Let’s Talk Gardening

May 3, 2008

 

New Annuals with April Enos: Plants listed in order of appearance: Mannetia ‘Candy Corn’, Mandevilla ‘Red Fury’, Thunbergia ‘African Sunset’, Mexican Flame Vine, Sweet Potato Vine ‘Red’, Philodendron ‘Princess Pink’, Plectranthrus ‘Blue Yonder’, Anigozanthos ‘Kangaroo Paw’, Verbena ‘Lanai Mosaic Purple’, Torenia ‘Purple & Yellow’, Thymus ‘HiHo Silver’, Cordyline ‘Electric Pink’ Sun Coleus ‘Murlin’s Magic’, Sun Coleus ‘Pink Ruffles’, Sun Coleus ‘Pink Chaos’, Sun Coleus ‘Crimson Velvet’, Sun Coleus ‘Tiny Toes’, Gerbera ‘Giant Spinnery’.

Ken’s Tip:  Control Bagworms and other insects with either Bayer Tree & Shrub Insect Control or PBI Gordon Tree & Shrub Insect Control.

New Perennials with Cindy Townsend:  Plants listed in order:

Heucherilla, Philodendron ‘Pink Princess’, Tricyrtis ‘Guilty Pleasure’, Heurchera ‘Moghany’, Helleborous ‘Ballerina’, Pulmonaria, Hosta ‘Blue Mouse Ear’, Euphorbia ‘Helena’s Blush’, Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’, Viola, Coreopsis ‘Moonlight’, Gaura ‘Passionate Rainbos’, Oenothera ‘Comanche Campfire’, Oenothera ‘Glowing Magenta’, Heuchera ‘Midnight Rose’, Heuchera ‘Obsidian’, Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’, Coreopsis ‘Jethrow Tall’, Agastache ‘Raspberry Summer’, Agastache ‘Summer Love’,

Agastache ‘Acapulco’, Salvia ‘Caradonna’, Crane’s Bill Geranium ‘Rozanne’, Achillea ‘Apricot Delight’, Achillea  ‘Pomegranate’,  Sedum ‘Aureomarginata’, Sedum ‘Citrus’, Sedum ‘Angelina’, Echinacea ‘Magnus’,

Echinacea ‘Big Sky’ series.

Plant Pick of the Week: Will Brewster: Coral Bells also known as Heurchera

Backyard Makeover with Shaun Doering:  Rock Work by Cripple Creek Stoneyard.  www.cripplecreekstoneyardinc.com .  Plant List:  Deordora Cedar, Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar, Magnolia, Juniper ‘Green Mound’, Juniper ‘Arcadia’, Dianthus ‘Zing Rose’ or Neon Rose’, Colorado Blue spruce, Nellie R. Stevens Holly, Weeping Japanese Maple ‘Crimson Queen’, Arborvitae ‘Whipcord’, Hostas (not shown), Oakleaf Hydrangea ‘Alice’.

Marching Orders.  It is finally safe to plant periwinkle and caladiums.  Also it is warm enough to seed Bermuda lawn.

Question:  When is Moonlight Madness?  June 21 & 22

Best of Show:  Single bloom Hydrangea Bouquet.  Norma Evans