Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Dormant Tropicals, 1 by glendalekid

glendalekid wrote:
Steven,

I think I lost the hibiscus last year from too much water in the beds when it rained so hard and they were dormant, not necessarily from the cold. So, I'm keeping this one in a pot and will keep it where I can regulate the water. I really want some of those Cajun ones, but I need to get the method of over-wintering them down first. If I were still in So. CA, I wouldn't have a problem. Just buy 'em and plant 'em.

I'll take some photos of my beds and post them. A lot of the flowers have backed off on blooming right now with the heat we've been having. Our temps have been in the 90s for the last month. Also, I'm not exactly Johnny-on-the-spot when it comes to dead heading. I bought a lot of cypress mulch very cheaply and finally got it in all the beds the other day, which should help quite a lot. I've been trying to start everything from seed this year -- some successes, some failures, some still in the starting trays. Next is learning to start cuttings. I'm going to make a forsythe pot and see if that will work for me.

Karen

Here are the oakleaf hydrangeas.