Ep. 91- Q&A Week- Blackberry, Rose Sawfly, and East Asian Joro Spider

This week, Nathan's back to answering your questions! David from Alabama asks about the best way to build a bed for blackberries and how to keep them disease-free and growing great! Nathan discusses a nemesis of roses known as the Rose

Fruit Trees, Insects, Pesticides, Plant Disease, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Q&A, Roses, Weeding, TechniquesNathan WilsonOctober 31, 2020blackberry, blackberries, planting, roses, rose, sawfly, spider, Halloween, East Asian Joro Spider, Bt, BacillusComment

Ep. 90- 12 Colorful Evergreen Shrubs for Winter

This week, Nathan helps you plan ahead for the cold, grey, boring days of winter! Without colorful evergreen shrubs, your winter landscape will look quite...boring. Nathan profiles a number of awesome colorful evergreen plants including hollies,

Ep. 89- Winterizing Houseplants, Trees for Wet and Dry Soil, and High Contrast Gardening

This week Nathan discusses the process of properly winterizing your houseplants before bringing them back into the house before temperatures drop below their preferred warmness. After some heavy rains in the south, we find areas in the

Garden Design, Houseplants, Insects, Pesticides, Plants, Products, PodcastNathan WilsonOctober 17, 2020houseplants, winterizing, wet soil, dry soil, bald cypress, river birch, Dawn redwood, contrast, color, texture, shape, form, plantComment

Ep. 88- Killing Bradford Pear, Empress Tree, and Chinaberry

Continuing the topic from the previous episode, Nathan describes some beautiful but terrible trees that have proven to be invasive species. Bradford Pear trees scatter across the south in our gardens, but now they are filling our woodlands

Pesticides, Plants, Podcast, WeedingNathan WilsonOctober 10, 2020invasive weeds, invasive plant, invasive tree, bradford pear, chinaberry, empress tree, paulownia, princess tree, weeds, organic, glyphosate, triclopyrComment

Ep. 87- Killing Kudzu, Privet, and English Ivy

Ep. 86- Tips for Fall Planting

Fall is THE BEST time for planting most plants in the south. But what's the best method for most success? Nathan takes you on a planting journey from turning that "nothing" landscape or bed into something beautiful! From clearing weeds,

Compost, Flowers., Pesticides, Philosophy, plant biology, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Tools and EquipmentNathan WilsonSeptember 26, 2020fall planting, planting, plants, garden, gardening, weeds, weeding, annual, perennial, trees, shrubs, tilling, prepare planting hole, preparing planting bed, mulching, pinestraw, mulchComment

Ep. 85- Growing the Best Winter Crops Ever

This week, Nathan discusses the types of vegetables that can be grown over winter and tips to help keep them growing well! Cabbage, cauliflower, carrots, and radish are just a few plants you can grow in your winter veggie plot. Nathan talks about

botany, Compost, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Techniques, Vegetable GardeningNathan WilsonSeptember 19, 2020cabbage, kale, broccoli, collards, cauliflower, mustard, mustard greens, radish, turnips, turnip greens, beets, vegetables, vegetable, gardens, gardening, coldframe, mulch, mulching, fall crops, winter crops, winter vegetables, fall vegetablesComment

Ep. 84- Gardening with Kids Revisited, Picking the Best Laurel, and Sunlight for Fruit Trees

This week we venture into the New Southern Garden Mailbag and answer your questions! First, Nathan reminds you how cultivating kids and their interest in the garden is just as important as cultivating the garden itself. Then, we take a trip to

Ep. 83- Gardening with Shades of Green

Underappreciated and underused. That's the sad state of the color green in the garden. But not anymore! On this week's episode, Nathan reveals the power and drama that shades of green can provide in your landscape. He classifies these

Ep. 82- Melania Trump's Renovated Rose Garden and 5 Steps to Creating Your Own

This week Nathan discusses how older gardens require renovation and how to start your own rose garden! First Lady Melania Trump recently renovated the White House Rose Garden and received a lot of negative feed back. Politics aside, gardens

Design, Flowers., Garden Design, Insects, Pesticides, Philosophy, Plant Disease, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Pruning, Techniques, RosesNathan WilsonAugust 29, 2020Melania Trump, White House Rose Garden, Rose GardenComment

Ep. 81- 5 Native Plants for the Garden

This week Nathan talks about native plants to help attract and maintain pollinators in your garden! Black-eyed Susans are well known but Nathan describes a couple that you might not have in your landscape, including one known as "Green-eyed Susan." The

Flowers., Insects, Philosophy, Planting, Plants, Products, PropagationNathan WilsonAugust 22, 2020Black Eye Susan, purple coneflower, cutleaf coneflower, green eyed susan, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed, Rudbeckia, Echinacea, AsclepiasComment

Ep. 80- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 2)

In this week's episode, the fun begins! Nathan continues his six steps to a new landscape and we start to plant! Preparing the site is a critical step before planting. Making sure weeds are cleared, removing obstructions, amending the soil, and

Compost, Design, Garden Design, Philosophy, Planting, Plant Disease, Plants, Techniques, Tools and EquipmentNathan WilsonAugust 15, 2020weeds, planting, pre-emergent, soil amendment, soft soil, trees, shrubs, perennials, annuals, screening, screen, hedges, fertilizer, fertilizing, mulch, pinestraw, mulching, water, wateringComment

Ep. 79- 6 Steps to A New Landscape (Part 1)

In this episode of New Southern Garden, Nathan helps lead you through six simple steps to start a new landscape. Whether you are looking to redo an entire wasteland, an overgrown site, a veggie plot, or just a new bed, Nathan makes

Design, Philosophy, Planting, Plants, Podcast, Techniques, Garden DesignNathan WilsonAugust 8, 2020topography, soil test, pH, nutrients, weeds, perennial, annual, sunlight, light conditions, moisture, dry soil, wet soil, atmosphere, mood, mood board, garden style, gardens, plants, structures, garden design, garden plan, sketchbook, formal, informalComment

Ep. 78- Persimmon, Arizona Cypress, Chaste Tree, and Euphorbia

This week Nathan discusses some strange and unusual plants. Even though they’re not super common, they can add drama and uniqueness to your garden! Persimmons are well known but not often used. They have great disease resistance,

Flowers., Fruit Trees, Plants, PodcastNathan WilsonAugust 1, 2020unusual, strange, plants, persimmon, drought tolerant, deer resistant plants, arizona cypress, chaste tree, vitex, euphorbiaComment

Ep. 77- Gardening with Children, Flowers, Tree Trimming, Panicled Hydrangeas, and N-P-K

On this week's show, Nathan reiterates the importance of mentoring children in gardening activities. Education, health, and enjoyment are all important things to focus on when gardening with kids. Does your plant have perfect or imperfect flowers?

Ep. 76- Blossom End Rot Continued, The Nutrient Cycle, and Organic vs. Conventional Fertilizers

Have you noticed nasty wet spots on the blossom end of your tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, and squashes? Don’t worry, Nathan helps you solve the problems of your Blossom End Rot issues! He explains what’s going on with them and gives

Ep. 75- Percolation Test, Plant Hormones, and Blossom End Rot

On this week's episode, Nathan helps you determine if your gardening soil has good drainage or poor drainage. A simple percolation test can help you discover how quickly (or slowly) water moves through your soil. Wet soil is usually

Ep. 74- Founding Gardeners, Perched Water Table, Tropical-ish Gardens, and Layering

Happy Birthday, America! Did you know that the Founding Fathers were just as much into gardening as they were patriotism? Nathan talks about some of the memorable gardening information our Founders left to us. Then, he describes

Ep. 73- Jackson and Perkins Roses, Pruning, Fertilizing, and Mulching

This week Nathan let's you in on something exciting happening in the Wilson household! Then he describes his experience with buying bare root roses online from Jackson and Perkins. Now is the time to prepare your plants for next year to keep them

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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