On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our flower gardens for the 2023 growing season. We tease talking about sunflowers for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So, look for that episode next week (we promise!).

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00:35 – Welcome Ken, and has Chris bought his seeds?

01:08 – What seeds has Ken started?

01:55 – Welcome Emily, has she started seeds?

02:25 – Has Chris been keeping up with his New Year’s Resolution?

What are we growing this year?

04:05 – Ken – Cupid’s dart

05:50 – Emily – Calendula

09:40 – Chris – Sedges

14:40 – Poppies and flowering tobacco

17:25 – Emily – Snapdragons and supporting cut flowers

22:45 – Chris – Mayapple

25:40 – Ken – African daisy, Hibiscus, Cardinal climber, Stock

27:52 – Emily – Strawflower, Gomphrena

31:10 – Weird-shaped flowers, Amaranth and Celosia

33:16 – Chris – Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' (Black-eyed Susan)

36:12 – Ken – Cotton, snapdragon, cosmos, zinnia, sunflower, and more

38:06 – saving zinnia seeds

39:15 – Emily’s zinnias

39:55 – Cosmos

41:55 – Emily – Mrs. Burns' Lemon basil and ageratum

43:35 – Chris – Lungwort

45:38 – Chris - Lipstick Blonde Hosta

47:55 – Asking questions about our gardens

48:33 – Wrap-up, thank yous, and good bye!

Stay tuned for our show where we talk about sunflowers for 2023.

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