Daily Archives: May 30, 2010
Making Straight Rows
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?QPBSG 30 May 2010 Self retracting clothesline. Walking through a hardware store, I found what is the ideal string for making straight rows in a vegetable garden. The device is a self retracting clothes line. The string is about 3/16 … Continue reading
Blackberry.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?KXDQI 30 May 2010 Blackberry (thornless) This is the third year for these two thornless blackberries, and the first full harvest is expected. The plants are loaded with flowers.There were many honey bees sampling the flowers, which were most welcome. … Continue reading
Spiderwort (Tradescantia x andersonia)
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?KXBWF 30 May 2010 Spiderwort (Tradescantia x andersonia) I have three of these hybrid perennial plants in different locations. The pretty blue flowers have the appearance of eyes peering at you from a short distance. This plant can use almost … Continue reading
Weigela florida ‘Red Prince’
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XVMCM 29 May 2010 Weigela florida ‘Red Prince’ A very pretty shrub with attractive flowers and leaves. It needs regular watering – weekly, or more often in extreme heat. Hummingbirds are attracted to the flowers.