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Dee and Carol talk about winter plants for the garden, veggie cookbooks, chestnut trees, square foot gardening and more.

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Question of the Week:

What about root washing before planting? Is there a benefit? Seems traumatic to the tree or shrub! Good to do, according to the Garden Professors and Garden Myths

Insect of the Week

Buffalo treehopper.

Flowers:

Christmas-y Plants for your Garden

Hellebores - The Christmas Rose, Helleborus niger

Red-twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) and Yellow-twig Dogwoods (Cornus sericea ‘Budd’s Yellow)

Any Hollies with Berries

Fancy Evergreens - The Conifer Society

Plants for the Winter Garden: Perennials, Grasses, Shrubs, and Trees to Add Interest in the Cold and Snow by Warren Leach (Amazon Link)

Vegetables:

Veggie Cookbooks including:

Six Seasons, A New Way With Vegetables, by Joshua McFadden (Amazon link)

and

Tender: A Cook and his Vegetable Patch, by Nigel Slater. (Amazon link)

On the Bookshelf:

Square Foot Gardening - Fourth Edition (Amazon link)

Dirt:

The American Chestnut: Finding full-grown trees is a holy grail for some and efforts to restore them

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Dee and Carol talked about plants for Christmas, growing root vegetables, two books on Christmas plants, and more!

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Flowers mentioned:

• Amaryllis
• Christmas Cactus
• Rosemary
• Poinsettia
• Paperwhites

Carol’s article about Christmas Plants in Family Handyman is still out there!

Dee has a post on how to grow amaryllis and paperwhites indoors.

Vegetables:

Getting to the root of things. Root vegetables:

Vegetables discussed included:

• Sweet Potatoes
• Parsnips
• Potatoes
• Turnips
• Carrots

On the Bookshelf:

Decking the Halls: The Folklore and Traditions of Christmas Plants by Linda Allen (2000)

and

Decking the Halls: Trees, Flowers, Herbs & Greenery to Celebrate the Holiday Season by Janet Melrose and Sheryl Normandeau (2025)

Dirt:

Disney’s Record Breaking Tomato Tree

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: King and Conquerer on Amazon Prime.

Carol: Lost Ladies of Garden Writing who wrote Christmas-themed books

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Dee and Carol talk about flowers and veggies with 'viridis' as the species name, plus a book on houseplant propagation, and more.

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Insect of the Week: Paper Wasps

Flowers:

Ephedra viridis - Morman Tea

Helleborus viridis - Green Hellebore

Asclepias viridis - Green Milkweed

Crataegus viridis - Green Hawthorn

Acer palmatum ‘Viridis.’

Vegetables:

Collard Greens - Brassica oleracea var. viridis

Callaloo - Amaranthus viridis

Cucumber Viridis F1

On the Bookshelf:

The Ultimate Guide to Houseplant Propagation: Step-by-step techniques for making more houseplants… for free! By Lindsay Sisti from @alltheplantbabies on Instagram (Amazon Link)

Dirt:

Why do ginkgo trees lose their leaves all at once? On Instagram

Rabbit Holes:

Dee: Where does rose oil come from? An article, an Instagram link, and an article about how it’s used!

Carol: The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion, Volume 3 by Beth Brower, and The Killer Question by Janice Hallett.

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