The Vintage Gardener

Flowers features in this review:

Flax

• Scarlet

Calendula

• Coffee & Cream

Delphinium

• Magic Fountains Sky Blue

Larkspur

• Blue Spire

Hollyhock

• Chater's Maroon

Yarrow

• Red Shades

Mountain Garland Clarkia

Flowers Discussed in this video

Green Twister

Cone-fections "Lemon Drop"

Double Scoop "Lemon Cream"

Mellow Yellow

Double Scoop "Cranberry"

Smoothie "Strawberry Mango"

Pretty Parasol

Sunseeker Mellow

Sombrero "Sangrita"

Sombrero "Salsa Red"

Cone-fections "Marmalade"

Cone-fections "Sweet Chili"

Sunseeker "Salmon"

Pow Pow White

Cone-fections "Raspberry Truffle"

Here are the poppies I started this season. 

• Flemish Antique

I continue my year end review of my plants by considering Snapdragons and Foxglove. 

Flowers Mentioned

Snapdragons

• Day & Night

Foxglove

• Temple Bells Yellow

I'm continuing my review of flowers I grew in 2021.  This time I'm considering the 5 chrysanthemums that I purchased from Bluestone Perennials.  

Royal Glamour

Show Off

Chiffon

Peace

Sheffield Pink

The next live podcast will be November 19th not the 18th @ 8 pm.  The topic will be: Recipes with things that you grew in your garden.  

Listeners call in to tell me their favorite annual, perennial, shrub, tree and give me an idea for the next call in show.  

Oh and we discuss recipes for what to do with all the figs you harvested.  

I continue my review of the the seeds/plants that I started and/or grew this year.  This episode is all about Sweet Pea and how it compared from the 2020 growing season to the 2021 growing season. 

The Sweet Pea Featured:

by Swallowtail Seeds:

• Electric Blue

by Botanical Interests

Perennial Blend

• High Scent

by Ferry Morse

• Mammoth Salmon Cream

Here is my end of the year review for the 7 types of sunflower I grew this year!!

The first time I grew zinnias I was disappointed that I got blooms that only had a single ray of petals rather than the full dahlia type heads.  In the years since then, I've improved my process, and this year the far majority of my zinnias had full dahlia type heads. Here are my tips and tricks for improving the fullness of your zinnia heads.  

Gardening is wonderful, but what happens when your garden plans collide with your local planning, zoning, and construction ordinances?

In this episode, I discuss a few gardening projects that may require a permit from your local township.