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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Geranium Blog Set For Wild Gardening Frenzy
A is for Apple Scented Geranium
I'm completely manic with new geranium projects this spring:
- Set up fluorescent light for rooting and seed growing
- Super tough scented geraniums - I'm developing a list of scented geraniums that gardeners in desert cities can count on. Stay tuned for these sizzling recommendations.
- My little online store is now operational. Drop by Sunshine Hill Gardens for scented geranium seeds and cuttings. I've got canna rhizomes, too!
- Scented geranium leaf gallery - 'nuff said.
- In the name of better organization, some of the articles on Scented Geraniums will be moving to the Geranium Blog over the next few days.
- And how about an update on Gracie the Grackle?
- Plus more, more, MORE preying mantids, deformed vegetables, desert tortoise antics, new scented geraniums and lovely pictures.
Pelargonium odoratissimum (apple) is one of the first to bloom each spring.
Categories: Cuttings, Desert Tortoise, Foliage, Garden Fun, Grackle, Hot Weather, New Plants, P. odoratissimum, Praying Mantis, Propagation, Seeds
Friday, November 02, 2007
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Bizarre Mystery Pods Turn Out To Be...
Creeping Fig (Ficus pumila) with fruit
Last week my husband found two strange hollowish green pods in the rose garden. We could not imagine what they were or where they came from. This afternoon we were sitting on the patio, looked up and saw them hanging from the creeping fig on the wall. HA! We've been growing this vine for about ten years. It's never made fruit before, nor did anyone notice it flowering.
Friday, June 30, 2006
Austin Wildlife
An army of armadillos
A ghostly army of stampeding armadillos decorates the outside of Threadgill's on Barton Springs Road in Austin, TX. This restaurant stands very, very near the location of the well-loved and long-gone Armadillo World Headquarters.
We are still on vacation in Texas. We took the kids to Schlitterbahn, a water park, in New Braunfels. Then we went to Austin to visit family and touch base with our redneck hippy roots.
Scary bug
Aren't you glad your garden isn't infested with these? This bug resides outside Threadgill's as well. It used to be a sign for an Austin exterminator company and was frequently "kidnapped".
Have you ever seen so many pink flamingos?
This flock was sighted at Hwy. 360 and Bee Cave Rd. I think if it weren't for the flamingos, nobody would ever notice the nursery on the corner.
Monday, June 12, 2006
I am Hysterical!
Or perhaps I should say my inner flower is hysterical. I took the test at This Garden Is Illegal. My first thought when I found out I was an Echinacea was, "I would never grow that!" And didn't we just learn not long ago that Echinacea is useless against colds? At least it is pink! Here is the description that came with the pronouncement:
"You are a health conscious person, both your health and the health of others. You know all about the health benefits and dangers of the world around you."I wouldn't call my self health-conscious, but exercise is my primary excuse for leaving other work undone when I go outside to garden. Also, it is true that I know what is best for everyone and have been known to tell them about it. If only they would listen!
I am an
Echinacea
What Flower
Are You?
