June 26 , 2014
Cancer Healing Garden|Gomphrena|Vertical Growing Systems
First , around town Pride of Barbados has been going like gangbusters at the Posse East near UT .
Like us all , they were a tad worried about it last wintertime . But mine is just cringe back while theirs is intercept dealings ! That ’s microclimates for you .
While we and the wildlife are waiting for tardily - moving perennials to warm up after their big chill panic , Trisha harbour our gardensand attracts butterflies with yearly gomphrena ( globe amaranth ) like ‘ Fireworks ’ .
She tells us that the color are really bract ( like shrimp plant & poinsettias ) . The existent flowers that attract those butterflies are tiny with yellowed stamens .
Drought tolerant and deer - proof , they bloom like orchis in full Sunday in the live months . Often they ’re felled by freezing but sometimes overwinter or return from seed . No fertiliser needed !
Along with Fireworks and the QIS series , Trisha ’s latest love is ‘ Pink Zazzle ’ gomphrena . Its leaves are bleary , entirely dissimilar than any genus Gomphrena I ’ve grown .
gently cut back genus Gomphrena early on to spur lush branching . Harvest the little “ globes ” quickly for long - hold out dried prime in organisation , wreath , or cosmetic jars .
If you want seeds alternatively , look until the bract bend straw - colored . Then , cull the germ to inseminate for another turn or redeem for next yr .
My sedges ( variousCarex ) have already scattered their seeds . They ’ve been so prolific that I ’ll move some around this nightfall to titillate a few other spaces . I grease one’s palms my Texas sedge at nurseries and theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center .
This one come with my home .
I learn about sedges , along with many aboriginal plants , when I metPat McNeal of McNeal Growerssoon after CTG was born . He ’s divulge , pass around and brought into the trade many of the drouth - tough plant that we count on these day .
Wholesale McNeal Growers is still acquire substantial , but Pat ca n’t pass up on novel ideas that spare piddle . This hebdomad , he get together Tomto show off his latest venture , Vertical Growing Systems .
sure , I ’ve learn them around , but how do they work ? Pat unwrap down the basic engineering that KLRU colleague Galia Farber checked out for herself .
Why are perpendicular growing systems trending ? For one thing , they ’re water - save ways to grow intellectual nourishment and ornamentals to cool down down outside wall and even roof .
For indoor condo / apartment gardeners or outdoors in narrow spaces , Pat explains why this earth - breaking proficiency is unquestionably growing up on our view .
On term of enlistment , Elayne Lansford definitely hit for the sky when husband John Villanacci faced a random disease and lung transplant , soon after she recover from breast cancer .
She become her despair into originative vim . After learning to weld , she turned the field beyond their garden into her Bottle World as a victory to healing .
It was a twist for Elayne , a psychologist who help node every day . Since she built a subaltern office near the Bottle World , client can travel her serene way of life of spiritual rebirth — both in spirit and wildflowers .
Elayne also believes in giving old objects a new objective . She rescue parsimony entrepot throwing away , roadside feeding bottle , and even tools from her family ’s farm . One foundling , an erstwhile tub , became a muted evening retreat to hit it up away some of her ire and grief as the ace overhead encouraged hope .
When she find an abandoned layer leaping , she sprung unto action , enlisting a welder friend to create a Bottle World bower .
Elayne style up old pail and give out tiles as concrete anchors for small Bottle World design .
From a discarded tabletop , she crafted her recirculating weewee bulwark waterfall .
Her first design had a few microbe , so John descend up with a new intention . Here ’s what he did .
See her report now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Linda
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