Rain splits Senorita Rosalita cleome
July 31, 2009 ‘Senorita Rosalita’, a cleome I rhapsodized about just a few days ago, which was so full and fluffy despite our ongoing drought… …split in half like a wimpy Bradford pear under the weight of a brief burst of rain yesterday. Gee, Senorita, I know you’d hardly ever ...
Plant This: Senorita Rosalita cleome thrives in the heat
July 28, 2009 Of all the Proven Winners plants I’m trialing, ‘Senorita Rosalita’ cleome has impressed me the most. I’d never grown a cleome before, and I understand they can be rather prickly, smelly, and invasive. Not so with ‘Senorita Rosalita.’ She is thornless, non-stinky, and sterile. I’m actually disappointed ...
Proven Winners plant trial, 3 months later
June 29, 2009 Three months ago I received a rainbow assortment of plants to trial from Proven Winners, and I posted my first update on the PW plants in early May. Since then, two very hot and dry months have taken their toll. I’ve watered by hand at least once ...
Update on plant trials
June 14, 2009 ‘Totally Tempted’ cuphea has garnered the most favorable comments by readers as I’ve reported on the results of the Proven Winners plant trial in my new-baby garden. Here it is again in full early-summer glory. And here is the other one in full crispy-fried misery. For those ...
May flowers on Bloom Day
May 15, 2009 I nearly didn’t post this Bloom Day, having a lot of work on my desk that needs doing, plus a stock tank pond that needs installing. But when I went out this morning to water some new plants and recent transplants, I noticed some new May flowers ...
Proven Winners plant trial, one month later
May 04, 2009 A little more than a month after planting them, the Proven Winners plants that I’m trialing in my garden are growing well and looking good. Considering the long, temperate spring and recent rainfall we’ve enjoyed, not to mention the good soil I brought in for my new ...
Riot of color on Bloom Day
April 15, 2009 Winecup with Texas bluebonnets A riot of color threads through my new-baby garden this Bloom Day…if you crouch down and look closely. Many of my new plants and transplants are still small, but with recent rain (nearly half an inch last week), warm (but not hot) temperatures, ...
Burst of spring color
April 08, 2009 As spring temperatures bounce up and down, the mercury is going steadily up, up, up on the hot color bursting forth in my new garden. Here’s a look around, starting with the ‘Totally Tempted’ cuphea I’m trialing from Proven Winners. I’m foregoing my favorite bat-face cuphea to ...
Waiting out the thunder
March 31, 2009 Yesterday I bought 12 bags of mulch, and today I bought 12 more, intending to take advantage of the cool temperatures at 9 am this morning (60 F; 15.5 C) to spread it in the new circle garden. But darkening skies and flickers of lightning dampened my ...
Whirlwind gardening week
March 30, 2009 As March rushes into April, the past week has been a rush of manual labor in my new-baby garden, garden visits, and the excitement of new plants to try out in the garden. Last Saturday, I dragged my family to the Palisades West office complex in southwest ...
