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Cold-hardy Bromeliads

Central Texas Gardener takes brand-new and seasoned gardeners down a sustainable garden path with organic techniques, water-wise plants, and homegrown food. Get design inspiration, hands-on how-to, and behind-the-scenes tours of Texas gardeners at home.

Season 20 Episode 34 | 26m 46s | CC

Curvaceous cold-hardy bromeliads—can we grow them? Horticulturist Scott Ogden shares his plant driven bromeliad passion. Daphne explains why flowers turn to the sun. Her Plant of the Week is hummingbird magnet for sun and shade, Firecracker fern. Merrideth Jiles shows how to divide bromeliads. On tour, two neighbors united the neighborhood when they took out their lawns.

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