
Mountain Gardener with Ken & Lisa
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🌼 Why I'm a Flower Grower and Not a Vegetable Gardener It
🌿 Q & A – Holding Hills with Honeysuckle and More
🌹Five Fabulous Ways to Design with Roses
🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 18 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
🧑🌾 Hydrangea and Fountain Festival – Mother’s Day Weekend
🌱 Interview With Shari LeGate - Dirt Matters: The Essential Guide to Soil Health for New Gardeners
🌱 Growing Better Herbs & Vegetables in Containers
Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: How to Release Praying Mantises for Season Long Benefit
🍅 Forcing Tomato & Pepper Plants to Set Fruit Early & Often
🌹 Q & A – Planting the Perfect Rose Garden
🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 17 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
🇺🇸 Promoting Generosity and Planting 250 Liberty Trees for America’s 250th Birthday
Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Better Fragrance from Lilacs and Beyond
🔥 Interview with Johnny Poblano, Northern Pines Fire Mitigation
🌼 Update Your Containers with Spring Flowers
🌵Wild Wonders and the Native Plants for Lower Maintenance
🌹 Q & A – How to Grow Tree Roses in Containers
🌳 Why Grafted Trees are Better for Your Backyard
🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 16 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
🍅 How to Grow Really Big Tomatoes This Spring
🪴Interview with John Murphy – 2026 Rock the Garden
🌿 Best Lavenders for Fragrance and Beauty
🪴Insiders Garden Tips to the Best Spring Plants
🌸 Q & A – Best Gardenia for Mountain Gardens
Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Top Variety Tomatoes for Mountain Gardeners
🦋 Best Flowers of the Spring Planting Season
🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 15 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
🪴When is Lilac Planting Season?
Behind the Scene Follower Bonus: Glow in the Dark Firefly Petunia
🦋 Trees that Save the Pollinators
🌳 5 Reasons to Update Your Landscape
🍷 Watters Sip and Shop Wednesday
🌳 Q & A - Why Evergreen Oaks Turn Yellow in Spring
🥕Vegetable Soil Prep for Maximum Growth
Ep 1404🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 14 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge and passion for growing beautiful things, and they're ready to share it all with you. Don't miss out on this chance to level up your gardening game! Included in This Week’s Show: 🌻The Difference Between Hardiness Zones and Spring Frost Dates 🐞 Q & A - How to Use Ladybugs and Praying Mantis in the Gardens 🍅 Favorite Tomato Plant for Mountain Gardens 🌼 Top 10 Bloomers in the Spring Gardens 🌺 Growing Peonies for Fragrance and Beauty 🏜️Low Maintenance Plants for Southwest Gardens Subscribe to The Top 10 Gardener Podcast today and get your hands dirty with expert tips and tricks. You'll find it on all your favorite podcast platforms. To Watch the Entire Podcast Show, Tap or Click on the Link Below Subscribe for Top 10 Gardener updates! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ 🎙️Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners #WattersGardenCenter, #WattersGardencenterAZ, #TheMountainGardener, #GardeningTips, #KenLain, #WattersGardenClasses, #SpringGardenChores, #PreparingforSpringPlanting, #WattersOnlineStore, #WattersOnlineExclusives, #SpringPlanting, #SpringGardening, #CentralHighlandsGardening, #SpringBloomingFlowers, #OrderSummerFlowersOnline, #BloomingTrees, #CareofBloomingTrees, #SpringBloomingPerennialFlowers, #Hellebore, #Phlox, #Columbine, #Peony, #Veggies&Herbs, #WattersGardenCenterFreeClasses, #Peonies, #Tomatoes, #Ladybugs, #PrayingMantis, #HardinessZones, #CentralHighlandsSpringFrostDates
Ep 1403🏜️Low Maintenance Plants for Southwest Gardens
If you’re looking for a drought tolerant, textured, blooming garden that doesn’t take a lot of maintenance, Mountain Gardener Ken Lain has the best advice for you on what plants will do well in the Central Highlands, how to plant them, and best of all, the minimal maintenance they require. 🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter, #SouthwestGarden, #LowMaintenanceSouthwestGarden, # DroughtTolerantGarden
Ep 1402🌺 Growing Peonies for Fragrance and Beauty
Peonies are one of the most beautiful, long-lived flowering plants for the garden, and Watters has varieties that will thrive in our Central Highlands climate. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares tips for selecting, planting and growing Peonies that will provide garden beauty for many years to come! 🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter #Peonies, #GrowingPeonies, #PlantingPeonies
Ep 1401🌼 Top 10 Bloomers in the Spring Gardens
Spring is here and gardeners are eager for some color in the garden. Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share the best, most colorful spring annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees that bloom early in the season! 🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers! https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #SpringBloomingPerennialFlowers, #Hellebore, #Phlox, #Columbine, #Peony, #SpringBloomingTrees, #SpringBloomingShrubs
Ep 1400🍅 Favorite Tomato Plant for Mountain Gardens
Is there anything better than a sun-warm, ripe, delicious tomato from your own garden? Master Gardener Ken Lain shares the best tomato plants for our Central Highlands, how to plant them and how to get the best yield for a truly tasty summer treat! Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #GrowingTomatoes, #CentralHighlandsTomato, #FavoriteGardenTomatoes
Ep 1399🐞 Q & A - How to Use Ladybugs and Praying Mantis in the Gardens
For natural and organic gardening, beneficial insects can be your best friends! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share how to use ladybugs and Praying Mantis to control aphids and other destructive insects in your garden. Ken and Lisa will also answer other garden questions during this segment. Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers! https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages 🌹Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #Ladybugs, #PrayingMantis, #BeneficialGardenInsects

Ep 1397Follower Behind the Scene Bonus: How to Grow Better Dahlias and Summer Bulbs
Dahlias and other summer bulbs can be spectacular additions to your garden, and make great cut flowers. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares how to plant and grow these garden beauties for summer-long, healthy blooms.
Ep 1398🌻The Difference Between Hardiness Zones and Spring Frost Dates
We get a lot of questions at the Garden Center about hardiness zones and Spring frost dates. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the difference between the two in the Central Highlands. He also shares about hardiness zones and the microclimates within these zones. Important information for our unique growing area! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ 🥕Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #CentralHighlandsHardinessZones, #CentralHighlandsSpringFrostDates, #SpringPlanting
Ep 1395🎙️Welcome to Episode 26 – 13 of The Mountain Gardener Podcast with Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain!
Hey garden enthusiasts, Ken & Lisa Watters-Lain, The Mountain Gardeners here! Get ready to catch Ken and Lisa's gardening bug! They're bursting with knowledge and passion for growing beautiful things, and they're ready to share it all with you. Don't miss out on this chance to level up your gardening game! Included in This Week’s Show: 🌺 It’s Time to Plant Summer Blooming Bulbs ❄Q & A: How to Help Plants Recover from Frost Damage 🌳 Helping Trees Bloom Better 🌼 Perennial Flowers that Bloom Early in Spring 🇺🇸 250 trees for Americas 250th Birthday 🥕Plant Vegetables and Herbs, and Attend a Garden Class to Support Them Subscribe to The Top 10 Gardener Podcast today and get your hands dirty with expert tips and tricks. You'll find it on all your favorite podcast platforms. To Watch the Entire Podcast Show, Tap or Click on the Link Below Subscribe for Top 10 Gardener updates! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ 🎙️Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners #WattersGardenCenter, #WattersGardencenterAZ, #TheMountainGardener, #GardeningTips, #KenLain, #WattersGardenClasses, #SpringGardenChores, #PreparingforSpringPlanting, #WattersOnlineStore, #WattersOnlineExclusives, #SpringPlanting, #SpringGardening, #CentralHighlandsGardening, #SummerBloomingFlowers, #SpringPlanting, #OrderSummerFlowersOnline, #BloomingTrees, #CareofBloomingTrees, ##SpringBloomingPerennialFlowers, #Hellebore, #Phlox, #Columbine, #Peony, ##Veggies&Herbs, #WattersGardenCenterFreeClasses
Ep 1394🥕Plant Vegetables and Herbs, and Attend a Garden Class to Support Them
There’s nothing better than fresh veggies and herbs from your garden. It’ll soon be time to plant your summer plants and herbs. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares about free garden classes at Watters Garden Center that will help your garden to get off to the best start! 🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter, #Veggies&Herbs, #WattersGardenCenterFreeClasses

Ep 1396Follower Behind the Scenes Bonus - The 3 Types of Lilacs for Every Garden
Lilacs are bursting with color all over the Central Highlands. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the three types of lilacs that will bring a touch of early spring beauty to every garden!
Ep 1393🇺🇸 250 trees for Americas 250th Birthday
2026 is America’s 250th birthday, and what better gift to land than to plant more trees for beauty and the environment? Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the partnership between the Daily Courier and Watters Garden Center to plant 250 native trees in our communities. You can preorder Arizona’s hardiest beauties for an Arbor Day pickup on April 24th. Watters has selected several champions for our mountain climate, including the vibrant Western Redbud, the elegant Prescott Purple Plum, and the pollinator-favorite Chaste Tree. Supplies are limited, so don’t miss out! Visit Top10Trees.com to order or for more information! 🌺 Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter #ArborDay2026 #ArizonaGardening #PlantATree #America250 #TheDailyCourier
Ep 1392🌼 Perennial Flowers that Bloom Early in Spring
If you’ve had enough of winter, Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain have the cure for your blues! Ken and Lisa share this week the large array of perennial flowers that bloom in spring, filling your garden with color year after year. 🌺Ken & Lisa Lain, the Mountain Gardeners Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers! https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #SpringBloomingPerennialFlowers, #Hellebore, #Phlox, #Columbine, #Peony
Ep 1391🌳 Helping Trees Bloom Better
Blooming trees can add spectacular beauty to your landscape. Master Gardener Ken Lain shares how to plant, feed and care for blooming trees to get the best display, year after year. Subscribe for The Mountain Gardener updates! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #BloomingTrees, #CareofBloomingTrees
Ep 1390❄Q & A: How to Help Plants Recover from Frost Damage
While it looks as if any hard freezes are gone for the year, spring is unpredictable in the Central Highlands, and a late frost is not out of the question! Mountain Gardeners Ken and Lisa Watters-Lain share how to help your plants recover from a late frost. Ken and Lisa will also answer other garden questions during this segment. Not already a Garden Club Member? Click Below to Join and be notified of Plant Preorders and other Special Offers! https://wattersgardencenter.com/pages/garden-care-advantages 🌹Ken & Lisa Lain, The Mountain Gardeners #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #FrostPlantRecovery, #LateFrost&Plants
Ep 1389🌺 It’s Time to Plant Summer Blooming Bulbs
Spring is a bit early this year, and garden chores are upon us! It’s time to plant those beautiful summer blooming bulbs. Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the best and most spectacular summer blooming favorites, and how to get fresh blooms and tubers online and delivered to your door from Watters Garden Center! https://themountaingardener.podbean.com/ 🥕Ken Lain, The Mountain Gardener #WattersGardenCenter, #GardeningTips, #TheMountainGardener, #KenLain, #SummerBloomingFlowers, #SpringPlanting, #OrderSummerFlowersOnline