Hello, texasanna. This is a very bad time to plant anything in Texas. The temperatures have been in the 100s for eons and most of the state is in an exceptional drought. The wilting of the leaves is a combination of transplant shock, heat stress and little moisture. If your soil drains well, it would be ok to water often since the plant's root system was cut to fit into the pot. I suspect that wilted leaves return back to normal once the worst of the day is over. Make sure that you have 3-4" of mulch about 6 inches past the drip line to make sure you do not have to water often. Then as long as the soil feels moist on the top 4" inches, you can skip watering. When you water, water the soil early in the mornings starting with the main truck and then watering outwards. About 1 gallon of water per watering should be fine. Make sure the plant gets shade in the afternoon. I find it ideal to get shade starting at 11am or 12pm. I start having trouble with the ;eaves if they get more sun than that. It is not necessary to fertilize this year. The potting mix probably had some of those round fertilizer pellets and that will last until Spring. Besides, plants stressed by transplant shock and heat should never be fertilized. Check the soil acidity if your soil is normally alkaline. You may want to ammend it in the Spring and again in late Summer or early Fall. Does that help you? Luis

Morning Dove is lovely Beverly, but if I'm not mistaken it appears somewhat similar to Sleeping Beauty, which is also in this bed. After giving thought to the size issue (thank you ConnieMay!), I think the way to go is to move FW to a NW bed (hopefully she'll be slow to wake up and avoid frostbite) and move my Autumn Frost to that spot. AF is a medium and I think will offer just enough contrast with the AH to make things interesting. Plus the AH is a good size and will eventually cover that window well. I appreciate the help!

You would love the many small ground covers that grow in Sydney - Scaevola, prostrate forms of Grevilleas, Hibbertias, Eremophila, Acacia, Pea flowers, Ziera, Goodenia, etc, etc. I would also think about contrasting foliage like Dianella 'Cassa Blue', Thelionema umbellatum, or Lomandra 'Wingarra'. Yellow Buttons (Helichrysum ramosissima - has had name changes though, and there are many forms)or Billy Buttons (Ixeolena brevicompta) are great!

I ended up hiring a company where I bought our JMs. We ended up going with a red dragon under the window near the door and an aconitifolium on the right side of the house. There's going to be multiple boxwood (variety of styles), weigela, princess holly, daubs frosted juniper, blue star juniper, shasta daisy, and salvia. We're sitting down with him in 3 weeks to go over his plan (I already bought 90% of the plants during a super sale). We'll see if anything changed.