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Colorful Fall Bloomers

A devoted gardener gives her personal endorsement for some of her favorite pollinator pleasing plants that keep the color going strong into the months of autumn. These include cosmos, Mexican heather and gomphrena.

Geophyte Border

Ever hear the term 'geophyte'? It's a perennial plant with an underground food storage organ. Geophytes include bulbs, tubers, corms and/or rhizomes. Come along as we tour the Geophyte Border at J.C. Raulston Arboretum in springtime when the tulips and iris are in their full splendor.

Growing Orchids – The Basics

Orchids are annuals, with a bloom period of about 3 months per year. With proper care, they can live for many years. Tammy Algood visits Stones River Orchids to get basic care tips for carrying an orchid from bud, to bloom, and then beyond.

Garden Treasures

Troy Marden is awed by the beautiful plant selections found at Garden Treasures, a retail and mail-order nursery that specializes in rare and obscure plants. We go behind the scenes to learn about their propagation work, and see varieties of Japanese maples, aucuba and camellias.

Daffodil Collection-Mid to Late Season Bloomers

Come along on a visit to the home gardens of a horticulture power couple who have planted and now enjoy an extensive daffodil collection. They share their insights into growing and dividing these long-time garden favorites. Host April Moore highlights 10 varieties that are true standouts.

Lath House

A Lath House is a protected open air structure made chiefly of slats used for nurturing plants. Annette Shrader tours the Lath House at JC Raulston Arboretum with the director of horticulture to highlight the diverse and unique perennials, shrubs and trees being grown here.

Beginnings of a Pollinator Garden

There's a new pollinator garden at Ravenwood High School that was a project of the school's student-led garden club. In it's first season of growth, it's brimming with native wildflowers. An integral partner in this amazing instillation was the Tennessee Environmental Council who supported it with manpower and specialty seed mixes.

Agave Selections and Care

Agaves date back 10,000 years. Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, North Carolina has one of the most extensive agave collections in the world. Renowned plantsman Tony Avent showcases several varieties with interesting form, size, color and habit. Learn optimum growing conditions plus propagation methods for this historically significant plant.

Spring Ephemerals

Spring ephemerals are long-lived plants with a very short life cycle or period of active growth. Annette Shrader has found a grand collection of spring blooming ephemerals with interesting form and outstanding color at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh North Carolina.

Color and Performance Late in the Season

When peak summer blooms begin to fade, there's plenty of annuals and perennials that can offer lots of color and vitality. You can keep those garden beds and containers full of interest up until first frost with plants such as Mexican bush sage, pineapple sage, asters, coreopsis and more.

Mums

Peak bloom time for chrysanthemums is September and October. There's a grand selection of these autumn favorites at Grandaddy's Farm in Estill Springs, Tennessee. Tammy Algood gets tips on how to keep the flowers looking good all season long, and how to plant them in the landscape for autumn color every year.

Native Groundcovers

Autumn is a good time to evaluate the worthiness of ground cover plants, as the strength of the plant and its foliage is evident. Marty DeHart visits a mature garden to profile a dozen different native ground covers. Most of these plants have a season of bloom. Marty considers each one to be worthy of a spot in your garden.