Let’s Talk Gardening

July 5, 2008

Oklahoma Proven Plants with Linda Shackelford: Creeping Zinnia (Zinnia ‘angustifolia’), Fan Flower (Scaevola), Summer Snapdragon (Angelonia), Purple Fountain Grass, Esperanza (Tecoma stans), Sweet Potato Vine (Ipomoea batatas ‘Margarita’), Trailing Torenia, Firebush (Hamelia patiens), Oakleaf Hydrangea, Crape Myrtle ‘Pink Velour’, Winter Jasmine (Jasminium nudiflorum), Crossvine ‘Tangerine Beauty’, Euphorbia ‘Diamond Frost’, Spilanthes ‘Peek-A-Boo’, Helleborus, Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’, Coneflower (Echinacea ‘Magnus’), Guara ‘Whirling Buterflies’, Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’, Autumn Sage (Salvia greggii), Evening Primrose ‘Comanche Campfire’ (Onerothera), Perennial Plumbago, Verbena ‘Homestead Purple’, Japanese Painted Fern, Blanket Flower (Gaillardia)

Ken’s Garden Tip: Gophers: Traps, Smokes, Talprid and Chase

Ground Covers with Cindy Townsend: Juniper ‘Blue Creeper’, Pachysandra, Juniper ‘Icy Blue’, Euonymus ‘Emerald Gaiety’, Euonymus ‘Moonshadow’, Lamium, Oregano ‘Golden’, dianthus ‘Zing Rose’, Ajuga ‘Burgundy Glow’, Ajuga ‘Chocolate Chip’, Euonymus ‘Harlequin’, Juniper ‘Mother Lode’, Juniper ‘Bright Ice’, Sedum ‘Acre’, Veronica, Stachys ‘Humello’, Stachys ‘Silver Carpet’, Golden Moneywort, Sedum ‘Ogon’, St. John’s Wort.

Plant Pick of the Week: Elisa Jimenez: Rocky Mountain Geraniums

Shaun’s Backyard Makeover Revisited: Multitrunk River Birch, Dwarf Hamlin Fountain Grass, Carpet Roses ‘Homerun’, Chinese Pistache, KnockOut Roses, Euonymus ‘Moonshadow’, Coreopsis ‘Crème Brule’, Canaerti Juniper, Amur Maple, Spirea ‘Goldmound’, Salvia ‘Maynight’, Boxwood ‘Green Velvet’, Vitex (Chaste Tree), Lantana, Dwarf Pampas Grass, Holly, Desert Willow, Mexican Feather grass, Arizona Cypress, Blue Dune Grass, Holly, Russian Sage, Hyssop (Agastache), Karl Forester Grass, Bald Cypress

Marching Orders: Feed containers and pots. Check out the sprinkler system to see that it is covering all parts of the yard. Mulch, mulch, mulch!

Best of Show: Cathy Eisel with an arbor and several of my favorite plants.

Mark your calendars: Annual Water Garden Society Tour: July 12-13. Maps are available at TLC.