The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin

Indoor gardening is on deck this episode. African violets, Fig trees, Laurel (bay leaf tree), Gerberas and potted pussy willows. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Which is it? If no potted plants indoors it must be fruit flies! More about garlic - varieties, timing to plant and harvest. Forcing tulips in pots and overwintering Bougainvillea in the basement. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Growing edibles indoors, outdoors and even on an unheated porch are completely on trend this year. Pruning geraniums, Hibiscus, Wisteria and more. Watering orchids and convincing Christmas cactus to bloom. All on the Garden Show this week! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Pruning climbing roses and Wisteria, Amaryllis and Hoya lacking flowers, bulbs to plant around rhubarb and a jade plant dropping leaves - these are some of the discussion topics this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Questions & answers from callers about growing fig trees. The search for Hoya plants, growing Lemon Cypress, spider plants and more this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Daffodils are growing, tools for branch removal, growing mistletoe (why would you?), fertilizing turf, fungus gnats and cats that eat plants. All this and more on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Definitive information to control fungus gnats on indoor potted plants, an old palm is dropping leaves, and does cayenne pepper keep squirrels out of birdfeed? If so, how do the birds feel about the hot pepper?!? Tomato varieties, amaryllis and more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Christmas cactus pruning and watering - plus the one that got eaten out in the garden! Poinsettia care, orchids, reiger Begonias, Fuchsia and how to use small evergreens as decor in planters. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Paul Oliver of the Urban Nature Store joins us in-studio to share great tips about keeping birds fed, watered and safe over the winter. On the same over-winter topic we discuss strawberries, Dahlias and how often we should fertilize Christmas cactus. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mild weather means garlic is sprouting and roses are blooming now. More about overwintering tropical plants, Emerald Cedar demise, and lemon trees indoors. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Winter protection for tender roses, pruning Rose of Sharon and Lilac outdoors, plus trimming Mandevilla and Jasmine indoors. Keep those pruners sharp! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Callers are keen to learn about everbearing raspberries, low maintenance plants for a Seniors Centre, pruning purple leaf sandcherry, overwintering: potted geraniums, lavender and strawberries in a moss-lined hanging basket. Figs at the end of the show, plus a new found bag of tender tubers from last spring. And the phones are glitchy. What to do??? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radi...

Charlie is still planting bulbs outdoors, but callers want information about lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana), mini-roses, umbrella plant (Schefflera), cactus and transplanting crown of thorns (Euphorbia) indoors. Cutting back Hydrangea, transplanting a volunteer pine tree and caring for Rose of Sharon - all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Get your bulbs in the ground now. Questions include: re-using soil in containers, overwintering geraniums and roses, planting grass seed, and are vegetable seeds labelled GMO? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Paul Oliver joins in again to share tips for keeping birds happy and healthy all winter. Plant evergreens for shelter is one of his mantras. When to plant grass seed, and when to prune flowering shrubs all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Top dressing, over-seeding and fall fertilizing lawns are all covered this week. Plus pruning Magnolia, Rose of Sharon, garlic and tree Peonies. What can possibly grow beneath a pine tree that keeps shedding needles? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Pruning tropical Hibiscus before coming indoors, Hydrangea that don't bloom and fruit flies! This time of year we have it all, including lots of fungal diseases like powdery mildew. To avoid mildew consider more sun and air circulation in your gardens. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Not for the first time a caller wants to know when and how to kill clover. I don't understand why. It's self-sustaining (no fertilizer or irrigation required) plus it's wonderful plant for pollinators. We take calls about Limelight Hydrangea, Hybrid Tea roses, gardening for the first time in a condo, and is there still time to plant perennials? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Paul Oliver (Urban Nature Store) joins us again in studio. Lots of great tips on feeding and supporting wild birds included. Plants to support birds, dog strangling vine toxicity, and which birds eats meal worms - all included on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Morning glory that don't flower, roses with spots, chlorotic tree peony and a bumper crop of peaches are covered this week. Privet hedge rejuvenation, winter care of Weigela and Hydrangea, plus positive feedback is pretty sweet too! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sept 2: Invasive plants and animals like bindweed and moles are wreaking havoc for some gardeners. Tomatoes with blight, wilting Clematis and Hydrangeas that grow so fast the blooms are buried. All thoroughly discussed on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Soil recipe for cactus, 90 year old peonies, and controlling lily of the valley. Another epic Garden Show! 5 brand new episodes of Healing Gardens set to launch on Vision TV; 9pm (EST); Sept 4th. Watch every Monday until Oct 2nd! Or, go to https://www.visiontv.ca/shows/healing-gardens/ Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

This week we discuss Boxwood Tree moth, non-blooming Hydrangea, white bleeding heart, garlic and Sweetshrub 'Aphrodite'. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Coffee grounds, clover, boxwood tree moth, diseased cucumbers, lacecap Hydrangeas and more. All thoroughly discussed on the Garden Show this week. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mums that stopped blooming (they really shouldn't have started yet!), no blooms on morning glory and roses, cedar mulch around rhododendrons, trimming Lavender and how to control dog strangling vine! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio