Dreaming of Delphiniums? So Are We!
Season 5, Episode 24, April 26, 2023
Dreaming is right because we don’t have the conditions to grow delphiniums. We don’t live in a maritime climate which they love. Speaking of climate, brrr, it’s chilly out there this week in both of our gardens. I also got rain today, for which I’m very thankful.
On this week’s episode, Carol and I wish we could grow delphiniums. We cannot. We also discussed our love of heirloom/heritage vegetables, and then I waxed on a whole lot about roses because, well, I’m me.
And, yes, I bought two David Austin roses this week: ‘Eustacia Vye’ and ‘Gabriel Oak’, which I’m going to grow in pots instead of a couple of my citrus trees. I’m sick of battling citrus scale. Both roses are named after characters in Thomas Hardy's novels. The bare root roses arrived this morning, in fact. I need to get them in a bucket of water to soak and then into a couple of pots.
I know they have nothing to do with delphiniums, but in my garden, Bloody Mary nasturtiums are blooming, and boy, are they pretty!
There are also solid red ones.
Technically, our flowers this week are the statuesque delphiniums. Carol started us out with a quote from Eudora Welty about delphiniums from one of Carol's blog posts. Â
Then, we talked about heirloom vegetables. What makes an heirloom anyway? After you listen, go check out Carol’s FH article, "What are Heirloom Seeds?"
In our vegetable discussion, I brought up Santa Maria Pinquito Beans from Rancho Gordo along with this Santa Maria Tri-Tip Recipe. That’s because we were talking about terroir.
Since we discussed heirlooms, we thought our bookshelf should have a few books on the subject.
Heirloom Vegetable Gardening: A Master Gardener's Guide to Planting, Seed Saving, and Cultural History, by William Woys Weaver (Amazon link)
Plus: The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World's Most Beautiful Fruit by Amy Goldman (Amazon link) and Smith & Hawken: 100 Heirloom Tomatoes for American Gardens by Carolyn J. Male (Amazon link)
Carol found our dirt about Soldier flies larva compost article. Shudder.
I found our rabbit hole from a Rose Chat podcast episode with Peggy Martin, the real gardener behind the infamous Peggy Martin rose. The story has also been turned into a children's book: The Rose Without a Name: The Story of the Katrina Rose by Nancy Rust & Carol Stubbs.
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I live in the Rocky Mountain foothills in Colorado at 7,600’ elevation and it’s dry here. Delphinium’s grow and seed around easily. I have a cage around the original clump which I planted about 7 or 8 years ago. A friend in Denver has a huge clump and she’s only at 5280’.
My husband always asks about these in the garden center. I always tell him, "Just walk away." They just won't take the heat here in North Texas.