Annual flowers make summer more beautiful, but they need a
little help to look their
best. On “The Georgia Gardener” Aug. 5 and 7, host
Walter Reeves shows a simple
approach to making the most of your summer annuals.

It’s a three-step process. Reeves shows how to (1)
fertilize, to stimulate new growth
and new flowers; (2) deadhead, to remove faded flowers and
encourage more blooms; and (3)
replace weak plants and replace them with healthy ones.

Reeves also talks with Hank Bruno, trails manager at
Callaway Gardens. Bruno shows how
to get a drooping azalea limb to make a whole new plant the
easy way.

Finally, Reeves visits a beleaguered Burford holly and
finds
a dramatic problem with
insect pests. And sometimes, he says, the solution to such
attacks isn’t easy.

The Georgia
Gardener is a show designed
specifically for Georgians. It airs at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays and
10 a.m. Saturdays on GPTV.

The show is a production of the University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences and PFC Holding Company.