November 3 , 2016
No lawn artful design + living Christmas trees
And the heat goes on here in Central Texas , much to the butterfly stroke ’ delight ! This chase Orange stayed busy on my ‘ La Trinidad Pink ’ microphylla , an evergreen plant perennial . Do prune it often to keep it lush , rather than lank . Tree woe continue , thanks to those almost forgotten downpours . This clip , it’sRamya Balasundaram’sformerly healthy desert willow tree ( which looks about like mine does right now).Too much rain and ongoing humidity does n’t work too well for this truly xeric shrubby tree . consider El Paso , where it thrive along highway . Daphne explains what happenedand what to do in hope for hummingbird - loving flowers next year . Don’t be alarmed if you regain precious fuzz balls on your live oak Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , like these on mine . These are woolly oak leaf galls , a glasshouse for tiny non - cutting wasps . They wo n’t harm your tree or you . Since Texas Arbor Day is November 4 , AND many of us are think about Christmas tree , what about celebrating with a living tree ? Deena Spellman fromBastrop Gardensjoins Tom to find fault the gift that keep on gift . She picks a few options , include aboriginal Southern wax Vinca minor , ( Morella cerifera ) , Nellie Stevens holly , and thickset cherry laurel . If you ’ve get well drain soil and want ash gray all twelvemonth , go for Arizona cypress tree . Arizona cypress does get big , so give it some way ! Watch now for more ideas!My native yaupon holly ( Ilex vomitoria ) is already ready to deck the outside halls for eager doll . Or what about native lacey oak ( Quercus laceyi ) , Daphne ’s Plant of the Week ? Resistant to oak wilt , this deciduous diminished oak ( 30 ’ x 30 ’ ) is perfect for downsized gardens . At theTravis County Texas A&M Extensiondemonstration garden , it ’s only about 12 ’ tall after almost two decades . And what a pretty condition , too!Find out more about lacey oak . NOW , did you have intercourse that in Central Texas , we really need to plant strawberries in November ? John excuse why : in possibility , it ’s supposed to be cool . And , he tells us what we can plant from seed and what ’s gentle to start from transplants in our winter food garden . I do a bit of both at this point of the game . I recollect I ’ll break up up a few pretty delicious Pak choi to give them a try!Watch now!Get John ’s list . On tour , art meets food , water thrifty succulents and pollinator flora . See how Ann and Robin Matthews changed their perspective when they took out lawn — admit charming DIY projects that you ’ll require to do !
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Thanks for hold on by ! Join us next week when we see how to keep critters out of the mansion . hop that cold front REALLY makes it this time , Linda
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