This Week's Show

Join us as Gardening in Georgia teaches you how to be more successful in your landscape.

May 14

Maintenance-Free Flower Beds

The prospect of a dry summer makes many gardeners look for plants that give lots of color but are very drought tolerant. Walter joins guest Kelley Hafer to design a small, water conserving flower bed that could beautify any home.

Publication: Xeriscape: A Guide to Developing a Water-Wise Landscape

Publication: Make Every Drop Count: Proper Planting Results in Healthy, Water-Efficient Plants

Publication: Flowering Perennials for Georgia Gardens


Pruning a Shrub Properly

“Is pruning a limb like cutting my arm off?” Whenever gardeners are faced with the prospect of removing a limb or reducing the size of a shrub, they wonder this age-old question in their minds. Fortunately, Walter says pruning is NOT the equivalent of surgery on a human. University of Georgia horticulturist David Berle demonstrates for Walter the simple tools and techniques of pruning that make it worry-free.

Publication: Basic Principles of Pruning Woody Plants

Publication: Pruning Ornamental Plants in the Landscape



Witch Hazel Gall Aphids

They’re little noticed but fascinating members of the bug world: gall-making insects. The interesting thing about them is that many make a characteristically-shaped gall on their specific host plant. Oaks have sower gall wasps, ragweed has stem gall xxx and witchhazel has cone gall aphids. But the aphids that make galls on witchhazel leaves affect another plant: they make birch tree leaves look like ruffled potato chips! See the beautiful close-ups of this unique insect and its homes.

Publication: Care of Ornamental Plants in the Landscape