September 12 , 2022
Rain Reigns Even in Waterwise Gardens!
My garden ’s no water hog . Still , over 50 days without rainfall in temporary worker topping 100 ° fade even my most stalwarts , particularly the industrial plant in Lord’s Day . We ’re no strangers to this , my garden and I , yet we sure were beaming to get even the 1 ” that settle our way . I ca n’t say that this ‘ Amistad ’ salvia is very waterwise for me , though I know it is for others . In any case , it hobble valorously through summertime to recognise migratory hummingbirds flitting through ( and bees , too).Luckily for pollinator , plants do n’t go along with “ no white after Labor Day . ” before long , aboriginal frostweed and fragrant mist-flower will chime in , but for now , we ’ll go with aboriginal groundcover pigeonberry that dead spring up with raindrops . As it send up its flower spikes , it heightens up a bit , but generally sticks broken to the ground in my part shade garden . afterwards , glossy little reddish Chuck Berry will sparkle in gentle rays . Native Plumbago scandens also apprize part shade , along with just - fare - on native Gregg ’s mistflower , soon to be covered in butterflies . One cockcrow , I stepped out into the moist air to whiff someone baking cookies!Nope , not so favorable for me , but for very happy bees racing to the almond verbena ( Aloysia virgata ) . aboriginal to Argentina , this large bush / small Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree unremarkably odourise our summers , too . It ’s a tropical , so ask to trim it back heavy in other spring — a good thing since it benefits from a piddling branch management!I’ll admit that this summertime I babied my Mexican helianthus ( Tithonia ) in a large container , bring home the bacon thick watering every 3 - 4 solar day . I remember when it was n’t that hard to keep them go until frost . I ’m keen on that aureate cryptic Orange River , but their big attraction is the butterfly that usually trace them . The well - timed rain brought an early surprise , the first of my oxblood lilies ( Rhodophiala bifida ) in late August . Typically , they show up throughout September , dubbing them the “ schoolhouse lily . ” Mine still are n’t as abundant as in yr past , but there ’s sure a lot more than last twelvemonth ’s drear show . This one ’s sharing the limelight with drought - toughened violet nub ( Tradescantia pallida).White rain lilies abounded along our medians , and in our park , these aboriginal copper lily ( Habranthus tubispanthus ) tidily encircle this tree , only a few straying beyond the clan . head up on another fantasticNative Plant Society of Texas Fall Symposium , Sept. 22 - 25!This year ’s another intercrossed event with in - someone events in Alpine along with practical options . This year focuses on conserving native plant in the Trans - Pecos area , but as always , there is so much to learn from their various and cognition utterer . And coming up September 29 – October 2 , check outThe Texas Gourd Society ’s one-year Lone Star Gourd Festivalat the Gillespie County Fairgrounds in Fredericksburg . It ’s so fun to meet the artisans and get wind from them and to pick up absolutely gourd - geous gift . I snag this endearing winecup - colored apple gourd many years ago .
Thanks for blockade by , and as they say , “ Stand By , ” for new programme show coming your way October 1 . Linda
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