April 3 , 2014
Drought Busters!
Despite only rainfall expectoration for calendar month , a few poppy wo n’t lack their yearly applause . This clever one selected artemisia and lamb ’s ears to show off in the bunch .
I ’m a fan of drouth kind bearded iris , even when not in rosiness . Right now , deeper green spuria irises join in this ending bed ’s morphologic linchpin . They ’ll tag along with golden blossom in a few weeks .
Texas Bluegrass Country ( Poa arachnifera ) is in full swing with blackfoot daisy and rambunctious pink eventide primrose .
Pink even primrose picked its own spot to cheer up freeze - snip off ‘ Macho Mocha ’ mangave .
For age , I bet lots of my drought buster plant ( and yours too ) started atMountain States Wholesale Nurseryin Arizona — many from seed collected correctly here in Texas ! This workweek , Tom meets with Janet Rademacherfor a few you do n’t desire to escape at your local nurseries .
We all love red yucca , butHesperaloe parvifloraBrakelights ® PPAF surely brake us to stop for another smell !
And what aboutHesperaloex Pink Parade with a more erect flower ?
Summer wo n’t seem so awful with boldTecomax Solar Flare to enamour the rays .
Aloe x Blue Elf is one her list I ’m add to mine . Here ’s the form of great fact weather sheet you’re able to understand onMountain States ’ website .
In those minute well - enfeeble spots with rafts of sun , CandelillaEuphorbia antisyphiliticais positively soothing .
Another little one Janet features is gopher plant ( Euphorbia rigida ) . My very first is already flower in its pot . I did n’t dare plant this guy in my clay ground , no matter how amended ! It ’s in nice game dirt .
Janet excuse : when the bee - have sex bract fade , cut back the lanky stem to the rosettes .
morphologic , fragrant rosemary makes a lovely associate to red-hot , drought intention . This prostrate variety I planted in my neighbor ’s curb bed gets no extra urine . Content , it ’s rout unexampled plant life from branches that match the soil ( uh , you fuck , prostrate ! ) .
This week , Daphne answers a Facebook interrogation : how topropagate rosemary from stem cuttings . Find out why she urge rooting in soil rather than in H2O .
Daphne ’s pick of the weekis Bottlebrush ( Callistemon rigidus ) , a sure fire bee magnet . This one made it through the freeze in Hutto .
Dr. Robin Mayfield , nurseryman and blogger atGetting Grounded , absolutely roll in the hay hers . Sadly , in her microclimate , super freeze take it out .
Daphne notes:“This tree is notoriously frost tender , usually being completely killed if temperature get into the 20s . But I ’ve also experience bottlebrush convey out by our uttermost Texas heat during abnormally hot , juiceless summers . ”
Still , other gardener did n’t miss a foliage this wintertime . And it ’s a great evergreen plant silver screen , so give it a endeavour if you have a protected spot where it gets sun but not all - Clarence Day searing blasts .
For homegrown yield even in containers , Trisha shows howto grow yummy kumquat tree and calamondin . And Kaffir lime , which may not produce fruit , but the leave are wonderful in Thai and other recipes . Yes , they postulate some weewee , but too much is actually bad than not enough . Last year I tried my first calamondin in a pot . I watered it profoundly once a week .
It got nipped when it hit 12 ° , but is still alive . Like the kumquat , it flowers and fruits from spring to icing . The fruits are very lemonlike , even when super ripe , but are great in recipes and to munch if you like prostitute , as I do !
On term of enlistment , check out how new Texas nurseryman andfabulous blogger Heatherand Brett Ginsburg dumped their lawn and boring bush for a xeric - panache party to wow their kids with wildlife breakthrough .
Heather kept an eye on practicality with her designing for paths and a screen from a busy street .
She also hid the original boxwood store march with costless rocks she scavenge . I really like this combination of rosemary , creeping germander and thyme , with silver ponyfoot ( Dichondra argentea ) in a pot .
In back , she underprice lawn for this fun haunt . Her ardour stone pit is another scavenge , some big truck tire rim .
Brett tells us how he turned leftover fumes tobacco pipe into Heather ’s succulent planter .
And , they dumped lawn in interchange for fresh testis .
They tell their story best , so watch it now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Next calendar week , check out native alternatives to invasive plants . Linda
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