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Thu, Oct 3, 02 at 12:59
| Hi everyone, yep, it's hit here in Alberta too. Our poor farmers are even getting fundraising concerts, donations of crops for their animals, and are accepting donations from the food banks. My heart goes out to them all, and my question seems so unimportant next to their plights. Can you help with suggestions of zone 3/4 perennials/annuals for my garden next year? I have a full-sun slope, and it needs your suggestions.
Thanks everyone,
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- Posted by plantladyCo z5Colorado (My Page) on Fri, Oct 4, 02 at 14:38
| I'm actually Zone 4/5 but I have some suggestions. 1)Yarrow 2)Rudbeckia 3)Daylilies 4)Iris 5)Asters 6)Autumn Joy sedum 7)Peonies 8)Centaurea montana(Mountain Bluet) 9)Dianthus 10)Echinacea 11)Gaillardia 12)Monarda 13)Catnip 14)Poppies Enough?? |
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| Most penstemons if they are hardy in your zone are quite drought tolerant. Mirabilis multiflora (wild four o'clock) has required little if any water in my garden. As for bushes and trees, I've found Cercocarpus ledifolius (curl-leaf mahagony) to bed a good drought tolerant shrub. |
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- Posted by ABgardeneer 3, Calgary (My Page) on Sun, Oct 13, 02 at 23:41
| Native prairie plants tend to be drought-tolerant, not surprisingly. Some nice ones for the garden are: Yucca glauca (native to southern prairies); also Y. filamentosa (native to NE US) Purple prairie clover coneflowers- Ratibida species Pasture sage - Artemesia frigida Sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum) All the things suggested by Plantlady are hardy in your area, and some groups have representatives that are native to these parts (Gaillardia, Monarda, Echinacea). |
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| I need help. I'm in the sixth grade and need help with a science fair project. I'm trying to see which grass is the most drought tolerant. I've collected a variety of sods and only have a month to do my experience. How can I conduct a good scientific experiment inside with heating lamps. Help, help. Stephen. |
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- Posted by StripedOne SW ONTARIO (My Page) on Mon, Jan 6, 03 at 22:34
| Stephen, you may want to look under growing under lights forum. This may help you in your endeavor. |
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