Greendays Gardening Panel: Easy Care, Drought Resistant Plants

Steve Scher
09/16/2008 at 10:00 a.m.

World renowned horticulturist, Anthony Tesselaar, believes that "everyone should be able to enjoy the satisfaction and rewards that come from a garden." Today he joins us with tips to make gardening easier. We'll discuss easy care, drought resistant plants of all kinds; plants that don't need constant fussing. Our regular gardening panel also sits in on the discussion. Join us with your questions at 800.289.KUOW or email Weekday.

Guest(s)

Anthony Tesselaar is a world renowned horticulturist specializing in drought tolerant and low maintenance plants. In 1994, Anthony and his wife established Anthony Tesselaar Plants, a business that concentrates on marketing new plants on a world–wide basis. They regularly visit plant breeders to find beautiful plants that are easy to grow.

Marty Wingate is an author and gardening columnist for the Seattle Post–Intelligencer. She blogs about garden travel at passportsandseedpackets.com.

Greg Rabourn is co–manager of King County Naturescaping and the Native Plant Salvage Program. He organizes volunteer efforts to rescue native plants before they are bulldozed for development. He is also a co–host on King County TV's "Yard Talk."

Willi Galloway is the west coast editor of Organic Gardening and Ehow.com's gardening expert. She is also the host of a new gardening and cooking website called digginfood.com.