Fall Cocktails, Winter Protection and Growing Fig Trees
We start off this podcast with a toast to fall as Ellen presents an autumnal cocktail…a frozen persimmon margarita! We discuss protecting plants for the winter (should you?) and growing figs in cold climates. The glorious, fall-flowering goldenrod is a plant we celebrate, and we’re happy to announce the arrival of Plantrama shirts and other merch. Find Ellen’s recipe for the cocktail here.
:31 autumnal cocktails
4:35 winter protection
13:10 figs
23:04 goldenrod
27:34 Plant 911/merch
Here is the Frozen Persimmon Margarita that we are using to toast to fall.
No protection would be better than this! This is not only ugly, but likely to damage the plants underneath the fabric.
Not only is this ugly, but it didn’t work to protect hydrangea stems. (Note that no other wrapping works to protect non-bud-hardy blue hydrangeas either. Not burlap, not hay.)
This brown turkey fig is ripe. wait until you see the white “cracks” in the skin before picking.
Yes…this is how C.L.’s garage looks in the winter with the fig trees stored down the center of the space.
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Thank you so much for your amazing podcast, so much great info!!! This episode was especially helpful to me—I have had a Chicago hardy fig for 7 years in zone 7a and it has never produced, dies back to the ground every winter. Now I know it’s not just me! Moving on towards potted figs. So excited for next year!
It’s definitely not you! Good luck with your potted fig and please let us know how it goes.
I am always delighted to find a new Plantrama in my podcast feed! It is such a relief from the news of the day. I am not much of a gardener even though I have a large yard. Nonetheless, I have learned from you. More important, you are saving my sanity!!!
Kathleen – so fantastic to hear from you. We’re all about promoting the enjoyment of plants, but if we can save someone’s sanity, that’s even better.