Thomas Jefferson's Flowers
From GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening by Kathy Jentz, Washington Gardener Magazine
May 9, 2026 · 59 min · Season 7 · Episode 285
About this episode
This episode features an interview with Peggy Cornett discussing Thomas Jefferson's flowers and includes a plant profile on Zizia.
In this episode of GardenDC: The Podcast about Mid-Atlantic Gardening, we talk with Peggy Cornett curator of plants at Monticello about Thomas Jefferson's flowers. The plant profile is on Zizia and we share what's going on in the garden as well as some upcoming local gardening events in the What's New segment. We close out with the Last Word on "The Great Planting Day Adventure" from Christy Page of GreenPrints . BTW, YOU can become a listener supporter for as little as $0.99 per month! See how at: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/gardendc/subscribe **You can order Peggy's book at https://amzn.to/4tl9tCD . This link is to our Amazon affiliate account and we main eran a few pennies from these sales, but it wil not impact your purchase price. If you liked this episode, you may also enjoy listening to: ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 24: Monticello's Historic Plant Collection https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/08/gardendc-podcast-episode-24-peggy.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 13: Heritage Roses with Connie Hilker https://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2020/05/gardendc-podcast-episode-13-connie.html ~ GardenDC Podcast Episode 153: An American Garden Story…
People in this episode
Host: Kathy Jentz
Guest: Peggy Cornett
Topics covered
- Thomas Jefferson
- gardening
- plant profile
- Zizia
- local gardening events
- planting day adventure
Keywords
- Thomas Jefferson
- flowers
- Monticello
- Zizia
- gardening events
- planting day adventure
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Monticello, GreenPrints
Products: Peggy's book
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