Episode 128: Our Loved Ones’ Favorite Plants

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For many gardeners, sharing a love of plants with family and friends adds another layer of enjoyment to a very quiet pastime. In this episode, Daniel, Carol, and expert guest Catherine Cook explore plants that have special meaning or associations with their loved ones. Whether it’s a dogwood that provides plants to share with others, a native orchid that’s worth a long drive to see growing in the wild, a buttery-colored rose, or a “ganglion by a stone wall.” plant” that Danielle’s husband especially loves, these plants will surely make you think about the memories, stories and connections that make certain plants in your garden mean to you.

Expert Guest: Kathryn Cook is a landscape designer and co-owner of Spring Lake Garden Design in Sherman, Connecticut. You can read some of Catherine’s past articles here: https://www.finegardening.com/author/catharine-cooke.

Daniel’s plants

The bark of the Kosa dogwood
The bark of the Kosa dogwood
Kosa dogwood flowers
Kosa dogwood flowers

Kosa dogwood (corns cosa, zones 5-8).

A type of Siberian Iris
A type of Siberian Iris

Siberian Iris (Iris sibericazones 4-9).

Korean Spice Verbena
Korean Spice Viburnum

The Korean spice viburnum (Verbena Carlisi, zones 4-8).

‘Horstman’s Recrud’ Larch (Larix decidua (‘Harstman’s Record’, Zones 2–7)

Carroll plants

Lady's Slipper Orchid
Lady’s Slipper Orchid

Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium reginaezones 2a–7).

Eastern red cedar
Eastern Red Cedar (Here’s a link to Bill Cullen’s article on bird native plants: https://www.finegardening.com/article/birds-in-the-garden)

Eastern red cedar (Juniperus Virginiazones 2-9).

Trailing arbutus, courtesy of B. Domangue via Wikimedia Commons
Trailing arbutus, courtesy of B. Domangue Wikimedia Commons

Trailing Orbits (Epigaea repenszones 3–7).

Strawberry Rhubarb
Strawberry Rhubarb

Strawberry Rhubarb (Rahm Rahbarbaramzones 3–8).

Specialist plants

Julia Child ™ Rose, photo courtesy of Deb Haber
Julia Child ™ Rose, photo courtesy of Deb Haber

Julia Child™ rose (Rosa ‘Wekvossutono’, zones 4–9)

'Constance Sperry' rose, photo courtesy of T. Kiya via Wikimedia Commons

‘Constance Sperry’ Rose (Rosa ‘Constance Sperry’, Zones 5–10)

'Constance Sperry' rose, photo courtesy of T. Kiya via Wikimedia Commons
‘Constance Sperry’ rose, photo courtesy of T. Kiya via Wikimedia Commons

‘New Dawn’ Rose (Rosa ‘New Dawn’, Zones 5-10)

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