Entryway needs some plants
Don't laugh, I know it looks awful right now. Our house and entire HOA is in rehab mode. We just jackhammered out the walkway and are replacing it with floating concrete pads with stones in between. Modern is the theme.
We will eventually be widening the door, and removing the window, so the walkway will pretty much fill the 6 foot width except for 4" on either side (filed with the stones) and 2 or 3 larger areas for some kind of plants on the right.
I am looking for suggestions on plants. Obviously they can not be bushy. I would love something high and something low (mondo grass maybe), Horsetail would work, but I was hoping for something softer.
I live in Palm Springs (hot, dry desert), but this faces north. There are openings in the roof over entrance. The area by the door gets no direct sun. The area not under the roof gets hot sun in the morning in summer but covering sun sensitive plants is the norm here.
I had Yellow Wave New Zealand Flax and Jasmine in here. They were beautiful and had no problems.
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Bailey R
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Comments (6)I have a morning glory bush that has purple flowers on it...it hasn't seeded yet but I can send you a cutting to root maybe...we are also growing different types of pitcher plants but we have just started them so if they live and work out for us we may be able to send some of those too...just keep us in mind for later on in case we forget and remind me :)...See MoreSome problems w/some bulbs I didn't get planted - need your opini
Comments (2)Hi Deanna, Bulbs store energy for the plant that can tide it over during rough times. So, rotted stems are like busted stems, as long as the bulb is large enough to support itself through next year (its not a tiny bulblet) it will come back, just a little smaller. This may result in a smaller plant with fewer blooms the first season but it will otherwise be fine. The thing to check is whether or not the bulbs have healthy looking roots. In the Fall if you find that the bulb and roots are rotten I wouldn't bother to plant it. Stressed bulbs often will decide to take a season off and not send up foliage (or abort growth already started). Instead it will spend its time growing new roots. So that doesn't mean they are dead. It sounds like your stems got the fungal disease botrytis possibly from overwatering. With your curled up new sprouts (possibly lieing along the soil) this would be an easy thing to have happen. Putting late planted bulbs in pots is usually a good idea since you can use sterile well draining soil and, depending on where you put the pot, control watering and sun. So don't hesitate to do that in the future. Botrytis strikes plenty of lilies in the garden as well. I'd cut away any diseased foliage (and throw it out securely) and spray the remaining foliage and the pots soil surface with a rose fungal spray. I've included a link with some info. -Helen Here is a link that might be useful: Plantlilies botytis link...See MoreNeed some help with some plant ideas to fill space.
Comments (5)It looks like you don't have enough corn for good pollination. My understanding is that you need at least 4' x 4' of corn for decent pollination. Do you have a plan on how you will get to the plantings in the back for care & harvesting? I think you might want to consider some stepping stones at least. Consider also that your plants will bush out - when we grew cukes & beans on a trellis in a bed 2 feet from the fence they bushed out so much there wasn't much room to get behind them. Also, I have never grown okra, but I've heard the plant can be irritating to the skin. I think it gets pretty big, too. You might think about putting it together & somewhere you won't have to come into contact with it until you want to. Why are you mixing things up? Are you trying to avoid cross pollinating varieties, or going for aesthetics? Or is it for another reason? I would consider putting same plants together because they will have the same needs & you can more easily deal with them as a group. Beans are great & can be very productive. You could substitute them for the corn along the back. Perhaps you could do a block of a short variety of corn (so it doesn't shade other things too much) if you move things around a bit. I am not familiar with your growing area, so I'm not sure what else to add. I see you have cukes growing on the fence, but you have a line of them down into the bed. Will those get a trellis, or are you putting bush varieties in front? Definitely (IMO) put as much organic matter into your soil as you can. We have terrible soil here (sand), but my small gardens are looking lush. We found a local coffee shop that gives us bags of their compostable material regularly. We add that straight to the garden beds (coffee grounds, veggie scraps, egg shells) with some manure (we use quail because it is inexpensive & convenient). Also, we added in some peat moss & vermiculite the first couple of times we were turning over the beds. Hopefully someone with more expertise will give you some good tips. Best of luck!...See MoreGot some new plants and need some advice (part 2)
Comments (20)The plant is in my shed that we turned into an extra bedroom. It will stay there for now but can't be there in winter. I want to propagate the long vines that have no leaves in the middle. I have had poor luck propagating Marble Queen, they seem more delicate that regular Goldens. What I did with the other long golden was cut a few vines but some of the long ones I put in seed starting mix still attached to the mother plant. I also put one vine looped down into a jar of water (water from my fish tank which the plants love). I think I will do that with the MQ as well. That way I can hopefully get roots on a vine before I cut it. I know that really long vines can be harder to get roots. I think this one really needed some good sunlight. I will leave her there for now and I should have my potting medium within a week or so. I will transplant her and then see about trying to propagate some of the vines while still attached. Maybe I should fertilize her now so she has more strength for when I repot? I know the better sunlight will help too....See More- PRO
Paula Gibbs
7 years agoNinkasi & Jacknewportbeach Thank you for all the great input! I love it! Succulents. Yes, i love them, but need some height. Firesticks may work for that. Mexican feather grass, could work. I love it, too.
Jacknewportbeach, you have the floating concrete pads and 1/2" salmon stone? That is the size we will go with. I can see how salmon would make the concrete pop. Side note: I used to spend many of my high school summer days in Newport Beach. Very different now, but I would love to check out that great bike trail around back bay.
Yardvaark, I am uploading a new photo with arrows as to where the plants would be. It gives you a general idea of where things will go. The plant area will be adjusted in size for whatever ends up going there.
This is a night photo before the landscape, driveway and walkway were torn out and new paint. The driveway is now pavers. Desert landscaping going in for the purpose of reducing water cost to HOA. This is actually shows 2 units. My unit is on right. They are fairly large homes, 2400 sq ft. I miss that grass.
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7 years agoI don't know what would grow in your area, but I would look for something to espalier against that wall on the right....
Can you grow lemons?
not sure what this is? but I like the succulents below, too.
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