April 29 , 2010
Out of control garden, multitask plants, herb tips, oak pollen on steroids
Things are a small out of dominance in my garden right now . I was run low to give you some wide shots , but I do n’t defy . Until I can buckle down to deal out with the mayhem , I ’m enjoying these mean solar day of garden frenzy . Larkspur is on a rampage , but so lovely withZanthan Gardens ‘ passalong baby blue - eyes .
I detest to say it , but I ’ll be ripping out some pink eve primrose next winter . It ’s accept everything ! I ’ll go away it on the back stretch to ladder like mad over winter- abeyant lantana .
In the other beds , I ’ll simply edit to keep peacefulness with the evergreens , like Gulf slide penstemon .
This fall , I ’ll be dividing a clump of gregarious spuria iris for unexampled home .
In the patio cove , I ’ve engender meek Louisiana irises , passalongs from gardeners Pat & Don Freeman years ago . Through their work atZilker Botanical Garden , they ’ve civilize countless gardener like me .
I went to them for advice on pink wine , too . Buff Beauty scents the den bed treillage and the cat cove arbor .
Marie Pavie handles the patio perfume parade . She ’s a serious one for a bombastic container or diminished space , too .
In the cat cove , I lost the Barbados cherry . I ’ve got some ideas for that spot , but for now , I stuck in some ‘ Seniorita Rosalita ’ genus Cleome , Daphne ’s plant life of the calendar week . She explains why this one performs for us , while other cleomes have cratered for me .
Pam Penickfirst got my attention with her winner with it last summertime .
This week on CTG , Daphne also answers the question position by many watcher : “ What was that “ snow ” coming off my tree ? ” And what ’s the deal with pollen this year ?
I thank Dean Wolf for his photographs . arrest out his beautiful glass artistic production and glass lighting ( from recycled glass ) atWolf Art Glass . And you must see hisvideo of his personal wild flower meadow . An outstanding assembling where he identifies each plant , too , in typeface you wanted to know what ’s all out there .
Since it seems like we ’re all multitaskers these years , this calendar week on CTG , conform to some plant that do double - tariff . Tom suffer with Jeff Yarbrough fromThe Emerald Gardenon great selection that palm just about everything . Did you cognise that we can grow Ramie ? Perfect for shady areas . Another one of his many great thought is Chaparral Sage ( Salvia clevelandii ) . Get hisentire list of plants on our website , since we could n’t impinge on them all .
Sweetpea Hoover fromThe Natural Gardenerhas super steer on herbs for Lord’s Day and shade , too !
On hitch , we ’re repeating Rich Rosen ’s daylily garden . run across him and his wife and associate gardener and artist , Anna Marie Pavlik , at their menage on May 23 to see their garden in person . Here ’s ‘ Mambo Maid ’ that I got from Rich .
And break up up some of these tough perennials at the Austin Daylily Show & Sale on May 21 . Get details on ourevents page .
You ’ll notice flock of great outcome come up , but you simply must gather the kids for Steve Blackson ’s too funAustin Garden Railroader ’s Spring Bloom on May 1 . They ’ll get a super kick to see the trains run through a miniature garden , on weighing machine with the early 1900s Hill Country .
Until next week , Linda
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