Showing posts with label pruning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pruning. Show all posts

Saturday, April 05, 2025

GardenDC Podcast Episode 235: Spring Pruning Tips

In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Peggy Singlemann, host of Virginia Home Grown, all about spring pruning tips. The plant profile is on Horsetail and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on the Great Plant Swap Mishap by Christy Page of GreenPrints.

If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to:

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 228: Reducing Runoff with Rain Gardens

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2025/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-228-reducing.html

~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 184: Spring Garden Prep

https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2024/02/gardendc-podcast-episode-183-spring.html


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This episode is archived at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/20ugHDmyYAzvZj8szPzzFS?si=OK1TRU0JS_ixAbdW6dzbUA

Show Notes: 01:20 Introducing Peggy Singleman 02:45 Kathy and Peggy talk about preparing to prune 04:22 Peggy’s favorite tools 09:40 Peggy’s early spring pruning tips 11:48 “How do you know…if [a shrub or tree] needs pruning?” Kathy asks Peggy 17:04: Sealing vs. Healing 19:13 Peggy talks about “making windows” for sunlight when pruning 20:58 Kathy and Peggy discuss knowing when to stop cutting a plant 26:16 Kathy and Peggy talk about human hedging habits 28:36 “Groundcover Revolution” by Kathy Jentz 32:18 Pruning challenges with Forsythia 34:23 Kathy’s favorite ways to prune and uses for Forsythia clippings 39:07 Peggy talks about pruning Clematis 40:27 Clematis Expert podcast episode 41:08 Peggy talks about distinguishing and pruning Boxwood 45:06 Peggy and Kathy talk about pruning Callicarpa (American Beauty berry) 49:40 Peggy talks about pruning Red Twig Dogwood 51:30 Pruning native hollies 54:19 “The Urban Garden” by Kathy Jentz and Teri Speight 55:13 Horsetail Plant Profile 56:39 What’s new in the garden this week? 59:03 The Last Word by Christy Page: The Great Plant Swap Mishap 01:02:05 How to support the Garden DC Podcast


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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Show Notes: Skylar Drew
Music: Let the Sunshine by James Mulvany

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Saturday, February 26, 2022

GardenDC Podcast Episode 93: Pruning Tips

 In this episode, we talk with horticulturist and garden podcaster Leslie Harris about pruning. The plant profile is on Snapdragons and I share what I picked up at our Seed Exchange as well as some upcoming events.


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Show Notes:

1:04 Meet horticulturist and garden podcaster Leslie Harris! 2:33 “Definitely was not born with chlorophyll in my veins.” — Leslie talks about how she became a certified horticulturist 3:50 “We were not landscapers. We were gardeners.” — Leslie describes what made her old pruning service unique. 6:12 “Wow, now I wish I could have hired you.” — Kathy 6:51 How Leslie’s garden differs from her those of her clients 11:17 “I just started enjoying it” — Leslie talks about becoming a podcaster 12:09 Leslie describes what she’s pruning in her own garden during late winter 13:37 “I will lift your load…” — Leslie 13:55 Leslie’s favorite tools 15:00 Leslie and Kathy discuss handheld power saws! 16:50 “I’m one of those nerdy nerds…” — Leslie says she carries her pruners in a holster 19:53 Leslie talks about dealing with boxwood blight in 2018 20:28 “More information leads to better ways to deal with it.” — Leslie suggests cleaning your tools between each shrub 21:06 Leslie’s first decisions for pruning 22:11 “You gotta cut away the crazy bits.” — Leslie 26:04 Leslie and Kathy define “espalier” 28:35 Leslie and Kathy discuss pruning hydrangeas 32:02 “All I’m going to offer to your listeners is solace…” — Leslie talks about the difficulty of pruning clematis 35:49 “You want to prune to make a plant happy, but you also want to make yourself happy.” — Leslie 37:40 Leslie and Kathy discuss thinning and pruning for air circulation 40:59 Pruning vs. Shearing — Leslie says it’s not a good time to shear 45:57 Leslie’s alternative to removing a plant too big for a space 49:26 “Sometimes, we don’t need to prune.” — Kathy 51:03 How to get in touch with Leslie 52:10 Learn about the snapdragon in this week’s Plant Profile! 54:05 What’s new in the garden: The Washington Gardener Seed Exchange, new plants to grow, and the February edition of Washington Gardener Magazine 55:42 Upcoming events: Ikebana International Chapter No.1 luncheon, Silver Spring Garden Club meeting 56:36 Look forward to The Urban Garden: 101 Ways to Grow Food and Beauty in the City by Teri Speight and Kathy 57:30 Celebrate spring at the National Garden Bureau online book party

After listening to this episode, you might want to listen to this episode about Garden Maintenance:
GardenDC Podcast Episode 72: Low-Maintenance Gardening

The episode is posted at: 
https://anchor.fm/gardendc/episodes/Pruning-Tips-e1er8dk
We welcome your questions and comments! You can leave a voice mail message for us at: https://anchor.fm/gardendc/message Note that we may use these messages on a future episode.

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Episode Credits:
Host and Producer: Kathy Jentz
Editing and Show Notes: Dorvall Bedford

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