April 5 , 2012
Plants that fooled drought
Yessiree , we all got spring too soon when many plants bloomed a calendar month in advance of agenda . But I got one last flak with this Dutch iris on April 1 . Guess it wanted to fool us .
Peggy Martin is not fooling around this year . She ’s at long last have her understructure in the ground to cover a trellis to hide the chain connection fencing .
Thanks toWilliam Welch , who discovered this Katrina subsister , and growers likeThe Antique Rose Emporium , I have this drought and flood - substantiation uprise myself !
It ’s a niggling half-baked out there the right way now with poppies , spuria irises , and Maggie rise to her left .
Since Peggy and this Maggie were brought into the trade thanks to dear William Welch , I call it my Welch garden .
Thanks to the Antique Rose Emporium , I have a young Republic of Texas rose , a depleted grower I ’d plant in front of the hideaway window .
But she did n’t get as much sun as she liked , so I moved her in previous February . In the back area , I ’d already pull out the moulding stones several understructure and did the newsprint / mulch routine over former grass . I plopped her in this gay smirch with footling ceremony , and off she went !
Some works discover the right spots for themselves . Years ago , Greg built this decomposed granite paseo alongside our carport . Gulf Coast penstemon ( Penstemon tenuis ) and Mexican feather grass seeds headed correctly over to fuck up it up . Beyond represents some body of work on hold when I can snag a day .
It ’s not irrigated and never even fuck off a hosepipe , so you ’ve take to give them recognition for making it through last year .
In the backyard crape / plenty laurel island , the Knock Out rose deflects our attention from sprawling poppy . I ’ll resist the urge to tidy up for a few more week . It ’s deserving it to fill a bucketful of poppy seeded player to pass along .
I love floppy , downy plants , but I have intercourse structural plants , too . Here ’s my combination of Agave striata with ‘ Hot Lips ’ salvia .
This week on CTG , we go for plants that stand up to drought and abide out in your garden with Michael Cain fromVivero Growers Nursery .
For years , innovators Katherine and Michael connected with contractors and designers in the sweeping trade to toughen up landscape in depressed - water clock time . In 2011 , they open to the relaxation of us with their fabulous glasshouse in Oak Hill , next door toGeo Growers . Here ’s Katherine at the glasshouse . She want to come , too , but when you ’re a mama and pop local nursery , someone ’s got to mind the store !
Tom and Michael showcasestructural flora like agaves and echeverias to couple with gentle form and ongoing efflorescence . A new one to us is large leaf Jerusalem sage . No fooling , it ’s a knock - out with super - sized parting ! Thanks to Katherine for all these bang-up pictures !
Have you ever deal Lion ’s stern or Lion ’s auricle ( Leonotis menthifolia ) ‘ Savannah Sunset ’ that pull in hummingbirds to fend - tall plant that oscillate with the hummers over foreground plants ?
At ground level , ‘ Bath ’s pinko ’ genus Dianthus entice with honeyed fragrance . Its frail silverish demeanor belies its drouth - tough forcefulness .
Katherine and Michael figure out long , raging , gruelling daylight at their nursery . Then Katherine musters the energy to share her passion about plants , personable stories and great photograph onVivero ’s blog ! I ’m in awe .
Daphne ’s Pick of the Week , thryallis ( Galphimia glauca ) is certainly up-and-coming as a morphological screening shrub with flowers from spring to hoarfrost . Perfect to accent silvers , purples , and whatever your imagination throws your way of life !
But I bet you ’ve never conceive of this on your oak tree diagram . Please thank Larry Kuehn for bringing it to our attention !
Daphne and I consulted arboristGuy LeBlancwho breeze through it as crown impudence . Find out what that means for your trees .
It ’s a great meter to disperse plants ! Get a few unexampled tricks from Merrideth Jiles from The Great Outdoors , another mythic local nursery that run online with great tipswhen they ’re not online with you in person .
On go , Paul Lofton in Pflugervilleshows that you do n’t require a ton of money to create a fab garden ! Thanks to Matt Jackson for connecting us to Paul .
Thanks to Paul , I now have a cobweb spiderwort ( Tradescantia sillamontana ) that he sent home with me in a nursing bottle ! Unlike its spring full cousin , this one thrives in summertime and takes a faulting in winter .
See you next week ! Linda
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