Waterwise Gardening - a book review
Waterwise Gardening: Everything You Need To Know About Efficient Watering to Grow a Healthy Yard by Richard Restuccia Published by Rizzoli, 2025 I would guess that watering is the major issue that most gardeners grapple with, especially novice gardeners. I know from working at the nursery that the majority of questions and issues we get stem from either watering too much or not watering enough. Many people in our area have sprinkler systems and I'm sure that can be a good thing if used properly but I feel that they primarily keep the lawns green but fall short for landscape plants. Especially when it comes to trees and larger plants, the timing and amounts are not satisfactory for many plants. I often hear people say that their sprinklers are set to come on every day - yikes! And there are those who did not water because it "rained" when it actually drizzled. The best thing to do in this situation is to have a xeric garden but that would mean sacrificing favorite plant...
Just beautiful is all that comes to my mind!
ReplyDeleteWow. When I've been here as many years as you have in your home, I'm hoping mine look half as nice. You've got some great photos yourself. See if Steve will publish those.
ReplyDeletePhillip, you may have it written somewhere, but how large is your garden? Someday, I will be somewhere nearby, and I'll call to see if I can come and visit. I want to be there during rose season, but my rose season overlaps yours unfortunately.~~Dee
ReplyDeleteI think the roses are fantastic! I've tried a number of climbers in my climate with little success... I do admire yours! Larry
ReplyDeleteMy pitaful little rose is blooming now. I almost hate to post about it after seeing yours in their glory. Someday I would like to stroll through your garden.
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing garden. You're very lucky :D (Well, I'm sure there's some hard work involved SOMEWHERE ;) )
ReplyDeleteAmazing. I remember seeing your Veilchenblau last year and forwarding a link to it to a friend. I can see why you're torn about removing the rampant one.
ReplyDeleteGood morning. I truly wish I lived close enough to visit.
ReplyDeleteRoses are among my favorites but up here in the northern states we can't grow them nearly as well as you do in the south. Our climbers get about 6 feet tall maximum.
Marnie
Ypur roses look beautiful. Rambling Rector is putting on a gorgeous show. I wish I lived close enough to see your garden in person.
ReplyDeleteWow! The sawtooth oaks have gotten huge in the circular hedge. Robert Redman made a great recommendation there! As always, the gardens are looking beautiful this spring. Hope all is well in the quad-cities!
ReplyDeleteI vote to leave the Rambling Rector. Its a winner.
ReplyDeleteHope you had lots of great folks by, i know they loved seeing the paths and all the roses - way to go!
ReplyDeletePhillip, I am SURE you get sick of hearing how gorgeous your garden and your photos are. So I won't say it.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm thinking it.
Just the most wonderful photographs .... love them!
ReplyDeleteI love ramblers, especially growing through the branches of old trees. One of my favorites is Francois Juranville; it blooms with powderpuffs of pink blossoms and a nearly thornless cane. The one in my last garden nearly consumed the gazebo.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is absolutely stunning! I would love to see it someday in person. But maybe I shouldn't, I wouldn't want to faint on you.
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos, Phillip! I am a fan of you when it comes to roses. I've never had great success with roses. Only one kind did good for a year but it died on me, another orange one bloomed no more than 2, and I now have a cutting that I took from a rose that blooms in bunches of three or five (not sure of names of any of those as the nurseries here don't care what kind they are - sad) - it challenges me by not blooming for 6 months now after it
ReplyDeleteI bought a miniature rose last week and it died completely. There's a dead stick peeking out of that pot now :(