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PAS Gardens: Plants and Problem Solvers

Broadcasting the Week of 07-11-11
In this episode we are rounding up some interesting plants and discussing solutions to common gardening problems plus learn how to prepare a simple cream based lemon rosemary sauce that is great on chicken, salmon or veal.

Featured in this Episode

Spider Mites
Lemon Rosemary Sauce

Color Corner: Proven Winners® Rockapulco® Impatiens
Who says you can't grow roses in the shade? Rockapulco® Impatiens aren’t really roses, but the blooms do look like miniature rosebuds. They bring sizzling color to the shade garden. They are beautiful in containers and flower beds.

People and Places

Birdie Lenard-Fountain at EuroAmerican Propagators, Bonsall CA gives us a tour of this nursery where they grow the latest plant varieties to sell to your local garden center.  She tells us about new flowers and foliage that are drought tolerant designed to be water wise without sacrificing color. 
•    Totally Tempted® Cuphea
•    Diamond Frost® Euphorbia
•    Flambe® Yellow Strawflower (Chrysocephalum apiculatum)
•    Angelface® Blue Angelonia
•    Golden Delicious Pineapple Sage
•    Intrigue Canna
•    Stratosphere™ Gaura
•    Lemon Symphony Osteospermum

Jim Davis with Dupont Garden Products demonstrates how to use an under ground tree anchoring system.  It’s new product that does the same job as traditional tree staking or guying without all the obtrusive wires and stakes.

At the International Builders Show we learn about a paperless wallboard that repels moisture and helps prevent house mold.

Anne and John Jarrard describe how their garden and historic home work together to expand the living space of the property.

Louis Petit at Café Prego shares his restaurant’s recipe for Lemon Rosemary sauce that’s great on chicken, salmon, veal or pasta.