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($1 each plus a self addressed, stamped envelope; 3 flyers will fit in one envelope. Make checks payable to Brenda Beust Smith and mail to: Flyers, 14011 Greenranch, Houston, TX 77039)

• RAIN/BOG GARDEN DESIGN. Turn that low spot into an asset to help store water for drought periods.

• ECOLAWNS. How to have a healthier, more environment-friendly lawn from a lazy gardener’s perspective.

• 10 COMMANDMENTS OF LAZY GARDENING. It’s a mindset with very practical steps.

• DEER NO! PLANTS. Tips and planting suggestions.

And, from Brenda’s now out-of-print “Lazy Gardener’s Guide” ($1 each) — designs for:
A BUTTERFLY GARDEN
AN HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN
AN ANTIQUE ROSE GARDEN
A WILDFLOWER GARDEN
A GARDEN IN SHADE ALL DAY (NO DIRECT RAYS)
A GARDEN IN FILTERED OR PARTIAL SUN
A GARDEN IN ALL DAY SUN OR AFTERNOON SUN
A TROPICAL GARDEN FOR WINTER BEAUTY

($1 each plus a SASE; 3 flyers will fit in one envelope. Make checks payable to Brenda Beust Smith and mail to: Flyers, 14011 Greenranch, Houston, TX
77039)

Brenda has lectured on gardening throughout the State of Texas and Louisiana. For information on her talks, email  brenda@guidrynews.com

 

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by Brenda Beust Smith
(THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE’S LAZY GARDENER)

July 2, 2006
 



“Gardening is a matter of your enthusiasm holding up until your back gets used to it.”

--Author Unknown

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Brenda Beust Smith


DEAR BRENDA: I need help! I just moved to Katy from Ohio. It is so different down here. NOTHING will grow for me. My petunias look awful, my snapdragons are lying down, my favorite larkspur haven’t even come up yet. I planted the seeds in March, earlier than we usually do, because it’s so much warmer down here. What an awful place to garden or am I doing it all wrong?    Katie in Katy.

DEAR KATIE IN KATY: Whoa! Have you pushed my button or what? I’ll try to stay calm and answer nicely but first of all, one outburst: This is a GREAT place to garden. Unlike Ohio, we have a 12-month growing season. We have the best of both worlds. We can grow most of the same beautiful plants you grow there (we plant the ones you mentioned above in December and they bloom through most of the winter and into February and March). AND, we can grow many tropicals that you can’t grow except in greenhouses.

The first thing you need to do is to visit the Harris County Extension office demonstration gardens. They’d be the closest to you. Take I-10 east (toward Houston) to Highway 6. Go north (left to you). It’s a couple of miles down on the right in Bear Creek Park.

Take a pad and pencil and make notes of what is blooming when. Visit now, again in the fall, again in January, and again in April.

I don’t know where to start to tell you what to plant.  My idea of the perfect garden is the one I have now. I can literally walk away anytime and it does just fine on its own. Anything that was going to die from lack of water in summer or too much water (our yard tends to flood sometimes). So I’ll give you a list of those to get you started with a mental walk around my garden:

SUN: butterfly ginger, butterfly weed, cape jasmine (same flower but shrub is larger and hardier than gardenia), cassia, cestrum, crepe myrtles (trees and weeping), fig, hummingbird bush (Hamelia), kumquat, lantana, lanceleaf coneflower, lion’s tail (leonatis), melampodium, morning glory tree/shrub, oleander, passionvine, pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia), Rangoon creeper, rusellia (both coral fountain plant and Red Rocket), yellow bells (esperanza, Tecoma stans),

I don’t know the names of all my antique roses but I know I have Katy Road Pink (found on I-10) and LaMarne. Martha Gonzales is one of my favorite small roses, the shrub only gets about 3 foot tall with deep red flowers and reddish, evergreen foliage.

EITHER PART SUN OR PART SHADE: althaea, amaryllis, barlaria (Philippine violet), Brazilian red cloak, chrysanthemums (they bloom spring and fall here), crinums, firespike, four o’clocks, hymenocallis (giant white spider lilies), indigo (Indigofera), Louisiana iris, plumbago, porterweed, shell ginger, swamp sunflowe.

SHADE: American beautyberry, closet plant (funeral plant), English dogwood (Philadelphus, mock orange), hosta, peacock ginger.

That’s all I can think of right now.

If you don’t recognize these, go to www.google.com.  Type in the name. Just remember you are now in a subtropical pocket; well, in Katy you’re on the edge.

This means many of these plants will bloom longer and get taller than the websites (which usually are too broad) may indicate. They may probably also be evergreen although listed as annuals.

I don’t know too many nurseries in your area, but they can tell you some at the Harris County Extension office. One great one is Nelson’s Water Gardens right off I-10. They carry wonderful native and Gulf Coast hardy plants for the garden as well as for ponds.

DEAR BRENDA: My amaryllis didn’t bloom this year. Do you know why? Can I plant those huge amaryllis they sell in pots? Mine was gorgeous this year but someone said they’re too tender to grow in the ground here.
S.M.


DEAR S.M. Grrrr.... must have been someone from “up nawth.” They most certainly can go into the ground here. Put them in and forget them until they stop blooming.

One problem we have here is that everything sinks.
Amaryllis necks must be above ground. That’s one reason they might have stopped blooming. Another is overcrowding. It doesn’t hurt them one bit to lift them out, separate them and replant them higher. Give them a good feeding of bulb food. One technique is to dig the hole a little deeper than necessary. Put in a handful of bulb food. Drop some soil back in until the hole is the right depth, then plant the bulb.
This will help force the roots downward.

Amaryllis also may not rebloom if you cut off the foliage once the flower has died. A bulb uses that dying foliage to replenish itself for the next year.
They also don’t like to be overwatered in summer when they go dormant. They should not be planted near plants that have to be watered often, like azaleas.
Automatic watering systems also may put too much water on them in the summer.

Does this help any?

DEAR BRENDA: My tomatoes are all split. What causes that? JIM

DEAR JIM: Usually this is caused by uneven watering, which is a hard thing to control with our heavy downpours followed by intense drought.

One way to combat this is with a well raised bed. I’m talking two feet above ground level. This way excessive rainwater drains out and the deepest roots won’t be staying in wet soil too long.

Another way is to use the cylinder gardening method.
This utilizes the white five gallon plastic buckets that paint or some grocery store things come in.
Often stores throw these away.

This method is used by Harris County Master Gardeners and Men’s Garden Club of Houston in elementary schools. You slice off the bottom. Then you can either use the whole bucket, or slice it in half to get two cylinders.

Fill the cylinders with good potting soil and plant in them. The HCMG/MGC volunteers set the cylinders on boards so they can be easily moved around. Or you can set them right on the ground which is better.

If you use these right in the garden, then you water and fertilize only in the cylinder, which means an all around savings.

You can see more on cylinder gardening at:

http://cylindergardening.tamu.edu

Good luck!
Brenda

GREATER HOUSTON/GALVESTON/BEAUMONT GARDENING CALENDAR These events are all in Houston unless otherwise specified. Call and confirm; dates, times, etc., may have changed! All are listed almost exactly as submitted. For an updated Garden Calendar, see my Lazy Gardener column Saturdays in the Houston Chronicle “Star” section.

July 6: “Basics of Bird Identification” by Gary Clark. 7 PM, Eldridge Park Conference Center, 2511 Eldridge Road in Sugar Land. Coastal Prairie Texas Master Naturalist event. Free. 
www.coastalprairie.org or 281-565-4658 for more information.

Saturday, July 8th, Plumeria Show & Sale, 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Bay Area Community Center, 5002 Nasa Road 1 in Seabrook, free. Plumeria Society of America event.
713-946-9175 or www.theplumeriasociety.org

Saturday (July 8): International Plumeria Conference begins, Moody Gardens, One Hope Boulevard in Galveston. PHONE NUMBER (must) or www.theplumeriasociety.org; free?

Saturday, July 8. Texas Rose Rustlers Summer Rookie Meeting. 10:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m., Mercer Arboretum,
22306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble, speakers Gaye Hammond and John Ferguson. free.
Call 281 468 3677 or visit www.texasroserustlers.org.

Sunday, July 9: “Birding Walk”, 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, (281)-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

Sunday, July 9: “Amphibians of East Texas” by Mike Howlett, East TX Herpetological Society, 2 p.m., Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, 4501 Woodway Drive; free
713-681-8433 or www.houstonarboretum.org;

Monday July 10: “How to Start a Community or School Garden” by Gary Edmondson, 4:00-6:30 p.m., Urban Harvest, 1900 Kane; 713-880-5540 to register; www.urbanharvest.org for details and directions; free class.

Tuesday July 11: Butterfly Enthusiasts of Southeast Texas (BEST), 7 p.m., Cockrell Butterfly Center, Houston Museum of Natural Science One Hermann Circle Drive, 713-639-4629 or 713-683-9777; free.

Wednesday, July 12: “Lunch Bunch: Building a Patio Fountain”, noon to 1 p.m., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, 281-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

Wednesday (July 12) Registration deadline for the July 19 or July 20 Mosaic Garden Art Workshop, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. University of Houston Clear Lake, North Office Annex, 2700 Bay Area Blvd. Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event, register at 281-991-8437 or hcmgap2.tamu.edu; $40.

Thursday, July 13, “Pests,” by Vince Mannino, 7-9 pm, U of H Cinco Ranch, 4242 S. Mason Rd., Rm. 118, Green Thumb Seminar, 281.341.7068 or www.fbmg.com; free.

Friday, July 14: “Ladybugs and Butterflies” by Nancy Brahm, 11 a.m., “Southern Lady Luncheon,” 11:30 a.m., Sherren Smith Gift and Garden Center at Brookwood,  1752 FM 1489, Brookshire. Register at
281-375-2149; seminar free, luncheon $12.95.

Saturday, July 15 – “Identifying Wild Birds” Seminar – by Jerry Walls, Director of Christmas Creek Nature Preserve, 11 am at Martha’s Bloomers, Navasota; (936) 870-4044, free.

Sunday, July 16: Space City Hibiscus Society will hold a Show and Sale at the Harris County Activity Center, 7340 Spencer Highway, Pasadena Tx from 1 to 4 pm. The public is invited and admission is free.

Monday July 17: “How to Start a Community or School Garden” by Dr. Bob Randall, 1:00-3:45 p.m., Urban Harvest, 1900 Kane; 713-880-5540 to register; www.urbanharvest.org for details and directions; free class.

July 18: “Landscape Construction” by Dr. Mike Arnold, 6:30 p.m., Harris County Extension office, 3033 Bear Creek Park; Master Gardener event, 281-855-5600, access http://hcmga.tamu.edu; free.

Tuesday, July 18: “Crinums in East Texas” by Joe Shaw, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, 281-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

Thursday, July 20: “Here Come the Hummingbirds” by Mark Klym, noon to 3 p.m. Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, (281)-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

July 20, “Hummingbird Invasions” by Mark Klym. 7PM, Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, 4501 Woodway, free. Native Plant Society event. (713)681-3665 or www.npsot.org.

Sunday, July 23, 2006, Hibiscus Show and Plant Sale, 1- 4 p.m., Fort Bend County Community Center, 1330 Band Road @ Texas 36, Lone Star Chapter of the American Hibiscus Society, 713/723-5858, www.lonestarahs.org for a map, free.

Sunday: July 23: “Poisonous Plants” by Glenn Olsen, Native Plant Society, 2 p.m., Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, 4501 Woodway Dr.; 713-681-8433 or www.houstonarboretum.org; free

Monday July 24: “Sell What You Grow at a Green Market” by Gita VanWoerden, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Urban Harvest, 1900 Kane; 713-880-5540 to register; www.urbanharvest.org for details and directions; $30.

July 25: “Pests and Diseases,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

July 25: “Pests and Diseases”, Green Thumb series by Dr. Carol Brouwer, Harris County Extension agent.
6:30-9 pm, Tracy Gee Community, 3599 Westcenter Dr.; Texas Cooperative/Master Gardener event, 281-855-5600, access http://hcmga.tamu.edu; free.

Thursday July 27: registration deadline for Saturday July 29 class “Plant the Fall Vegetable Garden” by Dr.
Bob Randall and Diana Liga, 9:30a.m.-12:30p.m., Urban Harvest, 1900 Kane; 713-880-5540 to register; www.urbanharvest.org for details and directions; $30.

July 31: Registration deadline for the Sept. 7 Master Naturalist class, eight Thursdays, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m., various locations in Fort Bend and Waller Counties.  Fee and registration at 281-633-7042 or
www.coastalprairie.org

Tuesday (August 1): “Cactus & Succulents” by Phyllis McEuen, noon, Harris County Extension office, 3033 Bear Creek Dr.Master Gardener event. 281-855-5600, or harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

Wednesday (August 2) Begonia by Bill Claybaugh, 10 am 1202 Genoa Red Bluff, Houston, TX 77034, free.
Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event (281) 991-8437, Website: http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu
August 2: Registration deadline for the 15-week Master Gardener course starting August 9, meeting on Wednesdays 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at 1402 Band Road, Suite 100.  Register at 281-633-7033 or fbmg.com; $160 ($255 couple).

August 5 & 6: Houston Cactus & Succulent Society’s annual Show & sale, ,Houston Arboretum & Nature Center, 4501 Woodway. Show hours: Saturday 10A to 5P, Sunday 9A to 5P. Plant sales each day from 9A to 5P.  For info call 713-827-8545. Free.

Wednesday, August 9: “Lunch Bunch: The ABC’s of Bromeliads” by David Whipkey, noon to 1 p.m. Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, (281)-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

Thursday (Aug. 10): Registration deadline for the August 24-November 9 Fall Master Gardener Class, Thursdays 8 a.m.-noon., Harris County Extension office, 3033 Bear Creek Dr., 281-855-5600 or harris-tx.edu/hort; $150.

Thursday, August 10, “Yard Care Basics,” 7-9 p.m., Eldridge Park Conference Center, 2511 Eldridge Road in Sugar Land. Green Thumb Seminar, 281-341-7068 or www.fbmg.com; free.

Tuesday, August 15: “Gardening With Nature” by Karen Breneman, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, 281-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

Tuesday, August 15: Reservation deadline for the Thursday, August 17: “Special Workshop: Make a Decorative Rain Gauge” by Cynthia Douglas, from 10 a.m. to noon., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, (281)-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; $15.

Tuesday (August 15): “Snakes in Houston” by Mike Howlett, 6:30 p.m., Harris County Extension office,
3033 Bear Creek Dr., 281-855-5600 or http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort.  Master Gardener event; free.

Thursday, August 17: Reservation deadline for the Saturday, August 19: “Tropical Workshop”, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, (281)-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; $50.

August 17, “Fall Wildflowers,” Ruth Milburn, 7PM, Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, 4501 Woodway, free. Native Plant Society event, (713)681-3665 or www.npsot.org.

August 19: “Ground Covers”, Suzzane Chapman, Mercer Gardens at 6:30 pm. Harris County Extension office, 3033 Bear Creek Park. Free Master Gardener event.  281-855-5600; access http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort 

Saturday (August 19) Registration deadline for the Wednesday, August 30th Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Intermediate Level Horticultural Workshop: The Key to Understanding Flowering Plants in your Garden. 9 am – 1 pm Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Dr, Houston, TX 77004. Fee $38. Register
at http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu or call (281) 991-8437

August 22: “Landscape Design,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

Tuesday, August 22: “Native Plant Garden”, 9 a.m.-noon, Mercer Arboretum, 22306 Aldine Westfield, 281-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer; free.

August 22: “Landscape Design” by Carol Brouwer, Green Thumb series at the Tracy Gee Community, 3599 Westcenter Dr. 6:30-9 pm. Texas Cooperative/Master Gardener event. Free to public. Call 281-855-5600; access http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort

Sept. 1: Registration deadline for the Saturday, Sept. 9 Wildscapes Workshop with Dee Howell, Chris LaChance, Diane Cabiness, Gloria and John Tveten and Lisa Gonzales, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., University of Houston
Central Campus, Register at 281-558-3710 or email: sarahbethsmith1@aol.com; $30.

Sept. 5: “Gardening Fun by the Sq. Foot”, John Jons at 12 noon. Harris County Extension office, 3033 Bear Creek Dr. Free Master Gardener meeting. 281-855-5600, access http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort

Wednesday (Sept 6) Perennials for the Gulf Coast by Angela Chandler, 10 am 1202 Genoa Red Bluff, Houston, TX 77034, free. Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event (281) 991-8437, Website:
http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu

Sept. 26: “Landscape Maintenance,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

Sept. 26: “Landscape Maintenance”, Carol Brouwer, Harris County Agent. Green Thumb series; 6:30-9 pm. Tracy Gee Community, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Texas Cooperative/Master Gardener event. Free to public.
281-855-5600; access http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort.

Saturday, (Sept 30) Fall Garden Treasures Plant Sale, 9:15 am- 1:00 pm. Clear Lake Park, 5001 Nasa Parkway, Seabrook, TX 77586-5305. Free seminars starting at 8 am. Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event.  (281) 991-8437, website: http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu

September 30 - October 1: Spring Branch African Violet Club Annual Sale, 9a-5p Sept. 30; 12 noon-4p Oct 1, Hermann Park Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Dr., 713-462-4257 or www.orgsites.com/tx/sbavc, free.

Wednesday (October 4) Herbal Delights by Ginia Keen, 10 am 1202 Genoa Red Bluff, Houston, TX 77034, free. Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event (281) 991-8437, Website: http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu

Thursday-Saturday (Oct. 12-13-14): 2006 Bulb and Plant Mart. Garden Club of Houston, gchouston.org. The Garden Club of Houston’s 2006 Bulb and Plant Mart (64th year) will be held again this year October 12, 13, 14 at the same place, Westminster United Methodist Church, at San Felipe and Bering.

Saturday, (Oct 14) Herb-a-Paloooza, Herb Sale and Celebration, 9 am- 1 pm. Clear Lake United Methodist Church, 16335 El Camino Real, Houston, TX 77062.  Free seminars and demonstrations starting at 8 am.
Harris County Master Gardener Precinct 2 Event. (281) 991-8437, website: http://hcmgap2.tamu.edu

Friday-Saturday (Oct. 20-21): Jerry’s Jungle Garden Tropicals Open House and Plant Sale, 9 a.m.-5p.m., 712 Hill Road, 281-272-8612 or www.jerrysjungle.com; free.

Oct. 21-22 Fall Gardening Symposium and Garden Tour, (times?), The University of Texas Center for American History and its Winedale Division in Round Top.

Saturday, October 21 – “Planting Bulbs for Spring” Seminar by Margaret Cherry, TMCNP#496, 11 am at Martha’s Bloomers, Navasota; (936) 870-4044, free.

Oct. 24: “Soils and Composting,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

Nov 28: “Trees,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

Jan. 23, 2007: “Fruits and Nuts,” 6:30-9 p.m., Tracy Gee Community Center, 3599 Westcenter Dr. Harris County Extension event, 281-855-5600, http://harris-tx.tamu.edu/hort; free.

IF YOU FOUND THIS COLUMN HELPFUL, YOU MIGHT LIKE SOME OF BRENDA’S FLYERS FROM HER GARDENING TALKS:

($1 each plus a self addressed, stamped envelope; 3 flyers will fit in one envelope. Make checks payable to Brenda Beust Smith and mail to: Flyers, 14011 Greenranch, Houston, TX 77039)

• RAIN/BOG GARDEN DESIGN. Turn that low spot into an asset to help store water for drought periods.

• ECOLAWNS. How to have a healthier, more environment-friendly lawn from a lazy gardener’s perspective.

• 10 COMMANDMENTS OF LAZY GARDENING. It’s a mindset with very practical steps.

• DEER NO! PLANTS. Tips and planting suggestions.

And, from Brenda’s now out-of-print “Lazy Gardener’s Guide” ($1 each) — designs for:
A BUTTERFLY GARDEN
AN HUMMINGBIRD GARDEN
AN ANTIQUE ROSE GARDEN
A WILDFLOWER GARDEN
A GARDEN IN SHADE ALL DAY (NO DIRECT RAYS)
A GARDEN IN FILTERED OR PARTIAL SUN
A GARDEN IN ALL DAY SUN OR AFTERNOON SUN
A TROPICAL GARDEN FOR WINTER BEAUTY

($1 each plus a SASE; 3 flyers will fit in one envelope. Make checks payable to Brenda Beust Smith and mail to: Flyers, 14011 Greenranch, Houston, TX  77039

Brenda Beust Smith
brenda@guidrynews.com  

Have you visited Brenda's Garden lately? Her online column (with its year-long Garden Calendar of Area Events) can be read at http://www.guidrynews.com/brenda.htm.

Brenda's informational flyers: "No Deer Plants” • "Eco-Lawns” • "10 Commandments of Lazy Gardening” • “A Butterfly Garden" • "A Hummingbird Garden" • "An Antique Rose Garden" • "A Wildflower Garden" • "A Garden in Shade All day (no direct sun rays)" • "A Garden in Filtered, Partial or Dappled Sun All Day" • "A Bog (Rain) Garden" • "A Garden in All Day Sun or Strong Afternoon Sun" • "A Tropical Garden for Winter Beauty" • "A Winter Color Garden" • Each flyer is $1. Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (3 flyers per envelope) with check payable to Brenda B. Smith) to: Lazy Gardener Flyers, 14011 Greenranch, Houston, TX 77039.  Be sure to list flyers ordered.

 

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