Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa

Green Every Winter Landscape should Have Planted

Many winter plants are deciduous and bare, showing nothing by twigs. In this show, we cover the very best of the winter and early spring plants that actually look better through the colder months of winter and early spring. You'll be a winter garden pro, after this week's show.

 

Wildflowers Gone Wild

Wildflowers can be mysterious in how to plant and grow these forest natives, not after this week's show. We give you the nine steps to stunning flowers that are easy to grow and perennially come back years after your. You will be a wildflower pro after this week's show.

Landscape Designs for Style can Follow

Figuring out where to start on a landscape project is difficult, but not after this week's show.  We cover how many plants are needed and the balance between spring, summer, autumn, and winter evergreens.  You will be a landscape design pro after this week's show. 

How to Best care for Fruit Trees

Late winter is the ideal season for fruit tree maintenance. In this show, we share how best to care for fruit trees, when, how and what to use this winter for a better spring crop of apples, pears, apricot, cherry, almond, plum, apricots, and more. You will be a fruit pro after this week's show.

Winter Soil Preparation for Spring Gardens

Garden soil is the key to success, especially with fruit and flowering plants. In this show, you will have an exact recipe for garden soil that grows better plants this spring. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.

Proper Pruning of Landscape Plants

The start of winter is also the start of the pruning season for the landscape.  This episode goes deep into the dos and don'ts of landscape pruning.  You will be a pruning pro after this week's show.

Most Popular Houseplants for a Health New Year

You learn not only the most popular houseplants that are oh-so-easy to grow but some exotic plants you will find at the garden center as well. You will be a houseplant pro after this week's show. 

Winter Shrubs that Only Look Better in the Cold

After the first storms of winter, some plants look even better in the cold. Short days and cold nights bring out the most in Conifers like spruce and pine, with even more drama from Broadleaf Evergreens like Nandina, Holly, and Red Tipped Photinia. This week's show covers the plants that only look better through the cold of Winter. You will be an evergreen pro after this week's show.

The Brightest Evergreens of Winter

Winter is when the evergreen conifers in the landscape take center stage. This week's show covers the Top 10 Evergreens that add green to any yard and how to plant them. You will be an evergreen pro after this week's show.

How to Plant You Christmas Tree After the Holidays

Local trees can be decorated for indoor holiday enjoyment and then planted after the celebrations. A Christmas tree from Watters Garden Center can be decorated and enjoyed for a lifetime, not just a season. When the holiday festivities end, gather family and friends and plant your tree together for years of guaranteed enjoyment.

How to Buy and Care for Winter Plants in Hassle Free Containers.

Quality is hard to spot when buying resort-size containers in the mountains of Arizona.  Continual freeze/thaw cycles wreck havoc on clay pots, but not after this show.  You will not only have how to buy but how to plant, water, and care for plants that winter outdoors with you.  You will be a pottery pro after this week's show.

 

Top 10 Evergreen Shrubs with Color all Winter Long

Winter is a time for the best evergreens to show off.  In this episode, we cover the best shrubs for winter-long green that live a long time with winter and for years to come.  You will be a perennial bush pro after this week's show. 

Top 10 Holiday Evergreens Planted after Christmas

Why cut down a tree for the holiday celebrations when you can use a living tree for Christmas planted in the landscape after the festivities or over? After this show, you will be an expert on the best trees to use and exactly how to plant each when the presents have been unwrapped, and the decorations are put away for the holidays. You will be a Christmas tree pro after this week's show.

Pretty Plant to Decoration the Winter Garden You can Eat

Many plants are pretty, but few have stunning beauty and be eaten. As we transition to the winter gardens, you'll learn how to grow stunning flowers, herbs, and cold hard vegetables that thrive through the snows to come and look great. You will be a garden pro after this week's show.

Top Colorful Trees of Autumn for the Fall Landscape

Through November, the colors of Fall outshine everything in the landscape. Trees are the biggest showoffs of all. In this episode, we cover the brightest colors of the Autumn landscape, their companions, and how to plant each. You will be an autumn garden pro after this week's show.