besides lantana, cactus....can anyone think of texas fullsun hotsun CONTAINER
candidates....; now is the time that i start moving my geranium and
petunias to part sun locations....the sun just burns them up; ...so now i
have alot of blank spots....wahhhhhhh; guess i will have to buy something
else....woe is me(grin)....
Outstanding full sun/ hot sun container candidates Ideas??
Yup, I know just the thing -- Dwarf Pomegranate. I've had one in a big pot for 4 years now. I don't protect it in the heat of summer or the cold of winter, and it thrives. The hummingbirds like the flowers, too. Other good candidates -- Obedient Plant, Purslane, Wave Petunias, Mexican Firebush, Cigar Plant, Esperanza. That's all I can think of right off the top of my head.
Carla
wow thanks for all the suggestions...will need to go research....the petunias i have are frying in the sun...so that one is out..will go check out your other suggestions!!
Purslane is one of my favorites, also hen and chicks, fan flower, paddle plant, bat face cuphea are a few that I have going now and all are thriving.
crow...i am loving the fan flower....i am wondering if i can bring it inside in the winter....i have myself on a no buying annuals rule..
Some full sun container plants that have worked well for me:
Rosemary
Salvia mystic spires
Mexican/Texas bush sage
I understand the no annual rule, but maybe one container of basil (easily and quickly grown from seed) adds a wonderful smell. Thyme works great also (also easy from seeds)
my basil always dies in the cold but my thyme has survived... year after year... even when it seems to go away... by the middle of the summer it is there again.
My top ten list for full sun container plants are:
1 New WonderTMScaevola This specific kind of fan flower is spectacular all summer
2 Purslane
3 Laura Bush Petunias With petunias only a few varieties can take our heat
4 Purple Wave Petunias
5 Gold Star Esperanza
6 Black Eyed Susan’s They grow like wildflowers...cause they are. They don't last all summer but last a long time
7 Mexican Milkweed Attracts monarchs like crazy
8 Ice plants
9 Coneflowers
10 Lisianthus can take heat but like alot of water
i am really loving the scaevola....AND i know of a nursery where i can go buy some so they might have to be snuck home....
yall i so am not loving the purslane/esperanza/ and the group consensus is saying they love um ...i don't know why but i don't want yellow
the purple wave petunias are french fried in my yard
i own ice plants....but to me they look like cactus
i own lisianthus but didn't think about them being full sun
i own black eyed susans
what a great bunch o ideas!!!
This message was edited Jun 7, 2007 10:12 PM
there is one that starts with a b... it has long strands from a compact mound with a small flower on the end it yellow orange. I had one in a pot last year on the stone steps.. never gave it any water (it got rain) and it lived all summer... even most of the winter.. but the freezing rain killed it. I need to get more of those...
renatelynne...don't you hate it when you cant remember stuff?
that is the bane of my existence right now... I've screwed up twice at work because of forgetting something. It is frustrating... I don't think I have skill sets for doing stuff without just knowing/remembering.
What about the 300 coleus you created? Coleus love sun! :-)
What about Cannas and Sedums? That new Black Knight Sedum collection is awsome... I just looked at mine today....the body of the plant is such a dark purple it looks black and the flower heads are hot pink. ... will take a pic tommorrow. Lobelias is good too... that Black & Blue plant is awsome.
City, black night sedum sounds beautiful!
I know you said you didn't like purslane, but what about portulaca/moss rose? I love the delicate little flowers and they come in other colors besides yellow. I'm not crazy about yellow flowers either and am glad I am not the only one. They are so easy though....drought resistant, love sun, don't need any real amending....you can neglect them all you want and they will love you for it. =)
CHeck out caricature plant--tropical, loves heat, will need to be protected in winter. Also bouganvillea does okay in containers; I have a double that I really like that is supposed to be thornless too. Just bought it this season. Joseph's coat like 'Party Time' alternantera can also take sun I believe.
Salvia greggii works well in planters and brings in the hummers too.
Renatelynne, I think the one you're thinking of is Bulbine. It somes in yellow and orange. It looks kind of like a succulent with long thin fleshy stems and blooms as you described.
Yep that's the one... It sat in a black planter (that it came in) on rock steps in the sun for 6 months. The only water it got was rain. I kept going by it on the way to work thinking that I should plant it somewhere but it was doing so good I didn't want to jinx myself. *giggle.
I have to put that on my want trade list... I need more of that one myself.
I agree with moss rose. It always does really well in pots over the summer. Also mexican heather, blue daze, and mexican zinnia (the white since you don't want yellow). If you want some tall things for interest, purple fountain grass does great and so does that 'spikes' draceana, which Walmart even has for cheap in their annual area.
Since we still have not heated up much, my petunias are doing too well. I planted my two front door planters back in April with the draceana spike in the back and mexican heather in front. In the middle, I put light yellow petunia's to kind take up space until the mexican heather filled in. I though they would start looking crispy by now and I'd pull them out. That's not happening though. The petunias are still going strong (taking over) and look beautiful so I can't bring myself to pull them out yet. The pots face west and only get 2 to 4 hours of late afternoon sun but look fabulous. I had no idea the petunias would do so well in so much shade.
Renatelynn I'm just like you today. Cannot remember a thing. And yes that is so frustrating.
I have a plant in a pot (it's tropical) that has the most beautiful colored thick leaves. It can take the sun. Believe me. You may have to water it pretty often but it will take the sun and the sun makes the leaves change colors. No flowers. The leaves are fairly long and sort of to a point on the end. The leaves are thick. Beautiful colors of reds, oranges, and yellows. Dang! I still can't think of the name. I only know the common name. That is when I can remember it. LOL
Dancey, is the plant you're talking about a type of croton? That's the only thing I can think of that fits your description. If it's something else, I want one of them! (Already have several types of crotons and love 'em.)
unique...i thought coleus were shade lovers...that is why i got into the coleus propagation cause i have so much shade !!!!
renatelynne my brain has been going for about 10 yrs....sleep disorder etc....i hate it but i think i will just have to accept it cause i cant do anything else
phughes.....i just have to give you a HUGE smack on the cheek.....; b4 reading this thread this morning i drove to town and was searching searching for something to take the place of the plants i had to move.....of course there has to be something to take its place (wink).....anyway, all of a sudden a light bulb came on in my brain.....tropicals....bougenvillas....they love heat and sun....so i loaded up 6 bouginvillas 3 different kinds at 5 bucks a gallon container....and they More than fill in the place where i removed my plants....then i just had to have some purple fountain grass!!! whooooo hoooooo a solution...i just now have to buy pots....more pots.....just gotta have um.....i am nuts!!!
ps....i was trying to find party time josephs coat and no one had it....so i am going to have to buy some on the net.....whoa is me...
This message was edited Jun 8, 2007 3:27 PM
Different coleus react differently. The amount of sun definitely affects the way the leaves color. Some prefer sun and some prefer shade. I've learned to put moist sphagnum moss on the top of those that look a bit peaked by the end of the afternoon. That gives them just a tad longer for the moisture to work and gives me a few extra minutes to get my butt out there to water.
I have been waiting for the portulaca to finally come to the nurseries. I just love that stuff. I have about 4 different pots of different colors. If I need a spot of color here or there, I put in one tiny sprig and the next thing I know, it's draped over the sides of the pot and really putting the pizazz on the planters. Some folks call it purslane, some call it moss rose. The only difference I can see is in the shape of the leaves, and sometimes in the flower petals. This year, I've seen some reeeeeeeeeally big blossoms on them. There are even some that have more than one color on the blossoms. It comes back year after year. One plant of it goes a long way!!
Janet
I don't have any problem with purslane, but can't get portulaca (moss rose) to grow at all. My purslane drapes over the sides of the planter and is a gorgeous red ball of color all summer. It's also edible.
That's wild. I had moss rose many years ago in my front yard, around a tree. The tree's been removed and I can't say that I've tried it since then because I enjoy the other so much and seem to have such good luck with it. I prefer the simplicity of the blooms to the ruffly moss rose.
I have some bougainvillea and dwarf hibiscus that are doing well in full sun.
The hibiscus doesn't have any open blooms today, but the bougie has been blooming it's little heart out. It seems to like being stressed, I don't water it very often, up until this week it was only getting rain water.
prickle....since i started the thread i went to buy plants...and at the nursery i had a HUGE brainstorm...and i remembered that i had a bougenvilla and how well it does in FULL HOT SUN; so i but 6 more in different varieties....along with purple fountain grass and 2 fan flower.....i think i am set for the summer....great minds think alike...:)
I Googled for Black Knight Sedum and nothing came up for sedum of that name. Do you know where you got your plant, Sylvia?
I'm not sure if your looking for Texas Native or not, but here's what I have in pots - in the sun. I think the maximum anything gets is about 7 hours because of trees and what not.
Alocosia Plumbea
Amaranthus
Blue Daze
Brunsfelsia
Duranta (high water consumption though)
Canas
Chinses Hat tree (small tree)
Coral Vine
Crinums
Clerodendrums:: Bungei, Bleeding heart, Calamitosum, Minahasse, Paniculatum, Philippinum,
Trichotomum, Wallichi, Sahelangii and Ugandense....I've hardly seen a Clerodendrum that doesn't do well in pots. One I did put in the ground is the Incisum (muscial note) but they are good in pots too. The only one I haven't had bloom yet is the Sahelangii, but I'm working on it...they were the last aquisition of the cleros.
6 types of Hibiscus
Jatropha
Morning Glory tree (very good in pots)
Night Jasmine
Obediant (that was mentioned)
Pea Vine
Plumerias
Tibouchina
Sometimes I'll drive by the well landscaped restaurants and find some cool stuff.
Good luck!
rj
rj...wow you have a whole nursery in pots!!! so far i have in pots that do well ....hibiscus and bouginvilla....so i bought 6 more bougies and some purple fountain grass and some fan flower....very boring stuff...but hey, i am in waste texas.....we have lotsa wind...no humidity and HEAT....; when you go to business that have great things planted....how do you find out what it is??
i have cannas in the ground...i may need to put those in pots....thanks so much for your 'garden in containers'
Joni
Do you have any area where you can use part sun plants whether in the ground or in a pot?
Patty
patti...of course; my front yard is entirely different classifications of shade....:)
You have no idea....actually Patty's seen my back driveway...it's 30 feet of extra potted plants..
For the business..I take a camera, then take it to the nursery or just ask wise people like Patty..hehehe. Matter of fact, she is the one to ask about sun and wind...she deals with it alot.
patty...so it is not just me who knows your secret? (grin)
Nope Rj was the first person I ever dmailed when I first joined DG--thanks to a certain rangoon creeper picture (and the fact that I am still trying to get mine to bloom now in its second year and his blooms outrageously which he so loves to flaunt in my face by posting beautiful pictures of it on DG) and with him being a Texan and only about 3 hours away, it was easy to compare notes since we are in the same gardening zone. I have to say though that I got the better end of the deal. He knows way more than I!!!!
And do you know Patty... it's stillllllllllllllll blooming...stilll...I mean, as in how long now? a month? more? I'm going to have to make a trip to Portland and kick your Rangoon into shape..
Actually it took this one about 3 years to get to this status...Patience is rewarded...in the mean time I'm happy to send pictures!
What does flaunt mean, Patty? is that a plant?
Buuuuaaaaahhhhahahahahahhhaha
This message was edited Jun 10, 2007 7:27 PM
Oh you devil!!!! I already told you that you best quit tempting me or I'll roundup that rangoon and all that will be left is a brown stump. You best come kick mine into shape. I did ask a lady at one of the Victoria nurseries what they were using on theirs to get it to bloom. I don't think they use anything in particular. She said it takes about three years to get em to bloom so I guess I just have to be patient which is NOT in my vocabulary.