your case, there's no need 361 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:40,359 to protect the hydrangees just for the sake of getting them through winter. But 362 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,920 you are right since they are a quart size, which is generally like a 363 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,079 mail order size, it's pretty small, roughly a four and a half inch 364 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:51,400 wide and deep pots. Absolutely snow can crush them at such a small plant 365 00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:56,599 is like a little snack for a rabbit hopping around out there. Mice can 366 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:59,359 girdle it, so you do. Probably it's a good idea to give them 367 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:02,079 that extra la of protection until they get a little bit bigger, and then 368 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:04,880 they'll be perfectly fine. So I think those styrofoam cones, which they actually 369 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:10,000 sell for roses, would be perfectly fine to just you know, get and 370 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:11,599 set out there. You can even use something that you might have, like 371 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:18,400 a plastic garbage can or something like that, if that's easier. I just 372 00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:23,880 think that it's super important to poke ventilation holes in the styrofoam cone, super 373 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:30,519 important, And Edward, my recommendation here in Windy West, Michigan is make 374 00:28:30,559 --> 00:28:33,319 sure it's seated well on the sorrows so a mouse can't get underneath it. 375 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:37,200 And then when we get those windstorms, you know what I do. I 376 00:28:37,279 --> 00:28:42,759 get a sharpie marker and I write my phone number and then my neighbors collect 377 00:28:42,799 --> 00:28:47,440 them for Oh that's nice. And you could do the same in Minnie apples. 378 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:51,359 I'm sure you have lots of nice neat yes, Minnesota nice right. 379 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:55,880 Seeah, maybe weigh it down with some soil as you're as you're securing them 380 00:28:55,960 --> 00:28:57,319 down or something like that, but you do want to keep them in place. 381 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,119 They won't need it for long, I'd say a winter or two. 382 00:29:00,279 --> 00:29:03,839 By the time you are no longer able to fit that seraphum cone over them, 383 00:29:04,319 --> 00:29:07,440 they should be just fine to go on their own. And then you 384 00:29:07,559 --> 00:29:11,759 had a question about sun requirements for incredibles, and I thought this was a 385 00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:15,519 really good question because we hear from so many gardeners who will look at our 386 00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:18,119 tags and say, hey, I'm looking at incredible and it says full center 387 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,759 parts on. Well, which is it? And the answer is it really 388 00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:26,119 depends on where you live. Our tags go on plants all over the country, 389 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,079 and so we don't know if you're buying it in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 390 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:33,079 or if you're buying it in Arkansas. And we really have no way to 391 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,680 segment it out that way. So the answer is that in a colder climate 392 00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:41,519 like Minneapolis, you can absolutely grow Incredible in full sun six or more hours 393 00:29:41,599 --> 00:29:45,079 of bright sun a day, especially if you've got mulch and some irrigation, 394 00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:48,160 they'll be perfectly fine. Now. On the other hand, if you do 395 00:29:48,279 --> 00:29:52,480 live in Arkansas or Dallas or one of those warmer climates, you're definitely gonna 396 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:56,480 want parts on and you're gonna want that shade during the hottest part of the 397 00:29:56,559 --> 00:29:59,599 day in the afternoon, and you're definitely going to want mulch on that. 398 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,240 Yes, Incredible can take part sun in cooler climates like ours. It cannot 399 00:30:04,279 --> 00:30:08,680 take full sun in warmer climates. But you do have to understand that even 400 00:30:08,839 --> 00:30:12,640 in cooler climates, if they get too much shade, that does start to 401 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:18,319 impact the number of flowers they create. The stems might not be as strong 402 00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:22,960 because they're kind of reaching more for the light, but they can grow, 403 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:26,240 they'll live, and they'll look pretty good, but they'll be happier if they 404 00:30:26,279 --> 00:30:30,119 get at least some sun each day. Great questions, Edward, Thank you 405 00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:37,759 very mulch. Ashley writes to us about a struggle with containers realizing the soil 406 00:30:37,839 --> 00:30:44,440 and the containers isn't absorbing water. And Ashley did a little research and said, 407 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,680 I think I have hydrophobic soil. What's the deal? What do I 408 00:30:48,799 --> 00:30:51,599 do with that? You know? I thought this was such a good question 409 00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:55,880 because it's something that is very apt to happen. It doesn't always happen. 410 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,599 And the reason that this happens is because potting mixes that you'd use in a 411 00:30:59,599 --> 00:31:03,559 container are very high in peat moss, and peat moss is naturally hydrophobic exactly, 412 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:08,680 and then once it loses its moisture trying to exactly so, that means 413 00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:12,960 it's very difficult to rewet once it dries. And one of the things that 414 00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:18,279 can happen, especially in a container, is that that surface starts to dry 415 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:22,799 out and then nothing can get through it. But there are a couple of 416 00:31:22,839 --> 00:31:25,079 things that you can do to rewet it. So number one, you can 417 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:27,160 just try kind of if you can get in there, you can just rough 418 00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:32,519 it up with your fingers to try to get increase that surface area. You 419 00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:37,640 can also put a drop of dish soap in a watering can, so not 420 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:41,279 like a ton of water, but just a little bit of water. Put 421 00:31:41,319 --> 00:31:45,079 one drop of dish soap and that will actually break the surface tension. Interest 422 00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:49,079 you can also use warm water, and that warm water tip is a really 423 00:31:49,119 --> 00:31:53,119 good one, especially if you're working with potting mix or seed starting mix in 424 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:59,200 spring indoors. Warm water can really work. Wonders on rewetting your peat. 425 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,200 See if I've feel the waters running across the top surface and then down the 426 00:32:02,279 --> 00:32:07,759 sides of the pot because it's hydrophobic, I use a screwdriver. I just 427 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:13,160 use a screwdriver and get your aggressions out and just and it's worked for me 428 00:32:13,400 --> 00:32:20,119 every time. So for the screwdriver method will also work. So lots of 429 00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,079 a drink a screw driver yea. So lots of options there for resolving your 430 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:30,400 hydrophobic soil. If you have questions for us, please reach out at Gardening 431 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,160 Simplified on air dot com. When we take a break, we're going to 432 00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:42,240 come back with branching news, so please stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show 433 00:32:42,559 --> 00:32:45,920 is brought to you by proven winners Color Choice Shrubs. Our award winning flowering 434 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:51,720 shrubs and evergreens have been trialed and tested for your success so you enjoy more 435 00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:55,160 beauty and less work. Look for proven winners color choice shrubs in the distinctive 436 00:32:55,160 --> 00:33:02,160 white container at your local garden center. Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. 437 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:07,240 It's time for branching News, and right off the bat today for branching 438 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:14,200 News, wanted to mention a limerick to celebrate the event. But prior to 439 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,960 that, I'm kind of excited about the fact that we are now on Instagram. 440 00:33:19,119 --> 00:33:22,440 Ok, here we are. That's cool. Yes, it is very 441 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:24,559 cool. And so the reason we created an Instagram account is, you know, 442 00:33:24,599 --> 00:33:29,480 obviously we talk about a lot of things that where we're referencing pictures, 443 00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:34,039 right, we also know that we have a number of followers who use Instagram 444 00:33:34,119 --> 00:33:37,799 and we would love the opportunity to reshare your pictures, as you know, 445 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:42,720 to our audience as we grow that audience. So you'll find us on Instagram 446 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:49,440 at Gardening Simplified Show. So please give us a like and let us know 447 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,319 what you think, and we will continue to put content on there. You'll 448 00:33:52,359 --> 00:33:58,039 be able to see whatever plant we put on trial, things that we're sharing 449 00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,400 and seeing here on the Trial Gardens. It's going to be a little bit 450 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:01,599 of everything, and I think it's going to be a lot of fun and 451 00:34:01,759 --> 00:34:07,559 keep sending us your questions and your pictures Gardening Simplified show OnAir dot com. 452 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:12,800 And remember also that when you send us something, we of course are on 453 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,960 YouTube also and we may share that also on the YouTube version of our show, 454 00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,960 because everybody loves to see what everyone else has got cooked in their gardens. 455 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:25,840 Exactly now, Limerick to celebrate our first anniversary here on YouTube, radio 456 00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:31,280 and podcast. Thankful for support. We've amassed one year is quite an accomplishment. 457 00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:37,360 We appreciate your acknowledgement for us. It has been a blast. We 458 00:34:37,519 --> 00:34:43,480 know that we're a combo that it takes some give and go about weeds hose's 459 00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:47,559 deer. We have ranted on this show that we have planted, and even 460 00:34:47,719 --> 00:34:54,920 the occasional blamole. Thanks for sending us a question and even the occasional suggestion. 461 00:34:55,440 --> 00:35:00,840 With little control or dominion, we still will share our opinion and try 462 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:08,639 not to cause indigestion. So pardon the puns and prognostication and the occasional mispronunciation. 463 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:15,760 We handled occasional controversy and made it to our one year anniversary still standing 464 00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:24,239 and dodged cancelation, so there's celebratory limerick. So do you are there certain 465 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:32,159 things stacy that you buy impulsively, like regularly? Yeah? Anything, almost 466 00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:37,719 certainly. Yeah. See for me, I buy plants impulsively. I'm one 467 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,840 of those people walking around the yard with a plant in one hand and a 468 00:35:39,920 --> 00:35:44,039 shovel in the other, you know, trying to find a place to put 469 00:35:44,119 --> 00:35:50,519 it. I also am an impulsive buyer. I learned this about myself at 470 00:35:50,920 --> 00:35:54,960 bargain stores or second hand stores or thrift stores, because I don't know, 471 00:35:55,199 --> 00:36:01,719 it's it's no longer impulsive, it's serendipity. Serendipity it is. It's like, 472 00:36:02,079 --> 00:36:05,880 well, if I don't buy this, it's not going to be here 473 00:36:06,119 --> 00:36:09,119 as money, and it's really cheap because it's secondhand. So I kind of 474 00:36:09,159 --> 00:36:15,400 buy impulsively at thrift stores because it's fun just to go in there and poke 475 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:21,719 around. Now, the most common impulse buys of twenty twenty three, according 476 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,559 to a survey that will post on our website. Number one on the list 477 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:30,800 is clothing. Food is number two, and household items number three. Then 478 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:37,360 shoes, take out, books, toys, technology, and of course coffee. 479 00:36:38,639 --> 00:36:43,000 Everybody buys coffee. It is really an impulse buy You're just like, 480 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:45,679 oh, coffee sounds good, I'll have one, not like, oh, 481 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:50,719 I don't really need any, you know, jujubs. But here I am 482 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:53,960 in the checkout line, so I guess i'll get some good point. I 483 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:59,000 don't know. You can buy an ointment for impulsiveness. It helps with rash 484 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:02,840 decisions. Okay, so we'll post that for you. A community in South 485 00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:08,920 Florida has an adorable problem on its hands. Dozens of domesticated bunnies have overrun 486 00:37:09,079 --> 00:37:15,400 parts of Wilton Manners, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale. I've been there two 487 00:37:15,519 --> 00:37:23,039 years after a resident let loose lion head rabbits from their yard. They have 488 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:28,719 real they're real fluffy, they're so cute, and they're adorable. Exactly. 489 00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:35,320 They probably don't like Florida, And right right, the neighbors the residents are 490 00:37:35,519 --> 00:37:42,199 are basically divided, some allegedly threatening to shoot the bunnies and others trying to 491 00:37:42,440 --> 00:37:46,960 save the bunnies or let them roam free. But you're right. The animals, 492 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:52,119 which are prone to heat stroke, have been digging holes in the ground 493 00:37:52,199 --> 00:38:00,199 to escape the oppressive heat and the irritation of some residents. So so know, 494 00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,000 I've had a pet rabbit before. There are so many misconceptions about pet 495 00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:07,480 rabbits. They are not like hamsters. They're more like a dogger cat, 496 00:38:07,519 --> 00:38:10,440 which you can't leave them alone for a weekend. And I think when a 497 00:38:10,480 --> 00:38:13,920 lot of people find that, they just say, well, we'll shoot, 498 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:15,920 I'm just going to get rid of this rabbit, and they let them go 499 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:19,400 in the wild, which is terrible for the rabbit, it's terrible for the 500 00:38:19,559 --> 00:38:22,840 environment. So, you know, a lot of people who have owned rabbits 501 00:38:24,199 --> 00:38:29,679 definitely take a strong stand on knowing all the facts before you get a rabbit, 502 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,559 and if you don't want it, definitely give it up to a rabbit 503 00:38:31,639 --> 00:38:37,599 foster or local animal shelter. Please, please, please, as the story 504 00:38:37,679 --> 00:38:40,920 shows, do not release them into the wild, no matter what other rabbits 505 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:44,840 you're seeing around. Don't be part of the problem. And that's what they're 506 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,840 trying to do here and collect them up, so hopefully they're successful in that. 507 00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:52,960 Hopefully this story has a happy ending. A Canadian farmer has been ordered 508 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:58,400 to pay more than sixty one thousand, seven hundred and eighty four dollars in 509 00:38:58,559 --> 00:39:05,440 damages over and in oji. It was a confusion. He had a contract 510 00:39:06,119 --> 00:39:12,719 to grow flax, as I understand it, and the communication between him and 511 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:20,320 the grains buyer basically resulted in him just sending an emoji a thumbs up on 512 00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:27,039 the contract, and a judge ruled that a thumbs up emoji is as good 513 00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,800 as a signature, because he backed out of that order as I understand it, 514 00:39:31,159 --> 00:39:35,239 and the judge is making him stick to it, because a thumbs up 515 00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,800 emoji is as good as a signature according to this judge. Oh y, 516 00:39:39,199 --> 00:39:45,199 that's interest, God forbid you. It takes the heart emoji that what's gonna 517 00:39:45,239 --> 00:39:50,239 happen to you goes to show you you win thumb, you lose thumb. 518 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,159 Oh my, yeah. So next time you thumbs up emoji something I don't 519 00:39:55,199 --> 00:40:00,280 know, be a little bit careful because it's subject to interpretation. Right, 520 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:05,119 Just send something really confusing and totally not Jermaine to the subject to be safe. 521 00:40:06,159 --> 00:40:09,360 The judge says, I'm satisfied on the balance of probabilities that Chris okayed 522 00:40:09,519 --> 00:40:15,440 or approved the contract just like he had done before, except this time he 523 00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:21,679 used a thumbs up emoji. A thumbs up maybe handy, but now he 524 00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:27,239 has a sore thumb and he has to pay out sixty one thousand dollars because 525 00:40:27,320 --> 00:40:30,400 that is an expensive emoji. Now I want to ask you a question, 526 00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:37,079 Stacy. I have often looked at the festival in Spain that took place last 527 00:40:37,119 --> 00:40:43,079 week. It happens every year, and that is the Toma Tina Festival where 528 00:40:43,119 --> 00:40:49,159 they bring in one hundred and twenty tons of over ripe tomatoes and let people 529 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:55,679 have at it for about an hour lunchtime the last Wednesday in August and they 530 00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,960 battle in they battle in the street. Tickets for the festivals start at twelve 531 00:41:01,039 --> 00:41:07,039 euros or thirteen bucks to participate in tomatino. I would like to do that. 532 00:41:07,320 --> 00:41:10,800 You would, Oh, would that be a blast or what? Well? 533 00:41:10,880 --> 00:41:15,000 Okay, so I'm just thinking this being the overripe tomato season, have 534 00:41:15,159 --> 00:41:19,880 you smelled an over ripe tomato? Because they can get pretty gross. Bad 535 00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:24,000 tomatoes have a liquidation, that's what they have. You know, what do 536 00:41:24,039 --> 00:41:28,920 you do with bad tomato workers? You can cam them, but in this 537 00:41:29,119 --> 00:41:31,320 case, they take them into the streets and people just chuck them at each 538 00:41:31,360 --> 00:41:37,320 other and they're covered they you know, they're just covered in tomato juice. 539 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,800 And now that would be a cool I think they have it set up so 540 00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:45,920 that within an hour after you do this, everybody showered off, washed off, 541 00:41:45,039 --> 00:41:49,559 and you walk away happy and saucy and all that kind of stuff. 542 00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:52,880 Oh my goodness, I would not like to. I would I wouldn't be 543 00:41:52,039 --> 00:41:55,880 I'd be okay with watching, but I would not want to participate. So 544 00:41:55,920 --> 00:42:01,440 I can tell you that it just sounds sting. It could be if the 545 00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:07,079 tomato is somewhat yeah, firm, like it's you know, like all the 546 00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:10,119 acid like sometimes if you're working with tomatoes a lot, it can even kind 547 00:42:10,119 --> 00:42:14,559 of irritate your hands, so, you know, being covered head to toe 548 00:42:14,639 --> 00:42:20,360 and almost rotten tomatoes just as not. Well, if I'm in Spain, 549 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,639 there's other things I want to be doing. That's I guess that's what I'm 550 00:42:22,639 --> 00:42:28,079 saying. Tomatina is on my bucket list, Stacy. We want to thank 551 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:35,440 our listeners are viewers. Again. We are on radio, we podcast, 552 00:42:35,639 --> 00:42:37,840 and then of course we are on YouTube. You get a lot of bonus 553 00:42:37,880 --> 00:42:43,719 footage on YouTube. Adriana puts in pictures of plants on trial and other fun 554 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,119 little things, so the YouTube people have like a totally different experience. So 555 00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:50,880 if you listen to us on podcast or radio, swing over sometime check us 556 00:42:50,920 --> 00:42:53,960 out on YouTube too. We'd love that and you can see what it is 557 00:42:54,639 --> 00:43:00,159 we do here on the Gardening Simplify Show. Happy one year, We start 558 00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:05,679 year number two and enjoyed doing the show with you today, Stacy, look 559 00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:08,000 forward to our next one and of course thank you to Adrianna Robinson, our 560 00:43:08,159 --> 00:43:13,159 engineer and producer. Have yourself a great week. We'll talk to you again 561 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:15,480 next week here on The Gardening Simplified Show.