May 29 , 2014
Let’s Go Wild with Plants & Ponds
Rudbeckia and bergamot mint ( bee balm ): What a pleasing compounding for us and the wildlife . Even well , this cheery team was planted by the children at Oak Hill Elementary !
At house , my Peter ’s Purple beebalm finally reconcile in after Daphne apportion a division a few year ago while trialing it .
Back in 2007 , Jimmy Turner , then at theDallas Arboretum , order CTG about his success with this mould - resistive Monarda , a cross between American and Mexican assortment . finally , it made it into the market as a confirmed hit .
Mine ’s already spreading , which is fine by me in this place that gets dayspring Sunday and soft afternoon light . And when it go nuts , I ’ll egest it along ! Until then , bees and hummingbirds will go nuts . I already spotted my first hummingbird on it !
For semi - fishy smear , Daphne realize evergreen nanus pittosporumPlant of the Week . She ’s growing ‘ Mojo ’ against her patio , where Augie ’s sniff in case a cookie flow in . Oregano ’s in front .
Another you ’ll regain is Cream De Mint ™ Dwarf Mock Orange ( Pittosporum tobira‘Shima ’ ) .
There are others , too , that offer a tidy roundness to strengthen a multi - textured bed . Since it ’s cold-blooded hardy to Zone 7 , it ’ll give ear with you if its companions go underground in winter . Daphne reports that it ’s really very drought tolerant in nicety , specially if you top dress with compost .
Daphne ’s inquiry run to Jean Warner , whose ashe junipers ( cedar tree tree diagram ) are in decline . What ’s up ?
wanderer mites . Daphne explains why wanderer jot can move in on drought - accentuate plants like cedar Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , even when it ’s not hot , dusty weather condition . Perhaps our heavy rains rinsed them off Jean ’s plant , though we can fend off this pest with frequent blasts of water underneath the foliage .
Ants in our plants ( container ) is one of our top questions . John Dromgoole take on this one with a wide-eyed tip : a screen mesh at the bottom of your great deal .
If emmet are already in , he shows how to tackle them safely . Also good to conflict fire ants in the beds .
film of the Week goes to Lee Franzel , our very helpful friend andComal County Master Gardener . In cervid and coney country , he constructed a safe place for his vegetables . Cattle venire on metric ton - posts documentation cucumbers , but could be used for tomatoes .
attach up bamboo stake for wax veggie like beans , squash , and cucumbers .
Our glare is on theAustin Pond Society term of enlistment , coming your direction June 7 & 8.Tom joins Linda and Karl Tinsleyto show off just a couple on their twentieth anniversary tour . We actually taped one of the first , back when personal pond were “ What ? ! ” I commend that I was in awe .
APS has helped SO MANY citizenry get started ponding – cock-a-hoop , small , fountains , streams . As always , their takings profit local organisation . This year , it ’s theDell Children ’s Medical Centerwhere you could shoot the breeze on Sunday , June 8 from 9 a.m. – noon .
Visit south ponds on Saturday — including Nox garden — and north 1 on Sunday . If you ’re thinking about a pond or need to meliorate yours , helpful owner are happy to share everything they know . You ’ll also see designs of all variety to make your own match . Here ’s how to get the map and tickets .
One we preview sprinkle magical habitation - made poof garden throughout , including a petite fairy garden pool .
Wow , would n’t it be great to have this pool in your front chiliad ? They carry it on in back , too , with a stream that connects with the neighbor ’s pool .
On our video tour , get a closer feel at Laura and Travis McGarraugh ’s backyard , where they make two pond to put back grass when their small fry Daniel and Naomi outgrew the playscape .
Laura ’s always desire ponds and Pisces . As an emergency room nanny , their “ Tranquility ” and “ Pilfered Rock ” pond help her unwind after 12 hours on the task .
And hey , they ’re good enough to deal their mistakes , too !
You ’ll often spot girl Naomi out there with a book or feed the fish they ’ve named .
Travis build up the ponds and laid the Oklahoma Hickory flagstones for their out-of-door living room . He select crush granite as infill to filter out rain to their tree diagram . Here ’s director Ed Fuentes moving in for a blastoff .
Laura and Naomi often spend after - school time designing containers together . Naomi ’s got a bang-up eye for succulent !
I do n’t screw if African Gray parrot Taz will come out of doors for the tour , but she ’s so precious I had to enclose you . She really orchestrate this tape .
She ’s not giving us a bird ’s version of “ the fowl ” here . On clew , she turns around for a bath and I used the magical news !
Watch the whole tarradiddle !
Thanks for stopping by . See you next week when entomologist Wizzie Brown explain what ’s buggin ’ us . Linda
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