Central Texas Garden Tour April 2024 

Thanks for taking the time to comment. You’re right, while 8a and 8b are literally bordering each other, they can really be an entirely different climate depending on region. I had a viewer from southern France reach out looking for plants because our climates are similar, which feels equally surprising. Someone else has mentioned the chitalpa to me…now it feels like I need to buy one😝 Thanks again for the kind words and for watching the garden come together😊

Greetings Ireland! 🇮🇪 I’m always excited when someone from another country watches a video. It makes the world seem just a bit smaller. Moving to a majority of native plants in my garden has been incredibly helpful with upkeep, especially once our Texas summers hit. However we have had an incredibly wet spring and a few of my natives haven’t tolerated it as well given my clay soil. In the last year I’ve started amending my soil with expanded shale(improves drainage)which has really made a difference so far. I really enjoy each plant you listed. My fall asters haven’t done as well this spring. It’s my first year with bee balm and it doesn’t disappoint in terms of bringing the pollinators. I almost enjoy what visits the garden as much as the garden itself. Thanks for taking the time to watch and share a comment!

Yay! You can do it! youtube.com/@newgardenroad?si=spaX4YckJ62WORJj has a ton of great info on citrus trees. He’s in Austin. I just checked and he’s got several citrus videos that I really need to watch as well!

Appreciate you Kae!

Thank-you! It’s a top performer in my garden for sure!

@@theplantninja-texasgardener And it looks perfect in that spot. 👍

Thanks Tim…it’s getting borderline jungley 😝

Do you think it’s the rain? It’s a fun garden conundrum 🤔

Thank-you! I had watched a video that mentioned only cutting half the stems on salvia so that you still retain some flowers as the new ones grow in, but I feel like mine would look even scragglier if I do that. So they’re getting a buzz cut😝

@@theplantninja-texasgardener I feel the same.

Thank-you! I’m excited about your coneflower, I have a purple coneflower that’s only budding as well. Yours will be showing off in no time!

Thanks so much! I’ve just started to embrace my curls in the last 3 years…definitely so much easier to take care of, especially in the humidity😊

THIS is the “visit!”(did you see how I literally thought you were coming to Texas😝)Thanks for stopping by and watching. You’re an amazing gardening content creator AND a bright spot in the RU-vid community. 😊

Thank-you! I’m in the same boat with my Turks caps…I question if it’s really a good idea to replace mine with the same plant but, maybe one more try😬

You are most welcome! Thanks for stopping by and watching💗

Oh! Mine is sort of doing the same. I’m going to see how it plays out once it starts getting more sun later in the season.

Welcome to the journey! I love learning from others and welcome your feedback😊

Thank-you! You might be giving me too much credit on my spacing restraint. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve totally overplanted a garden bed😝

Thank-you! I’m not sure that I’ll chop the gaura…I feel like that’s just how this one grows. My other two gaura that have fuchsia-colored blooms are more upright. We’ll see…

I have been thinking about sedum. There’s a landscape designer/gardener that I really enjoy in Tarrant county TX who recently showcased her sedum!Here’s her FB link if interested: facebook.com/tonisignaturegardens?mibextid=LQQJ4d I feel like it’s a sign…I should go buy some😬 As far as getting ahead of yourself, you’re in good company! I have really found Agrilife extension an invaluable resource in making more informed garden decisions here in TX: agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/topics/#plants-crops I’m excited you’ve jumped in. You’ve got this!

@@theplantninja-texasgardener 🤣 Thank you for the information.

It’s always bittersweet when I lose a plant…mostly I just get excited to buy something new😝