Re: xeric plants for the southwest

Ummm- ok- I know I'm clueless right now- but what website Cyndi?
Theresa

Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:

>Thank you! Always nice to get publicity.
>If I could only justify actually ordering from all those catalogs... Maybe
>after I win the lottery and buy a house in each major climate zone. Probably
>have to hire a few gardeners too. But then I'd need a landscape architect to
>help me out, and that person likely would have a plan, and wouldn't take
>kindly to the flood of plant boxes each spring.
>Oh well. :-)
>
>Cyndi 
>
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>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
>Of Kitty
>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 3:52 PM
>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] xeric plants for the southwest
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>Well, if anyone would know catalog ordering, Cyndi would.  Cyndi, I saw your
>
>website mentioned in the Fine Gardening newsletter.  It is a really nice 
>service.  I've used it for many years.
>Thanks!
>
>Kitty
>  
>
>>Johnson Cyndi D Civ 95 CG/SCSRT wrote:
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>>>What kind of plants are you looking for? Flowering, foliage, spiky stuff, 
>>>or
>>>trees? I like these 3 companies for xeric plants - Las Pilitas
>>>(www.laspilitas.com), Yucca Do (www.yuccado.com), and High Country Gardens
>>>(www.highcountrygardens.com).  There's a company called Native American 
>>>Seed
>>>(www.seedsource.com) which looks more like native Texas seed to me, you
>>>might look at their site.
>>>There are a lot of salvias that insist on practically no water in summer,
>>>tricky if the climate suddenly gets wetter. And I have a number of
>>>penstemons quite happy with only 3 or 4 waterings all summer. Some of my
>>>penstemons, and salvias plus gaillardia, lavenders, santolina, cistus, and
>>>rosemary seem to keep plugging along whether they get regular water or 
>>>not.
>>>Desert willow (chilopsis) is a nice xeric tree, not quite so deserty 
>>>looking
>>>as palo verde. I haven't had luck with agastaches yet although I'm going 
>>>to
>>>keep trying. I hear centranthus is a nice xeric too, although I gather it
>>>spreads like anything if it's happy, so I've not tried it. Speaking of
>>>spreading, perovskia is doing great in my dry garden, I'll be digging out
>>>its offspring in a month or so. Junipers make evergreen shrubs and adapt 
>>>to
>>>drought pretty well.
>>>Cyndi
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
>>>Behalf
>>>Of Theresa
>>>Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 10:57 AM
>>>To: GardenChat
>>>Subject: [CHAT] xeric plants for the southwest
>>>
>>>Hi all-
>>>
>>>I'm in the process of birthday shopping for my mom and would like some 
>>>recommendations from the dry/hot climate members of this group.  What have
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>>>you had success growing (and keeping alive) through drought conditions? 
>>>My mom is in Austin TX and they've had very little water (and she can't 
>>>seem to adapt to changing her watering patterns).  Soooo- trying to find 
>>>something garden-tested that might survive.
>>>Theresa
>>>
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