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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

January 10, 2017, Kim’s Weekly Garden Newsletter

 © Kim Willis - no parts of this newsletter may be used without permission.

Hi Gardeners


It’s a very gloomy day, raining now after we got 3-4 inches of snow and near the freezing mark so I am a little anxious, although at the moment I don’t see any ice build-up.  The birds are swarming the bird feeder, easily a hundred birds at the feeders outside my home office window.  That’s always a sign of bad weather.  I even saw a wren, which is unusual, at the feeder.

My run away or rather fly away ducks finally all made it home.  A neighbor told me they were on his farm pond, he has an aerator on it and that leaves an open area of water, even when the temperatures were going near 0.  There was no way we could catch them so we had to wait until they got hungry enough to come home and finally I trapped them in the barn.  Before I open the pens up again I am going to clip some wings.

Until today we had no snow left on the ground for about a week and very cold temperatures which isn’t good for plants.  I noticed that my euonymus, a broad leaved evergreen which is usually nice looking all winter, looks “frosted.”  It’s wilted and darkened. I think the odd warm then cold weather cycles we’ve had kept it from hardening off correctly.  It’s always a favorite target of deer in the winter, maybe they’ll leave it alone if the leaves aren’t crisp and juicy.  It has lots of buds that will probably repair the damage if they are left alone.

Euonymus


I just read that 2016 was the 2nd hottest year in the US since record keeping began.  It lost to 2012 by a ½ degree.  I wonder if 2017 will be hotter.  The drought in the west may finally be lifting however; California and other coastal states have been hammered with heavy rain and snow.  While that’s good to replenish snowpack that feeds creeks, and fills reservoirs, it’s causing flooding, avalanches, and mudslides.

One of my houseplants, the Lemon Cypress, hasn’t appreciated the conditions inside and is drying up.  I moved it to the cooler porch, hoping that will revive it.  That means a spot under the lights has opened up.  Hmmn.  What new houseplant do I need?

Today I wrote about some more new plants I’ve found in my catalog browsing.  I’m also working to revise and update the catalog list on the page to the right of the main blog.  I’m putting it in alphabetical order and tidying it up a bit.  The old list is still there, but look for the new one soon.  If you are ever bored just click on the garden catalog page and start clicking on catalog links.  I can plant browse for hours.  There are a few new plant pages on the right too. 

Chenille plants

Chenille plants, (Acalypha species) sometimes called Red Hot Cattails, or Strawberry Cattails, are an interesting houseplant or patio plant and can be a garden perennial in zones 8 and above.  Children love the bright fuzzy flowers.  When they are happy the plants will bloom almost continuously.

There are two species of Acalypha common in cultivation and several cultivars of those species.  Another species  A. reptans, commonly referred to as dwarf Chenille plant is sometimes offered.  Acalypha hispida and Acalypha pendula are sometimes mislabeled and when young the species can be hard to tell apart.  A. hispida is a larger plant, in tropical climates it makes a large shrub.  The growth is more upright.  A. pendula is a smaller, more flattened plant and is the plant often seen in hanging baskets although it too gets quite large in warm climates.

It’s interesting that when looking up the natural habitat of Chenille plants I found several conflicting answers for both species.  They are not native to North America but might be native to Cuba, the South Pacific Islands, New Guinea, the Philippines, Java and the Malay Archipelago to name a few places cited. Chenille plants have naturalized in parts of Mexico.

Chenille plants have nice looking, evergreen foliage.  The leaves are oval or heart shaped with serrated edges.  There is at least one cultivar with variegated foliage but the plants aren’t usually grown for their foliage.  Most plants kept as houseplants will be in hanging baskets, A.hispida is sometimes trained into a standard, a bare trunk with a weeping top.  They could be put in containers as a “spiller.”

In warm climates where they are planted in the ground Chenille plants become shrubs or groundcovers depending on species.  At the edge of the hardiness range (reported to be zone 8b if mulched) they may die back to the ground each winter.

Chenille plant flowers are actually clusters of tiny flowers along a stem.  They appear fuzzy or puffy like a Cat’s tail or maybe a thick pipe cleaner.  They are named for a thick, soft, puffy material used in clothing.  They can be a 2 inches long or less to a foot long.  A. pendula tends to have fatter but shorter flowers than A. hispida. The flowers are pendulous or drooping.

The color of chenille flowers is sometimes described as hot pink rather than red, and there is a natural range of color from purplish red to paler pink, although the most commonly encountered color would be described as red.  There are cultivars with white and cream flowers.  (See the new plant article below.)

I have seen hummingbirds hover around the red flowers of Chenille plant but they don’t seem to feed on them.  Bees and butterflies occasionally visit flowers but they aren’t a big attractant for them.

Chenille plants are dioecious, that is the male and female flowers are on separate plants.  Since only the female plant has the fuzzy red Cat’s Tails nurseries reproduce the plant from cuttings, all the cuttings from a female plant will also be female, and male plants are not sold.  Therefore you shouldn’t get any seeds from your Chenille plant.  Some people report they have had seed develop but the seed is always infertile.

Growing Chenille plants as houseplants

Because of their tropical origins Chenille plants like warm, humid conditions. To keep them blooming they need to be kept above 60 degrees F.  Indoors they need very bright light to bloom well, when moved outside in the summer, which they love, they need to be in what is known as bright shade, or partial shade and not in direct sun. 

Any good houseplant potting medium will work well for Chenille plants. They need to be kept moist, but not waterlogged. Pots should drain well.  If the humidity in the home is low Chenille plants need to be misted or given showers once in a while. 

To keep them blooming inside Chenille plants need regular fertilization as well as bright light and humidity.  Use water soluble fertilizer for blooming plants as the label directs for houseplants about once a week.  Keep old flowers that are starting to brown cut off to encourage bloom.

Indoors Chenille plants in low humidity tend to get spider mites, scale, mealy bugs and aphids.  To avoid having to use pesticides make sure your Chenille plant is kept moist and in humid conditions.  Keeping the plant in a bathroom near a shower or above the kitchen sink might help. You can use trays of rocks and water beneath plants or a room humidifier also.

Caution
All parts of the plant are considered toxic if ingested.  The sap from broken branches can cause skin irritation.  Children can touch the catkins carefully but keep them out of mouths and away from pets.

A few more new plants

Acalypha hispida alba marginata may not be truly new but it is seldom offered on the market and considered rare.   This Chenille plant has yellow to cream catkin flowers and the leaves are variegated with white.  It’s a larger shrub form of Chenille plant but pretty in baskets and containers when young.  Find it at Glasshouse Works https://www.glasshouseworks.com/


Acalypha hispida alba marginata
Credit : Glasshouse works


















‘Miracle Lemony’ hosta is being snapped up left and right by hosta lovers even though it’s still a bit expensive.  It’s the first hosta ever with lemon yellow, lightly fragrant flowers.  It’s about 12 inches high, chartreuse foliage with wavy edges.  Gardeners have told me it’s a bit harder than other hostas to grow.  Many places are sold out so if you want one order early.  I found it at Brecks http://www.brecks.com/ and K. Van Bourgondien http://www.dutchbulbs.com/

'Miracle Lemony' flower
Brecks

Eucomis 'Zulu Flame' is a new pineapple lily.  I love pineapple lilies and have several varieties.  This one has chocolate- purple leaves and spikes of plum purple flowers through the summer.  It’s hardy to zone 6.  I am at the margin of zone 6 and 5 and leave mine in pots sunk in the ground over the summer which I bring inside to an unheated porch before a hard freeze.  Some of the varieties I have go dormant, others stay growing, but not blooming, all winter.  You can find this one at Avant Gardens  www.avantgardensne.com/

Eucomis 'Zulu Flame'
Advant Gardens


Four O’Clock ‘Orange Crush’ Mirabilis jalapa  This is a beautiful peachy orange selection of Four O’Clock that’s sweetly scented and opens late in the day to be visited by night flying moths. Vigorous grower and blooms all summer. Annual. (Poisonous).  Buy it at Select Seeds www.selectseeds.com

Four O' Clock 'Orange Crush'
Select Seeds


‘Yellow Cocotte’ Asiatic lily- this stunning golden yellow lily with a maroon edge has outward facing 4”-5” flowers carried several to a stem.  Blooms midsummer, buy the bulbs from K.Van Bourgondien http://www.dutchbulbs.com/

'Yellow Cocotte'
Breck Bulbs


Queen Anne's Lace 'Dara' is an interesting new cultivar of Daucus carota or Queen Anne’s Lace.  The huge lacy flowers start out white with a pink tinge and as they age they obtain various shades of purple until they reach a deep wine purple color.  They make excellent long lasting cut flowers and would be an interesting addition to wildflower gardens as well as flower beds.  They are biannual so you may not get flowers the first year.  Get the seeds from Select Seeds www.selectseeds.com

Queen Anne's lace 'Dara'
Select Seeds


Golden Lotus Banana (Musella lasiocarpa) is a fascinating new perennial, houseplant or tropical container plant to try.  It is hardy to zone 7 actually and may survive in zone 6 if heavily mulched.  It is considered sacred in China.  It has those nice broad banana leaves and in summer one huge, striking golden yellow flower that lasts for weeks. It doesn’t produce edible bananas.  Full sun.  Buy it from Logees   http://www.logees.com/
'Golden Lotus'
Logee's
 


Summer Snow™ Gardenia is new to me anyway, I couldn’t tell if it’s new to the trade or I just never found it.  Its selling point is that it’s very hardy- said to be hardy to 0 degrees F. that’s probably zone 6b. Beautiful white fragrant blooms in late spring to early summer, 4-5 feet tall, perennial.  Find it at www.FarmerSeed.com

Ruby Darling Apple™ is a new apple offered by Stark Brothers.  It’s a cross of HoneyCrisp and Gala apples , crunchy sweet and a long keeper.  It’s a heavy bearer and ripens later in the season than HoneyCrisp. It’s available in dwarf or semi-dwarf sizes.  Pollenate with Golden Delicious, Jonathan or Red Rome. https://www.starkbros.com/

‘Zoey’ Onion F1 is a new intermediate day onion that  is adaptable to most parts of the country. A high yielding jumbo size onion with a mild sweet flavor, light brown skin. It stores well too. Get it from Johnny’s Seeds www.Johnnyseeds.com

‘Picasso’ sy sweet corn –is a new flavorful and beautiful sweet corn being offered by Gurneys.  Large ears are bi-color white/yellow crisp and sweet but with good corn flavor.  However this corn is also a stunner with red striped foliage and husks and pink silk on the ears.  75 days.  www.Gurneys.com


Growing with the flow- Garden Trends 2017

My garden has always had an informal style and I choose what I like to do without worrying about what’s trendy in gardening. But I can’t deny that I am sometimes drawn to something I’ve seen elsewhere, something different or striking or maybe funny and try to incorporate something similar into my garden.  And I enjoy visiting and looking at all kinds of gardens.

I try to make my garden personal, not a copy of something of someone else’s garden and make it appealing to me and you should do so too, if it’s your personal garden.  Your garden should be all about what you like.  But that doesn’t mean you don’t want inspiration from other gardeners. And your garden will probably evolve and change over the years, whether you consciously chose to follow popular trends or not, based on things you have seen in other gardens or heard about.   So I present to you what seems to be the “in” trends in gardening this season.

Houseplants are hot

I’m really happy about this trend.  I have always had houseplants, since I was a small child with a bedroom window filled with them.  In the 1970’s houseplants were “happening” and everyone had them it seemed.  That trend disappeared for a few decades but I’m happy to say houseplants have made a big comeback.  Decorating magazines and homemaker sites are all promoting the value of houseplants to make the home environment happier and healthier.  Instructions for making pretty pots, hangers, and making visual statements with plants abound.  And even office cubicles are getting plants!

According to nurseries Fiddleleaf Figs (Ficus lyrata), Split leaf philodendrons (Monstera deliciosa),sometimes called Swiss Cheese plant, succulents, airplants (tillisandria), bromeliads and orchids are hot sellers.  But the sales of all houseplants have picked up as has accessories such as elegant pots, hangers, and display shelving.  More varieties of houseplants than I have seen in a long time are being offered in stores everywhere. You can even find macramé hangers again!

If you don’t have houseplants in the home, get some.  This is one trend you really need to follow.  And if you are an office worker get a plant for the office, even if you just have a cubicle.  You can put some plants under desk lamps if you don’t have natural light.  If you don’t have personal office space convince your work location that plants in break rooms and other places make people happier.

Indoor and container edibles

Along with houseplants for decorating and plain enjoyment, indoor fruit, vegetable and herb growing is skyrocketing.  From herbs on the windowsill, to a tomato plant in a lighted cubicle to growing lettuce hydroponically in the basement to miniature fruit trees lining a pocket sized yard, people want to grow some of their food.  New technology has helped get this trend going, with LED grow lights that don’t use much electricity and pose little risk of fire to easy to use hydroponic system kits. Strawberries and lettuce are popular hydroponic crops.  (And in states where it’s legal you can now grow your own “meditative recreational herb” right on the windowsill or under a light.)

Plant breeders have developed many compact or dwarf varieties of fruits and vegetables that even people with small yards or just a balcony can grow.  We have miniature grapes, blackberries, apples, melons, even corn varieties and much more on the market now, with new varieties being added each year.  People are buying tropical fruits like mini pomegranates, dwarf limes, figs, and fruiting bananas they can grow in a sunroom, or under lights. 

Grafted vegetable plants

Grafted vegetable plants are popular in Asian countries and that popularity is spreading.  Grafted plants take the qualities of hardiness and disease resistance of one plant (used as the bottom portion or rootstock of a plant) and combine them with good tasting or very productive fruit or vegetative parts of another plant (that will become the top part of the plant) through grafting.  Grafted plants are more expensive than regular vegetable plants.

Tomato plants are the oldest and most common grafted vegetable plant offered.  However many catalogs are now offering grafted peppers, eggplant, melons, cucumbers and squash as grafted plants.  If you are someone who likes to try something new, you may enjoy growing grafted vegetables this season.

Brewing and dye plants

The hobbies of producing your own beer and using natural dyes on home produced fibers and clothing have sparked an interest in growing hops and other brew flavorings and plants known to produce good dyes.  Many garden catalogs offer a wide assortment of hops varieties and may feature collections of plants for those interested in natural dyes.

Many hops plants can make beautiful additions to the garden as ornamental plants and they do attract pollinators.  Dye plants can also be great ornamentals and pollinator feeders.

Pollinator friendly and mosquito shooing plants

Gardens that are pollinator friendly and that provide homes for things like bats and birds that eat harmful insects have been popular for years.  While including some native species in a garden to attract pollinators is always wise, your garden doesn’t have to be composed of only native plants to be pollinator friendly.  Catalogs often list plants that attract and sustain important pollinators.  (Check out the pages listed to the right of the blog for more information on butterfly gardens, hummingbirds, native plants and other topics.)

Many gardeners are also becoming bee keepers.  Beekeeping supplies are being offered in more catalogs and garden stores every year.  It’s a way to help preserve pollinators and produce some of your own food, but it’s not for everyone.  Keeping bee’s has many similarities to keeping other forms of livestock and it takes time, labor and money.

Another trend this year because of the Zika outbreak, is the popularity of plants that are said to repel mosquitoes.  While these plants are popular, there’s no evidence that simply having these plants in the garden or on the patio will actually repel mosquitoes.  Don’t trust your health on this trend. There are some plants that when made into oils or sprays and applied to skin may provide some mosquito protection.  But simply growing them will not repel mosquitoes.

Less lawn space and fake grass

Reducing the space devoted to lawns and growing other types of plants instead, from vegetable gardens to no fuss ground covers, has been steadily growing in popularity.  Conservation of water and the trend to native plants helps drive this.  This is a great environmentally sound trend that I hope continues.  Some communities are even adjusting ordinances that would prohibit vegetable gardens or “wild” gardens in the front yard.  But before you rip out the grass in the front yard and plant tomatoes and beans better check your local laws.

Remember that in areas where wildfires are common a small amount of lawn around homes and buildings can be an important firebreak.  Mown lawns or short vegetation may also discourage ticks and mosquitoes around homes.

In the drought stricken areas of the west fake turf is replacing real grass.  It’s become very realistic and sturdy.  I suppose this is a good thing, because lawns use an awful lot of water.  And the color green instead of a dry parched brown is more visually soothing.  I’d rather see gardens of native plants but sometimes that might not be practical.

Combining gardening with art and crafts

Gardeners have long incorporated art into the garden.  This year trends like “color blocking” and painting murals on fences are hot.  Color blocking is simplistic art where big swatches of a bold color are the background for plant collections.  Usually the color is on a wall or other structure, the plants have pots of a contrasting color and the plants are chosen for structural interest, giving a 3D effect.  It highlights shadows and interesting effects of light, a living painting so to speak.

Garden based social media sites are filled with pictures of beautiful murals painted on dull privacy fences or the back of a garage.  Some garden catalogs and stores are offering stencils and even stick on art for murals.  (Be careful with this; make sure you can pull off art and not an eyesore.)

Recycled art is still popular. What’s old is toilets and bath tubs full of petunias, tire planters, planted wheel barrows and wagons, “spilling baskets”, chairs with plant seats, and bicycles with baskets filled with flowers.  Instead people are building bottle trees or planters from colored glass bottles, making faux rivers and ponds from pieces of tumbled colored glass, painting pallets in bright colors, standing them upright and filling the slots with succulents or trailing flowers, turning pots and pans into planters,  making figures from painted and stacked clay pots, and using manikins in the garden.  Very realistic and creative “scarecrows” are in too.

Pink flamingoes are once again popular, why I don’t know.  I wouldn’t spend much on them if this whimsical “art” appeals to you, because this fad will be short lived.  Solar “fairy” lights are very popular now.  I admit I am indulging in this fad.  Powered by collecting sunlight during the day and turning on after dark, they come in a wide range of shapes from flowers to lanterns to dragon flies and butterflies.  They also come in a variety of colors and can twinkle or glow steadily.  They can be woven into the underside of trees, along the edges of water features, through perennial beds, strung over patios and porches and line path ways.  They produce a charming ambiance and don’t generally affect the sleep cycles of plants and animals. 

(I am testing red blinking solar lights strung around my evergreens this winter to see if they deter deer munching.)

The color gold

This year’s trendy garden color is said to be gold.  Metallic gold accents in garden décor, even gold sparkles in patio stones and the golden color of many perennials, trees and shrubs are in.  Golden flowered annuals for containers and beds are promising to be popular this year too. 

Remember that in the garden golden foliaged plants should be accents, if they comprise most of the color in a setting they tend to lose their “pop” and become less appealing.
 
Gold Juniper

Recycling  Christmas trees

The holidays are over and it’s not a moment too soon to get the live Christmas tree out of the house.   Live Christmas trees that are drying out are a big fire risk and shedding needles make them less welcome indoors too.  Here are some safe ways to dispose of or recycle Christmas trees.  

If you live in the city or suburbs without much of a yard you will probably want to re-cycle your Christmas tree through a commercial re-cycling center.  Some municipalities have one or more days when they will pick up trees at the curb for re-cycling.  Other areas have re-cycling drop points, where you take your tree to dispose of it.  Call your city or township offices and ask what the plan is for Christmas tree re-cycling. If you pay for trash service on your own, call that service to see if they will accept trees and when.

When you are talking to your local government about recycling the Christmas tree make sure you ask how they want the tree brought to the pick-up point.  While it makes less of a mess to enclose the tree in one of those large plastic tree bags some places will not accept Christmas trees for re-cycling if they are in plastic.  And since most of the community re-cycling efforts take place shortly after the New Year don’t delay in finding out what the re-cycling plan is.

If you have a compost pile and a little time you can make the Christmas tree suitable for re-cycling at home.  Store the tree near the compost pile until a mild, sunny winter day, then sit out there with pruning shears and cut the branches into small pieces and add them to the compost pile.  Pieces about 6-8 inches long will break down pretty quickly in the spring.  The trunk can be cut into smaller pieces with a saw.  Of course if you have a chipper- shredder you can simply turn the tree into mulch.

Many gardeners have learned that the branches of Christmas trees can be cut off and laid over perennial beds to help protect them from cold.  The prickly branches will also discourage deer and other animals from disturbing things like heucheras that don’t lose all their foliage in the winter.   Even after spring comes and most of the needles have fallen from the branches, the branches can be laid over newly seeded garden beds to keep animals from scratching out seeds.  Remove the branches once the plants begin to grow.

Some people recycle Christmas trees by re-purposing them as bird feeding stations.  They set them up where they can be seen from a window and tie balls of suet, popcorn on a string, little net bags of seed and other treats on them.  Just make sure there is no artificial tinsel left on the tree.   This can wrap around birds feet or be swallowed and prove fatal.

If you are trying to attract game animals like rabbits, you can take your Christmas tree and maybe your neighbors too and make brush piles for animals to hide in.  You don’t want these too close to garden plants and orchards because you don’t want to encourage animals to hang out there, but in the woods or pastures they can provide safe winter shelter for wildlife.  If you simply take the Christmas tree to a wild area on your property it will decay over time.  Cutting it up makes that happen faster.

Owners of large ponds with fish sometimes re-cycle Christmas trees by placing them out on the ice.  When the ice thaws the tree sinks and becomes a haven for fish to lay eggs and for baby fish to survive the jaws of big fish. 
Country dwellers have been known to use re-cycled Christmas trees as a snow fence.  Upright and on their sides they do catch and hold snow, but make sure you have a place to put any extra trees you drag home from the neighbors when spring comes.

If you are legally allowed to burn on your property you could re-cycle your Christmas tree by burning it.  Be aware that dry evergreens burn quickly and sometimes explosively.  You never want to burn the Christmas tree in an indoor fireplace.  It makes a big carbon build up in the chimney and can send sparks into the room as it burns. They can make a nice outside bonfire to warm skaters on a cold winter day.

Don’t just dump your tree along the road somewhere.  Christmas trees can clog drainage ditches or blow into the road and pose a road hazard.  Responsible people who cared enough to support a green industry- growing Christmas trees- should be green enough to dispose of a tree properly.

Banana Caramel French toast

French toast is an easy way to make an elegant breakfast or brunch or even a cozy dinner.  It’s inexpensive and it’s a dish that kids could help prepare.  This banana caramel recipe is a gourmet version you’ll love anytime.

French toast is best when the bread used in the recipe is thickly sliced, like Texas toast, but any bread can be used. It’s a good use for slightly stale bread. You can use egg substitute in French toast but the rich, creamy taste of real eggs and milk make it so much tastier and better for you. 

You can cook French toast in a skillet, in an oven or even in your waffle maker.  It’s a meal that should be eaten as soon as it’s done so cooking it right at the table in an electric frying pan or waffle maker is a great idea. 

Ingredients
4 large eggs
¼  cup cream or milk
2 tablespoons sugar (optional)
¼  teaspoon cinnamon
¼  teaspoon vanilla
1/8  teaspoon nutmeg 
4 slices thickly sliced bread

Banana Sauce
2 tablespoons of butter
½ cup of firmly packed brown sugar
¼ cup of rum- or use 2 teaspoons rum flavor in ¼ cup water
3 bananas
Whipped cream- optional

Mix sauce before cooking toast.   Put sauce ingredients except banana and whipped cream in a pan.  Heat, stirring constantly, until the sugar melts and syrup thickens.  Turn off heat.  Add thickly sliced bananas to pan and let sit. 

Beat the eggs with the cream or milk by hand until frothy.  Add sugar if using and spices.  Blend well.

In a shallow pan lay out the bread slices and pour the egg mixture over them.  Let them soak 2-3 minutes then flip with a spatula and let the other side soak a few minutes.

Spray a skillet or electric frying pan with cooking spray and heat to medium - about 350 degrees.  With a spatula lift bread pieces and let them drain a minute before transferring them to the heated pan, one layer thick.

Let them brown on one side and release from the pan. Then gently flip the bread pieces and let the other side brown.    Cook until the center is set and a knife inserted comes out clean.  Spoon bananas and sauce over warm French toast.  Add a dollop of whipped cream.  Serve warm.

Thank goodness for plant catalogs, so I don’t die from garden withdrawal.

Kim Willis
 “He who has a garden and a library wants for nothing” ― Cicero

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