The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss the world's dullest plant, the Chinese Evergreen, plus sweet potatoes and potting soil. Some helpful links. Costa Farms has a downloadable pdf on aglaonemas , commonly called Chinese Evergreens. Dee's IGTV post about aglaonemas . Making Things Grow by Thalassa Cruso Sweet potato vines at P roven Winners Sweet potatoes for your vegetable gardens at J...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss flowering tobacco ( Nicotiana sp .), vegetables that are easy to grow and hard to grow plus a new app to help all gardeners grow vegetables, and a few of their favorite old gardening books.  Here are some helpful links: Flowers:   The lime-green Nicotiana langsdorffii , with a narrow bell-shaped flower is hard to find seeds for but Louis the Plant Geek also g...

Send us Fan Mail Some helpful links: New Varieties of David Austin Roses for 2020 Botanical Interest Seeds More on P.L.A.N.T.S. for gardening goals Our special Vegetable Gardening Podcast Episode " How To Grow A Basic Summer Garden " Our past episode on roses, Everything's Coming Up Roses Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com and look for us on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter and...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss Lantana and Corn and prove that any topic can be related to gardening. Some helpful links National Garden Bureau All-America Selections Lantana varieties at Proven Winners Sweet corn varieties at Botanical Interests Seeds Garden Pickers on Facebook and the Original Idea for Garden Pickers Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com and look for us on Instagram ,...

Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee look back at their favorite moments in the flower and veggies gardens in 2019 and discuss resolutions for the new year! Books mentioned:    Atomic Habits , by James Clear. Email us at TheGardenangelists@gmail.com and look for us on Instagram , Facebook , Twitter and now Pinterest . For more info on Carol, visit her website. For more info on Dee, visit her website . W...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss tea which reminds them of C.S. Lewis. Helpful links: The movie - Shadowlands , which is sad but has a great Christmas scene in it. Also, Becoming Mrs. Lewis was a book both Carol and Dee Enjoyed Links to some teas you might want to try: Jubilee Blend Royal Blend     Taylor of Harrogate Earl Gray T eas with rose petals An electric tea kettle Spode dishes. Book...

Send us Fan Mail Varieties of calendula to grow ' Pink Surprise ' ' Flashback' series ' Radio ' - Cool shade of orange with long petals. ' Zeolights -  Kind of a pink. Some of our favorite seed catalogs include:  Botanical Interests , Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Burpee , Johnny’s Selected Seeds , Pinetree Garden Seeds , Renee’s Garden Seeds , and Swallowtail Gard...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss birds in the garden, planting for them, feeding them, and reading about them. Some helpful links: Flowers: Planting for the birds!    Veggies:  Broom Corn     Botanical Interest Seeds  Should you feed the birds?  Info for the Audubon society   Info on Passenger Pigeons Books: The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century ,...

Send us Fan Mail Flowers: African Violets - Not your granny’s flower!  More info on the UGA Extension website  These are not your grandma's houseplants , by Ary Bruno. There’s a yellow one! African Violet Society of America . Veggie: The Herb Lover's Spa Book: Create a Luxury Spa Experience at Home with Fragrant Herbs from Your Garden , by Sue Goetz. Dirt:  GrowIt App   to connect with o...

Send us Fan Mail Flower: Helleborus niger - Christmas Rose which we talked about in a previous podcast: “ You can’t have Christmas Without the Plants .”   Veggies: Favorite books about vegetable gardening that make great Christmas gifts!  Mastering the Art of Vegetable Gardening, by Matt Mattus Veggie Garden Remi x, Niki Jabbour Vegetables Love Flowers: Companion Planting for Beauty and Bounty , b...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss and debate the best paperwhites to grow, how to grow (or not grow) Brussel sprouts and the truth about houseplants in the news. Links: Sources for Paperwhites: Brent and Becky's Bulbs John Scheepers Not all Paperwhites Stink on Dee’s blog. Vodka!  Supposed to add to the water to keep the paperwhites shorter and stockier.  Pickling your paperwhites .  Wax...

Send us Fan Mail We talk about growing amaryllis bulbs, including waxed bulbs, a mast year and acorn flour, plus a new book, The Artist's Garden by Jackie Bennett. Helpful links: Sources for amaryllis bulbs: Brent and Becky's Bulbs John Scheepers Bulbs Sources for waxed amaryllis bulbs: Burpee Three Company via Amazon Amaryllis accessories and info Copper amaryllis stakes Tips to get you...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about the little bulbs, growing pumpkins, and some of their favorite older gardening books by Elizabeth Lawrence and Allen Lacy. Sources for little bulbs include: Brent And Becky's Bulbs John Scheeper's Beauty from Bulbs Sources for pumpkin seeds include: Botanical Interests Burpee Seed Co. Books we enjoy: The Little Bulbs: A Tale of Two Gardens by Eli...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about ornamental grasses in the garden, native fruit trees including pawpaws and persimmons and Halloween suggestions for gardeners. Here are some helpful links: Blog post from Dee on Ornamental Grasses High Country Gardens , a great source for ornamental grasses Article Dee wrote for HGTV on Tips on Growing Persimmons . Article on Pawpaws:  Pawpaw-The Midwest B...

Send us Fan Mail Here are some links to go with the podcast episode: Daffodil sources: Brent and Becky's Bulbs Colorblends John Scheeper's Beauty with Bulbs Daffodil Info: American Daffodil Society Paperwhites that don't stink up your house ! Kale Seeds: Botanical Interests Other Links: Cobrahead Weeders "Leave the leaves: I think not" on Garden Rant Dee’s recipe for kale...

Send us Fan Mail Some helpful links from our show notes: Tulips: French Blend Rose tulips from Colorblends Wholesale Bulbs. The Princely Mixture from VanEngelen which includes: balanced mixture of Candy Prince (blush-pink), Purple Prince (lilac-purple) and Sunny Prince (lemon-yellow).  Jacqueline Van der Kloet planting style.  Garden Design has a good article on it. Tulipa clusiana ‘Lady Jane ’ Tu...

Send us Fan Mail Some helpful links: Flowers: Matt Mattus’s Growing with Plants blog post on fancy mums Old House Gardens, a great source for heirloom crocuses and other flower bulbs Veggies:  Mississippi State Cooperative Extension guide with information about storing seeds over the winter.  Dirt: Two great books:  Forest Therapy by Sarah Ivens. We should all get out into nature and soak up every...

Send us Fan Mail Some helpful links: Flowers - all the bulbs that deer and other critters don't like. Sources for bulbs include: ColorBlends .  Van Engelen . Brent and Becky’s Bulbs. List of deer and rodent resistant bulbs . Old House Gardens . Veggies - Fall sowing still going on! Sources for fall-sown seeds include: Botanical Interests Burpee Johnny's Selected Seeds All the best dirt -...

Send us Fan Mail Some helpful links and info on the giveaway: For the giveaway of seeds from Botanical Interests ,  Here's how to enter: 1. Follow @botanical_interests and @thegardenangelists on Instagram if you haven't already! 2. "Like" the photo on The Gardenangelists Instagram post that describes the giveaway.  3. Tag a friend on that Instagram post to let them in on the gi...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol celebrate National Indoor Plant Week by talking about flowering houseplants, houseplants you can eat, and a couple of new books on houseplants. A new plant for 2020 that can be grown as a houseplant is Proven Winners:  Peppy Le Pom™ Pomegranate . Books mentioned include: Grow in the Dark: How to Choose and Grow Low-Light Houseplants by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf. Lisa is...

Send us Fan Mail Show Notes: Asters at American Meadows High Country Gardens.  Garlic Sources include: Botanical Interests ,  Burpee ,  Johnny’s Selected Seeds and  Filaree Garlic Farm Carol’s new author website . Dee’s author website . Dee is speaking to the Denton County, TX Master Gardeners at their Fall Fest on October 12 .  Carol is speaking at the Lake County Master Gardener’s 7th annual sym...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about goldenrod flowers, growing melons in the vegetable garden, and a couple of books about bees they enjoy. Which led to a conversation about wasps, somehow. Some helpful links: American Meadows has several goldenrods available. Burpee Seeds has 'Ambrosia' melons. And a few books on bees: The Beekeeper’s Lament by Hannah Nordhaus.    Bea’s Bees by Ka...

Send us Fan Mail Carol and Dee discuss crapemyrtles, growing veggies in the fall, and Hamilton, both the musical and the gardener! Some helpful links. Crapemyrtles ( Lagerstroemia indica ): Crapemyrtles, 'Cherry Dazzle ®' Black Diamond Crapemyrtles Sources for seeds for fall grown vegetables: Johnny's Selected Seeds Burpee Seeds Botanical Interests Seeds Hamilton: An article  in Mag...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol talk about Lycoris , also known as surprise lilies, resurrection lilies, etc., eggplant, and The Posy Book:  Garden-Inspired Bouquets That Tell a Story by Teresa H. Sabankaya.  Plus, Dee makes a special announcement! Some helpful links: Sources for Lycoris include Old House Gardens and Brent and Becky's Bulbs . Sources for eggplant seeds include Johnny's Se...

Send us Fan Mail Dee and Carol discuss some favorite flowers in the genus Rudbeckia, the current state of their vegetable gardens (good summer eating!) and the book The Lifelong Gardener by Toni Gattone. Some links: American Meadows , one of many sources for Rudbeckia plants 7 Perennials to Beat the Summer Heat , an article by Dee Nash Grow What You Love: 12 Food Plant Families To Change Your Life...