“Let’s Talk Gardening”

April 21, 2007

Edible Flowers and Herbs with Jana Pirtle:

Herb flowers: Mints, lavender, garden sage, pineapple sage, chives, borage, chamonile, basil, thyme, cilantro, dill, fennel.

Vegetable flowers: Garden peas, squash, zucchini and okra.

Other: Monarda or bee balm, dianthus, daylilies (not other lilies) fuchsia, gardenia, jasmine, hibiscus, hollyhock, pansies, violas, violets, lilac, nasturtium, roses and snapdragons. Recipes on the web site: http://www.tlcgarden.com/recipe.htm.

Versatile Vines with Cindy Townsend: Plants listed in order:

Dutchman’s Pipe, Clematis, Honeysuckle, Crossvine, Wisteria ‘White’, Lady Banks Climbing Rose Alba (white) and ‘Lutea’ (yellow), Sweet Potato Vine, English Ivy, Boston Ivy, Purple Hyacinth Bean, Scarlet Bean Runner, Grape Vine, Passiflora Passion Vine, Jasmine ‘Confederate’, Climbing Roses.

Ken’s Garden Tip 1: Plant Crossfire in Shady areas.

Ken’s Garden Tip 2: E Z Lawn Seeder Seed, Hydromulch and Fertilize with this handy tool.

Shaun’s Backyard Makeover: Crape Myrtle, Ornamental Grass, Saybrook Juniper, Nana Nandina, Guara,

Marching Orders:

1. Plant containers.

2. Prune spring flowering shrubs after blooms fade.

3. Feed Azaleas after they finish blooming.

Email Question:

When we lived in Virginia, we had the most Crabapple trees. It had pink flowers in spring and beautiful red green foliage in fall. Will they grow in Oklahoma? Yes and they were beautiful about 3 weeks ago.

Best of show winner: Clematis in a tree: Wanda Faller