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PAS Gardens: Structures with Style

Broadcasting the Week of 08-29-11

We're visiting a garden that combines art and nature and giving a metal table a makeover in this episode of P. Allen Smith Gardens.

Color Corner: Superbells® Plum Calibrachoa
Superbells® Calibrachoa are disease-tolerant, self-cleaning, and have a self-branching form and tiny, petunia-like blooms.  The flowers of Superbells® Plum are a light plum with dark-purple veining and a yellow throat. Calibrachoa is especially suited for containers because it prefers the soil that's a little on the dry side and doesn't need much fertilizer to bloom continuously.

Herb Pot
Herbs are easy to grow and the pay off is big savings at the grocery store.  All you need to grow herbs are a container, well-drained potting soil and full sun. Read more.

Allen's Mailbox: White Flies
Question:  Allen, could you please tell me how to get rid of white flies.

Answer:  Whiteflies can be the most problematic in contained areas, like a greenhouse. You can see the evidence of their damage in the lack of vigor in a plant and the discoloration of its leaves. You can tell you have whiteflies by doing a simple test - just shake the foliage. If a cloud of white insects fly out, you've spotted the culprit. I recommend using an organic insecticidal soap. For it to work best, you'll need to soak the underside of the leaves and remember to soak it from top to bottom - the plant, that is - not just where the flies are visible. My second line of defense is to use sticky, yellow whitefly traps. The color yellow is attractive to whiteflies and other insects, so they're drawn to it, where they stick and eventually die. You should be able to pick them up at your local garden center, and they're easy to apply.

Garden to Table Recipe:  Grilled Mushrooms with Artichoke Hearts
The Whole Foods kitchen is the source for a tasty recipe.  Philip Hiserodt explains how to make grilled mushrooms stuffed with fresh artichoke hearts.

People and Places:
LongHouse Reserve in East Hampton, New York boasts beautiful gardens and striking art works.  As Tish Rehill explains the mission of the garden is to bring art into our daily lives and make it accessible to us by making it open to the public. Read more.

Philip Webb with Little Rock Powder Coating and Finish explains how you can give old metal garden furniture a new lease on life with powder coating.

The grape arbor at the Garden Home Retreat was custom built by Jerry Phillips, Riverstate Ornamental Iron. Inc.  It's painted in the signature color of the Garden Home Retreat – Comfort Green.