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WFIU: Focus on Flowers

A weekly Games, Hobbies and Arts podcast featuring Moya Andrews
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WFIU: Focus on Flowers

WFIU Public Media (wfiu.org)

WFIU: Focus on Flowers

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WFIU: Focus on Flowers

WFIU Public Media (wfiu.org)

WFIU: Focus on Flowers

A weekly Games, Hobbies and Arts podcast featuring Moya Andrews
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Some people love specific plants just because of their scent.
I love plant names that rhyme!
Foliage colors are especially good for creating interesting beds and borders.
I love coleus for their showy colorful leaves...
June is the month for weddings!
It is interesting to watch sunflowers turn their heads to follow the sun.
In the Victorian language of flowers, giving honeysuckle was a way of acknowledging a lady had a sweet disposition.
I recently saw a lovely bed in my neighborhood devoted entirely to annuals. It was full sun and composed predominantly of pink and blue flowers. At the back were tall cleome, commonly called spider plant.
Filipendula rubra produces airy rose-pink flower clusters that can be between 4-10 inches wide and rise above the plant’s deeply divided leaves presenting a regal appearance befitting its common name, Queen of the Prairie.
Digging up the root ball of an established plant completely and cutting it into sections actually benefits the plant.
Starting plants from existing ones is fun as well as economical.
Perennial beds need to be well dug initially to loosen the soil and then amended with compost or other organic material.
There is a legend about a knight in armor who is walking along the bank of a river...
“True taste has an eye for both weeds and garden flowers.”
Sometimes plants have minds of their own.
Vita Sackville-West's granddaughter Juliet Nicolson says that her grandmother's "presence still fills the garden."
Vita Sackville-West's planting philosophy : "Cram, cram, cram, every chink and cranny.”
Begonias are beloved because of their textured, colorful foliage, as well as their pretty flowers.
During the winter when I can’t actually garden outdoors, I plan many garden improvements and most of them include buying new plants.
O’Keeffe is an art world star and her paintings of larger-than-life flowers are unique.
Azalea mollis is sometimes successful as a houseplant.
Hyacinth are some of the most popular bulbs to force in bulb glasses.
Clivias have attractive thick, strap-like dark green leaves.
Cape primrose is a wonderful houseplant because it blooms for a long period of time.
Gloxinia plants look lush and there are many varieties.
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