Episode 43: Plant Delights Field Trip

We visit the home of the weirdest and most wonderful plants imaginable

For any bona fide plant nerd , visiting industrial plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh , North Carolina , is a bucket - listing trip . Home to countless unheard of genera and cultivars of common plants that you ’d be hard - pressed to find anywhere else on the satellite , this place is , in a word , incredible . So of class Steve and Danielle had to take the show on the road and record a live episode on the dry land of Plant Delights ( and while wandering around their showing bed , which form Juniper Level Botanic Garden ) . The duo found a plethora of awing plants to blab about and even had owner Tony Avent weigh in on their personal shopping choices from the greenhouses . In this instalment , you ’re guarantee to hear about some plants that you never knew you require , much less even live existed .

overstretch up and seeing the Plant Delights Nursery sign spark a delight that is hard to line . Perhaps “ plant life euphoria ” is close .

Danielle let out a shriek when she see ‘ Aphrodite ’ sweetshrub ( Calycanthus‘Aphrodite ’ , Zones 5–9 ) from a distance . Upon near inspection , the fragrant blossom were tumid than golf game testicle .

A favorite of Steve ’s was ‘ Double Stuff ’ Solomon ’s Navy SEAL ( Polygonatum odoratum‘Double Stuff ’ , Zones 3–9 ) , an extremely motley cultivar that would for certain brighten up any shady spot .

Forcing Steve to take a selfie is never gentle , but since he was daze by the number of cool plants , he was easier to convince .

Steve found a supporter to hamper with that he claim was a better listener than Danielle .

The extension greenhouses on the dimension were chock full of freshly transplanted cuttings and fully frozen specimen ready to be pack and shipped throughout the land .

Steve ’s voice went up an octave or two when he recognise ‘ Wheee ! ’ hosta ( Hosta‘Wheee ! ’ , Zones 3–9 ) .

One of the first industrial plant on site that Danielle fell in erotic love with was ‘ Ultraviolet ’ prickly pear ( Opuntia‘Ultraviolet ’ , Zones 4–9 ) , a inhuman - unfearing cactus with char pinkish blooms . in force drain is patently fundamental .

Atlantis ™ sedum ( Sedum takesimense‘Nonsitnal ’ , Zones 4–9 ) is a industrial plant Steve has had his eye on for a while . The intensely variegate foliage is hard to miss , even from afar .

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