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Bloomers in the Garden | 6.1.24: Special Guest Wendy Komancheck of Green Profits and Landscape Writer • Caller Arthur • New Plants on the Market • Internet Plant Lure • Garden Passport
We have a special Guest in Studio, Wendy Komancheck, "The Landscape Writer"! Wendy is a Freelance Garden Writer from Pennsylvania. We'll learn more about Wendy in our 1st segment. Arthur a listener from West Milford NJ called the hotline and was having potting soil problems! Listen in during our second segment! So many New plants but when is a plant legitimately new? Wendy has written extensively on new plants and joins the conversation in our 3rd segment. Many of our customers are lured by the web looking for plants that are not hardy in our region. Not only that but most plant care articles are written regionally and may not apply to your area. We'll discus it during our 4th segment. Julio and I often talk about the "Garden Passport". There are 36 extraordinary public gardens within 30 miles of Philadelphia. We'll discuss our favorites In our final segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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BITG 5.25.24 There's Room for Mushrooms • "The Honeydew List," • Holy Hydrangeas! • Heating Up H2O • Glowing Firefly Petunias
Do you have Mushrooms growing in your lawn? Wondering if they're good or bad? Learn all about it during our first segment! Honey dew apples & ants! A listener has ants all over their apple tree. It's not the ants but the honey do. We'll explain in our second segment! Last week we talked about how to change Mop Type Hydrangeas pink to blue! The world of Hydrangeas are made up of more then mophead varieties. Panicle, Smooth In our 3rd segment we'll tell you the best choices for a living fence. Our Spring has been cool and wet!! We've been having an easy time when it comes to watering our yards. That is coming to an end and it may catch you off guard! As temperatures heat up your plants may start to wilt! We'll give keys to care for your plants as summer starts to move in during our 4th segment. In our final segment! We have an update about the Firefly Glow in the dark petunia. Our plants have arrived and we'll share with you our latest information.Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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BITG 5.18.24 • Seed VS Cutting • Lawn Weed Control • Instant Privacy Hedging • The Hydrangea Blues • Branded Plant Marketing
Are you ever confused why Annual Flowers have such widely different prices? We'll explain why the more expensive plants may be the best option!. Listen in during our first segment! Are your weeds growing faster then your lawn? We'll tell you why they seem to be in overdrive this year and the best methods to get rid of them in our second segment. As the weather warms up everyone starts spending more time outside. Have you noticed your neighbors getting closer! Want to regain your privacy!! In our 3rd segment we'll tell you the best choices for a living fence. Hydrangeas will be blooming any time now. If your Hydrangeas look a little more pink then blue we have the science to turn them back for you! Listen how to get the Blues in our 4th segment! Since plants have discovered marketing you don't know what is an original introduction and which is an old variety with a good label!! We'll try to clear up the confusion as best we can in our final segment!Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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BITG 5.11.24 • A Day at the Nursery • Standards Set at the Nursery • Customer Needs • No Brown Thumb • Watering
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations.
Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center. Bloomers is a Retail Garden Center that caters to the home gardener and the do-it-yourself landscaper. Bloomers prides itself on its staff training. We translate the often confusing gardening information into easy to understand, executable tasks. Len brings a professional lifetime of sorting out plants and products that work when customers get them home. Julio Zamora has worked within Bloomers Nursery Department for over a decade and is a life-long gardener. Julio’s unique passion for customers inspires Gardeners of all ages to try new things. His relaxed friendly demeanor and enthusiastic joy when discussing the benefits of gardening is inspirational. Julio’s authentic love and concern for people makes him and exceptional individual and host!
Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Have a question for us or a topic you like us to discuss? Call the Bloomer’s Garden Hotline” at (609)685-1880 to leave your question, your name and the town you’re from! You can also write to [email protected] or [email protected]
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BITG 5.4.24 Combo Pots • Cut Flower Gardens • Growing Azaleas • Lavender Concerns In our first two segments we're going to talk about creating a combo pot! First thing we're going to talk about is "Hangley Dangleys" those fantastic trailing plants that hang over the edge of your pots and hanging baskets. The second part of our Combo Pot Series will focus on center accent plants. If you're as sick as of dracaena spikes as we are stay tuned! Just arrived at BLOOMERS! A complete themed selection of plants specifically for creating a cut flower garden! We'll tell you all you need to have beautiful bouquets from your own garden in our 3rd segment! Azaleas are coming in to full bloom right now. There is a reason why you should plant Azaleas in your landscape! We'll discuss the benefits of this most beautiful landscape plant in our 4th segment. In our final segment we'll discuss a texter's Lavender plant concerns!
Philadelphia, South Jersey, & Delaware Valley
Saturdays at 8am 860am WWDB-AM
Saturday at 6am & 5pm 93.5FM & 1540am WNWR "The Word"....
NYC Tri-State Area
Sundays at 8am 1250 AM "Classic Oldies" WMTR
Bloomers in the Garden helps you and your neighbors have more beautiful yards, gardens and landscapes. Len and Julio are your “go-to” source for practical information, solid “local” advice that applies to the Delaware Valley. Learn about products and plants you can pronounce that are available at local Independent Garden Centers. Get inspired and confident to try new things, building on our past successful recommendations. Your hosts, Len Schroeder & Julio Zamora Len Schroeder has a rich family heritage of horticulture dating back over 100 years. His own experience spans over 30 years as Owner of Bloomers Home & Garden Center.
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Steve called called the Father-in-law Garden Hotline and wants to put in a raised vegetable garden along a neighbor's hedge. Hear all about the do's and don'ts In our 1st segment. Harold of Staten Island called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and had a question about tulips in our 2nd segment. Prevent Sweetgum balls from dropping in your yard. We have a solution to eliminate the “gumball” fruits from hurting your feet in our 3rd Segment. Using a slow release fertilizer will get you the best results across the board! We'll help you choose the best fertilizer for you in our 4th segment! Professor Steve of Florida and Washington Twp NJ is enroute back to NJ with a car full of uprooted geraniums! Hear all about it in our final segment!
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Steve from Broomall contacted the Father in Law hotline and asked questions about his lawn renovation project. Hear all about it In our first segment! Continuing in the lawn. Many of you have moss growing in your lawn choking out your grass! We'll give you solutions In our 2nd segment!! One of the most beautiful landscape plants are dwarf lilacs. We'll have you heading to your local garden center to add them you your yard after listening to our 3rd Segment! Every year about this time our people are playing chicken with the frost free date! We'll help you navigate this precarious time in our 4th segment! Feeding any of your plants is as 1-2-3! It doesn't matter indoor, outdoor, landscape, or vegetable! Don't make it so hard we'll give you the magic formula of feeding plants in our final segment!
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Getting impatient waiting for your grass seed to grow? In our first segment we'll tell you how to have success with Grass Seed! Are you thinking about planting a Perennial Garden? Len and I will give you some great tips to create a dynamic garden In our 2nd segment!! Every time you put a shovel in the ground you should add a soil amendment! Julio & I will discuss what you should be using for each type of plant during our 3rd Segment! Tony called the hotline and had a common problem growing tomatoes. Hear all about it in our 4th segment! We'll wrap up todays show with a listener's text looking for Pansies!!
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Is It OK to Plant?" We'll let you know the answer in our 1st Segment! Azaleas and some Rhododendrons are starting to crack color! In our 2nd segment we're going to discuss these landscape favorites! Urban & Suburban deer have become one of the largest pests in home garden's and landscapes. In our 3rd segment we'll discuss how to combat them in our 3rd Segment In our 4th segment we'll discuss why attracting birds to your garden is a good thing! We wrap up the show with our "What's Buggin You" segment!! Ant's are on the march!
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We're also going to talk about Getting your pond started and how to get a jump on holding off algae!
It's time to clean up your rose bushes! We'll discuss pruning, Fertilizing and spraying during our 2nd Segment.
Steve my son in law from Broomall called his father-in-laws cell phone to ask lawn questions.
We'll explain easy to understand landscape design technics you can use to plant a beautiful landscape.
We'll wrap up todays show talking about preparing your garden and which vegetables you can plant RIGHT NOW!
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Suzanne called the Bloomers & the Garden hotline and asked about growing plants in her pot that didn't need to be pollinated. Joe called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and has Ground Bees!! Hear all about how to rid this pest in our 2nd Segment. Jimmy Called the Bloomers in the garden hotline and was hoping racoons would solve his grub problem. We can help eliminate all of his grubs without relying on wildlife! We received a cheery call asking what can be planted now to help the hummingbirds! Our old friend Harold Kozak of Staten Island called to tell us about the upcoming solar eclipse April 8th.
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With a Name like pansy they have to be tough! During our 1st segment we're going to talk about growing pansies in the spring!! Weeds are popping up everywhere. These weeds you have to kill now! We'll tell you how in our 2nd Segment. It's nesting season for songbirds! We'll tell you what you can do to help our feather friends raise the next family of songbirds! Fruit Trees have never been more popular! To have a great harvest there are specific tasks you must do! We'll tell you what they are in our 4th segment. Nursery Deliveries are rolling in with some of the latest and greatest landscape plants. We'll tell you about our favorites during our final segment!
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During our 1st segment Julio & I will tell you how important PH is to growing great plants! If you're going to do ONE thing for your lawn it would be? Applying a Crabgrass Pre Emergent! But what if you have bare spots? We'll tell you what you need to know in our 2nd Segment. It's time to prune your roses but what kind do you have?! We'll tell you how to handle it In our 3rd Segment! Sharron from Lodi Called us with a question about growing potatoes in a barrel. What's Buggin me is Rose Rosette Disease on Shrub Roses. Hear all about what you can do to stop it during our final segment!
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Does it feel like spring or WHAT!! A few weeks back we spoke about Hellebores! Now that they are appearing on garden center tables we though we should discuss them again. If you have ornamental Grasses in your landscape it's time to cut them back. We'll tell you how in our 2nd Segment. Get ready for your mailbox to get stuffed with offers promising a perfect lawn in only "4 Steps"! HOGWASH!!! In our 3rd Segment Julio and I will discuss why it's best to avoid the "4 Step Program" all together! We receive more questions about Hydrangeas than any other topic. Why they don't bloom, when to prune them, etc… We're going to explain what to do or NOT to do right now in our 4th segment. Last but not least it's time to bring back "What's Buggin You!". This week those tiny little ants are buggin ME! We'll tell you how repel these home invaders during our final segment!
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Jazmin Albarran, the Executive Director of Seed Your Future! A movement to promote horticulture and inspire people to pursue careers working with plants.
Green Career Week is March 4-8, 2024. Green Career Week is a national initiative led by Seed Your Future and industry professionals to increase awareness about green industry careers and help build relationships with local schools, colleges and universities.
'Seed Your Future's' vision is for a world where everyone understands and values the importance of plants and the people who work in the art, science, technology and business of horticulture!
Their mission is to promote horticulture and inspire people to pursue careers working with plants!
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The first sign of Spring is not seeing a Robin on your front lawn but the Philadelphia Flowers Show! Today on Bloomers in the Garden we have Special Guest Seth Pearsoll the Creative Director & Vice President of the Philadelphia Flower Show. This Year the Philadelphia Flower Show is again being held indoors at the Philadelphia Convention Center. The theme for 2024 is: "United By Flowers". I found the theme's association with the "Loneliness Epidemic" incredibly interesting. Seth was quoted “I always think of the Flower Show as something best done with somebody else.” Yes!! The perfect date night!! This is the 195th Year for the Philadelphia flower show. It has an incredible history and is in fact the longest running indoor flower show in the world!! Seth will give us inside information on how to get the most out of this year's Flower Show!
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This Wednesday Is Valentines Day! Are you getting or giving Roses to your Sweetheart? We'll tell you how to make them last in our 1st segment! Anybody Can hand their Sweetheart a Dozen Roses! How about planting them a whole garden? We'll tell you how during our second segment! When is a Rose Not a Rose? When it's a Lenten Rose! One of the earliest and our favorite flowering perennials. Also known as Hellebores and ready to bloom any minute, we tell you all about them during our 3rd segment. "Sex in the Garden"! The Birds and the Bees, the Flowers & the Trees! What did you think was going on in a pollinator Garden? We'll explain in our 4th segment! We received a Call on the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline asking "Now What Do I Do With My Poinsettia"!! We'll have Valentine's Day, Roses, the answer In our final segment.
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1. Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ presents "Night Forms". This mind bending sight, sound experience shouldn't be missed.
2. At the Tropical Plant International Exposition Suntory won the best new plant award for its new Blu-phoria Mandevilla. Hear all about this and more during our second segment!
3. Looking for a petunia that is really different? Not a new color exactly how about a petunia that glows in the dark? It's coming soon, hear all about it during our 3rd segment.
4. Spring is coming fast and it will be time to Mulch again. Rather than just go with the same old "Black Dyed Mulch why don't you try something different? We'll discuss alternative mulching choices in our 4th segment!
5. Caroline Called the Bloomers in the Garden Hotline and asked if her husbands mulch choice could have harmed her roses?
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Nothing is more stunning then a Red Cardinal against a white snow background. We'll discuss the best way to attract Cardinals to your home during our first segment! Garden Gate Magazine is one of our favorite Gardening publications. Recently they published a list of the best new trees & shrubs. Hear all about it during our 2nd segment! Now that the temperatures have become winter like and fruit trees are dormant it's time for winter pruning! We'll tell you how and why during our 3rd segment. Looking for A fun winter family project? Make Seed Bombs! We'll explain more in our 4th segment! During the Winter our houseplants may look a little "shabby". How about yours? We have some helpful tips In our final segment.
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Recently Julio & I Attended MANTS in Baltimore. Ok so What's MANTS? Mid-Atlantic Nurseryman's Trade Show, we'll share with you our impressions during our first segment! For 25 years the Pantone Color of the year has influenced fashion, interior Design, Product design, branding, marketing and even plants!! This year the Pantone's Color of the year is "Peach Fuzz"! Hear all about it during our 2nd segment! During our visit to MANTS we were on the hunt for new plants and new trends. Hear what we found during our 3rd segment. While at the Nursery Show we spoke with a popular rose grower and hybridizer about the Rose Rosette Virus. Hear how the host plants have evolved in our 4th segment! What are you reading? During winter we catch up on literary Endeavors. I have a unique excerpt from something I'm reading. Here all about what we're reading or listening to In our final segment.
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