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Southwestern Gardening
vmarcos68

feeding acanthus/bear's breeches

vmarcos68
18 years ago

Hello, new to this forum. I understand the acanthus is considered a drought tolerant plant. I divided 6 plants last spring that are sprouting up this spring. How does

xeriscape plants typically respond to water soluble fertilizer? Would I want to use a cactus food, or can anyone suggest the NPK numbers needed.

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