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Puns and roses

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Garden Variety, hosted by Charity Nebbe

Whatever you call them, they smell sweet — and can be a little tricky to grow. Horticulture specialists offer advice that will help your roses thrive.

Guests

  • Cindy Haynes | professor of horticulture at Iowa State University
  • Aaron Steil | ISU Extension horticulture specialist

To further grow your gardening knowledge, sign up for the Garden Variety newsletter. And check out all the episodes of Garden Variety, the horticulture podcast for all the things you’d like to grow or grow better.

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Tony Sarabia is IPR's<i> </i>Midday host. He holds an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from Columbia College in Chicago. Since 2022, Sarabia has helped IPR's listening audience through their day with reporting updates, weather and other noteworthy information.
Aaron Steil is a Consumer Horticulture Specialist with ISU Extension and Outreach. Aaron contributes his expertise to the Garden Variety podcast and newsletter and to Talk of Iowa's Horticulture Day program.
Caitlin Troutman is a talk show producer for Iowa Public Radio. She holds a bachelor's degree from William Jewell College. Since 2022, Troutman has worked with IPR's talk team to bring news and features to IPR's listening audience.