Let’s Talk Gardening

May 24, 2008

 

Vines with April Enos: Plants list in order of appearance: Mandevillea, Bougainvillea, Dutchman’s Pipe (Aristolochia), Passion vine ‘Lady Margaret’, Pink Trumpet Vine (Pandorea), Clerodendron (Bleeding Heart), Pink Jasmine, Manettia ‘Candy Corn’, Allamanda (yellow), Allamanda ‘Cherries Jubilee, Variegated Pandorea, Morning Glory.

Ken’s Tip:  Protect hosta from snails & slugs with 1.) Ortho Bug Getta Plus, 2.) GreenLight Bug & Snail Bait, & 3.) Sluggo (safe to use around pets).

Linda’s Plant List for Dummies: Plants listed in order of appearance:  Carefree Rose (sun perennial ), Knock Out Rose (sun perennial), Ruella (sun perennial), Sedums (sun perennial), Dianthus ‘Tiny Rubies’ (sun perennial), Heuchera (morning sun perennial), Gaillardia (sun perennial), Coreopsis (sun perennial), Guara or whirling butterflies (sun perennial), Tropicana Canna (sun perennial), Shasta Daisy (sun perennial), Salvia Greggii (sun perennial), Mosquito Fighter Plant (sun annual), Sun Coleus ‘Pink Chaos’ (sun annual), Perilla Magella (sun or shade annual), Banana ‘Basjoo’ (sun perennial), Rose Moss (portulaca, sun annual), Impatiens (morning sun annual), Lantana (sun annual), Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’ (sun annual), Scaevola (Fan flower, sun annual), Angelwing Begonia (shade annual), Esperanza (sun annual), Cleome (spider flower, sun annual), Elephant Ear (morning sun), Salvia ‘Caradonna’ (sun perennial), Salvia ‘farincea rhea’ (sun perennial), Creeping zinnia (sun annual), Celosia (sun annual), Angelonia (sun annual), Nierenbergia (sun annual), Lantana (sun annual),  Coleus (morning sun annual).

Plant Pick of the Week:  Barbara Brawner, Raphis Palm

Garden Tour Home with Shaun Doering:  Collection of conifers.  Carpet Roses, Double Knockout Rose Tree, Blue Arizona Cypress, Hollywood Juniper, Lacebark Pine, Sedum, Climbing Golden Showers, Oleander, Euonymus ‘Moonshadow’, ‘Whipcord’ Cedar,  Weeping Redbud ‘Traveler’, Sedum, Japanese Blue White Pine ‘Pinus parvifloraHagoromo’, Bamboo, Hydrangea, Lisanthus (Purple flower in last shot)  Oklahoma Horticulture Society’s “Garden Tour for Connoisseurs”  May 31, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Marching Orders:  Feed your lawn.  Call or go see parents or grandparents.  Help them plant something.

Best of Show: Bob & Dean Shephard