tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post6906198080854027300..comments2023-08-24T08:02:35.806-07:00Comments on Aurora Primavera: A Horse of A Disparaged ColorLibby at Aurora Primaverahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15762964051049823160noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-66928194117399837572009-06-16T11:11:52.373-07:002009-06-16T11:11:52.373-07:00L - try mowing your horseherb (I use a push mower)...L - try mowing your horseherb (I use a push mower) to keep it from being straggly. mowing will also help it grow more densely.<br /><br />AP - good to be aware than HH does die back in drought or in winter. I sow rye seed in my largish backyard to keep the soil from eroding or turning to dust or mud until the horseherb comes back with the rains in the spring.<br /><br />it's so great that leslienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-11666752188520136672009-06-08T11:41:55.917-07:002009-06-08T11:41:55.917-07:00Hi, just linked here via Pam's Digging blog --...Hi, just linked here via Pam's Digging blog -- I'm glad to see your post about horseherb. I'm trying to get it to spread in many areas of my yard. I wish I could get some seeds to really let it take off! It's beautiful when it's lush. I've seen some lovely areas in northwest Austin, where I live.Meredithhttp://www.greatstems.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-84091946865111846652009-05-14T05:15:00.000-07:002009-05-14T05:15:00.000-07:00Great idea Libby, I have a friend who let her back...Great idea Libby, I have a friend who let her backyard "go" and that's what it became...a carpet of horseherb.<br /><br />Hey, I've been looking for you on the Crestview tours...there is one this Sunday...are you game? Last Saturday we visited Prentiss on Aurora...thought I'd run into you!ConsciousGardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12253940238405185012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-16858278750066202342009-05-05T13:17:00.000-07:002009-05-05T13:17:00.000-07:00Libby - I couldn't agree more with you about Texas...Libby - I couldn't agree more with you about Texas beaches!!!! they are great - esp. SPI - the best town too!!cotedetexashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421509668956556785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-76153998562292028722009-05-04T00:44:00.000-07:002009-05-04T00:44:00.000-07:00I wish my horseherb looked as good as yours! Mine...I wish my horseherb looked as good as yours! Mine just looks straggly and weedy, or I'd be trying to make a groundcover of it, too! <br /><br />As far as Austin weeds go, I do have to confess a fondness for henbit. Its little violet flowers bloom before everything else in the spring, and they cheer me up.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615986063958236412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-28621405780118255382009-05-03T17:22:00.000-07:002009-05-03T17:22:00.000-07:00I have a mat of it at the end of a walk way. It ge...I have a mat of it at the end of a walk way. It gets walked on a bunch and you can hardly tell it. I like your idea of a lawn with it. I wanted to try a lawn of Lariope. It seems to be unstoppable and my wife weed eats it constantly. Maybe a little bristly when mowed but nice dark foilage. I say go for it.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08820151806039495564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-7235786948004407362009-05-01T09:27:00.000-07:002009-05-01T09:27:00.000-07:00This stuff is totally invading my lawn, but I have...This stuff is totally invading my lawn, but I have let it take over because I found that it was easier to maintain and green and provides some flowers so why not? (I plan to get rid of most of the St. Augustine one of these days, anyway...) But I still laugh when I see this stuff for sale at local nurseries!Katharinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03740543516942945218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-40622563727016568182009-04-30T10:24:00.000-07:002009-04-30T10:24:00.000-07:00You can be its new publicist, Libby. You make a go...You can be its new publicist, Libby. You make a good case. I haven't learned to love horseherb yet, but neither do I despise it. How's that for a lukewarm endorsement?Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-87553706482252689162009-04-30T05:25:00.000-07:002009-04-30T05:25:00.000-07:00My botany prof at UT used horseherb as a groundcov...My botany prof at UT used horseherb as a groundcover in his backyard...it was lush and beautiful. The name really doesn't do it justice!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05344281320870611721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-998070255999839614.post-20050388893741917182009-04-29T21:15:00.000-07:002009-04-29T21:15:00.000-07:00I love horseherb, too. It grows spontaneously in ...I love horseherb, too. It grows spontaneously in my yard and is the only thing that grows on the shady west side of the house. Maybe they should call it "kittenherb" or "puppyherb"? Something cute and cuddly?Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12621220516578692069noreply@blogger.com