The Growing Season

THERE'S MORE???
The Growing Season dives into the plant materials that give you not ONE but TWO blooming cycles per season.
Let's get this straight - there are plants that will bloom more than once?
YUP. In fact, there are many.
Bloomerang Lilac, Sonic Bloom Weigela, Japanese Kerria, Daylilies, Yarrow and Black Eyed Susans are just some of the plant materials that are discussed in the 54 minutes that Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland spend chatting.
Why is the fall colour coming so early this year? The trio try to get to the bottom of it.
When should you stop the fertilizing regiment you've been using on your flower beds? The McFarland's offer some suggestions.
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RISE and shine!
It's that time of year again... Roses, chocolate, wine, sun flowers, devils walking stick... wait.
Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland guide The Growing Season into sexy plants just in time for Valentines Day.
Heath, watermelon, lavender, ginseng and many more plants with an aphrodisiacal bent feature prominently on what has proven to be a popular series on the show.
Windy meat... you'll want to tune in to hear how beans may be just the thing to put a tilt in your kilt.
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And we're out walking sites!
Matt McFarland has started the wheels in motion for the 2023 Landscape Season and it all begins with a little walk around sites.
During these site walks and discussions with clientele the many challenges with their sites are highlighted.
Light or lack of it, mature trees up against a house, grass that refuses to grow under said trees, roof overhangs and how to deal with the drought conditions under said areas. All this and more come into focus on this week's episode of The Growing Season.
Is there a natural defence against mosquitoes? Spoiler alert: THERE IS and you can turn these challenging pests into a thing of the past with one simple trick.
Tune in to find out.
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Jack, Lynne and Matt McFarland steer this week's episode of The Growing Season into all things Yellow.
The Growing Season's Colour Series continues with a colour that tends to be a divisive topic amongst gardeners.
Are you a fan of the colour yellow? Do you dislike it? If so, why?
Many of the heavy hitters in a yellow variety feature: Dandelions, witch hazel, forsythia, daylily, tickseed, black eyed susie.
Matt detests forsythia and he explains why.
The trio discuss the loveliness of Japanese Kerria. IT IS THE BEST.
Yellow hostas are a subject of discussion to great effect.
Matt plays "imagine, if you will" with Jack. They step back in the mid 1980's.
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What has changed in the last 50 years?

A LOT! The last half century is dotted with enough change that you could say the world that once was no longer is.

The McFarlands discuss the changes in the world of horticulture that have occurred over the last 50 years.

Jack and Lynne are celebrating 50 years of wedded bliss and we thought that was a great conversation piece for The Growing Season.

Matt reminisces about his experience snow tubing with the kids. IT WAS AWESOME.

Jack discusses the difference in the price of fuel 50 years ago. You might not want to know!

Harlequin Maples and why they are no longer used is discussed. The Ash is no longer used as a street tree and its such a shame as its a glorious organism.

Leaf miner and birch borer are the reasons we don't use many birch these days. That's also a shame.

Hybridizing of large trees into smaller varieties is highlighted.

What evergreen uprights were popular 50 years ago? Why have we changed our selections?

Pruning a Mountbatten Juniper is discussed and Matt openly wonders why they've stopped using Weeping Peashrub.

The Purpleleaf sands cherry is a timestamp. Matt explains why.

Tune in.
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