Containers with April Enos: Plants in order of appearance.
Pot for morning sun. New Guinea, Croton, impatiens.
Feather Grass and hibiscus for contrast in texture. Osteospermum, Feather grass, Succulents, Upside down pot with miniature rose.
Pot for shade with coleus, fusion impatiens
Pot with Phlox 21st century / gazing ball
Lavender, hibiscus,
Japanese maple with Irish moss and Scottish moss
Pot tower. Shade pot with Maidenhair Fern, Croton, Heurchera, trailing California Ivy, Doublet begonia, Impatiens fusion
Japanese Maples with Martin Borrego: Plants listed in order of appearance.
JM ‘Red Dragon’, JM ‘Variegated Viridis’, JM ‘Bloodgood’, JM ‘Pixie Bloodgood’, JM ‘Sharps pygmy’, JM ‘Thomlins Red’, JM ‘Fireglow’, JM ‘Garent’, JM ‘Dwarf Coralbark’, JM Lion’s Head takes more sun.
Shaun’s Makeover: Plant Materials
Boxwood ‘Graham Blandy’, Espaliered Magnolia ‘Little Gem’, Nandina ‘Plum Passion’, Clematis, Juniper ‘Sky Rocket’, Blue Atlas Cedar, Euonymus ‘Moonshadow’, Dwarf Miscanthus Grass ‘Adagio’, Boxwood ‘Wintergreen’, Weeping Blue Atlas, Nandina “Sierra Sunrise’, Live Oak, Japanese Blood Grass, Shore Juniper ‘Blue Pacific’, Deodora Cedar, Blue Holly Design Elements: Retaining Wall made of Mossy Boulders
Seat wall made of Cobblestones mortared together
Marching Orders:
1. Get your containers planted and established before it gets hot.
2. Control weeds
3. Feed azaleas after they finish blooming.
4. Prune spring blooming shrubs such as forsythia.
Email Question:
Organic control for grubs. Answer: beneficial nematodes
Best of Show: Janice Yount’s repainted and decorated magazine rack planted with succulents for a sunny outdoor area.