Episode 128: Our Loved Ones’ Favorite Plants

For a lot of gardeners, sharing a love of crops with household and mates provides one other layer of enjoyment to a really rewarding interest. On this episode, Danielle, Carol and visitor professional Catharine Cooke discover crops which have particular which means or associations with family members. Whether or not it is a dogwood tree that gives seedlings to share with others, a local orchid that is price an extended stroll to see rising within the wild, a buttery rose, or “that gangly plant by the stone wall” that Danielle’s husband is particularly keen on, these crops are positive to make you concentrate on the recollections, tales and connections that make among the crops in your backyard significant to you.

Knowledgeable Visitor: Catharine Cooke is a panorama designer and co-owner of Spring Lake Backyard Design in Sherman, Connecticut. You may learn a few of Catharine’s earlier articles right here: finegardening.com/creator/catharine-cooke

Danielle’s Vegetation

Kousa’s Cornus (cornus kousa, Zones 5-8)

siberian iris (sibirica irisZones 4–9)

Korean spice viburnum (viburnum carlesii, Zones 4–8)

Larch ‘Horstmann’s Recurve’ (deciduous larch ‘Horstmann’s Recurve’, Zones 2–7)

carol crops

girl’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium reginaeZones 2a–7)

jap purple cedar (Juniperus virginianaZones 2–9)

Arbutus (epigea repensZones 3–7)

strawberry rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarumZones 3–8)

specialist’s blueprints

Rose Julia Youngster™ (pink ‘Wekvossutono’, Zones 4-9)

‘Constance Spry’ pink (pink ‘Constance Spry’, Zones 5–10)

Rose ‘New Daybreak’ (pink ‘New Daybreak’, Zones 5-10)