Ficus Houseplants, Easy Seeds, and Old Roses

Send us Fan MailDee and Carol talk about Ficus houseplants, easy seeds for the vegetable garden, a book on old roses, and more.For complete info, check out our Substack newsletterTo watch this episode on YouTube, click here.Insect of the Week; Crystal Skippers, from The Last Butterflies: A Scientist’s Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creatureby Nick Haddad. (Amazon link)Flowers:  Year of the Ficus, as designated by the National Garden Bureau. See 10 Tips for Growing FicusVegetables:  From John Scheeper’s Kitchen Garden Seeds: Ten easiest vegetables to grow from seed.On the Bookshelf:  Where the Old Roses Grow: Vita Sackville-West and the Battle for Beauty during Wartime by Janelle McCulloch (Amazon Link).  Dirt:  The Frazzled English woman aesthetic.Rabbit Holes:  Dee: A children’s Bulgarian alphabet book from Bookshop.org. Carol: Researching another Lost Lady of Garden WritingA Garden to Visit:  Morton ArboretumHow to support usSupport the showOn Instagram:  Carol: Indygardener, Dee: RedDirtRamblings, Our podcast: TheGardenangelists.On Facebook: The Gardenangelists' Garden Club.On YouTube.