The rain is welcome, no doubt! Unfortunately I'm at work and the boss would be upset if I stripped to go out in the parking lot... So far almost all of my xeriscape plants are doing very well with the exception of the blue grama - it seems to need even more sunlight than it is getting, or something. I have two very nice patches of buffalo grass that are slowly spreading - the front yard patch has almost reached the limits of its sunny area. The coral honeysuckle and Confederate jasmine get some extra water, being close to the veggie garden, but I have not watered the grass, the agarita, or the Texas wisteria since early May and all are doing well (although the agarita is, again, not getting quite as much sun as it might prefer due to tall grasses - I plan to do something about that next week). The Immortal Turk's-cap has a few blooms, but seems more interested in conserving its energy for growth. I am actually having to water the live oak up front, which suffered some truncation of its root structure due to installation of a sewage line 18 months ago. It has been dying back steadily but seems to have stabilized after pruning and starting the watering. I have been using a soaker hose but have just obtained some DeepDrip stakes which will, hopefully, enable me to water the tree without having to spread water over the surface. Hope your edibles are doing well!
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Date: 2009-06-30 08:55 pm (UTC)So far almost all of my xeriscape plants are doing very well with the exception of the blue grama - it seems to need even more sunlight than it is getting, or something. I have two very nice patches of buffalo grass that are slowly spreading - the front yard patch has almost reached the limits of its sunny area. The coral honeysuckle and Confederate jasmine get some extra water, being close to the veggie garden, but I have not watered the grass, the agarita, or the Texas wisteria since early May and all are doing well (although the agarita is, again, not getting quite as much sun as it might prefer due to tall grasses - I plan to do something about that next week). The Immortal Turk's-cap has a few blooms, but seems more interested in conserving its energy for growth. I am actually having to water the live oak up front, which suffered some truncation of its root structure due to installation of a sewage line 18 months ago. It has been dying back steadily but seems to have stabilized after pruning and starting the watering. I have been using a soaker hose but have just obtained some DeepDrip stakes which will, hopefully, enable me to water the tree without having to spread water over the surface.
Hope your edibles are doing well!