November 21 , 2019
Plant Passionate: Panayoti Kelaidis
late , we converge environmentally - minded scholarly person at The University of Texas who planted aHalf - Pint Prairieon campus . Their design : to instance the indigenous grass of the Blackland Prairie ( on which UT model ) and their valuable theatrical role in water supply retention and overspill cleanup , drouth margin , and wildlife home ground . Coming your way on CTG in April 2020!At theAntique Rose Emporiumin Brenham , Michael and Jean Shoup , Bill Welch , and many othershave altered our innovation perspectives by pairing unwavering rosiness with native grasses and low - piss perennials . Last June on theGarden Bloggers Fling in Colorado , I stimulate a agile glance of the extensiveDenver Botanic Gardenswhere they associate environmental science and mindful sustainability with divers habitat . One of the visionaries at Denver Botanic is Panayoti Kelaidis , Senior Curator and Director of Outreach . An intrepid plant explorer and gregarious educator , we caught up with him ( you ’ve catch to move tight ! ) at his Denver home and garden . He and partner — artist Jan Fahs — bring their vision , creativity , and sustainable finish to their dimensional garden of food , flowers , succulents , tree , and perennial home ground . This week , we ’re honored to receive Panayoti ( PK ) who joins John Hart Asher , Senior Environmental Designer at theLady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center . Their conversation rotate around a mutual passion : water resourceful landscapes that cross regional and external molding . They explore brainstorm fromSteppes : The Plants and Ecology of the World ’s Semi - arid Regions , co - author by PK , about how semi - arid biome apply to home gardeners . From afar , I keep up with PK ’s witticism , passion , and introspection through his blog , Prairiebreak , that tucks me right into his adventures to widen my optic and philosophy . catch now !
We all know by now that even native plants can run into trouble with extensive ironic conditions . Vincent Campos has a Texas Sabal palm with yellow fronds , despite drip irrigation and palm plant food every three months . Daphne explains that the tree is actually healthy overall , but recommends deeper irrigation in weather like last summer , and to cut back on fertiliser ( that contain salt ) in summer . Get her everlasting response , how to deal with invasive Virginia buttonweed , and a look at viewer gardens !
In Central Texas winter , we can pair colourful lettuces with every bit edible pansies in the chemical - free garden . But let ’s not leave colored , lemony additions include red - veined sorrel ‘ Raspberry Dressing ’ genus Rumex , perfect for containers , too . Mine return in the ground every fall!Pluck zesty ‘ Red Giant ’ mustard get out all winter . colourful radicchio , a member of the chicory family , must be harvest as a whole plant . Molly Pikarsky , Flora and Fauna Manager at Lake Austin Spa Resort , explain how to grow , fertilize and crop .
follow now!On term of enlistment , John Hart Asher and Bonnie Evridge turned a weedy backyard into a native industrial plant micro - prairie with way for constituent vegetable and play field for their two small boy . Watch now !
Thanks for stop by ! Linda
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