Introducing Our New Podcast: Tremendous Cool Crops
Episode 1 | Underappreciated Native Crops
North American native species have captured the imaginations of gardeners all around the world, however only some species have damaged via to develop into horticultural staples. On this premiere episode of Nice Gardening’s newly redesigned podcast (previously often called Let’s Argue About Crops), our skilled visitors be part of us from two broadly acclaimed botanical gardens specializing in native crops. Pay attention in as they reveal a few of their favourite underappreciated native plant species that don’t get sufficient love from the gardening world, and that extra of us throughout the nation might be rising.
Podcast Episode Consultants:Melissa Starkey is the advertising and marketing and communications supervisor and an teacher at Mt. Cuba Heart in Hockessin, Delaware.
Amy Galloway Medley is lead horticulturist at Girl Chicken Johnson Wildflower Heart on the College of Texas at Austin.
Melissa’s Tremendous Cool Native Plant Picks:
Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans, Zones 3–8)
Wild bleeding coronary heart (Dicentra eximia, Zones 3–9)
Coral honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens, Zones 4–9)
‘Fireworks’ wrinkle leaf goldenrod (Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’, Zones 4–8)
Amy’s Tremendous Cool Native Plant Picks:
Frostweed (Verbesina virginica, Zones 6–9)
Plains fleabane (Erigeron modestus, Zones 5–9)
Agarita (Mahonia trifoliata, Zones 7–9)
Heartleaf skullcap (Scutellaria ovata, Zones 4–8)
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