PLOG (Plant Blog)
Xeric plants for the Dallas area
Agave Designs is named after a genus of plants found from the desert southwest down into Mexico. Agaves, Sotols, Nolinas, Yuccas, Hesperaloes and others in that fantastic family provide evergreen interest in the garden and especially so in the winter. Sculptural and architectural in their beauty, they compliment everything else growing in a Xeric garden. Bulbs naturalized in and among the rocks and gravel in a landscape play an additional part providing color and diversity at various times of the year.
July 3, 2010
June/July Newsletter hope everyone has a good 4th of July and best wishes to all.
May 26, 2010
Newsletter and some somber news.
April 18. 2010
Rainy the last two days. Weather has been finally good for encouraging some blooms. Newsletter :)
March 23. 2010
Another blast of cold to greet the spring. Things on the improve! Newsletter :)
February 28. 2010
Been an up and down week life wise. Weather warmer check out start of spring. : /
Here is a look at the Clivia. J Plant Newsletters in 2009 Misc in 2010 Misc in 2009
February 12. 2010
Seems all the news is cold or snowy so far. Here is a peek at the snow. :(
January 31. 2010
Sliding out of a cold patch and hoping to see warmer weather. Newsletter. :)
January 21. 2010
Weather improving.
January 5. 2010
Weather is heading to the teens and that will test a bunch of plants I don't necessarily like to test but mother nature does it's thing and we can only sit and wait for the big thaw. :) Here is a quick newsletter. J
January 2. 2010
This plant blog will attempt to provide some insights into what's happening with my plants & associated yard art at my house along with any new plantings. Last year I put together a series of newsletters which are located below in case you missed them. I've already ordered some rather interesting plants from http://www.plantdelights.com/ which seemed to get the new year off in the proper spirit as far as I was concerned. Every year I order plants from three or four places in hopes of finding something unusual/rare/weird that might fit my growing conditions and could add some new interest during different times of the year. Typically the survival rate can be as bad as about half. Plants always look so divinely desirable on the pages of the catalogue or web page but that long first year takes it's toll. It could be that before they can get established I forget to water them a week when we start hitting the century mark, I plant them in a perfect location but the slugs and snails like that place also, I plant them where they begin to get too much sun, water, not enough sun, squirrels find them amusing, they don't like our heat even though the catalog seemed to suggest they would, and on and on.... But for the ones that do survive each successive year makes them seem like an old friend when they bloom or spring back from the ground. Lets hope the 2010 year will bring us all a lot of fun and flowers.
Spring Newsletter 1
Spring Newsletter 2
Spring Newsletter 3
Spring Newsletter 4
Spring Newsletter 5
Newsletter 6
Newsletter 7
My brothers garden while recently visiting Arizona
Fall Plant Newsletter
Christmas Newsletter
Spanish Market July 24 (large PDF)
Santa Fe Trip
Trip in June
Trip to Taos via the High Road.
Jim hunt