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!
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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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Creators and Guests

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Chris Enroth
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties

Host
Ken Johnson
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties
