While we tend to focus on the positives of plants, not all plants work well in all gardens or for all gardens. Whether they are too aggressive, require too much time and maintenance, or we just don’t like them, there are a variety of reasons we may not want to grow certain plants. On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we discuss some of the plants we’ve grown in our gardens that we wouldn’t plant again and some that we would think twice about planting. It’s not all bad, though; we also discuss some plants we will always plant in our gardens.

Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/XHqaxZPzlVU

Skip to what you want to know:  

  00:35 – Welcome, Ken and Emily! How are the gardens doing?

  03:55 – Why we chose these plants

  05:00 – Never again plants

      05:15 – Early sunflower

      09:25 – Malva sylvestris 'Zebrina'

      10:45 – Pink celery

      12:50 – Cauliflower

      16:20 – Maple trees

      23:53 – Daylilies (ditch lilies)

      28:25 – Mountain mint

      30:50 – Common milkweed

  32:40 – Think twice before planting again

      30:50 – River oats

      35:05 – Arborvitae

      37:55 – Vegetable garden

      41:20 – Passionflower

      43:05 – Sweet corn

      43:20 – Roses

      45:40 – Stock and snapdragons

      48:15 – Lamb’s-ear

      49:42 – Peanuts

      51:15 – Lemon seeds

      54:12 – Whorled milkweed

  56:40 – Must plant every year plants

        57:10 – Sunflower, snapdragons, cover crops

        58:40 – Kale, trees

        59:35 – Something new, garlic, tomatoes, gladiolus

  1:03:12 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!

Norway Maple Woes: Why it’s on my Do Not Plant list: https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/good-growing/2024-07-05-norway-maple-woes-why-its-my-do-not-plant-list 

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Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu

Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 

Emily Swihart: eswihart@illinois.edu 

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