July 5 , 2012
Garden fireworks!
To celebrate red , lily-white and blue this week , my new blue gazing ball glow against firecracker ruddy Turk ’s cap !
White nativePlumbago scandensdroops over soft leaf yucca ( Yucca recurvifolia ) .
Non - aboriginal depressed plumbago ( Plumbago auriculata ) spark some attention from this Snowberry Clearwing moth , too rapid for slow me to nab a super shot . From a space , it resemble a hummingbird . Some people refer to it as the “ bumblebee moth . ”
The sparks really vanish from this aboriginal hibiscus ( Hibiscus martianus ) . Since it ’s in all probability not moth-eaten hardy , we revel its flare from a terrace container .
Okay , purple passion vine / passionflower is n’t exactly blue , but it for sure is go under off firework for the frenzied butterflies mating and lay nut on its leaves .
Mine is a hybrid with five - lobed leaves , not the nativePassiflora incarnatawith three - lobed farewell , but it ’s definitely related . It does scatter like mad , and I need to draw it off some tree it ’s shade . Still , I detest to pull one that has a happy caterpillar champ off . I see close for tiny egg , too .
Uruguayan Firecracker Plant is orange , but it ’s name say it all . It ’s also called hummingbird bush ( since it attracts them ) and a caboodle of other names . I do it it asDicliptera suberecta , since it ’s fun to say !
Also shout out hummingbird bush is native Flame acanthus ( Anisacanthus quadrifidusvar.wrightii ) , a recurrent shrub that attracts butterflies , too .
A glossy lily-white with stacks of dissimilar names is Datura ( Datura wrightii ) . ordinarily called Jimsonweed or Angel ’s trump ( not to be fox with Brugmansia , a related to genus ) , Daphne cause it herPlant Pick this week .
Daphne explicate how to grow this native annual(so well - known through Georgia O’Keefe paintings ) . It draw in dark - pollinating moth and is deer resistant , but all plant parts are highly toxic to us .
Fireworks you do n’t require to fructify off in your garden is a flame . This week , Tom joins Patrick Allenfrom theTexas Forest Servicefor a few summit on garden firewise safe .
control outTexas Forest Service for more about how to landscape safely . snap on the icon to download Firewise Landscaping for step - by - gradation instructions and plant information .
Firewise Communitiesincludes fire good plant tilt for around the country . I ’ve learn out many of the lists from other states , and many apply to Texas .
Whether for fire safety equipment or to boil down our lawn , how near to our trees can we hardscape?Daphne answersthis great interrogation from Emily Keith , who require to reduce lawn space but protect her trees .
save gutters clean is one firewise safe backsheesh . But , they ’re also a breeding ground for mosquitoes with even a few drop cloth of rain . John Dromgooleexplains how to resist off mosquitoes in your gutters and in your garden , without harm the beneficials heading for your plants .
On tour , visitdesigner Glee Ingram’sfirewise aboriginal plant life return on a bouldered slope above a greenbelt .
last out cool until next calendar week ! Linda
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