In the third episode of the 2020 Karen's Garden series, host Speaker A and gardener Karen conduct a detailed walkthrough of Karen’s garden, reviewing the current state of various planting boxes and beds. They identify and discuss a wide range of plants, including groundcovers like Creeping Jenny, annuals such as zinnias and marigolds, herbs (French thyme, basil, oregano, peppermint), leafy greens (mizuna, arugula, tatsoi, slow‑growing mash), flowering shrubs (azaleas, rhododendron), succulents, and a large Monstera philodendron. The dialogue highlights gardening practices such as seed soaking, pre‑germination, repotting, and seasonal observations about bloom timing. Karen also mentions plant exchanges with friends (e.g., a plant named “Shelly”) and community contributions (marigolds, yarrow). The episode blends casual, enthusiastic commentary with practical insights, concluding with a preview of future garden developments.
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Well, here we are with the third installment of Karen's Garden 2020. Let me just give you an overview here of where things have gotten to, not of their own accord of course, where they have gotten to thanks to the diligence of the gardener. Um, and so let's welcome you back to the detailed review of where we are at the garden. Karen, what do we have here in our first box? Well, this is a representative box, I think, of much of what we're going to see, isn't it? What is this? What is this light green that we're seeing here?
Well, that's the creeping Jenny.
That creepy Jenny, here she is. We've seen creeping Jenny before. She has appeared here in our videos, but it's just getting bigger. She's creeping very, very successfully, isn't she?
We just planted— we just planted some seeds in.
What do we have here?
Alyssum is finally coming up.
The alyssum is coming up. Good to see.
Yes, there are lots of other seeds in here, um, that are just, um, zinnias and marigolds. And I'm just planting seeds this year.
Oh, that's right, there were a lot of seeds that were You prepped them, didn't you, by breaking them up and soaking them and—
The marigolds, some seeds you can do that with. They're actually, I planted them yesterday. They're actually looking pretty, very much alive.
They're already, they're already coming up. So, and you know, we can see these and what is this? That little, yeah, that one, what is that?
Same Dusty Miller.
Is that Dusty Rosie Miller there that we see? If you've watched before, you know the reference. So Creeping Jenny is really very dramatically coloring the area. And here, what do we have here in this?
It's thyme from last year, and I did plant some new seeds in there.
So there's thyme. What variety of thyme is this?
It's French thyme.
French thyme.
The one to cook with.
Aha, not just any kind of thyme, but French thyme. Orange time. All right, and here we have, uh, is this, uh, what is that? Is that basil?
Yeah, this is just from the grocery store, but I just put a lot of seeds in. See, so we're just waiting for those to germinate.
That's what we're going to want, a lot of nice buzzly go over there. And here, of course, we have more of that Jenny, that creep. She's here, Creeping Jenny, and all those other seeds are here, right?
Yeah, more of the same.
More of the same. And then this looks empty to the untrained eye.
Well, certainly you can't see the seeds that are—
ah, they're still in the earlier stage, these seeds. Okay, well, stay tuned, viewers. We're gonna have more. And this, uh, what is this lovely purple?
Uh, this is Shelly.
Shelly?
My friend Shelly gave me this.
Oh, see, you could tell me anything botanically. You could tell me anything. This is Shelly. Oh, okay, we have a plant named Shelly here. I didn't realize that. But, uh, what is that that Shelly gave you?
Um, I— it's like, I don't know, Moses in the— in the basket or something like that.
Bullrush Moses?
Is it Bullrush Moses?
Is it?
And if you're a Jew, you have like, you know, another name for it or something. Or maybe if you're a Christian, you have Christ in the basket.
Oh, see, a religious— a religious controversy over I don't—
it doesn't make any sense.
Beautiful. Whatever it is, in any religion, in any— by any name, a rose would smell as sweet. And here, now this is a very productive area right here, isn't it?
Yeah, well, we just have, um, seeds.
Oh, sorry, I was focusing on the roses.
Some zinnias and zinnias.
Excellent, excellent. I was referring to this big thing here, which, uh, It's very productive real estate.
Yeah, this, um, the, the big one is from last year and it's peppermint and it's just doing very well.
We've seen it now. We've followed peppermint through its journey so far. And then this, what else is this?
This is really growing fast. Yeah, we're having this for dinner tonight. This is, uh, this is mizuna.
Mizuna.
And this is, uh, some arugula.
Yes, we've already had one crop of arugula and a salad, haven't we?
Yeah, we gotta—
Mizuna, eh?
This is slow-growing mash.
Low-growing mash. There, those little— they are in fact growing low, aren't they?
Slow. They won't— they, uh, and this is Tatsoi, which I now actually can spell.
T-A-T-S-O-I. Tatsoi. And, um, and they're back there, more of the same.
No, no, that's, um, it's not the same. What's wrong with you?
What is it?
The oregano.
That's oregano.
That's the oregano.
Oh, that's the— that we had some controversy. We had some controversy over this plant about whether it was oregano or whether it was marjoram.
Yeah, it's pretty fuzzy.
You mean the leaves are fuzzy, not the name was fuzzy.
It's pretty fuzzy both ways.
Well, we ended up— it was adjudicated that it was in fact— yeah, I think the consensus was that it was common oregano, not wild marjoram, as had been suggested by another county. And just to point out, by the way, the bushes, the beautiful flowers are beginning to be in blossom here.
Those are azaleas.
Azaleas. Yes, they are azaleas, of course, in two different colors and varieties. So they're looking good. We have buds here on this bush.
Rhododendron.
That's a rhododendron.
Low. I mean, here it is the middle of May and it's, um, they should have been in bloom, but, uh, nope. I guess it has— I don't know, maybe it hasn't been warm enough.
Apparently not warm enough since we're out here wearing those little sweatshirts. It's still a little breezy.
And of course, just some jade plants that just needed to get repotted.
Succulents here out here. And then finally Here we are in this area which is currently morning glory.
Here's— if you can get one of those seeds— here's another.
Morning glory is starting to come up.
So these are the seeds that were soaked.
These were soaked and cracked, these seeds yesterday.
Yeah, they're, they're going to be popping up soon.
Okay, well, there it is. This has been the third— oh, we do have this monster over here too, this monster leaf thing.
Yeah, it's a philodendron. It's a Monstera.
It's a philodendron. That's pretty big. Go, can you please go stand next to this so people can get an idea of how big this— that's a big pot.
I repotted it. Yes, you did. It's, uh, suffering a little, but I think it'll come back.
Oh, it'll come back. So that's a hardy— it's a very resilient, hardy plant. So, okay, well, viewers, thank you again for watching. And Karen, we're all waiting for the— oh, oh, I didn't actually point out this little center, uh, doodad here on the table.
Yeah, that's, uh, I just put some marigolds in there, and the yarrow is just, uh, yarrow. Yeah, Achillea. Um, it'll—
it's a little slow A little slow again, a little slow, a little slow. Okay, well, there we are. Once again, this is, uh, episode 3 of Karen's Garden 2020, and we'll see you again soon.
