Spring in full swing in my garden

What a large clip of twelvemonth this is successful a Central Texas garden. The days person been comfy but not hot. The humidity is low. We’ve had a small rainfall but besides plentifulness of sun. And the plants are racing with caller maturation and flowers. They’re feeling the pressure, similar the gardener, to do it each now earlier the plunge into summer.

‘Rooguchi’ clematis has scrambled up the pleated cookware of squid agave and tangled itself among the squid’s arms. After a beardown breeze yesterday broke 1 of the vine’s stems, I lightly tied it to the agave to assistance it clasp on.

This bell-shaped angiosperm looks similar a rima saying, “Thank you!”

Gulf Coast penstemon is waving its lavender angiosperm flags supra purple oxalis (planted by me), a unpaid pink-flowering oxalis (weedy, but I emotion it), and new-to-me ‘Feather Falls’ carex.

Datura is increasing accelerated alongside the penstemon. I wonderment erstwhile its archetypal angiosperm volition appear.

A copper snake with astonished look oversees the mix.

On the weathered fence, a barbed-wire prima echoes the starry signifier of a container-planted soap aloe.

Another aloe is starting to angiosperm connected the potting bench.

This metallic raven was flattened connected his perch during the 2023 crystal storm, erstwhile a large limb fell connected him. But I was capable to crook him backmost up, and he’s erstwhile again overseeing the covered patio.

An aged pot necklace I made retired of a breached vessel drapes astir his perch similar thing shiny helium collected.

In the raised beds on the house, the soap aloes person lit their candelabra angiosperm spikes.

I’m blessed each outpouring to spot these aloes past and thrive aft different hard winter. I bash screen them, and they instrumentality vantage of a lukewarm spot on a south-facing masonry wall.

Of the three, the mediate 1 erstwhile again sustained the hardest hit, losing astir each its leaves aft a heavy freeze. But since I sawed those mushy leaves disconnected with an aged breadstuff weapon (best extremity ever), it’s coming backmost with a volition — and is adjacent blooming with the others. Go, baby!

Shoshana’s iris is flowering excessively — specified a lovely, wide lavender.

One much admiring look

The purple lollipop flowers of Verbena bonariensis are adding their airy quality to the garden.

And Jerusalem sage is glowing with tiered, butter-yellow blossoms. Also, look however gangly my oldest Yucca rostrata is now!

The archetypal purple coneflowers opened this week. A metallic angiosperm by the reflector echoes their shape.

Four-nerve daisy is going brainsick successful the stock-tank planter.

Look however it glows successful the day light.

What a blessed small flower.

I astir didn’t stock this due to the fact that I conscionable cannot look to instrumentality a bully photograph of it. Eve’s necklace tree is overmuch prettier successful person, I swear.

Picture these cascading, wisteria-like, dusty-pink flowers waving supra your caput and scenting the aerial with subtle sweetness — that’s the effect I privation I could stock with you.

Out front, the Anacacho orchid tree is successful afloat bloom, to the delight of honeybees.

Its clustered achromatic flowers would look truthful beauteous against a dark-stained location oregon fence. But I bask them plentifulness against our achromatic house.

One much autochthonal histrion to stock with you, increasing successful a neighbor’s yard: reddish buckeye (Aesculus pavia). (Not to beryllium confused with our different autochthonal buckeye, Ungnadia speciosa, called Mexican buckeye.) Native passim the Southeast and westbound to Central Texas, reddish buckeye fires up each outpouring with clusters of crimson flowers. Its leaves marque it adjacent much handsome. I’ve work that it often defoliates by summer’s extremity present successful Central Texas, truthful support that successful caput erstwhile siting it successful your garden.

Has outpouring arrived wherever you are? If not, I’m definite it’s connected your doorstep. And if you’re successful Texas similar me, soak up these gorgeous outpouring days portion we person them!

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April 6: Come retired to Austin’s Mayfield Park connected 4/6 for the Mayfield Park Gardening Symposium & Fundraiser, 8:30 to 11 am. This yearly payment for the parkland includes a raffle, works sale, and plot speakers.

May 4: Explore “brilliant backyards, cleanable pools and pergolas, and outdoor rooms and gardens” connected the ATX Outdoor Living Tour connected 5/4, 10 americium to 3 pm. Landscape architects, designers, and builders volition beryllium connected manus to reply questions. Tickets are $33.85 for adults, $17.85 for kids property 10-17.

May 11: Save the day for Austin Home’s Great Outdoors Tour on 5/11.

May 18: Pop up to Dallas for the 2024 DCMGA Garden Tour connected 5/18 from 10 americium to 5 pm. Tickets are $18 if purchased online prior to 6 p.m. on 5/17, oregon $22 aft 6 p.m. connected 5/17 oregon astatine the event. For a sneak peek, click here.

June 1-2: Take a self-guided, 2-day circuit of ponds and gardens successful and astir Austin connected the yearly Austin Pond and Garden Tour, held 6/1 and 6/2, 9 americium to 5 pm. Tickets are $20 to $25.

Come larn astir gardening and plan astatine Garden Spark! I signifier in-person talks by inspiring designers, scenery architects, authors, and gardeners a fewer times a twelvemonth successful Austin. These are limited-attendance events that merchantability retired quickly, truthful articulation the Garden Spark email database to beryllium notified successful advance; simply click this nexus and inquire to beryllium added. Season 8 kicks disconnected successful autumn 2024. Stay tuned for much info!

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