A Central Texas June Garden Tour

Today we're walking through my gardens where I'll point out what's growing in the extreme heat, sun and shade. I'll share some tips on having a beautiful garden with difficult growing conditions.

[@trainingolives3370]

I LOVE when KZbin recommends fellow Texas gardeners. I clicked and subscribed so fast because gardening here is a whole other beast than anywhere else. San Antonio here 🤠♥️ Beautiful tour! 🌻

[@therockyhillgardener]

So glad you found me. Keep watching for more great ideas for our challenging gardens.

[@SMElder-iy6fl]

We are in the third summer with no rain. Last summer I believed what I had read, namely that native plants don't need supplemental watering. This year I'm replacing the plants I lost and watering.

[@therockyhillgardener]

That is a real myth! Native plants need less water, not "NO" water! Sorry you had to replace. The first year, you'll need to water more often.

[@catherineshiddengarden2596]

Enjoyed your tour. My bff lives in Goliad, Texas . She moved to Texas over 15 years from Michigan. Took her a while to figure out a zone 9a from a 6a. 😂 She learned a lot from working at a nursery down there. Have a great day. 👩🏼‍🌾

[@therockyhillgardener]

I always learn so much from the local nurseries around here! A Wealth of information.

[@3rdsister707]

So thrilled to find you! I subscribed immediately! Your yard is a delight! You replied to every comment, answering every question and I read them all! Thank you so much for your help!

[@therockyhillgardener]

Yes, I do! I really want to encourage our Texas Gardeners! It's tough, but we can do it!

[@rebeccariveramesa9664]

Thank you for this channel. I live in Austin, soon to be moving to Mason. Can’t wait to start my new garden.

[@therockyhillgardener]

So glad you found me. Keep watching for more great ideas for our challenging gardens.

[@darlenebadgley9337]

Congratulations on your move! I have visited Mason. I love that little town!

[@vickijackson9115]

Beautiful property. Thank you for sharing all the great information. So helpful with our Texas Heat. 🥵

[@PattiRaeG]

Oh gosh, I’m so glad that I found you! I’m in the San Antonio area and have been loving putting native plants into my garden. I’m jotting down notes of some of your plants that I’d like to incorporate into my garden. Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful garden.

[@kingrobs89]

Have you been seeing any hummingbirds?

[@user-gk5ph2kj8p]

Everything is looking beautiful! I love the native butterfly garden. I love all the Craig's blue mist flower and the rest of the plants you planted there. I am going to find a sunny spot to add one, too 😊

[@therockyhillgardener]

You'll be happy you did! I love watching the butterflies come and go!

[@emmylimmy]

Been watching your videos for a while and finally subscribed! You have impeccable taste. I have a teeny tiny, mostly shaded "garden" both in front and back, with deer, skunks, and armadillos eating everything out front, and deep dry shaded corners in the back. It is such a long process learning what will work in each area! Please keep with the Texas focus. I know each climate has it's own unique challenges, but I feel like south central Texas is tougher than most! I would love to see you tour more Texas home gardens! You could even request before-and-after pictures from Texas gardeners! I watch those videos from other gardening channels, but so many are from areas that get more rain and less heat. Keep up the amazing work! -From San Antonio

[@therockyhillgardener]

Thanks for the suggestions!! I agree that we need to stick with the problems we face in Central Texas! I'm currently lining up more Central Texas gardens to tour and video!

[@susann4944]

Great advice and recommendations for Texas Natives. Plano, TX

[@therockyhillgardener]

Glad you liked the video and plant recommendations.

[@crystalschendel3770]

Just lovely. Thank you for including the names❤🌷🌼🌻🌺. I'm new to gardening and appreciate that.

[@therockyhillgardener]

You're welcome! It takes a while to get started, but if you plant the right plants you'll have a beautiful garden.

[@nicholasryan5401]

Beautiful looking garden, Its the bees knees.

[@therockyhillgardener]

Thanks so much!

[@New-Hat-Gardening]

This is exactly what I preach on my channel ❤ I’m in Cedar Park. So glad I found your channel 😊

[@therockyhillgardener]

I'm so glad you agree!

[@JenniGotDesigns]

Beautiful garden and a wonderfully informative tour! The names and growing heights of the plants are appreciated. I would love to see how you propagate and move your plants around, like the lambs ear.

[@therockyhillgardener]

I'm so glad you watched the video! I'll show more propagating when it cools off a little.

[@JenniGotDesigns]

@@therockyhillgardener Perfect, thank you! Looking forward to it!

[@teresabanuelos8532]

Please show us how to propagate skull cap. ❤

[@marybethskarke5791]

Gorgeous landscape….back yard looks like a park! I’m in a rural setting outside Boerne and have so much trouble with the deer eating plants. I have to use a deer repellant spray on my red yucca blooms or they get devoured. As the drought goes on they start eating more of the deer resistant plants. I have Mexican bush sage and that along with rosemary are pretty much the only plants they reliably leave alone here. That sage isn’t evergreen…it dies to the ground every winter here and comes back in the spring. I finally found Gregg’s mist flower at a local nursery last fall and one plant is spreading and just full of butterflies. I have a fenced pollinator garden between two peach trees where I can have flowers, as well as pots on my raised patio. Even there, we had to put up a retractable gate because the deer would come up the steps at night and eat my plants. We did move out here for the wildlife so I’ve just had to adjust where I can.

[@therockyhillgardener]

I wish I had more insight on plants deer won't touch! It seems like fencing is a good idea!

[@TenderfootGardens]

I love that raised bed where you have your zinnias. I’d love to know where to get one like that. Beautiful garden. I’m in Bastrop County so it’s great to see gardeners nearby and what you are growing.

[@therockyhillgardener]

My son built this from his own drawn up plans. Sorry I don't have plans to share.

[@TenderfootGardens]

@@therockyhillgardener he did a very nice job. ✌️

[@PM-ue1jh]

LOVE LOVE LOVE! You are so inspiring, thank you so much for every tip! Fairfield, Texas

[@therockyhillgardener]

Thanks for your encouragement!

[@HoustonGardeningNovice]

New sub! Your garden looks great. I'm further south in Houston and our gardens have been in the oven for about 2 mons already 🥵😂

[@therockyhillgardener]

Yes! It's really tough here too, but we can do it!

[@jacquelinelee9510]

I haven't seen Gregg's Mist Flower growing that short before. I see it 3-4' tall BUT I like this because it doesn't look overgrown. Do you cut back to that height? THANK you for doing a monthly video guide. I am SO glad I stumbled upon your sight yesterday. Just what I need to banish the doldrums of dead grass & plants this summer and get input from an experienced Texas native gardener with VIDEOS to guide me. THANK YOU! Keep up the awesome service you are providing!

[@therockyhillgardener]

My Gregg's mist seems to stay low on it's own. I don't trim it back until it freezes and goes dormant in Jan. or Feb. So glad you found me! Keep watching!

[@LifeHomeandGardenwithAnaRica]

Such a beautiful garden, So many varieties of perennial plants. Thank you for the tour!

[@therockyhillgardener]

You're welcome! I say the more the merrier!

[@gritandGracegardening]

I really enjoyed this video, Cindy. Thank you!!

[@therockyhillgardener]

You're welcome!

[@carlaeglinton8456]

I love your garden! Thank you for sharing!

[@corinabecerra953]

Love your garden

[@allisonkeith5106]

such lovely gardens!

[@RN-mn3jn]

Beautiful. I love the Echinacea. I just put in some in my gardens.

[@therockyhillgardener]

Me too! They reliably come back every year!

[@ElizabethBosticArt]

Thank you for a lovely tour!❤

[@therockyhillgardener]

You're welcome. Glad you watched!

[@limitlessends]

OH MY ACTUAL GOD! Look at those butterflies. LOOOOOOKKKK!

[@therockyhillgardener]

Yes!! They are loving the Greg's Mist!!

[@healingbymakingyousmile5780]

A video i was waiting for !!!! :)

[@allgood4729]

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. I live in Houston Tx and learning so much from you. I have most of the plants you have. Thank you so much. Blessings. 🤩

[@marleneegan-hm7lr]

I’m in Houston too👋

[@allgood4729]

@@marleneegan-hm7lr Hello neighbor. 🌻

[@lizpaul5898]

Same! Cypress here! 👋

[@therockyhillgardener]

So glad you found me! Keep watching!

[@TheLivingBackyard]

Such nice garden tour!

[@therockyhillgardener]

Thanks for visiting.

[@BreezyByTheSea63]

I’m in the DFW area- looking for fragrant Texas heat tolerant plants. I’m definitely picking up a few plumeria. Thank you.

[@therockyhillgardener]

You're welcome. Glad you watched!

[@mustanghill1259]

I just found your channel. Love your garden and that you're using many native plants. I like the variety of mulch in your back garden. Can you share the brand?

[@therockyhillgardener]

So glad you found me. Here is the variety of mulch I use. Texas Native - Shredded Cedar Mulch - from Lowes

[@lizpaul5898]

Love love your channel! How old is your Beautyberry? Also, what is the bright pink flowering plant right in front of your drip timer?

[@therockyhillgardener]

The beauty berry is 5 years old and the pink flower is called 4 O'clock. Thanks for watching!

[@growjoyfullyhomestead]

New subscriber!

[@therockyhillgardener]

So happy you're here!!

[@robyn3349]

❤

[@loricrawford8426]

Your garden is amazing. Do you cut back your tall Salvia when they finish blooming or just let them be?

[@therockyhillgardener]

Yes! I cut it back in Feb when it goes dormant. It blooms most all of the year.

[@donnajoy6951]

Can you let us know which way your house faces? I have raging sun west facing front and side in South facing so I am redoing the garden because some areas are way too hot. I’m in North Texas Dallas (hotter than you - I think)

[@dleija84]

I live near Lewisville Lake and the front of my house also gets the second half of the day, but also get powdery mildew so options are limited. These aren't natives but some that work for me are cannas with solid green leaves that were already here, autumn sage, daylillies, vinca, petunias, dusty miller, angelonia. The zinnias that Home Depot and Lowes sell seem to be the "Profusion" variety, though they're not labeled as such, and the white ones grow so full but don't get diseases. I'm pretty sure they're profusion because I've grown those from seed. I've been using IronTone the past couple of years when planting and that has helped stopped burning on most plants. Osmocote for blooms. Last year I put in drip irrigation and that was a game changer.

[@therockyhillgardener]

My back yard faces North, garage faces East. Front of house faces South. All very hot until it's shaded by trees. I use only the toughest native Texas plants with drip irrigation and lots of mulch to keep things alive.

[@michellemilot7632]

I see you have a Asparagus Fern what's your tricks to keep it green. Mine the leaves turn brown in some of it.

[@therockyhillgardener]

I add 1 tablespoon of Epsom Salt, (Magnesium) to a gallon of water and water the plant well! They love it!

[@michellemilot7632]

What soil do you use on your Garden? It thrives so good!!!

[@therockyhillgardener]

Because I plant mostly native plants, they don't want a lot of improved soil. First I dig a nice hole, getting rid of lots of limestone rock, ( I have very rocky soil here) and then I add hand fulls of compost to each hole I dig for a new plant. I then add back the original native soil on top and then water the plant well. Twice a year I sprinkle a great organic fertilizer all over the beds and water well. I use Espoma Plant Tone over all the gardens according to the directions on the bag.

[@michellemilot7632]

Ok, good, thanks so much. I'm gonna try that, too! I'm a new gardener, so I'm still trying to learn!

[@jenniferelliott1957]

Are your day lilies in partial shade or full sun?

[@therockyhillgardener]

Full Sun!

[@michellemilot7632]

Does Texas have almost the same heat on Summer ☀️ Time??? Rings now it's 110°

[@therockyhillgardener]

We have between 90 and 105 all summer.

[@jeaniemcdaris8276]

❤

[@therockyhillgardener]

Thanks for visiting!