February 12 , 2009
From the producer: 6 January 2025
Promise . Hope . Change . These we find in the garden every day . It ’s most herculean for me in February when the Mexican plum puts forth its first buds .
It take years to bloom , and I almost gift up promise . I ’ve pick up this from other gardeners , too . I can assure you – when they get darned quick , you could count on them every February .
Down the fencing from the plum , the ‘ Spring Bouquet ’ viburnums hop-skip to tucker out it for the first white flower of 2009 , exchange red bud for white-hot portal of nectar .
Too late . The narcissus were elbow room ahead , and keep on coming .
Instead of snow to paint our parched scene blanched , the flower do it alternatively . The new Abbas jumped out too tight , though , with fatty little bloom atop very brusque chaff .
I do n’t know if they just wanted to be first , or with the heating system and drouth , they had a choice to make : specify down radical and grow nice tall folio , or get right to the point .
I presuppose that describes a band of duet . One person goes slow and unwavering for the long run ; the other haste around like a rabbit after dandelions .
The evergreen candytuft ( Iberis sempervirens ) in the crape bottom are n’t so philosophic , but they are dependable .
I do n’t have much success with them anywhere else , but they wish this smear . Through freeze and drouth , they never fail to get together the February white parade .
The Leucojums were so slow this year ; perhaps lack of rain . But again , they reminded me that I should never give up promise .
One day they were center ; a few days subsequently they were up and bloom everywhere .
Although not ashen , the primrose jasmine always call yellow flower before Valentine ’s Day .
Their boisterous cascade is n’t for everyone , but you ca n’t beat them for evergreen , drought hardy , deer resistant screens or corroding controller on sunny banks . I mean they ’ve gotten a bad rap because hoi polloi ( like me ) take them for grant and do n’t give them the in force haircut they need to stay fluffy and under ascendancy .
Here ’s another yellow , Narcissus ‘ Gigantic Star ’ , playing peek - a - boo behind the silver germander .
This , you know , is my fault . Last year when I plant them , the germander was so low and the blank so empty . I ’ll move them to a higher visibility once the leave-taking turn dark-brown . At least , I bang they retrovert : this is their second bounce .
On CTG this week , Tom and Denise Delaney , fromAustin Grow Green , show how this year ’s garden means moral from the past times , when garden simply could n’t be coddled . And , you simply must check out Grow Green ’s newDiagnosis of Plant Problems . Or pick up a free copy at the nursery , if you ’re in the Austin domain . It ’s an amazing quick character reference to help you figure out what ’s go on with your plants .
On February 22 , find out lots more in person at the Green Garden Festival from noon – 4 p.m. atZilker Botanical Garden . And , it ’s free !
On tour , see how Sue Ford took her Fredericksburg garden backwards in fourth dimension , to reflect waterwise ways , but with a modern twist .
Until next week , Linda
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