“Gardening in Georgia” host Walter Reeves is in his element again
this week, showing how to build a small fountain for your garden,
plant bulbs for spring color and manage plant hoppers on your
favorite landscape plants.

The show will air Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. on Georgia Public Television. It
will be rebroadcast at noon Saturday, Sept. 22.

Reeves shows how to make a small fountain using only clay pots
and a small pump. In a high-sided saucer, he upends a 6-inch
azalea pot to cover the pump. To the bottom of the 6-inch pot, he
glues a 10-inch pot.

The water delivery tube from the pump is threaded up through the
drain holes of both pots. You can use the “mushroom” fountain
head provided with the pump or just let water fill the upper pot
and cascade over the sides.

Reeves shows how to prepare a well-prepared soil bed for
spring-flowering bulbs, too. Tulips, in particular, need to be
planted deep in a well-drained bed.

White, Fuzzy Stuff

The white, fuzzy stuff on day lily and hosta stems looks like
some kind of fungus, but it isn’t. It’s actually many waxy
filaments plant hoppers secret to protect themselves.

Plant hoppers do little damage to a plant. But if you find them
distasteful, Reeves says, a blast from a water hose or a water
pistol will remove them.

“Gardening in Georgia” airs each Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. It’s
rebroadcast every Saturday at noon. The show’s Web site provides
further information.

The show is produced especially for Georgia gardeners by the UGA
College of
Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and GPTV.