October 8 , 2009
Renewal!
Gardeners are pretty funny . When others are grouse about the rain , we ’re out in it , lap up its drops . Like parents , we ’re gleeful for the joy it gives the dear ones in our care . Last weekend , the tilt rose ( Pavonia lasiopetala ) and turk ’s cap ( Malvaviscus arboreus var.drummondii ) along my back fence forgave me for everything they recollect I ’ve done wrong .
When the rainfall ’s but a tease , we quick sow semen and dig hole , in hope that their second drink will be one that does n’t come from a hosepipe .
Or we campaign for the television camera . I take out off my gloves for this one of cosmos against purple perfumed potato vine ( anIpomoea , like break of day aureole ) . Both are annuals for us , but this ikon will remind me that I ’ll do it again next spring .
Spring bloomers showed up again . In the computerized axial tomography cove , a wayward sunflower chose a fleck to get next to a fellow yellow , Calylophus berlandieri .
Thanks to severe pruning a few weeks ago , the zexmenia ( Wedelia hispidaorZexmenia hispida ) celebrates again in declination .
The crossvine ( Bignonia capreolata‘Tangerine Beauty ’ ) also likes fall almost as much as natural spring .
The fully grown surprisal was this one next threshold to it on the back fencing . This pink trumpet vine / desert cornet vine ( Podranea ricasoliana ) suddenly got engaged . It break down back in wintertime ( though not last class for me in east Austin ) .
I discovered it beyond the mountain laurel while test the soil temperature in the lettuce bed . 70º , just about right . My chart says 40- 75º , the 75 being idealistic .
Weeks ago , I ladle in compost , fertilizer and bunny poop . I call on it a few times , allow the bite of rainwater fall on it , and did a final good turn last weekend . I watered it thinly , then planted bread seed , a duad of Buttercrunch and Petroselinum crispum transplants , and water again . I only plant half the bottom . I ’ll do the next one-half in a few weeks to keep things going . In the bunny garden , I turned in compost and fertiliser and planted Chinese parsley , arugula , and Swiss chard seeds .
And I planted wildflower seeds . Now ’s a dear time to get those in the ground .
Even though some think that autumn is wind down time , for us it is a replenishment . And after two miserable years , it ’s a clip for theme . You ’ll find both renewal and musical theme atThe Garden Conservancy ’s symposium , Limestone & Water , onSaturday , Oct. 31,at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . The night before , landscape painting architect James David and Gary Peese host an exquisite reception in their garden . At the symposium , Stephen Orr , garden adviser & writer , addressesSmarter Gardens : Gardening With Less ButGetting More . Local designer Dylan Robertson look at theOutside you may populate in .
And , Lauren and Scott Ogdenshare their philosophy ofplant - driven designthat honors plants , spot and smell .
This hebdomad on CTG , they join Tom to renew our spirits and ideas with their passion that stir up a few concept to enrich your position as you plan this yr ’s changes .
For more contingent about Limestone & Water , the Friday night reception , and to read online , visitThe Garden Conservancy ’s site .
And , since we ’re all stampeding to the nurseries to renew our gardens , Trisha demonstrates how to clean the correct plant . Find out how to know the one to leave and the one to take .
felicitous picking until next week , Linda
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