Welcome to Oklahoma Gardening!
Gray Santolina
Host Casey Hentges shows a beautiful drought tolerant plant perfect for the summer heat.
The Benefits of Native Pecans
OSU fruit and pecan extension specialist, Becky Carroll, explains the benefits and differences of native Oklahoma pecans.
Contact the Oklahoma Pecan Growers Association for more information on native pecans:
https://www.okpecangrowers.com/pecan-services
Grafting Peaches at Greenleaf Nursery
Greenleaf Nursery brand and marketing manager, Mark Andrews, explains the steps of bud grafting and the four-year process it takes to grow quality peach trees.
OKP Gingko
Tree
David Hillock shows off the Oklahoma Proven tree for 2022, the Gingko biloba or Maidenhair tree. This easy-to-grow dioecious tree is great for any Oklahoma landscape.
Find more Oklahoma Proven plants:
https://extension.okstate.edu/programs/oklahoma-proven/
Digitizing Herbariums
Mark Fishbein, the director of the OSU herbarium, explains the importance of digitizing their collection for future historians to access and how citizens can help.
The public can access these plants at TORCH
https://www.torcherbaria.org/ and if you would like to help volunteer of transcribing this information, go to Notes for Nature
https://www.zooniverse.org/organizations/md68135/notes-from-nature
Airdate (07/09/22) #4902
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