Ep. 170 Gardening at night: Creating gardens to enjoy at night | #GoodGrowing
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!
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Creators and Guests
Host
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
