Focus on Flowers
Focus on Flowers is a weekly podcast and public radio program about flower gardening hosted by master gardener Moya Andews.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 18 minutes
- Episodes
- 1784
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2025
Hellebore Flowers
There are so many new varieties of hellebores now available, and these plants make perfect gifts for gardeners. In early spring when there are no garden flowers available, I am so grateful when I loo…
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Thu 05 Dec 2024
Zealous Spreaders
If you prefer not to use strong pesticides, there are other ways to get rid of unwanted aggressive and invasive plants.
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Wed 27 Nov 2024
Dividing Plants
Many perennials like to be divided in the fall, especially if they have outgrown their space or have ceased blooming well.
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Thu 21 Nov 2024
Potpourri
Making potpourri from flowers is an easy dried-flower craft. It smells lovely and makes a great gift and looks pretty in bowls, baskets, and jars, reminding us of summer.
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Thu 14 Nov 2024
American Marigolds
The Aztecs who first inhabited South America domesticated the plant that we now call marigold many years before any Europeans ever set foot in the area that we now call Mexico.
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Thu 07 Nov 2024
Magical Powers
Since the beginning of time, it seems that humans have ascribed magical powers to flowers.
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Thu 31 Oct 2024
Our Native Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia hirta is the botanical name for our bright yellow black-eyed Susans that light up our gardens in late summer and fall.
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Thu 24 Oct 2024
Our Native Lilies
One of our native lilies is the spectacular Lilium superb, spelled “superbum,” (but it is not pronounced as it is spelt). Its petals recurve, so a common name is Turk's cap.
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Thu 17 Oct 2024
Our Native Physostegia
The Latin name “Physostegia” refers to the calyx, which covers their seed pods. “Physa” means bladder and “stege” means a covering. Common names are false dragonhead and obedience part because the st…
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Thu 10 Oct 2024
Our Native Solidago
When goldenrod is in bloom, it indicates that fall is in the air. It does not cause hay fever (That is ragweed!), as the pollen of goldenrod is too heavy to be dispersed by the wind.
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Thu 03 Oct 2024
Our Native Lobelia
The lobelia family is extremely diverse but there are two American natives that are hardy perennials: Lobelia cardinalis and Lobelia siphilitica.
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Thu 26 Sep 2024
Wild Petunia
Many years ago, I bought a perennial plant at a nursery, and after I planted it, found that there was a ride-along plant in the pot.
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Thu 19 Sep 2024
Our Native Liatris
There are few flowers like liatris in the flower world, as the blooms open on top of the stalks first, and the ones on the bottom open last.
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Thu 12 Sep 2024
Heuchera sanguinea
Heuchera is the botanical name for coral bells.The one that is most frequently found in our gardens is Heuchera sanguinea -- tiny bell-shaped flowers on 15-inch stems dangle above mounds of deep gree…
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Thu 05 Sep 2024
Eupatorium purpureum
Our native Eupatorium purpureum, commonly known as Joe Pye weed, flowers in late summer and fall, producing tall clusters of fluffy purple flowers.
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Thu 29 Aug 2024
Groundcovers
Ground cover plants are a bit like area rugs in our homes, as we can mix and match them or plant many of the same type of plant to cover bare patches.
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Thu 22 Aug 2024
Helenium
In a cultivated garden, helenium looks best with other yellow or bronze flowers that bloom in the fall, and they light up a flower bed as the growing season draws to a close.
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Thu 15 Aug 2024
Gaura
If you especially enjoy delicate, airy types of flowers, then you should grow Gaura to enjoy in your garden and in flower arrangements.
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Thu 08 Aug 2024
Tickseed
Coreopsis is from the Greek word koris meaning bug and opsis meaning resemblance to. This is because the seeds of coreopsis took like small ticks.
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Thu 01 Aug 2024
Queen Anne's Lace
Farmers do not care for wild carrots that grow in their fields and on roadsides and produce thousands of seeds that produce more plants.
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Thu 25 Jul 2024
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