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Episode #1547
Air Dates: 1/3/08 and 1/6/08

Marty DeHart explains how to create an azalea bed from location, to site preparation, to installation. Annette Shrader tours the restored kitchen garden of the historic Magevney House in the heart of downtown Memphis. Sheri Gramer finds exciting new ground covers on a stop at Little Marrowbone Farm in Ashland City.

Annette’s segment was filmed at The Magevney house
www.memphismuseums.org/magevney.htm

Sheri’s segment was taped at Little Marrowbone Farm
www.littlemarrowbone.com
1560 Little Marrowbone Road
Ashland City, TN 37015
615-792-7255
Groundcovers featured were:
Pratia
Houstonia caerulea ‘Bluets’
Muehlenbeckia ‘Creeping Wirevine’
Leptinellax ‘Phlatt’s Black’
Mother of Thyme
Sagina subulata ‘Aurea’
Lysimachia nummularia ‘Goldilocks’
Eleocharis aeiculais-toe tickler grass
Seligenella-Peacock fern
Corsican mint
Mazus reptens
Ajuga ‘Black Scallop’
Hypericum ‘Stardust’

Marty’s suggestions for rhododendrons and azaleas:
Heat Tolerant Rhododendrons for the Mid South
Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Roseum Elegans’- bright, rosy lavender; vigorous
Rhododendron catawbiense ‘English Roseum’- light lavender pink
Rhododendron x ‘Nova Zembla’- rosy red, a “blue” red, darker flare
Rhododendron x ‘Vulcan’- bright cherry red; blooms at young age
Rhododendron x ‘Album Elegans’- pink buds open white
Rhododendron x ‘Chionoides’- white
Rhododendron x ‘Calsap’- white with bright purple flare
Rhododendron catawbiense ‘Boursault’ – Lilac
Rhododendron maximum- Rosebay Rhododendron, gets tall, white blooms
Rhododendron maximum Roseum- pink blooms

Evergreen  Azaleas for the Central Basin of Tennessee
WHITE:   ‘Delaware Valley White’
                ‘Pleasant White’

PINK:    ‘Renee Michelle’ (bright pink)
              ‘Girard’s Rose’ (deep rose pink)
              ‘Coral Bells’ (peppermint pink hose-in-hose, short)
              ‘Fashion’ (bright coral pink, tall)

RED:      ‘Hershey Red’ (vivid red)
              ‘Hino-Crimson’
              ‘Girard’s Hot Shot’ (bright orange red)

Episode 1548
Air Dates: 1/10/08 and 1/13/08

There’s something for everyone on this episode of Volunteer Gardener. First, Troy Marden learns how to create unique bird baths for the garden with concrete artisan Sherri Hunter. Sheri Gramer tours a Knoxville garden that has spectacular water features and dazzling plant combinations. And Tammy Algood steps out of the kitchen to visit Sweetwater Valley Cheese factory in Philadelphia, Tennessee.

Sweetwater Valley Cheese
17988 West Lee Highway
Philadelphia, TN 37846
877-862-4332
www.sweetwatervalley.com

For more information about concrete workshops or books by Sherri Warner Hunter, visit her website www.sherriwarnerhunter.com

Volunteer Gardener 1550 airs 1/17/08 and 1/20/08
On this episode of Volunteer Gardener, Troy Marden visits with a butterfly expert to learn what plants your garden needs to attract and support both butterflies and hummingbirds. Jeff Poppen picks peppers that are grown the organic way. He shares what varieties do well on his Tennessee farm. Annette Shrader visits with a Clarksville couple to see how their pond and surrounding plants add to the enjoyment of their home.

Troy’s segment concerning butterfly attractor plants was taped at Bloom’s Nursery in Nashville
The plants featured were:
1. Echinacea ‘Summer Sky’- coneflower
2. Verbena bonarienses
3. Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed
4. Agastache ‘Firebird’
5. Kniphofia – red hot poker
6. Asclepias incarnate – swamp milkweed
7. Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’ – catmint
8. Salvia guaranitica ‘Black and blue’
9. Lantana
10. Pentas
11. Scabiosa
12. Buddleja – butterfly bush

Poppen’s pepper picks include:
For sweet peppers, Gypsy and Corno di toro
For Italian peppers, Italia and Carmen
For banana peppers, Jeff likes Pizza pepper

Episode 1551
Air Dates: 1/24/08 and 1/27/08

On this installment of Volunteer Gardener, Marty DeHart pays a visit to the compost farm where the nearby horse barns hold the key ingredient to what eventually becomes royal soil. Sheri Gramer tours the lush cutting beds of a floral designer who specializes in dried arrangements.

For more information about deliveries from the Compost Farm, visit www.compostfarm.com or call 615-794-1483 or 615-591-3301.

Volunteer Gardener 1631 airs 1/31/08 and 2/3/08
Troy Marden learns what hydrangea varieties fare best in our Tennessee climate. Jeff Poppen explains why you should consider saving some garden space for a patch of rhubarb.
Annette Shrader visits Mr. Cason’s Vegetable garden, the Southern site of the long-running PBS show ‘Victory Garden’. And Tammy Algood prepares some light summer fare with Four Cheese Seafood Dip.

Troy’s segment was taped at Gardens Oy Vey in Arlington, TN
This nursery is open by appointment, call 888-617-7390.
www.gardensoyvey.com
Plants featured were:
1. Hydrangea serrata ‘Blue Billow’
2. Hydrangea serrata ‘Beni’
3. Hydrangea serrata ‘Little Geisha’
4. Hydrangea serrata ‘Purple Tiers’
5. Hydrangea serrata ‘Tiara’
Diane also mentioned a lovely hydrangea that featured white blooms that looked like floating stars and that was Hydrangea serrata ‘Shirafuji’

 

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