Let’s Talk Gardening
May 31, 2008
Ornamental Trees and Japanese Maples with Martin
Borrego: Japanese Maple ‘Toyoma
Nishiki’, Japanese Maple ‘Seiryu’,
Bald Cypress ‘Peve Minaret’, Horsechestnut
‘Autumn Splender’, Fir ‘Nordman’,
Japanese Maple ‘Red Dragon Weeping’, Mimosa ‘Summer Chocolate’, Bald Cypress ‘Cascade Falls’ Weeping, Japanese Maple ‘Coral
Bark Songokoko’, Japanese Maple ‘Orangeola’
Weeping, Japanese Maple ‘Peaches and Cream’, Japanese Maple ‘Bloodgood’, Japanese Maple ‘Fireglow’,
Japanese Maple ‘Sharps Pygmy’, Dogwood ‘Pagoda Variegated’, Rhododendron ‘Anah Kruschke’, Japanese Maple
‘Spring De Light’ Weeping.
Cool Plants for the Shade with Cindy Townsend: Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’, Lily of the Valley, Achillia ‘Anthea’, Lamium ‘Orchid Frost’, Geranium ‘Rozanne’,
Columnar Cephalatexus ‘Plum Yew’, Arboritae
‘Whipcord’, dwarf Bamboo ‘White
Striped’, Tradesczatia (Spiderwort), Lysimachia ‘Firecracker’, Lysimachia
‘Golden Alexander’, Polygonztum ‘Variegated Solomon’s
Seal’, Euphorbia ‘Helena’s Blush’, Japanese Holly Fern, Japanese Painted Fern’Pewter Lace’, Lady Fern, Astilbe
‘Color Flash’, Astilbe ‘Final’, Heuchererella
‘Alabama Sun’, Imperata ‘ Japanese Blood Grass’, Carex Variegated, Veronica ‘Goldwell’,
Heuchera ‘Georgia Peach’, Ligularia
(Leopard Plant”, Campanula ‘Sarastro’
Hosta ‘Francis Williams’, ‘Sum and Substance’, MiniPenny, Cryptoneria ‘Japonica
‘jindai”, Dogwood ‘Pagoda’, Cryptomeria
Japonica ‘Black Dragon’, Hydrangia ‘Sun Goddess’.
Ken’s Garden Tips: Summer Tree Watering: Ross Deep Root Feeder, Tree Gator, Soaker
Ring, new Tree Spikes.
Plant Pick of the Week: Coreopsis
Garden Tour with Shaun Doering: Bronze leaf Begonias, Caladiums, Boxwood, Holly,
Hardy Palms, Variegated Yuccas, Boxwood, Angelwing
begonias, Fatsia Japonica Nichol Hills Garden Tour, June 7, TLC has
tickets available.
Marching Orders: Garden Tour for Connoisseurs,
Best of Show: Dave Edwards’ Large patio pot by the
pool. Fan palm, Sabal
‘Minor’