Focus on Flowers

Jan 30 2025 1752 ep. 18 mins 192

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Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.

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Poisonous Plants

Jan 30 2025 2 mins

Daphne, a shrub with tiny clusters of fragrant flowers, is poisonous as well as having sap that is a skin irritant. Just a few of Daphne's brightly colored berries could kill a child.

Amusing Quotations

Jan 23 2025 2 mins

I have avoided dealing with some pressing but boring tasks today by reading some amusing quotations about gardens and gardening. Here are some you may enjoy: Barbara Spindel wrote recently, "Gardens have been sites of transgression ever since Eve and the serpent."

Nicholas Culpeper

Jan 16 2025 2 mins

Nicholas Culpeper was the son of an English clergyman, and he studied medicine at Cambridge University in the 17th century. When he began to practice, he gave plant medicines at minimal cost to his impoverished patients.

Beth Chatto

Jan 09 2025 2 mins

In the 1960s, Beth Chatto started her garden on an unwanted wasteland in Essex, England. She was an ecologist and knew how to select plants that are adaptable to any conditions.

Evergreen Holly

Jan 02 2025 2 mins

During the holidays, it is satisfying to be able to pick a vase of holly with bright red berries to decorate our homes. It is also a welcome gift to present to neighbors and friends.

The Winter Garden

Dec 26 2024 2 mins

Stripped of its lush spring and summer growth, the winter garden nonetheless has a charm of its own. It is all about contours and shapes and the way the ice and snow transform items and add sparkle.

Perfumed Gifts

Dec 19 2024 2 mins

If you are wondering what to buy as a holiday gift for a gardening friend, you can order a shrub now to be delivered next spring. There is a wonderful, scented viburnum that I have in my garden...

Gifts for Gardeners

Dec 12 2024 2 mins

If you are looking for a holiday gift for a gardener, now is the time to order online. You will, of course, have a delivery date of next spring when it is safe to plant, but a notification of the spring delivery will be sent to your lucky recipient before the holidays.

Hellebore Flowers

Dec 05 2024 2 mins

There are so many new varieties of hellebores now available, and these plants make perfect gifts for gardeners. In early spring when there are no garden flowers available, I am so grateful when I look under the leathery leaves of my hellebores and find flowers to pick for the house. It is a wonderful joy.

Zealous Spreaders

Nov 27 2024 2 mins

If you prefer not to use strong pesticides, there are other ways to get rid of unwanted aggressive and invasive plants.