Bryce visits Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, ranked number one on TripAdvisor’s list of Top 10 public gardens in the country. He talks with Director of Horticulture and N.C. State graduate, Rodney Eason, and a current N.C. State student who is doing an internship at the garden.

Ornamental Onion is a perennial that has small lilac-purple flowers that form ball clusters. It grows about 10-24 inches tall and its leaves have a slight onion fragrance when crushed. Ornamental Onion is deer resistant and drought tolerant. It grows best in full sun.

grass that is an herbaceous perennial. It grows 2-3 feet tall with an equal spread. This is a slow-growing plant that takes about three years to get established. In late summer it produces beautiful pinkish tinged plumes.

When it comes to lawns in North Carolina, the type of grass you select, primarily depends on where you live and of course, how much time you want to spend tending it. This week Bryce visits a sod farm in the western part of the state and learns more about the expertise of North Carolina sod producers. Then, he tackles the task of laying sod on his own.

This week, Bryce visits two gardens in North Carolina that are small in size, but making a big in impact in their communities--The New Hanover County Arboretum and Bullington Gardens in Hendersonville. Both gardens provide programs to help educate youth, adults, and those with special needs.

Double Purple Datura/ Jimson Weed is an herbaceous annual with large flowers that are purple on the outside and white to cream on the inside. It is a summer-flowering plant that grows from seed.

Massive, mounded and magnificent are just a few words to describe Japanese maples. This week, Bryce visits the Nichols brothers who have propagated thousands of Japanese maples for gardeners worldwide. Plus he features other trees that work well in the home landscape.

Hearty Fig is a small tree that grows well in North Carolina. It grows up to thirty feet with a rounded habit. The fruit are edible. Other popular cultivars include: Alma Fig, Brown Turkey Fig, Italian Honey Fig and LSU Purple Fig.

Roselle is an annual that dates back to ancient times. It propagates true from seed and grows 6-8ft. tall. Requires full sun to part shade, well drained soil. Small yellow flower and red fruit that is edibile.

New plants don’t just appear at your local garden center. Years, sometimes decades, of work go in to introducing new plants. In this episode, Bryce talks to a horticultural legend, Dr. Allan Armitage, about the research underway at the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia. Then he visits a local nursery for at look at what’s new in the world of gardening.