Bloomers in the Garden
Bringing the Greater Philadelphia and South Jersey region practical advice in maintaining your gardens, landscapes and yards.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 58 minutes
- Episodes
- 99
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Bloomers in the Garden 06.28.25
Bloomers in the Garden 06/28/25
1. I can’t remember it ever being SO Hot like it’s Been over this past week. During our 1st segment we’re going to discuss how your plants may react to the extended h…
06/21/25 "No-See-Ums" Cucumber Beetle & Sothern Magnolias
1: See the Damage but you can’t find the Insects! No See Em’s we’ll bring them in to focus!
2: If you see how an insect feeds you will know how to control it!
3: Southern Magnolias are a beautiful v…
Is It Too Late To Plant Trees & Shrubs? • Vincent's Iris Hotline Call • Caterpillar Candy • Privet Poison • What's Buggin U?!? Deer!!! & More!
Is It Too Late To Plant Trees & Shrubs? • Vincent's Iris Hotline Call • Caterpillar Candy • Privet Poison • What's Buggin U?!? Deer!!! & More!
1. Can You Still Plant Trees & Shrubs? That Question dri…
Bloomers in the Garden • 6.7.25 • Tom’s Potted Hydrangea Question • Doug’s Neighbor has Browning Holly Hedge • Weeds Gone Wild • Water Garden Plants • Sounding the Alarm On Bagworms!! & More!
Bloomers in the Garden • 6.7.25 • Tom’s Potted Hydrangea Question • Doug’s Neighbor has Browning Holly Hedge • Weeds Gone Wild • Water Garden Plants • Sounding the Alarm On Bagworms!! & More!
1. Tom …
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.31.25 • What's a Pollinator? • Deep Dive on Butterflies • Beloved Busy Bees • Native Plants • Best Practices for Pollinators
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.31.25 • What's a Pollinator? • Deep Dive on Butterflies • Beloved Busy Bees • Native Plants • Best Practices for Pollinators
1. June is National Pollinator’s Month!! Have y…
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.24.25 • Rhododendron Care (Hotline Call & Email) • Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard • Mushrooms In Your Lawn • and More!
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.24.25 • Rhododendron Care (Hotline Call & Email) • Attracting Hummingbirds to Your Yard • Mushrooms In Your Lawn • and More!
1. It seems to be Rhododendron Week! PJMs and A…
Bloomers in the Garden • 5.17.25 • Buy Insecticide when You Buy These Plants • Types of Roses & Placement • Feeding Your Roses • Cutting Garden Plants • What’s Buggin’ U?!? Ticks! • and More!
1. I’ve always wanted to do a segment about when you buy these particular plants…just buy the insecticide for disease control with it at the same time! In our first segment I’m telling you not to Avo…
BITG 5.10.25 • Properly Watering Your Mother's Day Gifts • DIY Custom Combos • Flowering Patio Tropicals • Getting Rid of Poison Ivy • Hotline Text About A Non-Blooming PJM Rhododendron
BITG 5.10.25 • Properly Watering Your Mother's Day Gifts • DIY Custom Combos • Flowering Patio Tropicals • Getting Rid of Poison Ivy • Hotline Text About A Non-Blooming PJM Rhododendron
1. It’s Moth…
BITG 5.3.25 • The Vegetable Garden Show!!! • By Plant or By Seed? • Soil Prep • Feeding Your Baby Veggies • Placement and Staking • Controlling Disease and Insects • & More!
BITG 5.3.25 • The Vegetable Garden Show!!! • By Plant or By Seed? • Soil Prep • Feeding Your Baby Veggies • Placement and Staking • Controlling Disease and Insects • & More!
Philadelphia, South Jerse…
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.26.25 Dwarf Korean Lilacs • How Hot is Hot? The Scoville Scale & Peppers • Plant Jargon • Blossom End Rot & Tomatoes • What's Buggin' U? Chinch Bugs • & More!
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.26.25 • Dwarf Korean Lilacs • How Hot is Hot? The Scoville Scale & Peppers • Plant Jargon • Blossom End Rot & Tomatoes • What's Buggin' U? Chinch Bugs • & More!
Philadelphi…
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.19.25 • Too Late for Crabgrass Preventer? • Dandelions are Popping Up! • Azaleas in Your Landscape • Hotline Text About Planting Seeds in Soil • Caller Prof. Steve in the Garden • & More!
1. The forsythia are finishing up blooming. Are you wondering if it’s too late to put down a Crabgrass Preventer?! We’ll give you the answer in our 1st Segment!
2. Have you seen yellow blooms thru y…
BITG 4.12.25 • Frost Free Date • Blue Mountain Pinks? • Tomato Time is Coming! • Hotline Strawberry Caller • Easter Flowers & More!
BITG 4.12.25 • Frost Free Date • Blue Mountain Pinks? • Tomato Time is Coming! • Hotline Strawberry Caller • Easter Flowers & More!
1. The Frost Free Date Shouldn’t be ignored. We had 29° this past w…
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.5.25 • "Is it OK to Plant Yet?" • Crackin' Colors Azaleas & Rhododendrons • "Oh My Deer!" • Bug Eating Birds • You've Got Ants In Your Plants!
Bloomers in the Garden • 4.5.25 • "Is it OK to Plant Yet?" • Crackin' Colors Azaleas & Rhododendrons • "Oh My Deer!" • Bug Eating Birds • You've Got Ants In Your Plants!
1. This Week We Have been bo…
Bloomers in the Garden•3.29.25•Building Super Soil•Landscape Design•Rose Pruning•Lawn Renovation w/Powerful Tools•Mulch Me Much!
Bloomers in the Garden•3.29.25•Building Super Soil•Landscape Design•Rose Pruning•Lawn Renovation w/Powerful Tools•Mulch Me Much!
- Soil is the solution! Great Gardens and Landscapes start with great s…
BITG • 3.22.25 • Why does Moss grow in Lawns? • Camelias • Skip Laurels • Hollytone Through Mulch? • Early Flowering Shrubs • & More!
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Bloomers in the Garden • 3.15.25 • Fruit Tree Must Do Tasks • 50° Soil Temps-Grass Seed & Water Gardening • Song Bird Real Estate & More!
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.15.25 • Fruit Tree Must Do Tasks • 50° Soil Temps-Grass Seed & Water Gardening • Song Bird Real Estate & More!
- Fruit Trees have never been more popular! To have a great ha…
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.8.25 • Cold Crop Veggies • Knowing pH is Important! • What a name like Pansy...they have to be Tough! • Secrets to a Weed Free Landscape • Hotline Text on Grubs & Moles
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.8.25 • Cold Crop Veggies • Knowing pH is Important! • What a name like Pansy...they have to be Tough! • Secrets to a Weed Free Landscape • Hotline Text on Grubs & Moles
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Bloomers in the Garden • 3.1.25 • Stinky Skunks Be Gone! • Cutting Back Ornamental Grasses • Whats the Buz w/ Fungus Gnats? • The Ant Scouts Are Out & About • The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Is Blooming!
Bloomers in the Garden • 3.1.25 • Stinky Skunks Be Gone! • Cutting Back Ornamental Grasses • Whats the Buz w/ Fungus Gnats? • The Ant Scouts Are Out & About • The PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Is Bloo…
Bloomers in the Garden•2.22.25•Veggies By Seed?•Hellebore•Winter Pruning• Hotline Mice Caller & More!
Bloomers in the Garden•2.22.25•Veggies By Seed?•Hellebore•Winter Pruning• Hotline Mice Caller & More!
- We’re spending Todays Show in the Vegetable Garden! Wondering what vegetables you should start f…
Bloomers in the Garden•2.15.25• Special Guest Seth Pearsoll of the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show • The History • Gardens of Tomorrow & The Don't Miss Exhibits • Hybrids or Natives & More!
Bloomers in the Garden•2.15.25• Special Guest Seth Pearsoll of the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show • The History • Gardens of Tomorrow & The Don't Miss Exhibits • Hybrids or Natives & More!
- Today We ar…