Growing Your Flower Garden This Spring

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🗓️ 7 May 2025

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Spring is here and whether you've a balcony or a big yard, it's a great time to garden.

Maybe you're growing some vegetables this season or experimenting with new plants. But nothing says 'Spring' quite like flowers.

We answer your flower gardening questions and spend some time talking about one flower in particular: orchids.

Orchids are the largest plant family in the world with over 25,000 species. They also make great gifts. We talk about how to care for orchids even if you're not growing them yourself.

On hand to to help us get into the floral spirit, one seasoned horticulturist and an orchid biologist.

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0:31.5	Spring is here. Summer's not far behind, which means it's a great time to garden. Maybe you're growing some vegetables this season
0:38.0	or experimenting with a new plant, but nothing says spring quite like flowers. So today,
0:43.3	we're answering your flower questions, and we're going to spend some time talking about one flower
0:47.5	in particular orchids. Orchids are the largest plant family in the world with more than 25,000
0:53.7	species and are grown on every
0:55.7	continent except Antarctica. They also make great gifts. And today, we're answering your questions
1:01.4	about orchids. What's the best way to maintain them? What kinds of things should you know
1:05.8	before buying orchids? We get into it all. I'm Naila Boodoo, in for Jen White. Stay with us. We've got a lot to get
1:11.9	into.
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2:05.7	Joining us in studio for this conversation is Jason Downing. He's the director of research at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in South Florida, where he's also a resident orchid biologist and lead for the Million Orchid Project,
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