This week for In Doug’s Garden by Davey Tree I’m showing how to heat up the soil for tomato and pepper planting, keeping azaleas off the menu for deer, visiting one of my favorite Pittsburgh hidden treasures, the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation. Davey’s Rob Kruljac has to break some bad news to me about a favorite shrub. I’m also helping a new gardener with ideas for perennial planting.

I had a lot of fun on Pittsburgh Today Live with David Highfield and Heather Abraham as we talked about planting things for mom, which come back every year, creating special garden memories.

Season three of In Doug's Garden by Davey Tree shows a brand new format. We're on the road, showcasing some of Pittsburgh's hidden treasures. This week we're visiting the Audubon Center for Native Plants, where Roxanne Swan explains the importance of natives and talks about her favorite deer resistant native plants. Doug is succession planting more lettuce and has an interesting art project entitled Blue Ocean Waves, he's also answering questions about daffodil foliage and introducing you to a wonderful, deer resistant blooming shrub.

Learn what it takes to create a garden filled with hundreds of unique and classic daffodils.

I was working in the garden and thought it would be nice to make a short video about what was going on in the landscape. I included plants with special meanings, favorite cultivars, fun container plantings and much more. Let me know what you think.

Joe Hamm’s Daffodil Garden is free to visit and the greatest collection of blooming daffodils in the area.