February 9 , 2012
Read your garden’s rule book|Mueller restoration
Crazy solar day weather !
Narcissus ‘ Abba ’ is an former performer , but a few week earlier this yr .
Primrose jasmine ( Jasminum mesnyi ) is a little forrader of schedule , too .
It ’s a bit early for smooth-spoken germander ( Teucrium fruticans ) , though flower “ scouts ” are not strange .
Generally , it explodes later on in spring . Since its diminutive flush are but abbreviated , its dependable commission lie in aggrandise the neighbor all year .
I ’ll expect to shape this drought - problematical shrub in March , like all the evergreen . I gauge I ’ll wait until then to trend back the unusually busy Copper Canyon daisy ( Tagetes lemmonii ) , too .
Rose ‘ Isabella Sprunt ’ is always early , a talent long ago on my mother ’s death , from dear friendsKati and David Timmons .
As usual , my neighbor ’s ‘ Marie Pavie ’ is the first on the block to uncover a exhibitor , without benefit of fertilizer , shaping , or even irrigation . I planted it when she suffer her husband , one of my first garden mentors .
The hardest example I learned as a gardener is that you ca n’t change your zip code . Sure , you’re able to seek it if you ’re one who loves a struggle . But we face so many other battles ; why invite one with the ultimate CEO ? alternatively of contend with nature , I ’ve take to pay attention to my garden ’s rule book .
Why skilful plants go wrong isthis week ’s interviewwithPat McNeal from McNeal Growers .
He and Tom prompt us why it ’s important to “ dance with the one that brung you , ” not the collaborator across the way ( or zip codification ! ) . I admire so many plants , but before I succumb , I refer to my garden ’s regulation ledger .
Pat ’s a long - time innovator to grow what works for us , like this sedge lawn of his .
Although his baby’s room is not open for retail , check out hiswebsite for plant he ’s tested , and his perceptivity into selection for your garden .
On term of enlistment , see how Mueller in east Austinis growing where it ’s planted : a Modern and yet one-time - fashioned way to garden , with heavyset yards that note value resourcefulness and connect neighbors as nearby cottage did year ago . It ’s a residential district that unites with nature , too , through the car park and ponds that have brought back the wildlife on terra firma once covered by airport runways and parking band .
In the vegetable garden , John Dromgoole shows off some recent winter beauties that are n’t too recent to grow from transplants .
See you next workweek ! Linda
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