May 2 , 2013
Spring into summer with gusto
Can you consider this ? We ’ve had leaping ( and wintertime ! ) longer than 15 minutes . Poppies keep belt down up with spuria iris .
I ca n’t have too many aboriginal winecups .
In the African tea cove , they team up with Gulf penstemon and Calylophus berlandierissp . Pinifolius .
And this time of year is just about my favorite on the terrace , when Marie Pavie and star jasmine ( Trachelospermum jasminoides ) double up on essence whammy .
In a Temple garden we taped late , I love this compounding of Hesperaloe parviflora ‘ Yellow ’ , Lupinus subcarnosus and sotol .
But it ’s about metre to throw away spring and get those hot weather condition beauties in the land .
Jeff Yarbrough fromEmerald Garden Nursery and WatergardensjoinsTom this workweek to dazzleus with yearly , perennial and shrubs that put the honey back into summertime !
Get his tilt for hot weather sizzle , include an challenging gnome pomegranate tree ‘ Purple Sunset ’ and a unexampled esperanza on the conniption .
Oh yes , do n’t draw a blank that Jeff ’s an expert , locally - tailor plantsman who can help oneself you with anything , including pool . Emerald Garden also host innocent workshopson every topic under the sun !
Now , about local baby’s room : Howard Nursery populated many garden from 1912 until 2006 .
Perhaps you meet granddaughter Robin Howard Moorebehind the counter where she and brother Hank and Jim give men - on advice . I ’ll never forget them as some of my first garden mentors . In fact , Robin always have it away when we ’d roll up another Pledge drive , Auction , or other vivid output . I ’d draw in on Sunday as my reviving treat . She would say , “ So , Linda , opine you just finish a bountiful labor . What are you looking for today ? ”
So , it ’s a exceptional honor to present heras our featured nurseryman on tour . At home with Robin , now working as a landscape house decorator , she gives us her essential starting points with plants and design . I love our conversation about the changing trends that we ’ve witnessed together .
Something I never get laid about Robin is her aesthetic whimsy , like these bird baths she craft from plates and vas .
This one inspires a trip to the parsimony store : a marble - embedded bowling ball , a gift from Anne of the Shady Hollow Garden Club , to clear up up a shady point .
Robin ’s develop Rangoon Creeper in semi - shade , but in San Antonio , Ragna Herseyhas this adaptable works in a few hours of sun . Others have it in full sun .
Daphne gives us the scoopon this drought and freeze - tough tropical that appeal hummingbirds and butterflies .
Our viewer question come from Pete Vera : how to mulch with our scatter spot of rain ?
Wow , is this a great question or what ? You know what happens : we get that 1/10 ” that just shed right off . As always , Daphne has the solution .
And , Trisha ’s bring forth the perfect answer for all those weedsthat love that little bit of pelting : put them to exploit as innate teas to fertilize your plants !
Until next hebdomad , visit your local greenhouse and give thanks these hard - work folks for helping us develop topically and beautifully . Linda
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