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LEARNING BY TROWEL AND ERROR | Central Texas Gardening
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8220;FROSTING ON THE CAKE” FOR YOUR SUMMER GARDEN. Some Foliage Makes Good Scents in the Garden →. LEARNING BY TROWEL AND ERROR. July 2, 2013. Just when you think you’ve researched all the alternatives and learned everything about choosing the right plant for any given location, you are humbled. Reliable plant references are wonderful tools for planning a garden area, and are based on well researched information, but when the roots hit the soil, the proof is in the plant’s performance in the location pla...
>WEEDS – A DREADED PART OF GARDENING | Central Texas Gardening
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A RARE SNOW GARDEN IN AUSTIN, TX. COST SAVING STRATEGIES FOR GARDENERS →. WEEDS – A DREADED PART OF GARDENING. March 13, 2010. 8220;People garden in order to make something grow; to interact with nature; to share, to find sanctuary, to heal, to honor the earth, to leave a mark. Through gardening, we feel whole as we create our personal work of art upon our land BUT nothing compares to what the Creator has already given us in nature.” (author unknown). UNFORTUNATELY THAT INCLUDES WEEDS! The City of Austin...
April | 2015 | Central Texas Gardening
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Monthly Archives: April 2015. A FOUR SEASON GARDEN – PHASE ONE – SPRING. April 8, 2015. I have always said that whatever gets constructed, must be maintained, so my gardening efforts have shifted to keeping the garden as presentable and enjoyable to look at as possible. That limits it to hand weeding, leaf and litter removal, and pruning/dividing plants as necessary, but compared to growing and mowing a boring looking lawn in the heat of summer, it’s a piece of cake! Join 114 other followers. A FOUR SEAS...
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I’M A PENNY-PINCHING GARDENER. April 25, 2016. Pre planning: I am not an impulse buyer but have a plan in mind for every plant I seek and buy. It has to have a place, purpose, and suitability in my garden. Therefore, I research first using reliable internet resources before shopping and buying at plant nurseries and garden centers. I identify and shop at quality nurseries that have the best quality/priced plants. I am a patient gardener. I enjoy seeing plants grow, start from small and develop into m...
NEW LANDSCAPING THEORY 101 | Central Texas Gardening
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Some Foliage Makes Good Scents in the Garden. 2013 – A Gardening Year in Review →. NEW LANDSCAPING THEORY 101. October 29, 2013. Why, oh why do we let developers get away with landscape felonies like. 8211; Sodding with water thirsty, disease prone St Augustine grass in central Texas. 8211; planting Ligustrum, Indian Hawthhorne, Privet, Pampas Grass, and other totally inappropriate or invasive plants. They just don’t have any landscaping or horticultural expertise on board, and/or. If you currently have ...
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mulches
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This page discusses the importance of mulching, especially in our warmer Gulf Coast environments and provides a comparison chart of various materials used for mulching purposes. First, some basics. Why mulch? 1 Water retention - mulching plants is an effective way to hold available moisture in the root zone which in turn helps in conserving water and reduces the amount and frequency of necessary watering. Mulches should be avoided around plants that require dry soil conditions. The general guide is t...
For Kids
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B otany, a. S a branch of. Here are some places you can learn more about botany, plants, and gardening. Gardening Basics for Kids:. Contains many active links to internet information. For kids (in .docx format). Interactive presentation that offers information about plants. Topics include plant growth, plant parts, and pollination. This web page shows the various activities that a plant performs to survive. Click on a part of the plant to find out what it does. Parts of a Plant:. Left: a shoe garden.
Selected Plant Cultivars
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Lagestroemia indica (Crepe Myrtles), two very popular and commonly grown plants in central Texas. We hope to add more lists like this in the future for other commonly grown and adaptive plants for our region. Based on research by Texas A&M, a select group of roses have been identified as EarthKind meaning they showed outstanding disease (black spot and mildew) and insect resistance, defy the heat and draught conditions we often encounter, tolerant of most soils, and require minimal care. T.
Underused Plants
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This list contains some out-of-the-ordinary, but extraordinary plants that grow well in Central Texas and are often overlooked. I recommend trying these if they can be found. These are gems that deserve more attention in our landscapes. I have excluded from this list, plants covered under other topic pages on this site (e.g. palms, citrus, ornamental grasses, etc.). Magnolia grandiflora 'Little Gem'. A very dwarf southern magnolia. Needs some soil acidity if grown in Central Texas. Weeping yaupon) - a na...
Succulents and Cacti
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GENERAL TIP FOR GROWING CACTI AND SUCCULENTS:. THE APPEAL OF SUCCULENTS - Diversity and Durability. SUCCULENT PLANT FAMILIES AND RELATED GENERA. Source: American Cacti and Succulent Society. Lithops, Conophytum, Faucaria. Aloe, Gasteria, Haworthia. Boophane, Brunsvigia, Rauhia. Pseudobombax, Adansonia, Ceiba. Dyckia, Hechtia, Puya, Tillandsia. Crassula, Echeveria, Sedum, Sempervivum. Ibervillea, Kedrostis, Momordica. Cordyline, Dracaena, Sansevieria. Euphorbia, Monadenium, Jatropha. To use active linkage.
Plants for Austin
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Hese lists are a reformated version of the City of Austin Grow Green Progam recommendations - sorted by type of plant. There are many other adaptable plants suitable for the Austin area so consider this as being one of many reliable sources for such information. CLICK ON THE BOOK BELOW TO GO TO THE GROW GREEN SEARCHABLE DATA BASE.
Container Gardening
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One of the trends in gardening and landscaping today is the increasing use of decorative containers. Any object that holds soil in which a plant can be grown is fair game. The benefits of container gardening is offset with challenges as well. This page discusses this aspect of outdoor ornamantal gardening. A solution to gardening in very limited and small places. Container grown plants require more watering depending on container material. Clay dries out much faster than plastic, ceramic or metal pots.
Hobby Greenhouse
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Design and Construction Materials:. Operating and maintaining a hobby greenhouse. The rule of thumb we use is to have all our tender plants ready to put into the greenhouse by Thanksgiving and we feel relatively safe taking them out after the first official day of Spring unless the extended weather forecast calls for temperatures below 50 degrees on a subsequent night. Nd subsequent greehhouses are shown below.
Horticultural Tips
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Looking for software to draw landscaping designs? Try Excel - making column widths equal to row heights produces instant graph paper. Create landscaping symbols using the drawing toolbar on PowerPoint. Copy and paste into Excel. You don't need special landscaping software to draw good designs. Simple drawing tools and standard shapes will do. For a sample of a Memorial Garden design, Click Here. Disease infected plants should be dug and destroyed. Weakened plants attract disease and insect attack....
Palms and Citrus
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List of Palm Trees Suitable for Inland Texas. Trachycarpus fortunei (Chinese Windmill Palm): trunks to 12', a choice palm, hardy to 20 degrees. Rhapidophyllum hystrix (Needle Palm): clumps to 3', has long needles around base of trunk, the most cold hardy of palms - to 10 degrees! Butia capitata (Pindo Palm): trunks to 10', good spread, nice bluish gray foliage. hardy to mid 20's. Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm): Trunks to 20', edible fruit, hardy to mid 20's. There are other palms that will...
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Friday, March 27, 2009. So, spring is here, and it's grand! Every morning I walk outside just to see what has peeked its head above the dirt. So far, I'm pretty happy with the way things have overwintered, although I may have (once again) lost my plumbago. That's okay though - I'll just buy more and treat them as an annual. I also haven't seen hide nor hair of my whirling guara, but it's still early. I'll try and post some pictures soon. I am so happy that spring is here! Sunday, March 1, 2009. We plan t...
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Melody's Gardening in Central Texas. You Can Learn to Garden in Central Texas. Gardening in our part of the world is quite a challenge, but with the right plants and the right techniques you can be a successful Central Texas gardener. Visit the pages above to find the plants that do best in our area and how to take care of them. View Handout on Gardening Year Round. Preparing for Spring Handout. Read this article on possible danger of asbestos in vermiculite. Email me your gardening questions. Due to the...
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Central Texas Gardening Blog. Just another WordPress site. June 9, 2017. December 17, 2017. INTRODUCTION Although Central Texas lies in an area known to be relatively warm year round, tropical plants intolerant of freezing or near freezing temperatures require winter protection from the various cold fronts that sweep through and drop temperatures below or near freezing for short periods of time. In order to ensure healthy continuation of growth. May 22, 2017. December 17, 2017. May 4, 2017. April 22, 2017.
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Melody's Gardening in Central Texas. You Can Learn to Garden in Central Texas. Gardening in our part of the world is quite a challenge, but with the right plants and the right techniques you can be a successful Central Texas gardener. Visit the pages above to find the plants that do best in our area and how to take care of them. View Handout on Gardening Year Round. Preparing for Spring Handout. Read this article on possible danger of asbestos in vermiculite. Email me your gardening questions. Due to the...
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Central Texas Gardening | Providing informational horticultural articles for ornamental gardeners in central Texas
Providing informational horticultural articles for ornamental gardeners in central Texas. A GARDEN PICTURE IS REALLY WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. February 13, 2018. OK, a little play on an old phrase, but as I was putting together a PowerPoint presentation on Garden Photography , that saying really hit home! It lures you into the garden more often — with fringe benefits. Your garden gets periodic health inspections,. New happenings are timely discovered,. Problems are timely noted and handled, and. No garden ...
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