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Making It Grow Radio Minute
Making It Grow Minutes
Posted Mondays and Tuesdays - Saturdays, every two weeks
Hosted by Amanda McNulty

Gardening and horticulture news and tips, as well as agricultural information from Amanda McNulty, the host of SCETV's "Making It Grow" and Clemson University Extension Agent. Produced by South Carolina Public Radio.

Making It Grow Minutes are produced by South Carolina Public Radio, in partnership with Clemson University's Extension Service.

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Latest Episodes
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    The scientific names, they are a-changin'
    Host Amanda McNulty laments how sometimes the former scientific names for plants she had memorized long ago are updated or changed entirely.
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    Liquidambar styraciflua
    Liquidambar styraciflua is our sweetgum tree, which has a stunning fall color but does drop those prickly seed pods.
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    Metasequoia glyptostroboides
    Metasequoia glyptostroboides, or Dawn Redwood, was considered long extinct from one hundred million years ago, until the 1940s.
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    Biogeographic disjunction
    Biogeographic disjunction is one reason we share so many plants, at least at the generic (or genus) level, with other places.
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    The advantage of knowing scientific names
    While on a trip to China, host Amanda McNulty realized the value of knowing the scientific names of plant life.
  • Making It Grow Radio Minute
    Setae vs pupal cases
    Not all projections on caterpillars are setae.