Libraries and Gardens for All!
Do you enjoy reading and gardening?
I sure do! I hope that you can try it out if you don't!!
I can't say that I will post often, but hope that you will check out my links below...
Check out some of my garden faves:
Native Plants of Texas [TAMU]
UT Texas Plant Image Archive
Texas Department of Agriculture [TAMU] Super Star Plants
Plants for Texas
Noble Foundation
Garden Web
HGTV
DIY
Check out some of my library faves:
Texas Library Association
HALS
Brazoria County Library System
Harris County Library System
Houston Public Library System
Internet Public Library
Southeast Texas Gulf Coastal Plains
This area is full of basic (opposite of acidic) heavy, black clay soils called "gumbo clay" but is actually Montmorillonite clay.
It can be quite difficult to work with unless you ammend the soil.
I mostly use the following:
soil sulfur
organic humus
organic peat
shredded mulch (I like cedar)
raw vegetable scraps (no seeds)
Gardens Alive! products
Plants that do well here that I like:
anything that is full sun, heat, drought, & humidity tolerant
daylilies
irises
rain lilies
gladiloli
freesias
lorepetalum
gardenias
some roses
hibiscus
vitex
pine trees
oak trees
variegated chinese privet
tall grasses: purple fountain, etc.
bamboo
elm trees
pansies
lupinus texensis
sunflowers
zinnias
bananas
gingers
tube roses
aloes
foxtail ferns
elephant ears
society garlic
spinach
tomatoes
onions
potatoes
berries: strawberry, blackberry, and some others
poppies
other lilies
many flowering vines
salvias
coleus
lambs ear
daffodils
liriope
amaryllis
bird of paradise
daisies
many wildflowers