Episode 129: Early Risers

provoke your hand if seasonal affective disorder has adjust in for you . Yep , us too . Because the skies are gray-haired and the landscape painting is mostly browned in many surface area of the country , we decided that today ’s instalment would be geared toward tender a glimmer of promise . We ’re babble out about plants that put on a show in thelast gasps of winter and first few weeks of spring . Just when you remember that the garden is never going to attend dependable again , these unsung fighter show up to give us all a little cheer . We have trees , spring ephemeron , and even a few lesser - bed North American natives that not only make us happy but that help support the earliestpollinators . Those live in more southern locales will delight in our expert chiming in from Texas to talk about what nurseryman in lovesome climes have to look forward to in just a few short days .

Expert Edgar Albert Guest : Jared Barnes , Ph.D. , is an associate prof of horticulture at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches , Texas .

Danielle’s Plants

Red wake-robin ( Trilliumerectum , Zones 4–7 )

Wood anemone ( Anemonequinquefolia , Zones 3–8 )

Highbush blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum , zone 5–8 )

Pink bloom cornel ( Cornusfloridaf.rubra , Zones 5–9 )

Carol’s Plants

‘ Berry Swirl ’ hellebore ( Helleborus×hybridus‘Berry Swirl ’ , Zones 4–8 )

Trout lily ( Erythronium americanum , Zones 3–8 )

fake spirea ( Sorbariasorbifolia , Zones 2–8 )

Shadblow shadbush ( Amelanchiercanadensis , Zones 4–8 )

Expert’s Plants

Yellow wintersweet ( Chimonanthus praecox‘Luteus ’ , Zones 7–9 )

Paperbush ( Edgeworthiachrysantha , Zones 7–10 )

Virginia springbeauty ( Claytoniavirginica , Zones 3–8 )

‘ Bonita ’ Nipponese apricot ( Prunusmume‘Bonita ’ , zone 6–9 )

‘ Tojibai ’ Nipponese apricot ( Prunus mume‘Tojibai ’ , zone 6–9 )

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