Texas Gardening: Need Inspiration for this Spot (Help Me, Please!), 1 by seedpicker_TX

seedpicker_TX wrote:
bananna18-
it blooms for well over a month in its grandest display in Spring, but also blooms again in Fall, and periodically all througout summer.

It requires more water than the other plantings, and I've often gone to that bed just to water it, and left the others alone...just an fyi

no- you don't have to go to Oklahoma to get it :0) I got mine from a rock yard down the street. They sell it by the pound/ton, and mine ended up being only around $20, so I added a second one, and gave it as a gift.

collin-that's it!...veronica 'georgia blue'...that was the groundcover I couldn't remember the name of, in my previous post :0) I noticed a couple of days ago that mine has really grown since last year, and is already starting to bloom. great plant

I've had no problems with ice plants, but then I usually squeeze them in a tiny pot where the roots are pretty restricted and I don't usually water them, either...just let the rain, only...

I've never tried them in the ground...guess you could amend just that spot with tiny pebbles?

I tried that with lavender, though, in that front bed, and they still died a slow death. Here is a picture of Lutsko's dwarf Spanish lavender before it croaked. I replaced it with kent beauty oregano with sparaxis bulbs planted underneath. That is working much better :0)