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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back. You're in the garden with Ron Wilson again.
That toll free number eight hundred eight two three two
five five. You know, whenever we talk about bulbs, you
know who we go to. She's our bulb expert. They
have an absolutely wonderful website. It's Flowerbulb Dot e you
ladies and gentlemen. It's the one, the only, Miss Peggy
and Montgomery. Goot Morgan, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm great, Ron, how are you?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I am doing wonderful. Before we get started talking about
our Bulb of the Year this year, designated by the
National Garden Bureau, I want to ask you a question.
We were just talking about our herb expert, Rita Hikenfeld.
Are you a big herb grower?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yes? I am crazy big herb grower. I grow. There's
only two of us living here. I grow about ninety
bushels of basil.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Really, So you like I like the jeez? So your
do you? Gro Sage?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I do?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Okay? That was our urb of the day today with Sage,
And we were just curious. Now you celebrate Thanksgiving and
the turkey and all that stuff, right, yep? Do you
call it stuffing or dressing?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Oh? Great? I think I call it stuffing.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Now you put yourself you call it. Do you put
it in the turkey or do you do it in
a pan? Separate? Okay, And there's never enough exactly, especially
if there's gravy. Yeah, the first great gravy to put
on it. Well, we were talking about that. If it's stuffing,
it's truly in the turkey. If it's dressing, that's right,
(01:36):
that's truly done in the pan because it's on the side,
so it'll be dressing.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah. I had a great, big herb garden, and this
past year we kind of were trying to simplify a
little because we're getting old and we kind of so
we put that away and I'm doing them now in
big containers.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So I have I have less, but it's still great
to cook with fresh herb. And I freeze a lot
of them.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I got if you're doing the sage sometime pick a
few leaves, rinse them off, dry them, and then deep
fry them. Just fry them a little bit in olive
oil till they're crispy, o sea salt on top and
you've got sage chips. They are outstanding.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Oh that sounds so good run, so.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Be sure checking that's all from our good friend a
Rita Haikenvel. But anyway, she's our herbalist and she tells
she gives the shares all kinds of interesting herbal information
and recipes as well. But we've got you as our
flower ballback spurt, and today we're going to talk about
every year the National Garden Bureau picks Ball of the
Year perennial the year with annuals all that this year,
the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year happens to
(02:40):
be one of my most favorite annuals. And of course
it's kalladiums, and man kalladiums have been around a long time,
but you look at what's available with kalladiums today, it
is crazy.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It is crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Ron.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
The breeding work that's being done is outstanding. There is
every color pattern, everything you could think of, and even
some of the newer varieties can take more sun.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Yeah, and that's because we've always done that. Obviously, the
kaladiums in the shade or a shade lover or a
little bit of morning sun, but they just can't stand
that hot afternoon sun. But now we're getting the plant
breeders trying to come up with some newer selections that
will actually tolerate more sun, and I think that's going
to be a great thing as well. If you're not
familiar with kaaladiums, it has that big heart shaped leaf
(03:27):
usually all kinds of veins of different colors. The white
and green's always been one of my favorites, that particular pattern.
But you got the reds and the pinks and the
greens and whites and all kinds of colors within that
heart shaped leaf. And of course there are some that
have more of a little bit of a serrated leaf too.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, Ron, I'm kind of with you. The green and
white are my favorite too. But this year my husband
put these sort of reddish oranges in a great big
hanging basket and I'll tell you what, They're just stunning.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And some folks know what kaladiums are probably saying right now,
hanging basket. And you know what I never thought about.
I've grown them in containers, but not in hanging baskets.
That would make a really cool hanging basket.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
It is. We have a hanging basket and it's kind
of in the shade. Like you said, it gets some
morning light, but nothing in the afternoon. So it's got
the kalladium in there and some bogonias and monsterra you know,
house plants that be brought outside for the summer, and
it just looks remarkable, unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Talking with Peggy and Montgomery, she has our bulb specialist.
The website is Flowerbulb dot Eed you we're talking about kalladiums,
and of course kalladiums are a little bit different in
the fact that they are actually a bulb that you
have to you know, they're not hardy in our area
at least I think it's hardly what zone.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Nine and ten maybe, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, but so you have to, you know, either dig
them up at the end of the season and store
them over the winter, or I think the way prices
have gotten on kalladiums anymore, if you've grown from the bulb,
they're cheap enough. You can also kind of consider them
a throwaway if you want to, and that message.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, I grow them as annuals. Yeah for sure. I
haven't had great luck keeping them over.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, a little bit picky as far as rotting and
things like that. So I'm with you a hundred percent.
And then you've got to start them inside early. Why
not let somebody else start them for you and have
them growing and just go pick those up and get
them planted.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yep, I'm with you absolutely.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I always agree with you, Peggy and Montgomery. So this
is a this is a again, if you aren't trying
to brighten up that shade garden, kalladium's definitely the choice.
What about rabbits and deer?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know, I have never had any trouble with them
at all. That they are poisonous, so you know, that's
something to think about if you have animals or small children.
You know, many plants in the garden are and it's
best just not to go around eating anything in your garden.
But they are poisonous, and so rabbits and deer and
(06:01):
everybody do stay away from them.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And I don't know that I've ever experienced squirrels or
chipmunks ever digging up the ball.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
That's a good put, you know what. I never thought
about that round, but neither of I.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So you know, you get because a lot of times
you plant those balls that go and they dig everything up,
and in this case not true. And I think the
thing that you have to remember about kalladiums don't plant
them too early in the spring season. They like warmer
temperature soil and air.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Ron That is the most important thing to remember about
kalladium They're tropical plants and they do not like it
outside early when it's cold. And you know, I'm guilty
because I get excited and I buy them too early
and it really sets them back. And this year, I
thought I was being such a good girl and I
didn't put them outside until May fifteenth, which is our
(06:53):
frost free date here in Delaware. But we have had
such a cold spring. They're still not.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Loving it no, and they'll sit tight and not do
a whole lot until that soil temperature starts to get
up into the seventies and the air temperatures consistently. They
don't go away, they just kind of sit there and
not do a whole lot for a while.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
That's exactly what mine are doing. And we're hoping for
some sun and some warmer temperatures next week and then
they'll just go to town.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Talking about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year
from the National Garden Bureau. That's kalladiums, And of course
they're known for that tropical foliage and tropical look and
of course the striking foliage with all the different colors,
love the shade. Newer varieties coming on to make them
a little bit more sun tolerant, which I'm looking forward
to that as well. Peggy and Montgomery are bulb specialist.
We're gonna take a break we come back. More questions
(07:42):
about growing kalladiums. Can you grow them indoors? Well, we're
gonna find out again. Check out the website flowerball dot Eu.
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Speaker 1 (09:13):
Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson talking
summer flowering bulbs with our bulb expert, Peggy Ann Montgomery,
great website flower bulb dot eu. And today we're talking
about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year from
the National Garden Bureau. Kalladium's tropical plants that got that
heart shaped leaf, elephant type ear shape leaf, and of
(09:35):
course they're striking foliation. All types of different colors love
the shade, but they're working on newer varieties that'll start
to handle a little bit more sun as well. It
is a summer bulb that if you want to go
through this process, you buy them in the spring. You
start them in the house. You put them in the
ground once the temperatures are about seventy degrees, consistently dig
them up in the fall, storm over, start the process
(09:57):
all over. Or you can do is Peggy and Montgomery
and I do and plant them as annuals.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Yes, yes, I do. You know, I'll tell you what,
after the whole summer of gardening, I get a little
bit lazy in the fall and I'm not interested in
doing all that extra work.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I'm with you one hundred percent. And I think you
also brought up a good point about being a little
more mature in the garden.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yes, yeah, you know, getting a little older, maybe getting
a little bit smarter. But I use a lot of
bulbs kind of as annuals. There's you know, it's their
price point really is indifferent. You know, I go to
the store and you know, a premium annual at seven
or eight bucks.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Sure, oh, you know, even and we're not talking about roses,
but I mean even roses if you you know, if
they didn't come back at the end of the next year,
for what you pay for a potted rose, you know
that you pay for the hanging basket.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Yep, you know, just it's the exact same thing, and.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
It is an annual talk with Peggy and Montgomery. We're
talking about kalladium bold and khaladiums. Absolutely one of my
most favorite has been since I was in high school.
I love this one. Kalladiums and colias are my two
favorite annuals. And of course they're all foliage colors.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Yo. That's wonderful. I really like colius too, and they're
like you said, there is some new colors out there
that are just outstanding and you can't kill them, and
they grow and grow and grow, and you can pinch
them back and by the end of the year you
just have this huge, gorgeous plant. It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I absolutely love them. Talking about kalladiums though, but and
again not only in the garden in the ground, but also,
as you mentioned, can be grown in containers. Do quite
nicely in containers and even in hanging baskets, which is
Peggy and Montgomery's doing as well. So talk about kolladiums.
Can I bring them inside and grow them as a houseplant?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Yes. I was so excited when you said that because
it made me remember my nana. My nana group. Kalladiums
indoors and their beautiful house plant. They just need a
lot of bright indirect light, right.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Indirect light, and a great color. And I don't know
if you were able to attend to cultivate. I think
it was last summer in Columbus. Of course, they're introducing
now some of those varieties that are the green, red,
and white for Christmas Kalladians.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
I know, isn't that interesting. A lot of the kalladiums
here in the United States are grown down in Florida
and the breeders are just doing some amazing things. And
I think it would be so pretty to have something
to go along with our point set is in our
other Christmas decorations.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah, and you know we're you know, we're seeing the
hellaboris the jacobs that white being used at the holiday season,
and you know, and and all of those. And then
I stood there and looked at those Christmas cactus, and
of course I think of kalladiums as the summertime. But
the more I looked at that and said, you know,
you work that in with the Christmas tree and all
the other decorations around and those colors they're out in
(12:59):
those on those were spectacular. I mean they just stood out. Yeah,
which is a great way to really brighten up a
shady garden as well. But I looked at that and said, yeah,
I think I could get used to that for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Absolutely, And we usually do like some kind of a
living container on the Christmas table, you know, some live
plants for instance, you know, like I'll get you know,
inexpensive orchids, and boy wouldn't kalladium look pretty with that?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Oh yeah, that'd be I'd be gorgeous. Absolutely, talk with
Peggy Emtgomery. Let me ask you real quick. For folks
that do want to go ahead and say, well, I
would like to try to start those myself and grow
them through the season and overwin them. See if I
can get it to do that, you might as well
try it, right so.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
You can say you've been there, right, You've got nothing
to lose.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
You've been there, done that. When you go to the
local garden centers to buy your kalladium bulbs.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Bigger better, that's generally the rule.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes, so bigger is better. So if you go there,
you know, you can buy inexpensive ones that are you know,
an inch in diameter, or you can buy something that'll
cost you a little bit more there, maybe three or
three inches in diameter, But those bigger bulbs are going
to give you more foliage and a better looking plant.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, and you know, dollar for dollar, it's really a better.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Buy, yeah, because from what you get out of it.
So you buy those and then starting them indoors. Obviously
we can do those in containers, get them in the
sunny windows so they've got bright sun, maybe a grow
light or whatever it may be.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
What.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Probably start those sometime in April, so they're ready to
go outside sometime in mid to late May.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Yeah, that's about right, you know, just anything you can
do to give them a head start and keep them
indoors until it really truly is warm. And you know,
like I said, this year, we've had a very wet
cold spring, so it's it's late for us. So just
watch the weather and just don't bother putting them out
until it warms up.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
All right. So if I'm planning a tool over daffodil bulb,
it's easy to figure it out because there's a point there,
point up, flat bottom to the bottom. What about kalladiums
because they're a flat disk looking bulb.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, you know what all bulbs will sign their way up.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Ah, so we don't have to worry about that.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Well, I mean that you can go ahead and I
usually plant them with the pointy side up. But honestly,
all of them know which way to go. Well.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
But talking with Peggy Montgomery talking about kalladiums and of
course you utility there, have you ever used those for
a cut flower?
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I haven't, but boy, I know you're making me curious.
You might want I should try that.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
They don't last all that long, but you can bring
those in, put them in on those really narrow like
a test tube type vas. They will hold up for
a little while anyway, to add a little bit of
something different there for you. So if you've got extra kalladiums,
you can use it for that one as well. So
all right, I gotta ask you. There's all these varieties
that are out there, and maybe you don't have a favorite,
(15:53):
But is there one particular one that you like or
you just like them all?
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I do? I come all and I think you know,
for those of us that have some shady areas, they
bring so much color and so much light. You know,
it's kind of a trick for landscape designers to put
something very light like that in the shade. They give
light and they really attract attention. It's a wonderful thing
to do. But maybe I'm old fashioned, but ron I
(16:22):
like the green and white ones.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I do too. I still think they're one of the best.
But there's so many great ones. But I'll tell you
in that green and white combination, I love frog and
a blender.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah, isn't that crazy?
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And for those folks that are listening, don't google frog
and a blender because you will go to websites that
you do not want to see a frog and a blender.
But that's what this is called. And that's what this
is called. Is Frog and a Blender's been out about
what four or five years, and yeah, we've been growing.
It's really tough and durable, but I love it's a
little more green than the white, but and it's different
(16:59):
shades of it's pretty interesting. But it's called frog and
a blender, and that's that's definitely become one of my
favorites out there. I love that one.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
It is. And I'll tell you what with a name
like that, everyone can remember it.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
You got it. Peggy M. Montgomery always a pleasure. We're
talking about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year
from the National Garden Bureau. Kalladiums and if you've got
a shade garden container, hanging basket morning sun protective from
that hot afternoon sun or morning shade or all day shade,
kaladiums are for you. They will brighten up. And so
(17:33):
many great selections available for you as well. The key
is Peggy N said, plant them when it's warmed up outside.
They love the warmer temperatures. Always a pleasure. Great information.
Go tend to your in pension. Keep those flowers off
of that basil.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
All right, Thanks n have a great day.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Thanks good talking to you, Peggy and Montgomery. And again
the website is flower bulb dot eu, so be sure
and check that out. We're gonna take a break at
the top of the hour. Coming back, we're going to
talk to a good friend of mine. He's been on
our show before, Bill de Boor, and Bill is from
Woody Warehouse. It's a it's a nursery in Indiana that
(18:10):
specializes in growing native plants. And Bill's been on with
us several times talking about what it takes to collect
the seeds and grow these native plants and they're just
continuing to get bigger and bigger all the time. And
what's interesting to help promote teaming up with local businesses
to help promote you know, being e eing friendly with
(18:33):
your bees, pollinat or polite out there in our area,
the Cincinnati area. They're going to be giving away free
trees next week one day for just a couple hours
at one of our local breweries, so you can go
and have a brew and have a get a free
tree as well. We're going to talk with him about that,
(18:54):
talk about him about a little bit about the native plants.
But it's going to be a quick interview. But even
if you're within an an hour or it might be
worth it driving here because the brewis are absolutely outstanding
and you get a free treat, what kind of a tree, Well,
you're gonna get a blacking them. Uh yeah, those are
great for pollinators. We'll find out why when we talked
to Bill, and then of course coming up to the
(19:15):
next half hour, we'll also have Gary Sullivan with a
little home improvement and then of course at the bottom
of the hour Buggy Joe Boggs and who knows what
Buggy Joe Boggs is going to be talking about. Don't
forget our website. It's Ron Wilson online dot com. We
got all the Buggy Joe's posts on there. For this week,
we've got Rita's recipe or tips about sage. Cicadas are
(19:36):
back some tips about cicadas as well. My plants of
the week two outstanding compact growing, white flowering hydrangees bobo
and flower full. Check them out. You're gonna absolutely love them.
It's all happening here in the Garden with Ron Wilson.
Speaker 3 (20:28):
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with Ron
Welcome back. You're in the garden with Ron Wilson again.
That toll free number eight hundred eight two three two
five five. You know, whenever we talk about bulbs, you
know who we go to. She's our bulb expert. They
have an absolutely wonderful website. It's Flowerbulb Dot e you
ladies and gentlemen. It's the one, the only, Miss Peggy
and Montgomery. Goot Morgan, how are you?
Speaker 2 (00:28):
I'm great, Ron, how are you?
Speaker 1 (00:29):
I am doing wonderful. Before we get started talking about
our Bulb of the Year this year, designated by the
National Garden Bureau, I want to ask you a question.
We were just talking about our herb expert, Rita Hikenfeld.
Are you a big herb grower?
Speaker 2 (00:43):
Yes? I am crazy big herb grower. I grow. There's
only two of us living here. I grow about ninety
bushels of basil.
Speaker 1 (00:51):
Really, So you like I like the jeez? So your
do you? Gro Sage?
Speaker 2 (00:58):
I do?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Okay? That was our urb of the day today with Sage,
And we were just curious. Now you celebrate Thanksgiving and
the turkey and all that stuff, right, yep? Do you
call it stuffing or dressing?
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Oh? Great? I think I call it stuffing.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Now you put yourself you call it. Do you put
it in the turkey or do you do it in
a pan? Separate? Okay, And there's never enough exactly, especially
if there's gravy. Yeah, the first great gravy to put
on it. Well, we were talking about that. If it's stuffing,
it's truly in the turkey. If it's dressing, that's right,
(01:36):
that's truly done in the pan because it's on the side,
so it'll be dressing.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
Yeah. I had a great, big herb garden, and this
past year we kind of were trying to simplify a
little because we're getting old and we kind of so
we put that away and I'm doing them now in
big containers.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Oh yeah, and.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
So I have I have less, but it's still great
to cook with fresh herb. And I freeze a lot
of them.
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I got if you're doing the sage sometime pick a
few leaves, rinse them off, dry them, and then deep
fry them. Just fry them a little bit in olive
oil till they're crispy, o sea salt on top and
you've got sage chips. They are outstanding.
Speaker 2 (02:17):
Oh that sounds so good run, so.
Speaker 1 (02:20):
Be sure checking that's all from our good friend a
Rita Haikenvel. But anyway, she's our herbalist and she tells
she gives the shares all kinds of interesting herbal information
and recipes as well. But we've got you as our
flower ballback spurt, and today we're going to talk about
every year the National Garden Bureau picks Ball of the
Year perennial the year with annuals all that this year,
the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year happens to
(02:40):
be one of my most favorite annuals. And of course
it's kalladiums, and man kalladiums have been around a long time,
but you look at what's available with kalladiums today, it
is crazy.
Speaker 2 (02:53):
It is crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Ron.
Speaker 2 (02:55):
The breeding work that's being done is outstanding. There is
every color pattern, everything you could think of, and even
some of the newer varieties can take more sun.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Yeah, and that's because we've always done that. Obviously, the
kaladiums in the shade or a shade lover or a
little bit of morning sun, but they just can't stand
that hot afternoon sun. But now we're getting the plant
breeders trying to come up with some newer selections that
will actually tolerate more sun, and I think that's going
to be a great thing as well. If you're not
familiar with kaaladiums, it has that big heart shaped leaf
(03:27):
usually all kinds of veins of different colors. The white
and green's always been one of my favorites, that particular pattern.
But you got the reds and the pinks and the
greens and whites and all kinds of colors within that
heart shaped leaf. And of course there are some that
have more of a little bit of a serrated leaf too.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Yeah, Ron, I'm kind of with you. The green and
white are my favorite too. But this year my husband
put these sort of reddish oranges in a great big
hanging basket and I'll tell you what, They're just stunning.
Speaker 1 (03:59):
And some folks know what kaladiums are probably saying right now,
hanging basket. And you know what I never thought about.
I've grown them in containers, but not in hanging baskets.
That would make a really cool hanging basket.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
It is. We have a hanging basket and it's kind
of in the shade. Like you said, it gets some
morning light, but nothing in the afternoon. So it's got
the kalladium in there and some bogonias and monsterra you know,
house plants that be brought outside for the summer, and
it just looks remarkable, unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
Talking with Peggy and Montgomery, she has our bulb specialist.
The website is Flowerbulb dot Eed you we're talking about kalladiums,
and of course kalladiums are a little bit different in
the fact that they are actually a bulb that you
have to you know, they're not hardy in our area
at least I think it's hardly what zone.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Nine and ten maybe, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 1 (04:52):
Yeah, but so you have to, you know, either dig
them up at the end of the season and store
them over the winter, or I think the way prices
have gotten on kalladiums anymore, if you've grown from the bulb,
they're cheap enough. You can also kind of consider them
a throwaway if you want to, and that message.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Yeah, I grow them as annuals. Yeah for sure. I
haven't had great luck keeping them over.
Speaker 1 (05:11):
Yeah, a little bit picky as far as rotting and
things like that. So I'm with you a hundred percent.
And then you've got to start them inside early. Why
not let somebody else start them for you and have
them growing and just go pick those up and get
them planted.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yep, I'm with you absolutely.
Speaker 1 (05:27):
I always agree with you, Peggy and Montgomery. So this
is a this is a again, if you aren't trying
to brighten up that shade garden, kalladium's definitely the choice.
What about rabbits and deer?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
You know, I have never had any trouble with them
at all. That they are poisonous, so you know, that's
something to think about if you have animals or small children.
You know, many plants in the garden are and it's
best just not to go around eating anything in your garden.
But they are poisonous, and so rabbits and deer and
(06:01):
everybody do stay away from them.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
And I don't know that I've ever experienced squirrels or
chipmunks ever digging up the ball.
Speaker 2 (06:09):
That's a good put, you know what. I never thought
about that round, but neither of I.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
So you know, you get because a lot of times
you plant those balls that go and they dig everything up,
and in this case not true. And I think the
thing that you have to remember about kalladiums don't plant
them too early in the spring season. They like warmer
temperature soil and air.
Speaker 2 (06:28):
Ron That is the most important thing to remember about
kalladium They're tropical plants and they do not like it
outside early when it's cold. And you know, I'm guilty
because I get excited and I buy them too early
and it really sets them back. And this year, I
thought I was being such a good girl and I
didn't put them outside until May fifteenth, which is our
(06:53):
frost free date here in Delaware. But we have had
such a cold spring. They're still not.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Loving it no, and they'll sit tight and not do
a whole lot until that soil temperature starts to get
up into the seventies and the air temperatures consistently. They
don't go away, they just kind of sit there and
not do a whole lot for a while.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
That's exactly what mine are doing. And we're hoping for
some sun and some warmer temperatures next week and then
they'll just go to town.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
Talking about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year
from the National Garden Bureau. That's kalladiums, And of course
they're known for that tropical foliage and tropical look and
of course the striking foliage with all the different colors,
love the shade. Newer varieties coming on to make them
a little bit more sun tolerant, which I'm looking forward
to that as well. Peggy and Montgomery are bulb specialist.
We're gonna take a break we come back. More questions
(07:42):
about growing kalladiums. Can you grow them indoors? Well, we're
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Speaker 1 (09:13):
Welcome back here in the garden with Ron Wilson talking
summer flowering bulbs with our bulb expert, Peggy Ann Montgomery,
great website flower bulb dot eu. And today we're talking
about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year from
the National Garden Bureau. Kalladium's tropical plants that got that
heart shaped leaf, elephant type ear shape leaf, and of
(09:35):
course they're striking foliation. All types of different colors love
the shade, but they're working on newer varieties that'll start
to handle a little bit more sun as well. It
is a summer bulb that if you want to go
through this process, you buy them in the spring. You
start them in the house. You put them in the
ground once the temperatures are about seventy degrees, consistently dig
them up in the fall, storm over, start the process
(09:57):
all over. Or you can do is Peggy and Montgomery
and I do and plant them as annuals.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
Yes, yes, I do. You know, I'll tell you what,
after the whole summer of gardening, I get a little
bit lazy in the fall and I'm not interested in
doing all that extra work.
Speaker 1 (10:16):
I'm with you one hundred percent. And I think you
also brought up a good point about being a little
more mature in the garden.
Speaker 2 (10:23):
Yes, yeah, you know, getting a little older, maybe getting
a little bit smarter. But I use a lot of
bulbs kind of as annuals. There's you know, it's their
price point really is indifferent. You know, I go to
the store and you know, a premium annual at seven
or eight bucks.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Sure, oh, you know, even and we're not talking about roses,
but I mean even roses if you you know, if
they didn't come back at the end of the next year,
for what you pay for a potted rose, you know
that you pay for the hanging basket.
Speaker 2 (10:54):
Yep, you know, just it's the exact same thing, and.
Speaker 1 (10:56):
It is an annual talk with Peggy and Montgomery. We're
talking about kalladium bold and khaladiums. Absolutely one of my
most favorite has been since I was in high school.
I love this one. Kalladiums and colias are my two
favorite annuals. And of course they're all foliage colors.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Yo. That's wonderful. I really like colius too, and they're
like you said, there is some new colors out there
that are just outstanding and you can't kill them, and
they grow and grow and grow, and you can pinch
them back and by the end of the year you
just have this huge, gorgeous plant. It's wonderful.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
I absolutely love them. Talking about kalladiums though, but and
again not only in the garden in the ground, but also,
as you mentioned, can be grown in containers. Do quite
nicely in containers and even in hanging baskets, which is
Peggy and Montgomery's doing as well. So talk about kolladiums.
Can I bring them inside and grow them as a houseplant?
Speaker 2 (11:50):
Yes. I was so excited when you said that because
it made me remember my nana. My nana group. Kalladiums
indoors and their beautiful house plant. They just need a
lot of bright indirect light, right.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Indirect light, and a great color. And I don't know
if you were able to attend to cultivate. I think
it was last summer in Columbus. Of course, they're introducing
now some of those varieties that are the green, red,
and white for Christmas Kalladians.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
I know, isn't that interesting. A lot of the kalladiums
here in the United States are grown down in Florida
and the breeders are just doing some amazing things. And
I think it would be so pretty to have something
to go along with our point set is in our
other Christmas decorations.
Speaker 1 (12:38):
Yeah, and you know we're you know, we're seeing the
hellaboris the jacobs that white being used at the holiday season,
and you know, and and all of those. And then
I stood there and looked at those Christmas cactus, and
of course I think of kalladiums as the summertime. But
the more I looked at that and said, you know,
you work that in with the Christmas tree and all
the other decorations around and those colors they're out in
(12:59):
those on those were spectacular. I mean they just stood out. Yeah,
which is a great way to really brighten up a
shady garden as well. But I looked at that and said, yeah,
I think I could get used to that for Christmas.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Absolutely, And we usually do like some kind of a
living container on the Christmas table, you know, some live
plants for instance, you know, like I'll get you know,
inexpensive orchids, and boy wouldn't kalladium look pretty with that?
Speaker 1 (13:26):
Oh yeah, that'd be I'd be gorgeous. Absolutely, talk with
Peggy Emtgomery. Let me ask you real quick. For folks
that do want to go ahead and say, well, I
would like to try to start those myself and grow
them through the season and overwin them. See if I
can get it to do that, you might as well
try it, right so.
Speaker 2 (13:42):
You can say you've been there, right, You've got nothing
to lose.
Speaker 1 (13:44):
You've been there, done that. When you go to the
local garden centers to buy your kalladium bulbs.
Speaker 2 (13:49):
Bigger better, that's generally the rule.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Yes, so bigger is better. So if you go there,
you know, you can buy inexpensive ones that are you know,
an inch in diameter, or you can buy something that'll
cost you a little bit more there, maybe three or
three inches in diameter, But those bigger bulbs are going
to give you more foliage and a better looking plant.
Speaker 2 (14:13):
Yeah, and you know, dollar for dollar, it's really a better.
Speaker 1 (14:16):
Buy, yeah, because from what you get out of it.
So you buy those and then starting them indoors. Obviously
we can do those in containers, get them in the
sunny windows so they've got bright sun, maybe a grow
light or whatever it may be.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
What.
Speaker 1 (14:28):
Probably start those sometime in April, so they're ready to
go outside sometime in mid to late May.
Speaker 2 (14:34):
Yeah, that's about right, you know, just anything you can
do to give them a head start and keep them
indoors until it really truly is warm. And you know,
like I said, this year, we've had a very wet
cold spring, so it's it's late for us. So just
watch the weather and just don't bother putting them out
until it warms up.
Speaker 1 (14:54):
All right. So if I'm planning a tool over daffodil bulb,
it's easy to figure it out because there's a point there,
point up, flat bottom to the bottom. What about kalladiums
because they're a flat disk looking bulb.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
Yeah, you know what all bulbs will sign their way up.
Speaker 1 (15:10):
Ah, so we don't have to worry about that.
Speaker 2 (15:13):
Well, I mean that you can go ahead and I
usually plant them with the pointy side up. But honestly,
all of them know which way to go. Well.
Speaker 1 (15:21):
But talking with Peggy Montgomery talking about kalladiums and of
course you utility there, have you ever used those for
a cut flower?
Speaker 2 (15:28):
I haven't, but boy, I know you're making me curious.
You might want I should try that.
Speaker 1 (15:32):
They don't last all that long, but you can bring
those in, put them in on those really narrow like
a test tube type vas. They will hold up for
a little while anyway, to add a little bit of
something different there for you. So if you've got extra kalladiums,
you can use it for that one as well. So
all right, I gotta ask you. There's all these varieties
that are out there, and maybe you don't have a favorite,
(15:53):
But is there one particular one that you like or
you just like them all?
Speaker 2 (15:59):
I do? I come all and I think you know,
for those of us that have some shady areas, they
bring so much color and so much light. You know,
it's kind of a trick for landscape designers to put
something very light like that in the shade. They give
light and they really attract attention. It's a wonderful thing
to do. But maybe I'm old fashioned, but ron I
(16:22):
like the green and white ones.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
I do too. I still think they're one of the best.
But there's so many great ones. But I'll tell you
in that green and white combination, I love frog and
a blender.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Yeah, isn't that crazy?
Speaker 1 (16:37):
And for those folks that are listening, don't google frog
and a blender because you will go to websites that
you do not want to see a frog and a blender.
But that's what this is called. And that's what this
is called. Is Frog and a Blender's been out about
what four or five years, and yeah, we've been growing.
It's really tough and durable, but I love it's a
little more green than the white, but and it's different
(16:59):
shades of it's pretty interesting. But it's called frog and
a blender, and that's that's definitely become one of my
favorites out there. I love that one.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
It is. And I'll tell you what with a name
like that, everyone can remember it.
Speaker 1 (17:12):
You got it. Peggy M. Montgomery always a pleasure. We're
talking about the twenty twenty five Ball of the Year
from the National Garden Bureau. Kalladiums and if you've got
a shade garden container, hanging basket morning sun protective from
that hot afternoon sun or morning shade or all day shade,
kaladiums are for you. They will brighten up. And so
(17:33):
many great selections available for you as well. The key
is Peggy N said, plant them when it's warmed up outside.
They love the warmer temperatures. Always a pleasure. Great information.
Go tend to your in pension. Keep those flowers off
of that basil.
Speaker 2 (17:48):
All right, Thanks n have a great day.
Speaker 1 (17:50):
Thanks good talking to you, Peggy and Montgomery. And again
the website is flower bulb dot eu, so be sure
and check that out. We're gonna take a break at
the top of the hour. Coming back, we're going to
talk to a good friend of mine. He's been on
our show before, Bill de Boor, and Bill is from
Woody Warehouse. It's a it's a nursery in Indiana that
(18:10):
specializes in growing native plants. And Bill's been on with
us several times talking about what it takes to collect
the seeds and grow these native plants and they're just
continuing to get bigger and bigger all the time. And
what's interesting to help promote teaming up with local businesses
to help promote you know, being e eing friendly with
(18:33):
your bees, pollinat or polite out there in our area,
the Cincinnati area. They're going to be giving away free
trees next week one day for just a couple hours
at one of our local breweries, so you can go
and have a brew and have a get a free
tree as well. We're going to talk with him about that,
(18:54):
talk about him about a little bit about the native plants.
But it's going to be a quick interview. But even
if you're within an an hour or it might be
worth it driving here because the brewis are absolutely outstanding
and you get a free treat, what kind of a tree, Well,
you're gonna get a blacking them. Uh yeah, those are
great for pollinators. We'll find out why when we talked
to Bill, and then of course coming up to the
(19:15):
next half hour, we'll also have Gary Sullivan with a
little home improvement and then of course at the bottom
of the hour Buggy Joe Boggs and who knows what
Buggy Joe Boggs is going to be talking about. Don't
forget our website. It's Ron Wilson online dot com. We
got all the Buggy Joe's posts on there. For this week,
we've got Rita's recipe or tips about sage. Cicadas are
(19:36):
back some tips about cicadas as well. My plants of
the week two outstanding compact growing, white flowering hydrangees bobo
and flower full. Check them out. You're gonna absolutely love them.
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