On this week's Good Growing podcast, we welcome horticulture educator Emily Swihart to share the new and strange seed we have ordered for our flower gardens for the 2023 growing season. We tease talking about sunflowers for the yard, but we don't get to them this week. So, look for that episode next week (we promise!). Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q_HGNwhTvqE Skip to what you want to know: 00:35 – Welcome Ken, and has Chris bought his seeds? 01:08 – What seeds has Ken started? 01:55 – Welcome Emily, has she started seeds? 02:25 – Has Chris been keeping up with his New Year’s Resolution? What are we growing this year? 04:05 – Ken – Cupid’s dart 05:50 – Emily – Calendula 09:40 – Chris – Sedges 14:40 – Poppies and flowering tobacco 17:25 – Emily – Snapdragons and supporting cut flowers 22:45 – Chris – Mayapple 25:40 – Ken – African daisy, Hibiscus, Cardinal climber, Stock 27:52 – Emily – Strawflower, Gomphrena 31:10 – Weird-shaped flowers, Amaranth and Celosia 33:16 – Chris – Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush' (Black-eyed Susan) 36:12 – Ken – Cotton, snapdragon, cosmos, zinnia, sunflower, and more 38:06 – saving zinnia seeds 39:15 – Emily’s zinnias 39:55 – Cosmos 41:55 – Emily – Mrs. Burns' Lemon basil and ageratum 43:35 – Chris – Lungwort 45:38 – Chris - Lipstick Blonde Hosta 47:55 – Asking questions about our gardens 48:33 – Wrap-up, thank yous, and good bye! Stay tuned for our show where we talk about sunflowers for 2023. What new vegetables are we growing in 2023 - https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573/new-veggies-for-2023-goodgrowing Contact us! Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu Emily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu Check out the Good Growing Blog: htps://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowing Subscribe to the weekly Good Growing email: https://go.illinois.edu/goodgrowingsubscribe Any products or companies mentioned during the podcast are in no way a promotion or endorsement of these products or companies. -- You can find us on most podcast platforms. SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-555304573 iTunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-growing/id1446630377 Stitcher https://www.stitcher.com/show/good-growing Tunein https://tunein.com/podcasts/Gardening/Good-Growing-p1187964/ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/202u3siWExE1tTqrVgtmCR Vurbl https://vurbl.com/station/good-growing-4pljnNlUtyG/ Listen notes https://www.listennotes.com/podcasts/good-growing-chris-enroth-cHLPMWpvEOG/ Ivy https://ivy.fm/podcast/good-growing-167902 Castbox https://castbox.fm/channel/Good-Growing-id4302614?country=us Google podcasts https://bit.ly/3AiYjTD