Herself’s Houston Garden

Gardening for fun and wildlife at the edge of Houston’s piney woods

Mulching and Fertilizing and Cool Plant Finds

ljmacphee | February 22, 2008

I have had kangeroo paws on my plant wish list for what seems like forever. While buying mulch today I stumbled across some at HD. I don’t know much about them yet, except they are really cool. The tag says don’t plant in humid climates. Obviously someone’s idea of a joke.

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Calling all gardeners, input on climate change requested

ljmacphee | February 20, 2008

A nationwide initiative starting this month will enable volunteers to track climate change by observing the timing of flowers and foliage. Project BudBurst, operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and a team of partners, allows students, gardeners, and other citizen scientists in every state to enter their observations into an online database [...]

Clerodendron indicm

ljmacphee | February 20, 2008

OK, I admit it doesn’t look like much now but you all will be lusting after this plant once it settles in a bit and starts to bloom. I picked this up at the Jerry’s Jungle plant sale in Oct.
It is out of it’s pot, planted and settling in just fine now. [...]