September 19 , 2019
Growing Memories, Fruit Tree Problems
Stores are waft cinnamon and pumpkin zest our expectant way . Already they ’re tempt us with plaid washrag shirt and fuzzy jumper — as we shoot 101 ° for the 52nd daytime . But to get into the spirit , here’sChi and Steve Barefield’sgold Christmas ornament version of a partridge in their League City pear tree!Recently , CTG ’s gotten a bushel - shipment of fruit Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree questions . My go - to person is alwaysJim Kamas , Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Associate Professor & Extension Horticulturist . Should you prune fruit trees in gloam , what ’s that growth on Texas persimmons , and why did these peaches decompose this summer?Watch now for Jim ’s answers . And check outA&M ’s Fruit & Nut Guide , an essential resource for survival and cultivation , including citrus and avocados .
Even though it seems we ’re adhere in summer forever , it ’s time to get going on homegrown holiday gifts . Since some of our container succulent are due for a small preparation about now , we ’ve get gift at our clipper - wielding fingertips!Monique CapanelliofArticulture Designsclues us into bakshish for achiever with leafage film editing , stem cuttings , and splitting . watch over now !
Always I begrudge Northerners who get a leap on that pumpkin spice season . But the transplanted gardener I ’ve met in Texas do n’t rue the cold and snow they left behind ( most of the meter , anyway ) . They do miss pet plant like paeony that croak in heat , humidity , and alkaline dirt . So , this week , Jennie and Matt HorvathfromWimberley Gardensstart new storage with Texas problematic flora that take the home of those you go forth behind . Jennie ’s from Minnesota where hydrangeas frame precious memories . In Texas , she ’s found her comfort works with oakleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea quercifolia ) for part shade conditions , flaunting drop color and spring to summer flowers . Matt ’s from Pennsylvania , where he make love mountain laurel . This is where common figure get perplexing , because his hometown fave , white floweredKalmia latifolia , does n’t acquire here . The Texas aboriginal plenty laurel ( Sephora secundiflora ) along drought - rugged medians and our gardens has pull ahead his heart . This evergreen small tree dazzles us in natural spring with fragrant purple flower clustering ( and some white ones ) that reward us with bees and butterflies . Moving to Texas is good news for nurseryman who love lantana and the wildlife that give on it . For us , it ’s a perennial that usually embrown back in winter but returns in spring . For cold-blooded climate gardener , it ’s an yearbook to replant every yr . fall favorites northerly gardener do n’t have to leave behind admit perennial fall asters!And chrysanthemums , that are really quite heat and drought broad . Like asters , cut freeze - browned stanch down to evergreen plant rosettes for natural spring regrowth . Watch now !
On tourin Georgetown , Lori and Jack Shreves’design engages gardeners from every clime . In their small main street front grounds , they give out for contemporary cottage style in a National Wildlife Federation Certified Backyard Habitat that bestow together aboriginal and stout adapted flora . To grow vegetables and fruit tree in bad dirt , they arrayed prominent stock army tank in a walk of life - around pattern for them and good run - around for their cunning , kittenish dog . take in now !
Thanks for stopping by ! See you next workweek , Linda
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