Last chance: How to Craft a Seasonal Wreath: still a few vacancies
for workshops this Sat. and Sun at 2 p.m. These hands-on bay leaf
wreath classes are taught by Diane Winslow. Fee: $35  Call 280-1192

to reserve a space. Pictured above, Diane (far right) with some of her
students at the end of last Saturday's workshop.
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Sale: 20 % off fall perennials. This weekend only.  Plant now for
a robust showing in the spring. Lots to choose from, including copper
canyon daisy,  plumbago, bicolor iris, firecracker fern, bulbine, butterfly
weed, bat-face cuphea, rock rose, and beautiful purple gulf muhly grass.

(Sale ends Nov. 23, 09)
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A customer writes:  "Just wanted to let you know that our cat Max
(pictured above) has given his approval for our new Monterrey Oak
tree from (and planted by) It's About Thyme. Since you and your staff
did such a great job from start to finish, we've ordered a couple more
trees to be planted.  Looks like the beginning of a beautiful relationship.
Thanks for a job well done!!" - Jo Dattore
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Metal Sale extended: 20% off all metal arches, arbors,  metal
chickens and animals, bottle trees - everything that's metal.
(offer ends Nov. 27,  09)

             
             Time for Winter Annuals 
                                    By Chris Winslow

With the weather now cooling off, and our freaky weather patterns
giving us plenty of rain, it is time to think about planting colorful annuals
to give our flower beds a fresh look.

These tough fall and winter annuals will bloom when the days are short
and cool. Many of them can even take a freeze in stride.

Snapdragons This is a versatile group with a range of colors and
heights. The flower has a dragon’s face that opens and closes when
squeezed…hence the name.  Snaps come in white, red, pink, yellow,
bronze, and every color in between. You can buy short, medium and
tall plants. Staggering or stair-stepping your planting can make a
dramatic show, and you might even find yourself on the shortlist for
a “Yard of the Month” award in the spring! Be patient. Snaps greatest
show will be late winter and early spring. An added plus: deer don’t care
for their flavor.  Now available:  4" pot - $1.50  Six packs $2.99

Pansies & Viola These also come in a world of colors, shapes and sizes.
Pansies stay short, under a foot, but their flower size can range from ½”
in the violas to 3 inches across in the majestics and the maxims. They can
take light freezes and even a little snow at times. You can find pansies
with solid colors, as well as varieties with blotches and faces. They love
a little blood meal and a sunny spot.
Now available:  4" pot - $1.50  Six packs $2.99

Flowering Cabbage and Kale They look like cabbages as they grow
but come in an array of colors and leaf textures. Cabbage and kale carry
their colors through the winter months and bloom yellow in the spring
when the days begin to get long. Also, they provide plentiful nectar for
honey bees in the spring. Aphids are the pest to watch out for here. Control
them easily with a spray of soapy water.
Now available at the nursery: 4 sizes: $1.50 - $7.99
                      Happy Gardening Everyone!

 

                

Nursery owner Chris Winslow is on the mend! Photographer Julie Blake

snapped this picture of him back at work last week in one of the greenhouse.
Chris is grateful to all the nursery's friends for their sweet get-well cards and
 thoughtful gestures. All of this is clearly helping with his recovery.
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        Visit the website at www.itsaboutthyme.com  Visit the
nursery at 11726 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX 78748 Tel. 512 280 1192