Oklahoma gardeners can now begin planting with confidence, guided by expert tips from OSU Extension horticulturist Brian Jervis on choosing the right plants and ensuring proper care for a successful growing season.
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>> We have all been itching to get out and start planting. But we were warned way at least until tax day, making sure the weather cooperated. Well, now is the time. And Brian Jarvis horticulturists with OSU extension is here with all sorts of ideas and suggestions. Good morning morning. Are we ready to plant its time? It is. It is. So kind of like just the weather is really important. That’s a key factor. But also perennials versus annuals. People I hear annual. I think that should be year after year. >> 2 years. So now not really an annual. It is going to do this thing in one year is basically the definition of that. So, you know, in it for any ul’s it they tend to last over the winter time. So if you hear it and a tender perennial done in might be on that borderline where it may freeze out or not. But most annuals that we’re talking about, they’ll run their cycle and then usually some by the heat they’ll collapse or by the end of the season, they’ll does die. And I totally. >> How is important is it when we’re buying to pay attention to the little The few things that we really need to compare. I don’t want to get too bogged down is what people to go plant. But the main thing you want to know if you’ve got a lot of sun or got a lot of shade, you know, about 6 hours is kind of are cut off for the gardener some can go to for. But whether it’s, you know, 6 hours of full sun or less than 6 hours, anything less is could probably a shady plant. We’ve got some samples here. We’ll talk about that. But, you know, and then also heights heights, another one, you know, you buy plant. Some are going to get tall tall and some are going to stay short. So the NAR Sherman around, they that we’ve got some good ones around. Just ask them, get an idea. You’ve got your phone. Pull that photo right there. They’re get. All right. Let’s take a look. We’re going to start over here with this purple publicly on me. So so that, you know, if that’s rosalia to senorita and that’s a that’s a newer, newer type Cleo, me and that, you know, Clooney’s tend to have a little bit of disease, a little powdery mildew. This one’s a rock star. You can see how big it is. It’s going. It’s one of those tall once put it in the back. Put a mask planting. You’re going to love it. It’s gonna it’s going to flour. Then you can chop it down a little bit of that in a month or 2. And it will freshen back up. Yes, it’s also okay. Working our way through. So we’re still in the sunny area that clay only with sun and this daisies Gerber Daisy is is war, lots of options. Lots of colors, kiddos love that that flour because I mean, look at it looks like a sunshine does. But there’s many different options on that. That’s going to stay pretty short. And that needs full sun. So go out. Look at it. Find one you like it also will do OK in a pot and Kay and right next to it rise pretty impatiens. Lot of different. You know, shade shade can’t tends to be a little tough, especially when you’re talking perennials. We’ve got options as annual. So this is an impatient. It’s going to do good. Pretty much throughout. And it’s going to bring that, you know, you think and are is they can shade. You’re thinking a lot of greens. That brings a lot of power and make some really, really pop. Yeah. Don’t talk about a hole that went up. So it’s not only about. Flowers, it’s about foliage. So this this Holy us is beautiful. They’ve got a lot of different ones on that. Again, various colors pretty much. It’s pretty much a rock star’s. Well, you don’t have to do a lot with it. It’ll get, you know, they’ll get there will be some small ones, 6 inches to a foot to foot. So pretty pretty good. Pretty good, solid shape plan. Now, do you put that with some of these others? It will, you know, just kind of your taste and that’s kind of the fun thing. Put it together. If you don’t like it, do chain to try to drive next to okay. Lantana as antennas. It’s hard to not talk about Lynn 10 is because later on once we get hot, it’s going to be the one that’s flowering it. It just handles the heat pretty much from June through on. And you can tell we’ve got some flowers now. So we’ll get a little bit of flowers on that. But a good one is the Lantana good, strong, strong. >> I hope folks are right. News down having any questions or moves a nurse or but the other thing is the nurse are men out there know if not go grab one of them say, hey, I’ve got an area, take a picture of your of your flour bed Inlet. Nice to get an idea. Start idea. Okay. The last on the floor. Big one on the floors. The bubble gum petunia. My favorite. My guys are volunteers are out planting brookside right now with a bubble gum paternity with that pink flower that we have. We have about 100 potts down on Brookside and the petunia. Anything that lives on the street is going to live wonderful. Do good in your yard and petunias the vest. A line of the bubble gums are the winter berries. All of that best align above petunias are going to do a really good. >> So pay attention. Sunshade. Yes, watering, fertilizer, fertilizer. Yeah. We very good for just a good fertilization. Nothing fancy, right? Yeah. Yeah. It’ll be fine. I cannot wait course. We’re gonna have rain the next few days saw it will give way to fuel. That’s right. A great Brian. Thank