Episode Number
205
Episode Show Notes / Description
Do you enjoy spending your evenings outdoors? On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about how you can create a garden to be enjoyed at night. Learn about night-blooming plants that can be incorporated into a ‘night/moon’ garden, landscape lighting, insects that come out at night, and more!
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00:28 – Welcome, Ken! Enjoying the unseasonably warm weather?
03:15 – Gardening by the moon, does it work?
06:55 – What are some plants can be grown for ‘night’ or ‘moon’ gardens?
07:52 – Flowering tobacco
08:40 – Dragon fruit and night-blooming cereus
09:36 – What is pollinating these flowers?
11:00 – More plants for the night
11:00 – Angel’s trumpet
14:35 – Evening-primrose (Oenothera )
16:38 – Four o’clock
18:10 – Caladium
18:46 – Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’
19:26 – Dusty miller
20:05 – Moonflower
23:46 – Incorporating landscape lighting
26:56 – Some drawbacks of lights at night
31:00 – Insects at night
34:18 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
Talking Bats in Illinois with Dr. Joy O'Keefe: https://youtu.be/9fLLNtNHkpI
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