Finally, I have blooms from my Red Rocket Crepe Myrtle I planted last fall. I have seen all the Crepes blooming since June, but mine seem to be slow to start. I decided my regular watering schedule was not cutting it and I have been watering the shrubs along with the patio plants to try and coax them into blooming, and thankfully it worked. We don't have a mandatory watering schedule here in RR., but I have been fairly conservative this year minding my watering P's & Q's. But we couldn't stand the brown grass and lack of blooming from some our shrubs and broke down and are giving some supplemental water. Some of my plants that have not bloomed yet are some Hibiscus, Cannas, and Lily of the Nile.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Red Rocket
Finally, I have blooms from my Red Rocket Crepe Myrtle I planted last fall. I have seen all the Crepes blooming since June, but mine seem to be slow to start. I decided my regular watering schedule was not cutting it and I have been watering the shrubs along with the patio plants to try and coax them into blooming, and thankfully it worked. We don't have a mandatory watering schedule here in RR., but I have been fairly conservative this year minding my watering P's & Q's. But we couldn't stand the brown grass and lack of blooming from some our shrubs and broke down and are giving some supplemental water. Some of my plants that have not bloomed yet are some Hibiscus, Cannas, and Lily of the Nile.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Welcome to my Garden Blog!
I moved back to Tx from CA 2.5 years ago. Originally from the Gulf Coast area and spending a few of my beginning garden attempts in Baton Rouge, LA. I thought I would feel at home again with the thick red, mucky clay to dig in and plant a few plants or two. That was my first misconception. Coming from Southern CA. after spending the last of my 13 years there rearing my 2 children and getting my hands dirty in the sandy loamy soil of the all too easy Southern CA. gardening region. By now I knew what a planting "zone" was and what a perennial vs annual was and the deference between evergreen & deciduous. I thought I am ready to plant a garden here. That was misconception number two.
Well, I soon found out that a jackhammer was a common gardening tool here in Central Texas and that it actually got a hard freeze here. Not like it dips down on the Coast, but it could stay 32 degrees for 3 days straight. In fact my first winter was 2 years ago when we had the 3 day "ice storm" that had everything I had just planted, even for for this zone dripping with icicles. Everything froze back. So in the spring I tried all new plants, making sure I was getting more plants for this Central Texas Region. We had a mild summer with lots of rain last year and barely ran the sprinklers.
Hmmm.....things were looking up. Well now as they say, if you don't like the weather in Texas just wait 5 minutes and it may change. This has been true from year to year and no two seasons since I have been here have been consistent. So, I have started this blog to share some of my experiences and have others share with me there Central TX. gardening "techniques". So welcome all and please share with me in your expertise.
Sandee
Well, I soon found out that a jackhammer was a common gardening tool here in Central Texas and that it actually got a hard freeze here. Not like it dips down on the Coast, but it could stay 32 degrees for 3 days straight. In fact my first winter was 2 years ago when we had the 3 day "ice storm" that had everything I had just planted, even for for this zone dripping with icicles. Everything froze back. So in the spring I tried all new plants, making sure I was getting more plants for this Central Texas Region. We had a mild summer with lots of rain last year and barely ran the sprinklers.
Hmmm.....things were looking up. Well now as they say, if you don't like the weather in Texas just wait 5 minutes and it may change. This has been true from year to year and no two seasons since I have been here have been consistent. So, I have started this blog to share some of my experiences and have others share with me there Central TX. gardening "techniques". So welcome all and please share with me in your expertise.
Sandee
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