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spring doesn’t officially land on the astronomical calendar until march 20th, but the garden, in response to the seemingly warmer than typical temperatures of late, is telling me otherwise this year.
front yard garden view of Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' (bronze fennel), Salvia gregii 'Raspberry' (sage), Pyrrhopappus multicaulis (texas dandelion) and friends...
a few steps closer to Rosa 'Knock Out' (rose), Punica 'Red Silk' (pomegranate), Salvia x fruticosa 'Newe Ya'ar' (sage) and Prunus 'Methley' (plum) ... and some slime mold on the leaf mulch, yay!
a close up of pretty Prunus 'Methley' (plum) blooms that burst into flower this morning. even mr. grwhryrpltd stopped to enjoy them before heading to work this morning
isn’t it all so pretty? you should see it from the other direction, when the late afternoon sun and early evening sunset light up the newly emerging foliage like rubies.
talk about a knock out... Rosa 'Knockout' against Punica 'Red Silk' (pomegranate)
newly emerging pomegranate leaves... little rubies they are...
especially when back lit. this is what i call the ruby glow...
and i’ve got a little extra glow because i was awarded this the other night:
2011 brazos county master gardener of the year
gardening is a labor of love, no matter where you’re able to do it… happy march everyone.
yesterday the tamu holistic garden was hosting a fruit tree sale, so a friend picked me up in her fancy new truck and we headed to campus. they had several cold-tolerant species to offer including apricots, peaches, pears, persimmons and plums, and even some heat-tolerant apples. figuring that some of our citrus will decline due to our recent and current cold snap (yes, those posts need updating…), i think we’ll be able to find some room in the landscape for hardier selections.
bare root additions
the hort club acquired good quality bare root trees from a regional nursery. if you aren’t familiar with the benefits of planting bare root trees, see this resource from cornell’s urban horticulture institute. in general, bare root trees are easier to plant because 1.) you can see exactly where the root flare is, and not have to guess where the correct soil level is (b&b and container plants often bury this level, resulting in suffocated roots, but reason enough to rent an air spade), 2.) you can inspect the quality of the roots and prune out any girdling, wayward or broken roots without washing off the soil from the entire root ball (because really, who wants to give a tree a bath time you plant one?), and 3.) you don’t have to dig a huge hole to accommodate the root ball (in this heavy clay soil? where’s my mattock?). they’re even easier to ship and move around:
light as a feather
now all i have to do is find the right spot for the methley plum, kieffer pear, ayres pear and black spanish grape i acquired… move over, crape myrtle, your time has come…
