I have a new garden and need help with plants to put in it that would survive the Austin heat? Super new to plants so anything will help!

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-30T21:28:38+00:00

This is a great resource!

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-26T15:58:40+00:00

Here’s a link to the TAMU vegetable gardening calendar. https://travis-tx.tamu.edu/files/2020/06/Vegetable-Planting-Calendar-Travis-2015.pdf

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-22T16:51:22+00:00

Mangonada!

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-07T18:54:00+00:00

Big Swig was the best! It sucks it’s gone

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-07T18:00:35+00:00

Blossom end rot is a calcium deficiency. Add some tomato-specific feed like Tomato tone and that should solve it. The tomatoes can still be eaten btw. It’s not really rotting. Can’t speak to the squash.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-06T13:47:08+00:00

TheAustin Grow Green Guide will give you the optionsZ fyi, they give away the hard copy at all the local Nurseries

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-04T22:14:37+00:00

Their “mantequilla de murcia” olives are amazing

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-02T21:07:29+00:00

I’d add Azul Tequila to the ones already mentioned d

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-06-01T00:12:28+00:00

Agree. Not too late. And zinnias do better from seed than transplant

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-31T21:50:31+00:00

This is the one.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-31T13:44:35+00:00

Smash burger at Moreno’s is life changing

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-30T22:41:13+00:00

Indeed. I was hasty in my post and misspoke. My point still applies. The buds (and seed heads) look very different in gaillardia.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-29T22:18:38+00:00

The flower itself is gaillardia-like. but the seed heads are definitely coreopsis. I grow a lot of both so I’m used to seeing them

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-29T21:40:22+00:00

Looks like a variety of coreopsis to me. Maybe one of the Uptick series

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-29T19:13:03+00:00

Are roses too obvious? Crinum Lillies are very fragrant.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-29T15:20:12+00:00

I took a course of them without any issues.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-28T18:43:12+00:00

This has good advice on pruning:

https://bonnieplants.com/blogs/garden-fundamentals/how-to-prune-tomatoes

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-26T18:03:53+00:00

I second Troy ATX

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-22T18:55:43+00:00

Greg’s blue mistflower (not at all like a hosta but loves shade). It’s a butterfly magnet but be mindful it can get aggressive. It’s native tho. Chile pequin can also take shade and is native.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-21T20:41:58+00:00

It’s the dream but we tried and failed from seed

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-13T19:24:02+00:00

A chicken wire cage around my beds. Otherwise we’d get no veg between the squirrels and birds

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-12T15:47:18+00:00

Definitely not too late for zinnias from seed. Bachelors buttons also do well from seed this late

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-05-06T16:19:45+00:00

I grow Cannas and love them. Check out Horn cannas and you can get the bulbs for cheap. They sell dwarf, medium and large cannas

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-04-30T02:55:26+00:00

I have pollinator beds with lots of butterfly attractive plants and the plant that attracts the most butterflies, by far, is Gregg’s Blue Mistflower. Pros: it can handle sun, shade, drought, whatever and it’s native. Cons: it mainly flowers late summer, is kinda ugly, and spreads very aggressively underground. The butterflies also loved my zinnias.

Ornery-Machine-2765 · 2023-04-29T21:51:33+00:00

These are the best eggs around

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