Re: Top 25 Perennials?

> > a list of perennials that will
> >  thrive in my Texas conditions.
> >
> I used to live in Texas, in Trophy Club, a bit north east of Fort
> Worth.   The best source of information I found was a book by Neil
> Sperry just for Texas gardeners.  It is true it is a real test to garden
> in Texas, we moved there from California and I managed to kill many
> plants before getting something to survive.   Look around you to find
> the tried and true ones other people have had success with.   The book
> on Texas gardening gives some real good advice, I think Neil still has a
> call in radio show you might want to listen to and perhaps call in.  Not
> sure about the call in show we have been gone for 6 years but try and
> find out.   Hang in there it is a big adjustment to get used to the area
> especially for you coming from Oregon.   By the time we had to leave
> Texas we were all very sad and had learned to love the state and area
> more than we had ever imagined possible.
> 
> I had good luck with bulbs and I had the prettiest Crysthamum garden
> ever.
> 
> Take care,
> Cathy Higgins
> Louisville KY

Thanks for the advice, Cathy.  I do listen to Neil when I'm not 
listening to the organic guru who's on weekend radio at the same 
time.  Neil is on the Dallas station and Howard is on the Ft. Worth 
station.  I've read all their books that the library has and that is a 
place to start, I guess.  I have two half-acre vacant lots on either 
side of me that I bought, and want to extend the variety of 
wildflowers to include more robust flowers many people regularly 
grow in their gardens.  Many of the wildflowers that bloomed this 
spring and sporadically afterwards, I haven't even identified yet.

Barbara Davis
southwest of Ft. Worth, TX


---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index