Explore every episode of the podcast Plant Experts Live from Prairie Gardens

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take the show on the road (or at least to the backyard) as they broadcast live from the Master Gardener’s Garden Walk. Thanks to host Carol Wisniewski. Topics include composting, Asian Lillies, Hostas, and shade gardening.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts welcome Master Gardeners Rebecca Nef-Heffernan and Mary Knight to the show to discuss the Master Gardener program, the Idea Garden and this year’s Garden Walk (next weekend). Plus they talk about care for Weigela bushes, Liliums, Hydrangeas and Fuscia.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on tulip bulbs, knock-out roses, care for hydrangeas, watering, and their “I Belong” email list

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls & texts on Dahlias, repelling deer & rabbits, protecting tomatoes, soil mixes, Echinacea, potato bugs, and cucumbers

Tamera McDaniel and the Prairie Gardens Plant Experts talk about your garden this Memorial Day Weekend.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Sedum, Salvia, day lilies, Verbena, Cannas, Daffodils and Peonies.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on watering systems for a raised bed, Geraniums, fertilization, composting, growing garden vegetables and Palladiums.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts welcome special guest Aaron Bird from the Salvation Army of Champaign County with topics including basil, ficus, replacing a dead tree, and the upcoming Garden Walk.

Tamera McDaniel hosts Prairie Gardens Plant Experts Live.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Begonias, flowering trees, tulips, hydrangeas, dealing with late-season frost and dandelion control.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on container gardening, Boston ferns, trimming knockout roses and a preview of the spring open house this weekend.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on insecticide use, garden beds, planting Hostas under trees, Caladium bulbs, and the Flax plant.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on sweet potatoes, planting grass seed, planting pumpkins & gourds, applying mulch and covering plants in a hard freeze.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on “Pansy Palooza,” garden prep (pruning, seeding, & clean-up), planting grass seed, planting herbs, and Viburnum.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on protecting emerging perennials, Rhododendrons, Dogwoods, Easter cactus, and Hellebores.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Primrose, covering early-blooming perennials, Hellebore and repotting house plants.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on spring classes (including “pansypalooza”), transplanting, pruning, working the soil, potatoes, Salvia, and garden prep.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on installing sod, Linden trees, Japanese beetles and house plants.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on deterring rabbits, perennial seeds, attracting hummingbirds, purple tomatoes, junipers, peace lilies, and pruning tips.

Dave Leake sits in for Tamera McDaniel and, along with the team of plant experts, take your calls and texts on pruning bushes and trees, mulch, garden paths, “light gardens,” and knockout roses.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on orchids, care for fruit trees, statuaries, seed sharing, growing Chard, and feeding wildlife in frigid weather

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on orchids, “exploding trees,” effect of ice melt on grasses & plants, bird baths, and care for outdoor plants in subfreezing weather.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Christmas Cactus, ferns and care for evergreens.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on house plants, hard shell gourds, spring vegetable garden planning and winter pruning.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on mulching, winter pruning, caring for outdoor animals in cold weather, and tulip bulbs.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts house plants, Rosemary trees, choosing a plant for a hedge, and last minute Christmas gifts.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on blooming house plants, indoor orchids and poinsettias.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on removing snow from evergreens, care for birds in the winter, orchids, poinsettias, and lawn damage from snow plows.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on using snow as insulation and as a moisture source, Grinch ornaments, indoor trees, fall bulb planting, outdoor lighting, and pruning a Philodendron.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Arborvitae, early-emerging bulbs, Hostas, trimming bushes, care for Hydrangeas, and Honeysuckle vines.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Japanese Maples, managing pests, fertilizing bushes, handling bagworms, flaming bushes and things you can do today with the late season warmth.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Christmas Cactus, Hostas, mailbox covers, watering and planting bulbs for spring.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on late-season pruning, cutting maple tree roots, Autumn Joy Sedum, Hydrangeas, Lantana and a preview of this weekend’s Christmas open house.

Prairie Gardens Plant Experts Live 10-18-25: Tamera McDaniel and the team of Plant Experts take your calls and texts on preparing for the fall and winter season and looking ahead to next week’s Christmas Open House at Prairie Gardens.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on protecting tulip bulbs from squirrels, late-season bulb planting, detecting evidence of plant stress, daylilies and swamp milkweed seeds.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of Plant Experts take your calls and texts on drought, Pansies, Aster, transplanting, using herbicides, mums and planting grass.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on hydrating trees, the importance of mulch, orchids, Dragon’s Breath, and asparagus.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts for late summer gardening questions.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts composting, watering in high heat conditions, late-season watering, Delphinium, Phlox, Alliums, Hibiscus & Coreopsis.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts weed management, hornet nests, ornamental grasses and late-season pruning.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on Arborvitae, Fern, Tillandsia, Orchids, Bromelia and Croton.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on watering, Hosta, Colladium, Begonia, handling Japanese beetles, and late season planting.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on planting Hydrangeas, Hibiscus, Pepper plants, Lilium and controlling Spider Mites.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts take your calls and texts on growing jalapeno peppers, cutting back Tulips & Daffodils, controlling Japanese Beetles, moving an Iris, and Lilium.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of plant experts celebrate National Pollinator Day and then discuss controlling trumpet vines, Japanese beetles, and growing potato varieties.

Tamera McDaniel broadcasts live from the residence of Ryan & Heather Miller as part of the UI Extension Garden Walk. Heather joins the team to talk about pollinators, watering advice in a heatwave, dying Daffodils, mowing tips, and bees.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of Plant Experts take your calls and texts on Agave plants, Tulip bulbs, transplanting Irises, grow lights, and trimming tree peonies.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of Plant Experts are joined by Master Gardeners DiAnne Hatch and Rebecca Nef-Heffernan about the Master Gardener program and the upcoming Garden Walk.

Tamera McDaniel and the team of Plant Experts take your calls and texts on Gomphrena, Dahlia, Heuchera, Aralia, potato beetles, care for Primrose, repelling rabbits, and then Kristina Reese stops by to talk about “Yoga in the Greenhouse.”