June 6 , 2019
Flashy Plants, Romance, Caterpillars, Fungal Disease
glacial drunkenness , cool swims , and sizzling grillroom think that summertime ’s here for sure . Pop hot color into outdoor “ livin ’ is easy ” withCasey AicklenfromBarton Springs Nurserywith flashy plants for splashy summer!Along with native to attract pollinator , she brings along a raw - to - me Lespedeza ‘ Little Volcano ’ . A deciduous deer - resistive shrub , it attracts countless pollinators and hummingbird on its summer - to - fall pink and over-embellished flowers . Plant in full sun and well - drained soil . radical - Oliver Hardy in wintertime , top emergence dies back , so cut back in late winter for agile backlash . It can get 6 ’ tall and 12 ’ widely , but you may operate sizing with trim . Punch in container color with genus Mandevilla and Datura ‘ Ballerina Purple ’ , both annuals for us unless winter - protect , but so worth it for month of color!Datura practically beam at night , attracting us and pollinating moth . And , get Casey ’s confidential information for keeping bougainvillea bloom and how to deal with caterpillars on cannas , like the Canna CANNOVA ® series for foliar drama to 3 - 4 ’ and luscious , rich colors . Note : the caterpillars are the larvae of a captain butterfly . Watch now !
The caterpillar you pip today may look quite different tomorrow . Daphne grabbed shots of Black Swallowtail butterfly larvae chomp on the fennel at theTravis County Extensiondemonstration garden . This is a young Black Swallowtail butterfly caterpillar . caterpillar go through several ontogenesis degree — instars — on the way of life to adulthood when they pupate and eventually emerge as butterfly ( or moths).One moth caterpillar we ’re seeing a lot now is the Genista Broom moth caterpillar on mountain Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel . John ShearerandRandy Sabbaghspotted several instars on their silvery one . you may use Bt ( B thurigiensis ) to command caterpillars you ca n’t hand pick , but there ’s the wipe ! You do n’t require to wipe out every butterfly stroke or moth out there . But in the grammatical case of mountain Laurel , an plague can do serious price and remove next year ’s flower . Watch now !
Here ’s the most convincing reason to love those caterpillars : Cody the Caterpillar ! write and illustrated by third - graderAtlie M. , who contrive to be an entomologist , her beautiful story succeed 2nd place in the delicious , annualKLRU KIDS Writers contest . I love Cody already ! I would never ache beneficial old Cody . Read Atlie ’s charming storyto find out what happens . Indeed , she ’ll be a great entomologist as well as an source ! Andread all the other talented young authors — you’ll screw every story .
So , do you have plants that reckon like this deplorable penta ? Blame pythium ascendant putrefaction , a result of late rain . John evidence the difference between fungal disease and insect damage . Here you ’ve got fungal disease on tomatoes , rose chafer beetle damage , and pitchy mould , a fungus that grows on the honeydew excreted by aphid and other sucking worm . Watch now!By the room , Randy Thompson fromSunshine Community Gardenstold me that other blight has really hit tomatoes this year after all the rain . Some gardeners use Serenade fungicide ( that John ’s mentioned ) as a foliar spray . AND : Sunshine Community Garden ’s host theirfamous tomato plant tasting this Saturday , June 8 at 9 a.m. ,so head on over to prove your tomatoes , vote on your favorites , and get their tomato mature tips . On tourin rocky Cedar Park , Robert Jenningsre - created a honeymoon paradise every day for wifeDeborahand their daughterCalli Avery - Faith Jennings . When they moved from Lubbock to Austin , Robert chiseled into stone to re - create the color and romance of their Hawaiian honeymoon . Starting from weeds and basically nothing , he layer color and privacy breaks with heirloom plant like althea , natives like Texas Star hibiscus , lantana , Tecoma stans , and other seasonally flowering perennials and annuals . They could n’t recreate the Pacific Ocean , butHill Country Water Gardens and Nurseryadded the romance of water in a multi - flat pond . Robert ’s back was well-chosen to let them deal out with the bedrock for a pond deep enough for koi . Pond plants , including native pickerelweed , attract lots of wildlife , as do the hang basket bougainvillea . PerennialSalvia guaranitica‘Black and Blue ’ frames the pool amidst a flurry of bees , butterfly , and hummingbirds . For all the wildlife they need , heron are no friends to their koi , all bring up and quite members of the category . Robert rigged up a drawstring barrier that seems to deter them . Encircling lawn invites a saunter around the pool and Robert ’s bordering beds . For film talent , example ( and student ) daughterCalli Avery - Faith Jennings , it ’s runaround time with their rescued andiron , sparing plants that do n’t go for pup frolics . Robert use every perpendicular pip to mature all variety of vines . A sentimental one is a grape he propagated from his female parent ’s in Lubbock , one that her nan add from Germany . Summer - blooming Dipladenia go up up supports on the overcompensate patio to shadow it even more when the heating plant ’s on . Always , it ’s a family favorite hangout to watch the wildlife . Like all families these twenty-four hours , the Jennings are always on the footrace . They direct to the garden to slow down down , discover , and revel in plain honest-to-goodness fun . Calli and Shadow Betty invite you watch their fib now !
Thanks for stopping by ! See you next workweek , Linda
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