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Spring Blooming Bulbs
Spring bulbs, especially tulips are some of the first flowers of spring. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond talks about how to choose and care for bulbs. Bulbs need the cold of winter to trigger root growth and also plant and flower growth when it warms up in spring.
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This Week in the Garden
Included Tree Bark
This week in the garden Certified Arborist Wes Hopper shows how included bark in a tree crotch can create a stain on the trunk. >>Watch
UT Assistant Professor of Residential and Consumer Horticulture, Natalie Bumgarner, shows a volunteer gourd growing in the Family Plot garden and talks about the genetics of volunteer plants. >>Watch |
You can attract birds with feeders and birdbaths. Birds like clean bird feeders, and birds will frequent a bird bath that is not frozen. Debbie Bruce from Wild Birds Unlimited talks about how to attract winter birds to your yard. >>Watch
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Plants with Multi-Season Interest: Beauty Year-Round
When planning a garden or landscape, you can select plants that offer beauty throughout the year. Plants with multi-season interest provide not only year-round color but also texture, fragrance, and form that evolve with the changing seasons. Here are ten fantastic options, chosen for their year-around beauty. >>Watch
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Ponds require different levels of maintenance depending on what you want to do with it. First and foremost, Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison says to not blow leaves and yard waste into the pond as this will reduce the oxygen level of the water affecting the algae eaten by the fish. >>Watch
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Viewer Questions
Will my apricot tree ever bear fruit?
This is likely a pollination problem. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond says apricots are self-pollinating, but they need bees to knock the pollen around in the flower. She says it could also be a problem with the weather. She recommends reading the Extension publication on New England tree fruit management available here: https://netreefruit.org/stone-fruit/apricots. >>Watch
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What is this plant growing in my flower garden?
This is milo or grain sorghum. It is used frequently in bird feeders and probably was dropped by a bird. Milo is used for animal feed and is high in fat and protein. It grows like corn but has a distinctive seed head. You can harvest it and put it out for the birds to eat over the winter. >>Watch
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What are these black stripes on my green beans? Can I still eat them?
There are many possible reasons for the stripes. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond says it could be due to it being late in the season. It may also be naturally occurring on this type of green bean. Either way they are safe to eat. >>Watch
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What is this tree? It has helicopter seeds, but the leaves are not maple.
This is the boxelder tree, which is in the Acer genus, just like maples. >>Watch
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