Plant of the Month
Creeping Wire Vine
Muehlenbeckia axillaris
Creeping Wire Vine
Creeping wire vine is a New Zealand native that will grow in sun or shade here. The leaves are small, more so in the sun and the flowers are insignificant. They grow on thin, wiry stems up to a foot tall but often lower. It is evergreen that prefers needs regular water.
I like they way it looks best in shade as it has a lusher look compared to planted in full sun. (It almost looks like two different plants.) I like to use it in containers, but it is nice in rock gardens or as a small scale ground cover. Use it as an alternative to ivy for cold hardy, shady hanging baskets or in mixed containers as a spiller/filler plant that looks good year round.
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August 2013 Newsletter
Black eyed Susans
Things have slowed down at the nursery, what with Sally gone and the big planting rush over, but we still have plenty of great plants for our customers to take home. We have so much that we thought we would once again do our “Hot August Deals’ special. So for August all plants are 20% off regular price. Prime right now are hibiscus, crape myrtle, black eyed susans, echinacea, russian sage, marigolds, and zinnias. We have the best selection of 4” hardy ferns that we have hade all year. The roses look great and are close to full bloom as I write this. There are still 3 months before the first frost and now is a good tome to freshen up your heat stressed, tired containers and baskets.
Crape Myrtle
Fall plants are beginning to appear on availability lists. It won’t be long now before we’ll be seeing pansies instead of petunias and calendula instead of marigolds. Iris bulbs usually arrive before the end of the month with daffodils not far behind. We just got in a fresh batch of cooler season veggies.
Speaking of cooler season vegies, now is the time to start seed if you plan on doing so. Broccoli, brussels, cabbage and cauliflower should be started now so they will be ready to transplant later. Other things like peas, beets and carrots can be sown directly in the ground by the end of next month. Kale, spinach and lettuce can be started either way. We have 6 packs of onions in too. They are a little time consuming to divide but some of our customers prefer them that way and want to get an early start. We will have onion and garlic bulbs later, usually around the 1st of Oct.
Blue Bird Rose of Sharon
If you want your vegetables and flowers to keep performing till frost you had better feed if you are not already doing so. We love the E.B. Stone Rose and Flower food for all our summer blooming shrubs and perennials. Even if you mixed up fertilizer into your veggie beds at planting time you need to keep feeding if you want your edible garden to keep producing. To help motivate you please see the August coupon for savings on fertilizer.
I finally had peaches and plums this year after the late frosts of the past few years wiped them out and they were delicious. I have a good looking crop of almonds too. My new jujube and nectaplum trees look very happy. On the down side the first heat spell killed my baby apricot tree.
Happy Gardening,
Tanya