tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48188797869803699282024-03-12T22:18:14.367-05:00Donald's Organic Texas GardenDonald's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00302876030201785965noreply@blogger.comBlogger400125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4818879786980369928.post-59031554676703532772018-03-28T16:40:00.001-05:002018-03-28T16:40:04.041-05:003/28/18<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Texas Columbine is in bloom again!</div>
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My Snowball Viburnum is in bloom.</div>
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I planted a Redbud tree about three years ago. After three years and no blooms, I started to wonder if it was a Redbud. This year I was relieved to see the buds and blooms.</div>
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My Opium Poppies are larger than ever this year.</h3>
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My Boss brought this HUGE Camellia to work today. She does not know the variety but said it has been blooming for four whole months. I guess you could say it's been a good year for Camellias!</div>
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Bouquet of Inland Sea Oats</div>
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<a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CHLA5">Inland Sea Oats</a><i> (Chasmanthium latifolium) </i>seed freely if left through the winter. I've got more than enough of them so I decided, this year, to make a bouquet. The bunch looks just as fresh today as it did three months ago.</div>
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Rainbow Garden Club Meeting</div>
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This past Sunday I hosted a meeting for The Rainbow Garden Club of Dallas. Our speaker was Janet K. Smith who spoke on bat houses. She encouraged us all to erect bat houses to combat mosquitoes and other unfriendly insects, which we all agreed is a much better remedy than harmful pesticides. my neighbor I and are planning on putting a couple of them up soon.</div>
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If you'd like to buy one Janet's bat houses, they will soon be available at <a href="http://thepetropolitandallas.com/">The Petropolitan</a>.</div>
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<a href="http://www.plantdelights.com/Rhodophiala-bifida-Hill-Country-Red-for-sale/Buy-Hill-Country-Red-Oxblood-Lily/"><b>The Oxblood Lilies</b> </a>(Rhodophiala bifida) are in bloom! Nothing like bright red to lead you to the end of a path!</div>
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Double Purple Datura</h4>
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This Datura is growing in a section of my garden devoted to the color purple. </div>
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It's gorgeous when more than one flower is in bloom.</div>
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Amaranthus caudatus<i> Green Cascade</i> and <i>Love Lies Bleeding</i> in a bed of Lemon Grass, </h4>
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Gomphrena Globosa and Celosia</h4>
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Background plants include Texas Rock Rose, Texas Sage, Anisacanthus, Beautyberry</div>
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and Crepe Myrtle.</div>
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Zinnia <i>Bernary's Giant Lime, Bernary's Giant Wine, & Queen Lime Red</i></div>
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One of my favorite summer flowers is Zinnia. These are the first blooms of the season. I got all the seeds from <a href="http://www.selectseeds.com/">Select Seeds</a>.<i> </i></div>
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I'm very fond of my orange and purple Coneflowers especially when they are blooming along with my orange Daylilies. I look forward to this show every June.</div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="detailname">As Katharine Hepburn once said, "The daylilies are in bloom again." Wait....</span></span></h3>
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<i><b> </b></i>Kniphofia <i>Red Hot Poker</i></div>
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It's been awhile since I've had any Red Hot Pokers in my garden.</div>
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With all the rain this year, one has decided to return.</div>
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Front Door Garden</h3>
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The spring rains have made my garden thrive. This bed contains flowers of Nasturtium, Larkspur, Coneflower, Yarrow, and Red Yucca, to name a few. The Red Yucca, is one of the new varieties called <a href="http://www.monrovia.com/plant-catalog/plants/3198/brakelights-red-yucca/">Brakelights</a>.</div>
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Rose bouquet with <a href="http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/178371/"><span style="color: magenta;">Cinco de Mayo</span> </a>rose</div>
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Along with Cinco de Mayo, the orange/red rose, this bouquet contains Graham Thomas, </div>
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Maggie and Marie Daly.</div>
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Nasturtium 'Tip Top Alaska Red'</h4>
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I decided to plant a new variety of nasturtium this year. I got the seeds from <a href="http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/038365.2.11714098055098574816">Select Seeds</a>. They are growing amongst some white and purple Alyssum. I'm pretty pleased with this combo.</div>
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Poppy somniferum</h4>
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It's always exciting when the first poppies of the season bloom. Today I woke up to this beauty. </div>
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Kelly's Path</div>
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I dedicated this part of my garden to my friend Kelly a few years ago.The blindingly bright Golden Oregano, I know, would bring a smile to her face, if she were here. I think of her every time I walk down this path.</div>
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Iris <i>All Aboard</i>, <i>Clown Around</i>, W<i>ell Endowed</i> and Texas Gold Columbine</div>
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The Iris look particularly dashing in front of the Texas Gold Columbine <i>Aquilegia chrysantha ‘Hinckleyana,' </i>this year. </div>
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<span class="st"><em> </em>Chinese Snowball Vibernum </span><span class="st"><em> </em></span></div>
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<span class="st">It's winter again in my garden! This is </span><span class="st">my first spring with my new Viburnum <em>macrocehpalu </em></span></div>
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<span class="st"><em> </em>and so far, it's a hit!</span><span class="st"><em> </em></span></div>
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Clematis 'Ramona'</div>
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The first Clematis to bloom in my garden each spring is Clematis 'Ramona.'</div>
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It happens to be my favorite Clematis too!</div>
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