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Gardening
July 14, 2007
Crape Myrtles with Cindy
Townsend:
Crape Myrtles ‘Burgundy Cotton’, ‘Pink Velour’, ‘Rhaspsody in Pink’, ‘Raspberry Sundae’, ‘Natchez’, ‘Dynamite’, ‘Red Rocket’, ‘Siren Red’, ‘Catawba’, ‘Rosey Carpet’, ‘Sacramento’ ‘Delta Blush’, ‘Delta Blush’, ‘Bourbon Street’, ‘New Orleans’, ‘Dwarf Snow’, ‘Victor’, ‘Pokomoke’, ‘Cherry Dazzle’, ‘Chickasaw’
Front Landscape Beds with
Brian Pirtle:
Zinna ‘Profusion’, Calibrachoa ‘Dark Blue’, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, ‘Graham
Blandy’ Boxwood, Variegated Boxwood, Purslane, Lantana ‘New Gold’, Sedum
‘Angelina’, Double Knock Out Rose, Mahoe, Scoparia ‘Lemon Mist’, Lisianthus,
Portulaca, Angelonia, Verbena, Double Begonia, Mandevilla, Hardy Banana, Blue
Agave, Dicondra ‘Silver Falls’, Blue Arrow Juniper, Salvia farinacea.
Shaun’s Backyard Makeover: Chitalpa, Sable Palm,
Nandina ‘Sunray’, Spirea, Shenadenoah Grass, Tropicanna canna, Blue Atlas
Cedar, Sun Coleus, ‘Firestorm’ Nana Nandina, Crossvine, Sedum, Yucca,
Euphorbia, Deodora, Plumleaf Plum, Weeping Blue Atlas, Hardy Water lily,
Arrowhead, Tanyosho Pine, Begonia, Penta, Profusion Zinnia, Sun Coleus, River
Birch, hardy fern, Variegated Miscanthus Grass, Echinacea (Purple coneflower),
Spirea, Nandina, Shenadendoah grass, Zebra Grass, Blue Dune Grass, Sweet Potato
Vine, Profusion Zinnia, Esperanza.
Ken’s Garden Tip # 1: All Purpose Insect Control;
Eight
Marching Orders:
1. Check Plants for Mildrew,
Spray if necessary
2. Prune & Deadhead as
needed.
3. Rose care
4. Water Pond Tour this
weekend.
Email Question: Gerbera daisy in full west
sun is not doing well. Why? Gerberas
prefer morning sun. Deadhead, water and
make sure it has good drainage.
Best of Show: