Focus on Flowers

Boys Are Always Trying 06.05.2018 4:51 ↓

Patrick Kindig reads "Birthday Poem," "Boys are Always Trying," and "Derek Tells Me."

Pergolesi Rediscovered 04.05.2018 6:29 ↓

Despite his short life, Pergolesi left an impressive body of work behind.

Mothers Gifts 03.05.2018 2:00 ↓

Cut flowers are lovely, but there are alternative gifts for mothers who garden.

Roberto Salinas-León 29.04.2018 58:54 ↓

Patrick O'Meara speaks with Roberto Salinas-León, president of the Mexico Business Forum.

Apparition 29.04.2018 6:15 ↓

Emily Corwin reads "hex," "tincture," "apparition," and "tenderling."

Planting Newbies 26.04.2018 2:00 ↓

My garden is so full of plants already that I'm wondering where I'll put all of the new plants that I'll buy this year...

Hey Baby 22.04.2018 4:58 ↓

Tony Brewer reads "calling the quartet" and "Hey Baby."

Bethlehem Sage 19.04.2018 2:00 ↓

Pulmonaria, a.k.a., Bethlehem sage, is a perennial with especially interesting foliage.

Self Portrait As Self Healing For The Artist As A Child 15.04.2018 4:52 ↓

David Watters reads "After, for Netty Mae," "Postscript," and "Self Portrait as Self Healing for the Artist as a Child."

Heucheras 12.04.2018 2:00 ↓

Coral bells' foliage and texture present many benefits beyond blooms.

State Of Play 08.04.2018 58:56 ↓

Host Aaron Cain speaks with experts in the fields of games and game design about the role that different kinds of games are playing in our lives.

Autobiography Vol. 6 08.04.2018 4:49 ↓

Eric Rensberger reads "Autobiography Vol. 6," "Flowers on the Graves of the Overdosed," and "Late January."

Edging Plants 05.04.2018 2:00 ↓

A garden looks neat if it has well-defined edges.

Red Fox 01.04.2018 5:37 ↓

Patsy Rahn reads "Red Fox," "Take Your Power," "I Saw You on Television," and "A Child at Easter."

Garden Favorites 29.03.2018 2:00 ↓

What popular flowers do you have planted in your garden?

Izote 25.03.2018 4:40 ↓

Willy Palomo reads "Izote" and "Mark 6:41-42."

Top Sellers 22.03.2018 2:00 ↓

Retailers in the Midwest attend trials in Michigan, where the new plant introductions are grown outdoors en masse.

Carolina Reaper 18.03.2018 4:44 ↓

Patrick Kindig reads "Carolina Reaper," "Saint Joan," and "Ode, after Ross Gay."

Ranked By Popularity 15.03.2018 2:00 ↓

And fourth place goes to... Alstroemeria!

Poet Yalie Kamara 11.03.2018 58:54 ↓

Publisher Dave Torneo speaks with poet Yalie Kamara, who also reads samples of her work.

Time Sensitive Materials 11.03.2018 4:47 ↓

Eric Rensberger reads a series of short poems.

Easter Flowers 08.03.2018 2:00 ↓

The Madonna lily, Lilium candidum, is potted up and sold all over the United States every spring.

Violinist Noah Bendix-Balgley 04.03.2018 58:54 ↓

Aaron Cain asks Noah Bendix-Balgley about his musical upbringing, his klezmer concerto, and what it's like to be concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Eating Malombo Fruit in Freetown 04.03.2018 5:55 ↓

Yalie Kamara reads "Eating Malombo Fruit in Freetown, 1989," "Trim," "A Haiku Love Poem for Gabby Douglas," and two more haikus.

Wildflower Center 01.03.2018 2:00 ↓

While the weather remains cold outdoors, we can look online for a flower fix. One site that I enjoy is the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.