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Episode 157: Flowering trees for every season

Let's Argue About Plants - April 19, 2024 13:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Due to their size and expense, gardeners tend to put a lot more thought into the trees they ultimately buy for their landscape. While a perennial might only live for 6 or 7 years, a tree might grace your garden for 50 years or more—outliving the person who so carefully selected it, in fact. H...

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Zoe Aldcroft

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - April 16, 2024 02:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From meeting her fiancé to giving her confidence on and off the pitch, rugby has given Zoe Aldcroft so much in her life so far. The Gloucester-Hartpury lock discussed the lack of female sporting role models growing up, now being rivals with her partner at club level with him working for Leiceste...

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Maud Muir

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - April 09, 2024 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From a desire to make people smile, to her photography and craft-making, Maud Muir puts as much into her time off the pitch as on it. The Red Roses and Gloucester-Hartpury prop opens up on her positive outlook on life, celebrating body confidence and size for strength and why she puts such an em...

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Episode 156: Finding Design Inspiration with Jay Sifford

Let's Argue About Plants - April 05, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Jay Sifford is an award-winning landscape designer based in North Carolina. Several of his garden designs have been featured in Fine Gardening, including a one-of-a-kind modern meadow garden and a series of beautiful, functional dry creek beds. Jay’s immersive, naturalistic landscape designs a...

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John Mitchell

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - April 02, 2024 02:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
After being attacked and tied up during a robbery in South Africa, John Mitchell's perspective on life completely changed. The Red Roses head coach talks in-depth about the trauma and recovery from that experience, how he has changed as a person from coaching the All Blacks to his first job in w...

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Episode 155: Deer Resistant Favorites

Let's Argue About Plants - March 22, 2024 09:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
One of the worst sights you can ever see in the garden is a plant that has been browsed by deer. (Sidenote: we don't love the gentle word “browsed” in this instance. A more appropriate term might be “obliterated.”) If the munching is particularly bad, that perennial, tree, or shrub becomes unrec...

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Dan Cole

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - March 12, 2024 03:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From a special friendship with Joe Marler, to doubting if he would ever play for England again, Dan Cole continues to make memories in rugby. The Leicester Tigers prop opens up on returning to the England set up after being dropped in 2019, the addictive nature of playing at Twickenham and learn...

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Episode 154: Putting Plants to the Test with Richard Hawke

Let's Argue About Plants - March 08, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Richard Hawke is the Director of Ornamental Plant Research at Chicago Botanic Garden, where he oversees comparative evaluations of ornamental plants. The CBG Plant Evaluation Program has included 117 distinct trials over the past four decades, with 26 comparative trials currently underway in thr...

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Sam Underhill

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - March 05, 2024 03:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From USA to the West Country, plus a stint in Wales, Sam Underhill's journey to international rugby is an intriguing one. The Bath flanker speaks about finding love of the game in the physicality of it, the importance of sports psychologists as part of his preparation and growing up with three o...

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Ben Earl

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - February 27, 2024 03:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From a love of literature, to a talented young cricketer and a successful family environment, Ben Earl has had an intriguing upbringing. The Saracens and England back row forward opens up on relying too much on his natural talent as a youngster, seeing the funny side of how his celebrations are ...

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George Ford

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - February 20, 2024 03:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Rugby is a driving force in George Ford's life. The Sale Sharks and England fly half opens up on growing up with a famous rugby league playing dad, on the high standards he sets himself in the game, as well as every day life, being Coffee shop and restaurant owner and the difficulty he has when ...

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Episode 153: Compact Plants for Tight Spaces

Let's Argue About Plants - February 16, 2024 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Every gardener wishes they had 25 acres to garden on, right? Well maybe not, but most of us do dream of a healthy amount of ground to build beds and borders to our hearts’ desire. The reality of homeowners today, however, is that land is expensive and typical suburban lots have decreased in si...

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Episode 152: Best of LAAP: Best of Our Listener Q & As

Let's Argue About Plants - February 02, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
One of our favorite things to do here on the pod is dig through emails and social media shout outs from our listeners. It is always nice to hear about what problems you may be having in your gardens and to be able to offer advice from our decades of horticultural experience. And we’re lucky to...

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Episode 151: Underappreciated Plants for Winter Interest

Let's Argue About Plants - January 19, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
During the winter months many plants reveal subtle patterns, fine details, and a new range of colors that help us to see familiar beds and borders with fresh eyes. This is an excellent time to get outside, evaluate your garden’s bones, and make some plans for spring planting. In this episode D...

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Episode 150: Design Rules of Thumb with Stacie Crooks

Let's Argue About Plants - January 05, 2024 09:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Stacie Crooks is a Seattle-based garden designer who has created beautiful, ecologically friendly, low-maintenance gardens throughout the Pacific Northwest. She is also a contributing editor for Fine Gardening magazine and has shared her insights with our readers through 10 feature articles a...

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Episode 149: Silver Plants

Let's Argue About Plants - December 15, 2023 13:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Plants with a silvery sheen stand out beautifully against the sea of green that fills most garden beds. In this episode, Danielle, Carol, and their guest will highlight some shimmering shrubs, drought-tolerant perennials, a tiny dwarf conifer, and even an unusual silvery vine with a bit of a b...

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Episode 148: Wish List Plants

Let's Argue About Plants - December 01, 2023 12:01 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Oh, dear listeners...it’s the most glorious time of the year! No, not because it’s time to hang the stockings or trim the tree—because it’s time to make the 2024 gardening wish lists. This year Carol and Danielle have selected the 8 plants they are pining over most. You will hear about a brand-n...

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Episode 147: Great Native Grasses

Let's Argue About Plants - November 17, 2023 13:56 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
If you like the beauty and impact that ornamental grasses bring to a garden design, you will love the many shapes, forms and colors that North American native species offer. Whether you need a practical groundcover, a dramatic focal point, or an airy filler to knit a matrix planting together, Da...

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Episode 146: Best of LAAP: Our Top 4 Plants

Let's Argue About Plants - November 03, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
While searching through our archive of episodes we discovered something: There are a few specific plants we just can’t stop talking about. As the years have progressed here at Let’s Argue About Plants, we find ourselves experimenting with more and more varieties, so we have something new to repo...

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Ellie Kildunne

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - October 31, 2023 03:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Ellie Kildunne loves weird, embraces different and individuality. The Red Roses and Harlequins full back understands the importance of image and being able to express yourself, whether that is through her photography, fashion or how she plays. Kildunne also opens up on building up muscles to pla...

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Holly Aitchison

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - October 24, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Whether it has been overcoming social anxiety or her adult acne, Holly Aitchison has overcome a number of personal challenges to become the person and player she is today. The Bristol Bears and Red Roses fly half opens up on growing up in Liverpool, sharing her personal struggles on social media...

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Episode 145: Great Plants for Grouping

Let's Argue About Plants - October 20, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Isn’t every plant great in a group? Well, the answer is no. Some plants are too vigorous in their growth habits to share the stage, while others are better if put on a pedestal all their own (i.e. the focal point plants of the landscape). Today’s episode we talk about plants that are great in ma...

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Sarah Beckett

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - October 17, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From a premature birth with her twin sister to selection heartbreak, Sarah Beckett has had to show her fair share of resilience. The Gloucester-Hartpury forward opens up on missing out the squad to New Zealand in 2022, how she hopes to inspire others who were born earlier than planned, the impac...

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Tom Curry

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - October 10, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
It was always about ‘we’ growing up with an identical twin for Tom Curry. The England and Sale Sharks flanker discusses their unique childhood together and what is now means playing in the same position, how the loss of his grandma affected him and his career to date.   In this pod you will al...

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Episode 144: Plant This with That-Fall Edition

Let's Argue About Plants - October 06, 2023 11:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
Danielle combo #1 'Limelight' panicle hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight', Zones 3-9) 'Sun King' aralia (Aralia cordata 'Sun King', Zones 3-9)   Danielle combo #2 'Worcester Gold' blue mist shrub (Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Worcester Gold', Zones 5-9) 'Goldsturm' black-eyed ...

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Ollie Lawrence

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - October 03, 2023 01:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Showing emotions was not something that sat easily with Ollie Lawrence. The Bath and England centre opens up on his emotional maturity journey, his growth in mindset as an only child and what it means to him to be a rugby international from a mixed background. In this pod you will also hear fro...

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Lark Atkin-Davies

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - September 26, 2023 02:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
From accepting a rugby player's body image, to combining a teaching career with rugby, Lark Atkin-Davies' journey to international rugby has been a fascinating one. Growing up in a sport-loving cottage in the countryside, Red Roses and Bristol Bears hooker opens up on setbacks, commitment and he...

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Danny Care

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - September 19, 2023 01:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Making mistakes were part of growing up for Danny Care. The Harlequins scrum reflects on his lapses when establishing his rugby career and how they took away the thing he loved - playing for his country. Care also opens up about the importance of family, growing up in Yorkshire and playing footb...

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Episode 143: Best Of LAAP: Our Favorite Guests

Let's Argue About Plants - September 15, 2023 09:23 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 369 ratings
We’re nearing our 150th episode mark and for us, that has meant a lot of plants discussed. But it’s also meant a lot of great guest appearances. As you know, each episode we ask an expert from the field of horticulture to lend us their brains and weigh-in on some great plant choices for the topi...

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Courtney Lawes

England Rugby Podcast: O2 Inside Line - September 12, 2023 01:00 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Family is at the heart of everything Courtney Lawes believes in. The back row forward opens up about how his comments on social media on family life caused a reaction, and how he now reflects. Lawes also talks about race in rugby, different ethnicities playing the sport and being a dad. In this...