April 30 , 2009
From the producer: 5 February 2025
Last Halloween , we shudder a snatch when we tip this week ’s garden , but we warmed up chop-chop in our excitement about it . Sherry Cordry and Paul Mair are not professional designers , but they sure do have a knack ! With a lot of meditate and back - break workplace , they turn their front curtilage into the neighborhood bistro and resort area for their footling boy and all his champion . It was backbreaking to stay on task to tape , when we really want to stretch out in the front yard sofa and examine each exquisite industrial plant and its placement . I ensure a few new idea come your way !
Since St. Basil season is upon us , this hebdomad Tom meets with Cindy Phillips from theAustin Herb Societyfor tips to flavor your garden with comestible that multi - task as landscape attractions .
Many of you have ask about growing herbs in container . They are sodding container garden plants ! I always do thyme and basil in containers , and keep a hanging pot of Petroselinum crispum on the patio .
It ’s for sure not as vigorous as the ones in - undercoat , but this biennial is past its second class , while last fall ’s garden guy cable are already bolt out . I snip them at the pedestal to project into dinner party , and new stubble show up in a few solar day .
Check out our website for Cindy ’s over list , and be sure to retard out the Austin Herb Society for fun , insightful , and sure as shooting delicious meetings and events !
In my garden , there was a sentence that I reserved one smudge as “ the herbaceous plant bottom . ” Now , I include them everywhere , depending on what they desire . Lemon salve wish some shade , so I have it in the lair and rental side bed , where it scram a turn of sunlight , but receive shade a lot of the day .
Here ’s a wider shot of it with a lot of things out of control .
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Oregano revere the sun , like this one between the flagstone in the cat cove , but it did n’t mind at all when the cat cove had shadowiness a lot of the twenty-four hours .
In the crape bed , it also fills in gaps between taller perennial , getting only spots of sun throughout the daytime . Like all herb , the more I make out it , the fluffier it start out . I nip off off a few stems and strip off the leaves with my fingers .
In the khat cove , I also develop catmint , for you fuck who . It ’s also good to humans , but I ’ll reserve that for a CTG expert conversation .
CTG ’s director Ed Fuentes got me this Spanish thyme / Cuban marjoram ( Plectranthus amboinicus ) at theSunset Valley Farmer ’s Market , probably from theIt ’s About Thymebooth ( a heavy source for herb , along with all form of plant and body of water feature ) .
It ’s not cold hardy , so it lived on the low bookshelf in the front elbow room over winter . Now it basks in late afternoon sun on the front porch where it ’s easy to trim for lots of recipes .
I ’m so happy that in December 2007 I replaced the overgrown prostrate rosemaries lining the front walk . The Huntington Carpet is quick forming a dull , but meek , fragrant salutation .
I also care the vertical rosemary ‘ Foresteri ’ in the front layer .
Harvey ’s cilantro ( which he share with us ) is blend to seed . When the seeds are browned , I ’ll collect them to plant in October , and keep some as coriander for the kitchen .
And sigh , in the crape bed , there ’s still the yarrow , a great aboriginal plant , but one that really wants to rule the cosmos . Even though I dig it out every year , thisAchillea millefoliumis like the cat that came back . I did n’t have the problem with the rose and yellow versions , since they tuckered out in summer and did n’t come back .
Yarrow is a fantastic drought - resistant plant that accepts shade , which is why I first plant it . It ’s full for drying , if you ’re into arrangement , and beneficial insects love it . But it is one that demand strict treatment in a repeated bed . Think ruellia or inland ocean oat !
Here ’s a flick from Ed ’s garden , an older - fashioned day lily .
Rich Rosen from the Austin Daylily Society sent these two from his garden .
If you want as dauntless , beautiful specimen for your garden , check out the eye - popping Austin Daylily Show & Sale on May 9 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. atZilker Botanical Garden . Get there early , since the prices are full , and they go fast !
Here ’s a television of Rich and Anna Marie ’s day lily , with Ed behind the video camera , to get you in the mood
Of naturally , then channelize out to theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower CenterGardens on Tour !
Until next week , Linda
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