On the Sept. 28 “Gardening in Georgia,” host Walter Reeves covers
several fall chores for your flower beds and landscapes.

“Gardening in Georgia” (www.gardeningingeorgia.com) is produced
by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and GPTV. It airs twice each Saturday, at
noon and 7 p.m.

On the Sept. 28 show, Reeves tells the best time and shows the
best way to plant pansies to keep them blooming even during cold
weather. Don’t forget his advice: thoroughly tilled, heavily
amended soil will keep pansies and violas looking great from now
until next April.

One trick to give a color contrast in a pansy bed is to
underplant them with spring-flowering bulbs. Fall is the time to
do that. Reeves shows how to plant bulbs in a pansy bed and tells
which ones do best.

Finally, he walks through the Research and Education Garden on
the UGA Griffin campus, highlighting plants that give great fall
color without flowers. Reeves shows, too, how ornamental grasses
bring dramatic texture and subtle sound to a landscape.