Chrysanthemums and autumn’s bold colors and will be the talk of the town on Saturday morning, October 17, when In the Garden with Mike Darcy hits the airwaves at 9 a.m. Tune into KXL Newsradio 750-AM to hear Mike Darcy broadcast his show from the Portland Japanese Garden, where Kiku Matsuri, the Chrysanthemum Festival, is taking place October 17-25.

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At 9:30, Mike will talk about trees and fall color with Nancy Buley, marketing director for J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., wholesale tree growers of Boring, Oregon.

Nancy will advise listeners that there’s no better time to choose and plant trees that will brighten your garden view. Fall is a great time for planting, and a fine time to choose trees that offers up great fall color along with all the other reasons to plant trees.

Here’s a partial list of the trees to be featured In the Garden. You can also learn more about these trees by visiting your favorite garden center. J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. serves a national customer base including these excellent garden centers that offer our trees to the local gardening community. Happy planting!