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Is It Too Late To Plant Trees & Shrubs? • Vincent's Iris Hotline Call • Caterpillar Candy • Privet Poison • What's Buggin U?!? Deer!!! & More!
58 mins; June 13, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 6.7.25 • Tom’s Potted Hydrangea Question • Doug’s Neighbor has Browning Holly Hedge • Weeds Gone Wild • Water Garden Plants • Sounding the Alarm On Bagworms!! & More!
56 mins; June 06, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.31.25 • What's a Pollinator? • Deep Dive on Butterflies • Beloved Busy Bees • Native Plants • Best Practices for Pollinators
58 mins; May 30, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.24.25 • Rhododendron Care (Hotline Call & Email) • Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard • Mushrooms In Your Lawn • and More!
58 mins; May 22, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.17.25 • Buy Insecticide when You Buy These Plants • Types of Roses & Placement • Feeding Your Roses • Cutting Garden Plants • What’s Buggin’ U?!? Ticks! • and More!
58 mins; May 16, 2025
BITG 5.10.25 • Properly Watering Your Mother's Day Gifts • DIY Custom Combos • Flowering Patio Tropicals • Getting Rid of Poison Ivy • Hotline Text About A Non-Blooming PJM Rhododendron
58 mins; May 09, 2025
BITG 5.3.25 • The Vegetable Garden Show!!! • By Plant or By Seed? • Soil Prep • Feeding Your Baby Veggies • Placement and Staking • Controlling Disease and Insects • & More!
58 mins; May 02, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.26.25 Dwarf Korean Lilacs • How Hot is Hot? The Scoville Scale & Peppers • Plant Jargon • Blossom End Rot & Tomatoes • What's Buggin' U? Chinch Bugs • & More!
58 mins; April 25, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.19.25 • Too Late for Crabgrass Preventer? • Dandelions are Popping Up! • Azaleas in Your Landscape • Hotline Text About Planting Seeds in Soil • Caller Prof. Steve in the Garden • & More!
57 mins; April 17, 2025
BITG 4.12.25 • Frost Free Date • Blue Mountain Pinks? • Tomato Time is Coming! • Hotline Strawberry Caller • Easter Flowers & More!
58 mins; April 11, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.5.25 • "Is it OK to Plant Yet?" • Crackin' Colors Azaleas & Rhododendrons • "Oh My Deer!" • Bug Eating Birds • You've Got Ants In Your Plants!
58 mins; April 04, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden•3.29.25•Building Super Soil•Landscape Design•Rose Pruning•Lawn Renovation w/Powerful Tools•Mulch Me Much!
58 mins; March 28, 2025
BITG • 3.22.25 • Why does Moss grow in Lawns? • Camelias • Skip Laurels • Hollytone Through Mulch? • Early Flowering Shrubs • & More!
58 mins; March 21, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.15.25 • Fruit Tree Must Do Tasks • 50° Soil Temps-Grass Seed & Water Gardening • Song Bird Real Estate & More!
58 mins; March 14, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.8.25 • Cold Crop Veggies • Knowing pH is Important! • What a name like Pansy...they have to be Tough! • Secrets to a Weed Free Landscape • Hotline Text on Grubs & Moles
58 mins; March 07, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.1.25 • Stinky Skunks Be Gone! • Cutting Back Ornamental Grasses • Whats the Buz w/ Fungus Gnats? • The Ant Scouts Are Out & About • The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Is Blooming!
58 mins; February 28, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden•2.22.25•Veggies By Seed?•Hellebore•Winter Pruning• Hotline Mice Caller & More!
58 mins; February 20, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden•2.15.25• Special Guest Seth Pearsoll of the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show • The History • Gardens of Tomorrow & The Don't Miss Exhibits • Hybrids or Natives & More!
60 hours 26 mins; February 14, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 2.8.25 • Valentines Day Roses • Stink Bugs • Spring Cover Crop Benefits • "A Moose-Loose-In-Da-Hoos!" • House Plant Rant | Rabbits Foot Fern
57 mins; February 07, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 2.1.25 • Clarkson’s Farm • PHS Gold Medal Plants • Stone Veneers, Cold Calamity • Pond Problems • & More!
58 mins; January 31, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 1.25.25 • 2025 Vegetable Trends • Caller Maryanne • How are your Houseplants? • Caller Watering • Lived In Gardens • & More!!
58 mins; January 23, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 1.18.25 • Hotline Calls: Joel's Outdoor Plants Now Inside • Caller Harold Veggie Wash Spray • Professor Steve's Well Wishes • Living Fences Trend • Edimentals & More!
59 mins; January 16, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 1.11.25 • MANTS Show • Natives • "Not More Roses" • Finally, No New Hydrangeas!
57 mins; January 10, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 1.4.25 • Elections Have Gardening Consequences • Building Your Soil • Go Organic (Fertilizers) • Organic Insect Control • Feeding Houseplants in Winter
57 mins; January 03, 2025
Bloomers in the Garden • 12.28.24 • Winterizing Your Water Garden • Snow Bent Shrubs • Insects Winter Vacation • Time To Remove Your Christmas Tree • & Much More!
57 mins; December 26, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 12.21.24• "Here Come's The Sun!" | Winter Solstice • Caring For Your Poinsettia • Citrus Stocking Stuffers | Growing Citrus Indoors • What's Buggin' You?!? Insects • Christmas Blessings Recap
58 mins; December 20, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 12.14.24 • Mary's Yews Call • Pro. Steve's Lawn Fertilizer Call • Keep Your Cut Christmas Tree Fresh • Gifts for Gardeners • The Burrrrrds & The Breeze (Cold Weather Help)
58 mins; December 13, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 12.7.24 • The Poinsettia Show • The History • The Plant • The Care
58 mins; December 06, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 11.30.24• The Beauty of Amaryllis • Thanksgiving Christmas vs Christmas Cactus • Fresh Christmas Greens • Balled & Burlapped Christmas Trees • Bringing a Fig Tree Indoors?!? • and More!
58 mins; November 29, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 11.23.24• 'Leave' the Leaves or Let Them Be??? • Rabid Fox Updates • Fall Mulch & NJ Restrictions • Favored Firewood • Thanksgiving Gifts & More!!!
57 mins; November 22, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 11.16.24 • Pack up the Hummingbird feeder for Winter? • Stolen Magnolia Seed Heads • Hotline Caller Jimmy's Fig Trees • Len's Got a Fox! • Caller Suzanne's Creepy Crawlies
58 mins; November 14, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 11.9.24 • Holly, But No Berries? • Winterizing Fig Trees • Attracting Wild Birds in Fall • Firefly Petunias • What’s in a Name?
58 mins; November 08, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 11.2.24 • Hotline Call: Knock Out Roses in Pots • Don't Put The Lawn Mower Away Just Yet • Hotline Text: Over wintering Cannas • Fall Flowering Camellias • Hotline Call: Professor Steve & The Bees
58 mins; November 01, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 10.26.24 • Storing Your Summer Bulbs In Winter • Daffodils & Narcissus • Tulip Time! • What’s a Pip?!? • & More!
56 mins; October 25, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 10.19.24 • Fall Planting | Onions & Garlic • Winterizing Your Roses • The Benefits of Planting Cover Crops • Moving Trees & Shrubs in Fall • Wild Birds & Suet & More
58 mins; October 18, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 10.12.24 • Controlling Weeds in Mulch (Hotline Text) • Yellow Leaves & Mulch Problems • With a Name Like Pansy, They've Gotta Be Tough! • Creepy Crawlers | Spiders and Crickets • Gaultheria Wintergreen & More!
58 mins; October 11, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 10.5.24 • Pumpkintown USA•Pumpkins & Squirrels•Pruning Hydrangeas Like A Pro!•Fall Pond Prep•Bringing Your Houseplants & Tropicals Back Indoors
58 mins; October 04, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 9.28.24 • Scorch Viburnum Hotline Text • Crabgrass Swan Song • Trees Fall Color Transitioning • Nature's Animal Pests • Listener Harold New DIY Carnivorous Plant Feeding Hack
57 mins; September 27, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 9.21.24 • Shrub TLC • Season of the Grape...Fruit Flies. & Fungus Gnats • Grass Seed Lasagna • Hotline Text about Cat Pee & Houseplants • Johnny Appleseed...A Myth or The Real Deal
58 mins; September 20, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 9.14.24 • Fall is For Planting • Your Landscape Needs a Facelift • Soil Topography • Foundations of Planting (Color, Texture, & Form) • What’s Buggin' You?!? A Leaking Pond
59 mins; September 12, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 9.7.24 • Mums the Word • Calling Birds Sing The Right Song • Fixing Your Tired Summer Combos • UV Blocking Windows & Houseplant Health Hotline Question • What’s Buggin' U?!? Imported Cabbage Worms
58 mins; September 06, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 8.31.24 • Hotline Calls/Text • Watering at Night • Knockout Roses in Containers • Betsy Garden Renovation • What’s Buggin' U?!? Fast Talkers!
57 mins; August 30, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 8.24.24 • Transitioning Tropicals Into Houseplants • Garden Art • Berry Me • Don’t Dead Head?? WHY? • What’s Buggin U Peak-A-Boo Bugs
58 mins; August 22, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 8.17.24 • Maples Looking Mopey • Fall Root Growth • Richard's Crape Myrtle Powdery Mildew • Basil Bonanza • What’s Buggin U?!? Mites!!!
58 mins; August 16, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 8.10.24 • Wild Weeds & Bible Wisdom • Dividing Daylilies • Skeeter on Peter (Mosquitoes) • Roses for Autumn • What’s Buggin U?!? Grease Ants!!
58 mins; August 09, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 8.3.24 • Hotline Q&A: Theresa's Juniper Tree+Doug's Rotten Tomatoes Blossom End Rot • Sad Annuals • Prof. Steve's Amaryllis Advice • What’s Buggin' U?!? Spotted Lantern Flies
57 mins; August 01, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 7.27.24 • The Mophead Hydrangeas Blues • Blossoming Crape Myrtles • Jamie’s Got Mint Mites? • Vegetable Harvest Time • What's Buggin' You?!? Mike's Eggplant!!!
58 mins; July 26, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 7.20.24 • Hotline | Kate Red Spider Mites & Caller Arthur Lawn Question • Water Woes • Poison Ivy • What’s Buggin U?!? SKUNKS!
58 mins; July 18, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 7.13.24 • Callers Teddy Bear Southern Magnolia Question • Texter's Tomatillos Trouble • Caller Julia Peaches • The Dog Days of Summer • What’s Buggin' U?!? Cooly Spruce Aphid
58 mins; July 11, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 7.6.24 • Eastern Tent Caterpillar • Watering Like a Pro • Hardy Hibiscus • Hydrangea Age Spots • Weekend Gardening Tasks
60 hours 48 mins; July 03, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 6.29.24 • Herbs • Southern Magnolias • Shade Trees • Hummingbirds • Powdery Mildew
58 mins; June 29, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 06-22-24 • Landscaping With Grasses • 150lb Furry Pests Fears • Bagworm • Monarchs & Swallowtail Butterflies • What’s Buggin' U? Cucumber Beetles
57 mins; June 21, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 06-15-24 • Workout in Garden • Cooking with Fresh Herbs • Fuchsias • Made in the Shade • What’s Buggin U Colorado Potato Beetles!
59 mins; June 14, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden • 06-08-24 • Ann's Skips' • Naive to Natives • Dead Heading • Feeding Veggies • What’s Buggin' U? Spotted Lantern Flies
58 mins; June 06, 2024
Bloomers in the Garden | 6.1.24: Special Guest Wendy Komancheck of Green Profits and Landscape Writer • Caller Arthur • New Plants on the Market • Internet Plant Lure • Garden Passport
61 hours 57 mins; May 31, 2024
BITG 5.25.24 There's Room for Mushrooms • "The Honeydew List," • Holy Hydrangeas! • Heating Up H2O • Glowing Firefly Petunias
60 hours 30 mins; May 24, 2024
BITG 5.18.24 • Seed VS Cutting • Lawn Weed Control • Instant Privacy Hedging • The Hydrangea Blues • Branded Plant Marketing
58 mins; May 17, 2024
BITG 5.11.24 • A Day at the Nursery • Standards Set at the Nursery • Customer Needs • No Brown Thumb • Watering
