Let’s Talk Gardening

July 21, 2007

Hibiscus with Jana Pirtle: Hibiscus ‘Maple Sugar’, Hibiscus ‘ Haight Ashbury’, Hardy Hibiscus ‘Clown’, ‘Luna Red’, ‘Super Rose’ and ‘Texas Star’ (Swamp Hibiscus), Eupatorium ‘Gateway’, Mahoe, Hardy Banana, Date Palm, Althea (Rose of Sharon), Althea Double Flower Tricolor.

West Side Flower Bed with Jana Pirtle: Eupatorium (False Ageratum) Joe Pye Weed (Blooms late summer/fall), Euphoria ‘Diamond Frost’, Butterfly Bush ‘Nano Purple’, Salvia, Monarda ‘Gypsy Fire’ (Bee Balm), Agastache ‘Heather Queen’, Coreopsis ‘Crème Brule’, Coreopsis ‘Pinwheel’, Penstemon ‘Pike’s Peak Purple’, Achillea ‘Angelique’ and ‘Gloria Jean’, Echinacea ‘White Swan’, ‘Magnus’, Oneathera ‘Lemon Drop’ (Evening Primrose), Sedum ‘Angelina’, Agastache ‘Red Fortune’, ‘Black Adder’, ‘Apricot Sprite’, Echineaca ‘Summer Sky’, Rudbeckia ‘Indian Summer’, Gaillardia ‘Baby Cole’, Cardoon, Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan) ‘Goldstrum’, Purple Fountain Grass, Gaura ‘Snow Fountain’.

Shaun’s Backyard Makeover: Red Double Knockout Roses, Karl Foerster Grass, Foster Holly, Leyland Cypress, Black Knight Butterfly Bush, Coreopsis ‘Crème Brule’, Shore Juniper ‘Blue Pacific’, Nandina ‘Gulf Stream’, Pyramidal ‘Say Brooke’ Juniper, Pathway Plants: Sedum, Creeping Lobelia, Blue Star Creeper, Creeping Oregano, Creeping Thyme, Gold Mound Spirea, ‘Catawba’ Crape Myrtle, Grey Owl Juniper, Blaze Climbing Rose, Adagio Dwarf Maiden Grass, Rosemary ‘Irene’, Lavender.

Marching Orders:

1 Check Sprinkler Heads.

2 Lawns need about 1- 2 inches rain or water per week.

3 Deep water twice a week instead of daily.

Email Question: What plants work well in a shady area? Hostas, Hydrangeas, Caladiums, Impatiens.

Best of Show: Beverly Billings, Sulfur, OK, Grand daughter smelling hibiscus flower.