Still can't grow anything ion Winslow

[LadyV]

Some may remember me...but I've been here almost two tears and still cant grow anything here. I have planted a couple white pampas grass and some purple ornamental feathery things.....I'm drip watering them every other day....so far so good....the red leave something tree I planted last year is growing and I drip water that for a good hour every other day....but I can't do crp with flowers......what flowers are good here? I always dig a deeper hole and ad soil with manure and then plant.....but they don't live

 

[digitS']

We don't want you shedding tears over your flowers, LadyV.

What about Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket flowers? There are quite a few varieties. You can see here: USDA Plants Profile (click) that various species of gaillardia live ONLY in the Southwest and all of them live in one corner or the other of that region.

I like how they tend to bloom all summer .

Steve

 

[so lucky]

Marigolds, lantana, purple cone flower, Russian sage, portulaca, Mexican heather all do well with little water. You might try adding some of that new potting soil that has the water crystals in it. It holds water much longer than regular dirt, so it wouldn't dry out so soon in your Arizona sun. Also, there might be somewhere to get some more clay-like soil. Matter of fact, you and I could trade a truckload. My Missouri red clay for your Arizona sand.

 

[desertlady]

Im from Safford AZ I live in the Desert . I have to water two times a day , I have put all kinds of mulch in my garden, Lots of flowers dont do well when its windy !! Mums are doing good in my garden ,, Blanket Gaillardia,lantana, mexican bird of paradise, and ice plants do well here. But lots of water !! Oh yea Sunflowers !! I have lots of sunflowers for shade..

 

[Carol Dee]

Go for a drive in the desert when it is blooming. Take a book on identifing native plants and go from there. I figure I would not want to have to run up my water bill if I could help it. Unless you have a manicured grass lawn the native plants and cacti would look great. Yucca grows ANYWHERE.

 

[LadyV]

Thank you all so much...My front yard is grass, I guess manicured.....I have built what was to a two tiered cactus garden in side corner but he neighbors kept getting water in it and all but one one died, so now it's a flower garden..........back home you stuck in the ground and it grew LOL I'm learning...again, that you so much for the information

 

[LadyV]

We don't want you shedding tears over your flowers, LadyV.

What about Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket flowers? There are quite a few varieties. You can see here: USDA Plants Profile (click) that various species of gaillardia live ONLY in the Southwest and all of them live in one corner or the other of that region.

I like how they tend to bloom all summer .

Steve

The Gaillardia pulchella, Indian blanket flowers are lovely...where would one buy them?

 

[digitS']

You can start them from seed, just as simple as anything, LadyV.

Since they are perennials - you find Gaillardia in garden centers. They are described as "short-lived perennials" and that's about right. However, they self-sow happily.

In one garden, I had them growing for about 15 years. None were the original plants but I could have saved dozen of seedlings that would grow each spring around their feet.

Steve

 

[jakesebastin]

The lotus and the rose are the best flowers to not only ton grow but to see and fill too. So my suggestion is to go for it and you will definitely get good results. Tough a bit hard to grow but need to take that much amount of risk to get the best.

 

[ducks4you]

If NOTHING else, buy a Christmas Cactus. I kept one by my sink for at LEAST 6 years, didn't repot it and HARDLY ever watered it. I decided to pay attention to it and seriously water it and it tripled in size in about 2 months.