Find out what’s causing the problem like low drainage spots or compacted areas. Brown patch: Apply a quarter inch of compost.This is the best time of year to fertilize. Fertilize with an organic slow release formula like 8-2-4 or similar ratio.Collect seeds of annuals to dry and store inside until next spring.If temps dip, cut basil and preserve in oil in the freezer.Take cuttings of tender annuals to propagate in warmth to renew your garden next spring.Mulch tropical and semi-cold-hardy plants like gingers, Esperanza, Pride of Barbados, Firecracker fern, bananas.Decide wildflower seeds and bulbs to plant in November.Add compost to vegetable gardens along with organic fertilizer if not already done.Iris, daylily, fern, liriope, spring-blooming perennials, violets.Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Vegetable Planting Guides (Central Texas).Cilantro seeds or transplants, parsley, dill, fennel, chervil, summer savory, borage.Also, non-native poppies, larkspurs, hollyhocks Late: native wildflower seeds like bluebonnets, phlox, Mexican hat, Indian paintbrush, Indian blanket (gaillardia).Cover crops for dormant vegetable beds: clover, hairy vetch, elbon (cereal) rye, Austrian winter peas, or annual rye.Perennials, shrubs, ornamental (clumping) grasses.Like any vine, it will take a few years to take over! It blooms on old wood so prune soon after flowering to shape and encourage new growth and later flowers. Tubular flowers appear spring and sometimes in fall to attract hummingbirds and butterflies.Ĭonsidered a semi-evergreen, crossvine keeps its leaves through winter, only dropping them in spring, just before putting on new ones. It needs little water once it’s established. Plant in sun to part shade in just about any soil. ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is a specific variety that puts on a fabulous spring show followed by sporadic flowering the rest of the year. It is native to Texas and the Southeastern U.S. It can grow up to 50’ feet long, so is perfect to cover a fence, sturdy trellis or arbor. Cultivar ‘Tangerine Beauty’ is orange with yellow center.Ĭrossvine does grow quite vigorously, but it doesn’t sneak over into your entire landscape and try to take over the neighborhood like trumpet vine. The original native is golden yellow with magenta center. Crossvine is a woody, native vine that is tamely aggressive compared to its cousin, trumpet vine ( Campsis radicans).
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