Good Growing

Do you enjoy spending your evenings outdoors? On this week’s Good Growing Podcast, we talk about how you can create a garden to be enjoyed at night. Learn about night-blooming plants that can be incorporated into a ‘night/moon’ garden, landscape lighting, insects that come out at night, and more! 
 
Watch us on YouTube: https://youtu.be/xWbZlTZbgPI 
 
Skip to what you want to know:  
  00:28 – Welcome, Ken! Enjoying the unseasonably warm weather?
  03:15 – Gardening by the moon, does it work? 
  06:55 – What are some plants can be grown for ‘night’ or ‘moon’ gardens?
      07:52 – Flowering tobacco
      08:40 – Dragon fruit and night-blooming cereus
  09:36 – What is pollinating these flowers? 
  11:00 – More plants for the night
      11:00 – Angel’s trumpet
      14:35 – Evening-primrose (Oenothera )
      16:38 – Four o’clock
      18:10 – Caladium
      18:46 – Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’
      19:26 – Dusty miller
      20:05 – Moonflower  
  23:46 – Incorporating landscape lighting
  26:56 – Some drawbacks of lights at night
  31:00 – Insects at night
  34:18 – Wrap-up, thank yous, what’s up next week, and goodbye!
  
Talking Bats in Illinois with Dr. Joy O'Keefe: https://youtu.be/9fLLNtNHkpI 
 
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Chris Enroth: cenroth@illinois.edu
Ken Johnson: kjohnso@illinois.edu 
 
 
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Creators & Guests

Host
Chris Enroth
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Henderson, Knox, McDonough, and Warren Counties
Host
Ken Johnson
University of Illinois Extension Horticulture Educator serving Calhoun, Cass, Greene, Morgan, and Scott Counties

What is Good Growing?

Talking all things horticulture, ecology, and design.