
2024 Plants of the Year
Meet the 2024 Proven Winners all-star team: the Plants of the Year! Learn about each variety and how they are chosen. Plus, causes of brown arborvitae, planting bulbs in January, and the Pantone Color...
13 Jan 202443min

Listener Resolutions
6 Jan 202439min

Stacey and Rick’s New Year’s (Gardening) Resolutions
Do you have new year’s resolutions for 2024? Or maybe, your new year’s resolution is to avoid new year’s resolutions – either way, we’d love to hear your thoughts! Learn about different types of ferti...
30 Dec 202341min

Garden Tunes and Birdman is Back
Do you have a gardening playlist? Listen in for our favorite plant and outdoor-related songs. Plus, using pine needles as mulch, planting around black walnuts, and a winter update from Birdman Bill St...
23 Dec 202350min

Everything Evergreen and Talking Tea With Debra Knapke
Evergreens lift our spirits during the holidays and carry our landscape through winter. Learn the two types of evergreens, and the benefits they bring to the landscape. Plus, snowload on trees and shr...
16 Dec 202357min

The New USDA Zone Map, and What It Means for You
In mid-November, the USDA put out a new hardiness zone map, the first since 2012. Learn what's new in it, and why, and what it might mean for what you can grow. Plus, hydrangea growing questions and a...
9 Dec 202342min

Plant-Based Holiday Decor, Indoors and Out
December is here, and along with it, holiday decorating. Grace your containers, windowboxes, and maybe even a few spots indoors with cut branches and greens! Hear our suggestions and get advice from d...
2 Dec 202350min

Hydrangeas and the 2023 Polar Vortex
Cape Cod is synonymous with hydrangeas, but as Rick discovered at this year's Hydrangea festival, polar conditions threatened the display. We talk hydrangeas that stand up to the cold and other soluti...
25 Nov 202342min




















