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Q.When is Hispanic Heritage Month? Is it September or October? I’m confused!
A. Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 – Oct. 15.
An American goldfinch. The collective noun for a group of finches is a charm. Graphic from Metro Creative
Well darn. My hummingbird has gone.
Truffula Pink gomphrena, zinnias and Silver Fox mangave made this rock walled bed a summer sensation.
Photos by Norman Winter
This Common Buckeye butterfly is ever so picturesque feeding on Truffula Pink gomphrena.
Truffula Pink gomphrena combines with Meant to Bee Royal Raspberry and Meant to Bee Queen Nectarine agastache, Rockin’ Playin’ the Blues salvia, Color Coded Orange You Awesome coneflower, Sunstar Red pentas and Pyromania Blaze kniphofia or torch lily in this pollinator corner.
Truffula Pink gomphrena and Augusta Lavender heliotrope perform as award winners at Mississippi State University’s Truck Crops Branch Experiment Station in Crystal Springs, Miss. Photo courtesy of Mississippi State University
This American Lady finds Truffula Pink gomphrena to be just menu perfect. Photo by Norman Winter
Flame Proof, Perfect Score All Season, Leader of the Packand Top Performer are just a few of the award designations for Truffula Pink Gomphrena. It has now taken in 50 such trophies. If your state has a flower trial competition, my guess is Truffula Pink has been a winner. I also believe that as the pandemic evaporates and we achieve a modicum of normality, the number of trophies will continue to mount. If you don’t know, Truffula Pink, it is a globe amaranth. It is almost always grown as an annual that reaches about 24 inches tall and almost as wide. You can’t give it too much sun. It is possible it might be perennial in zones 9 and warmer. I live in 8a and had a patch that was perennial for me for a couple of years. I’ll explain its demise.
Outsiders Anonymous will hold its inaugural Recovery on the Plaza Festival on Oct. 8 at San Marcos Plaza Park.
For Blake, Kristin and Halea Williams, the goal behind opening their new cafe, The Groove, is to provide the community with more nutritious options.
M. Ray Perryman
Among the most widely discussed economic phenomena in our post-pandemic world is the so-called “Great Resignation,” a phrase used to describe what seems on the surface to be unusually high numbers
Roadrunner.
Graphic from Metro Creative
It’s always a good time for poetry. So, let’s have another poetry contest about birds.
Board members in the picture are (left to right) Karen Roberts, Mary Petkovick, Cindy House, Laura Callihan, Cheryl Heintze, and Kay Willoughby.
Photo submitted by Twice Blessed
Twice Blessed Consignment Shop, located at 124 West Hopkins, one block off the Square, celebrated its 20th anniversary the first week of March this year.
Limelight Prime panicle hydrangea intermingles with ColorBlaze Mini Me Watermelon coleus which will make its debut in 2023.
Photos by Norman Winter
The ColorBlaze Mini Me Watermelon coleus scored 4.8 out of 5 in the trials at the Mississippi State University’s Truck Crops Branch Experimentation in Crystal Springs, Miss.
Photo courtesy of Mississippi State University
ColorBlaze Mini Me Watermelon coleus will make its debut in 2023. The leaves are small but packed with riveting color.
Just when you thought the gardening world would be content, and that we didn’t need another new coleus, Mini Me Watermelon is rocking scorecards in university trials. Mini Me Watermelon is part of the ColorBlaze series and will be making its debut in 2023 and climbing the must have plants chart.
Members of the Hays County Master Gardeners Association take member donations and inspect plants at last year’s plant sale.
Photo submitted by HCMGA
The Hays County Master Gardeners will hold its annual Fall Plant & Tree Sale, beginning Oct. 3. This year’s sale will once again be held in person and online.
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