November 19 , 2009
Winter fun, trip to Wharton, spider ID
Last Sunday , this lilliputian acrobat wasted no time cashing in itsSalvia coccineacoupon before it expires .
My Forsythia salvia ( Salvia madrensis ) , a youthful passalong from Renee ofRenee ’s Roots , could digest more Sunday , but I wish its adolescent bloom and wide parting against the new Dianella ( variegated flax lily ) . Some much - ask Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree pruning could take tending of the sunlight situation . Where ’s Santa when you necessitate him ?
In east Austin , this week ’s winter vexer did n’t unsettle these two , but we ’re on the countdown to brown . If the coccinea does n’t re - seed , it ’s an inexpensive substitution in leaping . The madrensis will deliver , with 2d - yr root ready to take on vainglorious undertaking . I surmise that in yr three , it ’ll be ready to deport on its passalong heritage .
But mostly for us , when winter strikes for real , the garden does n’t cower until spring . As some perennial go inactive and summer annuals go dead , we can focus on evergreen plant textures , sculptured barque , berries , germ head , and productive colour , even from frost - snip leave .
Since there ’s so much to revel in our sans - mosquito time of year , this hebdomad Tom converge with Randa Daude , owner ofOma ’s Garten Pflanzenin Killeen . She takes a fresh look at standouts in our abbreviated chilly break , like this Yaupon Charles Hardin Holley ‘ Saratoga Gold ’ .
Oma ’s is her second career . As a gardener , Randa was always dividing plants to give away . Her friends suggested she open a nursery , so she did ! She ’s lend her personal philosophy to Oma ’s : organics , aboriginal plants , and sustainable designs . correspond them out for garden talks , too .
On tour , we manoeuver to Wharton for another mythic narration .
After Diane and Ludvik Matula renovated their old theater , Diane set her eyes on the K they ’d salvaged . Although the new sound lawn was right than clay and weeds , Diane ’s a gardener . One solar day she take a power shovel to a back turning point . And then kept on labor .
One of their dreams was give a seam & breakfast . When Ludvik discover the perfect former building to move next threshold , they named itBirdSong Inn .
It ’s hard to say what Diane enjoyed more : turning it into a cosy getaway or a hazard to add more to the garden !
If you ’re like me and have obliterate a cactus or succulent with too much ( piddle ) lovemaking , Cindy Arredondo fromDesert to Tropicsshows how to save them .
I thank everyone , let in Annie atThe Transplantable Rose , for an ID on my wanderer shot at the compost passel .
for sure enough , according toWizzie Brown , it ’s aspinybacked orb weaver . It ’s a first for me , so thanks for your stimulus !
If you ’re out planting this weekend , you wo n’t lose a CTG thing online atklru.tv .
Until next workweek , Linda
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