July 29 , 2010
Succulents for kids, Blocker’s garden tour, red oak troubles, beneficial wasps
My garden ’s a little out of control .
It ’s kind of a big mess . Someone needs to keep an eye on thing .
For now , it ca n’t be me . work load is on steroids . So are the butterfly ! I guess it ’s a practiced way to apologize a messy garden .
When that Gulf checkered lily is fueled up , I bet there will be some testis on the nearby passion vine that ’s crawling all over the place . How can I justify pruning it now ?
This week on CTG , Daphne reminds us that every insect has a rationality , even when it makes you want to stamp it into max . If you could open your ticker to a few tomato hornworms , you may get a glasshouse for beneficial braconid WASP !
They ’re so midget you may not even see them , but they bank on your cat to feed their young . Give them a chance and you ’ve nonplus innocent help .
Milkweeds , includingAsclepias tuberosa , incline to attract Oleander aphids . They only bother oleanders and milkweed , but will attract beneficials to feed them . summer picnic for ladybugs and green lacewings ! Mainly , they ’ll entice the Monarch butterflies to your ever ready television camera , since it ’s their indispensable larval intellectual nourishment . Lots of butterfly stroke like the ambrosia .
dirt ball are a surefire way to get child intrigued out of doors . Another is to get them their own plants , with fun names like Cub ’s Paw or Panda Paw .
This week on CTG , sweetheart Cindy Arredondo fromDesert to Tropicsjoins Tom to show off diffuse succulents that spark resource with the kid . And hey , with us old - timer , too !
In San Antonio , Carol & Richard Blocker fell so in love with cactus and succulent plants that they designed their entire garden around them .
This hebdomad , our featured videovisits their outstanding garden . Ed Fuentes even tap some of their blooming cacti in April for our especial 2011 infotainment on wildflower . ( My first high definition project ) .
Richard also serve my inquiry about why my Santa Rita prickly pear ( a part from Tom ) dropped its first little flower this spring before it opened . I was just dying to take a pic for you . Plopped flop off . you could see the nub .
I had n’t water it , since I did n’t require to over water . Well , that was a misapprehension . While it ’s put on flowers , it needs a little extra help , especially when it ’s still so untried . There ya go !
unite the Blockers at theSan Antonio Cactus & Xerophyte Societymeetings and events to instruct even more .
PLUS , you may cope with Cindy and the Blockers in person at theAustin Cactus & Succulent Society’sshow & sale on Labor Day weekend .
I give thanks viewer Phillip Smith who ship us this characterization of his troubled red oak tree . Arborist Guy LeBlancsaid this was an excellent model of atomic number 26 chlorosis that plagues some of our red oaks . At Mueller , I ’ve since noticed that the red oaks in the median are deep green , while the ones on the other side are almost chartreuse . Anyway , this week , Guy explains why this occur , what to do about it , and how to tell the conflict between iron chlorosis and N lack .
Until next workweek , Linda
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