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Episode #1715
Air Dates: 10/4/09

Turn on Volunteer Gardener this week to gain appreciation for Tennessee’s state flower. Annette Shrader visits with an iris hybridizer to learn his top picks for spectacular bloom. Sally Reynolds learns a lesson from a seasoned gardener about accepting your yard’s growing conditions and then choosing from the appropriate plant palette to create a beautiful landscape. And speaking of the right plants, Troy Marden has a selection of trees that perform well in soggy areas.

Five irises worthy of your garden: Gypsy Lord, Yaquina Blue, Louise’s Song, That’s All Folks, and Swingtown
For more information about iris, visit www.irises.org

Troy’s segment was taped at Beaver Creek Nursery
7526 Pelleaux Road
Knoxville, TN 37938
865-922-3961
www.beavercreeknursery.net

Trees that work well under wet conditions are the red maple ‘Sun Valley’, Zelkova, Swamp white oak, Pawpaw, and Tea Olive

 

 

Episode #1717
Air Dates: 10/08/09 and 10/11/09

You’ve heard the benefits of a green roof are many: it helps cool the air, provides habitat for insects and butterflies, absorbs excess rain water, and lowers energy bills. But what exactly makes up a green roof. We will examine the plants, the growing medium and the engineering that compose a successful planting up on the roof. Then Sheri Gramer helps assemble a wonderful winter container to adorn the porch.

 

Episode #1816
Air Dates: 10/15/09 and 10/18/09

On this edition of Volunteer Gardener, Annette Shrader visits a backyard garden that’s an oasis of tranquility making you forget the busy street in front of the house. Sheri Gramer profiles shrubs that have beautiful seasonal interest. Marty DeHart shares how easy it is to double your plants by starting root cuttings. Troy Marden shows examples of how to create landscape areas with big impact using bulbs.

Sheri’s segment was taped at The Barn Nursery
2410 South Hickory Street
Chattanooga, TN 37407
423-698-2276

Plants featured were:
Nandina ‘Firestorm’
Nandina ‘Sienna Sunrise’
Dwarf Skimmia Skimmia japonica needs a male and a female plant
Sarcococca
Rainbow Leucothoe
Viburnum ‘David’
Picturata acuba ‘Gold Spot’ or ‘Gold Streak’
Heavenly Bamboo
Encore azalea ‘Amethyst’
Hydrangea ‘Limelight’
Coral bark maple

Marty’s segment was taped at GroWild Nursery
7190 Hill Hughes Road
Fairview, TN 37062
615-799-1910

Marty suggested propagating by cuttings: Stokesia ‘Peachies Pink’; Garden Phlox; butterfly weed; Asclepias uberose; shooting star.

 

 

Episode #1817
Air Dates: 10/22/09 and 10/25/09

Join us for this episode of Volunteer Gardener when Sally Reynolds meets up with Andy Sudbrock to take a stroll in the native prairie in Fairview; Annette Shrader learns what to look for when purchasing a tree. Then she learns how to protect that investment with proper planting, watering and maintenance. We’ll join Jeff Poppen on the farm to see how to make a carrot bed.

Sally’s segment was taped at Nashville Natives Nursery
7443 Liberty Road
Fairview, TN 37062
615-579-7146

For tree information:
www.nashville.gov/beautification/docs/Trees/TreesForYourHome.pdf-2009-01-09 for the pamphlet “Trees For Your Home”

www.nashville.gov/beautification/trees/resources.asp

www.utextension.utk.edu/publications for a booklet entitled “Trees for Tennessee Landscapes”

Tennessee Urban Forestry Council www.tufc.com

 

 

Episode #1741
Air Dates: 10/29/09 and 11/1/09

On Volunteer Gardener, it’s work day in the garden as Annette Shrader drops by to see how to properly put the shears to American boxwoods. Then Marty DeHart heads to Brighton, Tennessee to learn rose propagation from the hybridizer of many popular rose introductions, many with a Music City connection. Troy Marden has a fun way to get kids interested in gardening. Plus Tammy Algood demonstrates how to boil vegetables yet keep the crispness in with blanching.

Marty’s segment on rose propagation featured Whit Wells of Mid-South Roses

E-mail: wellsmidsouthroses@bellsouth.net
901-476-6064

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