Ep. 147 More than just mums: Fall blooming plants for the garden | #GoodGrowing

On this week’s Good Growing podcast, we discuss fall-blooming plants. While we typically reach for mums, there are a lot of other plants we can use in our landscapes for an end-of-season flower show!  Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/NYmaaXnh7JY Skip to what you want to know:    00:33 – Welcome, Ken and have we followed our advice and started our fall vegetable gardens?    02:20 – Benefits of fall blooming plants for pollinators  05:05 – Goldenrods      06:25 – Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’      08:00 – Zigzag goldenrod (Solidago flexicaulis)      09:02 – Stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida)      11:10 – Managing Canadian goldenrod      12:11 – Goldenrod and allergies  13:40 – Asters      13:55 – New England aster (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae)      16:26 – Calico aster (Symphyotrichum lateriflorum)  17:30 – Ironweed (Vernonia lettermannii) ‘Iron butterfly’  19:25 – Black-eyed Susan ‘American GoldRush’  21:07 – Sweet Black-eyed Susan  (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)  22:20 – Bottle gentian (Gentiana andrewsii)  23:50 - False Sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides var. scabra) 'Bleeding Hearts'   25:37 - Perennial sunflowers       26:38 – Western/naked stemmed sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)       27:10 – Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)  28:35 – More fall-blooming plants: mums, sedum, bulbs    31:38 - Wrap-up, thank you’s, what’s up next week, and goodbye!   Autumn allergies: Don’t blame goldenrod: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2022-10-21-autumn-allergies-dont-blame-goldenrod  Fall Blooming Bulbs: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2020-09-17-theyre-not-just-spring-fall-blooming-bulbs  
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