From My Corner of Katy

Long time no blog ... six months to be exact. It's not like I've got a shortage of gardening ruminations, laments, rants and celebrations to share. If I actually blogged, or even posted on Insta...

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It's been an odd spring here in south central Texas ... some plants are blooming behind time, some ahead of time and some on time.  It's all good, though. Here are a few shots from the gardens. ...

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On the first Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day of 2019, take a walk around the gardens on my corner of Katy with me ... watch your step, there are plants everywhere, even in the paths ... and ignor...

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As I watched this spectacle unfold before me on a hilltop outside the Texas Hill Country town of Burnet, I thought about all of the friends and family who make...

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The weather turned evil earlier than usual this summer and we had August in July, with daytime temperatures in the high 90s and nights in the high 70s. A 2+ inch rainstorm on July 4th was the las...

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It seems that I have a gaillardia situation on my corner of Katy. When a thicket of seedlings first began to appear in the front beds inFebruary and March, I decided to thin them later in the int...

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Last month, working in the back garden, I found a small volunteer plant growing on the edge of one of the beds in the back garden, a plant I didn't recognize. So I left it there and carefully mon...

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And it was worth all the time and effort, not to mention the frozen fingers, that I had to spend in near freezing temperatures to protect it from our January cold spell!  This is 'High Fragrance...

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What's even more unusual and unanticipated than a post on MY CORNER OF KATY???????????????   SNOW ON MY CORNER OF KATY!!!!!! The Assistant Undergardener in Charge of Watering woke us...

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Wendy's Wish in the top left quadrant, Coral Nymph bottom right quadrant, and at 12:00 the glowing beauty who remains nameless  As I was doing a bit of post-Harvey cleanup in the back ga...

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The view facing east Last summer, the overgrown plants in my corner bed resulted in some harsh words from the management company who patrols our subdivision for the homeowners' association. �...

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I can't remember a time when the Houston Chronicle wasn't a part of my life.  My parents were faithful subscribers, just as my husband and I have been since we married in 1983.  I was fortunate...

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I ventured out into the gardens intending to take pictures of some of the blooming beauties here on my corner of Katy, but I was very quickly driven inside by the heat. So I've been sitting h...

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First, a few words to our gracious and delightful Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day host, Carol of May Dreams Gardens: See, Indy? Not only did I get pictures of blooms as I said I would but I posted th...

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The Head Gardener is beyond ecstatic to report her discovery today in the gardens of Wit's End of a fantastic new hybrid of Rudbeckia, unlike any ever seen before.  The working name for this spe...

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The Head Gardener and I have been busy since last we blogged ... Day-um, has it really been 5 months??!!  There's been a lot going on, both in and out of the gardens.  More on that later.  Rig...

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This Bloom Day,  it's all about the daylilies here on my corner of Katy!   It's also an occasion for the Head Gardener to lament my inability to properly label my daylilies when I plant them o...

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ACK! It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and I didn't get any pictures taken! I have a good excuse ... I'm getting ready to head to Seattle tomorrow to meet up with a few of my favorite gardeners and...

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Spring has come to south central Texas and I've lost count of how many near perfect days we've had since the last week of January.  Those of you who are housebound due to snow and ice are more ...

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Echinacea with my Happy Pill from the Toronto Fling Peggy Martin Rose Rose 'Mutabilis' Echinaceas with visitor Scutellaria 'Fuchsia Fountains' Rose 'Old Blush' Rose 'Bo...

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Pour Paris et pour tout la France: a bloom on my Souvenir de la Malmaison rose, a beautiful reminder of another time in history when life was fraught with pain and turmoil It's been a b...

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A basket of bounteous beauty to come! Last Tuesday after an appointment with my recent medical providers, as I turned off the Beltway onto Memorial Drive in heavy rain, I passed a vacant lot ...

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As might be surmised from my previous post, the Head Gardener and I were beginning to doubt the truth of that old adage. So we were delighted when rain began to fall last Sunday. Over the course ...

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Pink Skullcap, Scuttellaria suffrutescens, considered one of the most heat & drought tolerant natives for Texas gardens.  That's how bad it is. I promised Carol aka Indygardener aka Indy ...

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Camassias and tulips A week ago today, I returned home from the Garden Bloggers' Fling 2015 in Toronto, reeling from the absolutely splendiferous array of blooms and foliage that I CAN'T GRO...

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