The Summer Garden....
Jul. 18th, 2016 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersIt's kinda odd. This is the least Culinary garden I've had since I moved to Florida. No Veg, just Herbs and Ornamentals. Sure, there are 3 fruit trees but;>....
The Galangal's still not doing great here. Back In FWB it was in the ground so when I repot next Spring I'll try adding sand into the potting mix. The Turmeric is doing GREAT! Last yr all I was able to salvage after the Freeze(the worst in over a decade)was half a tuber. This yr it's done very well. Probably enough not only to cook with but to share.
The Chaya and Longevity Spinach LOVE our weather, so much so that I had to get rid of the latter since it had become invasive. While the Chaya grows well, it's a shrub and easier to control than a rampant groundcover that roots whenever a stem touches soil. Also, everyone likes it. I was the only one that would eat the LS and only in salads.
My attempt to grow Lavender her is so-so. I found and article onling on growing it in the Deep South and am trying it(containerized, well-draining and limed). The Spanish is doing well but has only bloomed once this yr. The English hasn't DIED. There's supposed to be a cultivar that does well in Heat and Humidity, 'Phenomenon' but is expensive. Maybe next yr. The Wal-Mart Rosemary's doing ok but compared to the ones I grew in FWB, it's sad. 'Course, those were seedlings from a nursery that was going out of business and had survived almost a yr of neglect;>.
Of the Ornamentals, this is the last yr for most of the Hellebores. No bloom this Winter-Spring, they're OUT. I'm going to have to thing the Persecarias. They're crowding out everything in the Shade areas.I'm also going to have to move the Bamboo Muly Grass. It's just too frikk'n BIG. I'll pot it up this Fall and put it in front of the carport. It's a gorgeous plant and much softer looking than the clumping Bamboos but very rare. Luckily I got it from another plant geek;>.
Almost all of my Fall/Winter planting seeds have arrived and will start Stratifying some of them next week. From old regional gardening books I've learned that a lot of Biannuals do well here started in late Summer indoors,then planted outside when the weather moderates. They get a couple months before the Frost comes. They then act as adult plants in the Spring....
Cheers,
Pat
The Galangal's still not doing great here. Back In FWB it was in the ground so when I repot next Spring I'll try adding sand into the potting mix. The Turmeric is doing GREAT! Last yr all I was able to salvage after the Freeze(the worst in over a decade)was half a tuber. This yr it's done very well. Probably enough not only to cook with but to share.
The Chaya and Longevity Spinach LOVE our weather, so much so that I had to get rid of the latter since it had become invasive. While the Chaya grows well, it's a shrub and easier to control than a rampant groundcover that roots whenever a stem touches soil. Also, everyone likes it. I was the only one that would eat the LS and only in salads.
My attempt to grow Lavender her is so-so. I found and article onling on growing it in the Deep South and am trying it(containerized, well-draining and limed). The Spanish is doing well but has only bloomed once this yr. The English hasn't DIED. There's supposed to be a cultivar that does well in Heat and Humidity, 'Phenomenon' but is expensive. Maybe next yr. The Wal-Mart Rosemary's doing ok but compared to the ones I grew in FWB, it's sad. 'Course, those were seedlings from a nursery that was going out of business and had survived almost a yr of neglect;>.
Of the Ornamentals, this is the last yr for most of the Hellebores. No bloom this Winter-Spring, they're OUT. I'm going to have to thing the Persecarias. They're crowding out everything in the Shade areas.I'm also going to have to move the Bamboo Muly Grass. It's just too frikk'n BIG. I'll pot it up this Fall and put it in front of the carport. It's a gorgeous plant and much softer looking than the clumping Bamboos but very rare. Luckily I got it from another plant geek;>.
Almost all of my Fall/Winter planting seeds have arrived and will start Stratifying some of them next week. From old regional gardening books I've learned that a lot of Biannuals do well here started in late Summer indoors,then planted outside when the weather moderates. They get a couple months before the Frost comes. They then act as adult plants in the Spring....
Cheers,
Pat
