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14.09.2024 - 15:12 / awaytogarden.com
‘PLANTS TELL the story of a place,” says field botanist and native plant nursery owner Jared Rosenbaum. “If you want to be rooted on the earth you live on, you can look to plants to interpret that story.”
With his friend, a filmmaker named Jared Flesher, aka the other Jared, Jared Rosenbaum creates what they call funky but highly cinematic five-minute videos about the ecology of wild plants. The second season of their series, titled “Rooted,” is debuting on YouTube Sept. 15, with a video on none other than the Eastern prickly pear cactus, the only hardy cactus of the region. Jared the botanist told me about it, and about some other native plant stories.
Jared and his wife, Rachel Mackow, provide design inspiration and plants to clients to make their landscape ideas come true at Wild Ridge Plants, their nursery in rural New Jersey, which is also a mail order source of distinctive natives. Jared is the author of the book “Wild Plant Culture: A Guide to Restoring Edible and Medicinal Native Plant Communities” (affiliate link).
Plus: Comment in the box near the bottom of this page to enter to win a copy of his book.
Read along as you listen to the Sept. 16, 2024 edition of my public-radio show and podcast using the player below. You can subscribe to all future editions on Apple Podcasts (iTunes) or Spotify (and browse my archive of podcasts here).
Margaret Roach: I haven’t talked to you in a while, and it’s nice to hear your voice. How are you?
Jared Rosenbaum: Thanks so much, Margaret. I’m well. How are you doing?
Margaret: Yeah, I’m good. I guess the last time we talked was probably about “Wild Plant Culture,” and about foraging, and all kinds of other topics. All good, praying
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The Pee Dee region is expecting rain from a potential tropical weather system this week. Fall crops are growing well with fairly low disease pressure. Caterpillar populations are climbing in places. See below for more details.
If you love experiencing life through dreamy, rose-colored glasses, grow these pink-leaved outdoor plants in your garden for year-round color! Emerging in all shades of pink, your garden will look like something straight out of a fairy tale! Check it out!
Happy Monday GPODers!
Jason Donnelly
As well as what could be classed as ‘projects’, there is a tendency for minor editing at this time of year and, on the whole, I feel the borders generally have been improving in recent years because of this. I daresay I will never be completely happy with them and inevitably there will always be changes to be made, but at least there seems to be more cohesion to them these days and I don’t have an issue with removing plants that no longer bring pleasure. The bold borders have certainly come a step closer in their boldness, although some editing is still required in the one to the left of the gate (above), where an over-exuberant geranium has been swamping the new Geum ‘Totally Tangerine ‘ in front of it (below); moving the geranium further back in the border will be a first step.
Don’t put away your gardening tools just yet! Once the weather moderates, there’s still plenty of time to plant. In fact, fall actually is an ideal time for adding new perennials and shrubs to your garden to add beauty, privacy, andpollinator-friendly plants.
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Long flowering plants mean that you can extend your summer colour right through to autumn. And even to the first frosts of winter.
Hostas are perennials that can be planted across borders and inside containers. They are grown for their attractive foliage. But none of the varieties can tolerate full sun. They preferred shaded spots and moisture. If you want hosta like foliage in your outdoor garden, check out these full-sun hosta alternatives.
Boxwood (Buxus) are slow-growing shrubs that lend year-round evergreen symmetry and structure to a space. Popular as hedges and topiaries, poor practices like over-shearing have made it unviable and vulnerable to disease. Here are the best alternatives to the quintessential boxwood, which is likely more manageable and natural to your setting!