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...
All of your Rhodies are spectacular. Even the one with just one bloom. Does that blue Corydalis spread like the native yellow one? That would be fun if it did. I will have to try it. I hope you are well soon. Happy GBBD.
ReplyDeleteLisa, it has not spread in my garden.
DeleteSo gorgeous, gorgeous. My eyes thank you for the candy! The color of the Rhodies, yes, delicious! Your Camellia 'Bella Rossa', sigh. Perfection. Mine died (sob, tears).
ReplyDeleteI wonder if your area is cool-summer enough to grow Stachyrus chinensis? Now that is a stunner of a spring-show shrub.
Had a thought about retaining wall drapers from your comment on my post--what about Geranium either 'Rozanne' or 'Ann Folkard'?
I will look up that shrub. I grow 'Rozanne' geranium in other parts of the garden. I had not thought about it as a cascading plant but I bet it would.
DeleteOh, my. You have fabulous things! I've never seen a rhododendron that blue! The fancy orange flowering quince! That amazing flowering current! I want them all! And I will be researching them today.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lisa!
DeleteBeautiful blooms, every one of them!
ReplyDeleteI don't think I have seen a double Flowering Quince before.
Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Thanks Lea!
Deleteyour Epimedium versicolor 'Sulfureum' may be Epimedium p. ssp. colchicum. Lamium 'Herman's Pride' is the lamium i needed because i kept it alive. My skimmia is a sad little thing in too much shade and redwood tree root competition. It's mate died so now i will never get berries. So excited about Illicium this season. Hoping i really will manage to get 'scarlet skirts' from Xera. Illicium anisatum 'variegata' baby blooming in my garden now. Beautiful plants and photos, as usual.
ReplyDeletePossibly, I have a few other epimedium and wasn't exactly sure if I was identifying the right one. I don't see that name listed however.
DeleteHi Phillip, greetings from Alabama! You have some amazing spring blooms. That blue rhododendron took my breath away. My Rhodies haven't bloomed much, but I am ever hopeful. I planted one many years ago, and the foliage is lovely, which is why I keep it. Every year it puts out one spectacular bloom. I have 3 others, supposedly bred for the South, and after 3 years they are yet to bloom. But at least they are alive, and the foliage, like the other one, is very nice. I had to research my euphorbia too. Says I should cut it back after it flowers. I have grown euphorbias only a couple of years, and I am falling in love with them.
ReplyDeleteHello Deb, it is great to hear from you. Have you tried 'English Roseum'? It was one of the few rhododendrons that I was able to grow in Alabama. It did really well underneath a dogwood tree with dappled shade most of the day.
DeleteHow bountiful blooms of Rhododendrone at your place,even camelias are astounding too.
ReplyDeleteI envy your collection of them since we cant sustain them here in scorching summer days .
Have a great week ahead.