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| *Hi*
Our new house in inland SoCal and has narrow planters lining the back fence - all empty. Eventually we want to put groundcover roses in there but don't want the $$ outlay right now...plus I prefer to do bare-root in January. Any recs for plants that will survive being planted when the weather is already into the 80's? Exposures are South, East and North to further complicate things :) When I lived out there before, I always did all my planting when the weather was cool. Thanks! |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 16:40
| Why not wait? Are there Plant Police insisting you plant immediately? |
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- Posted by bunnymoonflowers none (My Page) on Fri, May 18, 12 at 23:13
| So...is this one of those forums where everyone just makes snide remarks and flames each other? I haven't read around yet. I hope not. |
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- Posted by stompoutbermuda Z8DesertSunsetZ11 (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 5:45
| No, but it is kinda slow here. How about Lantana or society garlic. |
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- Posted by bunnymoonflowers none (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 10:54
| Hadn't thought of society garlic, but I put Lantana on the list last night! I found a catalog online called High Country Gardens (New Mexico) that specializes in plants that take the heat, too. Love it. |
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- Posted by stompoutbermuda Z8DesertSunsetZ11 (My Page) on Sat, May 19, 12 at 22:30
| Everyone sings the raves of High Country :) Im glad you found it! |
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| If you are looking for a quick seasonal fix on a budget, zinnias, portulaca, marigolds, and vinca can be grown from seed, and do well in the heat. Lantana is beautiful but if your spring nights are chilly like ours, it won't come back until late May or won't bloom until June. Salvia, on the other hand, blooms early, and thrives here, at 2500'. It comes in many beautiful colors of red, pink, blue, and lavender, and I have found it easy to grow from cuttings stuck in the ground throughout the spring and summer. If you can hook up with a local gardener, perhaps he or she will let you take snips of their plants. Jan
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Sun, May 20, 12 at 14:02
| I was pointing out that if you plan to put roses there when it cools off, waiting until you are ready to plant the roses might be a good plan. 1 - It saves money for the roses and other new house expenses. 2 - It saves effort (no planting the temp plants and no removing the temp plants) Take the money you might spend on temporary flowers and buy the newest Sunset Western Garden book ... it answers all kinds of questions about what grows where. |
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- Posted by stompoutbermuda Z8DesertSunsetZ11 (My Page) on Tue, May 22, 12 at 4:47
| 2500 feet Jan? Yup! You are in my backyard! Ridgecrest CA |
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| Be wary with High Country Gardens. They're a great place to shop, I do when I have the $$$, but their plants are meant for high country and not your heat zone. I'm at about 3800 ft. and in the Chihuahua Desert and I have to be very careful about what I purchase from High Country. You're much lower in elevation and in a completely different desert so do your homework. I think High Country is almost done shipping for the Spring too. There must be a nursery near you that has plants for your area. And why is this, "Why not wait? Are there Plant Police insisting you plant immediately?" considered flaming? Sounds like great advice.... Good luck.
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| You might check out Las Pilitas Nursery and Tree of Life Nursery. They both sell California native plants that will do well in SoCal. Also, the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gardens in Claremont has experts available to answer questions on the first Saturday of the month from 10:00 to 1:00. They could probably suggest low water plants for summer in your area. |
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- Posted by bunnymoonflowers 9%3B Sunset 18 (My Page) on Mon, May 28, 12 at 22:05
| Wow! I was at Las Pilitas yesterday (they have a nice compact Manzanita I will probably put in the front yard), and read online about Tree of Life in San Juan Cap just last night. I may head over there tomorrow...didn't want to get on any freeways over the holiday weekend, though! Thanks! |
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- Posted by wantonamara 8bTx (My Page) on Wed, May 30, 12 at 1:08
| I bet some salvias wil make it through the heat planted a bit late. Like salvia gregii. |
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- Posted by finchelover 5b-6 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 12 at 20:37
| Oh1My! I really didn't think lazygardens was flaming to me it was just a statement of fact....maybe wrong |
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- Posted by bunnymoonflowers 9%3B Sunset 18 (My Page) on Fri, Jun 29, 12 at 21:14
| lol! I didn't know it was a fact that there are plant police! I just took it to mean, "What? Are you stupid or something?" and to me that is flaming. No big deal...I'm over it :) I hadn't been to the house much when I posted the question. Once I got out there to do some work, I saw that the soil was full of weeds that had sprouted...and weed seed from seasons past were abundant. A look to the side and I saw weeds galore coming up in the lawn. So what I did was, pulled all the weed in the beds, scooped up the seeds that laid in drifts at the bottom of the fence, and put down black vinyl. This is to kill the seeds I couldn't get to, while I rid the lawns of weeds. So, much against the wishes of the H, there will be no summer color this year. I don't want to start out planting in August! |
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