On next “Gardening in
Georgia” (May 30 and June 2 on Georgia Public Television),
host Walter Reeves will demonstrate how you can change French
hydrangea blooms’ color with simple adjustments in the soil
chemistry.

Reeves will show, too, how to attract hummingbirds to your garden
by placing feeders in your landscape. Four guests will also add
greatly to this week’s show:

• Wayne McLaurin discusses the best sweet potato
  varieties to plant in Georgia gardens. He’s a horticulturist with
  the University of Georgia College of
  Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.




• Jim Midcap, also a CAES horticulturist, describes Mt.
  Airy fothergilla. This colorful landscape plant was a 1994 Georgia
  Gold Medal Winner.




• Nina Eckberg is a Cobb County agent with the UGA
  Extension Service. She tells about the life cycle of the lady
  beetle, one of the more famous beneficial insects.




• And Jerry Robinson gives his keys to success in
  planting a bed of summer annuals. Robinson is a Master Gardener
  and a manager at the Georgia Experiment Station Research &
  Education Garden in Griffin, Ga.

Wednesdays, Saturdays on GPTV

“Gardening in Georgia” is produced by the CAES and GPTV
specifically for gardeners in Georgia. It airs each Wednesday at
7:30 p.m. and again on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.