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Gardening
August 4, 2007
Plants that take the heat with April Enos: Coreopsis, Salvia ‘Black & Blue’, Ruella (Mexican Petunia), Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, Esperanza, Lantana (perennial & annual), Bougainvillea, Echinacea (coneflower), Sweet Potato Vine, Knock Out Rose, Crape Myrtle, Hyacinth Bean Vine, Lavender, Colosia, Angelonia, Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’, ‘Musa Basju’ Hardy Banana, Sun Coleus, Bronze Leaf Begonia, Datura, Plumbago, Angelwing Begonia, Hypoestes (Polka Dot Plant), Torenia, Kong Coleus, Alternanthera, Caladium, Carnation of India.
Xeriscape with Cindy
Townsend: Asclepias Tuberosa, Crinum, Hardy Bird of
Paradise, Mimosa ‘Summer Chocolate’, Sable Palm, Desert Willow, ‘Apache Plume’,
Euphorbia ‘Fen’s Ruby’, Euphorbia ‘Blue Haze’, Euphorbia ‘Blackbird’, Euphorbia ‘Tiny Tim’, Nandina,
Yucca ‘Color Guard’, Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’, Yucca, Salvia ‘May Night’, Hibiscus
Texas Star, Yucca ‘Red’, Agave ‘Spot’, Delosperma (ice plant), Mexican Feather
Grass, Oenothera, Cupid’s Dart, Dianthus, Agastache ‘Heather Queen’, Agastache
‘Apricot Sprite’, Agastache ‘Blue Fortune’, Mexican Sage, Penstemon ‘Red
Rocks’, Penstemon ‘Pike’s Peak’, Penstemon ‘Ruby Red’, Penstemon ‘Husker’s
Red’.
Backyard Makeover with Shaun
Doering: Front Yard: Blue spruce, Blue Holly, Impatiens, Black Gum Tree, Boxwoods, Nellie R.
Stevens Holly, Sweet Potato Vine, Bronze Leaf Begonias,
Back Yard: Chinese Pistache, Dwarf
Miscanthus ‘Adagio’, Golden Deodora Cedar, Perennial Plumbago, Japanese Garden
Juniper, Little Gem Magnolia, Compact Nandinas, Hydrangea '‘Oakleaf', Nellie R.
Stevens Holly, Pathway Plants (Creeping Thyme, Creeping Lobelia, Sedums, Blue
star Creeper), Knock Out Roses, Juniper ‘Lime Andora’
Notes: Garden was completed in 2004,
Back yard has no grass to mow! Dimension
of back yard is 30’ X 100’. 2 retaining
walls were built creating 3 levels in the backyard.
Marching Orders:
1. Keep mowing lawn as needed.
2. Time to redeem August Bucks.
3. Grub Control
4. Time to plant fall vegetable
garden.
Email Question: Butterfly Bush is looking
bad with yellow leaves. Probably due to
amount of rain we got earlier in the season.
They like to be high and dry. Cut
them back about half way and let them regrow.
Best of Show: Debbie/Rex Haugh,