General Discussion & Chat: Stop and visit, talk all you want., 0 by cactuspatch

cactuspatch wrote:
Thanks for your kind remarks marsue. I just plant what does well in my area and I do it in kind of a cottage fashion because planting closely here sort of helps to keep the moisture in. I noticed years ago that nature groups plants and rock in the desert to the benefit of all so that is why I plant the way I do. Plus I like things that reseed so I tend to have lots of plants. You might post on a board that is about your region? The South? I guess there is one. My first posts when I joined were on the cottage garden,Roses and the Southwest forum because those are my interests. Lantana do like hot and dry so I don't know if they could take your humidity? This one has come back yearly for 6 years now and look how it grows onto my drive. It is hiding one of the agaves, which I doubt is a good thing. This one is New Gold. I saw them first in the medians in Las Cruces, about 80 miles west of me. I thought if they did well there, they could do well by my driveway. So you might just drive around your town and see what others have had success with there.
After looking at the photo in preview I realize there is a second lantana shown in the rear. It usually grows out into the driveway too. But this year I was better at pruning it back a bit. Seems I would tire and let this one in the front get a bit outta control!

This message was edited Nov 17, 2007 7:08 AM