Posts tagged foxglove
Ep. 175- July Q&A Week- Screens, Cottage Garden Plants, Topdressing Lawns, and Tropical Plantings
Ep. 175- July Q&A Week- Screens, Cottage Garden Plants, Topdressing Lawns, and Tropical Plantings

This week, Nathan opens up the mailbag and answers your questions! Sharon from Cleveland, Ga. asks about some small canopy trees that can add some height to their privacy fence. Rachel in north Atlanta wants to know some specific plants to use in a cottage garden. Bobby from East Tennessee wants to know if it's okay to top dress a lawn now with compost. Lastly, Michelle from Flowery Branch, Ga. wants to create a tropical-like garden around her pool. Leave your garden question for Nathan to answer here or on Facebook and Instagram!

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Compost, Design, Flowers., Fruit Trees, Garden Design, Plants, Podcast, Q&A, RosesNathan Wilsongarden question and answer, screening, privacy fence, dogwood, redbud, fringe tree, serviceberry, ornamental trees, Japanese maple, cottage garden plants, foxglove, roses, dame's rocket, ornamental grasses, top dress lawn, compost, compost topdressing, tropical-ish gardens, tropical gardens, pool gardens, gardening around a poolComment
Ep. 72- Variegated Foliage, Xylem and Phloem, and Cutting Gardens
Ep. 72- Variegated Foliage, Xylem and Phloem, and Cutting Gardens

Ever noticed that plants with variegated foliage tend to grow slower and lower? There's a botanical reason why and Nathan explains why it's all based upon plant pigmentation. Also, it's important to know how your plants are built and grow.

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Design, Flowers., Philosophy, Plant Disease, Plants, Techniques, plant biology, botanyNathan Wilsonvariegated foliage, plant pigments, pigmentation, chlorophyll, anthocyanin, carotene, dwarf, vascular system, xylem, phloem, cutting garden, cut flowers, dahlia, shasta daisy, pin coushin flower, scabiosa, foxglove, autumn fern, cinnamon fern, japanese painted fern, gardenia, roses, camellia, hellebore, hollyComment
Ep. 65- Cheap Landscapers, HOAs, What's Blooming Now, and Hydrangeas
Ep. 65- Cheap Landscapers, HOAs, What's Blooming Now, and Hydrangeas

This week on New Southern Garden, Nathan exposes the problem with getting a "cheap landscaper" and tips of figuring out if they are worth the price. Did you know you might have a governmental agency dictating what you can and cannot

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Flowers., Plants, Planting, PodcastNathan WilsonLandscapers, Homeowners Associations, Bloom, blossoms, flowers, hydrangea, azalea, white garden, shasta daisy, foxglove, digitalis, Agapanthus, Lily of the Nile, bigleaf, macrophylla, smooth hydrangea, arborescens, quercifolia, Oakleaf Hydrangea, panicled hydrangea, paniculataComment