May 5 , 2016
Hot Picks for Summer + Recycle Design Create
No surprisal that Texas weather is weird , but this year beats all . Star jasmine take its sweet clip to whoosh its perfume across our terrace . I ’ve school this one over a tiny treillage to split up two distance . Byzantine gladiolus was a stick-in-the-mud , too , though it ’s reliably returned and multiplied since someone partake in heirloom corms long time ago . Penstemon cobaea and salvias poise tube - shaped bloom styled to snuggle bees . Orange ‘ Linda ’ lily on the left . Mosquitoes did n’t waste any time , though!John ’s got natural repellentsto use in the yard and on yourself , include homemade skin sprays that smell mighty fine . Some insects have do and gone , which is the eccentric onKim Johnson’sTexas persimmon tree . Is this harmful and should she do anything about it?Daphne explains that these persimmon leaf rancour are due to a mite that lays its testis on the leave of absence , causing the industrial plant to react by producing blister - similar vesicle . “ Since the leaf tissue ring and protects the youthful mites , spraying with any sort of product wo n’t have any effect , ” Daphne tells us . recover out why crust wo n’t harm the tree diagram .
Even though thing will soon be blister hot , Jessica Robertson from wholesale growerGreenleaf Nurseryhas thelatest hot picks for summer and beyond . Many of us know her fromBackbone Valley Nursery . Now with Greenleaf — meeting with nurseries around Central Texas — she bolt down in to show off plants to observe for . One is ‘ Lime Sizzler ’ firebush ™ ( Hamelia patens‘Grelmsiz ’ ) . What a color combo!And wow on this Modern esperanza ( Tecoma stans‘Sparklette’).In part shade , Crossandra is one of Jessica ’s summer faves . I ’m such a sucker for orange that Crossandra ‘ Orange Marmalade ’ has me sold ! Perfect for container , too . Gerber daisy is a Charles John Huffam Dickens to grow here . Not so with drop dead pretty , heating system - sturdy Garvinea serial Gerber daisy . And for morning sun , I adore this trio of Euphorbias : ‘ Red Velvet ’ , ‘ Silver Swan ’ , and ‘ Ascot Rainbow’ . Oh , there ’s so much more , include darling lavender Plectranthus , a dwarf Libyan Fighting Group tree ‘ Little Miss Figgy ’ , and a deep light-green , compact boxwood . Get her complete plant listing and originate conditions in good order here !
Another genus Euphorbia , gopher plant ( Euphorbia rigida ) silvers things up all year . In spring , here in manager Ed Fuentes ’ raised bed , it flaunts papery yellowish bloom . Find out how to grow silver gray spurge as Daphne ’s Plant of the Week . So , what ’s summertime without tequila?Viewer Picture go to Phyllis and Charlie Hirst , who put a twist on bottle trees with a hand - blown tequila feeding bottle Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . On tour , Casey Boyter’san innovative house decorator who conserves resource through unripened roof , low water landscapes , and creative recycling . At home in east Austin ’s Govalle neighborhood , her garden ’s a personal test site and sweet hideaway . It also represent her integral loyalty to sustainable and long - lasting structure . swarm - in - place concrete round step up pavement mode . Casey pattern the terrace from her diverse collection of scavenge stones and brick . Theo , one of her rescued cats , directed this shoot . Here , taking a break with audio / inflammation guy rope Taylor Kondelis . Ed Fuentes behind the tv camera after a cuddle Caterpillar recess . Casey take this spot , rich with urban farms ( Hausbarjust across the street ) , for its sweet soil . But to create dimension , she chose rebar - reenforce concrete for her raised vegetable and herb bed . Remnants from a destroy sidewalk , leftover Leuders , and sandstone texture up the walk , spaced to let rain to soak in . A clopping , manifold bamboo house - side frame the journeying opposite the fence . To break the garden from her crew prep surface area , her gifted masons showcase interesting finds and scavenges in a rubble wall . She did n’t need a fence that would fall down in a few days . The top is topically found Eastern red true cedar , welded with a sword frame for lasting livelihood . The bottom third is expanded metal , dug into the ground . Not only does it set aside air flow , it ’s perfect for dog Daisy to keep her curious eye on things . In front , Casey opens visibility with expand metal where a clematis can anchor . To get to her design office , designed by architectMel Lawrence , Casey simply walk across the yard . Zac Zamora of Variance Designinstalled a living bulwark in her office shower room to continue her geographic expedition of works , the great unwashed , and satellite . Watch her whole fib now .
Thanks for stopping by ! See you next hebdomad .
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