Even when summer heat hits its peak, you can still spruce up your garden with flowers that can survive upcoming weather. Patty Banzhaf from RCW Nurseries tells which survive the heat. Watch as she points to perennials and annuals with colors and variations. She even points to flowers that can survive drought. These tips keep the garden alive this season.
Adding color is probably the easiest thing to do if you follow a few guidelines. You need to prepare your soil properly. You need to have adequate mulch on your soil after you plant. And you need to feed your plants. Think of your plants as little children. They do need to eat.
Lantana, easy in the landscape. There are many, many different colors in Lantana. It will attract hummingbirds and butterflies. Anything in the Salvia family will attract butterflies, bees. Anything with a throat will attract hummingbirds.
This is Bat-Faced Cuphea. Guara, nicknamed “Whirling Butterflies” because the flowers float above it and look like butterflies. It is a perennial. This is Big Sky Echinacea Sunrise, which is a yellow.
I will tell you one little secret of mine. Always plant Society Garlic, and this is Society Garlic, with your roses because aphids do not like garlic.
Planting, feeding, even weeding is more of a joy than a chore when your efforts yield colorful results.
Moss Rose, the flowers are open when the sun shines on them. Pentas come in about every color you can name. They last and last, sometimes will come back for a second year. This is Salvia Farinacea. It’s one of the most versatile plants you can ever use.
This is a Celosia. Celosia looks like a flame on top, wonderful colored foliage. They love the sun.
They’re improving the Vinca line. You can get a lot of color with Vinca. They will not tolerate wet feet.
Lot of ways to get color in the shade. The best thing I suggest to people is variegated foliage. Agapanthus is also known as “Lily of the Nile.” There are a lot of different varieties. It gets the big blue ball. Anything in the Begonia family will take shade, and they bloom constantly. They can be pinched back or cut back.
I think what we need to get across is that you don’t need to work that hard to have a beautiful yard.
Perennials, annuals, accents, and shade plants all working together to brighten your Texas home. For homeshowradio.com, I’m Tom Tynan.
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