This week’s show explains how to save trees and shrubs after they suffer storm damage, also describing the kinds of tools needed to prune every kind of woody plant from a tree trunk to broken branches, and even those that are out of normal reach. Our guest is Glenn Stokes, president of Stokes Tropicals, discussing ways to fruit a banana tree indoors. He also describes two hardy ornamental banana trees including one with large yellow flowers the size of a lotus that will remain in bloom for three months.Additionally, we alert listeners to our award-winning on-line newsletter (http://avantgardener.info) which provides a photograph and description of an amazining new hardy lavender called ‘Phenomenal’ that produces deep blue flowers and will survive in gardens from the Canana border to Georgia.