February 18 , 2010
Design basics, Sharing Nature’s Garden on tour
Last week a duet of gardeners commented that their crinums had never blossom . Take heart and soul ! These guys can be as slow as sight laurels and Mexican plums . In fact , it was so long before this crinum bloomed that I ’d bury what it was .
In 2002 , I beat it atZilker Garden Festival(March 27 & 28 this class ) with a lot of other little - sized bulbs . I sleep with the leafage , but never saw a bloom until last summertime . But once they ’re established , you may count on flowers every class . It ’s worth the wait ! These are plant for the long - condition .
This workweek , Daphne has encouraging words for the Red Bird of Paradise ( Caesalpinia pulcherrima ) that may not look too great right now . She propose to ensure you get this species , since it is intrepid to the teens .
And , even when it does n’t freeze back , she recommends cutting it down every year to encourage lush foliage and more flowers . Since I got a sneak preview , I jog mine last weekend .
Also , I did some refreshing clean up , made plant list , and roll around looking at everything . I came up with a few ideas , but I for certain wish I could just start over !
I be intimate lots of gardeners feel the same way at times . So , this calendar week on CTG , fashion designer Ginger Hudsonjoins Tom to facilitate wrangle our position with afew conceptsand a overbold eye . She illustrate some coarse issues and how to approach them .
Later this spring , checkher blogfor detail to get her book : A Handbook to Landscape Maintenance for Central Texas Gardens
Ginger also teachesgarden design classes at the Austin Museum of Artwhere you may make a site plan yourself to start your first garden or renovate an old one .
She ’s also teaching at theWildflower Center ’s Go Native Uthis spring for musical theme to design with native plant .
On tour , see how Diana Kirby ofSharing Nature ’s Gardentook a shovel to the thou that came with her mansion to give it her garden style .
I love her blog that place us shoulder to shoulder with her as she harness new challenges , from ornamental to vegetables , and front yard deer .
How could I resist a chance to share her philosophy with CTG ? Along with her fervent love of plant , Diana want to create a place of refreshment , fun , and discovery for her folk and friend , which includes the wildlife she desire to ask for over , too .
Since it ’s not too late to start Lycopersicon esculentum from seed ( though get on it soon ) , John Dromgoole shows us how . For those transplants you ’re aching to works , just be quick with rowcover or charge plate , like this . A freeze can damage them for good , and later on , you ’ll wonder why they ’re not producing . check out out ourEvents calendarfor Sunshine Community Garden ’s mythical veggie & flower sale on March 6 and the Master Gardeners ’ loose veg gardening shop on March 13 .
Until next week , Linda
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