September 23 , 2010
Going tubular; Garden Conservancy Austin tour
Along with diverse foliar and flower colors , textures , and heights , I wish to fuse up flower styles , too : disks , little cups , spidery , and tubular ( for starters ) . Makes things protrude out a piece . But it ’s more than trying to be cool here . Each type of receptacle attracts its own solidifying of feeder / pollinator , which improves wildlife multifariousness . Right now , we ’re all about tubes , like the perennial fire acanthus ( Anisacanthus wrightii ) . It ’s just expect for the hummingbird to come back .
Cooler days think of that the sage are back in business , let in the annualSalvia coccinea . This is ‘ Nymph White . ’
And perennialSalvia microphylla‘La Trinidad Pink ’ . This one did n’t even freeze to the ground last inhuman winter , like some of the other large - leaf sage .
The woody Salvia greggiis are go quick to go to township .
Shrubby Mexican oregano ( Poliomintha longiflora ) always greets the autumnal equinox . These flowers have already faded from lavender to whiten .
This one ’s not vasiform , but I had to apportion the surprise of variety ! I derive home to find some midget darlings in the eatage by the kiddie pool . marvelous narrow stem like a rain lily .
Well , duh , I know there were wood sorrel that seeded over there , but there were no leaves . And the flower is much larger and unlike than the flowers on the clumps of wood sorrel coming up everywhere . Plus , I ’d never see it spike like that . I hoped I had some uncommon matter , butLauren & Scott Ogdenand the Wildflower Center said it was probably the nativeOxalis drummondii . Well , at least it ’s a aborigine ! Mark your calendars for theWildflower Center ’s plant salecoming up Oct. 9 & 10 ( advance shopping on Oct. 8 for members ) .
Diversity defines this year’sGarden Conservancy Open solar day Austin tour . Coordinators Charlotte Warren and Laura Bohls did a terrific job select gardens big & small to ride your intent & plant senses . This week on CTG , Tom meets with them to show you what ’s in store onOctober 16 .
Our featured video is an spectacular formal garden , tended bydesigner Scott Thurmon .
Do n’t leave out an update visit to landscape designer James David ’s garden . He & Gary Peese made a portion of adjustment after last yr ’s no water restriction . And Deborah Hornickel ’s made some major modification to her exquisite small garden . And oh yea , sinceEast Side Patch was have on CTGthis year , I know you ’re dying to see it in person !
The tour is from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.$5 per garden or $ 25 for all . Buy ticket at each locating or at several Austin greenhouse . More info onCTG ’s calendar .
trouble with vinca?This calendar week , Daphne answersviewer Michelle Masso ’s question about what attacked her ground cover . You ’ve in all likelihood hear the same thing on many works , or leave that are just entirely fold over .
Leaf rollers are at work here . Hey , when we attract wildlife , we take the impermanent legal injury with the reinforcement .
Since we ’re all head to the nursery after reading this blog , do n’t miss our Backyard Basics section with first - time CTG television starWilliam Glennfrom The Natural Gardener !
Here ’s why : he explains how mycorrhizal fungi will jumpstart those plant and trees you ’re itch to plant .
Until next workweek , Linda
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