1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: Coming to you from Iconic Studio a here at Proven 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:10,039 Winters Color Choice Shrubs. It's time for the Gardening Simplified podcast, 3 00:00:10,199 --> 00:00:15,080 radio and YouTube show with Stacey Hervella, me Rick Weist, 4 00:00:15,119 --> 00:00:20,039 and our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Well, the bedrock 5 00:00:20,160 --> 00:00:25,000 of my personal landscape is ornamental grasses, and there's a 6 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:26,920 lot of reasons for it. I have a lot of 7 00:00:27,039 --> 00:00:30,280 deer pressure. But in addition to that, I'm trying to 8 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:34,200 grow a garden in beach sand, which is kind of 9 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,039 difficult to do. I live along the shores here in 10 00:00:38,119 --> 00:00:42,119 West Michigan of beautiful Lake Michigan. The beaches of Lake 11 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:48,840 Michigan are just simply gorgeous, and you have the unforgiving, 12 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:53,920 harsh climate of the beach for plant vegetation to grow. 13 00:00:54,479 --> 00:00:59,200 Then you have you have what i'd call the transitional 14 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:03,399 dunes that go beyond the beach and then the back dunes. 15 00:01:03,799 --> 00:01:06,439 And that's where my home is, on the back dunes, 16 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,640 so you're nestled in there. And boy, when a storm 17 00:01:10,799 --> 00:01:14,480 comes over Lake Michigan and the wind is blowing, it 18 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,480 just sounds like a freight train going overhead. But you're 19 00:01:18,519 --> 00:01:23,439 protected there. So that's a positive. I guess the downside, 20 00:01:23,719 --> 00:01:26,840 or some people wouldn't consider it a downside, and that 21 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:31,280 is come winter when the lake effect machine kicks in, 22 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:34,560 boy can it pump out the snow. And there are 23 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:39,120 many years when we get well over one hundred inches 24 00:01:39,159 --> 00:01:41,719 of snow at my house there on the back dune. 25 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,400 But of course that makes it a great place to 26 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:50,760 grow plants. Hydranges grow great, rhododendrons grow well, fruit trees 27 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:58,239 grow well tempered by beautiful Lake Michigan. But Stacy, I 28 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,640 plant primarily ornamental grasses, and I think you know, planting 29 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:07,120 ornamental grasses where I live is great because it kind 30 00:02:07,159 --> 00:02:10,800 of fits the scenery of the area. We talked about 31 00:02:10,879 --> 00:02:14,599 borrowed scenery before on the show. Of course, my borrowed 32 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,159 scenery is the beautiful beaches of Lake Michigan. You'll see 33 00:02:18,199 --> 00:02:22,360 the marram grass growing there, also the sand reed grass 34 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:28,759 and the milkweed growing in abundance. Unfortunately, some invasive species 35 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,639 two spotted napweed came into the United States in the 36 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:36,520 late eighteen hundreds. I think it was ejected out of 37 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:40,719 ship ballast if I recall correctly, and you'll see spotted 38 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:45,159 napweed there too, So I decided to plant lots of 39 00:02:45,319 --> 00:02:48,840 ornamental grasses in my landscape. Of course, I'm also the 40 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,039 cana king, and we'll talk about that in segment four 41 00:02:52,120 --> 00:02:55,439 because I've been having some problems with my cannas that 42 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,680 I want to share with our listeners and our viewers 43 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:03,120 and get your take on that. But the ornamental grasses, 44 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:07,039 I just love the way that they sway in the breeze. 45 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:12,120 They're so tough, reliable, drought resistant, deer resistant, and that's 46 00:03:12,120 --> 00:03:15,759 a big reason I plant them in abundance in my landscape. 47 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 2: And you know, they're so diverse. When we talk about 48 00:03:18,080 --> 00:03:21,719 ornamental grasses, you know people probably have like a miscanthus 49 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:23,759 or something like that that comes to mind. But the 50 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,960 fact is that the ornamental grasses is a huge number 51 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:33,599 of different genera and different varieties and different colors, different shapes, 52 00:03:34,599 --> 00:03:37,719 So it's not a monolith. You can have an ornamental 53 00:03:37,719 --> 00:03:41,919 grass garden that is really varied and elegant and interesting 54 00:03:43,159 --> 00:03:44,599 and not just misscanthus. 55 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,639 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly. As a matter of fact, a grass that 56 00:03:47,759 --> 00:03:53,000 I love are the panicums, prairie winds, panicums, switchgrass totem 57 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:56,400 pole is a favorite of mine and for those watching 58 00:03:56,599 --> 00:04:02,439 on YouTube, Adriana will drop in pictures of my personal landscape. 59 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,319 If you're not watching on YouTube, listening to the podcast 60 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,439 or radio, we'll put some of the pictures in the 61 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:13,800 show notes at our website Gardening Simplified on air dot com. 62 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:17,279 But Stacy, I love panic. A totem pole is a 63 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:22,279 variety that's sturdy durabullets and ornamental grass that can really 64 00:04:22,319 --> 00:04:26,720 withstand at verse weather conditions. But it's just a column 65 00:04:26,759 --> 00:04:31,160 of steel blue foliage and just goes straight up in 66 00:04:31,199 --> 00:04:34,519 the air. And when that thing starts to flower and 67 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,759 is in its beauty in July, August and September, I 68 00:04:37,879 --> 00:04:40,920 literally have people ringing the doorbell asking me what that is. 69 00:04:41,079 --> 00:04:43,560 Speaker 2: It is beautiful, it has structure, it has color, and 70 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,360 that beautiful blue, I think is something that goes so 71 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,480 nicely with everything else. And it really goes to show 72 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:53,639 you that ornamental grasses aren't boring. People think, oh, it's 73 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:57,199 just a grass. Grass is boring, grass is lawns. But again, 74 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,879 you get that blue, that structure. It's a refreshing alternative 75 00:05:02,079 --> 00:05:06,000 to Carl Forster cal macgrassis, which is a fabulous grass. 76 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:11,079 It's beautiful, it has that same super upright structural presence 77 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:14,879 in the garden, but it's gotten a little overused over 78 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:15,879 the past several years. 79 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,079 Speaker 1: I would say, I'm glad you brought it up, and 80 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:23,160 that's why it's not in my landscape. Panicom's also Niagara 81 00:05:23,199 --> 00:05:27,120 Falls is a great proven winter's grass. Lightning Bolt is 82 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,160 a favorite of mine. Also Chyenne the Sky because of 83 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:34,519 the color as we go through summer into fall, and Stacy, 84 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:40,839 you mentioned miss Canthus. Now miss Canthus is just I'm 85 00:05:40,839 --> 00:05:44,839 going to say the bedrock of my landscape. Morning light 86 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,519 is a variety that I love. Very light, fine foliage, 87 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,160 lightly variegated, just dances in the breeze. Of course, you 88 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:57,920 can also choose miss Canthus that have as opposed to 89 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:04,160 vertical variegation horizontal variegation, left bandwidth. 90 00:06:04,279 --> 00:06:06,199 Speaker 2: I love that. I think it just looks there as 91 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,519 a brinus. Yes, I love that one. And it's a 92 00:06:09,560 --> 00:06:12,839 little bit wacky. It's not for everybody, and I don't 93 00:06:12,839 --> 00:06:14,839 actually have it in my garden, but every time I 94 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:16,639 see it, I think I should find a place for that, 95 00:06:16,720 --> 00:06:18,800 because I do love it. It's quite unique. 96 00:06:18,879 --> 00:06:20,639 Speaker 1: It is a little wacky, but it's good. 97 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:21,759 Speaker 2: That's a good thing for me. 98 00:06:21,800 --> 00:06:23,879 Speaker 1: That's a good thing you bet when it comes to 99 00:06:23,879 --> 00:06:27,319 miss Canthus, there are many different cultivars that you can 100 00:06:27,439 --> 00:06:30,720 choose from. For me, I consider the gold standard of 101 00:06:30,759 --> 00:06:33,720 miss Canthus and we have pictures of it to be 102 00:06:33,879 --> 00:06:38,560 October Fest. It blooms much earlier, so it's perfect for 103 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:43,319 shorter seasons in the north. The inflorescence is there by August. 104 00:06:43,399 --> 00:06:47,319 It's a burgundy copper color transitioning to a cream color. 105 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:52,839 Proven Winners has one called Encore. I believe my favorite 106 00:06:52,920 --> 00:06:56,680 of the miss Caanthus grasses. And then of course you've 107 00:06:56,680 --> 00:07:01,519 got to mention Penacetum's Lemon Squeeze is a proven winter's 108 00:07:01,560 --> 00:07:04,240 grass that I love in my landscape and gives you 109 00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:10,319 some color desert plains, prairie winds, desert plains is great. 110 00:07:10,839 --> 00:07:15,639 And then I'm very much into the annual grasses. You know, 111 00:07:15,839 --> 00:07:19,360 some people don't want to plant annual grasses because they're like, man, 112 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,319 I'm wasting my money. I got to dig them up. 113 00:07:22,639 --> 00:07:26,079 But you're doing that with other annuals and they're amazing. 114 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:32,800 Rubrim Purple Fountain Vertigo is a proven Winner's variety, gets 115 00:07:32,959 --> 00:07:38,279 very large, has saber shaped purple foliage. And then Skyrocket 116 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:41,680 is a new favorite of mine. A variegated annual grass, 117 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:44,439 a proven winter's grass. Wow, that thing's gorgeous. 118 00:07:44,519 --> 00:07:47,279 Speaker 2: You know, I think when it comes to growing ornamental 119 00:07:47,319 --> 00:07:50,639 grasses is an annual, people get a little confused. They 120 00:07:50,680 --> 00:07:52,600 probably think, like, I'm not going to pay for that. 121 00:07:52,639 --> 00:07:54,839 I could have a perennial one. And that doesn't quite 122 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:58,959 click that Some ornamental grasses are not actually hardy or 123 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,839 they do legitimate just have that one year life cycle 124 00:08:01,879 --> 00:08:04,000 where they're going to complete that in one year, go 125 00:08:04,040 --> 00:08:07,720 from seed to seed. But yeah, for the right kind 126 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:10,560 of container, and if you like that vibe in that look, 127 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,199 they're absolutely worth it, just as much as any other 128 00:08:13,319 --> 00:08:16,040 tropical or you know, big statement plant would be that 129 00:08:16,079 --> 00:08:17,240 you're planting in your containers. 130 00:08:17,319 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, you bet. And did I mention I'm trying to 131 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,600 grow in beach sand. Now I'm growing a lot of 132 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:26,040 other things too, And you'll see from pictures of my landscape. 133 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:31,680 Have a vegetable garden. My family loves green zebra tomatoes, 134 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,600 and so I love growing the vegetable plants. We grow 135 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:40,759 the vegetable plants in the garden. Many other cultivars blue 136 00:08:40,799 --> 00:08:44,679 Atlas cedar, of course, I mentioned the cannas and Stacy 137 00:08:44,799 --> 00:08:49,919 I have learned that dear villa is a very important 138 00:08:49,919 --> 00:08:53,320 plant in my landscape. It's very drought tolerant, very colorful. 139 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:55,519 It does really well there on the back doom. 140 00:08:55,559 --> 00:08:58,320 Speaker 2: And you know, I do love it. I have a 141 00:08:58,440 --> 00:09:02,080 Kodiak blackter villa paired with shy and sky panic and 142 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,399 it's such a pretty combination. I wish I could take 143 00:09:05,399 --> 00:09:07,960 credit for it, but it just kind of happens. But 144 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,519 that is, it is a really nice combination, and it 145 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,559 can really tolerate those similar conditions. Not quite as deer 146 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,320 resistant as the grass is, but the grass can also 147 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,000 kind of function to deter the deer a bit by, 148 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:20,879 you know, forcing them to step through it if they 149 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:23,240 want to, you know, munch the flowers off the davilla. 150 00:09:23,440 --> 00:09:28,879 Speaker 1: Sure. Yeah. And then finally there is some blue lime 151 00:09:29,000 --> 00:09:32,320 grass on the dune. Some people would cringe. I don't 152 00:09:32,399 --> 00:09:35,639 recommend you planted. It is rhizotomous and it can get 153 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:38,000 out of hand quite quickly. But again, when you're trying 154 00:09:38,039 --> 00:09:40,320 to grow in beach sand and you have an area 155 00:09:40,360 --> 00:09:44,519 where it's functional. Same thing with the loriope. I have 156 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:47,559 a variety and you'll see the picture of big blue 157 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:51,159 when it blooms boy, is that functional. So again, when 158 00:09:51,159 --> 00:09:53,960 your landscape, you've got to look at the environment you're 159 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:58,720 working with the community that you're living in and make 160 00:09:58,799 --> 00:10:01,879 some choices as far as is your plant material is concerned. 161 00:10:01,879 --> 00:10:05,759 And I can't help it, Stacy, I'm into ornamental grasses. 162 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 2: I already knew that about you. But it's good to 163 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:11,799 have the list down there and have the photos and 164 00:10:11,919 --> 00:10:14,360 have it all confirmed for our listeners. And they are 165 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,720 great problem solving plants, and you know, that's what we're 166 00:10:17,759 --> 00:10:20,320 all about, is having plants that solve problems. And that's 167 00:10:20,320 --> 00:10:23,759 a difficult situation growing in the beach and having deer 168 00:10:23,879 --> 00:10:26,360 and all of these other issues. And you know, the 169 00:10:26,399 --> 00:10:28,639 other thing is a lot of ornamental grass is take 170 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,639 up a lot of space, so you're not spending as 171 00:10:31,759 --> 00:10:34,639 much money to fill that space and you're getting almost 172 00:10:34,840 --> 00:10:37,919 year round impact. Really, the only time ornamental grasses aren't 173 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:40,320 at their best, it's pretty much like March and April, right. 174 00:10:40,399 --> 00:10:43,360 Other than that, they're contributing to the landscape and looking amazing. 175 00:10:43,240 --> 00:10:47,879 Speaker 1: Absolutely well, speaking of problems, how's Stacy going to tie 176 00:10:47,919 --> 00:10:52,639 in ornamental grasses with plants on trial today? Stay tuned, 177 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:55,399 We're going to find out next here on the Gardening 178 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:56,679 Simplified Show. 179 00:11:01,799 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 2: Prooven Winter's Colored Choic Shrubs cares about your success in 180 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,440 the garden. That's why we trial and test all of 181 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:10,080 our shrubs for eight to ten years, making sure they 182 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:12,799 outperform everything else on the market. Look for them and 183 00:11:12,879 --> 00:11:18,080 the distinctive white container at your local garden center. Greetings, 184 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,240 gardening friends, and welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show, 185 00:11:21,279 --> 00:11:25,679 where the order of the day is grass. And you know, 186 00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:27,840 this is kind of a tough one for me to 187 00:11:28,039 --> 00:11:31,759 pull into plants on trial because I don't know if 188 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:35,639 our listeners realize this, but Prooven Winner's Color Choy Shrubs 189 00:11:35,720 --> 00:11:38,200 we sell shrubs and shrubs are woody plants, and a 190 00:11:38,240 --> 00:11:40,960 woody plant is something like you know, you know from 191 00:11:41,039 --> 00:11:44,000 tree rings. If you cut into the stem of a shrub, 192 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,759 it's going to be concentric rings like a tree that 193 00:11:46,840 --> 00:11:49,919 you could count and see how old that particular stem is, 194 00:11:49,960 --> 00:11:54,480 and that's what makes it a woody plant. However, grasses 195 00:11:54,720 --> 00:11:59,039 are herbaceous plants and they are monocots. So if you 196 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,919 think way, way way way way back to high school 197 00:12:01,919 --> 00:12:06,080 biology or whatever that looked like for you, a die 198 00:12:06,159 --> 00:12:09,320 coot is sort of your classic seedling. When it germinates, 199 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,200 it has the two little leaves coming off, So like 200 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,720 the classic seedling that you think of, when a monocot germinates, 201 00:12:15,279 --> 00:12:17,240 it is just a sheath. So you've seen grass seed. 202 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:18,879 Most of us have seen grass ed, whether we wanted 203 00:12:18,919 --> 00:12:22,320 to or not, because grass can, you know, spread itself 204 00:12:22,360 --> 00:12:23,799 around and make a little bit of a pest of 205 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:27,320 itself so that just a little sheath comes up. That 206 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:33,320 is a monocot. And there are no woody monicots. And 207 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:35,600 that might not mean a lot to you just to 208 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,240 hear that, but what this actually means is that some 209 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,240 plants that a lot of people think of as trees 210 00:12:42,519 --> 00:12:48,600 or woody plants are not actually trees. So palms are 211 00:12:48,639 --> 00:12:52,960 not trees, Bananas are not trees. And another one that 212 00:12:52,960 --> 00:12:55,720 people might be more familiar with is the houseplant is dressina. 213 00:12:55,879 --> 00:12:58,279 So you got the corn palm. You also have the 214 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,720 dragon tree that is, you know, sort of a classic 215 00:13:00,759 --> 00:13:04,200 symbol of certain parts of Africa in the landscape there. 216 00:13:04,919 --> 00:13:07,279 And so even though all of those things have a 217 00:13:07,320 --> 00:13:10,000 tree like habit, they have what appears to be a 218 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:13,399 long tail trunk and a canopy up on top. They 219 00:13:13,519 --> 00:13:16,960 are not trees because they're not woody plants. There are 220 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:20,440 no woody monocots. So what happens the difference is when, 221 00:13:20,759 --> 00:13:22,840 if and when you were to cut into a palm 222 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,120 or a banana or something like that, what you're going 223 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:30,080 to see is just like fibers. It's kind of hard 224 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:32,399 to explain. Of course, if you live in a warm climate, 225 00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:34,720 you've seen this dozens of times. You know, palms get 226 00:13:34,799 --> 00:13:36,519 damaged in hurricanes or whatever, and then you just got 227 00:13:36,559 --> 00:13:39,320 to why they Yeah, they have to use machetes. You 228 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,720 can't use a chainsaw. A chainsaw will not work on them. 229 00:13:41,759 --> 00:13:43,879 It just will get all jammed up with those fibers. 230 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,320 So if you live in a warm climate, you have 231 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:48,440 certainly seen this before. But if you don't live in 232 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,440 a warm climate, it kind of comes as a shock 233 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,360 to be like, what do you mean? A palm is 234 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:55,240 not a tree. A tree is a tall thing with 235 00:13:55,240 --> 00:14:00,480 a trunk and leaves on top. So we're gonna have 236 00:14:00,480 --> 00:14:03,720 pictures of what this looks like on the YouTube version 237 00:14:03,720 --> 00:14:05,440 of the show as well as in the show notes, 238 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:07,480 so you can kind of make sense of that. But yeah, 239 00:14:07,519 --> 00:14:10,759 so they don't make those rings. Now, Banana plants do 240 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:14,080 make what looks like rings, but they're not tree rings 241 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,600 because they're not woody. What they are is the leaf 242 00:14:17,639 --> 00:14:19,679 bases or the bottom of the leaves that made up 243 00:14:19,679 --> 00:14:23,200 the banana plant all nestled together and kind of spiraling around. 244 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,080 So it does kind of look like a like it 245 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:29,519 does have concentric rings, but it's actually stacked up leaves. 246 00:14:29,759 --> 00:14:30,559 Speaker 1: That's bananas. 247 00:14:30,759 --> 00:14:34,200 Speaker 2: It is a little bit bananas. Yeah. So you know, 248 00:14:34,279 --> 00:14:36,399 when we're trying we're talking about grasses, and I'm trying 249 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:38,039 to tie in plants on trial, Like, how do I 250 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:41,279 do that when we have no shrubs in the proven 251 00:14:41,320 --> 00:14:45,840 Winter's colored choice line that are monocots and grasses aren't 252 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,000 woody plants. So I had to think about a different approach, 253 00:14:49,559 --> 00:14:53,000 and I started thinking about grass companions. And you know, 254 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:56,000 people talk a lot about companion planting very often. It 255 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,759 comes up in terms of vegetables. And if you plant 256 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:00,759 these two things together, they can of help each other 257 00:15:00,799 --> 00:15:03,679 out from a physical standpoint, like if you use you know, 258 00:15:03,759 --> 00:15:06,600 beans to climb cornstock that does work. There is not 259 00:15:06,759 --> 00:15:09,519 any scientific evidence as of yet that you know, one 260 00:15:09,559 --> 00:15:12,600 plant will improve the flavor of another or repel pests 261 00:15:12,639 --> 00:15:14,519 for another. It's still a fun thing to practice, but 262 00:15:15,039 --> 00:15:19,720 really the key to companion planting is matching plants that 263 00:15:19,759 --> 00:15:23,039 need the same conditions more than anything else. You can't 264 00:15:23,039 --> 00:15:27,039 have two plants close together that need dramatically different conditions. 265 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:31,240 And so as reck is already established, grass needs full sun. 266 00:15:31,279 --> 00:15:35,879 There are very few shade tolerant grasses. Do you grow hakonakloa? 267 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:38,720 That's pretty much what I've always heard is like the 268 00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:42,320 one reasonably shade tolerant shitty spot. 269 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 1: On the east side of the house, and it does great. 270 00:15:44,039 --> 00:15:47,919 Speaker 2: Yes, So most grasses are definitely full sun plants, even 271 00:15:47,919 --> 00:15:49,840 if you live in a hot climate and they want 272 00:15:49,840 --> 00:15:53,120 pretty dry soil. If you over water grass, if they 273 00:15:53,159 --> 00:15:56,840 are in too much water, if they are on irrigation, 274 00:15:57,200 --> 00:16:00,360 they get floppy. They don't have that nice erect look, 275 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,919 that strong structural look. They just kind of go blu 276 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,519 and flop. So that's not great. So you want plants 277 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:09,720 that can take those same kind of conditions. Now, there 278 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:11,759 are plenty of shrubs that, of course are very heat 279 00:16:11,879 --> 00:16:15,320 and sun and drought tolerant. But then the other factor 280 00:16:15,360 --> 00:16:19,960 of picking a companion plant is do you pick something 281 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,679 that picks up the slack at a time when the 282 00:16:23,799 --> 00:16:27,039 other plant is not at its best, or do you 283 00:16:27,120 --> 00:16:30,320 just gild the lily and get something that is going 284 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:33,639 to look amazing when the other plants are at their 285 00:16:33,639 --> 00:16:37,399 best and it's just an over the top you know, look, 286 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,559 it's an explosion of bloom. So for today's plan on trial, 287 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:43,759 I decided to go with a picking up the slack method, 288 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:48,000 because again, as great as ornamental grasses are, they are 289 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,720 not at their best in March and April. And that 290 00:16:50,919 --> 00:16:54,120 is kind of a tough thing because those are definitely 291 00:16:54,159 --> 00:16:57,960 months where you're pretty tired of brown. You want some green, 292 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,240 you want some things to be growing, and so you 293 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:04,680 can forgive them for the other ten months of beauty 294 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:06,599 that they give you, but March and April, we gotta 295 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:07,960 face it, every plant has its time. 296 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,519 Speaker 1: You're chopping them back and you're digging and dividing. 297 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,079 Speaker 2: And they haven't started to grow yet. Because most a 298 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,480 lot of the grasses that we grow as ornamental grasses 299 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:17,920 are what's known as warm season grasses, and they don't 300 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:21,240 start growing until it's actually quite warm out well into May. 301 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,599 So you do have that long window where there's nothing 302 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:28,559 happening except a little patch of stubble in your garden. 303 00:17:28,680 --> 00:17:34,000 So today's plan on trial is Sister Redhead, Scotch broom 304 00:17:34,240 --> 00:17:38,119 or sitisis controversy. I like it. It is a little 305 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,359 bit controversial. Now there's probably going to get a lot 306 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:43,319 of people out there going what's controversial about it. I've 307 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:45,359 tried to grow scotch broom and I cannot grow it. 308 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,000 It lives for one year and it dies. Whereas other 309 00:17:49,039 --> 00:17:51,839 people are like, I'm going to come through that radio 310 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:55,759 and smack you, Stacy, because scotch broom is a horrible 311 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:58,839 invasive and it's true, Scotch broom is very, very invasive 312 00:17:58,839 --> 00:18:02,759 in some areas, particularly the Pacific Northwest and the southeast. 313 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:07,119 But I picked Sister Redhead for two reasons. Number one 314 00:18:07,240 --> 00:18:10,079 is it is in our in check program, which means 315 00:18:10,119 --> 00:18:13,480 that it does not set seed. So Sister Redhead specifically 316 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,480 will not spread by seed. Now, if you live in 317 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:20,599 an area where ssyitisis is already invasive, you can't grow 318 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,599 this or any other one. It is banned. It can't 319 00:18:22,599 --> 00:18:25,079 be shipped into your state. But in other areas, again 320 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:27,599 it's some people really have a hard time trying to 321 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:29,680 grow it, and the reason that they would want to 322 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:32,519 grow it in the first place is because it has 323 00:18:32,839 --> 00:18:36,759 beautiful flowers and sister redhead, as you might guess by 324 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:39,240 the name bright red flowers, and you all know how 325 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:41,480 I feel about red flowers. It's my absolute favorite. I'm 326 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:43,640 crazy about them. I don't have sister redhead in my garden, 327 00:18:43,680 --> 00:18:47,319 but bright red flowers with a little dab of yellow 328 00:18:47,319 --> 00:18:51,839 in there. It's just incredible color. And it's blooming usually 329 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:54,680 in about April and May, so right at that time 330 00:18:54,720 --> 00:18:57,559 where those grasses are just like I just got cut back. 331 00:18:57,680 --> 00:18:59,720 I need a few weeks here to get my stuff 332 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:03,319 together and be able to grow again. So very very 333 00:19:03,319 --> 00:19:05,759 colorful flowers to make up for that time when the 334 00:19:05,759 --> 00:19:08,359 grasses aren't looking their best. And they have quite a 335 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,599 unique texture as well. And it's a plant I can 336 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,400 honestly say I have been asked about so much, even 337 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:17,920 when I was in California and it was invasive in 338 00:19:17,960 --> 00:19:20,279 the woods and it was just like so painful to see. 339 00:19:20,279 --> 00:19:22,480 My brother in law was like, what is that cool plant? 340 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,960 You know, not knowing of course that it was invasive. 341 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,160 Because the stems are green, they're kind of thin and wiry, 342 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,279 they actually look a bit like a grass, and then 343 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,880 tiny little leaves so the overall effect of a scotch 344 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,160 room is really quite unusual texture and color. It's green 345 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,200 all year round and so it almost has a look 346 00:19:45,599 --> 00:19:48,279 like a grass as well. And of course it is 347 00:19:48,640 --> 00:19:52,160 very it needs full sun and if you have any 348 00:19:52,279 --> 00:19:57,079 drainage problems whatsoever, this plant is not going to live 349 00:19:57,599 --> 00:20:01,079 in your yard. It can't take white soil. It's probably, 350 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,839 i would say, in my experience, even more sensitive to 351 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:06,000 wet soil than maybe even butterfly bush. 352 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 1: Wow. 353 00:20:06,839 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 2: Have you ever tried to grow it? 354 00:20:08,519 --> 00:20:11,440 Speaker 1: No? I have not. And if you're keeping score at home, 355 00:20:11,559 --> 00:20:17,799 Stacy's talking about Sister Redhead scotch broom, Stacy, you pronounced 356 00:20:17,839 --> 00:20:23,920 the botanical name cyitisis okayiss Sister Redhead. That was a 357 00:20:23,960 --> 00:20:27,240 great band when I was in high school. I enjoyed them. 358 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 2: Well, you can thank tim Wood for that name. And 359 00:20:30,680 --> 00:20:32,720 like I said, it does not set seed. It is 360 00:20:32,759 --> 00:20:36,359 a really unique and unusual color, and it's a great 361 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:38,759 plant to add spring color as well as to kind 362 00:20:38,759 --> 00:20:42,279 of pick up that slack when your ornamental grasses are 363 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,480 just really you know, great idea not quite ready to 364 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,359 do their thing. There are other colors of citisis out there. 365 00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,400 You can find pink and yellow of course is the 366 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,200 most common, and the one that is very, very invasive 367 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,559 is a yellow one. That's the one that you'll see 368 00:20:56,480 --> 00:21:01,720 everywhere in those areas. And yeah, it's it gets three 369 00:21:01,759 --> 00:21:04,680 to four feet tall and wide, so another nice size 370 00:21:04,720 --> 00:21:07,359 to kind of mix in with grasses. Some ornamental grasses 371 00:21:07,759 --> 00:21:11,480 get to be humongous eight to ten feet tall, but overall, Rick, 372 00:21:11,599 --> 00:21:13,279 probably the ones in your yard are more in that 373 00:21:13,440 --> 00:21:14,160 like three. 374 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,039 Speaker 1: To six foot range. 375 00:21:15,079 --> 00:21:18,720 Speaker 2: I would guess that is the most common hardy down 376 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:24,039 to USDA Zone five, heat tolerant through USDA Zone eight. Again, 377 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:29,440 well drained soil is imperative, and it is extremely dear resistant, 378 00:21:29,519 --> 00:21:34,119 making another great characteristic to go with those ornamental grasses. 379 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,319 Speaker 1: So Buck stops here. 380 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,960 Speaker 2: You can take a look at photos of Sister Redhead 381 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:41,000 Scotch Broom at Gardeningsimplified on air dot com or just 382 00:21:41,039 --> 00:21:43,440 check us out on YouTube. You'll see all the photos 383 00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,480 of it there. So again, this is not a plant 384 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:48,960 necessarily everyone can add to their garden, but if you're 385 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,599 in an area, and even if you're concerned about it spreading, 386 00:21:51,599 --> 00:21:53,519 Sister Redhead, it does not set seats, so you don't 387 00:21:53,519 --> 00:21:55,160 have to worry about that. We're going to take a 388 00:21:55,160 --> 00:21:56,839 little break. When we come back, we're opening up the 389 00:21:56,880 --> 00:22:06,240 garden mail bag, so please stay tuned. At proven winner's 390 00:22:06,279 --> 00:22:09,160 color choice, We've got a shrub for every taste and 391 00:22:09,319 --> 00:22:12,559 every space. Whether you're looking for an easycare rose and 392 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:16,000 unforgettable hydrangea, or something new and unique, you can be 393 00:22:16,039 --> 00:22:18,400 confident that the shrubs and the white containers have been 394 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,319 trialed and tested for your success. Look for them at 395 00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:26,640 your local garden center. Greetings, gardening friends, and welcome back 396 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:29,319 to the Gardening Simplified Show. It's one of my favorite 397 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,799 times of the show where I get to answer your 398 00:22:31,839 --> 00:22:34,799 garden questions. We'll talk about what our opinions are and 399 00:22:34,839 --> 00:22:37,559 our experience. So if you have a question about gardening, 400 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:39,799 you are most welcome to reach out to us at 401 00:22:39,799 --> 00:22:43,000 help HLP, at Gardening Simplified on air dot com, or 402 00:22:43,039 --> 00:22:45,440 just visit Gardening Simplified on air dot com. You can 403 00:22:45,480 --> 00:22:47,480 ask a question there. You can even attach a photo, 404 00:22:47,519 --> 00:22:49,799 which it's always so good to see a photo. It's 405 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:52,759 very hard to be a plant detective and a psychic, 406 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:57,319 so photos are always welcome and you can easily do that, 407 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,519 So yeah, please do reach out to us if you 408 00:22:59,519 --> 00:23:02,319 have any question, especially as we go into fall, you know, 409 00:23:02,480 --> 00:23:04,400 people don't know what they're gonna Should I do this? 410 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:07,319 Should I do that? And remember the answers always win 411 00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:12,680 in doubt. Don't so eat that in mind, uh as 412 00:23:12,799 --> 00:23:16,480 you as you face your upcoming garden quandaries. 413 00:23:16,599 --> 00:23:18,759 Speaker 1: I think of Stacy all the time when I'm working 414 00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:21,559 in my garden, and I'm like, should I move when 415 00:23:21,559 --> 00:23:22,319 in doubt? Don't? 416 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,599 Speaker 2: I mean when it comes to like a design thing 417 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,960 that's different. But I always say, you can always buy time, 418 00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:31,480 Like you can't necessarily undo it, but you can, Like 419 00:23:31,519 --> 00:23:33,880 if you have a crazy idea, and I have acted 420 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,720 on several crazy ideas in my garden without thinking, you know, 421 00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:40,160 it's best to like give it some time to marinate 422 00:23:40,279 --> 00:23:41,359 and then come back to it. 423 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:43,519 Speaker 1: Like when I'm at the gas station and I'm looking 424 00:23:43,559 --> 00:23:46,480 at that candy bar and I'm thinking, and then I 425 00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:49,599 think of Stacy, and I think, when in doubt, don't It's. 426 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 2: Good advice for so very many things in life. So 427 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,880 exactly what's in the mailbag? 428 00:23:55,079 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 1: All right? Stacy? Judith writes to us, I have a 429 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,559 flowering dogwood about seven years old, which had blooms on 430 00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:03,799 its top branches. This spring. It now has for the 431 00:24:03,839 --> 00:24:06,720 first time a stem one or two inches straight up 432 00:24:06,759 --> 00:24:09,599 from where the bloom was, and on top of the 433 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:13,960 stem a dark pink round ball, not berry. I checked. 434 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:16,960 Do you know what it is? Yes? 435 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:19,480 Speaker 2: And it is one of my favorite things about fall. 436 00:24:20,519 --> 00:24:22,240 So I want to first I thought this was such 437 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:25,359 a good question to answer, because people know flowering dogwoods. 438 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,920 We have flowering dogwoods native here in Michigan and through 439 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,200 a great deal of the United States. They're beautiful, they're iconic. 440 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:34,720 My grandma had one in front of her house growing up. 441 00:24:34,799 --> 00:24:36,279 We had my mom has one in front of her 442 00:24:36,319 --> 00:24:41,119 house now, and so they're really widespread. But that native 443 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:46,200 flowering dogwood corners Florida is not the only dogwood anymore. 444 00:24:46,039 --> 00:24:49,519 The other there are other dogwoods flowering dogwood trees in 445 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:54,599 town that you can plant instead. And so Cornis cusa, 446 00:24:54,599 --> 00:24:58,480 also known as Korean dogwood, is one that has really 447 00:24:58,519 --> 00:25:02,440 become quite popular over the last I would say twenty 448 00:25:02,599 --> 00:25:03,920 ish years or so years. 449 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: I much prefer it. 450 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 2: It is beautiful, and I mean, if you love flowers, 451 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,519 you cannot beat Corners cusa. This thing is a flowering 452 00:25:13,519 --> 00:25:17,240 machine that creates way more flowers, it has a very 453 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:22,799 distinctive horizontal branching, and it's just the tree. It just 454 00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:25,720 has a totally different presence in the landscape. If you 455 00:25:25,759 --> 00:25:28,359 have more of like an informal woodlandy kind of garden, 456 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,160 you might want to stick with our native dogwood. But 457 00:25:31,319 --> 00:25:33,440 if you are just trying to landscape your house and 458 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,680 have an absolute stunner of a tree, it's hard to 459 00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:39,079 beat Cornis cusa Korean dogwood well. 460 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,119 Speaker 1: And it tends to bloom later than Corners. 461 00:25:41,759 --> 00:25:43,640 Speaker 2: Florida, right quite a bit. Yeah, that's a good point. 462 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:46,839 Speaker 1: And so if you're in the north, those bracts or 463 00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:49,720 blooms or whatever you want to call them are longer 464 00:25:49,880 --> 00:25:50,720 lived too. 465 00:25:50,839 --> 00:25:53,839 Speaker 2: Just oh much longer. Yeah, So the Corners Florida, as 466 00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:57,319 many spring flowering plants can do, it can blast through. 467 00:25:57,400 --> 00:25:59,880 If we have like a hot, dry spring, you will 468 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,559 enjoy those flowers for very long, whereas the Corners Cusa 469 00:26:03,599 --> 00:26:06,079 blooms for us here in Michigan June about mid to 470 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,000 late June, and yeah, those flowers will be effective for 471 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:12,519 nearly a month. So the flowers are one big difference. 472 00:26:12,599 --> 00:26:15,920 The foliage is similar, but much glossier and showier. The 473 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:19,480 plant is more dense. But the cool thing about it, 474 00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:22,400 the reason that I personally would grow a cornerscoose. Actually 475 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,440 I do have a corner scouse in my garden. It's 476 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:26,200 just very young, so I haven't thought about it much. 477 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,279 Is the fall fruit, and that's what Judith is seeing. 478 00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:34,400 So if the plants are fertilized, and sometimes you know, 479 00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:36,960 as with many trees fruiting, whether the fruits are edible 480 00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:40,119 or not, it can take several years before they actually 481 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:41,880 set fruit. So I think that's what's happening here. This 482 00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,039 was still a relatively young plant. Even though it's been flowering. 483 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,079 Not all of the flowers got pollinated for this fruit 484 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:50,920 to form. And the fruit on cornice cusa, it's so cool. 485 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,960 It's like a It is a little ball, and it 486 00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:56,000 kind of has these like small, delicate little I don't 487 00:26:56,039 --> 00:26:57,759 want to call them spines or spikes because they're not 488 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,880 they're not you know, they're not firm. They won't like 489 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,079 cut you or cause you pain. But it almost looks like, 490 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:06,839 I don't know, some sort of piece of artillery or 491 00:27:06,839 --> 00:27:07,599 something like a mace. 492 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,200 Speaker 1: Like, yeah, we always call them pink spiky soccer balls. 493 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:14,759 I say, it's a pink spiky soccer ball, and some 494 00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:19,759 trees in nature just produce these spiky ornaments that are 495 00:27:19,759 --> 00:27:22,240 so much fun and fall I think of sweet gum. 496 00:27:22,079 --> 00:27:24,680 Speaker 2: All yep, now that is colorful, yes. 497 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 1: But I agree with you that the kusa I think 498 00:27:28,759 --> 00:27:30,119 saves the best for last. 499 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, there's such unusual fruits. They start out kind of 500 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,279 white and then they become pink and then they turn 501 00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:39,440 like a red. So they undergo this color change, it 502 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:42,319 gets good. The foliage gets good fall color as well, 503 00:27:42,759 --> 00:27:47,039 so you're just getting this incredible combination. Just really interesting. 504 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:50,279 And the fruits are edible. Have you ever tried them before? Yes, 505 00:27:50,319 --> 00:27:54,279 they're actually pretty tasty. They have a good flavor. The 506 00:27:54,319 --> 00:27:56,960 only thing is they are mealy. They have like a 507 00:27:57,039 --> 00:27:59,519 mealy texture and some people adriana is making a phase 508 00:27:59,559 --> 00:28:02,319 back there. Op, it's a no for me. So it 509 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:04,400 is kind of a mealy texture. And the other thing, 510 00:28:04,559 --> 00:28:08,680 if you do want to sample one, definitely bite into 511 00:28:08,720 --> 00:28:10,839 it slowly so you're not chomping down on the seed 512 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:13,799 in there and breaking a tooth. But it is kind 513 00:28:13,799 --> 00:28:16,400 of worth a little nibble if you have one. So 514 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,359 they're beautiful, they're edible. The squirrels will happily eat them 515 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:20,799 for you if you don't want to eat them, the 516 00:28:20,839 --> 00:28:23,519 squirrels and the birds. So Judith, this is just the 517 00:28:23,519 --> 00:28:26,200 first of many amazing cornice crucive fruits you're going to 518 00:28:26,319 --> 00:28:29,319 enjoy on your new plant. So yeah, enjoy it. 519 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: And if the squirrels are birds, don't eat them. As 520 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:36,640 you progress towards Christmas, they're just wonderful Christmas ornaments hanging 521 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:37,319 on that tree. 522 00:28:37,559 --> 00:28:39,599 Speaker 2: Nature's doing, You're decorating for you. You can't beat that. 523 00:28:40,079 --> 00:28:45,519 Speaker 1: So, Stacey, we've got a question for you from Layman writing, 524 00:28:45,599 --> 00:28:49,079 I have some incredible high ranges I planted in May 525 00:28:49,119 --> 00:28:51,720 twenty twenty four, and some of them seem to be struggling. 526 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,559 Some are losing leaves at the base turning yellow. Some 527 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:58,720 others are always wilting when the one next to them 528 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:02,160 are doing fine. What's happening? Also? Can I take them 529 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:06,039 out and pot them to rehab them during winter? If so, 530 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:09,680 how should I go about it? So Layman is struggling 531 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,599 with his incredible high drink. 532 00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:17,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, so we do have pictures from Lyman Layman, sorry 533 00:29:17,559 --> 00:29:20,480 for mist pronouncing your name, so you can see what 534 00:29:20,519 --> 00:29:22,960 these incredibles look like. And so the first thing that 535 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,839 I wanted to say to Lyman and anyone else who 536 00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:30,240 is seeing hydranges or especially new hydrangees wilt, is that 537 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:37,640 on hydranges, overwatering and underwatering both manifest as wilting, and 538 00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:42,519 that is particularly dangerous because you see the plant wilting, 539 00:29:42,559 --> 00:29:44,440 your first thought is, well, gee, I just watered it, 540 00:29:44,480 --> 00:29:46,519 but I guess it's just really thirsty and I need 541 00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:50,640 to water it again, and then you're constantly exacerbating the situation. 542 00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,519 So I believe that what is happening here is that 543 00:29:55,559 --> 00:29:57,759 the plants are getting too much water and or the 544 00:29:57,839 --> 00:30:00,359 drainage is slow. That can be kind of a fine 545 00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:03,920 line and a difficult one to define because both of 546 00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:05,759 those either of those things can be true. You're giving 547 00:30:05,759 --> 00:30:08,240 it too much water, or maybe you're just giving it 548 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,440 the right amount of water, but your soil drainage is slow, 549 00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:13,400 so you need to back off on the water. You 550 00:30:13,400 --> 00:30:16,359 can give plants, like in our beechy gardens, we can 551 00:30:16,359 --> 00:30:18,480 give plants quite a lot of water and never risk 552 00:30:18,519 --> 00:30:21,799 overwatering them because the water always drains away. And you'll 553 00:30:21,839 --> 00:30:25,200 see in Lyman's photos that the soil is quite dense 554 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,240 and clay, and you can see that the soil is 555 00:30:27,279 --> 00:30:30,599 also very wet. So honestly, what I would say to 556 00:30:30,640 --> 00:30:33,359 you is to just back off on the watering. I know, 557 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:34,799 when you have a new plant you want to make 558 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:37,039 sure it gets plenty of water, but I think you 559 00:30:37,039 --> 00:30:39,680 can back off at this point in the season. I 560 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,039 would say once a week at most. I know we 561 00:30:42,079 --> 00:30:44,200 are having kind of a warm dry spell at least 562 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,039 here in the Midwest right now, but I would back 563 00:30:47,079 --> 00:30:52,079 off to just, you know, once once a week, maybe 564 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:54,440 even once every ten days. And as we go into fall, 565 00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,319 you want to taper that back because the plants will 566 00:30:56,359 --> 00:30:59,839 need less water as they start to go dormant, and 567 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:02,680 I can also impact the yellowing foliage as well. When 568 00:31:02,680 --> 00:31:06,839 you're overwatering, nutrients are leeching out of the soil very 569 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:10,519 very quickly, and that can lead to that yellowing. So 570 00:31:10,559 --> 00:31:12,920 here's what I would say. Do not dig them up 571 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,599 and pot them up for winter. Leave them where they are. 572 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,880 Know that, as we've talked about multiple times, fallows a 573 00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:23,680 great time for root growth, and root growth is what 574 00:31:23,759 --> 00:31:27,039 is really going to get these plants through any challenges 575 00:31:27,079 --> 00:31:30,960 that they are experiencing. So you know, don't do anything. 576 00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:33,440 Don't prune them. Just try not to worry too much 577 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:36,640 and let them just put on their roots, let that 578 00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,720 foliage drop, and I think, you know, by next spring 579 00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:44,799 they should emerge green and healthy. They really don't look 580 00:31:44,880 --> 00:31:46,519 too too bad. So I think this is just an 581 00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:47,279 issue of watering. 582 00:31:47,599 --> 00:31:50,440 Speaker 1: It's the same struggle people have with the houseplants that 583 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,359 dog on watering issues. 584 00:31:52,519 --> 00:31:54,119 Speaker 2: And you know, I understand people want to do the 585 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,640 right thing and they're concerned, and it is easy to overwater. 586 00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:00,839 But you know when when I I try to help 587 00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:05,079 people who have overwatered their hyghdranges, only you really know 588 00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:07,920 if it's underwatering or overwatering, because only you know how 589 00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:10,519 much water it's getting. And sometimes people will say, well, 590 00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:12,400 I have water it once a week, okay, but how 591 00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:15,200 much like are you, you know, turning on the hose 592 00:32:15,240 --> 00:32:18,039 and letting it run for three hours because you heard 593 00:32:18,039 --> 00:32:19,960 a deep watering is good. So it's always kind of 594 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:24,440 this fine balance between the drainage, how fast it's draining, 595 00:32:24,799 --> 00:32:26,880 how much water the plants are using. But it really 596 00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,079 goes for any plants, even if they were new this year. 597 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,480 Unless the weather is very hot and dry, you should 598 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:36,279 be tapering off your watering for fall just because plants 599 00:32:36,319 --> 00:32:38,440 are using a lot less, the days are shorter, the 600 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:40,920 nights are cooler, and they're just not using as much water. 601 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,799 Speaker 1: I think the watering issue is just job security for 602 00:32:43,839 --> 00:32:47,200 people like us, because I think people are always going 603 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:50,279 to struggle with it, and honestly sometimes I do too, 604 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:51,160 So you. 605 00:32:51,119 --> 00:32:55,079 Speaker 2: Know, yeah, it's it is a it's something you learn 606 00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,480 kind of by feel, not something. It's not a hard 607 00:32:57,480 --> 00:33:00,599 and fast rule. So anyway, thank you so much for 608 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,359 your questions. If you have a question again, you can 609 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:04,640 reach us at Gardening Simplified on air dot com. We 610 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,119 hope to hear from you. We're going to take a 611 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,000 break and when we come back, it's a branching news, 612 00:33:09,039 --> 00:33:17,319 so please stay tuned. The Gardening Simplified Show is brought 613 00:33:17,319 --> 00:33:20,559 to you by proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs. Our award 614 00:33:20,599 --> 00:33:23,759 winning flowering shrubs and evergreens have been trialed and tested 615 00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:27,559 for your success so you enjoy more beauty and less work. 616 00:33:27,920 --> 00:33:30,519 Look for proven Winners Color Choice Shrubs and the distinctive 617 00:33:30,519 --> 00:33:32,720 white container at your local garden center. 618 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:37,400 Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. It's time for 619 00:33:37,559 --> 00:33:41,559 branching news and I was going to write into gardenings 620 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:46,599 simplified on air dot com with a question. But fortunately 621 00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,920 I have Stacy sitting just to my left, and so 622 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,880 I'm going to pose this question for you, Stacy. I 623 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,160 struggled with my cannons over the past few weeks, and 624 00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,519 the struggle was not due to leaf rollers, was not 625 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:04,720 due to the typical culprit like Japanese beetles. It wasn't 626 00:34:04,759 --> 00:34:07,720 even due to deer. As a matter of fact, I 627 00:34:07,799 --> 00:34:11,960 caught the culprit in the act. Many of my stems 628 00:34:12,079 --> 00:34:16,840 on my five to six foot tall cannas were broken 629 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,079 off and damaged. And I'm like, who is doing this 630 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:28,440 dastardly deed squirrels. Squirrels are on the roof on the 631 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,880 fence wherever they get a tree, they'll make the leap 632 00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:35,239 over to the cannas and what they're doing. And for 633 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:39,360 those of you watching here on YouTube, I brought along 634 00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:43,960 some cuttings. When cannas are done blooming, they like other 635 00:34:44,039 --> 00:34:46,679 flowering plants, will produce a seed head. 636 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:51,360 Speaker 2: Right, yes, And I have to say I cannot stand 637 00:34:51,440 --> 00:34:54,760 canna seed heads. Like honestly, just sitting next to these 638 00:34:54,840 --> 00:34:58,559 is kind of giving me the he begbis. There's just 639 00:34:58,639 --> 00:35:00,840 something I've you know, my n across the street when 640 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,599 I was growing up had them not growing next to 641 00:35:02,639 --> 00:35:04,440 her house, and I think they just kind of creeped 642 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,840 me out because they're kind of spiky and weird, and 643 00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:08,480 I do like other things that spike you. We were 644 00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:11,760 just talking about the you know, the Korean dogwood seedheads, 645 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:16,000 which I adore, but canna seedheads, I just have this 646 00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:20,400 like visceral reaction. I don't like them. I cut them off. 647 00:35:20,519 --> 00:35:22,360 I have the I grow the cannons that you gave me, 648 00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:23,960 but I cut them off because I do not like 649 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,320 looking at them. So anyway, that's just my little no. No, no, 650 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,119 you can keep them up. It's it's important. We've got well, 651 00:35:30,199 --> 00:35:32,719 I think we have an important thing to say about. 652 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:34,360 Oh yeah, the squirrels are going after it. 653 00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,679 Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and I've made note of the fact that 654 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:39,159 for you, Stacy, so it's can of seed heads and 655 00:35:39,199 --> 00:35:41,039 it's wind chime, so yes, right. 656 00:35:41,239 --> 00:35:44,599 Speaker 2: And the other thing day lilies that I do not 657 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:49,079 like day lilies. I feel like the flower pedals are 658 00:35:49,199 --> 00:35:50,280 just the No. 659 00:35:50,519 --> 00:35:52,800 Speaker 1: I think we could do a whole show on that. 660 00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,880 That's coming up down the road. No, so the squirrels 661 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,320 are jumping on it. And what happens to the seeds 662 00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:04,159 inside the spiky the spiky soccer balls, so to speak, 663 00:36:04,599 --> 00:36:08,519 is they turn brown and almost black. They become very, 664 00:36:08,639 --> 00:36:11,440 very hard. I was doing some research and it said 665 00:36:11,519 --> 00:36:16,639 that in some parts of the country, they said that 666 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:21,119 native people would use them instead of lead shot in 667 00:36:21,199 --> 00:36:23,360 their guns. That's how hard they are. 668 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:26,400 Speaker 2: What caliber is that? 669 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:30,239 Speaker 1: That's beyond my pay grade. So it's the squirrels that 670 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,440 are doing the damage, and they're jumping up there to 671 00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,840 eat those seeds, so a crazy thing to me. It's 672 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:40,360 just not nutral for squirrels to do that. They binge 673 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:42,400 on the cannas and then they stay up all night 674 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,960 watching nutflicks. They are a real problem. Squirrels do like 675 00:36:47,079 --> 00:36:50,079 plant based snacks. Although this is the same squirrel. I 676 00:36:50,119 --> 00:36:52,360 believe that ate my patio umbrella. 677 00:36:52,519 --> 00:36:54,480 Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, it ate your patio umbrella. 678 00:36:54,599 --> 00:36:59,840 Speaker 1: I had a treasure garden, beautiful cloth market umbrella and 679 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,320 they would perch at the top and they tore that 680 00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:03,440 thing to smithereens. 681 00:37:03,559 --> 00:37:07,360 Speaker 2: You are kidding, No, squirrels are aggressive over there. Well, 682 00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:08,920 they must have found out from word of mouth that 683 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,280 the caniseed is delicious, are they are? They eating it 684 00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,639 like right in front of you and making eye contact 685 00:37:14,679 --> 00:37:18,079 the whole time. Yeah. Or are they burying some because 686 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:19,519 this is prime burying time. 687 00:37:19,639 --> 00:37:23,639 Speaker 1: Yeah. No, they're snacking right there. They're sitting on the 688 00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:28,760 deck and the fence and snacking right there. So frustrating. Anyhow, 689 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:33,920 the next frontier of home landscaping fridge scaping. I saw 690 00:37:34,039 --> 00:37:38,119 this in the news. Fridge scaping is sharply divisive. It's 691 00:37:38,199 --> 00:37:41,440 decorating the inside of your fridge like it's any other 692 00:37:41,599 --> 00:37:45,920 room in your home. The trend has alternately delighted and 693 00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:52,000 enraged TikTok viewers, who either swoon over the romantic scenes 694 00:37:52,039 --> 00:37:57,719 at thirty five degrees or fume at the apparent craziness 695 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:03,119 of landscaping your refrigerator. And we have the link there 696 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:11,039 to the news story fascinating anything that will beautify your food? Wow? 697 00:38:11,199 --> 00:38:15,320 Speaker 2: So wait, are they fridge scaping with food or is 698 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:17,760 it things that should not be in the fridge And 699 00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,400 they're like turning their fridge into some sort of giant diorama. 700 00:38:21,639 --> 00:38:23,599 Speaker 1: Let's cross that fridge when we get there. 701 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,480 Speaker 2: I guess you will. 702 00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:31,360 Speaker 1: It's a well thought out plan. Talk about frozen assets. Yeah, 703 00:38:31,519 --> 00:38:33,679 fridge scaping, I don't know. I wouldn't do it, but 704 00:38:33,960 --> 00:38:36,320 you've got to be aware of it. And we're into landscaping, 705 00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,360 so I thought i'd bring. 706 00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:39,760 Speaker 2: Up the well. I mean, my fridge rarely has the 707 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,719 space in it for anything superfluous. 708 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:45,519 Speaker 1: But I'm happy if you know, I put stuff in 709 00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:48,880 tupper wear containers and forget about it. And yeah, you 710 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,559 got to clean out the fridge. So cleaning it out 711 00:38:51,679 --> 00:38:56,199 is just good enough for me to actually fridge scape it. 712 00:38:56,239 --> 00:38:56,840 That's kind of. 713 00:38:56,800 --> 00:38:59,639 Speaker 2: Crazy, all right, I'm looking it up. I'll see. 714 00:39:00,039 --> 00:39:02,440 Speaker 1: I mean, in this case and in this news story, 715 00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:08,559 the individual was putting a porcelain bust, stringing lights and 716 00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,039 fresh flowers next to a bowl of bell peppers and 717 00:39:12,079 --> 00:39:14,199 a carafe of orange juice. 718 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,239 Speaker 2: I mean, don't fridges already have lights? Are they not 719 00:39:18,280 --> 00:39:18,840 good enough? 720 00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:23,760 Speaker 1: They do? Boy, I'd like to see this fridge come 721 00:39:23,840 --> 00:39:25,320 Christmas time. Yeah. 722 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:29,679 Speaker 2: Wow, got to get some colorful lights in there, seasonal goodness. 723 00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:33,719 Speaker 1: All right, Well, on today's show, we've shown you pictures 724 00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,480 of my personal landscape and what I'm doing in my landscape. 725 00:39:38,159 --> 00:39:41,800 Just another personal note. Art prize takes place here in 726 00:39:41,840 --> 00:39:44,360 West Michigan at this time of the year in September. 727 00:39:44,760 --> 00:39:49,599 Art Prize is an annual international art competition in Grand Rapids, 728 00:39:49,880 --> 00:39:56,960 a celebration of conversations, experimentation, ideas and inclusiveness. And Art 729 00:39:57,079 --> 00:40:00,199 Prize is free open to the public, so artists will 730 00:40:00,199 --> 00:40:04,760 put up exhibits in hotels and businesses and out on 731 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,079 the walk and people will come by the thousands to 732 00:40:08,199 --> 00:40:11,079 see these. Now, we've talked about it on the show before. 733 00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:15,480 I'm into sticks and I love the Instagram site Official 734 00:40:15,559 --> 00:40:19,199 Stick Reviews and it has a lot of followers. Well, 735 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:21,079 living by the Lake, I pick up a lot of 736 00:40:21,119 --> 00:40:23,960 sticks in driftwood out of the lake and I've created 737 00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,280 an art exhibit of that driftwood. It has quite a 738 00:40:28,559 --> 00:40:33,039 story behind it, and we'll put the link there at 739 00:40:33,039 --> 00:40:37,519 the website. Those watching on YouTube, Adriana's set up pictures 740 00:40:37,519 --> 00:40:39,840 here for you, or you can go to our website 741 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:45,199 Gardening Simplified on air dot com. But it doesn't change 742 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:48,360 the fact Stacey, that I'm into sticks and branches. I 743 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:49,039 can't help them. 744 00:40:49,239 --> 00:40:51,719 Speaker 2: Well, you know, I think as gardeners were always kind 745 00:40:51,719 --> 00:40:53,880 of on a little treasure hunt, yes, because we never 746 00:40:54,039 --> 00:40:56,679 really know what we're going to find in our gardens. 747 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,119 In fact, you reminded me last weekend. We're working the 748 00:41:00,159 --> 00:41:03,760 garden and found a huge bullet, like a big bullet 749 00:41:04,159 --> 00:41:06,920 like one, like it's like this big. It had already 750 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,239 been fired off. So it's just the casing, but like 751 00:41:09,519 --> 00:41:11,920 it's I mean, I live in town. It's not like 752 00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:15,760 it seemed kind of old. But you know, you find marbles. 753 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:18,480 I love finding marbles in the yard, and so we 754 00:41:18,599 --> 00:41:21,559 kind of have that like treasure hunting mentality, whether it's 755 00:41:21,639 --> 00:41:25,360 rocks or sticks or fungus, and we're always we're always 756 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,239 looking for for those little hidden things. 757 00:41:27,559 --> 00:41:29,000 Speaker 1: When I put a plant in the ground and the 758 00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:32,119 shovel hits something hard could chunk, it's like, oh, this 759 00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,599 may be the big one. You know. I love that You're. 760 00:41:35,519 --> 00:41:37,320 Speaker 2: Right about that, and you never know. 761 00:41:37,639 --> 00:41:41,239 Speaker 1: For me, drifting. You know, what's fascinated me about driftwood 762 00:41:41,679 --> 00:41:45,639 is that people love driftwood. They're just I don't know, 763 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,559 and many people are just enamored by driftwood, and living 764 00:41:49,639 --> 00:41:52,920 where I am, I've just become addicted to it. So 765 00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:56,239 it's a part of art prize and and the exhibit. 766 00:41:56,280 --> 00:41:57,840 So I thought i'd bring that up today. 767 00:41:58,159 --> 00:41:59,360 Speaker 2: Oh, well, where can people see it? 768 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,320 Speaker 1: People are going to be able to see it here 769 00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:06,320 in West Michigan in Grand Rapids. It's at the Hilton Hotel. 770 00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:10,400 So it's Homewood Suites the Hilton Hotel right in the lobby, 771 00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:15,280 big exhibit, and that exhibit will be displayed from September 772 00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,199 twelfth through the end of September. 773 00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:18,559 Speaker 2: Nice. 774 00:42:18,800 --> 00:42:23,119 Speaker 1: Yeah, So there you go. Monrovia, California, newly listed for 775 00:42:23,159 --> 00:42:29,440 sale in Southern California's notoriously pricey real estate market. Half 776 00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:33,519 a house for a half a million dollars. Now this 777 00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:36,000 is fascinating to me because I've spent a fair amount 778 00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:40,480 of time in southern California at a garden center. There 779 00:42:40,559 --> 00:42:45,320 a beautiful garden center, Rogers Gardens in Orange County, and 780 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,800 we would take drives through the neighborhoods and the prices 781 00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:54,559 of homes and the yards are like postage stamp sized, you, unbelievable. 782 00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:58,320 So there's a home there that is one bedroom, one 783 00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:04,960 bathroom bungalow in suburban Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles. So 784 00:43:05,039 --> 00:43:08,440 what happened was it was crushed by a tree in 785 00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:12,800 May with two renters and two dogs inside. No injuries, 786 00:43:12,840 --> 00:43:16,639 thank goodness, but a fence and most of the roof 787 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,559 were mangled, and as opposed to fixing it up, they're 788 00:43:19,639 --> 00:43:23,039 just putting it up for sale. Half a house, half 789 00:43:23,079 --> 00:43:25,440 a million dollars. The price you can pick that up, 790 00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:28,920 Stacy for four hundred and ninety nine thousand, nine hundred 791 00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:33,760 and ninety nine dollars. That's what you call an open 792 00:43:33,880 --> 00:43:35,159 concept floor plan. 793 00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:39,599 Speaker 2: It's probably already pending, honestly at this point, knowing how 794 00:43:39,679 --> 00:43:40,639 real estate is. 795 00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:45,239 Speaker 1: The race. And then one final thing. I always think 796 00:43:45,239 --> 00:43:47,840 of this at this time of the year. I like 797 00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:49,760 to hike, I like to walk, and if you're going 798 00:43:49,800 --> 00:43:52,559 hiking this time of the year, we think of burdock. 799 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:57,559 Burdocks clinging properties. In addition to providing an excellent mechanism 800 00:43:57,920 --> 00:44:02,400 for seed dispersal. It led to the invention of the 801 00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:06,480 hook and loop fastener, so the Velcrow guy. The Velcrow 802 00:44:06,599 --> 00:44:10,000 brand of hook and loop was invented by a name 803 00:44:10,639 --> 00:44:14,840 a gentleman named George demestrol I believe is the name. 804 00:44:15,199 --> 00:44:19,679 Nineteen forties. He was out hunting in Switzerland and had 805 00:44:19,719 --> 00:44:22,679 the burdock all over his pants. He thought, boy, I 806 00:44:22,679 --> 00:44:27,440 could do something with this and created Velcrow. And I 807 00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:31,000 guess it's my point here, Stacy is whether it's globe 808 00:44:31,039 --> 00:44:35,239 thistle or burdock or other types of seed fall. This 809 00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,400 is a time of year when weeds do what they do. 810 00:44:38,400 --> 00:44:41,519 Speaker 2: Well travel, that's true. And if you have burd we've 811 00:44:41,519 --> 00:44:45,679 ever eaten the root hedburdock roots? Yes, it's delicious. So 812 00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:49,360 you know, we often talk about managing weeds in fall, 813 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:52,239 and that would be a fine way to manage burdock 814 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:54,079 if it happened to be in your yard, is to 815 00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:55,760 just go ahead and dig up. It's a very long, 816 00:44:56,960 --> 00:45:00,000 skinny root, but I love it in a Japanese dish 817 00:45:00,039 --> 00:45:04,239 called knpira where it's stayed with carrots. Absolutely delicious and 818 00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:05,920 I'll bet you good for you too. I think it's 819 00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:06,679 pretty darn healthy. 820 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,320 Speaker 1: You. Yeah, you could pull some of the roots, wash 821 00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,639 them off, put them in a vase and do some 822 00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:13,119 fridge scaping with them too. 823 00:45:13,239 --> 00:45:13,800 Speaker 2: There you go. 824 00:45:14,119 --> 00:45:16,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, we want to thank you for tuning in the 825 00:45:17,159 --> 00:45:20,719 Gardening Simplified Show. We want to remind you go to 826 00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:26,000 Gardeningsimplified on air dot com and Stacy, we're on Instagram too, 827 00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:29,880 that's correct, so look for us on Instagram along with 828 00:45:30,039 --> 00:45:32,000 official stick reviews. 829 00:45:32,519 --> 00:45:33,199 Speaker 2: Follow us both. 830 00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:36,519 Speaker 1: Thanks Stacy, Always privileged pleasure to do this show with you. 831 00:45:36,639 --> 00:45:39,239 Thank you Adriana so much for your work and what 832 00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:42,440 you do for the Gardening Simplified show. And thanks most 833 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:45,400 of all to you for tuning us in. Remember we're radio, 834 00:45:45,559 --> 00:45:49,360 podcast and YouTube. Thanks for your support. Have a great week.