Excellent trade Mitch, where or whom did you trade with?
Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers, Part 10.
Home Depot - Won three Crepe Myrtles and picked these out instead (cannot stand CMs)
Great! I remember now that you told me a while ago.
Congratulations!
Not a bad trade right? I did not see anything else native there so I knew I had heard of Esparanza - native or not thought I knew it would grow for sure (then got worried and emailed to find out!)
Hello Hazel, look at the seedlings of the Bush Morning Glory, that you sent, they are doing great, thank you very much. Can't wait to see them bloom.
Josephine.
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Sorry I forgot the picture.
Yesterday I went to pick up some Aristolochias (those are not on the regular nursery list) for my butterfly garden. Had a good time and the nursery guy sent me home with a couple of Spicebush Swallowtail caterpillars for the Spicebush plants I bought there last fall. Natives of Texas is a place near Kerrville full of to-kill-for native plants and such and has a nice little demonstration garden. The lady who used to run it passed away a while ago, but the family is trying to keep it going. Worth a visit if you're not too far away and I usually try to go through Medina on the way there or back because they've got some good places to visit also.
http://www.nativesoftexas.com/
Linda, a bunch of us visited them during the Fall RU in Kerrville last November. Love that place! I came home with two salvias: regla and involucrate.
I would have loved to go there too but we only had four hours at the r.u. and just could not make it, I hope that if we are there again we will be able to go, everybody loves that place.
Their demonstration garden really is something to walk through. It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to build I'm sure. The ground slopes up fairly steeply behind the house and the garden is all terraced.
Yes, I have to limit how often I go there because, for instance, I only intended to buy 3 Aristolochia plants and ended up with 5. So my budget doesn't allow many visits to that place! I can't be responsible for what I spend once I enter their gate!
Yes,I understand. I have to constantly tell myself "Wait for the RU. Wait for the RU."
Another good place to get really hardy plants is Schumachers in New Braunfels. I think it changed names now to Bob's Hill Country Gardens. But Chip Schumacher still runs the propagation business and gives propagation "classes".
Mary, look what the little Cat's whiskers cutting that you gave me last year looks like, I think it is adorable, thank you very much.
Josephine.
A close up of the flower, adorable!!
So pretty, I don't have those YET, but working on it.
Josephine, will you be bringing Turk's cap seedlings to the RU? I guess my didn't make it or have they not come up yet?
Shelia - did the cuttings from the Iris thing not make it?
Sheila,I will bring two Turk's cap for you. I had mine in cups and they did not survive the winter, I lost 36 of them, what a shame.
That was a lesson learned, dont leave your potted Turk's cap out if it is going to freeze.
Josephine,
Oh no, that was a loss. Mine were set out, but so tender I guess they didn't make it. I thank you and will bring an extra item for you.
Mitch, the thingy?? I guess that was something I got from you at Red Oak?? All I remember was the Jerusalem Sage cutting, and it didn't make it. The Daylilies on the other hand are doing great.
I bought you cats wiskers cuttings... with all the excitment you might have lost them there! If you want more or need more cuttings let me know - the plant from Mary ig growing like crazy but no blooms here.
I'm so glad you're enjoying the cat's whiskers! I really do love the flowers, and the plant will bloom throughout the growing season. Mine was loaded with them last year, a very pretty sight. I thought it had died, was so glad I took some more cuttings before that last freeze we had, but it's coming back up right next to the roots now!
You are right, I do remember you giving them to me! With the running in and out from the rain who knows where it ended up.
I have been known to do the same thing. I can give you more if you dont get any at the RU.
Thanks Mitch! I still can't believe you won't be there. You will be missed. We will take lots of pictures to share. I probably won't be on here much longer. I plan on leaving the house at 4 a.m. so I will need to get to bed as early as possible tonight. But....I'm too excited to sleep!
Take care.
no problem I am getting ready to leave myself for our weekend - have a great time there.
OK Folks--where's the best place in my garden to plant my new frostweed seedling from the roundup....I'm wanting it to bloom good for fall; so full sun (I love fall bloomers!)? Good rich soil or the worst in the garden (it is a native)?
Debbie
Hello Debbie, it was good to meet you yesterday, wish there had been more time for talking.
The Desert willow, Chilopsis linearis, is a native, and likes full sun. Mine is blooming right now, pink with a touch of burgundy, it blooms on and off, till fall.
I allways say you can't go wrong with good organic soil, so feed it as you do your other plants.
I don't know if it will bloom for you this year, but it might. Here is a link to the plant files,
mine looks a lot like the fourth picture from the top.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/265/index.html
Thanks Josephine! Now I need to know about frostweed, the plant! I enjoyed meeting you too...you are even more gracious and charming in person than online...now we need to plan a fall RU!
Debbie
I heard the next RU is planned for October. I hope it's the last weekend in October. That's the only one I can do. Actually I'm not sure I can even do that. Fall is really busy for us. May be I can send plants via somebody else.
Debbie, Frostweed, Verbesin virginica, is really a wonderful plant. It is native to Texas, very hardy, does well in any kind of soil, doesn't require a lot of water, and it looks beautiful and lush in sun or shade.
What more could you want from a plant?
Well, it has lovely white flowers in late summer, and amazing ice fprmations in winter.
So there you are, the perfect plant.
Mary Lee, I guess you can use Debbie's instructions for the Frostweed as well.
I want to thank you for the lovely plants you gave me, I planted them today, and I just know that they will do great, the look so healthy.
I left the Rock rose in the pot, to give it a chance to get adjusted.
Mitch came yesterday and took his plants.
Josephine.
Well, I guess we're all rested from the RU and ready to meet the Summer. I guess I'll step up and show what I found tonight when I got home from my DD's Middle School Choir Concert (which I must say was fantastic!)
Two blooms fron the different vines together.
Nice surprise!
That looks beautiful Kipper2, congatulations!
Nice kippers--can you save me some seed for the next RU? Is Vitex considered a native or just adapted?
Frostweed, I'll definitely make it up there this summer!
Debbie
Hello Debbie, yes the Vitex is adapted or naturalized, but it sure is a pretty plant.
I hope you can make it up this way, I would love to take you to Veterans Park,
and also show you my garden.
Josephine.
Just a matter of when, Josephine. :) Debbie
What do ya'll think of sneezeweed in the landscape? A local nursery has some huge. 3' healthy as all get out looking plants for $7.99. I can now kick myself for not getting it....but I can go back tomorrow!
Debbie
I have thought about adding it here - but I have read it hates to be moved...
Well, my Roughleaf Dogwood is blooming a little! And my Desert Willow is blooming. We got about 2.5 inches of rain last night and the hail didn't happen here like it did elsewhere. My cup runneth over!
Debbie, I see no problem with the Sneeze weed, as long as you are not allergic to it.
After all the don't call it sneeze weed for nothing. I have never had experience with it.
Linda, I am so glad your Roufgleaf and Willow are blooming, what color is your willow?
Mine is medium pink with a touch of burgundy.
I once a Bubba willow which I loved, the color is very deep, and when I decided to move it, I killed it, I could kick myself for that.
Josephine.
I didn't read the rain gage, but we had a lot of rain. We also had quarter size hail and a lot of wind. I had seedling and rooted rose cuttings ready to go in the mail and the wind blew the rain under the eaves of the house (this was a first) and washed the dirt out of the pots. The rose cuttings were still in the pots with the plastic tag still there, but not dirt. Their roots were washed completely clean. No doubt about the root system on those roses! I put in new dirt and brought them inside. Lesson learned. Fortunately there was no damage to the house or trees, but we did lose power for about 4 hours I think.