November 30, 2020 Wreaths to Keep Up, Martha Ballard, Nathanael Pringsheim, Mark Twain, Charlotte Fiske Bates, Trees, Shrubs & Hedges for Your Home, and Lucy Maud Montgomery

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Curated News Georgia-Made Wreaths You’ll Want to Keep Up Past New Year’s | Garden & Gun | HASKELL HARRIS Botanical History On This Day 1791 Martha Ballard —…

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Shrubs by Andy McIndoe

Shrubs by Andy McIndoe

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Shrubs by Andy McIndoe (“MAC-IN-doe”) This book came out in February of 2019, and the subtitle is Discover the Perfect Plant for Every Place in Your Garden. Gardens Illustrated said this about Andy’s book, “McIndoe is a devoted and knowledgeable ambassador for shrubs…His advice is clear, practical, and honest:…

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Michael Schuck Bebb: America’s Willow Expert and Prairie Botanist

Michael Schuck Bebb (1833-1895), a prominent American systematic botanist known for his extensive research on the genus Salix (willows).

Fountaindale Paradise Today is the anniversary of the death of the Ohio-born botanist and Willow Expert Michael Schuck Bebb, who died on this day in 1895. In 1896, Walter Deane wrote a biography of Bebb’s life in the Botanical Gazette. The biography included a fantastic photo of Bebb, who had sideburns that extended below his…

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Trees and Shrubs by John Hillier

The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs

As Heard on The Daily Gardener Podcast: Shrubs by Andy McIndoe (“MAC-IN-doe”) This book came out in February of 2019, and the subtitle is Discover the Perfect Plant for Every Place in Your Garden. Gardens Illustrated said this about Andy’s book, “McIndoe is a devoted and knowledgeable ambassador for shrubs…His advice is clear, practical, and honest:…

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Advice on Placing and Planting Tender Trees and Shrubs from the 1800s

Japanese Maple Tree

“…trees do love the sun at noon, and yet the south wind is very contrary against their nature, and specially the almond tree, the apricot, the mulberry, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree.” December 9, 1891 On this day, The Guardian shared Leonard Mascall’s advice regarding placing tender trees and shrubs. Mascall said, “Commonly, …most trees…

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