July 8, 2006
Hot Summer Bloomers with Jana Prittle: Plants listed in order of appearance: Crape Myrtle ‘Petite Pink’, Crape Myrtle ‘Chickasaw’, Althea ‘Blue Bird’, Buddlei (Butterfly Bush), Hardy Hibiscus ‘Fireball’, Coreopsis ‘Crème Burle’, Echinacea ‘Little Giant’, Echinacea ‘Sunset’, Echinacea ‘Razz Ma Tazz’, Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’, Achillea (Yarrows), Achillea ‘Anthea’ (crème color), Assorted Sedums, Guara, Agastache, Salvia, both annual and perennial, Salvia Greggei, Gloriosa ‘Rudbeckia’, Sweet Potato Vine, Lantana, Angelonia, Mexican Firebush, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, Heuchera, Begonia Angelwing.
Repellent Plants with April Enos: Euphorbia ‘Gopher Purge’, Caster bean, Habanero Pepper, Wormwood Artemesia ‘Powis Castle’, Coleus ‘Scaredy Cat’, ‘Dogs Gone’, or ‘Bunnies Gone’, Lemon Grass, Mesquito Plant, Pennyroyal, Tansy, Coriander, Garlic.
Backyard Revisited with Shaun Doering: Sedums, Creeping Thyme, assorted other Stepables, Nellie R. Stevens Holly, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Compact Nandina, Golden Deodora Cedar, Hardy Creeping Plumbago, Chinese Pistache, Dwarf Miscanthus, Mexican Beach Pebbles, Loropetalum ‘Fringe Flower’, Dwarf Mondo Grass
Marching Orders: Put an extra Feed on Container Gardens since we have had to water so much.
Email Question: How do you root a piece of rubber tree?
Answer: Put it in a good potting mixture and keep it moist until it is rooted. You may need to put it in a plastic bag to keep the humidity up for a few days.
Best of Show: Sandy Boechman with her grandmother’s Peonies.