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Heavy Petal Plant Pick brought to you by Skinner Nurseries, www.skinnernurseries.com, Marietta:
Donnie
Davis sales associate with Habersham Gardens talked with us about one
of my favorite plants, Carex. We discussed how to use them in
containers and in beds. There are over 4000 different varieties. One
of Donnie's top picks were the bronze beauty 'Toffee Twist'. Most
people consider Carex a grass but it's really a sedge. They prefer
moist soils and can grow in deep shade to full sun. For more
information go to: www.habershamgardens.com
Tool/Product of the Week: I love container gardening, so much so that I have my own company - Gardens to Go. One of the questions I'm most often asked is where do I find my containers? Well, there are a couple a places but one of my favorites is Atlanta Garden Statuary. I invited the owner, Jimmy Hammilton to be my guest to discuss his unique staining technique on his concrete containers.
For more information go to: www.atlgardenstatuary.com
Special Organic Segment: Stephanie va Parys joined us from the Oakhurst Community Garden. They were teaching a class called 'Chicks in the City'. No not the show, but raising chickens! I definitely want to attend the next class. I have wanted chickens my whole life. Stephanie also told us how they were having underprivileged kids build an Adobe building. If that doesn't instill confidence in a child then I don't know what does. By the way Stephanie congratulations on expecting your new baby! For more information about Oakhurst Community Gardens classes and events go to:
Recipe of the week: With culinary expert Virginia Willis - Pecan Encrusted Chicken Fingers. Talk about finger lickin' good! For details go to: www.virginiawillis.com
My Special Guest: Jack Driscoll. I love this man! Jack is a lifetime Master Gardener and has to have at least one of every plant he sees. But more than that, he's so passionate about gardening. Jack is known for his vast collection of Hosta, over 500 different cultivars! But I had him on the show to discuss what it takes to move not only such an enormous collection, but an entire garden. He suggests collecting plenty of those black plastic pots. Then watering the plant your planning on moving well. Dig it up and plant
it immediately into the black plastic pot. Water again to settle the soil. If it's a tree Jack suggests root pruning several months ahead of time so as not to shock the tree. And if you can do this when the plant is dormant all the better. If you don't have that luxury, then Jack says talk with the new owners and put it into the contract that you would like to come back when it is convenient to retrieve the plants. Jack had his friend's pitch in and help and everyone got to have divisions from all the plants! He also moved all the rocks that lined all of his beds! Needless to say there was back surgery in Jack's future. Look
for Jack to be back soon to talk with us about what Hostas are happiest in Georgia.
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Posted on Sunday, November 05, 2006 (Archive on Monday, January 01, 0001)
Posted by lisabartlett Contributed by lisabartlett
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