Episode 110: Best Gift Plants

Always give a gift that you yourself would like to receive . That ’s splendid advice when it come to living — and as gardeners , we can extend that sentiment to give plant life as gifts . require yourself : what plant would I like to get as a gift ? We had a lot of fun on today ’s sequence , imagining the scenario in which we ’d give our friends , neighbors , or even stranger fussy plants that would carry our feelings of happiness , fellow feeling , or just consummate joy . call for a wedding nowadays that ’s truly singular this season ? Well , give a listen to our proffer for a sodding small tree that will uprise right along with the love that the dyad has for one another . ( OK , we predict , the other suggestion are n’t nearly as sappy . )

Special guest : Scott Endres is a designer and horticulturist at Tangletown Gardens in Minneapolis .

Carol’s Plants

‘ Pink Cotton Candy ’ betony ( Stachys‘Pink Cotton Candy ’ , Zones 4–8 )

Tiger middle ® shumac ( Rhus typhina‘Bailtiger ’ , zone 4–8 )

Wabi Sabi ® doublefile viburnum ( Viburnum plicatumvar.tomentosum‘SMVPTFD ’ , zone 5–8 )

‘ keen ’ Dahlia pinnata ( Dahlia‘Groovy ’ , Zones 9–11 )

Danielle’s Plants

‘ Wolf Eyes ’ kousa cornel ( Cornus kousa‘Wolf Eyes ’ , Zones 5–8 )

Eastern redbud ( Cercis canadensis , Zones 4–8 )

‘ Major Wheeler ’ Australian honeysuckle ( Lonicera sempervirens‘Major Wheeler ’ , Zones 4–8 )

‘ Mediopicta Alba ’ agave ( Agave americana‘Mediopicta Alba ’ , Zones 8–11 )

Guest’s Plants

‘ Bartzella ’ Itoh peony ( Paeonia‘Bartzella ’ , Zones 4–9 )

‘ Jade Butterflies ’ ginkgo ( Ginkgo biloba‘Jade Butterflies ’ , Zones 4–8 )

Pink jasmine ( Jasminum polyanthum , Zones 8–11 )

Taiwanese money plant or friendly relationship industrial plant ( Pilea peperomioides , Zones 9b–11 )

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