Hello Steve812
Thanks for responding!!!
I love oleander from afar, I am very allergic to the sap and the pollen but I do love the pink ones and they do very well here. I am not very good with plants with thorns because I get in the zone when gardening and get poked severely...I always wondered if I was the only one who does this?
I grow agastache, gaillardia, gazania, penstemon and poppy from seed. Lavender does not do well for me, I have tried several cultivars with no success. I think it is because our water table is at 6' here year round. I grew catmint in WA but was afraid to grow it here because we have feral cats in out neighborhood, will it bring them to my yard?
I have so many cultivar of Salvia that they are taking over my garden space because they do so well! I just did not read carefully how large some of them got, now I need to weed some of them out! It is hard for me to do this because anything growing is hard for me to remove...lol!
I grow a lot of the yellow bell cultivar because they are great shade for very hot areas and the hummingbirds love the bloom! I grow crape myrtle and it does well in the hot areas too! I grow amaryllis and they too love the heat and are given morning sun only. I love the canna lily but the wind in my back yard shreds the leaves and they look terrible so I am giving up on them.
I just bought 4 bare root knifophia to try, I love the look of them and grew them in WA and just realized this year they have a chance here if given shade. I want to try allium but forget to purchase them in the fall, I will have to try to remember. I also am trying some of the more heat tolerate coneflower under my shade cloth to see how they do, this is one of my favorite flowers so I am hoping for some good growth. I have decided to try the shasta daisy, columbine, larkspur and a few other perennials under the shade cloth and see how they do this year... Gardening is a leap into the unknown in this desert climate, but I find joy in this hobby and seeds are so cheap!!!
I also love corresponding with gardeners, they are some of my favorite people!!!
