July 9 , 2009
From Linda: 4 January 2025
Get ready for the best garden event of the summer : theAustin Pond Societytour on July 18 & 19 ! To preview just a few of the gardens , this week Tom meet with Marc Brewster and Michael Ziegler from APS .
Along with water supply features of all kinds ( and in all sizes ) , pick up garden intention ideas , too .
If you ’re thinking about add together a outflow , pond , or current , the very helpful gardeners will be on hand to reply all your questions . AND , If you already have a water feature , but have questions about it , bring them along ! It ’s like a shop and tour all in one .
Our video feature film visits one of the largest gardens : habitation to Mark and Debi Akin . Ed Fuentes and I taped it in May to get quick in time , but went back later for Ed to nab a few shots . By now , the pool lilies and summer plants will be in full golf stroke . If you chat it in individual , too , you could see its transformation over the past few months .
I also commend watching this video in times of emphasis . When I finished the edit and watched it back one last sentence , instead of hawking any mistakes I ’d made , I launch myself slowly , mildly , well relaxing . That ’s really strong for me , specially with a raw edit !
The only tour my garden could be on right now is the “ Neglected , Needs avail ” one . The plants put up a sign of the zodiac , “ Will ferment for rain . ” Mainly , I just need to utilise some elbow grease .
I ’ve catch used to wearing my garden “ blinders ” so that I only focus on something wonderful , rather than all things not . One is Crinum ‘ Ellen Bosanquet ’ . However , by 7:30 a.m. or so , the flower are already wilting and fade before they fully open . They keep coming , though , and the fragrance is heady !
I walk out for work one forenoon and rapidly stepped back in again for my camera . The Butterfly fleur-de-lis ( Dietes grandiflora ) was back in business , but I knew by evening , it would have puckered up for practiced .
In the crepe bed , the Brazilian rock rose ( Pavonia braziliensis ) is still flowering a bit . It would be more productive if I got out there and pruned off the seed heads . This one does n’t get the powdery mold that plaguesPavonialasiopetala .
This althea picture is a few workweek old , but had to share it .
In the front bottom , I like my combination ofSetcreasea pallida‘Purple Heart ’ against the lime green shrimp plant .
chastisement from last hebdomad ’s post : Scott Ogden take note that the flora I called St. Joseph ’s lily is actuallyHippeastrum‘San Antonio Rose ’ instead ofH. xjohnsonii .
I felt like a goof , except that I ’d written down the name when I bought it . He noted that he ’d seen it incorrectly tag at baby’s room . He also noted that it blooms in June / July , whileH. xjohnsoniiblooms in March and April . I ’d wondered why it was so recent ! Anyway , he referred me to his ledger , Garden Bulbs for the South , for delineation and more information .
Until next week , Linda
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