Podcast: Let's Argue About Plants

Episode 152: Best of LAAP—Best of Our Listener Q & As

One of our favorite things to do here on the podcast is dig through emails and social media shout-outs from our listeners. It is always nice to hear about what problems you may be having in your gardens and to be able to offer advice from our decades of horticultural experience. And we’re lucky to have scores of experts at our fingertips if we don’t have an answer for a plant suggestion or design fix. These Q&A episodes are some of our favorites, so we decided to revisit an array of your best questions from the past few years in this new Best of LAAP. The inquiries included advice on planting under trees, attracting hummingbirds, and what garden tasks we hate tackling. Tune in to see if one of our favorite questions was yours, or to hear about some solutions to problems that tend to plague us all.

2023: Episode 140

Forest planting in India using the Miyawaki method (credit: BemanHerish via Wikimedia Commons)
Forest planting in India using the Miyawaki method. Photo: BemanHerish via Wikimedia Commons
Cardinal climber (credit: Seed Savers Exchange)
First hummingbird favorite: Cardinal climber. Photo: Seed Savers Exchange
Earlybird™ Red White columbine (credit: Walters Gardens, Inc.)
Second hummingbird favorite: Earlybird™ Red White columbine. Photo: Walters Gardens, Inc.
Northern red oak, a valuable host plant for many moth and butterfly species
Alternative butterfly host plant: Northern red oak, a valuable host plant for many moth and butterfly species
Gatsby Gal® oakleaf hydrangea
Plants for your front yard: Gatsby Gal® oakleaf hydrangea
‘Perry’s Gold’ Norway spruce
Plants for your front yard: ‘Perry’s Gold’ Norway spruce
Deadheaded flowers in Kielian DeWitt’s Montana garden
Deadheaded flowers in Kielian DeWitt’s Montana garden
'Stoplights' epimedium (credit: Plant Delights Nursery)
Plant under a mature maple tree: ‘Stoplights’ epimedium. Photo: Plant Delights Nursery
'Spanish Flare' hellebore
Plant under a mature maple tree: ‘Spanish Flare’ hellebore

2022: Episode 123

cottage garden
A featured article on cottage garden design: A Cottage Garden That’s Not Chaotic
A sloped front yard garden, designed by Jay Sifford.
Sloped garden design: A sloped front-yard garden, designed by Jay Sifford
Another angle of Jay Sifford’s sloped front yard.
Sloped garden design: Jay Sifford’s sloped front yard from another angle

2021: Episode 79

2020: Episode 56

 

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