My Favorite Plants
succulents, blooming xeriscape plants...anything that will withstand triple digit summers and 10 inches of rain/year, and winters that might get to zero.
Plants Currently in My Garden
Sedum, Hardy ice plant, Gaillardia, Marguerites, Coreopsis, Ajuga, Lamium, Ranier cherry tree, plum tree, Yellow trumpet vine, Euphorbia mertinensis, Bonica rose, Day lilies and star gazers, Heuchera, Baskets of gold, Hostas, bamboo, Salvia and Lavender, Australian wire ivy, New Guinea violets, Pittosporum, Japanese anemone, Penstemon, Sweet woodruff, vinca, Gingko tree, Mugo pine, Hydrangia,Rhodedendron, Artemesia, African daisy, Japanese red maple, Cotoneaster, California poppy, chives, Garlic chives, Comfrey, Crabapple tree, iris, Dahlia, Dusty miller, Euonymos, Gaillardia, Hens and chicks, Oregon grape, huckleberry, Creeping jenny, Impatiens,Wax begonia, Thyme, Kinnikinnick, Lamb's ears, Wild Syringa, French lilac, Pulminaria, Oat grass, Blue fescue, Oxalis, Pachysandra, Snow in Summer, Oregano
I love to garden, because....
it is a battle and I feel successful getting plants to thrive here. Also, because my family are gardeners and I want to be one too! I love to see beautiful gardens with things tucked here and there and want the same.
Biggest Gardening Challenge
finding plants that can stand the dry heat and yet do not get full sun. My front garden is surrounded by brick, stone, and cement and on days when the air is 116, one can only imagine what the temp is along the sidewalk! The houses and trees cast shade, just enough that full-sun plants don't do well.
If I'm not gardening, I can be found:
riding my Honda scooter along the muscular Snake River, through the 2000 ft. basalt canyons, or up in the rolling Pallouse fields, or into the bits of dry prairie that surround my town. Otherwise, I take care of my house, do crafts, spend time with my husband, take trips when possible.
Other Hobbies
knitting, making jewelry, stencilling, redecorating various rooms in my house, reading, writing, and relearning (forever) 'rithmatic. Online classes and old text books help with this. I find numbers settle my mind, now that I'm over my math anxiety!
Anne
today may be the last day it gets over 105...Hope so!
Mood: happy
Thursday, August 20
Anne
today is yesterday's tomorrow. Camping!
Mood: hopeful
Wednesday, August 19
Anne
scooting up the Snake River and swimming in the cold water with the temp of the air HOT is very soothing. I might go camping tomorrow alone there.
I set off with my backpack and pads and small cooler on my Honda Metro scooter last week. Drove up the Snake River canyon about 20 miles south of L ... more
Answers to questions:
The tall, orange foxtail lilies (Eremurus) should do nicely in Lewiston. They are perennials which require full sun and excellent drainage. Plant the fleshy roots in fall about 6 inches deep. The plants will emerge in spring, bloom around May, and quickly go dormant, so it's a good idea to plant them among perennials that conceal the dying foliage. They look great with tall, yellow yarrow such as Parker's Variety (in my photo).
The prickly plant you liked is Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium), a somewhat tall prairie plant. It should also work well for you, and looks nice growing among ornamental grasses.
And Mike built my raised beds on top of the grass, but sank the posts to make them stable. They have worked out great!
My Favorite Plants
succulents, blooming xeriscape plants...anything that will withstand triple digit summers and 10 inches of rain/year, and winters that might get to zero.
Plants Currently in My Garden
Sedum, Hardy ice plant, Gaillardia, Marguerites, Coreopsis, Ajuga, Lamium, Ranier cherry tree, plum tree, Yellow trumpet vine, Euphorbia mertinensis, Bonica rose, Day lilies and star gazers, Heuchera, Baskets of gold, Hostas, bamboo, Salvia and Lavender, Australian wire ivy, New Guinea violets, Pittosporum, Japanese anemone, Penstemon, Sweet woodruff, vinca, Gingko tree, Mugo pine, Hydrangia,Rhodedendron, Artemesia, African daisy, Japanese red maple, Cotoneaster, California poppy, chives, Garlic chives, Comfrey, Crabapple tree, iris, Dahlia, Dusty miller, Euonymos, Gaillardia, Hens and chicks, Oregon grape, huckleberry, Creeping jenny, Impatiens,Wax begonia, Thyme, Kinnikinnick, Lamb's ears, Wild Syringa, French lilac, Pulminaria, Oat grass, Blue fescue, Oxalis, Pachysandra, Snow in Summer, Oregano
I love to garden, because....
it is a battle and I feel successful getting plants to thrive here. Also, because my family are gardeners and I want to be one too! I love to see beautiful gardens with things tucked here and there and want the same.
Biggest Gardening Challenge
finding plants that can stand the dry heat and yet do not get full sun. My front garden is surrounded by brick, stone, and cement and on days when the air is 116, one can only imagine what the temp is along the sidewalk! The houses and trees cast shade, just enough that full-sun plants don't do well.
If I'm not gardening, I can be found:
riding my Honda scooter along the muscular Snake River, through the 2000 ft. basalt canyons, or up in the rolling Pallouse fields, or into the bits of dry prairie that surround my town. Otherwise, I take care of my house, do crafts, spend time with my husband, take trips when possible.
Other Hobbies
knitting, making jewelry, stencilling, redecorating various rooms in my house, reading, writing, and relearning (forever) 'rithmatic. Online classes and old text books help with this. I find numbers settle my mind, now that I'm over my math anxiety!
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Any spring flowers? Any new gardening news?
Jessie Keith05:55 AM PST