Most Heat Tolerant Firs
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Comments (4)I'll look into the K31 varieties. The grass that is there now does come back easily after heat induced dormancy, but since there's KBG mixed in, I'm afraid the KBG will take over since it spreads by rhyzomes while the fescue doesn't. (unless of course I have that backwards) Right now I have what I call a salt and pepper lawn, only in a green/dormant sense. I'm pretty sure the fescue is the green while the KBG has gone dormant, but only in the most sun exposed sections. The bummer of it is, while I do not water, we have had nice regular periods of healthy rain. Every 6 days or so, we get at least an inch. I'm sure some of it runs off, but the tuna cans I have around the yard are always full after a good rain. I'd think between my mowing high and the healthy doses of rain, the lawn would be in better shape. At least it's doing well in the sense of having no weeds invading. That gives me some hope that it's still essentially healthy. Maybe I'll try adding a little compost to the section that is doing poorly to help the soil hold the moisture....See MoreNeed Advice- Most Heat Tolerant OGR Class or Top Roses
Comments (44)There's a thread on Mons tiller fries in the sun, see below: "Mine fried after an hour or two in the sun, more so than my other tea roses so it's no longer with me in my hot garden. Clementina Carbonieri did the same thing. A pity, since both are beautiful roses. Ingrid." ***** From Straw: I'm adding own-root Yves Piaget on my rose-order for next year, along with Young Lycidas and Romantica "The McCartney" rose. I researched again on Yves Piaget: the person who grows Yves both as own-root vs. grafted reported wimpiness for both. Someone from PNW (rainy & cool) climate also reported Yves being wimpy. Robert Rippetoe in his Rancho Mirage climate of exreme heat, drought, and alkaline sandy soil .... grows Yves Piaget and uses it in his breeding program ... so it must be very good for him. I figured out what makes Romanticas works: fluffy potting soil for the roots to get big, then transfer to fertile clay. I have Yves Piaget's children bred by Robert Neil, I put gypsum in the pots, and they went beserk with growth. Ingrid in this forum once grew Yves, but it didn't do well in the heat ... she has loose de-composed granite soil high in potassium. That's different from Ingrid in Thousand Oaks, who has clay. According to Wikipedia, high potassium or high nitrogen drives down calcium. The Romanticas have a higher demand for calcium than other roses, they are very sensitive to salt, so saline soil is not suitable. Calcium in gypsum is used to de-salt saline soil. That explains why Mons.Tillier works for Jaspermplants in Arizona, but didn't work for Ingrid with high-potassium soil. Arizona is alkaline clay high in calcium like my Chicagoland clay ... I'm next to a limestone quarry. Calcium is known to firm up tissue of plants, and helps with drought-tolerance, which explains for the success of Romanticas in my limestone clay. Here's an excerpt on calcium from the site http://www.oxyfertil.com/royaume-uni/role-ca-mg-plante.html · increases the plant tissues' resistance and allows for more erect stems · contributes to normal root system development · increases resistance to outside attack Here is a link that might be useful: Does your Mons. Tillier fry in the sun? This post was edited by Strawberryhill on Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 10:58...See MoreLung Fir. Tolerates heat and total shade.
Comments (1)Hey...you get to see a PICTURE of "a shocking image of the tree inside Mr Sidorkin's lung" at the link above! Barbara...See MoreMost heat tolerant tuberous begonias
Comments (0)Anyone having any sucess growing any tuberous begonias in florida or nearby states? I'm having good results with a boliviensis, and I've heard that the funky hybrid series does well too. Any other hybrids that might work here? Any ideas or guesses are welcome!...See MoreScott
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