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Blooms and BeyondThe Plant Hunter: Inside the World of International Plant Exploration with Judson LeCompteBlooms and Beyond - Season 1, Episode 5
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“The Plant Hunter: Inside the World of International Plant Exploration with Judson LeCompte”
Episode Description
Ever wonder how the plants at your local garden center made their way from a breeder’s field in Japan or a mountain in China to your backyard? In this episode, Dr. Ping Yu sits down with Dr. Judson LeCompte, Product Development Manager at Spring Meadow Nursery and international plant hunter for Proven Winners Color Choice. Judson shares the fascinating—and often hilarious—realities of traveling the globe to discove...
2026-01-0551 min
Gardening SimplifiedHow to Pamper Your Plants, a Revolutionary Rose, and Interviewing Dr. Judson LeCompteLearn various ways you can give your plants a spa day and why you shouldn’t add Epsom salts in your garden. At Last, a groundbreaking rose is put on trial and Dr. Judson LeCompte joins us to talk about plant genetics and the differences between gardening in the South vs North.
2023-07-0852 min
Better Lawns and GardensBetter Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - New Year's Eve Special December 31, 2022
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 – Coming to you from Summit Responsible Solutions Studios, Happy New Year with a Special Edition – New Year’s Eve Show with Teresa Watkins, host and garden expert, host emeritus, Tom MacCubbin. and producer Lizzie Steele. Special guest interviews with Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery on mangaves, Jim Berry, J. Berry Nursery, on Hollywood Hibiscus and Black Diamond Crape Myrtles, Judson LeCompte, Spring Meadow Nursery, Proven Winner Shrubs of the Year, and more. https://bit.ly/3c1f5x7
Join Teresa on her exciting and historic tour of the Best English Gardens and the Chelsea...
2022-12-3153 min
Better Lawns and GardensBetter Lawns and Gardens - Hour 2 Perfecto Mundo Azaleas November 13, 2021
Better Lawns and Gardens Hour 2 - Gardening expert Teresa Watkins is gobsmacked over the new Proven Winners Color Choice "Perfecto Mundo" reblooming double azaleas for Central Florida. Dr. Judson LeCompte, research/breeder for Spring Meadow Nursery discusses all the benefits including lacebug resistance and sun-tolerance of these lush, low-maintenance azaleas. Dirty word of the Day is Autotrophs. Garden calls and texts include tropical soda apple, what to use on persistant whiteflies in the vegetable garden, using landscape fabric mesh in garden beds (NO!), using rock mulch under raised bed, transplanting Ponderosa lemon, and more. https://bit.ly/3tfLgAd
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2021-11-1353 min