Let’s Talk Gardening

August 5, 2006

Crape Myrtle with Kevin Tubby: Dynamite (red, 12-15 ft. tall), Raspberry Sundae (red/pink 8-10 ft. tall), Zuni  (purple, 8-10 ft. tall), Rhapsody in Pink (8-10’ tall), Red Rocket (20’ tall), Siren Red, Pink Velour (8-10 ft tall) Royalty  (purple, 5-8 ft tall), White chocolate (8-10 “ft tall), Razzle Dazzle  (4 ft tall), Raspberry Dazzle, Cherry, Chickasaw, Nandina

Clay Soils with Cindy Townsend: Add gypsum and organic matter such as Back to Earth or TLC Premium Planting Mix

Plants:  Solidago, Monarda (Bee Balm), Astilbe, Daylily, Liatris, Yarrow, Ascelpsis, Echinicea, Echinicea ‘Fragrant Angel’, Sedum, Eleagnus, Viburnum, Indian Hawthorn, Forsythia, Corkscrew Willow, Panicum Switch Grass, Ornamental Sumac, Miscanthus ‘Cosmopolitan’.

Backyard Makeover with Shaun Doering: Road trip to Minick Materials, 14141 N. Santa Fe.  Discussed several stone and other materials for pond building, etc. 

Marching Orders

1.      Redeem August Bucks

2.      Check watering.

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