Let’s Talk Gardening

July 26, 2008

Crape Myrtle with Kevin Tubby: Crape Myrtle Varieties: Dynamite Red, Rhapsody in Pink, Royalty, Pocomoke, Baton Rouge, Tightwad, Burgundy Cotton, Pink Velour, Sioux, Acoma, Red Rocket. The more sun the better they do.

Ken’s Tips: Organics Products: Preen Organic, Thuricide, Concern Insecticidal Soap, etc.

Karen’s Front Yard with Cindy Townsend: Coleus, Pentas, Crotons, coleus, Spirea, Trailing Coleus, Scaevola (Fanflower), Spruce, Yews, Ornamental grasses, Golden yew, Asters, Hostas, Hydrangea, Arborvitae ‘ThreadLeaf’, Frog with Croton, Weeping Blue Atlas Cedar, Hydrangea ‘Blushing Bride’, Window box with Potato vine, Begonias, Croton, Coleus, Gingerland Caladiums, Variegated Hydrangeas, Dynamite Crape Myrtle, daylilies, Golden Spirea (not mentioned) Hibiscus.

Plant Pick of the Week: Josh with Bronze Leaf Begonias:

Backyard Revisited with Shaun Doering: Ivy on Diamond shaped string. Knock Out Roses, Caged Tomatoes, Ornamental Pear (Cleveland or Aristocrat), Fescue Grass, Hostas, Begonias, Oakleaf Hydrangea, Coral Bells (Heuchera), Purple coneflower (Echinacea), Magnolia ‘Teddy Bear’, Spreading Yew, Catmint ‘Walker’s Low’, Nandina, Mandevilla, Holly, Salvia, Stella de Oro, Climbing Roses, Homestead Verbena.

Marching Orders: Watch Watering and Feed containers. Mulch, Mulch, Mulch.

Best of Show: Kevin Archer: OKC, Gladiola, Daisy and Echinacea