University of Georgia

Host Walter Reeves shows how to tell poison ivy from Virginia
creeper and other vines in your landscape on “Gardening in
Georgia” July 9 on Georgia Public Broadcasting.

“Gardening in Georgia” is produced by GPB and the University of
Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. It
airs each Saturday at 12:30 and 7 p.m.

On this week’s show, Reeves brings up the old adage, “leaves of
three, leave it be,” when it comes to landscape vines. He shows
how to identify Eastern poison ivy by counting the number of
leaflets on each leaf. This little trick can save you a lot of
trouble.

Reeves also visits with Theresa Schrum, who tells how the Georgia
Native Plant Society can help rescue native plants. For example,
she tells how the group worked with a developer to get permission
to save woodland plants.

It’s a long time until Halloween, but pumpkins need all that time
to grow. Reeves tells how to grow pumpkins and gets some help
showing different varieties that grow well in Georgia.

Finally, Reeves explains that lichens don’t kill the plants
they’re growing on. He looks at several forms of lichens and
shows that they’re just living on the bark.