tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post2453384148366655393..comments2023-05-27T04:38:32.434-05:00Comments on on a hays county hill: Summer survivorsCWPickenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06116112697302206255noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-40590747002046889722012-01-28T18:55:12.189-06:002012-01-28T18:55:12.189-06:00I love our pavonias. so purdy.I love our pavonias. so purdy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-9015296038804488172011-10-29T22:07:31.977-05:002011-10-29T22:07:31.977-05:00Texas pistache was my best looking plant all summe...Texas pistache was my best looking plant all summer. The tiny leaves faded a bit after we hit 110, but not many dropped, and it revived fast once we got a quarter inch of rain. The Salvia greggii in the same bed were a misery to behold. Volunteer loquats thrived on 3 partial waterings with buckets of dish water. Ditto for winter honeysuckle. Mexican honeysuckle (not a honeysuckle) is slower to wilt than most of my zeric perennials and offered the occasional flower for hummers. Pavonia, catmint and shaded blue mist flower did well on little water. I lost the blue mist flower in the sun. Ruellia amaze with how quickly they can go from collapse to bloom as soon as it rains. Turk's caps have revived and are blooming, but next year I will just water a few of my many (they got water every other week this year), and see what happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-61568447183312166532011-10-17T14:26:32.785-05:002011-10-17T14:26:32.785-05:00@Linda - None of my yard is fenced, but we do have...@Linda - None of my yard is fenced, but we do have a dog who scares them off a little. The prickly pear is right by the front door, so they haven't eaten any. Those agaves send lots of suckers, so beware!<br /><br />@HG - More rain!<br /><br />@Pam - Thanks for plant ideas. I've got the first two and last, but not the sumac or thryallis. I plan to add a firebush - it was blooming madly at my M-I-L's this summer.<br /><br />@linniew - Woowoo stuff - you have the ouija board, right? ! Even the natives have bit the dust here this summer. We're having to think desert!CWPickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116112697302206255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-16347615295939078132011-10-16T18:58:35.013-05:002011-10-16T18:58:35.013-05:00Oh my goodness. As I was reading this post the son...Oh my goodness. As I was reading this post the song you wrote about (The Times They Are A'changin) played on the radio. This must mean something... Well anyway, I vote for native plants, they are the easiest to keep alive!linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-63046059512619278792011-10-14T00:47:59.603-05:002011-10-14T00:47:59.603-05:00I've been whining like a teenager too, and for...I've been whining like a teenager too, and for a while, seeing the trees dying around Austin, I sank into black despair. But like you I'm trying to think positively now. I lost some plants this summer even though I have a pretty xeric garden. But most of it survived, thanks to the irrigation. You're obviously having to be much more sparing with your water. As may we all by next summer. As for this fall, I'm only planting what I believe to be very xeric: Texas nolina, Texas mountain laurel, evergreen sumac, golden thryallis, fall aster. Next spring I'll add some yellow bells too.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-64395764913232205742011-10-13T17:20:55.992-05:002011-10-13T17:20:55.992-05:00Good list. And it's good to see you're in...Good list. And it's good to see you're in the yellow now. Hopefully the fall rains will continue for a while.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236480146425478200.post-84856791004481246492011-10-13T16:18:55.532-05:002011-10-13T16:18:55.532-05:00You have a lot of good plants there that survived....You have a lot of good plants there that survived.<br />Are they all out in the deer area? I 'rescued' some pieces of spineless prickly pear from my neighbor...along with some agaves she was clearing out. The deer eat all the new growth on the prickly pear. And, this morning, I found the one agave that was looking good has been chewed on and all the outside 'leaves' are broken. I think it was stomped on. The center's ok...so it'll stay.<br />I'm definitely going to get a flame acanthus. Looks like it's a tough one.<br />Rethinking the garden is certainly going on here.<br />By the way...I understand the whining...it's been going on here for months.Linda/patchworkhttp://patchworkgarden.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com