Shrubby Buddies

In this weeks episode, we talk about the garbage invasive plants that everyone keeps planting in their landscapes!  We discuss what they are, why you shouldn't be planting them, and offer a robust list of more appealing and responsible alternatives!  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this weeks episode, we share some tips for your next visit to the local garden center and how you can make it a successful trip!  We also share some insight into early spring veggies, and what you should be planting outside NOW! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this week’s episode we gush about our favorite early flowering trees and shrubs!  Join us, and learn what you can be adding to the landscape to make your neighbors envious of your post-winter gardens!  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Matt and Tim are back at ya from zone 6b! In this episode let’s trim some plants, prep the gardens and get ready for another growing season! From edging to mulching and mowing to culling, we hope to get you and your gardens all tuned up for spring ‘25. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this episode we are just dropping in to say hey, and fill you all in with what we've been up to!  So join us from the snowy cabin in the Motherland, and enjoy this very informal bonus episode! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

No lumps of coal here - From threads to kicks, and power tools to more simple ones, the Shrubby Buddies have you covered! Get your special gardener, plant nerd or outdoors lover the perfect gift for the 2024 holiday season.  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

It’s getting cold so your tropical plants came inside, now what? In this episode the Shrubby Buddies help make the transition from outdoors to indoors more simple and rewarding. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Take a stroll with the Shrubby Buddies as we record our first episode on the move, walking about the Chadwick Arboretum at The Ohio State University. We’ll gush about the charming character of fall trees and evergreens, and listen as we meet Ohio’s newest tree nemesis for the very first time. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Strategies for fall garden cleanup that will set you up for spring success. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

There are tons of plants turning color out there and in this episode the Buddies share with you the elite ones, the A-listers, the heavy hitters. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Get to know the buddies as Matt and Tim ask one another questions, raw and unscripted. The plant questions should be easy, but watch out for those curveballs, boys. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Join us this week as we interview Bob Berbee from Leo Berbee Bulb Company and Dutchmill Greenhouse in Marysville, Ohio.  We dive into the history of the company, bulb shortages, the challenges of operating a retail garden center, and even get a little inside knowledge of Bobs favorite bulbs for each season!  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Some plants are rubbish; many due to invasive tendencies and others just because the Shrubby Buddies say so. Listen as the guys reveal their 12 most despised plants that can still be found at garden centers. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Well, this Ohio drought seems to be never ending, so let's add to our list of perennials that can outwit, outlast, and outgrow this record setting drought! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this weeks episode, we will give some different ideas to help change up your typical fall flower displays!  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Join us this week as we discuss some of the things that make trees fun and special, and we just answer some questions you have about why trees behave the way they do!  I hope you all enjoy, and maybe take away some fun little facts that you can share with your friends! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this week's episode, we take a look at the world of Hydrangeas.  Join us as we  discuss the different species, maintenance, attributes, and some of our favorite cultivars.  Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this weeks episode, Matt is all alone on a podcast plant island.  Timmy is out with family business, so join us as we learn a little bit about Matt, and what's surviving in his gardens, as he is dealing with the nasty heat and drought! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

This week we are joined with a very special guest, our amazing bestie and the milkweed queen herself, Brenna Rutan!  Come with us as we discuss a few of our favorite milkweeds, insects they host, and of course, the beautiful monarch butterfly! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

If the Shrubby Buddies were herbaceous plants, not hardy to zone 6, we'd totally have a hot & steamy affair with these, our top-performing annuals for summer of 2024. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this week's episode, we'll dive into a recap of our week in Asheville, North Carolina at the Perennial Plant Association's National Symposium.  Join us as we share fun stories and sell you on our new love for Asheville, North Carolina and all of its horticultural wonders! Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

On this week's episode of Shrubby Buddies, we are in beautiful Asheville, North Carolina at the Perennial Plant Association National Symposium.  We had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Brie Arthur (AKA Brie the Plant Lady), and discuss the Foodscape Revolution, Gardening with Grains, and all sorts of other horticultural goodies!  If you don't know who Brie is, you're about to find out wha...

This week we take time to share with you a little about our recent days spent at American Horts, Cultivate 2024.   Come take a listen as we talk about some new plants, newly cultivated relationships, tools, new plant programs and more!   Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Join us this week as we wrap up our 2 part talk about using tiny woodies in tight spaces.  We will discuss more of our "go to" small, ornamental trees for the landscape. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!

Using tiny woodies in tight spaces.  Join us as we discuss our go to small, ornamental trees for the landscape. Have a question, comment, or concern? Send us a text right here!