Beginner Gardening: Stir crazy, but there's nothing much in the nurseries yet, 1 by vossner

vossner wrote:
wow, so much to comment on

1) I haven't started pruning and it's hard to resist as there is so much ugly stuff out there. My winter is nothing like Dakotas, NY, MI but I wonder sometimes if having a 70 deg. day and a mid-30 deg. the next is not w/o challenges. I think that drastic weather change is a sure way to get sick. Boo hoo, poor wimpy me. My back yard has nothing but deciduous trees and I know when winter is over because there isn't a single leaf left. Well, guess what, I still see a couple of branches w/ leaves. We still have some sweater weather left in houston area.

2) JasperDale I love your Virgin Mary. I have been thinking about adding a St Francis to my garden.

3) Have not gotten too many catalogs only, Park Seed, J&P, WFF and Brent & Beckys. I though the B&B was especially skinny. Sign of the times? I ripped a couple of pages from the WFF that showed a pot of caladium White Christmas, a white flowering trailer (petunias?) and two diff. coleus. Did y'all seee that? I'm copying that this season. No DA catalog yet.

4) Rose pruning: won't do much because a) many young plants b) the Vintage article. I will only be taming a couple of monsters. I had been thinking about planting a house eating Golden Celebration and pairing it w/ red clematis. I have a space w/ enough room. Dunno yet.

5) Last year I declared my falling out of love w/ dahlias and tropical hibiscuses. Most all died. But the survivors did so well, I'm thinking about forgiving and forgetting. I am hunting for a couple of bluish hibiscus for my blue bed. Ardesia has Blueberry Thrills that is simply stunning.

6) here is a pic of my Tropic Snow peach, a suitable one for my area. Wonder who'll get the fruit first: birds or me.