The Daily Gardener

The Daily Gardener is a podcast about Garden History and Literature. The podcast celebrates the gard

Episodes

Total: 545

July 30, 2019 Growing Castor Bean, Emily Brontë, Ellis Rowan, the Arkansas Apple Blossom, Russell Baker, Bev Adams, Gertrude Jekyll at Munstead Wood by Martin Wood and Judith Tankard, Pruning Blackberries or Boysenberries, and Walt Disney's Flowers and

2019/7/30

Have you tried growing Castor Bean? It's one of Michael Pollen's favorite plants. Check out the wa

July 29, 2019 A Peter Rabbit Garden, Thomas Nuttal, Edith Coleman, Ryan Gainey, The First Plant Patent, Sara Coleridge, The Education of a Gardener by Russell Page, Dividing Iris, Charles Clemon Deam, and Honeysuckle

2019/7/29

Do you have children or grandchildren? A Peter Rabbit Garden is a lovely idea for you to consider.

July 26, 2019 Propagating Roses, RH Shumway, Aven Nelson, Ruth Pitter, The Rude Potato, How to Garden Through Dog Days, and Winthrop Mackworth Praed

2019/7/26

Have you tried to propagate roses through cutting? Maybe you want to pass along an old rose from a

July 25 2019 Cleome, the Physic Garden, William Forsyth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Charles Joseph Sauriol, July Proverbs, The Fragrant Path by Louise Beebe Wilder, Farmers Market, and Flowers for Hamlet

2019/7/25

Are you growing Cleome? My daughter just had her senior pictures taken and I took some cuttings f

July 24, 2019 Basilmania, Benning Wentworth, Henry Shaw, Pigeon Peas, John Clare, Planting in a Post-Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West, Planting a Clock Garden, and Dial-A-Garden-Tip

2019/7/24

Are you a fan of basil? A few years ago, I produced an entire long-format show about basil for the

July 23, 2019 St. Phocas the Gardener, Frances Ropes Williams, John Goldie, Raymond A. Foss, The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy, Wedding Tulle, and Cashew Tarragon Pesto

2019/7/23

Today, Catholics honor St. Phocas the Gardener who lived in Turkey during the third century. A prot

July 22, 2019 Drying Flowers, Asa Gray, Hugh Algernon Weddell, Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, Louise Klein Miller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Secret Gardens of the Cotswolds by Victoria Summerley, Preparing a Spot for Flower Drying, and the San Jose scale

2019/7/22

Have you ever tried drying flowers? Successfully drying one of your favorite flowers is such a joy.

July 19, 2019 Marjoram vs Oregano, Caroline Dormon, John Macoun, Philip Moffitt, The Wild Garden by William Robinson, Rick Darke, Visit Public Gardens, and Robert Fenton

2019/7/19

What’s the Difference Between Oregano and Marjoram? If you've grown both, you know they look quite

July 18, 2019 Growing Chervil, Gilbert White, Jane Austen, Frederick Law Olmsted, Eleanor Sinclair-Rhode, A Southern Garden by Elizabeth Lawrence, Irrigation Check, Maxfield Parrish and The Botanist

2019/7/18

Have you tried growing the herb chervil? Chervil tastes similar to tarragon - it's sometimes called

July 17, 2019 Daylilies, John McMahan, Charles Theodore Mohr, George William Francis, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe, Niels Mogens Boedecker, A Year in Trees by JC Raulston and Kim Tripp, Calendarize Garden Chores, and the Night-blooming Cereus

2019/7/17

The Daylilies are blooming their little hearts out right now. Daylilies are in the genus Hemerocall

July 16, 2019 Tarragon, Camille Corot, Orville Redenbacher, Rachel Peden, Good Planting by Rosemary Verey, Blueberries, and Charles Clemon Deam

2019/7/16

Did you know Tarragon is an artemisia? Like all plants in the Artemisia genus, Tarragon is gray and

July 15, 2019 Bolting Cilantro, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, William Robinson, Almira Hart Phelps, Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey, Perennial Sweet Pea, and a Greenhouse Story

2019/7/15

Let's start today off by talking briefly about bolting cilantro. Why does cilantro bolt and how s

July 12, 2019 Giant Water Lily, Captain Cook, Charles Darwin, Henry David Thoreau, Gardens Are for People by Thomas Church, Propagating Pelargoniums, and Yerba Buena

2019/7/12

In China, July is the month of the lotus. Recently I shared a video in the Facebook Group for the S

July 11, 2019 National Rainier Cherry Day, David Prain, Charles Sumner Lambie, Hamilton Traub, Charles Joseph Sauriol, Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers, and Bamboos by Graham Stuart Thomas, and Deadheading

2019/7/11

It's National Rainier Cherry Day. Rainier cherries were bred at Washington State University by cros

July 10, 2019 Parsley, Asa Gray, Melville T. Cook, Elvin McDonald, Spiranthes parksii, Roy Lancaster, Theodore Roethke, Perennial Garden Plants by Graham Stuart Thomas, Planting Shade Trees, and Bewitched

2019/7/10

Are you growing parsley? I do. But, I generally only plant the flat leaf variety - since the curly

July 9, 2019 Mulch Placement, Colonel Henry Wallace Johnston, Nikolay Vavilov, George Shull, Emily Dickinson, Answer July, Lives of the Trees by Diana Wells, Wheelbarrow Garden, and Samual Smithers as Plantman

2019/7/9

Here's a little primer on mulch placement. Keep mulch away from the bases of plants and trees. Tre

July 8, 2019 Herb Societies, Forrest Shreve, Eva Reed, Leonard Cockayne, Monty Don, National Meadows Day, Charles MacKay, Janice Emily Bowers, Stop Fertilizing, and Milk Sickness

2019/7/8

Have you checked to see if there is an herb society near you? Herb societies offer gardeners what I

July 3, 2019 Clearance Plants, Gilbert Laing Meason, Michael Keens, Lambertus Bobbink, William Henry Davies, Grow in the Dark by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, Hakonechloa All Gold, Richard Evans Schultes, and Calvin Sperling

2019/7/3

Sometimes the plant gods smile on you with a clearance sale featuring something truly spectacular li

July 2, 2019 Delphinium, Marian Farquharson, Ralph Hancock, Hugh C. Cutler, ECOSTRESS, Herman Hesse, Seasonal Flower Arranging by Ariella Chezar, Dividing Solomon's Seal, and the Richard Wettstein Memorial

2019/7/2

Do you have delphiniums in your garden? I used to start out every summer by planting twenty delphin

July 1, 2019 Martagon Lilies, Vale of York Field Naturalists Club, Illinois State Flower, the Violet, Joseph Hooker, Ann Taylor, Tree in the House by Annabelle Hickson, Dividing Flag Iris, and Frank Kingdon-Ward

2019/7/1

Martagon Lilies are in peak right now in most gardens. They bring the most wonderful architectural