Re: Re: Sandy soil

By all means - do get the HCG catalog. Many of their plants happily
reside in my Texas garden. Love xeriscape stuff, it's the only thing
that keeps my water bills from being more than the rest of the utilities
combined!


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 6/15/2004 10:09:32 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Sandy soil

> Dakota,

> If you haven't gotten their catalog yet, try:

> http://www.highcountrygardens.com/

> They have the plants that are right for you.

> By Tiger Lily, do you mean Lilium lancifolium or Hemerocallis fulva? or

> something else?

> 

> Kitty

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Dakota" <Dakota@hisword.com>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:53 AM

> Subject: [CHAT] Sandy soil

> 

> 

> > Thanks for the welcome, Everyone! We live in the USA southwest, so not

> > everything will grow here though I love almost all flowers/plants. It

> > can get up to 104 degrees here in the summer, but down to almost zero on

> > winter nights. My Jasmine survived and is growing and possibly the

> > Tigerlily, too. Our problem here is not only the temps, but a sandy, dry

> > soil. I think it rained here about a dozen times last year, and several

> > of those times were just a specktacular lightening/thunder/flash flood

> > type. We just planted about a dozen Afghanistan Desert Pines along with

> > some Colorado Blue Spruce. Part of our problem here is wildlife, too,

> > like Jack Rabbits, Cottontails, deer, and some unknown furry critters

> > living underground. I saw one run across the road one day. It was a

> > light brown color and the size of a hamster. Say, why do they call

> > Roadrunners..........Roadrunners? These Gambel's Quail are the

> > roadrunners around here along with the Cottontails. It seems they wait

> > until you're within a few feet of them then dash across the road in

> > front of you! The vulchers like it, but I hate seeing squished rabbit!

> > Once in a while, a bird gets hit, too. We do have Roadrunners in our

> > yard frequently. Interesting looking things! LOL! Saw one with a small

> > bird in it's beak one day!

> >

> >

> > Any advice on how to tame this bit of prairie will help. We've lost a

> > lot of plants this past year. I'm from CA where everything grows well.

> > I'm not used to coddling plants and actually having to pray that they'll

> > grow. LOL!

> >

> >

> > God bless,

> > Dakota

> >

> > http://www.defendamerica.mil

> >

> > "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneths me." Phil. 4:13

> >

> >

> >

> > --- james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote:

> > Welcome. Do you have specific plant interests, or are you all over the

> > place like most of us?

> >

> >

> >

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