Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa

Summer Plants that Love the Heat

June is a transition month from spring to summer garden bloomers.  There is an entire group of plants that have been waiting for the summer heat before they take off with new growth and even more stunning summer blooms.  There are lots of secret garden tips in this episode but you'll have to tune in for these insider tips. 

Top 10 Mountain Perennials for June Planting

June is the best month to buy and plant perennial flowers, those that come back for years to come.  This is the season when the garden center introduces the newest introductions and hardiest mountain varieties, and all come into bloom in the month of June.  You will be a blooming pro after this weeks show. 

Sizzling Summer Shrubs that Bloom Non-Stop

June is a month of transition from spring blooming shrub to sizzling summer shrubs.  With the summer blooming tips, your landscape will bloom in a riot of gorgeous colors.  You will be a summer blooming pro after this weeks show.  

Attracting more Butterflies into the Gardens this Spring

Monarch, Swallowtail and Painted Lady butterflies abound this spring and super easy to draw into your gardens. With just a few of these tips and tricks you will be a butterfly pro after this weeks show. 

Super Summer Bloomers in the Mountain Landscape

As we transition to the warmer growing season the best of the landscape blooming shrubs show off in the gardens.  We cover the best mountain hardy shrubs with the tips to get more color out of your landscape this season.  You'll be a summer blooming pro after this weeks show. 

Growing Better Flowers this Spring

As we transition from the spring blooming gardens to the summer heat lovers there are a few secrets that up your garden game.  Learn the best varieties, soils, foods and more for stunning flowers that bloom non-stop from now through the autumn.  You will be a blooming pro after this weeks show. 

Everything is Blooming Roses

Roses are explained in depth, including this years 'Best of the Best' rose winners.  Your garden is going to be more fragrant that every this years and Watters Garden Center can help them grow.

Native Plants used in the Gardens

Tremendous benefits are had by planting native bloomers in the gardens.  The secret is all in the correct soil preparations for these choice specimen.  Low, low care, low maintenance, and even lower water usages can all be yours after this show, but you'll have to tune in. 

Growing Better Vegetables and Herbs this year

We cover the details for not just better tasting produce this season, but more of it.  From foods and supplements to the varieties known to produce, you will be a vegetable garden pro after this weeks show.

Mountain Gardening with Herbs

Savory herbs picked fresh from the gardens have more zing, and so easy to grow in the mountains.  Mammals like deer, rabbits, and Javelina all find herbs detestable.  We cover lavender, rosemary, oregano, thyme, mint and more in this episode.  

Erosion - Retaining and Gardening with slopes

Soil in the landscape can wash away, slump and erode after a downpouring rain, but plants can solve all your garden problems. This how we cover the plants, how to irrigate and planting techniques that really work to hold the soil in place. You have more options than just vines, the go deep into shrubs that cover a 10X10 space per plant and more.  You will be an erosion control pro after this weeks show. 

Creative Container Gardens Made Easy

There is a trick to really nice gardens in containers or raised beds.  If you've struggled with plants in pots, or just want to increase your garden beauty then this show is for you.  This and a lot more timely garden tips are packed into this week's show. 

Flowering Trees You'll Find this Spring

Blooming Trees are truly famous for their spring flowers.  This week you will learn the ideal time to plant a blooming tree, the difference between fruit trees and ornamental trees, evergreens and so much more.  You will be a garden pro after this weeks show. 

Best New Plants You'll Find this Spring

Spring begins this week and with it, all the new plant colors, sizes and varieties the will make your heart go pitter-patter.  The spring planting season is upon us with some exciting new plants never seen before.   You will feel like a garden insider after this weeks show.  

Plant Foods Simplified for Best Spring Growth

Plant food is one of the most misunderstood and misguided subjects in the garden, but not after this weeks show.  We cover all the basics and then go deeper with the explanations of why.  Your gardens will be beautiful this spring after this week's show.