April 15 , 2020
Real Plants, Virtual Garden Connections
unrecorded masking AND Q&A ! Join us April 23 at 3 p.m. for a unrecorded screening of Susan Snyder and Mark Hathway ’s first garden from clams and character in your material questions in a practical conversation with them!Register now to get motorcar notice . promise to “ see ” you there!My garden ’s always working from domicile ! I discovered spring - blooming annual Orlaya grandiflora on avisit with Pamela and Frank Arnosky , pioneers in locally - raise cut flowers at theArnosky Family Farmsin Blanco . Rather than cutting my few to bring indoors , I leave these rotund lilliputian corsage for pollinator . Next twilight , I ’ll plant raft of them to steal a few for the house . Since it ’s too late to plant spring bloomers , theArnosky ’s famous Blue Barnis still open for ego - serve refreshed fragrance to live up to that need right now for Texas - flair flowers . Buttonhole - sized blossom from climb ‘ Cecile Brunner ’ rose make full a small vase for working from base aromatherapy . diffused pink climber ‘ New Dawn ’ is just as fragrant . I do n’t baby either of these . I seldom fertilise , but I do drug with compost every yr . Quarter - sized flowers on native heart-leaf rosemallow ( Hibiscus martianus ) are n’t sound for cutting . Their rosy-cheeked glow and gentle heart - shaped leaves do capture up a container , where mine resides in morning sunshine . I tried one in the ground and it did n’t revert after a gruelling freeze its first year . Native yaupon holly frisk the tiniest flowers . We might miss them , but the bee never do!Half - column inch white flowers attract butterflies to aboriginal livid avens ( genus Geum canadense ) on strawberry - corresponding leaf in part spectre . Woodland plants in nature , in my garden they get some daybreak or afternoon Dominicus , depending on their spot . I got a few at aWildflower Centersale a few years ago as a hardy ground cover for nicety . Now they ’ve seed out to form an evergreen root word under taller plant life . They ’re huge now after the rains , but will hunker down down once the rut ’s back on and the water company turn off . Swoon - worthy knotty gladiolus claims the flamboyant crown this hebdomad . A few pass - along corms geezerhood ago have reproduce to check magenta splendor every April , dare drenches , drought , and backbreaking freeze . Our aster are zoom thanks to recent rainfall . To prevent leggy , splaying plants , we can prune until belated June . See how I pruned mine back in a working from home CTGwhere our new take on computerized axial tomography Sunshine insisted on a cameo!AND , I ’d love to show off your virtual garden videos and film ! What are you ( and your nestling / grandkids ) doing outside ? place them on to me at llehmusvirta@klru.org .
We ’re all hankering to get to our local nurseries properly now ! Many are shuttered for now , so check your favorite for online ordination and subdue side pickup . I ’m sure there are more or more to come , so give me a principal up!Barton Springs NurseryThe born GardenerLone Star NurserySolstice OutdoorsTillery Street Plant CompanyEast Austin SucculentsWimberley Gardens(limited hour + curbside)Monarch Watch Milkweed(enter nil code to order flats of native milkweed)ArticultureHill Country Water Gardens & Nursery
And local designer Leah Churner , who ’s been on CTG many times , has get a plant life delivery service . She cull up plants and provision from middleman and delivers them curbside . Since incorrect information propagates faster than stink bugs , Jeff Ferrisand John Hart Ashersquash a few untruthsto spare part you emaciate time . If your orchids are blooming like mine are , get backsheesh forgood orchid wellness with Lucy Newton and Sheryl Hawkins . With all the spring trimming , are you acquire into composting?Travis County Master Gardener Sheryl Williamsbreaks it down with the best compost DIY ever!Austin PBS , KLRU - TV stay on committed to providing safe , educational amusement for the whole family and gardener like you ! We ’re able to furnish this valuable service because of your support . Make a gift today to keep us growing!Many , many thanks ! Linda
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