Season Check-In with the OG Flower Friends

On this episode, we check back in with Margaret Ullman-Hess from Ballard Urban Flowers, Kristin Ryzebol from Neighborhood Flower Co., and Jess Wesley from Curly Girl Gardens, the OG flower friends who helped inspire this podcast! We talked about how spring and summer are going so far, the rainy season and some unexpected outcomes from that (longer seasons for some plants, and delayed seasons for others), highlights and lowlights of the year so far, what's blooming right now, some flower recommendations, lessons learned, and how we all want to be more like Margaret! On this episode we discuss dahlia seedlings, overwintering dahlias, new-to-us flower varieties, second-year stem lengths on rudbeckia, the importance of soil temps when planting, and so much more. I loved chatting about the different directions and interests we all have and am so thankful to these three for all of the flower chats and support.

In the intro I discuss another field trip I took up to Stanwood, WA to see beautiful pitcher plants and experiment with them in arrangements, and if you love hearing about carnivorous and other super interesting plants you'll really enjoy the episode we have coming your way next week!

The Flower Friends Flower Fact is about rosehips this week - stay tuned til the end to hear the answer and catch the song of the week. If you like the song recs, you can listen to all of them on our new Spotify Flower Friends Song of the Week playlist.

Subscribe to the Flower Friends pod wherever you get your podcasts, and follow along on Instagram at @flowerfriendspodcast, and with Sarah at @growgirlseattle. Thanks flower friends!