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  • Hydrangea Happiness with C.L. Fornari

    Hydrangea Happiness with C.L. Fornari
    Mar 27 2026
    For some of us, happiness is a hydrangea in full, glorious bloom. And if you’re not yet well acquainted with these flowering shrubs, who better to learn from than The Garden Lady herself? C.L. Fornari is the author of the upcoming 2026 book Hydrangea Happiness: Planting, Pruning and Blooming, among many others. She’s also a well-known gardening radio host and podcaster, appearing over the years as a contributor on NPR’s The Cultivated Gardener, as host of GardenLine on WXTK, as co-host of the podcast Plantrama, and today as the eponymous host of The Garden Lady on several NPR stations. We get the scoop on her broadcasting career, on her founding of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival, and on how she planned a modern-day guide to hydrangeas that’s “more Instagram and less coffee table book.” Dive into this interview to learn about choosing the right hydrangea for a northern garden, about the truth of acidifying your soil for those beautiful blue mophead blooms, and about finding joy in your garden and your life. Find C.L. Online at: GardenLady.com Mentioned in This Episode Hydrangea Happiness: Planting, Pruning & Blooming: https://brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/hydrangea-happiness-planting-pruning-and-blooming/ The Cope Cod Hydrangea Festival: https://www.capecodchamber.org/events/cape-cod-hydrangea-fest/ Hydrangeas on the Azores: https://www.treehugger.com/hydrangeas-azores-4869708 Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon. Discord: https://discord.gg/K6wF9dY4JaBluesky: @plantsalwayswin.comTikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcastYouTube: @plantsalwayswinpodcastWebsite: www.plantsalwayswin.com CreditsWebsite Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH Timestamps: 00:14 Introduction00:56 C.L. Fornari’s Garden Radio Host Career05:52 Founding the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival08:33 Why (and How!) C.L. Wrote About Hydrangeas11:21 Postcards from Plants14:43 How Many Hydrangeas? Breeding and Selection16:43 A Paniculata Hydrangea for Erin’s Cold, Clay Conditions18:47 Finding the Right Spot for Your Shrub21:16 Are Hydrangeas Invasive?23:00 Hydrangea paniculata, a.k.a. Panicled Hydrangea23:25 Hydrangea arborescens, aka Smooth Hydrangea24:15 Hydrangea macrophylla, a.k.a. Bigleaf Hydrangea, a.k.a. Mophead Hydrangea25:09 Hydrangea serrata, a.k.a. Mountain Hydrangea27:10 C.L.’s Hydrangea Poetry28:25 Hydrangea quercifolia, a.k.a. Oakleaf Hydrangea28:35 Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris., a.k.a. Climbing Hydrangea28:55 Acidifying Soil for Blue Hydrangeas31:05 The Stubborn Myth that Pine Needles Acidify Soil33:20 Moss Lawn Plant Rant34:27 Macrophylla Hydrangeas with Inconsistent Colours37:56 Poison Ivy Acres and Embracing All of Gardening39:40 Find C.L. Fornari Online40:45 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep 44 Internet Plant Science with Dr. Vikram Baliga

    Ep 44 Internet Plant Science with Dr. Vikram Baliga
    Mar 16 2026

    The internet is a minefield of questionable plant hacks, rage bait, and—sigh—banana water. Good thing The Plant Prof is here to shed some science on the matter.

    Vikram Baliga, a.k.a. The Plant Prof, is a professor of horticulture and the host of the podcasts Planthropology and Deep Roots. He is that rare being in the world of science: an academic who has also honed the skill of communicating with non-academic audiences. As he says, public taxes pay for science research. The public deserves good, true scientific information.

    Today’s conversation ranges across education and misinformation in the digital age, the evolution of science, and the importance of experimentation. Then we get practical with tips on compost tea, a nuanced discussion on using synthetic or organic fertilization methods, and garden hacks that actually work. Of course, we also have to take a few minutes to get excited about Vikram’s information–packed children’s book, Plants to the Rescue: The Plants, Trees, and Fungi that are Solving Some of the World’s Biggest Problems. Have a listen; class is in session!

    Find Vikram Online at:
    • The Planthropology Podcast
    • Deep Roots Podcast
    • Texas Tech Davis College of Ag Natural Resources website
    • YouTube
    • Bluesky
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
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    Vikram’s Book:

    Plants to the Rescue , published by Neon Squid Books

    Timestamps

    00:14 Intro
    00:30 Meet Vikram Baliga, The Plant Prof
    02:33 Vikram’s Podcasts: The Planthropology Podcast and Deep
    Roots
    03:37 The Challenge of Public Science Communication
    10:42 Plants don’t read our textbooks.
    12:20 Plants Always Win Stole its Name from Planthropology Merch
    13:04 The Evolution of Science and the Freedom to Experiment
    15:56 Vikram’s Home Fertilizer Hack Experiments: Rice Water, Banana Water, Oatmeal, Cinnamon, etc.
    18:36 How to Make Compost Tea
    21:22 Synthetic Commercial Fertilizers vs. Organic Fertilizers for Containers, Planters, and Gardens
    30:48 Vikram’s New Kids’ Book: Plants to the Rescue
    36:50 Gardening Hacks that Actually Work
    40:04 Things That Make Your Gardening Life Easier
    40:41 That Time Sean Hacked his Leg Open
    42:32 The Best Way to Grow a Garden is In Community
    44:52 Find Vikram Online
    45:43 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep. 43. Rosemary vs. Lavender

    Ep. 43. Rosemary vs. Lavender
    Feb 10 2026
    In this versus episode, we bring you two of the nicest-smelling and slowest-growing plants in the garden. Sean gets us started with rosemary, which is known to science as Salvia rosemarinus (though some botanists may be surprised to hear that!). We learn how to grow this Mediterranean plant and how to help it handle a northern winter, even if that means bringing it indoors. One option, of course, is to take softwood or hardwood cuttings and root them for next year, and Sean gives us a crash course in doing that before moving on to the fascinating research being done on rosemary and cognition. In the second half, Erin narrows down the many species and cultivars of lavender to just two: Lavandula angustifolia, often called English Lavender or “true lavender,” and Lavandula X Intermedia, a hybrid you may see marketed as “lavandin.” One is good to eat, and the other is great for toiletries. How do you know which is which? Erin has the intel. Just don’t ask her to talk about French lavender. You might be in for a plant rant. You’re also in for some fun facts about growing lavender at home, becoming a commercial lavender grower in Ontario, and what historical humans and modern scientists think it’s good for. We wrap up with a busted myth: what does lavender have to do with King Tut? It’s not what you think! Who won the plant face-off? You decide! Email us, tag us on social media, or pipe up in our friendly Discord server to let us know who you thought made their plant the most interesting. Will YOU be growing lavender or rosemary this year? The Ontario Garden Events Calendar It’s live! Check it out at https://plantsalwayswin.com/events/ Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon. Discord: https://discord.gg/K6wF9dY4JaBluesky: @plantsalwayswin.comTikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcastYouTube: @plantsalwayswinpodcastWebsite: www.plantsalwayswin.com CreditsWebsite Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH Citations Rosemary Plant ProfileRosmarinus officinalis L. (n.d.). USDA Plants Database. https://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile/ROOF Rosemary. (n.d.). Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved February 8, 2026, from https://www.britannica.com/plant/rosemary Rosemary and cognitionKamdar, D. (2025). Rosemary has been linked to better memory, lower anxiety and even protection from Alzheimer’s. The Conversation. https://doi.org/10.64628/ab.fu4jyy3mx Banerjee, P., Wang, Y., Carnevale, L. N., Patel, P., Raspur, C. K., Tran, N., Zhang, X., Natarajan, R., Roberts, A. J., Baran, P. S., & Lipton, S. A. (2025). DIACCA, a Pro-Drug for carnosic acid that activates the NRF2 transcriptional pathway, shows efficacy in the 5xFAD transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Antioxidants, 14(3), 293. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox14030293 Herbs that can boost your mood and memory. (2026, June 2). Northumbria University. https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/news/2016/04/herbs-that-can-boost-your-mood-and-memory/ Studying Hinoki cypress oil and relaxationIkei, H., Song, C., & Miyazaki, Y. (2015). Physiological effect of olfactory stimulation by Hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa) leaf oil. Journal of PHYSIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 34(1), 44. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40101-015-0082-2 Etymology of lavenderLavender – Etymology, Origin & Meaning. (n.d.). Etymonline. https://www.etymonline.com/word/lavender Growing lavender in OntarioGrowing lavender in Ontario: an introduction for prospective growers. (2023, February 22). ontario.ca. https://www.ontario.ca/page/growing-lavender-ontario-introduction-prospective-growers What people historically thought lavender was good for, and what scientists think todayCivilyte, A., Karanikola, K., & Kramer, A. (2025). From antiquity to modern hygiene: the archaeological and medicinal legacy of lavender as a promising antimicrobial agent. PubMed, 20, Doc21. https://doi.org/10.3205/dgkh000550 Medicinal uses and side effects of lavenderLavender: Overview, uses, side effects, precautions, interactions, dosing and reviews. (n.d.). https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-838/lavender#dosing Lavender: Usefulness and safety. (n.d.). National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. https://www.nccih.nih.gov/health/lavender The Ontario Lavender AssociationOntario Lavender Association. (n.d.). Lavender Ontario. Lavender Ontario. https://lavenderontario.org/ History, taxonomy, and production of lavenderMcCoy, J.-A., PhD. (2022). Lavender: History, Taxonomy, and Production (J. Davis, Ed.). NC State Extension. https://newcropsorganics.ces.ncsu.edu/herb/lavender-history-taxonomy-and-production/ Timestamps 00:17 Introduction01:00 What’s Growing On? Erin at the Landscape Ontario ...
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  • Ep. 42 Landscape Design Fails

    Ep. 42 Landscape Design Fails
    Jan 20 2026

    As the 2026 growing season waves tantalizingly on the far horizon, we’d like to help you prepare for a disaster-free garden. To do that, we’re sharing a few key landscape design principles…along with a whole heap of stories about landscape design fails.

    No garden is truly no-maintenance, but while ordinary weeding and pruning is one thing, fighting endlessly against the effects of a bad design decision is something else entirely. We’re talking about hardscaping installed in the wrong spot, poorly selected plants, ever-spreading invasive species…The list goes on. Sean shares some zingers from his history of managing client landscapes, and Erin gets vulnerable with some stories of her own past mistakes. Tune in to find out what not to do…and to journey with our hosts through the steps you should take when designing a garden or landscape of your own.

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    Timestamps

    00:15 Introduction
    00:55 What’s Growing On? The End of Erin’s Winter Garden
    04:27 What’s Growing On? Sean’s Winter Observations
    07:56 Water Break
    09:05 Myth Busting: The Low-Maintenance Garden
    12:34 Landscape Design Step 1: Dream and Observe
    15:44 Landscape Pre-Design: Know Your Needs
    17:21 Designing for Accessibility and Maintenance
    19:07 Considering Microclimates
    20:16 Landscape Design Step 2: Hardscaping
    22:25 Artificial Turf Legislation Fail
    27:14 Decisions about Paths
    28:00 Myth Busting: Permanence in Landscapes
    29:36 Landscape Design Step 3: Plant Selection
    31:00 Sean’s False Sorbaria sorbifolia Stories
    34:36 Erin’s Invasive-Plants-in-Woodland-Garden Story
    40:04 Landscape Design Step 4: Plan for Changes over Seasons and Years
    46:32 Retaining Wall Fail
    50:00 Maintenance Nightmare: Nothing But Stairs
    54:30 Compromise and Education are Important
    57:09 Staghorn Sumacs Always Win
    58:55 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep. 41 Thoughtful Foraging with Gabrielle Cerberville

    Ep. 41 Thoughtful Foraging with Gabrielle Cerberville
    Dec 19 2025

    If you’re looking to build a relationship with the land that feeds you, you can start by embracing the wisdom of the Internet’s Mushroom Auntie.

    Gabrielle Cerberville, a.k.a. your new Mushroom Auntie, a.k.a. The Chaotic Forager, has spent her academic life collecting degrees in music. If you catch her in the forest, however, she’s more likely to be collecting mushrooms and plants for cooking and preservation. She’s known online as a mycologist and foraging educator, and—more recently—as the author of the book Gathered: On Foraging, Feasting, and the Seasonal Life – An Illustrated Adventure in Wild Food, Self-Discovery, and Honoring Earth. Part memoir, part field guide, part cook book, and part guided nature meditation, Gathered is 100% an invitation to connect more deeply and authentically with the earth. This week, Gabrielle joins Erin and Sean to discuss its writing, the deeply collaborative process of its editing and fact-checking, and the interconnectedness of nature, food, politics, and community.

    Find Gabrielle online at:

    ChaoticForager.com

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/chaoticforager

    TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@chaoticforager

    YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC0LqNI92KujRLCj-247ve3w

    Facebook: www.facebook.com/chaoticforager

    Purchase a copy of Gathered: www.harpercollins.com/products/gathered-gabrielle-cerberville?variant=43429934661666

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    Citations

    Can you forage on Crown land in Canada?

    Using wood from Crown land for personal use. (2025, May 26). ontario.ca. https://www.ontario.ca/page/using-wood-crown-land-personal-use

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    Timestamps

    00:14 Introduction
    01:10 Gabrielle Cerberville, Your Internet Mushroom Auntie
    03:20 The Chaotic Forager and ADHD
    05:16 The Myth of Being a Self-Taught Forager
    08:29 Community Sufficiency, Not Self-Sufficiency
    11:55 Gabrielle’s Music Education
    14:35 Marrying Music and Foraging: The Deep Ecology Project
    19:01 How Gabrielle Develops Recipes with Foraged Foods
    21:40 Foraging and Seasonality
    23:30 The Honourable Harvest
    26:37 Building a Relationship with the Land
    31:04 Foraging on Public Land (Food Is Political)
    40:48 The Process Behind Gathered
    48:51 Gabrielle’s Shout-Outs
    53:45 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep. 40 Nut Trees and Connection with Elspeth Hay

    Ep. 40 Nut Trees and Connection with Elspeth Hay
    Dec 2 2025
    Feeding humanity doesn’t need to come at the Earth’s expense. Elspeth Hay is here to talk nut trees, ecosystems, and humans as keystone species. In 2019, Elspeth was a local food writer who felt despondent about humans’ need to tear up nature in order to feed ourselves. When she discovered that acorns are edible—that they had, in fact, once been a central pillar of an abundant North American food system—she was electrified. This week she joins Erin to talk about the book that resulted from her all-consuming research into that subject, Feed Us with Trees: Nut Trees and the Future of Food. If you have ever felt like human beings are rootless and adrift without our own habitat or wild food that can sustain us, this conversation will open your eyes and seize your heart. Erin and Elspeth discuss the oak savannas and chestnut trees that, managed by Indigenous peoples’ understanding of succession ecology, once fed the human and more-than-human life of a continent. They look at the still-living food culture of chestnuts in Switzerland, grieve over the politics that deliberately erased abundance at home, and embrace hope at the re-emergence of traditional land management practices in agroforestry and restoration agriculture. Join us in re-discovering our habitat and home. Who knows—maybe acorns will change your life, too. Find Elspeth Hay Online Website: https://elspethhay.com/Instagram: @elspethhayThe Local Food Report: https://www.capeandislands.org/podcast/the-local-food-reportFeed Us with Trees: https://newsociety.com/book/feed-us-with-trees/?aff=65 Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon. Discord: https://discord.gg/K6wF9dY4JaBluesky: @plantsalwayswin.comTikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcastYouTube: @plantsalwayswinpodcastWebsite: www.plantsalwayswin.com CreditsWebsite Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH Timestamps 00:14 Introduction01:00 Feed Us with Trees: Nut Trees and The Future of Food 01:48 Elspeth’s Career in Food and the Environment02:41 The Lightbulb Moment: Humans Can Eat Acorns03:27 It Never Made Sense to Me That We Didn’t Have a Habitat07:39 The Chestnut Huts of Switzerland: A Living Food Culture09:46 Our Grief and Homesickness for Connection to Place and Species10:43 The Land of Opportunity Myth13:07 Oak Savannas and Chestnut Groves: Pillars of an Indigenous Food System14:39 Food is Politics: The Deliberate Dismantling of Abundance in North America19:40 Trespass Laws Were Created to Control Formerly Enslaved Foragers22:00 How Capitalism Makes Food Political23:47 The Movement to Revive Perennial Food Ecosystems26:50 Ecological Succession and Embracing Traditional Land Management30:41 Oaks as the Tree of Life, Biodiversity Champions32:00 Nature Preserves Are the Wrong Approach. The Land Needs Us.34:17 Hazelnut Basketry and Kuruk Culture to Elspeth and Erin’s Willow Basketry37:42 The New Forest in England: An Unenclosed English Farm40:20 Elspeth’s Recommended Resources41:50 Elspeth’s Shout-Outs44:26 Parting Words of Wisdom45:12 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep. 39 Plant Evolution: Kid Q&A

    Ep. 39 Plant Evolution: Kid Q&A
    Nov 25 2025
    Kids ask the best nature questions!

    For this episode, a class of elementary-school students prepared a list of questions about plants for Sean and Erin to answer. The best part, of course, is that these are questions few adults would think to ask, and they let our hosts explore all sorts of fascinating topics. How did plants come to be the way they are? Why did they evolve to have roots (or no roots!) and leaves and fruit? What makes one tree grow big leaves while another one has narrow needles? We talk evolutionary niches, the tree of life, food chains, and even how plants move water and sugar through their cells.

    Step into our plant-life classroom and see what you can learn from the curiosity of children!

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    Citations

    Bryophytes and Tracheophytes? Categories of Plants With and Without Roots
    Plant diversity. (n.d.). NatureWorks. https://nhpbs.org/natureworks/nwep14b.htm

    The Parts of a Leaf
    Libretexts. (2022, May 4). 13.1: Leaf parts and arrangement. Biology LibreTexts. https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Botany/A_Photographic_Atlas_for_Botany_(Morrow)/13%3A_Leaves/13.01%3A_Leaf_Parts_and_Arrangement

    Making Paper from Plants at Home

    Quillen, K. (2023, October 3). How to make paper from plants – Mother Earth news. Mother Earth News – the Original Guide to Living Wisely. https://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/making-paper-from-plants-zm0z17jjzqui/

    Lipman, B. (2024, October 16). Paper from Iris and Daylily. https://www.handpapermaking.org/post/paper-from-iris-and-daylily

    Timestamps

    00:13 Introduction
    01:13 What’s Growing On: Sean’s Seed Saving
    02:56 What’s Growing On: Erin’s Season Extension
    05:53 Do All Plants Have Roots? Let’s Talk Bryophytes
    06:08 Plants’ Vascular Systems: Xylem and Phloem
    08:40 Why Do Plants Need Roots?
    11:15 Many Types of Roots
    12:29 What is the Blade on a Leaf?
    14:40 Why do Oak Leaves Get So Big?
    20:22 How Fast Can Some Flowers Grow?
    26:17 Why Do Plants Grow Food?
    32:51 How Do Plants Survive the Winter?
    41:38 Erin’s New Picture Book: If You Go Walking
    42:58 How Do You Make Paper with Plants?
    46:10 Paper Recycling Tangent
    47:06 Making Paper from Daylilies and Iris
    54:33 Outro and Contact Us
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  • Ep. 38 Little Shop of Horrors

    Ep. 38 Little Shop of Horrors
    Oct 31 2025

    This episode is what happens when two people’s loves for venus flytraps, spooky season, and movie musicals collide.

    Yes, we’re doing nerdy Halloween horticulture by analyzing the representation of carnivorous plants in the classic musical Little Shop of Horrors—specifically the 1986 movie version. If you haven’t seen the show, don’t worry; we set the stage for you and save any late-story spoilers for the very end. For the most part, we’re interested in one question: based on our knowledge of real-world carnivorous plants, how reasonable were Seymore’s guesses when he first tried to care for Audrey II? This requires, of course, an exploration of Venus flytraps’ habitat and habits, how they reproduce, and of the care they need to thrive in our homes.

    The movie does raise one more hypothetical, and I’ll put this in code for our listeners who still need to watch it: that ending. Would it really have worked? We get a buzz out of exploring the idea.

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    Citations

    Little Shop of Horrors

    Oz, F. (Director). (1986). Little shop of horrors. The Geffen Company.

    Venus flytrap Overview

    Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula). (n.d.). iNaturalist. https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52666-Dionaea-muscipula

    Venus flytraps benefit from fires

    Venus Flytrap. (n.d.). National Wildlife Federation. https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Plants-and-Fungi/Venus-Flytrap

    A chemical signal from the flytrap’s prey stimulates the secretion of enzymes.

    Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center – the University of Texas at Austin. (n.d.). https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=dimu4

    Overwintering your venus flytrap

    Little Shop of Horrors. (2025, January 12). Overwintering Venus flytraps. Littleshopofhorrors.co.uk. https://www.littleshopofhorrors.co.uk/over-wintering-venus-flytraps/

    Timestamps

    00:39 Introduction

    01:35 What’s Growing On: Sean’s Winter Prep

    02:20 What’s Growing On: Erin’s Tomatoes and Greenhouse Build

    03:10 Sean’s Pumpkin-Deer Showdown

    05:48 Water Break

    06:00 Setting the Scene: Little Shop of Horrors

    07:44 How Carnivorous Plants Eat

    11:26 Can a Carnivorous Plant Survive on Human Blood?

    12:46 Venus Fly Trap Etymology

    15:50 How the Venus Fly Trap Grows

    18:35 Audrey II’s Structure vs. Venus Fly Trap Structure

    21:39 Taking Care of Audrey II vs. a Venus Fly Trap

    32:24 Overwintering Your Venus Fly Trap

    34:51 SPOILER WATER BREAK

    35:20 Propagating a Venus Fly Trap vs. Audrey II

    41:28 Ethical Purchasing of Venus Fly Traps

    42:49 Buying Cool Cultivated Varieties

    43:33 Can You Kill a Plant with Electrocution?

    47:29 Conclusion and Contact Us
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