tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post4561191675122741622..comments2023-08-30T15:35:52.807-05:00Comments on Plano Prairie Garden: A Look Back at 2012Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-71633503326594946482013-01-07T22:55:39.798-06:002013-01-07T22:55:39.798-06:00Pam, it is still a prairie to me, even if I am usi...Pam, it is still a prairie to me, even if I am using non-traditional grasses. By this time next year, I may have a garden of nothing but pine muhly and yuccas. I hope you find a good spot for your pine muhly. Love that grass.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-33271059880043604602013-01-07T22:43:09.822-06:002013-01-07T22:43:09.822-06:00David, I have noticed a few of my plants coming up...David, I have noticed a few of my plants coming up in the yard at the vacant house next door. Maybe I will have a wildflower meadow next door if the house stays vacant long enough. Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-70727667811850503632013-01-07T02:12:44.341-06:002013-01-07T02:12:44.341-06:00Your garden will always be the prairie garden to m...Your garden will always be the prairie garden to me, especially if it becomes even more populated with that beautiful pine muhly. The one you gave me did OK. It probably wants a lot more sun than it gets in my partly shady garden, and I did move it around a couple of times trying to find just the right spot. I'll leave it alone this year and see how it does. I'd love for it to get big and full like your beauties in full sun.Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-87316648538708444022013-01-06T22:41:47.155-06:002013-01-06T22:41:47.155-06:00Great tour. I'm glad your neighbors are finall...Great tour. I'm glad your neighbors are finally coming around. If not, just throw some wildflower seeds in the corners of their yard. Ownership is such a great tool! LOL<br />Those new yuccas should be a nice treat. They've ended up in the best garden around the metroplex!<br />David/:0)Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495040805660192347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-38412069367023449632013-01-06T12:57:29.431-06:002013-01-06T12:57:29.431-06:00I hope your Liatris pays attention. Do you know wh...I hope your Liatris pays attention. Do you know what kind you have? Four years and no complaints (that I know of) is a good thing. The neighbors that said they now like my garden told me that they still prefer lawns. Maybe it is because lawns do not require as much imagination as a garden? Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-33879461190971108312013-01-06T12:56:25.202-06:002013-01-06T12:56:25.202-06:00Thanks Lancashire rose. You have a lot more wildli...Thanks Lancashire rose. You have a lot more wildlife that wants to enjoy the plants outside your garden walls. I just have to contend with renegade rabbits munching on my plants.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-40628297893814660692013-01-06T12:56:04.181-06:002013-01-06T12:56:04.181-06:00Thanks Randy. I had to recreate nature here in the...Thanks Randy. I had to recreate nature here in the city, but you have something even better. You have the real thing right outside your door.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-50107587246185499632013-01-05T15:41:46.718-06:002013-01-05T15:41:46.718-06:00Your garden is amazing. I am always in awe of you...Your garden is amazing. I am always in awe of your liatris. I am going to show mine a picture of yours so they'll know what they're supposed to look like! You know you have really succeeded if you have overcome your neighbors complaints! I bet they are secretly envious and wish they could break out of the yard-just-like-everyone-else's-mold. Your muhlys in the snow look so pretty. And it will be fun to see which yuccas you have. I, too, fell in love with hesperaloes when I saw them blooming in the medians on Central Expressway. Happy 2013!HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-23473744264576585272013-01-05T15:03:06.266-06:002013-01-05T15:03:06.266-06:00You have the prettiest year-round prairie garden I...You have the prettiest year-round prairie garden I have ever seen. I wish I could achieve such a garden on my septic field.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-86513441220264622192013-01-05T13:01:40.429-06:002013-01-05T13:01:40.429-06:00Great stuff, Michael. I can only aspire to such a ...Great stuff, Michael. I can only aspire to such a great garden. Hope 2013 is a good one for you.stienerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16185632332009295517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-63720618868049464012013-01-05T08:12:14.007-06:002013-01-05T08:12:14.007-06:00Scott, I don’t know what goes wrong with my little...Scott, I don’t know what goes wrong with my little bluestem. For some reason, they never seem to develop a good root system and begin to fail after a couple of years. Maybe they will all come back if we get a moist spring and summer.<br /><br />The muhlys are a great family of grasses. I have grown Muhlenbergia rigens before. I like the grass, but I dug it out to make room for something else. I am sure I will have some again. It is larger and denser than the pine muhly and has thicker flower spikes. Happy New Year and Happy Gardening to you too!<br />Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-55186900950401058122013-01-05T08:11:45.268-06:002013-01-05T08:11:45.268-06:00Shirley, it was a pleasure to meet you and your hu...Shirley, it was a pleasure to meet you and your husband last year. If I ever find myself in San Antonio, I would enjoy seeing your garden too.<br /><br />I think I had a good plan when I spread out the pine muhly in the front garden. I hope I don’t mess up that plan by trying to squeeze in the new plants. You had some great fall pictures of your pine muhly. I bet you find a couple of seedlings around your plant later this year. <br /><br />I searched through your Antique Rose Emporium posts for photos of the Giant hesperaloe. That plant gets big! I was surprised to see dark red flowers in one of the photos. I guess I will have to wait for flowers before I can identify my plant. My research finds that Hesperaloe campanulata has pink flowers and Hesperaloe funifera has white flowers. Both of these plants seem to be much larger than the more common red yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora.<br />Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-58871798396182769582013-01-05T08:08:04.529-06:002013-01-05T08:08:04.529-06:00Good luck with your gardens, Misti. With a little ...Good luck with your gardens, Misti. With a little planning, you can have blooming native plants most of the year. If you look through my archives, most of the fall blooming plants you will see in my garden should work well in yours.Michael - Plano Prairie Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288991916201553454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-79925530923570620122013-01-04T12:37:45.319-06:002013-01-04T12:37:45.319-06:00Love this look back at the year! I'm so sad ab...Love this look back at the year! I'm so sad about the decline of your Little Bluestem...here, we have a hard time keeping them dry enough to avoid lodging late in the season. LOVE the Pine Muhly, though, yours are utterly gorgeous...and seeing yours totally made me get one (well, the similar Muhlenbergia rigens) for my garden. Even in its first year, it was pretty impressive, but I can't wait for it to get as full as yours are :-) Happy New Year!scottweberpdxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08740930947767329183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-87169111235082862202013-01-04T09:51:36.704-06:002013-01-04T09:51:36.704-06:002012 was an awesome year in your garden. I'm ...2012 was an awesome year in your garden. I'm glad I had a chance to visit this year and can't wait to see the changes you make. Pine muhly looks so good I can see adding more where you need structure. Thanks to your recommendation, I used pine muhly in my back garden and was thrilled when it matured in just one season. Now I know when to cut them back.<br /><br />Hope the hesperaloe is funifera. Giant hesperaloe gets enormous and flops over. I have some photos of it at The Antique Rose Emporium.<br /><br />Looking forward to seeing what you do in your 2013 garden. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Shirleyhttp://rockoakdeer.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7929448677986593408.post-56212378575973767662013-01-04T08:20:56.297-06:002013-01-04T08:20:56.297-06:00We're getting ready to transform some of our y...We're getting ready to transform some of our yard into some wildflower gardens here in Montgomery county just outside of Houston. I really like that you had a second season of flowers in the fall, something I would like to plan for as well. <br /><br />Looks like a beautiful year!mistihttp://www.oceanicwilderness.comnoreply@blogger.com