The Gardenangelists: Flowers, Veggies, and All the Best Dirt

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Dee and Carol turned toward Great Britain to talk about flowers Dee has coveted from her trips to England, growing vegetables in England, the floral symbolism in the coronation invitation, plus some British inspired gardening books.

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A few links:

Flowers:
Proven Winner's  Rise Up Amberness short climbing rose
Rose Chat Podcast

Vegetables:

Mushy Peas Recipe

On the Bookshelf:
Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life, by Marta McDowell
The Bold and Brilliant Garden, by Sarah Raven  

Dirt: 

The Hidden Symbolism in King Charles and Queen Camilla's Coronation Invitation

Rabbit Holes:
Great British Gardens with Carol Klein.  Gravetye Manor a William Robinson. History of Gardener's World. 

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Dee and Carol talk about admiring and trying to grow delphiniums, heirloom/heritage vegetables, and then a whole lot about roses, plus more, of course.

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A few links:

Dee's Bloody Mary nasturtiums. 

Flowers:
Eudora Welty quote about delphiniums on one of Carol's blog posts. Pacific Giants Blend Delphinium  

Vegetables:

Santa Maria Pinquito Bean – Rancho Gordo and Santa Maria Tri-Tip Recipe
Carol’s FH article on "What are Heirloom Seeds?"

On the Bookshelf:   Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History, by William Woys Weaver (Amazon link)

Plus: The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit by Amy Goldman  (Amazon link) and Smith & Hawken: 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for American Gardens by Carolyn J. Male (Amazon link)

Dirt:   Soldier fly larva compost article 

Rabbit Hole: A Rose Chat podcast episode and a children's book: The Rose Without a Name: The Story of the Katrina Rose by Nancy Rust & Carol Stubbs.

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Flowers:

So many salvias, including  Salvia nemorosa ' Color Spires Pink Dawn' from Proven Winners.   
Dummen Orange also has some great salvias like Salvia BODACIOUS Hummingbird Falls
And that other saliva, Salvia farinacea 'Augusta Duelberg' (not Alice... Dee remembers now.)
Flowers by the Sea is a nursery that specializes in Salvias

Dee's blog post on salvia!

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Dee and Carol talk about columbine flowers, perennial kale, a different kind of foraging book and more this week.

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A few links:

Carol's Easter eggs on Instagram
Muck Boots

Flowers:

Select Seeds sells a packet of Columbine seeds called National Collection Mix.   
Eden Bros. also has a mix of European columbine seeds .
Nan Ondra at Hayefield has some seeds for interesting columbines.
The Story of Flowers and how they change the way we live by Noel Kingsbury. (Amazon link)

Vegetables
How to Grow Heritage Perennial kale - The Guardian

On the Bookshelf:   The Flowerpot Forager: An Easy Guide to Growing Wild Food at Home,  by Stuart Ovenden (Amazon link)

Dirt:
Dee's post on Dr. John Cho and his elephant ear breeding, 

And April is   Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month 

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Dee and Carol talked about stock,  asparagus, sunflowers, a new flower book, and what's going on in  Dee's garden after the fires in Oklahoma.

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A few links:
Carol's latest blog post about weeding.
Dee's article in Oklahoma Living about how it's hard to garden in Oklahoma.
Dee's Instagram post with more info about the fires and her garden.

Flowers:
Info on stocks from  Missouri Botanical Garden.

Veggies: 
Info about growing asparagus on Renee’s Gardens website

More asparagus history and growing info in The Seed Dectective, by Adam Alexander. (Amazon link) (last week's book) and The Chef's Garden, by Farmer Lee Jones (Amazon link)

On the Bookshelf:
The Story of Flowers and how they change the way we live by Noel Kingsbury. (Amazon link)

Our Dirt:
Sunflower Steve

Rabbit holes:
The Creative Cove  on YouTube

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This week, Dee and Carol talk about tulips, rhubarb, the book The Seed Detective and more.

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Dee's new plants from Southern Living Plants:  Royal Hawaiian® ‘Waikiki’ Colocasia and Red Sky™ Ilex. 
Cool Wave Pansies
Carol's new Epson label printer for her plant labels
Information about voles Dee wrote for Family Handyman

Flowers:
Brent and Becky's Bulbs - a family-owned place to order bulbs.

Veggies: 
Rhubarb seeds at True Leaf Market

On the Bookshelf:  The Seed Dectective: Uncovering the Secret Histories of Remarkable Vegetables, by Adam Alexander. (Amazon link) 

Our Dirt:
Visit Nan Ondra's post Don't Be Ordinary, Grow Seeds With a Story. Visit  her Hayefield Seed Shop on Etsy

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Carol and Dee talked about flowering cherry trees, Japanese vegetables, and The Sakura Obsession.

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A few links!

Flowers:
Garden Design has good info on  flowering cherry trees.

Veggies:
Japanese vegetable seeds from True Leaf Market (search Japanese vegetables on their website to find all of them)

On the Bookshelf:
The Sakura Obsession: The incredible story of the plant hunter who saved Japan's cherry blossom, by Naoko Abe (Amazon link)  (Naoko Abe's website)

Dirt:

A website that tells you all you need to know about when cherry trees will bloom in Washington D.C. (Hint: This week.) Also, there are several websites that provide information about cherry blossom time in Japan.

From Dee's Texas Bluebonnet trip, Salvia 'Augusta Duelberg'

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Dee and Carol chat about daffodils, hopniss, Easter amaryllis and more on this week's episode.

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A few links!

Little Dibby tool for seed sowing... Go to Spoken Garden on Etsy to find them
Lego Wildflower bouquet kit (Amazon link)
David Austin Roses
Teresa Byington and Rose Chat podcast

Flowers: 
March Birth Flower and Their Meanings
The American Daffodil society
All About Daffodils - Brent & Becky's Bulbs - Blog

Veggies:
Hopniss aka Apios americana
Tubers from Sow True Seeds
Lots of info on Epic Gardener website too.

On the Bookshelf:  The First-Time Gardener: Container Food Gardening: All the Know-How You Need to Grow Veggies, Fruits, Herbs, and Other Edible Plants in Pots by Pam Farley (Amazon Link)

Other First-Time Gardener books include Growing Vegetables, Raised Bed Gardening, and Growing Plants and Flowers

Rabbit Holes:

Wildflower trail info for Texas from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

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Dee and Carol talked about annual flowers that attract butterflies, sowing early spring vegetables, a card deck of helpful veggie info and more.

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A few links!

Flowers:
'Phyllis' Marigold at Botanical Interests
'Kee's Orange' Marigold at Select Seeds
'Gem Blend Signet' Marigold Seeds at Botanical Interests

Veggies:
Optimum soil temps for vegetables grown from seed, compliments of Oregon State.
How to raise soil temps faster, from Penn State.

A basic soil thermometer or something fancier that measures temperature, pH, moisture, and sunlight intensity. 

On the Bookshelf:   Home Harvest: Your Pocket Card Guide to Kitchen Gardening by Bridie Cotter and Tom Gaunt. (Amazon link)

Shout out to the illustrator too, Edith Rewa; she has some botanical wrapping paper and a botanical coloring book.

 Dirt: A Defense of Hellebores, by Marianne Wilburn. 

Rabbit Holes:

Carol's Blog Post on  Grace Woolson.   

 FrostKiss Anna’s Red Hellebore

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Dee and Carol talk about flowers and gardens for birds, edible berries birds like, and more.

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Links:

Little Dibby gardening tools by  Sean and Allison McManus of Spoken Garden.  Go to Spoken Garden on Etsy to find them.

Flowers:
Flowers for the birds. Hummingbirds Ten plants to naturally attract hummingbirds to your Oklahoma yard - Red Dirt Ramblings®

Article about birds as pollinators.

Veggies:
Carol’s FH article on how to grow strawberries 
Carol’s FH article on how to grow raspberries


On the Bookshelf:   Tiny + Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere by Graham Laird Gardner (Amazon link)  

Dirt:
Article about does Nandina kill birds?

Rabbit Holes:
Lost lady of garden writing Jean Hersey

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