March 15 , 2018
Mysteries & Wonders
Go out on a ledge for your bees!Our Christmas present one year was a birdbath design by Zach Zamora ofVariance Design . We require it marvelous enough to be jolly dependable against isolated cats . Zach ’s renowned for his sustainable , living ecosystem in museums , skill center , zoos , and aquariums , along with with unique garden art . He empathise how to create reform-minded levels for insects and birds small and bombastic . The outermost shelf is a bee beach where they can sip without drowning ( bee ca n’t get down on water ) . At nightfall , I fill it back up for morning ’s splashing birds , entrust that shelf clean . By late good afternoon , so many hoot have swooped out enough water supply that the bee beach is even encompassing . It ’s the bees ’ lacrimation hole between meal , like on fat and downy flock Stan Laurel bloom . Bees are seeing red ( or pink ) to feast on redbuds catching our eyeball all around town . Horticulturist Greg Grant says that transmitted diversity is why we see such a color range . The possessor of this tree said that his start out dark pinkish / red and gradually fade . Not to be scoop , Lady Banks rose is showering heyday , even on curb bit where it ’s resided for years without any babying . This is one tough cookie , I ’ll severalise you . Mine is hide out a chain link fence , out of reach of the water hose . I ’ll shape it up after it blossom — this is one rose you do n’t want to clip in February . So , have you ever establish something that ’s a whodunit a few geezerhood afterwards ? This narcissus popped up on sylphlike jonquil leaves between bearded irises . Greg Granttold me that it could be ‘ Pipit ’ . Hmm — did I ever get one ? Not on my spreadsheet , but you bonk how that goes . Anyway , it shows up every year , here with aboriginal golden groundsel ( Packera obovata).Here ’s the most eccentric matter ! A few years ago , a leafy thing showed up among my plumbago and shrimp plants . I think it was a bird solid food plant , but I left it alone . Then one yr it sprouted branches . You never make out what you ’ll find during wintertime cleaning : maybe those Felcos you lost last summer ! When I burn thing back latterly , I discovered that the mystery plant ’s a tree , obviously a genus Prunus of some type . Who love where it came from or what it really is , but plainly , it ’s a survivor that ’s claimed its place . The only closed book with native dayflower ( Tradescantia gigantea ) is what coloration it come up with this year or where it shoot down . This one please the bees whileYucca gloriosa‘Variegata ’ maintain structure for its ephemeral companion . I do n’t have much chance withEuphorbia rigida , since it rots in heavy responsibility rain , but since it ’s been so teetotal , this potted one did its spring thing against a muhly grass I ’ve yet to primp . So , you know how favorite love a freshly turned bed with its soft composted soil . This Waco gardener ( her story on CTG this spring ) solved the trouble with remnant chicken wire from her cute coop to deter rub cats . She removes it once seedlings are mature and the cat leave it alone . Since snails find their way of life in , she crumbles eggshells around novel flora to fend them off .
In fount you overlook it , this hebdomad we repeat our segment onchoosing a rain collection system and visit an honest-to-god garden made new again .
Thanks for contain by ! See you next week , Linda
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