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Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b)              |
| These are my 10 best looking plants right now, based on their performance in this awful weather we are having. No rain and high temps over 100 are hard on most plants, but these seem to be doing very well. They aren't in any particular order. Here are my Top 10 Plants in this terrible Summer weather! 1.) Helenium 'Mardi Gras' 2.) Hesperaloe parviflora 'Brakelights' 3.) Delosperma dyeri 4.) Delosperma 'Lavender Ice' 5.) Coreopsis 'Creme Brulee' 6.) Echinacea 'Burgundy Fireworks' 7.) Helenium 'Tiny Dancer' 8.) Yucca 'Color Guard' 9.) Delosperma cooperi 10.) Agastache hybrida 'Acapulco Trio' What are your top 10 plants right now? |
Name: Corey Chicago (Zone 6a)          Ispahan Jul 1, 2012 7:39 PM CST |
| Most of my garden is newly planted this year, but these are among the few that are settling in well: 1. True lilies 2. Crambe maritima 3. Allium 'Summer Beauty' 4. Phuopsis stylosa 5. Allium nutans 'Pam Harper' 6. Veronicastrum 'Fascination' 7. Monarda 'Raspberry Wine' 8. Allium sphaerocephalon 9. Hemerocallis 'Notify Ground Crew' 10. Hemerocallis citrina 'Yao Ming' My spring planted hardy geraniums, alchemilla, penstemons, perovskia, tall phlox, agastaches and many others are really struggling with the heat and drought in spite of regular hose waterings. I have a small plant of Helenium 'Mardi Gras' just starting to flower now, but I find that I need to water it almost daily or it goes into a frightening death wilt. |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
I think it's normal for them to need more water the first season. I've had my Helenium for 3 years now. They are showing out this year!  |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters.           virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 7:29 AM CST |
| Rudbeckias Coreopsis Echinacea Monarda Agastache Delosperma H.Grand Tiara Miscanthus Golden Sedge Variegated Lily Turf  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| Susan - do you have Hesperaloe parviflora 'Brakelights'? I can't get over how long it blooms. The bloom stalk was done at the top and the side of it put out blooms too. I think it's my favorite new plant! |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 11:15 AM CST |
WOW!!  I really like that, I put it in my wish list album, I saved a picture so I would remember why I wanted it. How big do they get?? I saw 24-36 inches when I looked it up. Wish it was not so big I would have ten. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| I would say mine is about 18 inches tall including that stalk, but this is its first year. They put up offsets which you can break off and root to make more or let it become fuller. It's smaller than the other Hesperaloe plants. I am putting mine with some yellow Coreopsis and Helenium. Note: Monrovia says it only gets 2 feet tall and wide. I think that is the correct size. I don't think it will ever get 36 inches. It's a smaller version with redder blooms. It's a hummingbird magnet too! Here's the link to Monrovia's info... http://www.monrovia.com/plant-... |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 12:07 PM CST |
My browser cannot connect to that.  Anyway, I will find somewhere to put one by next year. Let me clean up the mess I got. I am going to try and take some time off in the fall. I want to finish up the butterfly garden and get some river rocks for a couple of raised beds. I have 15 shrubs I need to plant, and I also have a bunch of Iris and Day lilies that will be shipped in fall. Oh, another full sun plant that I have is the best one actually, it is called 'Cup Plant' (Silphium perfoliatum) It looks a little like a giant clump of sunflowers like Maximillion, but it does not have to be watered everyday, I watered mine about once every two weeks. It has the yellow flowers, nectar, seeds, and pollen, also the leaves fuse together to form a cup that holds water when it rains. Here is a picture.  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| Nice! You can always use more plants for the pot ghetto. LOL. By the way...Here's a photo of the entire Hesperaloe 'Brakelights.' Please ignore the other crap around it. I have neglected this section. LOL. Note that it also puts up new flowers along the stem after the ones at the top are about done. |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 12:14 PM CST |
Lets just say my four inch ghetto pots have been promoted to 8 inch. They take up more room, go figure!!  Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| I am just about finished planting all of the pot ghetto plants!!!! Today I planted two more Kniphofia and have 3 to go, along with some rooted cuttings and 22 Asclepias tuberosa 'Gay Butterflies'. LOL. |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 12:36 PM CST |
BTW, I saw some Allium that look like Kniphofia, well they do to me. Sphaerocephalum Allium What do you think?? They get 28" tall. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| I have something just like that. The package said 'Drumstick.' I'm not sure that's the same thing or not. They look good with Echinaceas! I think I want them all. LOL. |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 12:52 PM CST |
| That's what I'm talking about, I was going to get some but my list is kinda pricey so I had to drop some things. I am getting the tall blue globe ones, the kind that get four feet tall. Woo Hoo!! Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Clint Brown Medina, TN (Zone 7b) |
| Our winter was so warm that my Alliums didn't look so hot this year. Maybe next year they will bloom more. I just want tons of blooms all summer. If it blooms a lot and is easy to propagate, I want it. LOL. |
Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters. virginiarose Jul 2, 2012 1:05 PM CST |
 I know, right?Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29 |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin            goldfinch4 Jul 11, 2012 2:32 AM CST |
| I'd have to say Echinacea Monarda Liatris Tall Phlox Low growing Sedum True Lilies Drumstick Allium Blue Butterfly Delphinium |
Name: jennifer central nj (Zone 6b)      flowersrjen Jul 12, 2012 9:36 PM CST |
| I don't even think I can get to 10 in this horrible weather even my Sedum 'Fulda Glow' is looking bad Echi 'Amazing Dream' Mary Todd DL Coreopsis 'Comic Evolution' Weigela 'Ghost' Sedum 'Angelina' Very surprisingly Heuchera 'Midnight Rose is doing great really sad can't think of any more We need some serious rain! |
Name: Chris Ripon, Wisconsin goldfinch4 Jul 13, 2012 1:39 AM CST |
| Boy, so do we Jen. We've had about 1/2" since May and temps in the 90's. NOT good! |
Name: jennifer central nj (Zone 6b) flowersrjen Jul 13, 2012 10:08 AM CST |
| We had so much rain early spring and now nothing, we need 5 straight days of rain....grass is crunchy, I watered everything really deeply yesterday, just waiting on news of watering restrictions, 1 county already has |
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