Monthly Archives: September, 2013
Frogfruit lawn for Foliage Follow-up – September 2013
My Texas frogfruit “lawn” is demonstrating our long hot summer. In areas where it gets a tiny bit of shade it is lush and lovely, and in full sun areas, it is crispy. Perhaps if I cared for it better…watered it more…planted it differently, it would have been more successful as a lawn for us. …
GBBD – Sept 2013
It is garden bloggers bloom day tomorrow, and this month I will share my favorite 3 blooms in my garden right now. The two Desert Willow trees (Chilopsis linearis ‘Bubba’) in my front garden have bloomed non-stop since spring…wildlife love them, and I love the hot color in the heat of the summer. Gomphrena ‘fireworks’ …