(Video 05/05/08) Too much moisture on a plant’s root system can cause root rot -- a condition that can be detrimental. In this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill looks at root rot problems on a Florida anise shrub. (Runtime: 1 minute, 36 seconds)

(Video 04/28/08) As the days become warmer, flowers on Louisiana iris are beginning to wilt. So what kind of care should you provide your iris plants at this point? LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill answers that question in this edition of Get It Growing.

(Video 04/21/08) When your roses are not looking their best, you’re faced with several options for care. LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill shares the basics with you in this edition of Get It Growing. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 04/14/08) Springtime and iris go together. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to some native Louisiana iris. (Runtime: 1 minute, 36 seconds)

(Video 04/07/08) Looking for a small tree that’s ideally adapted for your landscape? In this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a native Louisiana tree that’s extremely functional and adaptable. (Runtime: 1 minute, 34 seconds)

(Video 03/31/08) Easter has passed, but LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill says not to throw out Easter lilies. These great plants can live in our landscapes for years. (Runtime: 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 03/24/08) Although azaleas color our landscapes this of the year, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill says one misunderstood plant, which happens to be gray, also can be interesting. In this edition of Get It Growing, Gill says Spanish moss can be a striking enhancement to azaleas and trees in your landscape. (Runtime 1 minute, 29 seconds)

(Video 03/17/08) During the spring, it’s a great idea to stop and smell the flowers. In this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains why the banana shrub might be one of the perfect plants to perk up those olfactory senses. (Runtime 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 03/10/08) Many people plant flowering bulbs during the spring. In this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a bulb plant that is changing its gloomy reputation. (Runtime 1 minute, 30 seconds)

(Video 03/03/08) Are you ready for some brilliant colors? Well, you’ve got it – if you plant colorful petunias. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains it's important to plant those pretty petunias right now. (Runtime 1 minute, 30 seconds)

(Video 02/25/08) When you’re looking for plants for this season, it’s a good idea to think about some perennials. In this edition of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill explains why it’s important to look for hardy perennials that don’t have flowers yet. (Runtime 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 02/18/08) Now’s the time to get some of your flowering plants into their flower beds. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill gives you some good choices of hardy annuals for your cool-season garden. (Runtime 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 02/11/08) Some container plants that bloom well in the summer can also bloom well in the winter. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill brings us inside his greenhouse, where he’ll introduce us to a beautifully blooming South American plant. (Runtime: 1 minute, 35 seconds)

(Video 02/04/08) Cold weather means lots of dead plants with brown leaves and stems. In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a plant which is anything but dead or brown at this time of year. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 01/21/08) Cooler temperatures create a lull in planting for landscapes. But In this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill explains why it’s a good idea to head to your local nurseries right now. (Runtime 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 01/28/08) You would think it ill-advised to plant during the cold season, but some cultivars are at their best when planted in the cold – like herbs. (Runtime 1 minute, 37 seconds)

(Video 01/14/08) Plants will begin to show signs of nutrient deficiency in multiple ways. In this week’s Get it Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains when and how to fertilize your plants. (Runtime 1 minute, 34 seconds)

(Video 01/7/08) January is a great time to plant ornamental shrubs to brighten your winter landscape. Grape holly is a great plant to add to your home to provide both color and greenery to your yard. (Runtime: 1 minute, 29 seconds)

(Video 12/30/07) Hydrangeas bloom beautifully in the spring, but winter is a great time to purchase these plants at huge discounts. In this week’s Get it Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill gives you some do's and dont's of maintaining hydrangeas during the plants' off season.

(Video 12/24/07) Some people like to use living trees to celebrate the Christmas holidays. Some popular choices include Leland cypresses and junipers. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 12/17/07) Hedges or screening plants create privacy in our landscape. The Russian olive grows rapidly and creates height and volume. It also produces fragrant flowers this time of year. (Runtime: 1 minute, 38 seconds)

(Video 12/10/07) Camellia sasanquas brighten up the fall and winter landscape. The sasanqua variety also has a wonderful fragrance. Now is a great time to plant them, and you can find them in full bloom at your nursery or garden center. (Runtime: 1 minute, 40 seconds)

(Video 12/03/07) Most gardeners are familiar with the standard cool-season bedding plants, but LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces us to some unusual ones many gardeners may not have seen before. (Runtime: 1 minute, 32 seconds)

(Video 11/26/07) Louisiana gardeners can choose from several fall-blooming shrubs. One of the most beautiful is cassia. This plant produces large, bright yellow flowers. (Runtime: 1 minute 33 seconds)

(Video 11/19/07) In the first five years or so of the life of a newly planted tree, pruning is important. Branches are usually occurring low on the trunk of the tree. Wherever a branch originates on the trunk is where that branch will be for the entire life of the tree. It will never be any higher up off the ground. (Runtime: 1 minute, 36 seconds)

(Video 11/12/07) Some flora and fauna share much in common – their habitats, their struggle for survival or their similar appearances. On this segment of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a perennial plant that’s got another thing in common with an animal – it shares that animal’s name. (Runtime: 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 11/05/07) When selecting popular flowers for cooler weather, does bigger mean better? In this week’s Get it Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill helps you decide which colorful flowers to plant -- the bigger pansies or the smaller violas. (Runtime: 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 10/29/07) On this segment of Get it Growing, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist Dan Gill gladly explains why mums are fabulous fall flowers. (Runtime 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 10/22/07) Gingers are wonderful tropical plants for Louisiana landscapes. The butterfly ginger produces large flowers through late summer and into fall. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 10/15/07) The late-summer and fall vegetable garden includes warm-season vegetables. Two favorites are fall tomatoes and fall snap beans. It is too late to plant these vegetables, but you can see how wonderfully they grow in the late-summer and fall. (Runtime: 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 10/08/07) After a long Louisiana summer, it’s great to find plants that produce flowers at the end of summer and into the fall. Senna produces large clusters of small yellow flowers that brighten the landscape. (Runtime:1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 10/01/07) If you made a list of traditional Southern flowering plants, you'd certainly want to have this plant on the list. Lycoris radiata goes by a variety of common names: Hurricane lily, spider lily and naked ladies. This plant requires patience because it may take three years to start blooming. (Runtime: 1 minute, 27 seconds)

(Video 09/24/07) Mid to late September is a great time to plant cole crops into your vegetable garden. You should find transplants of these vegetables available at your local nurseries now. Cole crops are the group of vegetables closely related to cabbage. Cole is the old word for cabbage. We still use it when we say cole slaw. (Runtime: 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 09/17/07) Blue flowers are relatively rare in the plant world, and that’s why these plumbago's blue flowers are so precious in the garden. Plumbago is an outstanding workhorse in the summer landscape. It’s got a bit of an identity crisis. It’s actually a shrubby looking plant, but when you look at the stems, you’ll see they’re very green and herbaceous. (Runtime: 1 minutre, 30 seconds)

(Video 09/10/07) You might have noticed tree leaves that look diseased or sickly recently. What’s the problem and what should you do? LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains how to handle the situation in this segment of Get it Growing. (Runtime: 1 minute, 27 seconds)

(Video 09/03/07) Many Louisiana gardeners like to grow culinary herbs and use those fresh herbs in their cooking. Mexican oregano is a good herb for our area. It’s native to South Texas and northern Mexico. It generally grows in a drier climate than ours but does remarkably well in Louisiana. But you do need to make sure this plant gets very good drainage wherever you plant it. (Runtime: 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 08/27/07) Some plants are great for attracting beautiful insects – like butterflies. In this Get It Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a plant that not only attracts Monarch butterflies but also serves as a type of nursery for their young. (Runtime: 1 minute, 30 seconds)

(Video 08/20/07) It’s been extremely hot lately, making it uncomfortable to go outside and work in your garden. The good news is that it feels a little better in the shade. With that in mind, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to a beautiful shade-loving plant in this segment of Get It Growing. (Runtime: 1 minute, 27 seconds)

(Video 08/13/07) Despite the intense heat this time of the year, you can still add warm-season bedding plants to your landscape to provide that great color we all crave. Stop by your local nursery or garden center, and you’ll find they have a wide selection of wonderful plants in just about every height and color you can imagine. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 08/06/07) Want a flower the size of a dinner plate that will bloom beautifully all summer long? In this week’s Get It Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces you to some popular hibiscus varieties you can find at your local nursery this time of year. (Runtime: 1 minute, 32 seconds)

(Video 07/30/07) Louisiana gardeners love two things in their landscapes – great fragrances and wonderful tropical plants. The Harlequin Glory Bower or “Clerodendrum tricotomum” offers both of those. (Runtime: 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 07/23/07) Ever wonder why crape myrtles seem to always mist on your head? Well, it’s not water. The moisture actually is coming from aphids. In this week’s Get It Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill shows you how to control aphids on your crape myrtles. (Runtime: 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 07/16/07) You won’t find leopard plants growing in African savannahs. But you can find them growing in Louisiana landscapes. LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill talks about the ligularia in this Get It Growing edition. (Runtime: 1 minute, 28 seconds)

(Video 07/09/07) One of the most common insect pests that attack trees in Louisiana during the summer are caterpillars called webworms. These caterpillars occur all through the summer, and they form webs at the ends of the branches, but their actual damage to trees is relatively minor. (Runtime: 1 minute, 25 seconds)

(Video 07/02/07) Container gardens full of beautiful plants are all the rage these days. When using an outdoor container, make sure it’s nice and large to fit into the scale of the outdoors. When choosing the plants, make sure they look good together. (Runtime: 1 minute, 44 seconds)

(Video 06/25/07) Many gardeners are painting their summer landscapes with the sweeping colors of beautiful flowers. Gardeners can use a perennial flowering plant that’s not only colorful but also easy to grow in sun or shade – and resistant to major diseases and insects. (Runtime: 1 minute, 33 seconds)

(Video 06/18/07) The Elaeagnus plant, also known as the Gumi, provides delicious fruit for the making of jelly. But the plant also can be used to create an excellent sound barrier or privacy barrier along the edge of your property. In this week’s Get It Growing segment, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill points out that the species to buy depends on which of those benefits you prefer. (Runtime: 1 minute, 21 seconds)

(Video 06/11/07) Just like people, plants can lack the necessary minerals to lead a healthy life. Azaleas are one of the most popular shrubs in Louisiana landscapes. They like an acid-type soil. If they’re grown in alkaline soils, they have problems getting the iron they need out of the soil, and this leads to a disease called iron chlorosis. (Runtime: 1 minutes, 30 seconds)

(Video 06/04/07) Many tropical plants do quite well in Louisiana’s subtropical climate. In this week’s Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill introduces us to a tropical plant that is gaining in popularity and offers a degree of cold-hardiness many tropical plants do not have. (Runtime: 1 minute, 30 seconds)

(Video 05/28/07) It is not as well known as its Chinese and Japanese counterparts, but there is a native wisteria vine found in Louisiana. It's called Wisteria frutescens, and it blooms about now (in late May). While the Chinese wisteria’s blooming is over in about two weeks – one big flash – the native wisteria has been in bloom at least a week or two and is going to continue to bloom for more than a month. (Runtime: 1 minute, 31 seconds)

(Video 05/21/07) Shrub roses are a category of roses that are really great for use in the landscape. What revolutionized this category was a cultivar called Knock Out. In this Get It Growing segment, LSU AgCenter hoticulturist Dan Gill also shows us other shrub roses that work well in Louisiana landscapes. (Runtime: 1 minute, 37 seconds)

(Video 11/27/06) Modern poinsettias are so beautiful, and they come in a wide variety of colors. When choosing a poinsettia for your home or office, first look at the foliage. You want it to be dark green and healthy without a lot of dropped leaves and bare stems. Also, avoid poinsettias where a lot of the true flowers have already fallen off. (Runtime: 1 minute, 14 seconds)