April 7 , 2016
Texture, Food, Flower Designs
No lack of bees in my busy garden ! All kinds are moving tight to hit every blossom in the purple parade . Nobody missed the spuria fleur-de-lis , either , including bees , wasp and some kind of fly sheet . These tall ones procreate so fast that I have them all over the place . Unlike the spurias that conk out back in summertime , Louisiana flag are evergreen . These base on balls - alongs from a beloved supporter long ago always remind me of his variety lessons when I ventured into excavator - land . Folks from theTexas Pollinator Powwowtold me that bumblebees and hummingbirds are take to be the master pollinators of native Louisiana irises . As a novice , I quickly earn that I calmed a hurly - burly upshot with strong form in commixture and equalise foliar colors . This hebdomad , Mike Lung from Mike Lung Wholesale Nursery joins Tom withTexas baffling evergreensto structure things up . Butterfly fleur-de-lis ( Dietes ) including bicolor , work well in many land , substituting for succulent if you ca n’t grow them . Dietes iridioides , like all of them , produce in Lord’s Day or shade , making it well-fixed to merge diverse lighting situations . Walter ’s genus Viburnum , for shade to sun , is a dwarf viburnum to 3 - 4 ’ that pops fragrant bee - loving flowers in spring . If you ’re tired of dwarf yaupon holly , this one takes heavily pruning if you need a depressed hedging . ‘Black Knight ’ buddleja adds that silver gusto and butterfly - adored flowers . Of course , in arduous winters , it will freeze back , but return . From clumping bamboo to sedge , Mike ’s commence lots more , so look out now !
Daphne ’s Plant of the Week , native Rusty blackhaw genus Viburnum ( Viburnum rufidulum ) , is n’t evergreen , but that ’s ok . A great sieve for part tad to sun , it wow us with flame fall color . Its leathery dark green leave emerge soft and pallid in spring , later pinch with efflorescence geared to feed bees and butterflies . Birds nab spill ’s fruits . mention : it does tend to thicket , so you ’ll have lots of them in a few yr . So , is lichen on trees a problem ? In Cedar Creek , Stacy Wilson notes that her oaks and mesquit are dropping limb cover up with lichen . Daphne reports that lichens do not feed on trees and are only growing on drained barque , not live tissue . But they do indicate a lack of sun . Plus , years of extended drouth chip in to stress , include loss of limbs . Get Daphne ’s complete result .
Just because you ’re halter for way does n’t mean you ca n’t grow fresh food and herbs in containers . John ’s got yummy tips this hebdomad , admit how to make a tiny support for climbers , like Malabar spinach , a summer delight in salad and recipe . Viewer Picture goes to Michelle Mitchellfor her daddy Bob Laughlin ’s tip for the earliest tomatoes on the block . For a headspring jump , Bob plants his tomato plant seedlings in one Imperial gallon nursery pots that he then sinks into large containers outdoors . If a major freeze comes his path , he can literally pull the pot and store them in his shed until the freeze weather condition fling . On tour , when we visitedgarden designer Lisa LaPasoand Cavin Weber last May , an umbrella come in ready to hand on that sometimes - rainy Saturday . In a standard Avery Ranch backyard , Lisa ’s packed in flowers for wildlife habitat , herbs , fragrance , yield trees , grapes , raspberries , blackberry and grape . Lisa turned lifeless soil into pee thrifty abundance . She break up the rectangular yard with corner . Evergreen fragrant asterisk jasmine graces a meditation patch . A corner viewing postal service offers pick of seating , admit a “ Flintstone ” judiciary from one of rock and roll hound Cavin ’s forays . revolutionise by her mother Carol Maize , Lisa trickily renders consolidative colors . promptly , racy divers wildlife claimed this home ground . Even this tiny bench from leftover stones houses secretive critters . Her father , renowned Jim LaPaso , contributed energizing carving . A wraparound pea plant gravel path leads to a corridor garden that Lisa describes as “ being a big hug . ”Lisa worked with the Avery Ranch HOA ( along with Bob Beyer ) to reduce lawn requirements . She and Cavin dressed up one spot in the “ new ” front pace with one of his lucky rock finds . Meet the whole family , including sons Cavin and Zachary!Watch the whole account now !
And thanks for stopping by ! See you next week , Linda
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