Episode 100: Wish List Plants

Well , loyal auditor , it ’s hard to believe , but this is our 100th sequence ! We can not thank everyone out there who has perplex with us from the early days of prove to figure out what a podcast about plant should fathom like and still downloads installment to this Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ( when we ’ve only figured out a bit more of what we ’re doing ) . We ’re not big on natal day around here , but we did determine to kick off this day of remembrance instalment with a question : If you could have 100 of any industrial plant to give as natural endowment to friends and buster gardeners , what would it be ? Our answers may surprise you . Then we stick with the theme of gifts and launch into our annual vacation installment of works that have made it onto our wishing lists this year . Listen today and fall in the celebration .

Expert testimony : Amanda Bennett is frailty president of horticulture and collections at Atlanta Botanical Garden .

Danielle ’s Plants

100 Plant Choice : Redbud ( Cercisand cvs . , Zones 4–9 ; render , ‘ Don Egolf ’ )

‘ Lemon Squeeze ’ fountain smoke ( Pennisetum alopecuroides‘Lemon Squeeze ’ , Zones 4–9 )

‘ Ragin Cajun ’ Indian pink ( Spigelia marilandica‘Ragin Cajun ’ , Zones 5–9 )

‘ Boom Chocolatta ’ geranium ( Geranium pratense‘Boom Chocolatta ’ , Zones 4–8 )

Little Hottie ® panicle hydrangea ( Hydrangea paniculata‘Bailpanone ’ , Zones 3–8 )

Carol ’s Plants

100 Plant Choice:‘Raydon ’s Favorite ’ redolent aster ( Symphyotrichum oblongifolium‘Radon ’s Favorite ’ , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Gilt Edge ’ toad lily ( Tricyrtis formosana‘Gilt Edge ’ , Zones 5–8 )

Mexican sunflower ( Tithonia rotundifolia , annual )

‘ Sango - kaku ’ Nipponese maple(Acer palmatum‘Sango - kaku ’ , zona 5–8 )

Flowering spurge ( Euphorbia corollata , Zones 5–8 )

Expert ’s plant

Amanda Bennett is frailty president of gardening and assemblage at Atlanta Botanical Garden .

‘ Gethsemane Moonlight ’ sturdy chrysanthemum ( Chrysanthemum‘Gethsemane Moonlight ’ , Zones 5–9 )

Jelly palm ( Butia capitata , Zones 9–11 )

Bamboo muhly ( Muhlenbergia dumosa , Zones 8–11 )

‘ Fragrant Pink ’ camelia ( Camellia‘Fragrant Pink ’ , Zones 8–10 )

‘ Florida King ’ knockout ( Prunus persica‘Florida King ’ , Zones 6–9 ; not pictured )

Episode 100: Wish List Plants

Photo: Walters Gardens, Inc.

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