Any ideas for a shade and heat - drought tolerant climber?
nikthegreek
6 years ago
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Comments (3)Hah, well, I don't know if I'd call myself a pro, but I AM addicted to pots and plants in them, LOL. Last time my mom visited she stopped counting potted plants on my little patio at 300 pots, lol. I guess I've gotten a bit out of control, but like you mentioned, when they're heat and desert adapted they're not much work to keep happy. I travel several times a year for 3-10 days at a time for work and pleasure so things need to be able to survive without me for that long or longer, even when I have a house sitter I don't ask them to water my plants. Fluffy stuff like geraniums and pansies are fine for that long in winter, and I reduce the number of fluffy flowery things in summer and usually plunge those into a deep plastic tub (thank you Ikea) with several inches of water. Anyway, most 90% of my pots are filled with cacti and succulents for easy maintenance. Here are some quick, sloppy recent pics of my patio, which faces due south with half covered and half uncovered: Off the top of my head, succulent plants for shade or partial shade here are some easy winners: Haworthias, Gasterias (especially!), crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii), Kalanchoe, Stapelia, and many types of aloes (good ol' Aloe vera is a great container plant). For more sun, some good succulent plants are lots of smaller growing cacti (Mammilaria elongata, Notocactus, Cleistocactus (tall growing), mini agaves, Stapelia, some aloes (although not full hot burning sun all day in summer), and the chubby/fat types of Euphorbia (E. anopla, E. cereiformis, E. horrida and friends). I also have fantastic luck with slipper plants (Pedilanthus) in containers in half a day's sun. For non succulent plants I do love amaryllis (Hippeastrum) and Asparagus ferns, and spider plants (Chlorophytum) are surprisingly drought tolerant. I'm sure other folks will chime in with lots of ideas. Let us know what you select and how it works out. Happy gardening! Grant...See MoreHeat/drought tolerant gardens
Comments (7)Lyle, Not sure if all of these meet your "big" requirement but I've had good luck with the following perennials wrt drought tolerance once they're established. These plants are in full sun and my soil is ammended clay (I think the clay holds the water better than sandier soils.) - Verbena "Homestead Purple" - Salvia nemerosa "Caradonna" and "May Night" - Liatris spicata - Butterfly weed (asclepias tuberosa) - Nepeta (catmint) - Iceplant (delosperma cooperi)(Short groundcover) - Tall Garden Phlox - Aster "Woods Purple" - Daylilies (the amount of bloom is affected by how much it rains, but they'll survive a drought) - Goldenrod "Fireworks" (this gets 3-4' tall and forms a wide clump) - Balloon Flower - Veronica "Royal Candles" Herbs: - Rosemary (this can get really big) - Thyme - Oregano Shrubs: - Butterfly bush This year I'm trying some new perennials that I've heard are drought-tolerant so we'll see how they do: - Candytuft - Yarrow Good luck with your garden!...See MoreShade-tolerant climber? Nahema (my new garden - continued)
Comments (33)Ooh, vaporvac - Clotilde Soupert is gorgeous!!! I love the last pic, especially with the pink centres. I will see if she's available here - it's a bit frustrating as there are often roses I hear you all talk about but which aren't available for me, especially in Perth - as I need to get it from the local rose nursery which grafts on Fortuniana so I'm stuck with what they offer. I have to confess, I'm not keen on pale/white roses - I like them to have a "solid" colour. ;-) (unless the white is very "solid" - like a strong ivory or snowy white)... if I'm making sense? But otherwise, it just looks sort of washed out - or in the very bright Aussie sunshine, I find that the flowers reflect light terribly and just look like white blurs in the garden. Like so far, I'm not very impressed with Evelyn because she seems like such a pale, wishy-washy "non-colour". Perhaps I'm being unfair as she hasn't rebloomed like the other Austins (after Reine Victoria, she's the next LEAST performing rose so far) - so maybe I haven't seen any decent flowers from her yet and I'm judging too early. I also wonder if white blooms wouldn't stand out much against the white wall? I was actually thinking I'd really like a climbing rose with darker blooms - like dark pink - the only problem is finding one that would be shade tolerant! Here's another picture of the wall. As you can see, I don't have a lot of space to play with and if I fan Nahema out, I don't know if I'll have space for another climbing rose! It would have to go farther to the left, on the wall just behind Lady of Shalott ( the bush with the GIANT octopus arm - LOL!), next to the window - and I'm not sure there is enough space in the bed. It's very narrow. But I suppose I could move LOS to somewhere else - I was planning to anyway. Also, I had 3 hollyhocks growing at the back, behind LOS and POAK, along the wall (they're still there - I've just cut their tall stalks down) - so if I put a climbing rose in, I'd have to sacrifice some hollyhock space for next year - and I do love my hollyhocks... Argh! Wish I had a wider / deeper bed!! :-) ~ HY...See MoreWhich of these climbers will tolerate most shade?
Comments (12)My own root, 4 or 5 yr old Florentina gets dappled sun and shade, though more sun than shade, and it is one of my best Kordes. Kordes roses are always a gamble for me. HMF says Florentina has 'occasional repeat' which I don't think is correct. Mine is seldom without blooms. I don't know about the water issue, though. Mine responds well to water. If I see few blooms, I give her a good soak and she responds with lots of buds. The Quicksilvers get the same amount of sun and shade. The 4 or 5 yr. old one died in a late spring freeze. The 2 yr old survived. The only negative for Quicksilver is the rigid growth. Zigzagging the canes to produce more laterals would be a challenge....See MoreLynn-in-TX-Z8b- Austin Area/Hill Country
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