Garden Talk: How plants react to weather stresses and a new petunia gets a ‘glowing’ review

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Heard On The Larry Meiller Show
Snow-covered trees and branches are bent under the weight of heavy snow in a forested area.
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UW Extension educator Lisa Johnson is back to talk about how our winter and spring weather has affected our gardens. Then we talk to folks from Breezy Hill Nursery about their recent firefly petunia event.

Featured in this Episode

  • The results of up and down temps

    Freezing, thawing and then a spring drought have taken their toll on our gardens. We talk about how to deal with these fluctuations in your landscape and hear about peach leaf curl.

  • A plant that glows in the dark

    Would you stand in line to see a plant? A few weeks ago gardeners did just that. We talk about the plant and why people are so keen on the firefly petunia.

Episode Credits

  • Jill Nadeau Host
  • Lisa Johnson Guest
  • John Terhesh Guest
  • Carrie Makris Guest
  • Jill Nadeau Executive Producer
  • Jeff Robbins Technical Director

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