The Garden Show

This hour, Dan opens up the show live from Bantings Nursey in Bridge City covering everything going on around New Orleans for all the green thumbs out there, as well as what Dan is seeing in his garden, how we should be using any leftover Easter Lilies, before fielding calls on bleeding Magnolia trees, red spots on a Sweet Olive tree, how to curb those eating my bell pepper plants overnight, an up...

Dan dives into the phone lines today hearing from callers on a variety of issues such as bleeding Magnolia trees, what residual cold damage citrus trees looks like, what lichens are and how we should not panic if we see them, and more!

Dan opens up the show discussing a few calendar items before discussing how we should keep an eye on the color we are seeing in our trees, beds, plants, flowers, and lawns, if you've got leftover Easter lilies, they make a fantastic addition to our gardens, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill opens up with a quick discussion about rose bushes and the critters that may be in them this time of year, the go-to lawn preventers we are using and when we should be using them, the proper way to propagate Peggy martin rose bushes, some very strict concerns and notes regarding how we grow our bougainvillea's in pots, finding a good shrub that can grow well without a ton...

This hour, Dan hears from listeners on what is going on in their garden and what is causing them headaches like trimming back a sweet bay magnolia to fit more in one's yard, how ruscuses does in our climate, finding some fast growing evergreen trees to fill up our yards, and much more!

Dan heads back to the phone line to help callers with their questions such as if the same methods for handling bougainvillea's and their pot conditions can be used for hibiscuses, how ruscuses does in our climate, and more!

Dan opens up this hour with callers questions on subjects such as pruning sweet bay magnolia trees back, and what an ideal shrub would be that can survive without a ton of sunlight.

This hour, Dan Gills dives into everything on roses in Louisiana, the breeds and types of roses we often have and find in Louisiana, when is best to start getting those in the ground, before hearing from callers on handling stick weeds, when we should be using turf builders, the proper way to propagate Peggy Martin roses, some greenhouse do's and dont's, if there is a limit to how much pruning we...

Dan heads to the phone lines to hear from callers on a variety of concerns such as dealing with sticker weeds, the best time to use turf builders, and how should be propagating Peggy martin roses.

Dan opens up today's show discussing when roses grow and really producer their quality flowers, the rose breed that we often see in the Gulf South, some of the critters that we may see this time of year, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill is live from Bantings in Lacombe to help callers with a variety of issues and concerns like what are the bugs that cause "sooty mold", keeping an eye out for Buck moth caterpillars, clearing lichens off my crepe myrtles, if Pete moss could be a good substitute for mulch, a big gardening party next weekend that features... bunnies, gardenia damage is not something to mess...

This hour, Dan goes over some calendar items for the day before diving back into the phone lines to hear from callers on a flurry of topics such as what are lichens on my crepe myrtle, concerns over damage on a gardenia, planting starter rose bushes, tips for newly planted bottle brush trees, if you could use Pete moss as a good mulch substitute, a gardening party next weekend that has bunnies, an...

Dan helps out callers and listeners with their questions ranging from prepping your beds for planting rose bushes, what you should know about planting bottle brush trees, and much more!

Dan heads back to the lines to hear from callers on issues such as knowing when to cut your losses on a damaged gardenia, what is this "hair like" growth on my crepe myrtles, and what could be the reason why my amarillos aren't blooming?

This hour, Dan is live from Bantings up on the Northshore in Lacombe discussing everything we should be seeing in our gardens nowadays with a some lovely weather hitting Louisiana this time weekend before heading to the phone lines to hear from callers on topics such as sooty mold concerns, what brings worms to our plants and how we can fight them, pecan trees do like to alternate their production...

Dan heads to the phone line as well as live from the crowd of avid gardeners up at Bantings in Lacombe to discuss their issues and concerns such as some pink weeds making hay this spring in our lawns, what could be putting a black residue on my crepe myrtles.

Dan Gill is live from Bantings up on the Northshore with the weather as good as its been, what is he seeing in his garden, the bugs that are starting to show up in our trees and lawns, and the limits that we should be aware of when using fertilizers!

On today's show, Dan Gill opens up discussing the warm planting season ahead of us so what exactly should we look be growing in our beds, what other tips we should be on the lookout for, and some bugs to keep eye on before fielding questions from listeners ranging from limes growing our lawns, the best ways to kill weeds and other annoying plants around Asian Jasmine, the best way to kill Asian Ja...

This hour, Dan reminds us about some gardening and botanical events going on this weekend before heading back to the phone lines to hear from callers on topics such as streamlining the prep phase of gardening, if tilling really does make a difference in the growth and success of our plants and flowers, if more basic soil can be a place Tulip Poplars can still grow, and what is the best thing to ca...

Dan dives back into the lines to help callers with questions like some odd circles popping up in my lawn and what those could mean, can Tulip Poplars survive in a non-acidic soil, and on the other side of a caller we had earlier, we go over what works to KILL Asian Jasmine.

Dan opens up the second hour helping calls with concerns such as planning the prep phase of gardening out so there's less strenuous work and how important is tilling to the soil we put our gardens in?

This hour, Dan Gill breaks down some of the warm season plants we should be looking into putting in our yards and beds and what else we should keep an eye on bug-wise this time of year before opening up the phone lines to hear from you on a variety of issues ranging from cutting dead growths of plumerias, if lime can help your lawn grow, satsuma concerns following the historic freeze we had, weed...

Dan heads to the phone lines to hear from callers on cutting off dead growth from a plumeria, how putting lime on your yard can help grow your grass, and more!

Dan opens up the show discussing some general rules when planting warm season veggies, other warm season tips to be aware of, and keeping an eye on a certain type of caterpillars making way to the Gulf South.

On today's show, Dan Gill dives into how we are entering the depths of Spring and what we should expect to see in our lawns and yards this time of year before answering callers on a whole slew of topics ranging from, general purpose herbicide for bugs and slugs, bottle brush survival following a freeze, some good rules-of-thumb when hiring a landscaper, mole cricket infestation do's and don'ts, th...