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Now that the 2005 season is really going
Proof of the new season is in my sunburn ;-)
Lots of folks have suggested innovative and progressive garden centers/nurseries in times past but nothing stays completely static. Where are the non-standard and interesting garden offerings so far this year? All the Walmart, Home Depots, Lowes, etc. stuff is pretty cookie cutter with a few occasional exceptions. I went by Red Barn on Ponds Springs this Thursday at 2pm but the cars were waiting in the road for parking.........maybe I should wait for the next thunderstorm |
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escape wrote: On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:54:18 GMT, jOhN opined: Proof of the new season is in my sunburn ;-) Lots of folks have suggested innovative and progressive garden centers/nurseries in times past but nothing stays completely static. Where are the non-standard and interesting garden offerings so far this year? All the Walmart, Home Depots, Lowes, etc. stuff is pretty cookie cutter with a few occasional exceptions. I went by Red Barn on Ponds Springs this Thursday at 2pm but the cars were waiting in the road for parking.........maybe I should wait for the next thunderstorm Barton Springs Garden Center Gardens Natural Gardener Old Thyme Gardens The Great Outdoors Tex Zen Garden Center Big Red Sun You forgot "It's About Thyme" over on Manchaca. ;-) They even have 1 gallon artichokes..... -- K. Sprout the Mung Bean to reply... There is no need to change the world. All we have to do is toilet train the world and we'll never have to change it again. -- Swami Beyondanada ,,Cat's Haven Hobby Farm,,Katraatcenturyteldotnet,, http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...user id=katra |
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Where are the non-standard and interesting garden offerings so far this year? All the Walmart, Home Depots, Lowes, etc. stuff is pretty cookie cutter with a few occasional exceptions. How about in Houston? Anybody know? Cindy |
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What is a progressive garden center pray tell?
"jOhN" wrote in message om... Proof of the new season is in my sunburn ;-) Lots of folks have suggested innovative and progressive garden centers/nurseries in times past but nothing stays completely static. Where are the non-standard and interesting garden offerings so far this year? All the Walmart, Home Depots, Lowes, etc. stuff is pretty cookie cutter with a few occasional exceptions. I went by Red Barn on Ponds Springs this Thursday at 2pm but the cars were waiting in the road for parking.........maybe I should wait for the next thunderstorm |
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escape wrote:
A center which thinks and provides plants out of the ordinary dull box selection you find in chain stores. I recently read there are 4000 wildflower varieties in Texas. Of course, many of them are not suited for Central Texas. However, it should give one an idea that many of the chain stores' selection of maybe a couple of dozen flowering annual species and a dozen flowering perennials is extremely limited in scope. On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 23:29:39 GMT, "Carlos" opined: What is a progressive garden center pray tell? "jOhN" wrote in message .com... Proof of the new season is in my sunburn ;-) Lots of folks have suggested innovative and progressive garden centers/nurseries in times past but nothing stays completely static. Where are the non-standard and interesting garden offerings so far this year? All the Walmart, Home Depots, Lowes, etc. stuff is pretty cookie cutter with a few occasional exceptions. I went by Red Barn on Ponds Springs this Thursday at 2pm but the cars were waiting in the road for parking.........maybe I should wait for the next thunderstorm Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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On Sun, 20 Mar 2005 20:24:29 GMT, jOhN
wrote: I recently read there are 4000 wildflower varieties in Texas. Of course, many of them are not suited for Central Texas. The number usually mentioned is "almost 5,000 species of vascular plants" and thus would include lots of things not considered wild flowers. But that would still add up to a whole lot. These are of course spread out across a really diverse series of landscapes - from alpine to (almost) tropical. Areas with less than 8" annual rainfall to those with nearly 60" of annual rainfall. But even then, you can imagine that Austin is "native" to a thousand or more plant species and numerous hundreds of those would be attractive enough to include in your landscape. So it is a matter of logistics as to how many of those are down at your local plant nursery. Up until about 20 years ago, very few true native species were commercially available. So the plant materials industry has come a long way. Rusty Mase |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 14:51:52 GMT, escape
wrote: For example, as of 2003 and not updated to add new varieties and species, this is my plant list: Excellent list, botanical garden qualification. I have one you are missing (you have several hundred I am missing) is Mejorana or Shrubby Blue Sage (Salvia ballotaeflora) and I do not see this one at local nurseries. It has never set seed so I would need to root cuttings and I need to do that before my one mature shrub dies - although I have had it for nearly 30 years. Rusty Mase |
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On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:31:06 GMT, escape
wrote: On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:32:48 -0600, Rusty Mase opined: Salvia ballotaeflora) I found a webpage with a pretty good photo of the flower. http://www.nps.gov/amis/nr_profile/wild1_guide.htm Yes, and there is a nice photo in Enquist's "Wildflowers of the Texas Hill County". I not seen it growing naturally around here but only further south in the South Texas Brush Country. Rusty Mase |
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