November 8 , 2013
My Psycho Path Update + Getting Started with Mary Irish
Just when I thought I had a grip on soil , weather , and drouth - wise seasonal combinations , along derive psycho kindling ! Here ’s the latest rendition of our den track , a2012 project to dump the drained grassin the stretch alongside the menage . Here ’s other morning .
A beloved murky day .
ordinarily , here ’s what happens in mid - morning .
By late afternoon , it ’s a switcheroo !
I ’ve opt plants that treat both extremum , though I ’m still aline to unify the den seam on the left hand with the island bed to the right . That trap on the right represents a lamb ’s ear that cratered in summer ’s warmth and drouth . Soon , I ’ll separate one of the others to fill that spot . Sometimes , those little lambs kick back up their blackguard !
Native frogfruit ( Phyla nodiflora ) roll with the lighting punches to soften the Arizona Buckskin sandstone .
To unite the silvers , I also tried out ground cover creeping germander ( Teucrium cossonii ) . It ’s a hit !
This workweek , Daphne makes it her plant life of the Week , for its evergreen plant hardiness and resilience in rainfall bombs . Here ’s a lovely raised bed cascade I pick out atShoal Creek Nursery .
It ’s about as drouth tough as they get along . Even in my mud soil , it ’s the perfect curbside fellow traveller underneath The Fairy rise . They thrive in the late afternoon grueling sun and reflected heat from the street .
Over the yr , I ’ve relied on book byMary Irishto guide me . I ’m thrilled about her latest , Texas Getting take off Guide , pickle - throng with beautiful exposure by Gary Irish . Once again , she steps into our garden shoes , anticipate our questions and answer ones we did n’t even know to need !
This hebdomad , Mary joins Tomwith start - up tip to salvage you fourth dimension and money on the itinerary to beautiful gardens , even as tight water limitation hover .
Although geared for the brand - new gardener , “ new ” is relative , since that includes newcomers to Texas . salutary grief , what to do now that we ’ve landed HERE ? Plus , drought - weary gardener can turn a new chapter through sections on pasture , bulbs , succulent , trees , vine , ground cover and more .
She and Tom pick a few plants to play up , like nativeCalylophus berlandieri .
Find out why some of our drought - response succulent choices have cratered in rain bombs , especially in wintertime .
Mary ’s no unknown to drouth , after solve 11 years at theDesert Botanical Gardenin Phoenix . I love her book , A Place All Our Own , that journals how she and Gary land in the desert and started a new garden chapter .
Perhaps that ’s why she knows how to connect with us so well ! Her book , Agaves , Yuccas and Related plant , launch my pedagogy about these plant . I refer to it constantly for designation , frigid lustiness , and habit .
Here ’s two more must - have for the drought - ready nurseryman .
InTexas Getting Started , Mary includes electric-light bulb that perennialize for us . John Dromgoolewraps up your vacation list with tips on push indoor bulbs to gift your Friend or your own life way .
Now , I never knew this : John tells us that some , like Narcissus ‘ Inbal ’ , must be push in soil , not in crushed rock and water , while yellow-bellied Narcissus ‘ Grand Soleil d’Or can be plant in ornamental gravel .
On tour , Kathleen Lorsbach learn a fresh flora lexicon when she and her phratry moved to Texas from Minnesota .
Now , she ’s traded snow for drought in a waterwise garden , where she ’s planted young roots in a newfound love of succulent . Here ’s her report .
Thanks for stop by ! See you next week , Linda
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